The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

New York, on a sunny morning, before 7 o'clock, the streets of Manhattan were already busy. Wall Street elites in suits and leather shoes held reports in their hands, and spat out a lot of professional terms to the phone while walking. The boss is struggling to move the magazine rack to the door. There is a long queue in the driveway of the fast food restaurant. Vehicles of all colors arrive from head to tail 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 coming to an end, but iced coffee will never go out of the market. In front of the sanatorium on the corner of the street, many young people gather while drinking coffee and reading magazines. Schiller leans on a lamppost in front of the sanatorium, holding his hand Holding a cup of coffee and talking on a mobile phone in one hand.

...Yes, it is true that I forgot, but I am the dean, you can't let the dean be locked out of the nursing home, can you?

You said you have something to do, what can you do? Hasn't the resignation procedure of the Presbyterian Hospital been handed over a long time ago? It's been several months. Apart from the work in the nursing home, what else do you have to be busy with?

You became a specially-appointed doctor at the Presbyterian Hospital? Hey, you went out to look for a part-time job without the consent of the director of me?... You can't find my person? Then you are justified? It is clearly written in the contract... ...

Okay, okay, I know you are a person with career pursuits, don't worry about it, come and give me the key...

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

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

Oh, one last thing, it's better to be polite to her and come to work tomorrow alive!

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

At this time, in Strange's apartment, Gu Yi waved her hand, and the sky was surrounded by stars like light spots, and there seemed to be an endless starry sky behind her.

Strange looked at all this in shock. In an instant, the magical brilliance disappeared again. Except for Gu Yi's slightly fluttering robe, everything seemed to have never appeared. Gu Yi 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 that he hasn't seen Schiller use magic before, but at most Schiller floats a ballpoint pen or something, how can there be such a big scene of the universe coming?

As everyone knows, Gu Yi also sighed inwardly, the development of the matter really exceeded her expectations.

This matter has to start with the so-called coming of the bat god at that time,

At that time, the so-called guard of the bat god descended from the Molun family was actually just a shameless stowaway, no different from a mouse that sneaked into a hole.

Because of the existence of Odin and Ancient One, not everyone can come to the land of the earth. When Odin became angry, the god of symbiosis could not miss it, not to mention Ancient One. Every day he was either beating his creditors or going to On the way to beat creditors.

For the demon gods who attacked with great fanfare, those who walked through the main entrance were smashed into dumpling fillings, and those who walked through the side door were beaten into even more broken dumpling fillings. Most of the rest have learned to be smart. act rashly.

But the main entrance and the side entrances are all blocked, that is to say, there are some people who are not too dirty and like to go through mouse 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 the supreme mage did not exist, when humans had just formed tribes, got rid of the blood and blood, and began to establish civilization, many tribes would have wizards and priests using witchcraft to communicate with the world.

Most of them are just psychological comfort, but a small part of them have successfully found the right owner.

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

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

After Gu Yi became the supreme sorcerer, he made frequent checks and fixes, and solved these historical problems. The demon gods who dared to do this also paid the price for their youth and recklessness, and became the fertilizer of the earth's defense system.

Although Gu Yi hacked to death most of the careless demon gods along the network cable, there were also some cunning demon gods. The passages they buried were relatively hidden. .

What the vampires use is a channel that slips through the net.

This race lived a long time and could always get some weird 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 into the deep space. There happened to be a member of the Molun family hunting in this universe. Like a hound smelling blood, he quickly locked on here.

He came to the earth silently from this smuggled passage, and planned to take advantage of the chaos to hunt and kill Spider-Man.

The story is pretty normal so far, until the giant venomous bat rises into the air, and after communicating with some higher-level mystical power, the Ancient One gets the answer that a new beast totem is being born.

As a matter of course, she got busy. If a new beast totem is really going to be born in this universe, then the earth's supreme mage Gu Yi certainly has a lot of things to prepare, such as debt collection, dumpling stuffing and a new round of cleaning Mo Dafei.

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 didn't have much time to stare at her future heir Strange, or rather, the busy Gu Yi simply forgot about it.

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

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

In the past, Strange could not be regarded as poor. As the best neurosurgeon in the world, his income was quite high, but obviously, earning a dead salary would never be faster than earning money from other sources.

Ever since he became the medical consultant of the Stark-Osborn Joint Pharmaceutical Group, gave lectures on the efficacy of the immortality factor around the world, and endorsed this mysterious drug as an elite doctor, Strange suddenly discovered that , it seemed that the whole world was busy feeding him money.

Stark and Osborn will give him a lot of money as a salary. In addition, S.H.I.E.L.D. will also give him a part of the remuneration, and the nursing home will also have a remuneration, and these are not even his income main source.

There are many poor people with only money left in this world, such as big Middle Eastern households who own black gold, Far Eastern oligarchs who are caught by finances, and monopoly predators in certain industries. If you want to say that these people really don’t know the hype of immortality factor ingredients? Actually not necessarily.

It's just that they are too rich, even if they spend money to listen to it, as long as it sounds good, they are happy.

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's just a placebo effect, it doesn't matter, money is just a number anyway.

Under such circumstances, even the price one of them offered Strange could make him dizzy for a long time.

And Strange was indeed knocked unconscious 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 broke his view of money almost instantly. Strange suddenly discovered that money is not actually the reward for labor. He did not pay any actual labor, but just repeated a few words as a repeater Then go to a magnificent banquet to eat and drink, and have a few words with the richest man in the world, and the money will fly into his pocket by himself.

Strange found that the mode of the world's economic operation seemed to be a deception. After he jumped from being a deceived victim to a liar, he suddenly became less entangled with it.

After all, being rich is a real joy.

So, when Gu Yi took time to look at Strange after he was busy for a while, she found that Strange seemed to have looked away.

Just when she was going to find out what happened during this period, she was caught in a little trouble again. The person in charge of the New York Sanctuary cried out and asked to be transferred away. Gu Yi had no choice but to appease 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 produce qualitative changes.

Not long after, Pepper finished the important work of handing over the power of the Stark Group, and began to reorganize these industries related to the immortality factor, and established the foundation of the immortality factor, and Strange also became a member of it logically. .

It makes all the difference when you get a stake in such an important industry.

simply put. It is from a laborer to a capitalist overnight.

Whether or not Strange has the heart to be rich and not to be lecherous, he himself doesn't know, but obviously, Gu Yi who came back from work feels that he doesn't.

After the supreme mage came back, she found that things were running in a completely wrong direction without looking back.

Due to the absence of Schiller, Strange has become an indispensable and important person in the professional field of the entire immortality factor industry. His importance has been rising steadily, and he has even reached a pivotal position. He has gained the credibility of the immortality factor medicine, It also has the final right of interpretation.

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

The future Supreme Mage is about to be gone forever in the way of capitalists.

But Gu Yi knew that if Strange really became an equally important capitalist who controlled the lifeline of the industry like Stark or Osborn, then neither a car accident nor the death of an important relative could make him escape from the mundane world. The entanglement of fame and fortune, and seek the Tao from the occult.

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

For example, if Stark is going to abandon everything now and escape into the empty door, the first person who is anxious must be the President of the United States, and his blood pressure will rise urgently.

Once these people are involved, things will become very troublesome. Gu Yi has been in the position of the supreme mage for so many years, and he has pursued non-interventionism. Now, Strange's fate is related to the immortality factor industry, and the immortality factor The industry is related to Stark Group, Osborne Group, S.H.I.E.L.D., the military, and Congress. She doesn't want to have conflicts with so many forces because of her heir.

At the same time, Ancient One was very suspicious. 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, spending time and drinking, burying his head in the road of getting something for nothing and enjoying pleasure? You can't chop him into dumpling stuffing, can you?

When things got to this point, in order to prevent his favorite heir from throwing himself into the embrace of capital without looking back, Gu Yi decided to do something special. Those steps of the test can be omitted first, or he should first ensure that his Strange will not go astray. more important.

So, on the morning when Schiller was locked outside the sanitarium without a key, Strange got to know the magic world for the first time from Ancient One, and received an invitation to study abroad from Karma Taj.

That's right, it's an invitation to study abroad, not a show of mercy to accept students or something like that.

After all, the current situation is not that Strange is begging his grandpa to tell his grandma all over the world to find someone to cure his illness, but that Gu saw Strange's talent and didn't want him to be dazzled by worldly fame and fortune, so he took the initiative to find him. An invitation is naturally more polite.

And Gu Yi also knew that under such circumstances, Strange couldn't just walk away, too many people pointed at him to make money, if he were to be taken away like this, the network cable just connected to the sanctuary would have to be dug out again broken.

So the supreme mage was very enlightened and said that Strange could study on a day-to-day basis, for example, after get off work, he could go to the sanctuary portal for a few hours of class and come back in the morning.

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

Strange was still in a trance when he came to work in the afternoon, obviously the magic displayed by Gu Yi shocked him even more.

Schiller's kind of floating ballpoint pen is not unheard of in magic, and it is 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 dumpling stuffing. If you are an expert, 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 overwhelmed by the infinite power of magic in her.

Is everything we do really meaningful? Strange sat on the desk and asked with dull eyes: I have learned so many years of knowledge and technology, what kind of magic... they just need to wave their hands can do it all...

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

Then she waved her hand, the wound was healed without any medical technology, no medicine, no doctor...

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

A certain patient is lying on the hospital bed like that, he can go to a group of magicians to wave to him, and then I can get out, because there is no need for more than ten hours of surgery, and there is no need for postoperative recovery... ...

Strange spread his hands, he opened his mouth, but said nothing.

Then he asked Schiller very puzzled: You are all in the same group, right? You magical people, what do you think of ordinary people? Do you think we are stupid and ridiculous? It took decades to learn Knowledge hones technology, and in the end...

He smiled self-deprecatingly: It's like a group of ants who only know how to run around in a mud nest, right?

Then why don't you try it yourself? Schiller sat opposite him and said to him, Go and see if magic is as relaxed and easy as you imagined?

Is there anything easier than waving? It doesn't make sense at all. Strange sighed, covered his forehead and said, I knew from a very young age that some people in this world can easily Get what you can't get in your life.

They don't have to make any effort, it's just because of luck, the world is unfair.

But... he paused, then continued: It's still more unfair than I thought it would be.

Strange smiled, but it seemed that he was having a hard time laughing, and he said: Now it seems that those rich people are just fools kept in the dark, this is the only good thing I heard today. news.

You know what Stark thinks about magic?

Strange looked at Schiller. He actually wanted to say that he didn't care about Stark's opinion, but he really wanted to know that this group of people had already stood at the top of ordinary humans and had obtained the most money in the world. How do people with fame and fortune view such extraordinary things.

When the vampires invaded, he also thought about this issue. The immortality, even immortality, that ordinary people dream of, those big bats are born with. They are very strong and powerful, even well-trained ordinary people , and you have to be in groups to deal with one of them, which seems really unfair, like a eccentric joke by the Creator.

But then I thought about it, this kind of thing happened thousands of years ago. In the ancient barbaric era, the physique of human beings was completely incomparable with those beasts with sharp claws, but in the end we are still alive today, And developed a civilization that flourished.

But this is different. Strange pointed out the loopholes in this view: It is still humans who can use magic, not beasts. They have all the advantages of humans, they are intelligent, capable of thinking, and can be passed down.

And she mentioned to me that they are also organized. Like ordinary people, they work in groups and work together. They have all the advantages of ordinary humans, plus magic...

Then why didn't they rule over mankind? Or, why didn't you hear about them in your previous life? Such a superior and powerful group, why didn't they stand in front of the public and lead mankind to greater glory?

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

And you and I both know that if human beings have wisdom, they will have ambitions and desires. If they are really so superior that they can achieve achievements that ordinary people cannot achieve for decades without paying any price, then We're sure to see in the history books a bloody war between them and ordinary people.

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

So... Strange said hesitantly.

So of course they have to pay the 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, and he frowned, showing some pain. After all, anyone who was denied the skills he had studied hard for many years would feel very depressed.

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

In other words, knowing magic in this way, Strange was more puzzled. He wanted to know, where did this power come from, and why was it so powerful? Are there really no downsides?

Schiller looked at Strange, he thought, now, this future Supreme Mage is not actively pursuing magic because of a strong desire to save himself or others, but on such an ordinary and ordinary morning, Learned the truth about the other half of the world.

He has been greatly impacted, but the issues he thinks about are different. Strange still has room to think about some philosophical issues in spring and snow, instead of being like a desperate stray dog ​​who can only regard magic as the only straw.

The change of social status gave Strange a lot of initiative in facing the ancient one.

Strange still has a way out now. Even if he doesn't become a Supreme Mage, he can still be a happy rich man in ordinary society. Even if he still becomes a Supreme Mage later, he can still play an important role in this society. Role.

This is Schiller's purpose.

Schiller always believes that a supreme mage who is completely detached from human society is not good enough. When they put themselves in a lonely and superior position for a long time, their mentality will gradually change, and they will be separated from ordinary humans. Forget that they were also born in this ordinary society, which is the root of everything.

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

Even if Strange, like Gu Yi, can truly transcend the world and stick to his heart, his effect is too small. With the status and ability of the Supreme Mage, he can do more.

When others do more, Schiller can do less and spend more paid fishing time.

Therefore, Schiller chose the money offensive, using pies falling from the sky to stun Strange, the future supreme mage, so that he would not be too far away from this society.

Schiller asked Strange: Isn't it fun being rich?

Of course I'm happy. Strange replied subconsciously, How can anyone be unhappy if they have money?

You may feel happy to be a rich man now, but after you get in touch with the magic and the great magic, you will find that...

Isn't being rich enough to be happy?

...you'll find that being rich is really a joy.