Chapter 110 About Storm joining the team
Kevin hasn't been in the Marvel world for a long time.
It is estimated that it will only take a month to complete the calculation.
It's just that there were a lot of things he experienced during this period, and they were all full of excitement, which made Kevin forget some of the things he did when he left the world of black robes.
Therefore, he needs to review the situation when he left the black robe world.
The first is Madeleine's death.
Because of his design, Madeleine died at the hands of the black robes, and Kevin naturally became the vice president of the British Management Department of the Walter Group.
The power still lies with the people of the motherland, who have the right to appoint the seven-man team.
The second was the brief peace agreement with the people of the motherland.
The people of the motherland know that it is inevitable that Kevin will become the vice president, and Kevin's current strength is not something that the people of the motherland can easily deal with.
Under Kevin's persuasion, the people of the motherland temporarily agreed to live in peace with Kevin.
With Kevin as his vice president, Madeleine's original propaganda strategy of putting the people of the motherland first remains unchanged, and the people of the motherland cannot trouble Kevin because of trivial matters.
Although the two have not made a formal agreement, they have now reached an unspoken understanding.
Then there's the Butcher connection.
In order to completely turn the Walt Group into his own, Kevin needs the help of the black robe team.
On the one hand, they want to investigate various black materials of the Watt Group, and on the other hand, they also want to use them as bait to attract the attention of the Watt Group.
Let the Walter Group believe that it is the black robe team that has been targeting them, not Kevin.
Kevin profits from this again.
That's probably the main thing.
There is also the less important issue of appointments to the seven-man squad.
The locomotive died and Shockwave joined the team. This matter cannot be announced for the time being. After all, the locomotive died just after Madeleine's front leg died. This is not good for the share price of Walter Group.
And there is also news of the death of the transparent man.
The news of his death will also be announced, but not recently. Kevin is thinking of using the terrorist who appeared in the Middle East to pin all the charges on the 'super criminal'.
At that time, it was said that super criminals had started to attack the Seven. The death of Transparent Man was not an accident. Although Locomotive seemed to have died of a heart attack, it might be related to super criminals.
In this case, if these two people die, angry fans will also denounce the super criminals and buy a large number of their peripherals.
Watt Group can still make a small fortune.
And the most important thing right now.
Edgar wants Kevin to go to the Watt Group, and he wants to intervene in the appointment of the Seven.
And this aroused Kevin's vigilance.
Under normal circumstances, Edgar would not interfere in the appointment of the Seven, especially now that Kevin is still the vice president. He has given Kevin great power. The appointment of the Seven is almost decided by Kevin alone.
But now, Edgar's involvement means that he has to do this now.
That is to say...
"Is a storm coming?"
The storm Kevin is talking about is not a storm blowing from the sky, it is the BOSS of the second season, based on Thor's Stormfront, Clara Lessinger.
Storm has almost the same abilities as Thor, except without a hammer or axe.
Or rather Storm in "X-Men".
It can discharge electricity and fly with electricity, and its physical strength is not inferior to that of the people of the motherland, at least equal to Maggie...that is, Queen Maeve.
The most critical point, and the point that alarms Kevin the most, is that this guy is an extreme racist.
She has always wanted to build a superhuman society, and she has already found a 'king' for her superhuman society.
That is, people of the motherland.
If the person Edgar wants to arrange to join the seven-man team is really her this time, then this guy will still be more or less a problem.
"Kevin?"
"Um?"
As soon as he entered the Watt Building, Kevin heard someone calling him, turned around and saw that it was Starlight Anne.
"Oh, good morning, Annie."
"Good morning Kevin, why are you... not in uniform?"
Annie came over and looked at Kevin's current dress.
A black suit, an open collar, and sunglasses on the bridge of his nose.
Kevin is now dressed like a playboy, without any superhero feel at all.
Although Annie thinks Kevin is handsome in this way, she is still a little uncomfortable with it.
Even though he has now become the vice president of the Watt Group and is about to quit the Seven, he still has to maintain his job as a hero before quitting the Seven.
"Because I felt uncomfortable wearing them, I stopped wearing them."
Kevin explained to Annie casually and followed her into the elevator.
"Your reason is quite random."
"It's okay. By the way, how's Kimiko doing? Is the psychological treatment going well?"
"It's going well...didn't we discuss this topic yesterday?"
"Um, have we talked about it? Well, I might have been confused by my sleep."
Kevin smiled awkwardly and politely at Annie.
Although the time in the Marvel world was not long, it also had a slight impact on Kevin's sense of time. Kevin really couldn't remember some trivial things in the black robe world right away.
After all, the topics he was talking about with Anne were all a month ago for him.
"Are you okay, Kevin?"
Perhaps it was Kevin's change in attitude that made Anne realize something was wrong. She turned her head and looked at Kevin, worriedly asking:
"I always feel like you are different from yesterday. Is it because you haven't had any rest?"
"It's an illusion. I had a good rest. Well, it would be even better if someone stayed with me at night."
Kevin said, looking at Annie up and down, and suddenly leaned over and held her in his arms:
"Do you want to go back tonight?"
Smelling the light perfume on Annie's body, Kevin felt a little hot.
During the period of changing jobs in the Marvel world, Kevin was in a period of abstinence. This was a very difficult period for a man who had just tasted the forbidden fruit.
If it weren't for enemies like Thanos and Ultron, there would still be those magic books that Ancient One gave him to study, which attracted his attention.
I'm afraid Kevin will really find a bar or something to hook up with a girl to vent his anger.
So now that he saw Anne again, some of Kevin's desires were a little uncontrollable.
Listening to Kevin's request, Anne wanted to refuse, but when she met Kevin's eyes, Anne didn't know why she couldn't say no.
She pursed her lips and answered in a low voice:
"...Then I'll tell Kimiko tonight."
Anne finally agreed to Kevin's request. In fact, Kevin is not the only one who knows the taste of food.
The same is true for Anne, but she hasn't shown it much, probably because of the so-called 'girl's reserve'.
The two were cozy in the elevator for a while.
When the elevator stopped at the floor Kevin was going to, the two separated from each other.
Kevin went to Edgar's office, and Anne went to the conference room on the ninety-ninth floor to wait.
After a little flirting with Annie, Kevin felt much better, and even the storm didn't feel like a trouble.
After all, Storm's strength is definitely not as good as the current Kevin. Her real trouble lies in her seniority and her application of modern networks.
Although this guy is close to a hundred years old, she accepts new things very quickly.
She will use online live broadcasts to increase her popularity, and will take advantage of the herd nature of the people on the Internet to spread remarks that are beneficial to her.
Kevin considers himself inferior to her in this regard.
"I hope we can live in peace."
Thinking about the storm's information, Kevin was so looking forward to it and pushed open Edgar's office.
Edgar was the only one in the office now, and Kevin did not see Storm. It seemed that the team member Edgar was going to talk to Kevin about today was not Storm.
Entering the office and saying hello to Edgar, Kevin sat directly opposite Edgar and asked:
"Sir, where are the members you mentioned joining the team?"
"it's here."
Edgar didn't be polite to Kevin and directly threw a piece of information to Kevin.
Kevin took it and turned it over, frowning deeply:
"...Free Girl? Don't tell me that she will join the team next?"
"Any comments?"
"This information also says that she was an active hero in the 1970s. By this year...she is over sixty, right? You want such an old person to join the seven-man team?"
Kevin put down the information and felt a little amused: "Sir, today is not April Fool's Day."
The information Edgar gave Kevin was not about Storm, but about a hero who was active in the last century.
Her name is Free Girl.
Of course, Kevin understands that Liberty is the codename before Storm, the identity she once used to become a superhero in the 1970s.
But this is not something Kevin should know, so Kevin's reaction is normal now.
Edgar did not doubt it. He smiled at Kevin and explained:
"That's what I'm going to tell you."
After he finished speaking, he took out another piece of information and threw it to Kevin.
But this time he didn't let Kevin read it dryly, and also provided a detailed explanation of the information:
"Free Girl, whose real name is Clara Vaught, is now renamed Clara Lessinger. She is the wife of Frederick Vought, the founder of Vought Group. She was born in 1919. So far...
"101 years old."
"WTF...!"
Kevin cursed out of surprise.
And it's not pretending, it's genuine surprise.
Kevin had only read the plot of Black Robe roughly twice and didn't pay special attention to the details. Therefore, before this, Kevin thought that Storm's age was in his eighties or nineties at most.
Now listen to Edgar.
Is this guy over a hundred years old? !
Literally older than Kevin’s great-grandmother!
"Due to Compound No. 5, she still looks the same as when she was young, and because of her identity, we can't force her to do anything. Fortunately, she doesn't seem to have any intention of entering management."
Edgar continued to explain, "But equally, she makes some requests, and as long as they are not particularly excessive, we cannot refuse."
"So what you're saying is that she wants to join the seven-man team?"
"That's it. Transparent Man died, Locomotive died of a heart attack, and you have to quit. The Seven-Man Team is now empty and urgently needs a powerful superhuman to fill it.
"Storm is the right fit."
"…storm?"
"What do you think of Ms. Clara's new title?"
Edgar mentioned the storm's new name in passing.
Taking the two documents given by Edgar, Kevin reviewed them carefully and laughed:
"Since you have already made your decision, sir, there is no need to ask me, right?"
"You are now the vice president of the British Management Department. The appointment of the seven-man team must go through your hands no matter what. This is the rule. Even I have to follow the process, and... before you agree to the Storm entering the seven-man team, You should also meet the storm?"
"Meet? Okay, when?"
"Now."
After Edgar finished speaking, he tapped his fingers on the table.
After a while, the door to the room was opened.
A young-looking woman with short black hair walked in from outside.
She came to Kevin and Edgar wearing a specially made hero uniform with a cheerful smile on her face.
Seeing this person, Kevin narrowed his eyes slightly.
This person is Stormfront, the old woman who got involved with the people of the motherland in the second season.