The two left the phone store and turned into the Blockbuster next door. The security guard's car was still parked by the roadside, and the fat guard inside watched them with a pale, tense expression.
Su Ming waved at him as if shooing away a fly, telling him to hurry up and wash the car instead of watching the show.
Then he led Carol into the video rental store, climbing in through the person-shaped hole in the glass door.
"What did you bring me here for?"
As Carol followed him, she casually picked up a videotape someone had returned on the counter. It was this year's new release, The Silence of the Lambs, with a woman holding a moth in her mouth on the cover.
Seeing the black-and-yellow W logo in the corner of the tape case, she was as interested as ever in Wilson Pictures films. But there was obviously no time to watch a movie now, which was a little regrettable.
"First, you need to get rid of that Kree uniform and use your own energy to create a new one. And we came here, naturally, to find design inspiration."
Su Ming walked over to a shelf, pulled out a videotape, and showed her the cover.
Even in the darkness, Carol's eyesight let her see it clearly. It was Zorro from 1975, a classic retro superhero film.
"You mean I need a mask like his?"
Carol frowned. She was a soldier and did not like hiding her face.
Su Ming tossed the tape to her and continued searching the shelves. "Suit yourself. If you're not afraid your enemies will recognize you someday and kill your whole family, you don't have to wear an eye mask."
Carol sighed. She was confident that she would not die, but her mother