However, all of these reporters were kept out of the hospital.
An hour later, Rosalie, having received the news, arrived at the hospital with Faith and other bodyguards.
"Mark, are you alright?"
Upon seeing Mark lying in the hospital bed, Rosalie burst into tears and rushed over to hug him.
"Mom, I'm fine. The doctor said it's just a mild concussion."
Mark shook his head.
Seeing that Rosalie was alright, he breathed a sigh of relief.
“Ms. Payne, I’m so sorry! We failed to protect Mark properly, which led to his kidnapping.”
At this moment, Faith, who had entered the ward with Rosalie, apologized to her with a look of shame.
"It's not your fault, you've already done your best."
Rosalie shook her head.
She had witnessed Faith and the others fighting desperately against so many armed gangsters, so why would she blame them?
Just then, Mayor Raymond, surrounded by reporters, entered Mark's hospital room.
Rosalie frowned, about to kick them out, not wanting them to disturb Mark's rest.
“Ms. Payne, this is Mayor Raymond. It was his decisive action in activating the Amber Alert emergency plan that allowed Mark to be rescued in such a short time!”
Raymond's secretary stepped forward and explained to Rosalie.
Rosalie could only swallow her words of telling him to leave and gratefully said to Raymond, "Thank you, Mayor, for saving my child!"
“Ms. Payne, you’re too kind! I would have done the same for any other child; it’s my responsibility as mayor.”
Raymond looked dignified and righteous.
He then inquired about Mark's health before introducing him to a blonde, blue-eyed, and beautiful female reporter beside him: "This is Ms. Nisley Winters, a news anchor from CBS. She would like to invite Ms. Payne and Mark to CBS tomorrow afternoon for an interview."
“This…Mark needs to rest.”
Rosalie said hesitantly.
“Ms. Payne, New York City has spent a lot of manpower and resources to save Mark this time.”
Raymond emphasized, "New Yorkers are very concerned about Mark's current situation. I think it would be better to let him appear on television to put everyone's minds at ease."
"Mark, what do you think?"
Rosalie looked at Mark on the hospital bed and asked.
Mark didn't really want to show his face at this point.
After all, he didn't know if there were other people behind that mutant, and the other person didn't look like someone from the Blackfire Gang.
But Mark already knew that New York City had activated the Amber Alert emergency plan for him, and it was too late for him to keep a low profile.
Moreover, he was able to finally kill the mutant only with Raymond's help.
"Okay, I'll go then."
Marx eventually agreed.
Raymond then smiled and took his leave, leading everyone out of the ward.
"Mayor, thanks to your help, I was able to schedule this interview."
After leaving the hospital, Nisley smiled and invited Raymond, "To express my gratitude, I would like to invite the mayor to dinner tonight. I wonder if you are available?"
“It is my honor, Miss Winster.”
……
Mark wasn't seriously injured to begin with.
He simply applied some ointment to his forehead and then left the hospital with Rosalie, returning to the Hilton Hotel.
"Mark, are you alright?"
Upon seeing Mark return, Kellerb immediately greeted him with concern.
Other members of the crew also came forward to express their concern.
Over the course of their time together, apart from a few people like Rachel, most of the crew really liked Mark, this cute and well-behaved kid.
"Thank you for your concern, I'm fine now."
Mark nodded in polite response.
"Regarding the filming of the later parts of the movie, Mark, will you still be able to participate?"
Kellerb then asked somewhat nervously.
"Of course! I won't affect the filming, director, don't worry."
Mark answered firmly.
He and Rosalie took on the role to improve their family's living conditions, and they are very grateful to Caleb for giving them this opportunity.
With the huge success of the Stardew Valley game, the salary Mark received for this movie is no longer a significant amount.
But he couldn't just stop filming halfway through, otherwise he would be betraying Kellerb, who appreciated him.
"That's good, that's good!"
Kellerb was finally relieved after receiving Mark's assurance.
After finishing their conversation with the crew, Mark and Rosalie returned to their room.
"Alice, what happened after I was kidnapped?"
Mark immediately asked Alice for her opinion.
Rosalie briefly recounted what happened after he was kidnapped while he was in the hospital, but not in enough detail.
"Okay, Mark."
After Alice responded, the monitor in front of Mark lit up.
The screen displayed footage captured by a drone.
The police arrived quickly after Mark was kidnapped.
The gangsters didn't dare to confront the police and immediately chose to flee, and everyone in the film crew was unharmed.
In addition, Jarvis found her and took over the drone that she had been controlling and that had been following Mark.
"So Jarvis was the one who helped me before!"
Mark suddenly realized why the police were able to precisely block the path of the invisible mutant.
Then he quickly thought, "Could it be that New York City activated the Amber Alert emergency plan because Tony Stark intervened?"
Mark was already wondering: given his status and position, it was impossible for New York to cause such a commotion for him.
But if Tony Stark is behind it all, then it makes sense.
"But why would Tony Stark help me? After all, he's never admitted to having any relationship with me."
Back then, Stark Industries even sent legal counsel to the clinic to warn Rosalie not to say anything out of line.
"I'll ask Tony Stark in person when I have the chance to meet him again!"
Mark then stopped dwelling on the issue and simply remembered the favor the other party had done him.
"Hmm, not bad! It seems that Stardew Valley's sales have hit a new high again recently."
Mark checked his bank account balance online and found that in just a few days, his deposit had exceeded one million dollars again.
This pleased Mark, who decided to wait until the Stardew Valley craze subsided before making more games to cash in.
Mark then went back to the military supplies website he had visited before and ordered five stun guns.
He then ordered five of the latest high-energy batteries, high-pressure nitrogen injectors, and various other electronic components from Stark Industries' website.
"This time, I'm going to modify it into an even more powerful weapon!"
Mark spent all the money in his bank card in one go, and his eyes became even more determined.
This experience made him truly realize the dangers of the Marvel universe.
Mark would never allow himself to fall into such a dangerous situation again!
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Something's Wrong with Nisrei
To appease the crew, Caleb gave them three days off, so Mark had time to do his own thing for the next few days.
The following afternoon, Mark and Rosalie, escorted by bodyguards, went to the CBS television station building.
"Welcome, both of you!"
Nisley greeted her with a professional smile.
She shook hands with Rosalie and then handed her a document: "Ms. Rosalie, please take a look at the question and answer outline for this interview. If you have no objections, I will ask the questions according to the script."
Rosalie took the document and huddled with Mark to look at it.
The questions above weren't tricky; they simply inquired about the two people's identities, professional backgrounds, family circumstances, and the process of Mark's kidnapping and rescue.
The two only need to answer truthfully and then express their gratitude to Mayor Raymond, the New York Police Department, and the citizens.
"We have no objection."
Rosalie nodded, having no objection to the question script.
The interview officially began at 6 p.m.
In addition to the host Nisley and the interviewees Rosalie and Mark, there were hundreds of other guests present.
"This little boy, Mark, was rescued through the Amber Alert emergency plan. Next to him is his mother, Rosalie."
Nisley introduced the two to everyone.
"Clap clap clap..."
The guests on the show applauded, and many cheered excitedly.
New Yorkers watching the program on television breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that Mark was safe and sound.
When people first heard that Mark, such a lovely child, had been kidnapped by criminals, many were worried about him!
"Rosalie, may I ask what you do for a living, and why you brought your child to New York this time?"
"I'm an actor, and I'm here in New York with the film crew to shoot a movie..."
Rosalie first introduced herself and her background, and then talked about the name and plot of the movie she was filming, which was a way of advertising the movie on the show.
The two then followed the question-and-answer script they had read beforehand, with Nisley also taking the time to ask Mark a couple of questions. The filming went very smoothly.
But just as Rosalie was thanking Mayor Raymond for activating the emergency plan, the New York police for the search, and the concerned citizens for Mark, and was about to end the interview, an unexpected situation suddenly occurred.
A female assistant suddenly burst into the live broadcast room, handed a newspaper to Nisley, and whispered something in her ear.
After the female assistant left, Nisley's expression turned serious, and the atmosphere in the live broadcast room seemed to change as well.
"According to the latest news from our television station, the police found an illegally modified high-powered stun gun in the car that kidnapped Mark. It only had Mark's fingerprints on it! And the kidnapper who killed Mark died from this stun gun!"
Nisley turned to Mark, her expression grave, and asked, "Did you kill the kidnapper? And where did you get that illegally modified stun gun?"
Upon hearing Nisley's words, the program guests and the viewers watching television immediately erupted in uproar.
They never imagined that the ruthless kidnapper would be killed by the seemingly well-behaved and adorable Mark!
Although Mark's act of killing the kidnapper was self-defense, he was still only a five-year-old child.
Killing someone at such a young age naturally draws strange looks from everyone.
Furthermore, illegally modifying a stun gun is also a serious crime.
"Ah, this..."
Rosalie, standing to the side, was somewhat flustered and didn't know how to defend Mark.
Mark remained calm and composed.
After the stun gun fell into the hands of the police, Mark knew that these things could not be kept secret any longer.
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