[Zhongyingmei] The Spirit Master is backstabbing again

[Trigger special mission: 'Hades' World']

The task reminder pops up automatically in the background of the system.

Looking at the [Card Hades] that opened automatically, Selina: "..."

The world of Hades.

Pluto's world.

The name of this mission sounds... not quite right.

The mechanical sound of the system paused before continuing, "I look forward to your successful completion of the task."

This is not a dialogue within the preset procedure, but the system still said so.

At the moment when the birthday gift packs began to be distributed, the system reconfirmed the current time——23:50.

Hmm—fortunately, within the time frame, the host's birthday was not missed.

In fact, the system has already prepared these gifts, and his original plan was to distribute them when the host just woke up——

But Selinya received too many reminders.

When she read carefully one by one, the system froze for a moment, but silently revised her plan.

Because Selina looked so happy.The system does not want to interrupt the other party.

'Then wait for a while before releasing it—'

...However, during the next day's trip, the system did not find any free time to distribute gifts.

The host has received a lot of gifts and blessings, and of course - love.

Not only today's love, but all the time, and it's all for her.

In order not to interrupt Selinya's first birthday experience, the system had to delay its own broadcast until it finally found this rare opportunity.

... There is absolutely no such setting in the default program.After all, I have never heard of any game system that delays the distribution of email rewards 'in order not to disturb the user experience'.

But the system thinks this is normal.He is an artificial intelligence with a high IQ!He will definitely consider it more comprehensively and be better than other AIs!

It’s just that I suddenly recalled the conversation I had with Stark’s smart butler—one of the top artificial intelligences in the world, who didn’t recognize the system’s evaluation of his behavior as “violating the rules and making mistakes”.

...The housekeeper even refuted the system on the spot, "You are not making a mistake, you are using human-like thinking to make judgments."

Out of a strange avoidance mentality, the system didn't think deeply about this issue.

He just continued to explain to Serenya, "This is a hidden mission that is difficult to trigger - there are no mission details and reminders. But for safety reasons, teammates will be automatically selected and bound for you."

...The hidden mission means that before it is triggered, even the system itself does not know that there is such a setting.

With the in-depth interpretation of the system, the sea of ​​data continues to operate,

[Search for related teammates——]

[Matching successful, connected——]

[Space transition in progress, please pay attention to safety——]

The space vibrated, and Celinya felt her field of vision suddenly blur, and in less than a second, she landed in a strange world.

Although she didn't fully understand what happened, her fighting instinct made Selinya scan her surroundings reflexively, looking for the most suitable safe place to stay.

Look around, it's a strange place.

The architectural style looks like it came from this world, but the streets are empty, and the doors of the strange shops that Selina has never seen are locked.

The only information was the poster pasted on the wall of the alley, but it had been blown by the wind and rain for too long, it had already faded and incomplete, and only words like 'soldier' ​​written on it could be vaguely seen.

The crumpled and rolled paper shrank continuously with the blowing wind.

Celinya moved her limbs to maintain a high level of vigilance, "Where is this?"

It's not like the underworld she thought just now.The card's speech value did not fluctuate, which meant that it was not close to the area where the card itself was bound.

And there is no display on the system map, it's just black.

She has been bound to the system for the whole winter, and every time she triggers a mission, she finds the target location by herself—including those side missions that symbolize various endings.But this time, it was weird.

"Ding - Insufficient authority, unable to query, please act in time."

After the system left this last prompt, it fell completely silent.

After confirming her safety, Selinya tried to find information to locate her current location.

But what she got first was not words or pictures, but a series of very light footsteps, "...good evening?"

Looking back, it was Wonder Woman Diana who was walking over.

Seeing Diana dressed as an ordinary person for the first time, Selinya was stunned, "Good evening."

Wonder Woman also can't explain how she got here.She too was 'a moment', as happened to Selina.

...that's just astonishing.After all, as a demigod, Diana's combat power never needs to be explained.

-Easiest example: Every time Superman is brainwashed, Wonder Woman is usually one of the people responsible for stopping him.

Fortunately, Wonder Woman's weapons are still on her body.

With unexplainable doubts, they conducted a preliminary exploration.

"Oh," Diana frowned when she saw the thin clothes on Selinya, took off her windbreaker and put it on her shoulders, touched the little girl's fingers to test her temperature, "put it on."

"But you—"

The daughter of Zeus insisted, "This temperature will not affect me."

This can be seen from the style of her armor, even in winter she has never changed into a long version with fleece.

"You should know about the medical methods in the modern world," Diana specially added, "If you are sick, you have to take bitter pills."

"I know a little bit—" After all, Jessica was hospitalized for a period of time, and when she was visiting, Selina saw those big bottles of pills and an injection, "But I only took calcium tablets and vitamins. pill……"

real.taste very bad.

Every time Jason watched as she swallowed a pill, Selina felt like she was experiencing the deep malice of the modern world.

...But in order to grow taller, just think about the marks on the height ruler, okay, bear with it.

Anyway, it's just a little bitter.It wouldn't hurt like when she bandaged herself.

Diana couldn't help laughing at Serenya's complex expression, she patted the little girl's hair, "So you have to take care of yourself even more."

...it feels amazing.

She who knew nothing about this world after walking out of Paradise Island, can teach other little girls to take good care of themselves.

That's fine.

A long time ago, someone did this to her.

...Steve.

Diana consciously controlled her thoughts to withdraw from the 'nostalgia for the past', and she said to Selina: "Of course, you can't just rely on drugs; remember to maintain a healthy diet."

Whether it is the growth experience in Paradise Island or the missions of hope, Diana has perfect and smooth muscle lines.

So in her eyes, Selinya is really - small.

And worst of all, it was decidedly unhealthily thin.

Hades' powers would make Diana curious about Selene.But what attracted her the most was the strong soul under this power.

Girls have almost god-like strength, but also have a god-like strong heart.

Seeing Diana's serious expression, Selinya nodded quickly, "I will."

When they first landed here, both Selina and Diana felt like this was an unknown street.

But after exploring - it's far more complex than the 'street'.

It seems that you can go on along this road without any end.

Staying in such an overly quiet and empty area can easily blur the concept of time.But fortunately, Selina has a lot of experience in this.

After all, the time she was free was far shorter than the time she spent alone in a narrow room.

When they reached the 7th minute, a new change finally appeared on the street——

...a person appeared on the street.

He walked towards the two of them with a straight posture, looking like he had undergone professional physical training.

Blonde, blue eyes... very handsome.

The moment she saw this person, Selinya felt Diana's muscles all over her body tense up.

Wonder Woman protected Selinya behind her, threw the lasso of mantra that had brought her the truth time and time again, and snapped: "Who are you!"

no matter who.How dare they use this man to—

Diana, who was furious, moved quickly, and Selinya was firmly blocked by her, and she even had time to vaguely see the name flashing above the blond man's head, 'Steve Trevor'.

The lasso of mantra symbolizes the truth, and those bound by it can only tell the truth.

To keep her sanity, Diana carried it with her at all times.She once fell into a good wish, and she was addicted to that wish because she wanted to see... a person so much.Did not see the truth behind it.

Reality hurts.But reality is reality.A reality that cannot be changed.

Although he was firmly bound by the mantra lasso, the man did not panic, but continued to look at Diana with a smile, "Who am I?"

"I'm Steve Trevor."

"Diana, you know who I am."

Diana: "..."

Wonder Woman's subconscious relaxed.

Who is he?

He is Diana's guide into the outside world.

He is Wonder Woman's wish.

He was... Diana's lover.

"..." The moment she saw Diana's expression, Selina immediately grasped the inspiration that flashed through her mind.

The world of Hades does not mean the underworld itself.

It could also be—

A world belonging to the soul dead.

Seventh minute, seventh day, Sunday, dayofthesun.Sabbath, Easter.God finished building the world on this day and began to rest; Jesus was resurrected on this day.

And Selinya's guess was soon confirmed.

"I don't understand—" Diana's voice was very low, and the golden rope was wrapped around her hand. She was reminding herself in this way, "How could this be—"

"You have entered our world," Trevor was worried, although he was happy to see his lover. "This is the world of the soul."

"There is a very powerful force guiding you here."

"..." With this description, Diana looked at Selina who had the power of Hades.

Selinya also looked at her, but her voice was very low, as if she was answering Diana, or muttering to herself, "This is Hades' world."

So it's going to be a -- a world where you can see the dead.

The last spiritual master in the world felt his heart being tapped lightly.Extravagant desires that are usually never dared to show flowed through the cracks.

As the child of Zeus and the Queen of Amazons, Diana immediately understood the meaning of Selina's words.

…so it’s not a wish that’s too good to be true and has to be given up.

And more like...a gift?

A gift from spring.

A gift from Serena.

Diana stared closely at her long-lost lover, unwilling to give up even a single moment.

Just like Diana did just now, looking at his lover's thin clothes, Trevor also put the coat with his own body temperature on her shoulders. ...In fact, he had already done this action a long time ago.

"You are taking care of the little girl you love." Faced with Diana's rejection, Trevor also insisted, "And I am too, and I am also taking care of the girl I like."

"It's so fair," Trevor looked at Selina, and asked the girl to prove the credibility of his words, "right?"

Selinya immediately nodded vigorously, shaking her hair flying wildly, and replied with a righteous and righteous voice, "Yes! Of course!"

Diana: "..." Well, this is indeed a very difficult reason to refuse.

In fact, Diana has something to say to Trevor, about the world, about love, about memories—too much.

But at this moment, the first sentence that Diana blurted out was a sentence that sounded very abrupt, "I have learned to fly in the sky."

Trevor is an Air Force pilot, and they first met when each other's plane crashed on Paradise Island.

Trevor once explained to Diana in detail how to feel the wind and air flow when flying, and use them to maintain balance in the air. '

It sounds like a topic of conversation that only men in science and engineering would choose.

But after the two separated, according to his description, Diana hung up the plane with ropes to feel every gust of wind that came towards her, and then she really learned to fly.

That was Trevor's memory of Diana.

Will be with her forever.

Stay with her forever.

"...Oh." Trevor's expression softened, "I know you can always do it."

Diana closed her eyes, lowered her body and put her arms around Serenya, "Thank you. Thank you."

Such an intimate close distance made Selina pat Diana on the back helplessly, "I—"

At this moment, the system that was watching the whole process suddenly understood why the hidden mission was suddenly activated.

...Because Selinya said that she wanted to change her destiny.

Also because Selina said, I hope everyone can be together.

... Linguist.

At the moment of realizing this, the task page is automatically refreshed, updating the task details:

【Ding--】

[The World of Hades: If you could see them again, what would you do? 】

[Sub-quest 1: 'I'm coming to the wind for you' has been completed]

In fact, Selinya was very flustered. Feeling the continuous warmth from Diana, she replied in a daze: "But I don't know how long this world can last, and I don't know—"

In the confused language of the little girl, Diana once again saw the soul that was as bright as a god.

"I know," Diana reassured her, "but no matter how long, even this moment, it is too important to us."

Reality hurts.

But in reality, you will also get gifts, and you will get the sweetness of reunion after a long absence.

"..." Selinya's tense muscles slowly relaxed, "Okay."

After Trevor appeared, the dark and gloomy street immediately changed, revealing its original and most original glamorous appearance.

It was a place where Trevor passed by with Diana, who had just arrived in the outside world, a long time ago.

They continued down the street, and every now and then Diana would point to a place and tell Selene what a silly joke she had made there.

Then he looked up at Trevor, and the three of them laughed together.

The journey of the three ended with the arrival of the second 7 minutes.

—they met other people on this street.

It looks like a middle-aged couple.Men wear well-fitting custom-made suits and ties, revealing a taste of nobility and elegance.Beside him was a woman with the same elegant demeanor and gentle expression.

"..." Diana quickly realized who they were, thanks to several encounters in the rear and their contributions to the enemy and Hydra.

So did Selina, of course—she had seen their pictures in the newspapers, and the media always liked to bring up his parents when evaluating Tony Stark.

Howard Stark and his wife.

"Ah," hearing the sound of footsteps, the woman looked back at the three and smiled clearly, "It seems that we have found the reason."

She looked so soft, just... how Selina imagined when she saw the picture.

Diana patted Serenia's shoulder lightly. Although there was no communication, Diana already knew what she would do, "I think, you are the gift."

The gift that comes to them in the spring.

The surrounding environment also began to change, and it sounded like there was a huge industrial machine in motion.

Like the world-changing machines of the Stark family.

How to describe the feeling of getting along with the Starks...

Selina was very nervous.

Mr. Stark = an elder who treated her very well; then his parents——Although Selina didn't know much about family relationships in the human world, her instinct told her, 'Be sure to behave well! ! '

"Don't be nervous," Mrs. Stark looked at her softly, guessing the little girl's mood at a glance, "We all know you."

This answer was completely beyond Celinya's imagination, she suddenly raised her head in disbelief, "Me?"

"We left Tony early," she said, smoothing Serenia's hair gently, "but we've been watching him the whole time."

Watching that kid take over Stark Industries, watching him be the center of a perpetual firestorm.People always pay attention to Tony Stark, because he is what too many people want to be, the embodiment of dreams; also watch him get hurt, watch him swallow all the suffering and wounds he has suffered, and then become steel Xia.

Iron Man is also a dream that too many people want to be.

But they are always looking at the pain their children are enduring.

The East has the Ghost Festival, the Ghost Festival, and the West also has the Day of the Dead and Halloween.In different but similar legends, it is described that the dead can return to their families at fixed times.

Are those really just the good wishes of real people because of longing?

...Or, in fact, the truth that was leaked.

This guess made Celinya's brain go crazy.

"Oh," the Howards stopped, and they looked at Tony who was frozen not far away, "Look, he's here too."

"..." Before coming here, Tony was still doing research in the workshop, and he came up with several interesting and practical ideas that could be used in Serenia's modified car. ——Although Dr. Banner twitched the corners of his mouth on the spot after hearing his thoughts: "Stop. Can you stop planning to change that car into Optimus Prime?"

But Tony firmly believes that the idea of ​​not being understood is the idea that is enough for Tony Stark.

At the moment when his vision was blurred, Tony vaguely saw Selinya in front of him, and his first reaction was: 'Ah, what is Selinya's new skill? '

Last time it was a dragon, what will it be this time?Freddy or Nightmare?

Well, well, he has already missed the age of falling asleep after listening to a bedtime story, I hope Selina can finish the demonstration soon——

It took two seconds for Tony to see the two people clearly.

There is also a momentary blankness in the brain of a genius who never stops.

"...My first reaction was that Loki was messing around again." Tony didn't expect his tone to be so calm, but in fact he walked towards them so anxiously, "But I know, no."

They are real.

existed in front of him.

Tony thought about his parents many times—he even made himself face them when he was in self-therapy.

But none of that is true—this is the fact that Mysterio has never understood.

"Of course," the wise woman took Tony's hand and comforted him softly, "We are real."

She saw the reactor again, saw the wounds that had nearly taken Tony.

...Maybe everyone thinks that scars are the medals of heroes, but she will feel sorry for her children.

"Aren't you going?" Seeing Howard who was still standing there, Selinya asked suddenly.

Newspapers have written about Howard Stark, but they've all focused on the 'genius playboy' stereotype.

If Selinya sums it up with the feelings after actual contact - even with the reputation of a playboy, she still thinks that the other party is also a person who seldom expresses affection to his family.

……【also】……

How can I sum it up somewhat similar to Mr. Bruce...

Following Selinya's voice, Howard's gaze paused on her.

They did know the girl.

A magical girl.Once protected Tony from the attack of out-of-control Superman, and stood at the front of the battlefield many times to fight for the world.

Obviously he is still a child.

Under the gaze of Selinya, Howard took a deep breath and walked forward, "Tony."

"While you've certainly heard it, I'm going to say—"

"You are our pride."

"It's not because of what you've achieved," oh my god, is there really a parent who would be proud of the heavy burdens that are placed on their children, "Your existence is our pride."

Tony subconsciously avoided his gaze and looked at Selinya. He still had the habit of talking more and more when he got nervous, "Hey, Selinya, did you prepare Veritaserum or some other magical magic—"

His voice trails off, until it ends in a sigh of compromise, "Well, I mean, I love you too."

"We all love you too."

This is a conversation that is too late.

After a long time, it finally arrived.

They finally had the chance to express their untimely love to their children.

And he finally had the chance to really embrace them.

The moment they embraced, Tony pulled Selina who was standing beside her, and let the little girl participate in the long-awaited embrace.

"What he meant," the mother could always understand her child's movements, explained with a smile, "we all love you too."

"..." Selinya curled her fingers slightly, and stretched out her arms to embrace them unskillfully, "Mmm."

She, he too.

This hug lasted for a long time, until a strange voice interrupted hesitantly, "Let me declare first, I didn't mean to spoil the fun, but—"

Can anyone keep an eye on him?

Selina pulled her head from Mrs. Stark's arms, shook her hair that had been completely messed up, and silently followed the sound.

Another gentleman that Selina didn't know.But the icon suggested his name, 'Ethan'.

The man who once saved Tony Stark and promoted the emergence of Iron Man.

"..." Tony didn't expect the other party to appear, but he reacted instantly and blurted out, "well, I'm doing well."

Did not waste my life.

"Oh my god! Ironman! Tony Stark!" Ethan laughed twice and shouted in disbelief, "Of course you did it! You did a great job!"

"Look at the world, it's better because of you, because of heroes."

Celinya felt like she was nodding all the time today, "That's right!"

His parents also looked at him with gentle and proud eyes.

Tony: "...Of course."

that would be great.

They followed the road for another 7 minutes.

After seeing Peggy, Tony raised his eyebrows and said to Selina: "Then I know who you will meet next time, it must be the old Popsicle—"

"Tony—" the mother showed a disapproving expression, "according to the etiquette, you should be called uncle."

Tony: "...haha."

He silently waved to Selinya as a signal behind him, "Go, go, don't listen, don't listen!"Don't listen to this kids! '

Don't let that old popsicle really hear that.Otherwise, he really can't get rid of this stalk.

Seeing Selinya leave, Ethan suddenly said, "Maybe you should revise the answer to that question?"

It was a strange question, but Tony understood, "yes."

His family?

it's here.Inside the building.Also in Queens, in SI—

There's his parents, there's Selina, there's Pepper and Happy, there's so many people—

Through Tony's words, Selene realized that this lady named 'Peggy' should be related to Cap or Mr. Bucky.

And according to her, "I just wanted to come and dance."

A dance that never came true.

As she spoke, she held out her hand to Selina, "Do you want to come?"

"...but I don't know how to do it," even though she said so, Selinya still put her hand on it.

"Just follow me," she replied.

Selinya felt that her memory was pretty good. While listening carefully to Ms. Peggy's street photos, she took every step cautiously, "—Is that so?"

Like an enemy.

Seeing the girl's serious expression, Peggy couldn't help laughing, "So smart."

"Now it's a difficult move——" Peggy pulled Serenia around twice and then let go, "Get ready!"

Selinya imitated the opponent's movements in a daze, and also spun along.

Before he could stand still, he was gently supported by a familiar force.

It's cap Steve.

Selinya looked at Steve, then at Peggy who was staring at him, and immediately said, "Mr. Captain, do you want to wait for the lady to invite you to dance?"

Steve looked down at her, grinning helplessly.

But he finally walked to Peggy to complete the invitation that was nearly a century late.

Selinya didn't bother them, and walked forward alone.

Strangely, this time she didn't walk for 7 minutes - after about two or three minutes, she saw Jason.

Jason was leaning against a warehouse door, his head down, his expression unclear.

Celinya rushed over in an instant, "How long has it been here!" Identify the problem of space-time flow velocity.

Jason looked up at her, his eyes were very hard, "5 minutes later than you."

Such precise time positioning is due to the three-headed dog.

The moment Selinya left the room, the three-headed hellhound noticed something strange and howled anxiously.

Although with his IQ, it is not unheard of to fight against the air...

But the point is that Serinya didn't come out to appease the three-headed dog.

"Suddenly quiet, must be playing a demon"

Sure enough, when Jason opened the door, Selina was not in the room.

...Selinya knocked on his room door almost two hours ago and said she was going to watch the sunrise.

Five minutes ago, Celinya knocked on the door again to show that she had returned.

Only 5 minutes.

Can she still go to the moon? !

"Don't look for it." After learning that this is a world where you can see the dead, Jason looked at the warehouse that he would never forget and sneered. He pushed Selina, "Go to the next location .”

He appears here.

Because he was that lost soul.

Selina: "..."