A Little Thing in the Marvel Universe

Rome wasn't built in a day, but Desperate Housewives was.

Because the boss here can do a lot of things with just a snap of his fingers.

Desperate Housewives, a nightclub that Belle accidentally acquires after the events in Miami.

Today, there is no shadow of a nightclub here at all, but it has been transformed into a members-only club. With its unique style and little-known reasons, it quickly became one of the top clubs in Manhattan within a month of reopening.

This can be seen from the media's evaluation of it: if you are not a member of Desperate Housewives, you are not qualified to call yourself a socialite.

In the political world, First Lady Hannah Conway will definitely come here whenever she comes to New York.In the business world, Pepper Potts, CEO of Stark Group, is the first member here.It is worth mentioning that the second member is Natasha Romanoff, a former Level [-] SHIELD agent and member of the Avengers, known as the Black Widow.All three, plus Sharon Carter, received free memberships signed by Belle herself.

In return, they also brought Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, and many of the First Lady's lady friends.

Unsurprisingly, Deadpool's girlfriend, Vanessa Carlyle, turned down Belle's offer of a membership card.

"I'm not the same person as you guys who wear evening gowns," she said seriously, but she flipped through the membership list on Belle's computer with her hand dishonestly, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, look, you even put that tin can The gender is wrong."

Vanessa smiled jokingly and pointed to the note with the letter f next to the signature of t·s.

Belle went over to take a look and said calmly: "Ah, this is not Tony Stark."

"Is that possible...?" Vanessa's eyes suddenly widened, and she reached out to grab the membership card that she had just thrown back to Belle, "I regretted it."

"That's too late."

Belle didn't give her any chance and slipped away like a gust of wind. Vanessa's desperate screams kept coming from behind: "Come back! Don't do this! At least help me get an autographed photo!"

Coincidentally, another Vanessa unexpectedly shows up at the Desperate Housewives Club.

In order to make the club in line with Belle's wishes, Alvarez spent a lot of money (it was all Gucci and Baker's money anyway) to acquire a gallery and transplanted it into the club lobby.The original owner of the gallery also became Desperate Housewives' art consultant.

This person is none other than Vanessa Mariana.

After an accidental encounter, Wilson Fisk fell hopelessly in love with her. In order to see his beloved more often, he also became a member of Desperate Housewives.

Because he was a candidate for mayor of New York, his move to become a Desperate Housewives member was naturally interpreted by the media as Fisk's speculation.

For example, the Daily Bugle article: "These are ten women who support Fisk!"The president’s wife only comes second! 》

Compared with him, as a club manager, Hernan Alvarez has been set up as a model of the American dream. A former street gangster became the manager of such a club. Recently, publishing houses have approached him to publish books for him. Autobiographical.

However, although he is the manager, Alvarez himself rarely appears in Desperate Housewives. He spends most of his time as a driver and follower for Belle.

But today, since the boss is here, he is here too.

He was in a very good mood. Not only was he recognized by his boss, but he also got the opportunity to show off in front of old acquaintances.

He had just learned that Jessica and Luke Cage were blocked outside the door, and was about to bring them in.

Wealth, fame and power will appear to anyone on Desperate Housewives, at least one of them.Jessica Jones and Luke Cage obviously do not meet this standard.

Jessica smelled of alcohol and hadn't showered for at least three days.The black T-shirt still has oil stains from who knows which meal. The hardware on the leather jacket is a little paint chipped. The holes in the jeans are not fashion sense, they are just scratches. There are also stains on the shoes. There was a lot of dust on it, and it had obviously not been taken care of.

Luke's outfit was much cleaner than Jessica's. Although it was just a hoodie, jeans, and sneakers, they had at least been washed, and they still smelled of laundry detergent, antiperspirant, and cologne.But a six-foot-six-inch, four-hundred-pound black man, who is obviously not a NBA player, is definitely not a regular visitor here.

For a club of this level, the quality of the security guards is naturally very high, but even if the quality is not high, for Luke Cage's sake, they still have to be polite.

They stopped the two very politely.

Alvarez happened to see the two men's angry expressions at being stopped.

"They are my friends, guests invited by the boss."

Jessica didn't know Alvarez, who dismissed the security guard with just two sentences, but Luke and him were old acquaintances. There were many stories between them in Haimen Prison.

Luke stared at Alvarez, who was wearing an expensive suit, a neatly oiled haircut, and his signature pair of sunglasses. His expression was normal, but his mentality was a little complicated.

"Please come inside." Alvarez's tone was inevitably a bit arrogant.

……

In the club, the boss's exclusive room.

Belle sat and flipped through a thick file, frowning.

Jessica, who brought the file, drank one glass after another. At this moment, the second bottle of bourbon was almost empty.

Luke Cage sat next to Jessica, shaking his legs impatiently, and occasionally glancing at Alvarez, who was standing behind Belle with his hands behind his back.

"Hey," Jessica shook the empty wine bottle, "Is there any more?"

"Just give her a box," Belle said without raising her head, "Don't get anything too expensive, it will be ruined if she drinks it like this."

Jessica was so angry that she crushed the wine bottle and said, "Do you know how hard I worked to find this? You didn't even give me a drink?"

"Do you know how much those two bottles you just drank are worth?" Belle waved to Alvarez behind her not to act rashly. She felt that the latter was about to draw a gun, "The 1926 McLaren Rare Series of Whiskey, the If you sell these two bottles, you can live for a month."

Jessica was definitely not someone who could resist talking back when being squeezed, so she immediately fought back.

"Without me, if you sell ten bottles of this wine, you wouldn't be able to get this information in three days."

Belle rarely agreed with Jessica's statement, "It makes sense. I didn't expect you to be more efficient than the Avengers' intelligence network. I'll treat you to these two bottles, but you want ten bottles?" No chance, my new store cannot withstand your troubles."

In terms of investigation, Jessica does have a skill. In addition to her super physical fitness that allows her to easily go to places that ordinary people cannot go, she is also better at finding new ways and looking for clues from different angles.

When the Avengers' agents searched satellite photos and surveillance videos on the road, trying to find Gil Germzman's unusually conspicuous aircraft, but found nothing, Jessica chose to investigate the major cities in Las Vegas. Casino footage.

Of course this thing is not something you can see if you want to, but as an excellent private detective, Jessica must have her own way.

All in all, she successfully found out something that all the casinos in Las Vegas were trying to hide. Not long ago, someone won a lot of money in Las Vegas.

"When was the last time someone won hundreds of millions of dollars in Las Vegas?" Belle asked.

"2333 BC." Jessica said, "You don't even know about such a famous thing?"

"I don't watch the news, how could I know about this kind of thing?"

Belle looked at the investigation report, and Jessica drank the newly brought wine. They were all busy with their own affairs, but they didn't waste time chatting.The scene was very natural, as if they had known each other for decades.

Luke was left alone, which made him feel like needles all over his body.Of course, this is just a metaphor. Even if she is as powerful as Grandma Rong, she cannot hurt Luke in the slightest with a needle.

He asked with a real black question mark on his face: "How did you do it?"

"Eat more black sesame seeds and walnuts, don't drink tap water, only drink bottled mineral water, drink less alcohol, don't smoke, don't stay up late, and keep a happy mood." Belle said, still staring at the report in her hand.

"What are you talking about?" Jessica asked.

"How to prevent hair loss." Belle said, pointing to Luke's bald head, "I thought he wanted to ask this."

"Are you still in the mood to joke?" Luke laughed angrily, "That's dozens of lives, how can you still laugh?"

"To be precise, there are 63 people." Belle finally finished reading the report and looked up at Luke, "Then, which eye of yours saw me smiling?"

Luke's eyes widened and he asked, "You actually know the exact number of people?"

"If you're curious, I even have a detailed list here." Belle gestured to Alvarez with her eyes, and the latter immediately handed a list to Luke, "Although they didn't have whole bodies, Spider The video function of the Xia suit automatically records everyone present, and with a little analysis and comparison, you will know who did not leave."

Luke looked at the list seriously, his expression becoming increasingly gloomy and painful.

He whispered: "I know all these people."

"Then you are not a kind person," Belle said. "I asked Jessica to do a special investigation. I have to say that everyone here can afford to die without mercy."

"They are all……"

"They are all corrupt police officers, gangsters, and a bunch of brainless homeless people and homeless people," Belle said, "These homeless people and so on, it is too much to say that they deserve to die, but it doesn't matter whether they are dead or alive. Woolen cloth."

Jessica snorted coldly, poured herself another sip of wine, and said, "Do you rely on this to convince yourself that the deaths of those people are not your responsibility?"

"What responsibility do I have?" Belle asked, "Did I kill them? Or did they die trying to save me?"

"If you really don't take them seriously, why bother checking their identities one by one?" Jessica exposed her mercilessly.

"You don't understand even after I tell you." Belle said innocently.

In fact, she wasn't lying. Knowing that these people were not serious people really helped her feel less guilty.But more importantly, as long as they are not innocent people, no one can come up with a strong enough reason to accuse the Avengers.

For example, if these people were just civilians, then this incident would be characterized as a vicious mass casualty accident caused by a fight between superpowers.But once it is verified that most of these people are related to gangs, and there are no people with prominent backgrounds among the dead, it can be said that the gangs of evil forces are targeting Avengers (Spider-Man) and street vigilantes (Luke ) of a premeditated attack.

The second situation, in another level of gaming, can give Iron Man and others a huge advantage.

Jessica won't care about these things. She is not a member of the Avengers and does not need to think about too many complicated things.But as a secret member of the Avengers, Belle has to consider.

But there was no need for her to tell Jessica all her worries in detail.In order to prevent the female detective from getting to the bottom of things, Belle decisively chose to bring the topic back to Luke.

"What did you just want to ask? How did we do it?"

Being asked this suddenly, Luke found that he didn't know how to explain his question.

Do you want to tell these two women that he, who is called the Wonder Man by the residents of Hamley, faces the enemies in front of him, the death of acquaintances, and the powerful evil forces that may completely dominate the New York gangsters? Is it the biggest crisis in your life so far, when you painfully realize that you can’t do anything?

This strong black man has been blaming himself for failing to protect the melon-eating people that day. Instead, his life was saved by Belle. And today he learned that Jessica had found out a lot about the two attackers. Clues, he urgently needs to do something to alleviate his guilt.

So he did not answer the question, but asked instead: "Now that we have this information, can we take action? What are you going to do? Is there anything I can do?"

"It's true," Belle suddenly thought, "I plan to go to Los Angeles with Peter and Jessica to stay for a while. During this period, can you work as a bodyguard for Peter's aunt, full-time?"

"Huh?" Luke thought she was joking.

Unexpectedly, Jessica suddenly spoke up and said, "This is a good idea. Should we talk about the cost?"

"Fee?" Luke didn't quite understand what Jessica was talking about.

"Do you think hiring superheroes is free?" Jessica asked, looking at Belle, and said seriously: "I don't know how Luke charges, but I charge by the hour. If I go on a business trip, I have to pay extra. money."

"This is really a good idea," Belle slapped her thigh. "Hiring superheroes seems like a good idea for starting a business."