"Commander, I'm leaving."

"Be careful on the road, don't drive too fast."

"Understood." Backhand Shi Xiaolei gave a thumbs up, Tennessee put on his helmet, twisted the throttle on the grip, and left in a hurry.

His face was smeared by the exhaust fumes of the motorcycle, and he choked a little. After a few light coughs, he raised his head again, and the figure of Tennessee had disappeared.

Withdrawing his attention, he lowered his head and opened the note that Tennessee had left before he left. Shi Xiaolei turned around and walked into the room.

The names of more than a dozen ship girls were written on the note. Obviously, this was the homework given by Tennessee for the task assigned by Shi Xiaolei yesterday. According to the traces of smearing and modification on the note, it is not difficult to see that Tennessee should have spent a lot of thought and consumed a lot of brain cells in the process of sorting out this list.

"California, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Penkosala, Salt Lake City, Northampton, Houston, Augusta, Portland, Indianapolis" look at each name , Images of one after another ship maidens emerged in his mind, and suddenly, Shi Xiaolei discovered a key.

In the list made by Tennessee, one counts as one, and all of them are American shipwives.

why? Is it because Tennessee himself was born in the United States and subconsciously wanted to take care of his own people, so he chose these American ship girls by cronyism?

With some curiosity, after pondering for a while, Shi Xiaolei shook his head, thinking that this should not be the case.

After all, this can be considered a more formal mission. In private, there may be relatives and estrangements, but in business, the ship girls have always followed the rules and will never be disturbed by personal affairs. things come.

"Perhaps, it's because the mission location this time is in the United States, so these American ship girls are specially selected. After all, they are all locals, and they are more familiar with the situation here, and they will be more familiar with the work. It's easy." After thinking about it for a while, Shi Xiaolei probably had a guess in his mind.

Before he knew it, he had returned to the house.

Thinking of notifying the ship girls selected by Tennessee in advance, so that they are ready for the mission, so that they can come to support at any time, Shi Xiaolei turned around and came to the coffee table, and picked up the mobile phone that was charging.

"Huh?" When he found a new text message, Shi Xiaolei casually opened it and glanced at it.

The text message was sent by Stark, and the content was nothing special. It was nothing more than a trick with him, saying that he would bring Pepper over for dinner at night.

But because of this text message, Shi Xiaolei remembered something.

Feeling that this matter was more important than calling those ship girls far away on Nihao Island, Shi Xiaolei clicked the shortcut button and called Stark.

"What's the matter, Locke? I'm busy, so talk quickly."

"It's something, and it's very important." Thinking that Stark was bored doing research in the laboratory, and worried that he would hang up the phone impatiently, Shi Xiaolei said this solemnly without further ado.

"Um?"

"Where are you now?" After confirming that Stark's attention had shifted, Shi Xiaolei continued: "If I can spare some time, I think it's best to meet up. The matter is a bit complicated, and it's a bit troublesome to explain on the phone."

"." After hesitating for a moment, Stark agreed: "Okay, Pepper, let me know and change the meeting time to afternoon. Hey, buddy, are you still there?"

Ignoring the conversation between Stark and Pepper, Shi Xiaolei replied: "Yes, I'm here to find you now?"

"Come on, oh yes, I'm in Los Angeles now."

"Malibu beach house?" Shi Xiaolei was a little surprised: "Weren't you still in New York yesterday? When did you go there?"

"Yesterday afternoon, I had something to do here at three or four o'clock. I originally planned to go back to New York at night." Stark said with a smile: "Come here, just in time, and rub the portal that Bayonetta opened for you in the afternoon." Go back and save us from flying."

"Okay, see you later."

"See you later."

Hanging up the phone, I left the main building, and found Bayonetta, who was lying on a wicker chair and reading fashion magazines in the glass greenhouse, and it took two or three minutes to walk from the main building to the middle of the greenhouse. Not long after, Shi Xiaolei has already stepped through the portal and arrived in Los Angeles, which is far away on the west coast.

Unlike New York, where the temperature has dropped below ten degrees, in Los Angeles, it is still a scene of warm autumn sun.

Of course, at this moment, Shi Xiaolei didn't pay attention to the scenery in Stark's courtyard. He greeted Jarvis, the guard, and walked directly into Stark's villa.

"Hi~lightnovelpub.net~Tony." Raising his hand in greeting, Shi Xiaolei asked casually, "Did you just come out of the lab?"

"Hmm." Throwing the towel to the waiting robot, Stark turned around and came to the bar, picked up a bottle and poured himself a glass of fruit wine: "Would you like a glass? I think that small wine barrel is too ugly , re-ordered some bottles."

Receiving a hint from the word barrel mentioned in Stark's words, Shi Xiaolei nodded: "Yes, no need to add ice."

"I never drink this with ice, and it's not whiskey." While complaining about Shi Xiaolei's lack of taste, Stark also poured him a glass.

Carrying two cups, he came to the sofa, handed a cup to Shi Xiaolei, sat down and crossed his legs, Stark raised his eyebrows: "Let's talk."

"You still remember the one I mentioned when I called you the day before yesterday?" After taking a sip of the fruit wine, Shi Xiaolei put down his glass and said, "After leaving your place that day, on the way home, I met someone Firefight, Tennessee shoots"

"I remember." Too lazy to listen to Shi Xiaolei's retelling, Stark waved his hand: "Go on, be more concise."

"." Smiling, Shi Xiaolei didn't mind: "I thought there would be no follow-up, but yesterday, a few more policemen found me."

That's it, blah blah. After spending some time, Shi Xiaolei described to Stark all the things that happened yesterday.

Of course, it also included his speculation about the case and his analysis of the mastermind behind the scenes.

"Is there such a thing?" After listening to Shi Xiaolei's narration, Stark became interested: "Without physical contact, you can control the opponent's mind with just a look? Are you sure there are such characters in Asgard?" ?”

"Do you think I'm joking with you?"