The Big Devil in the American Comics World

The next morning, the sun was shining brightly.

Li Xingzhou first went to the roof of the apartment building where the corpses were exposed last night and checked the headless corpses of the two vampires. When he saw that the corpses had been wiped out in the early morning sun, he left straight away and drove to Manhattan Island.

Driving around Fifth Avenue in Manhattan Island, it was easy to find the chic Continental Hotel.

He found a parking space, turned off the engine, and got out of the car. He held the Thousand Chance Umbrella in his hand as a cane, walked leisurely, and entered the hotel door.

In the hotel lobby, there were several well-dressed men and women sitting in twos and threes, either reading newspapers, drinking tea, or chatting softly. They all looked like polite gentlemen and ladies.

When Li Xingzhou came in, the gentlemen and ladies sitting around seemed to pay no attention to him. However, Li Xingzhou's powerful spiritual perception immediately noticed that almost everyone was paying him covert attention when he came in. Cast a scrutinizing gaze.

Li Xingzhou knew that mainland hotels did not accept foreign guests, and those who could stay in the hotel were almost all registered killers.

Therefore, each of those well-dressed gentlemen and ladies is a professional killer with many lives on his hands.

They cast a hidden and scrutinizing look at Li Xingzhou, just instinctively assessing his threat level.

Li Xingzhou was indifferent to the hidden scrutiny. With a faint smile on his lips, he walked calmly straight to the front desk of the hotel. He nodded slightly to the bald black man in a straight suit and dignified manner at the front desk:

"Hello."

The black man looked at Li Xingzhou, glanced at the umbrella in his hand, and said hello with a smile:

"Good morning, Mr. Leonardo Victor."

Apparently, the receptionist of the Continental Hotel was the same person who had spoken to Li Xingzhou a few days ago.

Li Xingzhou had reported his personal information to him, and this person was also responsible for customizing the Thousand Machine Umbrella, so he could naturally recognize Li Xingzhou at a glance.

"What should I call you?" Li Xingzhou asked with a smile.

The black receptionist replied:

"Charon. Mr. Victor, just call me Charon."

Li Xingzhou nodded:

"Mr. Charon, as you can see, I received your notice and came to register."

Charon smiled and said:

"Of course, Mr. Victor, your information has been reviewed. We welcome outstanding talents like you to inject new blood into the Continental Hotel. Of course, you can only become a reserve member of the hotel for the time being. You only need to complete three bounty tasks. You can register as a formal member.”

As he spoke, he took out a mobile phone, put it on the front desk, and gently pushed it in front of Li Xingzhou:

"This is the hotel's internal mobile phone, which can receive bounty tasks issued by the hotel. The tasks are not mandatory, and you can decide whether to accept them. In addition, please leave your private account so that the bounty can be distributed after completing the tasks."

"very good."

Li Xingzhou put away his mobile phone and reported a secret account of his while checking its functions.

Charon then gave him several more business cards, all of which were stores under the Continental Hotel. They could provide Li Xingzhou with various mission-related props, such as body armor, guns, explosives, etc.

Of course, these all require payment, and the price paid by a preliminary member is 30% more expensive than a full member.

After completing all the formalities, Li Xingzhou asked:

"So, are there any ready-made bounty tasks now?"

"There happens to be one."

Charon took out a data bag and pushed it in front of Li Xingzhou.

In fact, what's good about it?

It's just that the hotel anticipated that Leonardo Victor would come to register, and specially prepared a moderately difficult task for him, both as a bonus for newbies and to test his strength.

Li Xingzhou opened the information bag, took out the target information and browsed briefly.

"Barney Ross? A former SEAL...a veteran?"

Charon explained:

"Barney Ross is not an ordinary retired veteran. After retiring, he became the black glove of Ci Ai Temple and assembled a team called the 'Suicide Squad' to do the dirty work for Ci Ai Temple. Not long ago, he led his team The team overthrew and killed the military leader of a small South American country. The leader's son narrowly escaped death and used all his savings to put a reward on Barney Ross. "

"Turns out he is a democracy fighter." Li Xingzhou whistled: "Very good, I like this goal best."

In order to overthrow the dictatorship ruled by them, democratic fighters can ignore the sovereignty of other countries and carry out all subversive activities by any means. Even if the overthrow of the current ruler leaves devastation all over the place, even if the country's economy collapses and the people are displaced and have no food to eat, they can still say this without shame:

At least they have democratic freedom!

Fighters like this will definitely gain a lot of merit by killing each one on sight.

"Are you sure you are willing to accept this bounty? As you know, the task is not mandatory. Although Barney Ross is just an ordinary person and has no superpowers, he is after all a veteran warrior with many battles and rich experience."

Li Xingzhou looked at the paralyzed face of Barney Ross and Stallone in the information, and smiled and nodded:

"Yes, I confirm. Although Barney Ross is a good old soldier, but... as long as he is a human being, he will die if he is killed."

He flicked the information paper and said, "Barney Ross's reward belongs to me."

Charon nodded in greeting:

"Well, happy hunting."

…

After returning to the car with the information bag, Li Xingzhou was about to read through the information carefully when his cell phone rang.

When he saw the call notification and saw that it was Mariko's number, he pressed the answer button and said with a smile:

"Good morning, Mariko."

"Leonardo, does it mean that if I don't call you, you will never take the initiative to contact me?"

Mariko's tone sounded a little emotional.

"How could it be? It's just that I have been very busy these past few days. I stayed in a remote place for three full days just to help my boss get rid of his big problem. I just came back from doing something and bumped into a vampire again... …It’s true, it’s not a joke, there are real vampires. Haven’t you heard that hell is empty and the devil is in New York?”

Mariko made him laugh, let out a chuckle, and quickly held it back, her tone pretending to be serious:

"You promise you haven't picked up girls these days?"

"Of course. I swear to God."

Although he met Selena last night, he just told her a story, drank two bottles of wine with her, and didn't even kiss, let alone have sex. This obviously cannot be regarded as picking up girls. Therefore, Li Xingzhou has a clear conscience.

"Swear to God?" Mariko expressed doubts: "Aren't you an American? Don't you believe in Jesus?"

"If you are a bad person, you should really believe in Jesus."

Li Xingzhou said in a serious tone:

“Jesus bore the sins of the world and atones for the sins of the world with his holy blood. Even the sins of the bad guys were borne by Jesus and washed clean with his blood. Therefore, as long as they repent before death, no matter how bad the villain is, they don’t have to worry about falling into hell. Look at those congressmen, politicians, and big capitalists, why do they dare to do whatever they want and commit any crime? Just because they believe in Jesus, they are not afraid of all kinds of sins. But I am not a bad person, so why should I believe in Jesus?”

Mariko finally couldn't help laughing:

"Leonardo Victor, you are truly a blasphemer. Don't let these words be heard by believers, otherwise they will definitely launch a crusade against you!"

Li Xingzhou smiled and said:

"Of course. But you wouldn't tell anyone what I said, would you?"

"If you want me to keep your secret, you have to buy me with a suitable price."

"With our friendship, we still need to be bribed? Mariko, you have hurt my heart."

"You didn't take the initiative to call me no matter who told me? Anyway, you have to bribe me, otherwise I won't forgive you."

"Okay, what price do you want me to pay?"

"There's a new superhero movie coming out today, and I want you to go watch a movie with me, and then..."

After listening to Mariko's request, Li Xingzhou readily agreed, started the car, and went to pick up Mariko.

As for the bounty mission...

Anyway, the mission time limit is one month, and Barney Ross won't die immediately, so why worry?

But the trip wasn't all smooth sailing.

Just halfway through, he encountered a bank robbery.

The police blocked the intersection and confronted the robbers hiding inside the bank, armed with heavy firepower and taking hostages.

Both sides of the street were full of people hiding behind various shelters such as cars and street flower beds, peering around cautiously and taking photos. Several reporters who were not afraid of death rushed to the cordon and began reporting on the scene regardless of the possibility of being accidentally injured by stray bullets.

Li Xingzhou had no interest in watching. Seeing that the way forward was blocked, he wanted to turn around and take a detour.

However, the rear has been blocked by cars coming one after another...

Listening to the sound of horns one after another behind him, Li Xingzhou followed the trend and honked the horn twice, sighing helplessly:

"Okay, usually at this time, the city's superheroes would appear..."

I don’t know if his mouth was opened.

As soon as the joke came out, bursts of cheers rang out from outside:

"Look, it's Spider-Woman!"

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