American Comics: Beginning with Luke the Maker

Chapter 179 Persona
Mephisto looked at Nick who was trying to maintain his composure with a scrutiny.

"Do you understand loans and insurance?" Mephisto asked suspiciously.He didn't smell money and greed from this person.Instead, it smelled dark, something that other lords of the hell dimension might be interested in.

"Do you need this kind of talent to help you answer something? I can recommend you the best financier in the atrium." Although Nick was a little confused, according to the previous conversation between Luke and Mephisto, and Mephisto's current He quickly guessed what he was thinking.

"No, you don't need to give me an answer. I have harvested the souls of some bankers and financiers in your courtyard. Everything about them is mine. I understand their knowledge and methods. But what I need is to help me fill in the perfect Minutiae, talents who can help me work in the future, and teach the demons under my command right now." Mephisto said.

"No problem, I can provide those talents." Nick thought for a while and replied.

"Really?" Mephisto said in surprise.

"Of course." Nick said affirmatively.

"Can you make the decision?" Mephisto asked.

"Of course." Nick nodded implicitly again.It's nothing more than a few financial people who help fill and build something in the framework. Nick believes that this will not trouble those people.

"That's really great. Of course, maybe we have to sign a contract first?" Mephisto took out a piece of parchment with satisfaction, and wrote hell and hell on the parchment with a black quill. Mixed text in the atrium.

"Contract? Of course, but I think the contract is sacred, and it needs to be approved by the Ancient One mage and God King Odin." Nick gave his answer sensitively and cautiously.How could he just sign a devil's contract?When he didn't know the end of Ghost Rider?Even if it is to be signed, at least Gu Yi and Luke must be there, and we can talk after they agree and endorse.

"Ah, the ring!" Mephisto glanced at the spiritual rings on the fingers of several people, and the quill was still writing on the paper. "Don't worry, this is not for you, but for the talents you helped me find. Gu Yi and Luke strictly forbid me and my men to enter the atrium. Then, let's have a hundred souls first."

"What do you mean?" Nick was surprised by Mephisto's last words.

"Aren't you looking for talent for me?" Mephisto gave him a strange look.

"Yeah, but, what I mean is that I can give you guys, um, jobs for you, and lessons for some demons, etc. They're selling their time and expertise, not their lives and souls." Nick Seriously.It was only the first contact with him, and he realized that the way of thinking of these demon gods was different from that of human beings.

"Don't be so troublesome, it's a waste of time to teach those demons, and they may not be able to master it. You just give me the soul, and I can transform them into demons. If it doesn't work, you can also let the demons use the contract to swallow them." Just drop it and get their knowledge directly. We have a lot of ideas now, try to save time." Mephisto waved his hand, indicating that there is no need to do that.That efficiency is simply too low.

"I'm afraid it won't work." Nick pointed out Gu Yi decisively: "This needs to be discussed by Mage Gu Yi and us internally."

"You said you can make the decision." Mephisto stopped the quill, and the two green flames in his eyes stared at Nick erratically.

"I'm referring to helping you work under the premise of ensuring their lives and safety." Nick emphasized again.

"Are you one of our collaborators, too? S.H.I.E.L.D.? Well, let me see, a service-oriented organization serving our group?" Mephisto grabbed a blank sheet of paper out of nowhere , looking at the above information.

Nick's face darkened immediately upon hearing this.

S.H.I.E.L.D.'s wind review was killed.

"Make a price." Mephisto was a little helpless. "How much energy currency is a soul?"

"What?" Nick and Coulson opened their mouths in surprise.

"Let's set a price. Damn it, it was fine before. But since you guys have such messy fees as residency fee, occupancy fee, and activity fee, I have to be forced to extract a little energy by Gu Yi on a regular basis. I even I'm not sure if she really just draws such a little. I just let the agent harvest a sinful soul and help you purify the world, but you actually ask me for money instead?" Mephisto cursed . "The atrium business is so difficult right now! Don't let me know who came up with the wicked idea!"

"We don't do this kind of transaction." Nick felt that it was ridiculous. He didn't expect that one day he would need to discuss the business of buying and selling souls with a hell lord.He only bought and sold arms!However, Nick continued to calm down and gave another solution: "We can send people to open an office here."

"The efficiency is too low." Mephisto muttered twice.He couldn't understand it, it was obviously a matter of the soul, why wasting time so troublesome?

"It has nothing to do with efficiency." Nick smiled helplessly.

"I suggest that you ask those people for their own opinions. It's really not good, even dying people! Compared with the short life span of human beings, demons have a much longer lifespan! Maybe they don't mind changing to another life form to survive. ? If you still have concerns, I can change this contract into the talent extradition regulations. They will be the first batch of subordinates after I take office! The upper-level channels are unobstructed, and the salary and career potential are excellent! I know some rules of your atrium , if it is the talent you introduced, I can pay you an introduction fee. Even the money the other party earns in the future can be shared with you." Mephisto still didn't give up, and very cunningly seduced Nick.

Mephisto's proposal is very tempting, which makes Nick, who has a very low moral bottom line, very tempted.If it was Luke who was talking to the other side, he might have agreed first.But it was Mephisto who spoke to the other side!A demon lord in the dimension of hell!In the absence of further confirmation and assurance from Gu Yi and Luke, Nick's inner vigilance and caution were extremely high.

"It seems that you are still hesitant, but it's okay. We will have opportunities to deal with each other in the future." Mephisto's bone mask showed a strange smile, and then the entire virtual projection disappeared in place.

"Is that the Dimensional Demon God? It seems, well, it doesn't seem difficult to communicate." Agent Coulson looked at Mephisto who had disappeared, and said with emotion.Originally, he thought that those dimensional demon gods would invade and destroy the world at every turn, being unable to communicate and communicate.

"That's because we have the Ancient One mage and God King Odin behind us." Nick could clearly recognize the reality of the other party's attitude.Without the strength of these two for endorsement, even if Luke and Mephisto had a big deal in preparation, the attitude of the other party would never be what it is now.Different races, different life personalities, communication is hindered.

"Is he gone?" Luke's voice suddenly sounded behind Nick, and the three turned around, only to see Luke standing a meter away from them with a thick mask of invisible material.

"Let's go." Nick stepped aside and walked with Luke to where Luke was sitting.

"How's the harvest?" With a smile on his face, Luke looked at the three silent faces of Nick, and said with some surprise: "You will never miss this opportunity, fail to negotiate a deal, even Didn’t get the consulting fee?”

"Consulting, consulting fee?" Coulson and Maria Hill looked at each other, and then looked at their own officials in unison.

"He's fast." Nick didn't want to say it because he hadn't had time to think about it.In order to prevent Luke from continuing to question and say something that hurt his heart, he hastily asked his own question: "You made such a big scene, and we are the last to find out, I am very sad , Luke."

"I can't help it. I've been so busy in the lab that my feet don't touch the floor. I haven't slept in three days." Luke said energetically, not at all like someone who hasn't slept in three days. people. "I initially built a simple spiritual network in the Milky Way. Remember Loki's scepter? I temporarily changed it and used it as the main server of the spiritual network."

"That should belong to S.H.I.E.L.D., at least S.H.I.E.L.D. has legal custody." Nick took a deep breath.

"I didn't say it wasn't yours, but isn't it useful? It's better to create value in my hands than to throw dust in a laboratory, right?" Luke whispered softly, but he could still hear the pain. It was perfunctory to appease Nick. "What's more, it has created profits, and you and your S.H.I.E.L.D. also have a share."

"Then, when will it be able to produce profits?" Nick sat opposite Luke and asked him face to face with a serious face.

"The investment hasn't been recouped yet. But believe me, just like communication, it must have unlimited potential." Luke raised his hand as a guarantee. "I'm not going to covet you and your share of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"I hope so." Nick didn't want to waste time with Luke on these issues that could not be resolved for the time being. He looked at the mask Luke put on the table. He felt a familiar force: "What is this mask?"

"Persona." Luke's gaze also fell on the mask he had placed on the table. "An alternative version of the ring of the soul, or the foreign trade version of hell."

"Can we use it?" Nick asked subconsciously.

"It's hard. These are specially customized according to the requirements of the hell dimension. They are more corrosive and the sequelae are more stubborn and paranoid." Luke explained.

　PS: I'm in a bit of a bad state today, sorry.

PS: Thanks to Qin Shiyoulan, book friend 20200716185943855, night interview with cute foodie, pick your feet, pick your feet, Suifeng Moying.Rewards from Shennianzi and gsvgsgsdfa.

　
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