Doom: Lin Is My Benefactor
Lin Xu Main Universe, Avengers Compound
After venting his anger, Tony grabbed Captain America by the collar. "Where's his body?"
"He... didn't leave a body." Captain America looked at Tony's reddened eyes, feeling a similar sense of loss.
Who is the enemy?
"Strange from another parallel universe."
"Strange..." Tony's thoughts drifted back to over a year ago, when it was because of Strange that Lin Xu first took the initiative to contact F.R.I.D.A.Y.. (Chapter 1)
So, he was already prepared back then?
Tony put down Captain America and his collar, then turned and walked towards the hangar.
"Tony?"
"You can leave now, I want to be alone."
Captain America and the others opened their mouths, but in the end they could only sigh silently. They understood Tony's feelings; after all, he was a friend they had known for almost ten years, and they had been joking together just a few days ago. Now, he was gone just like that.
On the other side, Tony entered the hangar and closed the door.
Arriving at locker number one, they found the small Quantum Tunnel that Lin Xu had brought back.
He didn't know if he could save Lin Xu's life, but he knew that if he did nothing, he would regret it for the rest of his life.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y.."
"Gentlemen."
"Constructing a biomimetic quantum information positioning wave, in the form of Mobius strip..., performing Spectrum decomposition of particle eigenvalues..."
"Building, build failed."
"It's okay, we'll take it slow."
Three hours later...
"... Sir, there's an intruder at the Houston Stark Tower."
"Just hand it over to the security system, let's continue..."
"Sir, I suggest you take a look."
Hearing F.R.I.D.A.Y.'s words, Tony shrugged. "Okay, whatever you say."
A real-time virtual monitoring screen appeared on the control panel.
In the main office of the Houston Stark Tower, a masked man in a green robe floats outside the window.
Just as the surveillance camera was focused on the man in the green robe, the man seemed to sense it and looked directly at the camera through the window.
"Stark?" a hoarse voice rang out.
"Hu'er Oil?"
"Victor von Doom."
Upon hearing the name, Tuoming narrowed his eyes. If he remembered correctly, Lin Xu had investigated this person on F.R.I.D.A.Y. some time ago.
A monarch who lost his country...
"If you want to be Simeon II, I suggest you try your luck in the Black region." (He ascended the throne at age 6, was deposed at age 9 and went into exile, and returned to the country at age 64 to become prime minister.)
I'm here to find someone.
"This is Stark Industries. You won't find the person you're looking for here."
"Genghis told me that he was the second-largest shareholder of Stark Industries."
Who?
Tony rubbed his ears, thinking he'd misheard. How could Genghis have popped up? After F.R.I.D.A.Y. confirmed it, Tony was speechless.
"Now I'm certain, you are not Simeon II, you are George III." (King of Britain, who became mentally ill after the independence of America)
Just as Tony was about to hang up, Doom spoke again, "Kamar-Taj says he's dead, do you believe it?"
"What do you mean?"
"I refuse to believe he died just because he managed to take my mother's soul from Mephisto."
Tony clenched his fists, staring at Doom on the monitor, and asked, enunciating each word clearly, "What do you want to do?"
"Technology can be shared, even magic."
Why should I believe you?
"He saved my mother. From this day forward, my life belongs to him. I only want to find him and follow him!"
"... Mother..."
Inside the mental hospital, Lin Xu looked at the somewhat deranged Anthony and silently took out his phone.
Click~
Without the blindfold, he looks much younger; no one would doubt that he was Odin before the war with Jotunheim.
"Lin, was that a camera just now?" John looked at the phone that had suddenly appeared and disappeared in Lin Xu's hand with some curiosity. He had never seen such a high-tech camera before.
No, you're mistaken!
Hennessy stood timidly in the doorway. "Could you wait a bit before chatting? We don't have much time."
John finally stopped asking questions and turned to Anthony: "Boss, what do you think?"
Lin Xu stepped aside. "What I think isn't important, what matters is you."
In fact, the moment he entered the room, Anthony's inner demons were clearly visible to him.
That's right, the one possessing him wasn't Gluttony, but just an ordinary demon. At this moment, due to Lin Xu's appearance, this demon was cowering inside Anthony's body, not daring to move.
Dealing with such a small thing would be like using a cannon to kill a mosquito; it would be better to let Constantine handle it, and they could also see how the magic system in the DC Universe differs from that in Marvel.
John didn't say much upon hearing this, after all, he was just an employee, Lin Xu was the boss.
He came to the bedside and carefully examined Anthony. There was a faint smell of sulfur, indicating that he was indeed possessed by a demon. However, the smell was too faint. How could someone of such a low level have the audacity to possess someone like that?
Then, he pressed Anthony down onto the bed, reached out and pried open his eyelids, only to see that the whites of his eyes were completely covered with dark brown blood vessels, indicating that he had been possessed for more than a week.
John pressed down on Anthony's forehead and leaned closer. "Don't think I can't do anything to you just because you don't resist. Remember, I am Constantine, John Constantine..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Anthony suddenly began to struggle violently, his belly bulging out as if a hideous head was about to burst out of his abdomen.
Bang~
John was a ruthless man of few words. He grabbed a nearby lamp and smashed it down hard.
Anthony and the demon within him fell silent instantly.
Seeing this, Lin Xu nodded in agreement. "That's right, this is the kind of method a mage should use."
Then, John pulled out a string of crosses with rings from inside his clothes.
This Hell is similar to Marvel, both being divided into several factions. The only difference is that in Marvel, Satan's throne is vacant, while here Lucifer holds absolute power.
Different forces represent different sources of energy, so the methods of restraint will also be different.
He strung together these crosses to identify which force of evil he was encountering, so that he could prescribe the right remedy.
Seeing that it was getting dark outside, John took a flashlight out of his pocket.
Perhaps noticing Lin Xu's confusion, he explained, "It's a high-intensity UV flashlight. It works well when there's no sun."
Lin Xu's lips twitched. It seemed that technology could not only change lives, but also exorcise demons...
John held the cross in one hand and used the other to shine a flashlight through the cross, aiming it at Anthony.
"Ah..."
"Not intense enough, looks like this isn't it~"
"Ah..."
"Still not enough!"
"Hmm..."
"So, it's this. Tsk, that bastard's power actually comes from Beelzebub ~"
Knock knock~
"What happened inside? Open the door!"