Chapter 184: Strange's Happy Life (Part 1)

New York, a sunny morning, before 7 o'clock, the streets of Manhattan are already busy. Wall Street elites in suits and ties hold reports in their hands and spit out a lot of professional terms on the phone while walking. The owner of the coffee shop is struggling to move the magazine rack to the door. The driveway of the fast food restaurant is lined up with a long queue. Various vehicles are like parts on an assembly line. The sunlight reflected by the rearview mirror and the glass curtain wall of the high-rise building complement each other.

Summer is about to pass, but iced coffee will never go out of the market. In front of the sanatorium on the corner, many young people gather while drinking coffee and reading magazines. Schiller leans on a street lamp pole in front of the sanatorium gate, holding a cup of coffee in one hand and a mobile phone in the other.

"...Yes, I forgot, but I am the dean, you can't let the dean be locked out of the sanatorium?"

"You said you have something to do, what can you do? Didn't the resignation procedures of the Presbyterian Hospital have been handed over a long time ago? It has been several months, what else do you have to do besides the work in the sanatorium?"

"You became a specially appointed doctor of the Presbyterian Hospital? Hey, you went out to find a part-time job without the consent of me, the dean?... You can't find my people? Then you are right? It is clearly written in the contract..."

"Okay, okay, I know you are a person with People who pursue careers, don't worry about so much, come and give me the key quickly..."

"A lunatic who broke into a private house came to you? Like me? I'm not... Then why didn't you call the police? Don't you know the phone number of 911?"

"Who? A bald man in yellow clothes? That's fine, you can take a day off today, bye!"

"Oh, one last thing, you'd better be polite to her and come to work alive tomorrow!"

After Schiller finished speaking, he quickly hung up the phone. He drank a sip of coffee and thought happily that he had just returned to Marvel and heard good news. It was a good start.

At this time, in Strange's apartment, Ancient One waved her hand, and the sky was full of star-like light spots surrounding her, and the endless starry sky seemed to be shrouded behind her.

Strange looked at all this in shock. In an instant, the magic light disappeared again. Except for the slightly fluttering robes of Ancient One, everything seemed to have never appeared. Ancient One looked at Strange and asked him: "What do you think?"

Strange opened his mouth wide, immersed in shock and did not answer. It's not like he had never seen Schiller use magic before, but Schiller could only float a ballpoint pen or something, how could there be such a grand scene of the universe descending?

Little did he know that Gu Yi also sighed inwardly, the development of things was really beyond her expectations.

This matter has to start with the so-called Bat God descending at that time.

At that time, the so-called Bat God Guard descended from the Morlun family was actually just a shameless stowaway, no different from a rat that secretly drilled a hole.

Because of the existence of Odin and Gu Yi, not everyone can come to the earth. When Odin gets angry, the God of Symbiotes will be beaten without any mistakes, not to mention Gu Yi, who is either beating the creditors or on the way to beat the creditors every day.

The demons who attacked with great fanfare, those who went through the main gate were beaten into dumpling fillings, and those who went through the side gate were beaten into even more broken dumpling fillings. Most of the rest learned to be smart, and no one dared to act rashly despite salivating over this place.

But the main gate and the side gate were blocked, which means that some people don't mind the dirt and like to drill rat holes.

In the long history of the earth, the ritual of summoning evil gods has a long history.

In the era when the position of Supreme Mage did not exist, when humans had just formed tribes, got rid of the raw meat and blood, and began to build civilization, many tribes would have wizards and priests using witchcraft to communicate with the world.

Most of them were just psychological comfort, but a small number of them successfully found the real master.

At that time, the wizards of the tribe used some rituals to summon part of the power of the evil gods to the earth, exchanged living sacrifices for evil power, and attacked other tribes.

At that time, some evil gods would leave their own marks and exclusive channels to facilitate the summoning of their believers.

After Gu Yi became the Supreme Mage, he did not stop checking for deficiencies and solving these historical problems. The demons who dared to do so also paid the price for their youthful frivolity and became fertilizer for the earth's defense system.

"Fairy Wood Romance"

Although Gu Yi killed most of the careless demons along the web, there were some cunning demons. The passages they buried were relatively hidden. Although Gu Yi conducted several demon-sweeping and anti-crime campaigns, there were always a few fish that slipped through the net.

The vampires used a passage that slipped through the net.

This race lives a long time and can always get some strange things. They found a way to communicate with the universe in some witchcraft books left over from ancient times.

The ignorant are fearless. They sent a signal directly from deep space. A member of the Morlun family happened to be hunting in this universe. He was like a hound that smelled blood and quickly locked onto this place.

He came to the earth silently from this smuggling passage and planned to hunt Spider-Man in the chaos.

The story was normal so far, until the huge venom bat took off. After Gu Yi communicated with some higher-level mysterious forces, he got the answer that a new beast totem was being born.

Naturally, she became busy. If a new beast totem was really going to be born in this universe, then the Supreme Sorcerer of the Earth, Ancient One, would certainly have a lot of things to prepare, such as collecting debts, chopping dumpling fillings and launching a new round of anti-demon and anti-crime operations.

In short, after this big event is over, the busiest person will be Gu Yi.

This led to a problem. In such a short period of time, she had no time to keep an eye on her future heir Strange, or in other words, Gu Yi simply forgot about it when he got busy.

Unexpectedly, in such a short period of time, Strange's life has undergone tremendous changes.

One of the most significant and influential changes was that he became rich overnight.

In the past, Strange could not be considered as having no money. As the best neurosurgeon in the world, his income was quite high, but obviously, earning a dead salary would never be as fast as making some side money.

Since he became the medical consultant of Stark-Osborne United Pharmaceutical Group, gave lectures around the world on the efficacy of immortality factor, and endorsed this mysterious drug as an elite doctor, Strange suddenly discovered that , it seems that the whole world is busy giving him money.

Stark and Osborn will give him a large amount of money as salary. In addition, SHIELD will also give him part of the remuneration, and the sanatorium will also receive a remuneration, and these are not even his income. primary sources.

There are many people in this world who are poor and have only money left, such as the Middle Eastern tycoons who are sitting on black gold, the Far Eastern oligarchs who have a tight financial grasp, and the monopolists in certain industries. You have to say that these people really don’t know about the hype of the immortality factor. Ingredients? Not necessarily.

It's just that they are too rich. Even if they spend money to listen to the sound, they are happy as long as the sound is good.

In this case, they are willing to spend a lot of money to buy a top doctor to tell them "it works" every day, even if it is just a placebo effect, money is just a number anyway.

In this case, even the price offered by one of them to Strange would make him dizzy for a long time.

And Strange was indeed stunned by the money.

In essence, Strange at this time is not a naturally good person like Peter Parker. His high pursuit of his career is also largely due to the generous rewards and honorary status that his professional level can bring him. It's human nature.

And the sudden wealth almost instantly destroyed his view of money. Strange suddenly discovered that money is not actually the reward for labor. He did not put in any actual labor, but just repeated a few sentences as a repeater, Then he went to a splendid banquet to eat and drink, and said a few words to the richest man in the world, and the money flew into his pocket.

Strange discovered that the world's economic operation model seemed to be a scam. After becoming a liar from a defrauded victim, he suddenly no longer struggled with it.

After all, being a rich man is really happy.

So, when Gu Yi took a moment to take a look at Strange after finishing his work for a while, she found that Strange seemed to be looking away.

Just when she was about to explore what happened during this period, she was tripped up by a little trouble. The person in charge of the New York Sanctuary clamored for transfer, and Gu Yi had to comfort these apprentices and Find a way to reconnect the sanctuary to WIFI.

But what she didn't expect was that quantitative changes in money can lead to qualitative changes.

Not long after, Pepper completed the important work of handing over the power of the Stark Group and began to reorganize the industries related to the Immortality Factor, establishing the Immortality Factor Foundation, and Strange naturally became a member of it. .

When you get a stake in such an important industry, everything changes.

Simply put. He went from being a laborer to becoming a capitalist overnight.

Strange himself didn't know whether he had the heart to be rich and wealthy but not to be promiscuous, but obviously, Gu Yi, who came back from his busy work, felt that he didn't.

After the Supreme Mage returned, she discovered that things were running in a completely wrong direction without looking back.

Due to Schiller's absence, Strange has become an indispensable and important figure in the professional field of the entire immortality factor industry. His importance has been increasing steadily, and has even reached a pivotal position. He has gained credibility in the aspect of immortality factor medicine. It also has the final right of explanation.

This means that in this industry, he has become as important as Stark and Osborne. In order to implement this credibility, Osborne Group planned to open a company for him to improve the industry standard of United Pharmaceuticals. Before Gu Yi came to the door, the process of opening a company was almost completed.

The future Supreme Mage is about to die as a capitalist, never to return.

But Ancient One knows that if Strange really becomes a capitalist who is as important as Stark or Osborn and controls the lifeline of the industry, then neither a car accident nor the death of an important relative can make him escape from the world. The entanglement of fame and fortune leads to seeking answers from mysticism.

Even if he wanted to do so, those who could benefit from him would not allow him to do so.

For example, if Stark were to abandon everything and escape into Buddhism, the first person who would be anxious would be the President of the United States, and his blood pressure would rise urgently.

Once these people are involved, things will become very troublesome. In the position of Supreme Mage for so many years, Ancient One has pursued non-interventionism. Now, Strange's departure or stay is related to the immortality factor industry, and the immortality factor The industry is related to the Stark Group, the Osborn Group, SHIELD, the military and Congress. She does not want to conflict with so many forces because of the issue of her successor.

At the same time, Gu Yi was very doubtful. With Strange's current will and character, would he really not be corrupted by money?

What if he really becomes an evil capitalist, lying on the pile of money every day and spending all his time on the road of getting something for nothing and enjoying himself? You can't chop him into dumpling fillings, right?

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When things got to this point, in order to prevent the heir he was optimistic about from jumping into the arms of capital without looking back, Gu Yi decided to do something special. Can those testing steps be omitted first, or should he first ensure that his Strange would not go astray? More important.

So, on the morning when Schiller was locked out of the sanatorium without a key, Strange truly learned about the magical world from the Ancient One for the first time, and received an invitation to study abroad from Karma Taj.

That's right, it's an invitation to study abroad, not a merciful offer to recruit a disciple.

After all, the current situation is not that Strange is begging his grandfather and grandmother all over the world to find someone to treat his illness, but that Gu Yi is optimistic about Strange's talent and does not want him to be dazzled by worldly fame and fortune, so he takes the initiative to come to his door. This The invitation was naturally much more polite.

Moreover, Ancient One also knew that under such circumstances, Strange could not just walk away. Too many people were pointing fingers at him for making money. If he were to be taken away like this, the newly connected network cable in the sanctuary would have to be dug up again. break.

Therefore, the Supreme Mage was very open-minded and said that Strange could go to school. For example, after get off work, he could take a few hours of classes through the portal of the sanctuary and come back in the morning.

Gu Yi also asked Strange to think about it for two days before answering. After all, she also had to think about what kind of car accident would make Strange change his mind and start a new life if Strange didn't agree.

Strange was still in a daze when he came to work in the afternoon, and it was obvious that the magic displayed by the Ancient One shocked him even more.

Schiller's floating ball pen and the like are not unheard of in magic. They are more like tricks than magic.

But Gu Yi is a real supreme mage. Every move is honed from thousands of demon gods who have been chopped into dumplings. Experts take action, let alone Strange, who spent the first half of his life studying science. Ordinary people, even the most creative magicians in the world, will be shocked by the infinite power of magic in her.

"Does everything we do really make sense?" Strange sat on his desk and asked with a dull look in his eyes: "I have learned so many years of knowledge and technology, what kind of magic... they just need to wave their hands. You can do it all..."

Strange looked down at his finger. He pointed at it and said, "When I was chopping vegetables, I got a cut on my finger, right here..."

"Then she waved her hand, and the wound was healed. It didn't require any medical technology, no medicine, no doctor..."

"So what is the meaning of human medicine's existence? What is the meaning of my existence?"

"A patient is just lying on the hospital bed. He can go to a group of magicians to wave to him, and then I can get out, because there is no longer a need for more than ten hours of surgery, and there is no need for any post-operative recovery... …”

Strange spread his hands and opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

Then he asked Schiller very doubtfully: "You are all in the same group, right? You magicians, what do you think of ordinary people? Do you think we are stupid and ridiculous? It takes decades to learn Knowledge sharpens skills, and in the end..."

He smiled self-deprecatingly and said: "Like a group of ants that can only spin in the mud, right?"

"Then why don't you try it yourself?" Schiller sat opposite him and said to him: "Try magic and see if it is as easy and easy as you think?"

"What's easier than waving your hands? This doesn't make sense at all." Strange sighed, covered his forehead and said, "I've known since I was very young that some people in this world can easily Get something you can't get in your life."

"They don't have to make any effort, just because they are lucky. The world is inherently unfair."

"But..." he paused, and then said, "it's still more unfair than I imagined."

Strange smiled, but it seemed that he was laughing very hard. He said: "Now it seems that those rich people are just fools who were kept in the dark. This is the only good thing I heard today." News."

"Do you know what Stark thinks about magic?"

Strange looked at Schiller. He actually wanted to say that he didn't care what Stark, a nasty guy, thought, but he did want to know that this group of people had stood at the top of ordinary humans and had gained the most in the world. How do people with fame and fortune view such extraordinary things?

"When the vampires invaded, he also thought about this problem. The immortality, even eternal life, that ordinary people dream of, those big bats are born with them. They are very strong and powerful, even well-trained ordinary people. , you have to form a group to deal with one of them, this seems really unfair, like a biased joke of the Creator.”

"But then I thought about it, this kind of thing happened tens of millions of years ago. In the ancient wilderness era, human body was completely incomparable to those beasts with sharp claws and teeth, but in the end we are still alive today. and developed such a prosperous civilization.”

“But this is different.” Strange pointed out the flaw in this view: “Those who can use magic are still humans, not beasts. They have all the advantages of humans, they are intelligent, can think, and can pass on.”

“And she mentioned to me that they are also organized, just like ordinary people, they work in groups and divide the work. They have all the advantages of ordinary humans, plus magic…”

“Then why don’t they rule over humans? Or, why have you never heard of them in your previous life? Such a superior and powerful group, why don’t they stand in front of the public and lead mankind to greater glory?”

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Strange was silent, and Schiller said to him: "Perhaps there is a possibility that their abilities are indeed completely superior to ordinary people. They are more noble than us and will not use this ability to enslave ordinary people."

"And you and I both know that humans have wisdom, and they will have ambitions and desires. If they are really so superior that they can achieve what ordinary people cannot achieve in decades in an instant, and without paying any price, then we will definitely see tragic wars between them and ordinary people in history books."

"Humans even want to rule other humans by nationality and skin color, let alone a truly superior ability?"

"So..." Strange said hesitantly.

"So of course they have to pay a price." Schiller spread his hands and said: "If you still don't believe it, why don't you try it?"

"I..." Strange closed his eyes, frowned, and looked a little painful. After all, anyone who was denied the skills they had studied for many years would feel very depressed.

But he had to admit that he was very curious about this magical power.

In other words, knowing magic in this way, Strange was more confused. He wanted to know where this power came from and why it was so powerful? Is there really no flaw?

Schiller looked at Strange and thought that now, the future Supreme Sorcerer did not actively pursue magic because of the strong desire to save himself or others, but learned the other half of the truth of this world on such an ordinary and ordinary morning.

He was greatly shocked, but the questions he thought about were different. Strange still had time to think about some high-brow philosophical questions, instead of being like a desperate stray dog ​​who could only regard magic as the only life-saving straw.

The change in social identity gave Strange a lot of initiative when facing the Ancient One.

Strange still has a way out. Even if he does not become the Supreme Sorcerer, he can still be a happy rich man in ordinary society. Even if he still becomes the Supreme Sorcerer later, he can still play an important role in this society.

This is also Schiller's purpose.

Schiller always believed that a Supreme Sorcerer who was completely detached from human society was not good enough. When they put themselves in a solitary and superior position for a long time, their mentality would gradually change, and they would be separated from ordinary humans, forgetting that they were also born in this ordinary society, which is the root of all things.

And this is likely to make them the biggest threat to human society.

Even if Strange, like Ancient One, can truly transcend the world and stick to his heart, his role is too small. With the status and ability of the Supreme Sorcerer, he can do more.

If others do more, Schiller can do less and have more time to slack off with pay.

Therefore, Schiller chose the money offensive, using the pie in the sky to knock Strange, the future Supreme Sorcerer, out of his wits, so that he would not be too far away from this society.

Schiller asked Strange: "Is it not happy to be a rich man?"

"Of course I am happy." Strange answered subconsciously: "How can being rich be unhappy?"

"You may think that being a rich man is very happy now, but after you come into contact with the magical and great magic, you will find..."

"Being a rich man is not happy enough?"

"...You will find that being a rich man is really happy."