Marvel's Great Old Ones

"Sunshine, what a beautiful morning."

With a happy smile on her face, Ariana stretched her hands so that the schoolbag on her back fell to her thighs.

"Mom, Dad, brother, I'm going to school, and sister Jessica, bye."

Ariana happily turned around and waved towards the dilapidated and dark house, as if there were really family members there watching her go to school.

In the layer that ordinary people cannot see, several black mud-like figures stood in the darkness at the door of the house, and several pale bones were exposed along the mud.

Those ugly, low-level creatures with no fixed mentality live in the cracks of space and latitude, feeding on the energy escaping in the cracks, without any reason or intelligence at all.

They are apostles fabricated by Li Xiu at will, conceptually filling in the existence of Ariana's family.

"Hey, that child is so pitiful. He must be hallucinating something, and he still can't look away after such a long time."

The neighbor who lived next to him sighed, shook his head and turned around and entered the house.

The whole family, except for the girl, fell into the river when they were going out in a car. Except for a dilapidated car, not even a body was found.

The police and the FBI investigated for so long, but finally got an answer that sounded absurd.

Ariana had a smile on her face all the way, and even the angle of her mouth did not change, as if she was always so happy.

On the street behind Ariana, a black Passat had been following for a long time. In the car were two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents responsible for surveillance.

"Hey, Jack, why on earth do we want to follow this girl named Ariana? Hasn't her family's case been declared solved?"

The slightly fatter man was driving the car. While the car was parked, he turned around and asked the slightly darker-skinned man next to him.

"Do you believe that a family driving out will be drowned in the river? Even if they are drowned, there will still be corpses. Who knows the reason for the tracking? Why should we speculate on the meaning above?"

The dark-skinned man held the newspaper in his hand, curled his lips and said.

"Stalking an ordinary girl, what is the difference between this and paid leave? There is no danger. This is what we earn, why do we care so much."

"I'm looking for a topic to talk about. It's boring to drive all the time. How about we change things now."

"Get out of here, why are you so busy? Didn't I just change my car not long ago? You drive well, if something happens then, we will both be dead."

"I'm just an ordinary college student. How can something go wrong? How is it possible? Relax and learn to enjoy life."

"Believe it or not, if I had an uncle who was a supervisor, I would enjoy it a hundred times more easily than you."

The dark-skinned man turned to look at the girl outside the window, folding his hands and not bothering to pay attention to the chirping fat man.

They have been tracking this goal for more than four months, and they will be able to take a few days off, and then they can relax.

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In the Osborne Building, Norman opened the window, bowed and let Li Xiu in, and suggested in a low voice.

"You can actually come in directly through the gate."

He has added Li Xiu's identity to the Osborne Group's data network, and the level is just below him. Now Li Xiu can enter and exit almost everywhere in the group at will.

But for such a long time, whenever Li Xiu came to the Osborne Group, he always turned into a crow and walked through the window.

"I like it, you can handle it."

Li Xiu sat down on the expensive custom-made sofa and shook it from side to side as if he was uncomfortable.

He wouldn't reveal that he had a bad memory.

"Are those guys ready?"

Li Xiu asked about the purpose of coming to Osborne Tower this time. Some documents regarding Stark Group's stock required his signature.

"Those people have sorted out the information and are almost ready."

Norman stood aside and used the landline phone to summon the staff responsible for handling Li Xiu's affairs.

In the Osborne Group, Norman set up a department responsible only for him to handle Li Xiu's various affairs.

In contrast, when Norman did not go to the church to worship, Li Xiu specially placed a statue of the god on the top floor of the Osborne Group Building. It can only be said that he got a good hand.

The genetic disease in Norman's body has long been eliminated, and his body functions have been strengthened a lot, but he is still doubtful about whether to use this method to treat his son Harry.

When he first came into contact with the treatment process, Norman already knew that the things that were inserted into his body were not good things. If there was no other way, he would not have agreed to get those damn things on himself.

He wanted to cure Harry's disease through normal and scientific methods. At least the disease would not be passed on to future generations along the genes.

Bang bang bang!

"Chairman Norman, can we come in now?"

There was a voice outside the gate.

"Come in."

The door to the office was pushed open, and several people holding documents walked in.

There are a total of five people responsible for handling Li Xiu's affairs, which can be regarded as a group. They are usually responsible for managing the property in Li Xiu's account and the shares of Stark Group.

They are also responsible for the acquisition of Stark Group's stocks this time. They are all financial geniuses who graduated from various prestigious schools and are employed by the Osborne Group.

"Let me introduce you. This is Sedar. He graduated from Oxford University and has a Ph.D. in finance. He is also the leader of the entire team. Believe me, he is an excellent financial genius. To be honest, if I leave him to you, I still have some problems. Be careful."

Norman stood up, smiled and pointed at a young man wearing glasses standing in front, and introduced Li Xiu.

"This is Alex. He graduated from Harvard University with a master's degree in finance and information science. He is also an excellent young man. I believe you will get along very happily."

"Hello," Alex, a handsome boy with blond hair and a more outgoing personality, greeted Li Xiu who was sitting on the sofa.

"This beautiful lady is called Natalie. She graduated from Cambridge University with a PhD in Informatics."

Norman pointed at the woman standing in the back who still stood out. Junqu Pavilion

"Uh, Natalie."

Looking at the sexy woman with long rose-red hair, Li Xiu didn't bother to complain. Forgetting her name, didn't he even bother to change her hair color?

"Uh, sir, have we met?"

Natalie blinked her bright eyes and asked with a sweet smile.

"No, I was just surprised to see such a beautiful lady for the first time."

"Thank you."

"Okay, okay, you are talking to Ms. Natalie, sir, and you are angry."

Norman smiled and continued the introduction.

"This is Mr. Alexandra, who graduated from the California Institute of Technology and is also a financial genius. I spent a lot of effort to recruit him at that time."

Alexandra is a shy boy with black hair and blue eyes.

"The last one, let me introduce you grandly. This beautiful lady is your compatriot, Guo Jia from the ancient East. Ms. Guo graduated from the Department of Finance at MIT with a master's degree in mathematics, information, and finance."

Norman pointed at a black-haired woman at the back of the team with an exaggerated expression and introduced her to Li Xiu.

"Guo Jia? Chinese!"

Li Xiu became interested, stood up from his chair, and looked at the petite girl with her head shrunk, wearing black-rimmed glasses, hiding at the back of the line.

"Hello... hello, I... my name is Guo Jia, the best Jia..."