It was late at night when Lynn returned home.
He walked around the house, made sure all the doors and windows were closed, and then dragged his tired body into the bathtub.
So many things happened today that when he was soaking in the hot water in a daze, he didn't know where to start.
Magic wand, Room of Requirement, Green El, subway, worm, Spider-Man, Chinese restaurant, bald man...
Lin En always felt that this day was without beginning or end and inexplicable.
Is this the New York protected by superheroes? He once heard a saying that the purpose of superheroes is to punish evildoers, but evildoers are born because of superheroes.
Haha, when I think carefully about my own trajectory today, it’s not much different from those superheroes active on the screen.
Lynn couldn't help but worry about his future life. He had originally planned to be an ordinary citizen, apply to a comparable university after graduating from Macon High School, and then use his understanding of the world to start a small company and live a leisurely life.
Oh, by the way, during this period he can also bring his little flying stick and do some enthusiastic deeds to punish evil and promote good.
This rhythm of life may be interrupted by Ultron and the Purple Potato Spirit one day, but the trustworthy Avengers will eventually set things right and allow him to continue his extravagant and dissolute bourgeois life.
As Lin En thought about this rambling thing, his mind gradually relaxed and sleepiness began to come like a tide, so he reluctantly ended the hot bath, wrapped himself in a bathrobe and a thick blanket, and lay down on the sofa on the first floor groaning.
"I hope that tomorrow, I can live a life of lying down..."
Lynn waved her wand lightly, causing a bright and warm flame to ignite in the fireplace. The flames danced and made crackling sounds, and soon the heat waves filled the entire room.
The next morning.
The cold winter sun shone into the living room through the window, brightening the room and disturbing Lynn's dream.
He stretched himself and recalled what happened in his dream.
There, he became a mysterious and powerful superhero like Spider-Man, accepting media interviews on a daily basis, having a large number of loyal fans, and hanging out at high-society gatherings all day, being very free and easy.
But the good times didn't last long. A guy named Loki came to Earth and stole the fire from the earth's core, causing a long ice age. He had to join the Avengers and fight for humanity.
After waking up, Lynn found herself shivering in her arms, hugging a blanket.
When he went to bed last night, he forgot to add more fuel to the fireplace. The blazing flame spell lasted until the second half of the night and then gradually died down, no longer able to resist the invasion of the cold.
“A-choo!”
Lin En rubbed his nose, then rekindled the fire with his wand, mumbling for a while:
"Loki and Thor... I've never seen these two people in the news. Have they not come to Earth yet? So the time should be before Avengers 1, but why did I see Spider-Man and Doctor Strange appeared in the news?"
"Is the timeline here different?"
Lynn shook her head and stopped thinking about it.
He planned to read the Half-Blood Prince's Notebook carefully today and learn the spells in it. After all, today was the 22nd, and Christmas was approaching, which meant the holidays were coming to an end. He wanted to take this opportunity to stay at home and study magic.
But he quickly remembered that many of the magic here were offensive magic, and it would be difficult to see them work without a sparring partner.
Where can I find a sparring partner
The first thing Lynn thought of was the Room of Requirement. The Hogwarts trio had once organized Dumbledore's Army in it and trained Defense Against the Dark Arts with the help of various props.
Then the question arises, how do you get into the Room of Requirement
Yesterday, he was almost shot in the chest and managed to get in. If this is the trigger condition, Lin En would rather give up the idea.
But soon, Lin Enfu came to his mind, and he vaguely had a wonderful guess that needed to be verified.
…
Subway station entrance, Brooklyn.
Lin En walked around with his phone in his hand and finally got into the subway.
The New York subway was built quite early, with an early industrial style, and is filled with exposed arched bricks and slate platforms, giving Lynn the illusion that he had arrived at Platform Nine and Three-Quarters.
But the smell here was really too bad, with the damp, moldy and urine smell overwhelming. Lin En couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose and frowned.
He came here to wait for a train that would pass through Green Gold Lane underground.
According to Lin En's guess, it was not accidental that he was thrown into the subway tunnel by the Room of Requirement yesterday. It was very likely because the Room of Requirement itself was attached to the subway train, and when he was ejected from the Room of Requirement, he was also ejected from the subway.
This would explain very well why he was suddenly sucked into the Room of Requirement from the ground of Green and Gold Lane, and when he came out he was in the underground of New York - at that time the subway happened to carry the Room of Requirement to the location under his feet and sensed his request!
After confirmation, Lynn discovered that there was indeed a subway line under Green Gold Lane that went downtown, that is, in the direction of Manhattan.
“Maybe in the future you can take the subway for free…”
Lynn complained, found an empty corner to sit down, took out "Advanced Potion Making", and began to wait for the next train to arrive.
Due to the huge cost of transformation, New York City's subway has not kept up with the trend of informatization and standardization, so the train running and stopping times are very unstable. Lynn waited for nearly twenty minutes before he saw the first train coming.
He did not go up, but sat where he was, concentrating and silently saying in his mind: "I need a place to practice magic spells!"
During this process, the subway slowly moved away, pulling one carriage after another past him. Relying on this method similar to product line quality inspection, Lin En began assembly line operations.
Unfortunately, his request went unanswered and the Room of Requirement was not on this train.
But Lynn was not in a hurry. He had already done some research and found that although the New York subway runs 24 hours a day, each line actually relies on dozens of subway cars to circulate.
If his guess was correct, it would take him at most half a day to find the train.
But the waiting was not a pleasant experience. After four hours, Lin En got nothing. He just sat there like a wooden man, and there were even bold rats lurking around his feet.
"Blocking the tongue and throat can make people lose the ability to speak; blocking the ears is suitable for loud plotting; confusing the eyes and ears can interfere with the opponent, and high-level wizards can perform silent and wandless releases; Legilimency..."
Lynn was so bored that he stared at the textbook and learned magic spells like a Russian software engineering student.
But at this moment, another subway passed by, and when Lin En subconsciously said "I need a place to practice magic spells", he suddenly saw a stone door appear in front of him.
Lynn wiped her eyes and then smiled.
Hey, it's done!