The people present fell into silence invariably, but the reasons were different.
Strange glanced at Stark with an unfathomable expression, then turned and left, leaving everyone shocked. Zhang Dianyu felt that he should really deduct his wages—isn't he the one who caused this shit? Now he just walks away easily.
Although he still doesn't quite understand why Strange came to send him the questionnaire at this time.
Bill looked up at Zhang Dianyu, hesitant to speak.
Zhang Dianyu didn't soften his heart at all, he didn't give him any chance to speak, he directly opened the bedroom door and stuffed the boy in. Then he sat back on the sofa chair and smiled slightly at the dumbfounded people outside: "Then, we can talk about business."
Stark glanced at him stiffly, and his eyes fell on the missing wall again, with mixed emotions.
Although he said that he had crashed this wall once, and he planned to help repair it if he had the opportunity - but he still didn't understand why the warden could sit very calmly in the office that lacked a wall.
It's not cold in California, but... isn't it weird
Relating to the meaningful look in Strange's eyes when he left, Stark suddenly offered to leave.
The rest of the people looked a little embarrassed.
Especially since Banner was only wearing a pair of tattered crimson prison pants.
In this way, his original purple trousers don't look so bad - all because of the contrast with the crimson prison uniform.
Banner looked tired and shy, but obviously not because of his pants, because he was used to it.
"Mr. Warden, I think I may have... screwed up a renovation order."
This is not surprising. Zhang Dianyu just nodded, expressing that he understood.
After all, it was his wishful thinking to let Banner try the contractor, and he had not considered the danger of Hulk, so he did not intend to blame Banner for this matter.
However, Spiderman blinked his eyes and stood up to speak for Banner: "It's like this, when we were painting the walls, a group of FBI suddenly rushed in, and Dr. Banner was caught off guard when he was thrown... Then The other big guy showed up."
Zhang Dianyu was also a little caught off guard. He looked at the two of them vigilantly: "So... how are the FBIs?"
Banner sighed, his voice was low and tired, and seemed to have a trace of loss: "Thanks to Spider-Man."
Peter scratched his head, and Zhang Dianyu saw several holes in his Spider-Man suit—although most of them were scratch marks, there were also a few places where it was obviously torn by a huge palm .
Spiderman seemed to see Zhang Dianyu's gaze, blinked his eyes and said, "It's okay, I'm very skilled at mending this."
Zhang Dianyu looked at the boy, his eyes slowly lit up.
He smiled kindly and said to Peter: "You stay here later, I have something to tell you."
Peter scratched his head again, but nodded anyway. In fact, he also had something to say.
Zhang Dianyu looked at the other two people in the field. Both Fury and Batman have battle marks on their suits, so it's not hard to guess why they're here.
Although both of them said calmly that they were just passing by.
Zhang Dianyu: You two passed by together, are you dating
Of course, he couldn't say that, he could only simply nodded, and asked the two of them if they would like to stay for a meal—there are the last few barrels of smoked sausage left in the cafeteria recently, and I don't know when the next time will happen after eating up.
Although the decoration order failed this time, Zhang Dianyu has already seen the dawn of victory. All that remains on the to-do list is one last renovation order so he can "become a real estate agent."
Don't know what it does, but it can improve the rating of the prison - besides that, Zhang Dianyu needs to ensure that the daily prison time of prisoners is more than 50%. The rest of the demands he found himself actually fulfilled.
After all, from the very beginning, he has been actively carrying out the education reform program for the prisoners, hoping that they can apply for probation and be released from prison as soon as possible to bring some income.
So much so that he found that the proportion of recidivism after being released from prison has actually met the requirements for upgrading the prison rating.
"I'm here mainly for another thing, Mr. Warden." After Batman offered his farewell and left quietly, Fury nodded reservedly, and indicated the direction of the prison gate with his eyes.
Zhang Dianyu had seen it on the map a long time ago, and there was a van with the SHIELD logo parked outside.
He even speculated for a while whether it might be the rescue supplies of S.H.I.E.L.D., and then this illusion was broken by the bill—according to the agreement between the bill and the world, the only way he could get subsidies was to build a prison. Including but not limited to accepting tasks, so the bill suggested that he sell the house.
Buy a house, redecorate it, sell it—or if you don’t have a suitable house, you can also take a decoration order to do cleaning for others,
Zhang Dianyu was a little puzzled, this routine was familiar, how many games did the bill bring
"This is not a game." Bill insisted on this, "This is one of the business plans of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. Tony Stark."
Zhang Dianyu: "..."
Forget it, he can't tell this artificial mentally retarded person clearly, as long as he can make money.
Zhang Dianyu carefully did not reveal that he had seen the SHIELD van outside, but frowned slightly and looked at Fu Rui: "What's the matter, Mr. Director?"
"While cleaning Hydra's lair, we found some...experiments." Fury said in a dignified tone with no expression as always, "SHIELD found out the identities of these 'experiments' and traced them back to their source."
Listening to his words, Zhang Dianyu gradually understood.
"Most of these experimental products come from social assistance agencies, and some of them are children with superpowers who have been forcibly detained for endangering society." Fred paused, and looked at Zhang Dianyu indifferently with his remaining eye, "And what I have The instructions were to send them to a juvenile correctional center here."
Zhang Dianyu: "..."
This is outrageous, he hasn't recruited employees yet, and this so-called transformation center hasn't opened yet—and besides, isn't there a "secret" prefix in front of it, why does Fury already know about it
Fury frowned and stared at Zhang Dianyu with disapproval: "With all due respect, I didn't see any redundant buildings, let alone this juvenile correctional center."
Zhang Dianyu thought about it, and felt that there was no need to hide the matter now. He gestured to the opposite side: "Did you see that lush forest?"
Fury frowned remembering. Before he came in, he saw the open space on the opposite side—different from the beginning, there is now a fence around the outside, indicating that it is a private land and is no longer open to the public.
And he also knew that Stark and Wayne's plane could no longer park on that land, and it was said that it had been bought by the warden long ago.
But the "luxurious forest" does not exist at all, only some scattered trees, and even some unplanted tree pits.
Looking at Fu Rui's expression, Zhang Dianyu understood that he already knew where he was pointing, and continued: "—The square building under the shadow of the woods is the future residence of the children."
Fury thought about the small white house, which was located in the middle of a large open space, but the land area was pitifully small.
"I saw it," Fury replied. "I thought it was a toilet."
Zhang Dianyu: "..."
Although his correctional center was indeed a little small, it wasn't that small
Zhang Dianyu looked directly into Fury's gaze and slowly smiled: "Mr. Director, don't worry—we all know that children prefer sunshine and woods. In order to provide enough space, I had to reduce the building area as much as possible." His eyes were deep. Looking across, "But as long as they can get the correct guidance and full transformation here, it's all worth it."
Fury: "…"
It's been so long since he heard such fresh and refined bullshit that he wanted to call Stark to fight the warden.
But Stark left in a hurry not long after he arrived here, apparently planning some kind of conspiracy, Fury thought, frowning.
After a while, Fury also offered to leave, and left the car of thorny teenagers behind.
According to Fury before he left, these mutant children were still in a coma under the drug at this time, because Hydra was planning to transfer them.
Due to their different physiques, they will wake up within a few hours one after another. At that time, the whole prison will become a vegetable market—Zhang Dianyu must find a way as soon as possible.
He glanced at Peter next to him.
The boy didn't look very happy, and the shadow of Mr. Fergus' death would always hang over his head. Although Zhang Dianyu does have the idea of legally employing child labor, he must fulfill his promise to tell Peter the facts before that.
To be honest, he was a little apprehensive about it.
That's Peter, after all—and he doubts he can keep his secret until the next day.
But in any case, after seeing the boy with painful eyes, he decided to make the truth public.
After everyone left, Zhang Dianyu looked in the direction where the entire wall was missing, and thought for a moment.
An office is arguably a good place to talk—but not an office with one wall open. In order to avoid being deaf, Zhang Dianyu could only decide to invite Peter into the bedroom behind him.
Peter was a little flattered. The bedroom was a private place, and Mr. Warden certainly never saw him as a prisoner—or as an ordinary trainee assistant.
Zhang Dianyu opened the green staff door, and found that Bill was sitting at the end of the only bed in the room, with his hands on his knees, looking at him seriously.
Zhang Dianyu raised his hand and pointed casually in the room: "Please sit down, Peter."
Peter went in and found that there was only a simple bed inside, even the same type of bed as in the prisoner's dormitory. This bedroom is also surprisingly small, barely bigger than a 3x2 single cell.
The boy looked around and could only sit next to Bill.
Zhang Dianyu closed the door, thought for a moment, and felt that it would be better for him to sit down and talk about this important news calmly, so he also sat beside Peter.
"Actually, what I want to say is...Peter," Zhang Dianyu paused, looked into the boy's nervous brown eyes, and said seriously, "I'm mentally ill."
Peter slowly opened his mouth wide, then raised his hand to press his chin back, and looked at Zhang Dianyu with some helplessness.
Zhang Dianyu: "?"
That's not what he wanted to say. He wants to say that Mr. Fergus is one of his characters, and he wants to tell Peter the truth.
Zhang Dianyu frowned slightly, covered his mouth with his fist and cleared his throat, and said again in a serious tone: "I want to say that everything that happened before happened for a reason. And the fact is because—"
He paused and said, "I'm mentally ill."
Peter's originally somewhat resistant and rebellious gaze seemed to be a little shaken.
"Mr. Warden, please calm down first." The boy looked at the warden on the opposite side. The other party's eyes looked a little strange, from the sincerity just now to suddenly ruthless, as if he was about to explode.
He hurriedly pressed the warden's shoulder, completely forgetting the previous grudge: "Mr. Warden, don't get excited, I understand." Peter said a little sadly, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't feel that you are so angry with Fu Mr. Gus turned a blind eye... I didn't know that was the case with you."
Zhang Dianyu: "..."
What the hell is going on!
Zhang Dianyu was anxious and angry, but he still thought of the reason. He looked at the bill at the end of the bed, and the boy was still staring at the air expressionlessly, deliberately not looking in his direction.
He stood up abruptly, but was pushed back by Peter again.
The boy pulled off Spider-Man's hood and hugged him anxiously: "I'm going to find Doctor Strange, Mr. Warden, please don't get excited!"
Zhang Dianyu's words stuck in his throat.
If he chased the bill and asked what was going on at this time, wouldn't it just prove that he was sick
He could only suppress the anger in his heart, calm down slowly, pulled off Peter's arm, and said coldly, "I'm fine, you can go out."
Peter sat beside him at a loss, but did not get up and leave as he said.
Zhang Dianyu glanced at him, then softened his heart, nodded to the boy and said briefly: "Next, there may be some work for you—would you like to take care of some children younger than you, Peter?"
Peter blinked, glanced at the black-haired boy sitting beside him, and suddenly understood. Maybe the warden needs it to take care of his son—or adopted son? What happened just now shocked his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, it seems that the warden really does not seem likely to have a son of this age.
In any case, since Mr. Warden has made a request, he will never let the warden down.
Peter nodded and promised with confidence: "A good neighbor in New York not only cleans up lizards and octopuses in the sewer, but also takes care of children temporarily. You can rest assured."
Zhang Dianyu didn't expect Peter to agree so happily, although there seems to be something wrong - but since his goal has been achieved, there is no need to delve into it.
At this moment, someone knocked on the door.
"Mr. Warden, are you in there? Time to eat."
Zhang Dianyu: "..."
Not to mention, Lecter didn't take advantage of the last prison escape to be outrageous. Could it be that potatoes and kale successfully replaced the status of human flesh in his heart, making him reluctant to leave the prison
Zhang Dianyu coughed and responded.
The green staff door was gently pushed open, but it was Banner who opened the door. Warren Guard and Lecter put the dinner tray on his desk and looked like they were about to leave.
The doctor had already put on a new dark red prison uniform, and when he saw the three people sitting side by side on the bed, the expression was a bit startled: "Are you... all there?"
Zhang Dianyu felt a little tired.
But Peter didn't know when he had put the Spider-Man headgear back. It has to be said that even without superpowers, his long-standing fighting instinct left him with a quick response.
The boy responded, tugging at the hood, "Yes, Doctor, we're discussing Mr. Warden's insanity—oh, sir, shouldn't I have said that?"
At this moment, Zhang Dianyu saw that Lecter's footsteps suddenly stopped after walking a long distance, and he felt even worse.
Banner was also slightly taken aback: "Yeah, I know..."
Zhang Dianyu: "?"
What's going on with Banner!
He suddenly looked up at Banner, who smiled gently: "But you don't have to worry, I promise Peter won't go out and talk nonsense, and neither will I."
Peter opened his mouth wide when he heard the words, and nodded abruptly for a moment: "Yes, I'm sorry... I mean, I won't bring this up again."
Zhang Dianyu: "..." He no longer wanted to explain.
Anyway, this matter must be the fault of the bill, and when the idlers leave, he will settle accounts with this little thing.
"I mean," Banner sighed, "as your assistant, I didn't even know this kid existed—it would be my fault, and I still don't know his name."
Zhang Dianyu was silent for a moment. To be honest, he didn't know either.
"I don't have a name," Bill said suddenly.
Banner was taken aback for a moment, his eyes a bit complicated.
Zhang Dianyu: "..." Every word this little thing can push him into a deeper abyss, he can't even speak.
"It's not as simple as you think." Zhang Dianyu couldn't help but said, "It's all because... I'm mentally ill."
Banner: "I understand."
Zhang Dianyu: "..." I understand!
He took a deep breath, and said to Banner and Peter: "Go out, I have some things to deal with - I need to call some people over to talk about work later." He glanced at Peter, who was in tattered suit, "Go to rest first For a moment, let Banner arrange a separate room for you, and don't expose Peter's existence for the time being, otherwise people will easily get in touch with his relationship with Spider-Man."
You must know that there are clever criminals like Hannibal Lecter here, and Peter's identity must be carefully covered.
Peter nodded: "I understand—but Mr. Warden, your mood is not very stable now, I think I still..."
Zhang Dianyu: "Get lost, both of you."
Peter: "Yes, sir."
Banner gave him a worried look, and led Spider-Man out of the room.
The two of them were walking in the narrow corridor. Peter suddenly became nervous and couldn't help coughing a few times: "Banner... Doctor?"
Banner looked over inquiringly.
"Actually, I've met the... older gentleman in your body a few times, and we've gotten along pretty well. Peter has met you in person, but..." Peter scratched his head, "I think, I You should introduce yourself."
Two hands were held together.