greek gods in new york

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"Fernando!"

I hurriedly called to the godfather, trying to stop him.But before the rest of the words came out, Fernando waved his palms, motioning for me not to intervene.

Still, he let go of Loki's neck.

The 15-year-old "Aragorn" is thin and tall, about 1.8 meters.But Rocky, who was coughing wildly, was like a weak and pale chick in front of Fernando.

Fernando also carried Loki directly onto the sofa like he was carrying a chicken.

Then he turned and dragged a chair from the dining table.The friction between the chair legs and the carpet made the sound of Sharara, and with his slow but neat movements and his huge body, a strong sense of threat was evident.

Eventually the chair landed very close to the sofa, and when Fernando sat down, his knees made physical contact with Rocky in an oppressive gesture, completely breaking the normal social distance.

I:"……"

I've seen this trick in movies, it's a standard torture method.

Didn't you say that gods and gods have their own ways of doing things?This is completely the way of human beings!I am not surprised that Fernando waterboarded Rocky next.

Is this a scene I can watch, I'm only 15 years old, an ordinary freshman in high school!

Perhaps sensing my shock, my dad behind me patted me.

He pointed to the sofa behind Fernando and Rocky, and pulled me into a seat.

Sitting shoulder to shoulder with my father, he even stroked my hair with his big hand to comfort me.Dad's familiar temperature and breath somewhat reassured me.

In any case, Fernando will not stage a bloody scene in front of me.

As for Loki?

He had absolutely no sense of his own peril.

Enveloped completely by Fernando's strong body, he put on a casual posture instead, vividly showing Aragon's unrestrained, unrestrained and unafraid of threats.Loki even raised the corners of his mouth, and there was a bit of provocative emotion in his sea blue eyes.

"Wow."

Loki deliberately put on a brisk tone: "He came up with the means of being an undercover agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration, didn't you, Fernando?"

What's more frightening is that Fernando also smiled.

It's just that this kind of smile is completely different from Loki's.

My godfather drawled back in his baritone voice: "If I were to play tricks, Rocky, you'd have no tongue to argue with by now."

Loki: "Without a tongue, how are you going to ask questions?"

Fernando silently looked at Loki's hands.

It means that he talks too much and is cunning, why not just pull out his tongue and let him write by hand.

Not to mention Loki, even I shivered.

terrible!

Although I don't know if "Drug Enforcement Administration undercover" is true or if Loki is joking, I know that Fernando's identity in the world is definitely more than just an ordinary Mexican immigrant.

"But I'm not here to interrogate you."

The subject of his slow but deep words suddenly changed, and then leaned back on the back of the chair with his strong arms.

With Fernando's movements, the sense of urgency in the living room was mostly relieved.

"I came here to answer questions," Fernando tilted his head. "It's useless for you to ask Ares. Now he can't answer anything. Why don't you just ask me."

After finishing speaking, he slightly raised his chin to signal Loki to speak: "What do you want to know about the Lazarus Project?"

"this point……"

Loki smiled brightly: "You shouldn't ask me?"

Fernando frowned.

Loki saw that the other party didn't understand, and he was not in a hurry. He sat up straight, completely ignoring that Fernando was so close to him, the essence was to threaten him.

The Nordic god of deception, sitting on the sofa, looked like a king sitting on the throne, and even pretended to turn sideways to Fernando and raised his finger to me.

"She is the person involved, a 15-year-old girl," he said, "Fernando, you should answer her question."

Fernando's generous back gave a pause, and then turned around.

Loki took the opportunity to seize the opportunity, crawling and jumping to squeeze out in front of Fernando.

He avoided the interrogation-like scene, turned around and ran to the open kitchen of my house: "You guys, let's talk alone, I'm very hungry, so go find something to eat first, don't worry about me!"

I:"……"

He's good at taking chances.

Until this moment, Fernando, who was aggressive when he entered the door, finally softened his eyes when he touched the existence.

He sighed, then stood up.

The chair swivels around to face me, my dad.Fernando sat back again, but he didn't look so gloomy and scary. He became my usual godfather again.

"I'm sorry," Fernando said, "I came here without saying hello."

"It's okay." - My dad and I spoke at the same time.

If it wasn't for Fernando's reluctance, I would have liked him to live in my house.

Once my dad is on a business trip, it starts at two months, and Fernando spends more time with me than him.I'm also very welcome to come in without saying hello.

But apparently Fernando didn't think so.

He looked really guilty, and even bowed his head slightly to avoid my sight.

"Loki is right," Fernando said, "Ares looks like this now. As an insider, I shouldn't hide the Lazarus plan from you. If he didn't appear directly, maybe I still don't want to face it. Confess the truth to you."

"Why?" I was surprised.

Fernando smiled wryly.

He has been speaking at a slow pace, which makes Fernando seem to have a rich story behind every sentence.

"The time of the old gods is over, Nicole."

Fernando whispered: "We are the outcasts of the times. There is no need to involve you who have nothing to do with it. What belongs to you is the future, not the past."

He is thinking of me.

I know very well that Zeus and Loki may have other plans, but my father and Fernando, no matter what they hide from me, even if the choice is wrong, they will definitely not hurt me.

"What do you want to know? I will definitely give you the answer today." Fernando promised.

I thought for a while, and went straight to the point: "Locky just said something about the 'Outer God' and said that I was being watched. Is this related to the Lazarus Project?"

Fernando nodded.

Me: "Then why do these alien gods monitor me?"

I still can't figure this out: it's really an enemy, wouldn't it be easier to attack directly, and wait for the opponent to develop wretchedly.

Put it here to play the cultivation game.

Fernando asked without answering: "Did Loki tell you that the first thing the old gods lost was not divine power, but fertility."

It's not that Loki told me, but I don't think it's necessary to point out that the old Zeus was also involved.

"Knowing is knowing," I said, "but if so, why was I born?"

"It's because of the Lazarus Project." Fernando replied.

really.

"Hundreds of years ago, the old gods were aware of the existence of the Outer Gods," Fernando explained. "They haven't been standing still, Nicole. Many events you have heard or not heard are related to them: the out-of-the-box phenomena appearing everywhere. □, unexplained urban legends and mysterious events, etc.”

"Then... that didn't cause any consequences?" I asked in a low voice.

"It is the old gods and new gods from all over the place who are solving these problems, so there have been no uncontrollable accidents for hundreds of years. I am just one of them, but I understand that this can only delay His invasion, not completely I have been looking for a way to eliminate the Outer Gods until I met Ares 20 years ago.

"Your father, like me, also wanted to find a once-and-for-all solution to defeat the Outer God, and then we found it. This is the Lazarus Project."

"Then what exactly is the Lazarus plan?" I asked again.

"Pay a certain price to conceive a descendant of the old god. If it succeeds, it will be enough to prove that the old god has lost its believers, and it can also give birth in other ways. Naturally, it can also restore its divine power through other methods."

Having said that, Fernando paused.

"Aris succeeded, so you were born, but your father paid a very heavy price."

"What price?" My heart tightened.

Fernando looked at my dad beside me.

John Hawke, the God of War Ares, still looks silent and dull.Even if the things he told were directly related to him, my dad didn't respond in any way.

"The price is the soul, Nicole," Fernando replied, "so your father became what he is now."

Then there was silence in the room.

I felt like my throat was blocked by something, and I couldn't say anything.

original……

Dad became what he is now because of my birth.

What about my mother?

Did I also die because of my birth?

I'm a little depressed thinking about it.

Why is this so, for the glory of the old gods, is it interesting?

If so... I might as well not have been born.

"No wonder."

Just when I was sad, there was an untimely "click" sound.

"No wonder the Lazarus project has been suspended."

I looked up and saw Loki returning with a bag of potato chips, while commenting seriously: "No old god wants to pay the price of losing a soul."

"but."

He didn't wait for anyone to reply, and continued on his own: "No matter how successful you were at the time, the problem now is that the Outer God noticed Nicole and cast more and more eyes on her. This must have something to do with La It's related to the Salu Project, maybe what the Outer God noticed was the 'process' that made Nicole born. So Fernando, how did you operate it back then?"

"I am not very sure."

Fernando replied honestly: "I'm just a mercenary responsible for protecting researchers. They don't even know that I'm also an old god."

Loki let out a regretful "tsk".

He slowly swallowed the potato chips in his mouth, and sighed: "It still depends on Nicole to get into Harvard."

"Admitted to Harvard?"

Fernando was stunned for a moment, and then he understood the general idea: "Most of the researchers back then were professors... It is indeed a solution. And whether it succeeds or not, it is a good thing for Nicole."

"Yes."

Loki nodded affirmatively, and then he put down the bag of potato chips: "Just explain it clearly, and stop investigating me secretly and threatening me. Today's task No. [-] is completed."

what?

"Is there a second mission?" I asked.

"of course."

Loki smiled at me again.

He kept the handsome, charming and friendly smile of Renhuang in the movie, took out a folded paper from his pocket, and just shook it, it was a poster.

——It has a large line of "National Encyclopedia Knowledge Contest for Middle School Students" written on it.

"To get to Harvard," Rocky said, "Nicole, you've got to go to this."

"..."

Don't you find it strange to say such a thing in such a tense atmosphere!