my beauty world

Chapter 262 Your Hero, My Enemy

Manhattan, New York.

Jordan Belfort personally drove a Bentley, picked Ronan from the airport, and sent him to the hotel on the Upper East Side.

Ronan looked forward, the top of the Empire State Building was bare, and the broken iron tower was not rebuilt.

The broken part of the Statue of Liberty is said to be being repaired.

This is the beacon of the free world, and it cannot just be scrapped.

Jordan Belfort said: "The queen has gone to Italy and may have to stay for a while. If you have anything to do in New York, you can tell me."

"I will contact you if there is anything to do." Ronan knew that Jess had returned to Rome to assist her grandma in dealing with those ancient coins.

The car passed the Wall Street intersection, and the debris created by Susie or the Mother of Sighs at the beginning of the year had been cleared, but the New York Stock Exchange was vacant.

The recovery of New York's financial and securities industry is far more than simply building another stock exchange.

Ronan asked: "Did the events at the beginning of the year have a big impact?"

Jordan Belfort said: "It has a great impact on the entire United States. The rapid economic growth of the United States since 911/[-] has been interrupted. The situation in all aspects is declining, and the economic downturn is inevitable."

He thought for a while, and then said: "The economy of the United States has been rising rapidly during this period, and the core is the real estate industry. This industry may explode, and the problem will become more serious. As for the Washington authorities, there is nothing to count on."

Although Ronan doesn't know much about the operation of the economy, he also knows that once the economic development goes down, it will trigger a series of negative reactions.

"How are you doing?" he asked.

Jordan Belfort smiled slightly: "Not bad, the high rate of return can attract many clients to invest."

In fact, he really wanted to ask, could there be another show in the second half of the year?At that time, Wall Street investors will have another big dividend.

I have too much money and I don’t want to distribute it to people on Wall Street, what should I do?
Another natural disaster, humanitarian destruction, how wonderful!
When he came to the hotel, Ronan sent Jordan Belfort away, opened a room, called Pingqi, and made an appointment to meet him later.

Although he is still working as an art director in a fashion company, in Ping Qi's words, after experiencing many extraordinary battles, he has joined the Shadow Hunter organization.

Ronan wants to find Shadow Hunter to find out about the follow-up of Susie Barnion and Mother of Sighs.

That day, he left in a hurry, and later got some news through Carolina that the two high-ranking wizards in New York, Balzesa and Veronica, had temporarily expelled the Mother of Sighs from the real world.

He hailed a taxi on the street and bought a bouquet of flowers and a bottle of red wine as gifts on the way. Ronan soon came to a high-end apartment building in the Upper East Side.

Take the elevator to the top floor, where the top floor and the terrace floor are all properties of Ping Qi's wife, Jocelyn's family.

As soon as the elevator door opened, a person ran over impatiently. Because of his haste, his leather boots fell to the ground, making a loud thud.

Clary rushed to the elevator entrance and watched the elevator door open to the left and right, revealing that familiar face. He was inexplicably aggrieved, disappeared without even saying hello, disappeared without even a message, and decided not to think about it anymore. , suddenly appeared again!

There is no one who does this!

When Ronan got out of the elevator, he saw a girl in black and nodded slightly: "Hello, Clary."

"Hello, Duke." Clary quickly cleared up his mind and stopped thinking about it: "You are welcome to be a guest."

There was still something to say, but Ping Qi and Jocelyn greeted him.

Ronan gave the flowers to Jocelyn and the red wine to Pingqi, and followed them into the living room.

Clary followed behind, his two thick eyebrows furrowed: Pingqi has a gift, mom has a gift, but I don't?
Sitting on the sofa in the living room, after exchanging pleasantries with each other, Jocelyn said, "I'm going to prepare dinner, you guys talk."

She beckoned, "Clary, come and help."

Clary didn't want to leave, seeing his mother staring, he could only follow.

Jocelyn was able to become one of the top three shadow hunters in New York. She was already a smart woman, and it was more convenient for Pingqi to communicate with Duke alone if she knew a lot of things.

Ronan asked directly: "I got information that the evil god was just exiled, what's the situation now?"

As the spouse of one of the three giants of shadow hunters, Ping Qi knows a lot about the situation: "The two high-ranking mages in New York, who seem to be members of the Special Affairs Bureau, set up Merlin's expulsion circle, The evil god was exiled to a different space, and the place is in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street."

Ronan asked: "So, the evil god will come back?"

Pingqi himself doesn't understand: "Hodge said that it will come back, ranging from a few months to a few years. Hodge has investigated on the spot and said that the evil god did not have a body to support it before, and there are only a few left Consciousness exists, but after being summoned this time, with a materialized body, the recovery speed will be faster, and the specific time to return depends on the recovery of the evil god's strength."

Ronan nodded slowly: "Go back to New York..."

Shouldn't this city be full of disasters?
"By the way, I also heard from Jocelyn that the two high-level mages have left New York temporarily." Ping Qi said in a low voice, "If you want to make trouble in New York, these few days are the best chance."

"I'm a photo artist, not a terrorist," Ronan said.

Ping Qi laughed: "Yes! Yes! Artists, we are all artists!"

Jocelyn quickly prepared dinner and asked Clary to call someone to eat in the restaurant. The two were acquaintances, and the atmosphere was relatively harmonious. As the hostess, Jocelyn even invited Ronan to go on vacation together for a while.

Ronan responded with a few vague words, but only answered that it would depend on the situation.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Ronan left on time.

"Clary, go see Duke off!" Ping Qi winked at Clary again and again.

Jocelyn wanted to say something, but Ping Qi pinched her buttocks, and her thoughts immediately drifted to the bedroom.

My daughter is also a light bulb at home, and she and Qiqi can do whatever they want.

Clary picked up his coat and followed Ronan into the elevator room. When the elevator opened, he squeezed in: "I'll see you off."

When the elevator door closed, she found that Pingqi and her mother couldn't wait to hug each other.

Don't think about it, they are going to turn their home into a battlefield again!
After getting off the elevator, Clary put on his coat and asked, "Where have you been recently? There's no news for a long time."

Ronan turned out of the apartment door, and when he was about to speak, Clary hurriedly said, "Don't say that you went to Africa to shoot lions, you are not a photographer at all!"

"No, I am." Ronan shrugged and said casually: "If you don't believe me, you can try it someday when you are free. I am very good at taking photo art."

Clary's leather boots fell to the ground, and he deliberately kicked them loudly. He began his words gently: "That day, I was very worried about you. New York was too messy, and Manhattan looked like the end of the world."

Then the words became more serious, and he said bitterly: "But you didn't even make a phone call."

Ronan began to talk nonsense: "I want to run away, and it's easy to be caught on the phone."

Clary thought for a while, and it seemed to be the case.

Ronan then diverted her attention: "Pingqi and your mother are still the same as before?"

Clary's delicate face collapsed in an instant: "They are too much, they send me out at every turn, so that they can make out casually! Before, they were confined to the bedroom, but later the living room, kitchen, entertainment room, and even the terrace were all occupied by them. battlefield!"

She asked curiously, "Is that so interesting? So attractive?"

Ronan didn't know how to respond, so he replied, "Probably."

Clary said to himself, "I decided to move out and rented an apartment on the other side of the central garden."

Ronan said: "Live alone, you can be quiet."

At the intersection, Clary took out a card and handed it to him: "Can you come to my moving party?"

Ronan glanced at the address and phone number on it, and slowly shook his head: "I will leave New York early tomorrow morning."

Clary stopped, put his hands into his coat pockets, and stared at Ronan without moving.

Ronan said, "I have something urgent."

The girl's mind is sensitive and impulsive, Clary said: "I'll send you here, it's time to go."

Ronan nodded: "Goodbye."

The two separated at the intersection, one headed east, the other headed west, and left separately.

Back at the hotel, Ronan's flight to Washington DC had already been delivered.

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Iraq, Baquba.

A Humvee came from Baghdad and stopped in front of the ruins of the Blackwater base, which was still under US military blockade.

Jay got out of the car and gave instructions to the driver.

After Balthazar and Veronica got out of the car, they negotiated a few words with the American officers who greeted them, and led the two mages into the ruins of the base.

In the ruins of the explosion, some people are still surveying.

Balthazar looked at the bomb craters all over the ground, and even the soil was burnt into powdery scorched earth, and said, "Is this the power of modern weapons of mass destruction?"

Jay told the truth: "The terrorists use relatively backward modern weapons with a large yield and are not advanced."

Balthazar came to the huge crater and said: "The essence of magic and technology is the use of energy. The former is more weird and unpredictable, and the latter is more powerful and more suitable for the frontal battlefield."

He knelt down to check the situation: "Even if I use powerful magic props to boost and launch a full blow, it is impossible to destroy such a large area."

Jay came over and said in a low voice: "A fourth-order knight died here, swallowed by a large equivalent explosion and incendiary bomb flames."

Balthazar asked, "Where exactly did he die?"

Jay looked at a technical official who was following him, and said something in a low voice.

"This way." The technical officer led the way to another huge crater: "The shield and long sword he used were burned into molten iron in this area."

Balthazar squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of scorched earth, observed it carefully, and then felt: "A strange energy erupted here, with very little remnant. It seems to have flame and burning properties. I can't tell what it is. Never seen it before."

Jay asked curiously: "A born witch? Or a wizard? I heard that bloodline wizards will have many strange abilities because of their bloodlines."

"No, the blood wizard is still the use of magic in essence." Balthazar said: "This kind of power is not magic!"

He looked at Veronica: "Have you seen it?"

Veronica took the scorched earth, closed her eyes slowly, and chanted ancient Latin mantras. After a while, she opened her eyes and said, "I can't see any omens, this is a kind of mystery we don't know. A new power, but it's very dangerous and kills a lot of people."

Hearing these words in Jay's ears, it was as if he hadn't said anything. Americans plus Israelis, plus subsequent injuries and suicides that night, thousands of people died.

Soon, the group left Baquba and went to the ruins of the Taki military base.

The situation here is even more serious. Those two huge and exaggerated craters are like an attack from the gods!
No one should underestimate the terrifying power of modern human weapons!
Balthazar has seen teacher Merlin's powerful magic attack, and its power is nothing more than that.

"Will the earth be destroyed by human weapons one day?" Veronica asked softly.

Balthazar said: "History has proved that Chaofan did not destroy the earth."

Here, the two of them did not notice any trace of that strange power.

Either no one is using it here, or the energy burst is relatively small and has already completely dissipated.

Balthazar and Veronica wandered around and saw many Iraqis suffering from strange diseases, as well as some deformed children, which were said to be the effects of depleted uranium bombs.

But as members of Western civilized society, they all chose to ignore it.

Freedom comes at a price, of course.

Jay stayed with them for a while, and then went to see the temporary head of the US military in Baghdad to arrange for the return of the remains of the Secret Service personnel to the United States.

The Special Affairs Bureau's Iraqi Operations Team headed by Sergeant Slavt, although there are no bones left, everyone has more or less relics.

They are American heroes, fighting to the last moment for freedom and democracy, and the Secret Service and the United States must give them a chance to return home.

This is what they deserve.

Secret Service agents will return home and be buried in Arlington Cemetery as heroes of the United States.

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Washington, D.C., Andrew's Training Base.

As the Special Affairs Bureau established its headquarters here, more and more people were recruited, and the surrounding merchants also increased.

Ronan was sitting in a high-rise restaurant, looking at the base not far away through the glass window.

A C130 Hercules transport plane is circling in the sky, waiting for the signal from the ground tower to land.

Looking at it, Ronan unconsciously came up with an idea, from which position and angle to launch the missile to destroy the base?

It seems that it is full of elites and professional technical personnel of the Special Affairs Bureau.

Take it away in one pot?
The problem is that there are no groups like the Assassins here to help draw the fire.

Ronan shook his head, not thinking about it for now.

After eating, he left a message in this restaurant that secretly belonged to the Mensa religion. Ronan left the restaurant and drove back to Washington.

Came to a secret place of the Mensa religion, and after entering the door, saw Kelly waiting for him.

Kelly took Ronan upstairs, and as soon as he opened the door, Hubbard inside immediately saluted: "Grand Mentor."

Ronan came to the sofa and sat down, and asked, "Washington is going well?"

Hubbard stood aside and said: "Over the past two months, the Mensa Club has officially opened in Washington DC, attracting more than a dozen senators, dozens of congressmen, and important officials from various departments of the government to become Mensa The believers of the religion have spread from the Fifth National Court to the Ministry of Justice, and the Chief of Staff of the White House has become our loyal supporter."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Well done."

Hubbard said modestly: "The great teacher leads well."

He changed his voice: "But we have made no progress in the military. The Pentagon has its own system. They are more determined than politicians."

"Let the military take its course." Ronan thought for a while and asked, "Is there any news about the vampire in Washington?"

Hubbard said: "Kelly had found a few vampires at first, but when she wanted to investigate further, these vampires were all dead! I have seen their corpses. When they are not sucking blood, their appearance is no different from that of humans. Canines are barely visible and can function normally in sunlight, and these vampires are well hidden in Washington."

Ronan reminded: "Be careful not to expose."

"I'll be careful," Hubbard said.

Ronan stood up: "Find a room, I want to rest."

Hubbard thought about it: "Should I..."

"No, I need a quiet environment to think about some issues." Before returning to North America, Ronan was under fire in Istanbul.

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"stand at attention!"

On the tarmac of the Andrew base, hundreds of people in military uniforms saluted the C130 transport plane that had just stopped at the order of the herald.

Carolina was wearing a neat military uniform, standing in the front row, staring at the cabin exit.

The hatch opened, and the coffin covered with the Stars and Stripes was pushed down by the guard of honor.

"Fire the gun!"

The herald orders!
A well-trained team from the Special Affairs Bureau immediately turned their guns to the sky and fired salutes!
Sergeant Slaft's coffin was the first to come down. There was no body in it, only the few relics of Slaft's life.

Then, one after another coffins containing the relics of the agents of the Special Affairs Bureau were pushed down one after another by the guards of honor, and the crying of family members sounded.

Carolina noticed that the eyes of some colleagues on both sides were red and tears were swirling.

All the coffins got off the plane, the firing ended, and the herald ordered: "Take it easy!"

After the brief welcome ceremony, the coffin will be temporarily parked at Andrew's training base before being sent to Arlington Cemetery for burial.

The family members couldn't bear the grief in their hearts and cried out.

They have lost their dearest!
Jinx, who took off her ninja clothes and put on a military uniform, looked at the sad and angry faces of her colleagues around her, and said, "The terrorists in the Middle East are too abominable! How could they attack the people who went to help them!"

Carolina was in Iraq, so she didn't say a word.

Jinx looked at the family members who followed the coffin and said: "They are so pitiful, they lost their relatives, sons and husbands."

Carolina patted Jinx on the shoulder and said, "This is a war."

"Yes, this is war!" Jinx said with a firm expression, "An anti-terrorism war that requires a severe blow to terrorists in the Middle East!"

Carolina forced a smile at her and walked back.

Lost a loved one?She's seen too much in the Middle East.

There are too many to count.

Even those who are continuously affected by depleted uranium bombs are living worse than death.

Where is the war on terror headed?Why is it becoming more and more counter-intimidating?
Jinx followed Carolina and said, "I want to apply to go to Iraq and join the team of blockers to fight terrorists."

Carolina is one of Jinx's instructors. In the military base surrounded by men, the relationship between the two has always been good. She didn't want Jinx to die for the so-called American democracy and freedom. It would be irresponsible for your life not to sign off on your transfer."

Jinx wanted to tell: "But I..."

Carolina looked at the sky and said, "Let's go, let's change and go out for dinner."

The two changed into casual clothes, drove away from the base, came to an Italian restaurant, went to the booth on the top floor, and each ordered food that suited their taste.

Jinx wants a treat, but Carolina insists she pay for it.

When going to the front desk to check out, Carolina received a message from the boss himself.

Later, when she went to the bathroom, flames shot out from her fingertips, and the note was burned to ashes, and was flushed down the toilet into the sewer.

Carolina's mood suddenly improved: the boss came to Washington!
Thinking of the handsome, wealthy and generous photographer, Carolina's heart trembled and she couldn't help jumping out.

Coming out of the restaurant and getting into the car, Jinx was surprised: "It feels like your mood has suddenly improved."

Carolina remained calm, with her usual model poker face: "Suddenly understand the key nodes of a spell model."

Jinx was curious: "What spell?"

Carolina responded: "I can treat you to ice cream at any time in the future."

Jinx said, "Unfortunately, Scarlett has gone somewhere, and I haven't seen her for a long time."

Regarding the news about the redhead Scarlett, the Special Affairs Bureau is temporarily limited to a certain range, and Jinx's level is not enough.

Back at the base, Carolina's vacation this month has not been used yet, so she has reported to the personnel department that she will be on vacation tomorrow.

Andrew was transferred from the Pendleton base, and she hasn't gone to Washington to take a good look. This reason and excuse is enough.

Although Washington is not as prosperous as New York, it is also the political center of the United States.

Early the next morning, Carolina changed into her regular clothes, drove away from Andrew's training base, entered downtown Washington, and came to the underground parking lot of a shopping mall.

After confirming that there was no trace, I came to the mall and walked around, bought some daily necessities, walked into the bank on the first floor of the mall, entered the safe business area, opened a safe, took out the things stored here, left from the other side of the mall, opened Get in an ordinary car and go to the appointed place to meet.

As the car moved forward, flocks of birds often flew by in the sky.

There is a raven flying high in the sky, watching Carolina's surroundings from time to time to prevent being followed.

In recent months, the United States has suffered frequent terrorist attacks. Washington and New York have been attacked successively. As the political center of the United States, the patrol forces and security forces on the streets of Washington have been greatly strengthened.

Even daily parades were restricted.

Carolina drove to a church, parked the car, picked up the materials, walked towards the open square near the church, quickly came to a house, and gently knocked on the door.

The door opened from the inside, revealing an artistic face.

(End of this chapter)