The Death Knell

Gin watched them come over, dropped the cigar in his hand, and crushed it with the sole of his leather shoe. There was always a smell in Brooklyn in early spring. It was the filth hidden under the snow all winter that was melting.

"Have you discussed it yet?"

"Yes, we all agreed." Bucky nodded with a smile and gave a bad laugh: "Thanks again, those passes will come in handy tonight."

Gin had a weird expression, but soon seemed to understand, nodded with a smile, and picked a rotten vegetable leaf from Steve's back.

"Okay, but Steve should go home and change his clothes first. You can't wear a coat stained with garbage when going out with girls."

Steve sighed. He also wanted to find a girlfriend, but every time he went out with Bucky, other girls always circled around the tall and handsome Bucky, treating him like air.

Now I hope I have better luck tonight...

"Okay, Mr. Gin, thank you."

Steve was led by Bucky's neck and walked out of the alley. Bucky couldn't wait to teach Steve some tricks to seduce girls, but Steve suddenly remembered something.

"By the way, where was that person just now?"

Gin raised his glasses on the bridge of his nose, and the spectacle lenses seemed to flash with a bright light. He answered very naturally: "I asked the employees to send him to the police station for...polluting the environment. , you won’t see him for a while.”

Steve was a little confused. Although the man did knock over a few trash cans, what was the crime of polluting the environment? Is there an environmental protection law?

But before he could think clearly, he was dragged away by Bucky. Gin watched with a smile as they disappeared around the corner of the street, which was in the direction of their home.

Gin walked to the cinema. The task assigned by Su Ming had been completed, and he could do what he liked, such as watching movies.

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In the evening, the expo was crowded with people. Major companies came out with their latest products, and there were all kinds of weird and weird things that made people dizzy.

Perhaps it is because of the shadow of war that people are in great need of carnival. The name of World Expo Tomorrow can make people fantasize about their good days in the future.

But Steve's premonition came true...

Bucky brought two girls, originally one for each. He met these two girls while wandering the streets a few days ago. He was not very familiar with them, but they were both beautiful.

He chose the brunette for himself and the blond for Steve. The blonde was very plump, especially her bust, which complemented the skinny Steve.

Bucky introduced his good friend to the girls and talked about a lot of Steve's advantages. However, the blonde who was supposed to follow Steve still held his best friend's hand and ignored Steve at all. .

What's the use of being a nice person? They were out for a carnival tonight, and they wanted a handsome muscular man. Steve only reached their shoulders. He was thin and small, with a sickly look on his face.

For the sake of his life, it’s better not to include him in tonight’s ‘adult time’.

Fireworks kept blooming in the sky, and the dark night sky became colorful, but Steve could only smile bitterly and follow the footsteps of the three of them in the crowd.

"Hey, that's the Stark Industries booth over there, let's go take a look."

Bucky said to Steve, pointing to a place not far away where the colorful lights were shining. The booth there was very lively, like a cabaret theater, with a group of voluptuous long-legged girls dancing Broadway dances.

Raise your legs high, bend your knees, change the direction and raise your legs again...

They wore tuxedos and top hats, and only a pair of shorts on their lower bodies, revealing their long legs wrapped in stockings.

Bucky walked through the crowd and took the three of them to a good position in the front row. The stage was right in front of them. The two girls were also attracted by the scene on the stage.

It's just that Bucky's attention was on his long legs, the girls were looking at the beautiful red sports car on the stage, and Steve's height was a pity, and he could only see some of the scenes on stage through the gaps between a few people.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my guest is Howard Stark!"

The girls quickly ended their dance and lined up on the stage, looking expectantly at the side of the stage. One of them holding a microphone made an emotional announcement.

I saw a smiling man walking out from behind the curtain, with a coquettish mustache and a very frivolous expression, waving to the audience very proudly.

Under the stage lights, he looked radiant.

When he got on stage, he was not in a hurry to speak. He first took a big bite on the flaming red lips of the girl at the booth, causing the girls in the audience to scream.

"Howard, I love you!"

"Ah~~~Howard, look here!"

This posture is no match for Hollywood stars. The most important thing is that big stars will not just kiss a woman they have never seen a few times on stage. Howard is different. He is romantic, handsome, and he is this One of the most recognized scientific geniuses of the era.

Wisdom can create wealth, which is an inexhaustible treasure.

Countless girls wanted to fall into his arms and try to become Mrs. Stark, but Howard just spent the night and never talked about relationships, so those women failed.

But this does not affect the latecomers to continue to follow suit. Howard is immersed in a different gentle land every day, and the whole person is happy.

After flirting with the girl at the booth as usual, he took out his handkerchief and wiped the lipstick on his mouth, and then directly introduced his exhibits to the audience.

"What would you think if I told you that in the next few years, your car will be able to float above the ground and move forward?"

Howard motioned to the girls to remove the tires of the red sports car on the stage, then moved a console in front of him and asked questions to the audience with a mysterious look on his face.

Steve tried to take the opportunity to talk to the blonde girl Bucky had arranged for him. He hadn't talked to girls much, and he was never popular with girls because of his poor health.

"Do you eat popcorn?" He held a bag of popcorn in his skinny hands and brought it to the girl.

Sure enough, as before, the girl curled her lips, turned away, and completely ignored Steve. In comparison, Howard on the stage was more attractive.

Howard didn't expect to get any answers from the audience. He smiled sheepishly, adjusted the control panel, and glanced at the girl who just kissed him passionately.

"Thank you, Mandy." He looked at the audience again, put his hand on the console panel proudly, and revealed the answer: "With Stark Industries' anti-gravity technology, everything will become possible!"

After saying that, he slowly pushed the push rod on the console upwards, and the car with four tires removed actually flew up out of thin air, causing everyone in the audience to gasp.

How amazing! The four people, including Steve, all opened their eyes wide, and the people around them began to applaud, and then they interlocked their fingers on their chests and began to pray, and some even started to make the sign of the cross.

Incomprehensible, indescribable, then – all credit goes to God.

Listening to the applause from the audience and looking at these superstitious people, Howard smiled even more happily. He felt that he had done God's work.

However, it only lasted three seconds. The anti-gravity device exploded with sparks, and with a burst of smoke, the car suddenly fell to the ground with a loud bang, scaring all the spectators to shrink back.

But there was no fluctuation in Howard's heart. As a researcher, he knew that this was an incomplete technology. Being able to levitate for two seconds today was considered an extraordinary performance.

He smiled and raised the microphone in his hand, his face as thick as a city wall: "I said it will be in the future."

The audience in the audience does not care. Whether it floats for two seconds or floats all the time, it is a manifestation of miracles. Is there any difference?

So the thunderous applause sounded again.