Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit

After all, that incident has been definitively settled, and no one will cause any further trouble.

Finley had even heard about some of Matthew's affairs, such as how Matthew often went to the mountains alone when he had nothing to do.

Finley wasn't quite sure what Matthew was doing, but he certainly didn't think Matthew was just bored and went hunting.

He wisely refrained from investigating the matter.

"Hmm, they should be back in a little while," Rose responded to Finley as she efficiently prepared the ingredients.

During their conversation, they heard a noise outside the door. Finley turned around and looked down the doorway; Matthew had returned.

"Hey, Inspector Finley."

Matthew's voice was still as clear and crisp as ever, but it had gained a newfound composure and confidence.

His facial features also seemed to have matured a lot, making him even more handsome and dashing.

There was also an indescribable air of authority about him.

If the Matthew of that time was still immature, the Matthew I haven't seen for more than half a year now has matured.

Matthew changed into slippers, casually hung his coat on the hanger, and walked in.

"You've grown taller."

Finley looked Matthew up and down and laughed. The usually composed and capable Finley felt a strange flutter in his heart when he saw the boy again.

This feeling of palpitation is like an ordinary person facing a sleeping lion, instinctively feeling a sense of fear.

This feeling is very subtle.

“After all, it’s a time when he’s growing.” Matthew patted Finley on the shoulder, a gesture that surprised Finley.

Matthew ignored Finley's thoughts.

After greeting Roseco in the kitchen, he went to the refrigerator, opened it, took out a can of beer and tossed it to Finley, then grabbed a can of beer for himself and started drinking.

"Hey, the temperature is minus eight degrees Celsius now."

Finley hurriedly caught the can of ice-cold beer that was thrown to him, offering a helpless suggestion.

"I didn't notice, sorry, there's a case of room temperature beer over there." Matthew nonchalantly opened an ice-cold beer, took a big gulp, and gestured to Finley.

Roseco had already finished sorting the ingredients in the kitchen. Hearing the sound of a beer can being opened, she immediately came out and pulled a can from a case of beer she had bought.

He handed a can to Finley, rolling his eyes at his bratty younger brother: "Do you think Finley has a monster body like you?"

Roseco is Matthew's closest friend right now.

As an apprentice trained by her adoptive father Daniel, she usually has a good relationship with Matthew, much like siblings.

Because Roseco had no relatives, she had long regarded Daniel and Matthew as her family.

So if there's anyone in this world she still cares about, Roseco might be one of them.

There's only one left now.

Therefore, their manner of speaking and conversing was completely lacking in politeness.

Seeing the familial interaction between Roseco and Matthew, Finley smiled as well.

In fact, Finley had mixed feelings about Matthew; he sympathized with Matthew's plight.

However, Finley did not entirely agree with the bloodshed caused by Matthew. He was a follower of the law and preferred to punish criminals by law if possible.

At the same time, Finley was well aware that these problems with Kleiner and within the police department could not be resolved through legal means.

This is already an abscess; to burst it and cut it off, we would have to use methods outside the law.

Matthew just happened to demonstrate this method to remove the abscess.

Finley himself was a complex person, after all, many things have two sides.

The dinner went well. Finley wasn't a loner; on the contrary, he sometimes had a Black sense of humor and wasn't rude, so Roseco and Finley got along quite well.

As for Matthew, he was more like a listener.

Although he has lived two lives, he is still not as experienced as Finley. Some of Finley's past experiences sound quite interesting.

After eating and drinking to one's heart's content.

On the living room sofa, Matthew looked at Finley: "Have you ever thought about leaving here?"

“No, I’m used to it here, and I like it here. I’m getting old, and I’ve lost that drive I used to have.” Finley understood the implication in Matthew’s words, so he shook his head.

"Is that so? But I can sense the resentment in your heart."

Matthew chuckled softly and leaned back on the sofa: "You're unwilling because you've seen the corruption of this country's system, you've seen too much darkness, but you have no power to change it."

Finley fell silent.

“Perhaps you should try a different way of living, Finley.” Matthew said meaningfully, his eyes reflecting Matthew’s face behind Finley’s glasses, lost in thought.

After a long while, Finley took his leave.

Only Matthew and Roseco remained at home.

"So, what do you want to do?" At this moment, Roseco brought over two cups of freshly brewed hot coffee, handed one to Matthew, and asked with a raised eyebrow.

"He is an idealist, but he is not suited to this country."

Matthew took the coffee and sipped it.

“Wow, you look like some kind of scholar,” Roseco teased Matthew.

Matthew ignored this and looked at Roseco seriously: "So, what do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Roseco also became serious.

“I won’t hesitate, Matthew.”

"Welcome to my team, Roseco."

Chapter Thirty-One: Space Gem

The next morning, at home.

On the balcony of the second-floor room, outside, snow was falling heavily, everything was pure white. Matthew, wearing a simple white T-shirt and gray sweatpants, sat on a chair with an encrypted laptop on his lap.

He was browsing various messages sent from Pierce.

"Multiple explosions have been reported in Rose Hill, Tennessee. The reported data suggests a terrorist attack, but this is questionable and is under investigation."

"S.H.I.E.L.D. Level 7 Agent Hawkeye is about to secretly travel to St. Petersburg to carry out a mission directly sent by Nick Fury, which is suspected to be related to the spy organization Red Room."

"Roxon Petroleum's offshore platform exploded and collapsed; an unidentified mysterious force was detected and is under investigation."

"Bruce Banner is on the run, presumably to Brazil, and the military's Ross is in pursuit."

"Nick Fury has restarted the top-secret Project Pegasus. Details of the project are unknown."

"X-Men and Magneto are suspected to be meeting in Canada. The Alcaria Lake base has been recovered, and William Stryker has gone into hiding."

"The superhuman monitoring database has been established, and data archives are being built to include known superhumans."

"Devil's Pot Town has been sealed off. Town resident Nydy broke into the police jail, displaying superhuman strength, killing all members of the Low Shoulders band, and fled the town. She is currently being pursued."

As he finished browsing, Matthew placed the notebook on the coffee table in front of him, slightly raised his head, and his pupils reflected the swirling snow outside, a thought flashing in his eyes.

"Hawkeye, Red Room, Bruce Banner, William Stryker, Project Pegasus, that's really something."

It must be said that the biggest benefit that winning over Pierce brought Matthew was gaining access to an intelligence network spanning the entire world.

This allowed him to obtain a lot of confidential information firsthand.

Based on his memories from his past life, Matthew was able to extract many clues from this information, which was equivalent to having a third eye.

For example, Hawkeye's mission in St. Petersburg, involving the Red Room spy organization, was clearly the beginning of the defection of Black Widow, a future top agent.

For example, with the launch of Project Pegasus, Nick Fury officially began researching the Tesseract, also known as the Space Stone, laying the groundwork for the future battle in New York.

Having the backing of a world-class organization has many advantages.

Hydra, a brainwashing organization, cannot be completely subjugated. The best approach is to rebuild it now, drain it dry like a parasite, and then discard it.

The Red Room, a Gem of Space.

Matthew's eyes flickered; he wasn't very interested in the latter, or rather, he wasn't interested at the moment.

This thing is useless until Matthew has enough power, and he doesn't care whether it will completely change the so-called timeline.

More than seven months have passed since he awakened his memories, and the world is still turning. The fact that the Sorcerer Supreme, who guards the timeline and Earth, hasn't come knocking on his door speaks volumes.

The main problem is that even if he gets his hands on it, it won't bring him any direct help.

On the contrary, besides becoming stronger, he wanted to change some people's fates, just like playing a game, shattering the original fixed time and making the future unknown.

It feels like playing a management simulation game.

Seek out talent, develop the nation, build an army, establish a country, ascend to the throne step by step, and build a harem.

Although Matthew's thoughts later turned somewhat inappropriate, he didn't find anything abnormal about it.

On the contrary, desire is the most important thing that drives him forward.

Having a goal will motivate you to work steadfastly toward it.

This was also one of the important factors that enabled him to suppress loneliness and solitude and cultivate strength deep in the mountains.

What was most important in the 20th century? Talent, of course.

Thinking of the information he had browsed before, he immediately set his sights on the Red House.

This is a hidden gem.

The Red Room is a spy organization established during the Big Brother era, dating back to the end of World War II, and expanded during the Cold War.

After Big Brother dissolved, it was privatized by General Derekov and became his personal global spy network.

Young orphaned girls kidnapped from all over the world are brought to the Red House, controlled, brainwashed, and trained in the most cruel ways to build a vast network of spies and assassins that spans the globe.

To achieve Drekeff's ambition of controlling the world.

It would be a waste for Drekoff to have a team of around a thousand female spies who are skilled in infiltration, assassination, and sabotage.

Dezi, if you can't handle the red room, let me handle it.

After thinking it over, Matthew sat back down in his chair, picked up his computer and sent his command, then looked at the data report for Devil's Pot.

With the Devil's Jar incident, S.H.I.E.L.D. immediately imposed a complete lockdown on the town after taking over.

The level of confidentiality is the highest.

This is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s normal procedure for identifying the origin and direct participants of supernatural events.

However, during the lockdown, due to her close relationship with Jennifer, who was possessed by a demon, and Nyddy, she was subjected to intense questioning by S.H.I.E.L.D.

During this process, the agents noticed a significant change in the girl's appearance.

As an ordinary student, Nitty's appearance was not outstanding, but her skin became whiter and smoother, her features became more delicate, and her temperament became very charming, especially her eyes, which seemed to have some kind of magic.

Many agents were unconsciously drawn to those eyes when they met them.

Just as the agents were becoming alert, Nyddy suddenly erupted, displaying superhuman strength.

In a police station full of secret agents, he actually broke into the Low Shoulders band's cell, killed them in an extremely cruel way, and then escaped into the deep mountains and disappeared without a trace while being pursued by the secret agents.

Upon seeing this, Matthew raised an eyebrow, not expecting that there would be a sequel to Devil's Pot Town.

Now he was genuinely interested.

According to an internal S.H.I.E.L.D. report, an energy frequency highly consistent with Jennifer's was detected on Nyddy.

After Matthew defeated the beautiful female demon, he used his Observation Haki to thoroughly check the town and only left after confirming that there was no demonic aura left.

Could it be that the demon is not dead, but has transferred to this girl named Nydy?

However, the possibility is not high.

After all, after killing Jennifer, the Devil Compendium clearly absorbed the soul of a demon and activated the Memory Fruit.

How does the girl explain this?