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Chapter 371 Listen to you today

Chapter 371 Listen to you today

Compared with the four of them, Dum's exhaustion this time is actually not the most serious, but he suffered a lot of internal injuries in the previous fierce fight.After he patted Doctor Strange's hand away, he took a lot of effort to stand up on his knees, but before he could stand still, his legs and feet gave way and half knelt down again.

Doctor Strange got bored, and simply folded his arms and stood aside, watching calmly.

Heh, if you don’t help, you won’t help, I’ll just watch you pretend.

Michael caught a glimpse, walked up to Doom, and held out his hand to him too.

"Forget it, the great 'Doctor Doom' doesn't need help." Strange mocked.

As a result, Dum hesitated for a second, and even grabbed Michael's extended hand, and stood up with his help.

Doctor Strange: "???"

"All right?" Michael asked.

"A small injury," Doom snorted. "It's nothing to the destruction."

Strange blinked aside, looked at Doom, then at Michael.

Why can't he if I can't?

Weird is unhappy.He drew a circle and opened the spell portal, and snorted: "Talk slowly, I believe you must have a lot to say, so I won't bother you."

After speaking, he retreated into the portal and went there dully, seeming very angry.

There are three people left.Doom seemed to want to say something to Michael, but he opened and closed his mouth, but couldn't squeeze out a word for a long time.He squinted at Wanda who was naturally holding Michael's arm, and said with some displeasure, "We have something to talk about."

Wanda hugged Michael's arm tightly: "Let's talk then."

Wanda was not very happy with his attitude.Both Mephisto and Mephisto saved your mother, we all contributed, what can you say that you can't say in front of me?

But Michael knew Doom.It's not that he has something important to talk to himself alone, it's just that there are some things he can't say when others are present.

Michael patted Wanda's shoulder lightly: "It's okay, you go back and rest first, I'll come later."

Now that Michael has said so, she naturally has no objections.She nodded obediently: "Okay."

So Wanda left, and there were only two of them left in the dark secret room under the castle.

After a long silence, Dum said, "Thank you—even though I don't know how many times I've said this, I really don't know what to do anymore."

"No." Michael interrupted lightly, "My answer will never change. You are my disciple, and I helped you because I saw your potential, and you have not let me down so far."

Dum pondered for a moment, then slowly reached out and took off the cold steel mask.

He looked down at the mask in his hand, as if he was face to face with himself.

"So far, all the hard work, all the learning, and the pursuit of those mysterious and powerful forces are all for today, this moment." Dum murmured, "There is no day when I don't imagine this moment. Defeating Mephisto , to save my mother's poor soul until now. I did it, thanks to you."

He gently closed his eyes.

"But if I had to use one word to describe my current mood, the answer would be nothing." He said slowly, "I killed my family's enemies and overthrew the king's throne. I saved my homeland, today's Lato Vinia is getting better and better under my rule. And now I rescued my mother's soul, which is by far my biggest goal, one I never even imagined when it was completed.

But the process... the process of all of this, ultimately made me who I am now. "

Michael understood what he was trying to say.

If one must say what factors led to the birth of Doctor Doom, the most accurate answer should be fate.The intricate fate quietly plays a role in almost every fork in his life, and every choice and every step forward of him has become a key factor leading to this future.

And then there is what is now Doom.A dictator, a master of occult arts, a titan of science, a loner standing on top of the world.

"I have also felt similar to you." Michael said, "Not long ago, I also thought, when all the things to be done are done, what will be left of me by then?

The truth is, we're the same kind of people, Victor.We are so similar, so similar that even our obsessions are the same.The reason for this confusion is that no matter how great we are, we are still human at the end of the day.No amount of knowledge, no amount of power can change this. "

Doom narrowed his eyes.

"People can't exist apart from the group, even people like you and me." He patted Dum on the shoulder, "And as a master, I don't want you to be trapped in the shackles of 'Doctor Doom' forever." inside."

"Maybe." Dum calmly put the mask back on, "Maybe I'll consider making a change, but not yet." He looked up and looked at Michael, "So she's the change you choose to make, yes Is that the little witch?"

"Yes. I have ignored Wanda's wishes for too long, and I don't want to let her down."

"She is really special." Dum gave a rare affirmative evaluation, "She is indeed worth cherishing."

"You've got someone waiting for you, Victor. It's up to you, whether you're willing to take this step. I'm trying to do it, and I hope you will too."

As Michael said, the spell portal opened behind him.Dum watched him retreat into the door, hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help asking: "One last thing."

Michael stopped, looking sideways at him.

"If we lose," he said, "if we fail to defeat Mephisto. Are you really going to give your soul to that demon?"

Michael looked at him for a while.

"The point is, we didn't." He turned around and continued walking towards the door. "I also knew we were going to win."

The portal was closed, and his figure completely disappeared.

Doom looked at the location where the sparks dissipated, and stood alone in the darkness of the basement without moving for a long time.

He is a person who hates being in debt.

But only Michael, he knew that no matter what request the other party made from now on, he might not refuse.

***

When we got back to the office, Wanda was already waiting here.She stood up as soon as Michael walked out of the portal, as if she had been expecting it for a long time.

"What did you say?"

Michael glanced at her, expressionless.

"Victor told me Wanda is a good girl, so I should cherish it."

Wanda blushed, doubtful: ".Really?"

"Really." Michael twitched his lips and smiled slightly.

".Fine! You're making fun of me again."

Michael shrugged without explaining.He returned to his desk and sat down, then raised his hand to open the floating interface.

Wanda dragged a seat and sat beside him: "We had a fight with the Lord of Hell just now, maybe you can consider taking a break for a day? You won't be working today?"

"The data collected in the previous battle still needs to be processed. There are also many places in the file about Mephisto that need to be updated and improved, and"

Michael shut up.Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Wanda, and found that the little witch was pursed, looking a little disappointed.

Michael closed his eyes gently.With a wave of his hand, he turned off the floating screen.

"Maybe. You're right. It's okay to take a day off." He said, "Where are you going? I'll listen to you today."

Wanda smiled happily: "Then let's find something to eat first. I'm almost starving."

(End of this chapter)