Druid in the Marvel Universe Chapter 71: I Should Rest

"Hello, this is Alvin. Who's calling?" Alvin answered the phone.

The voice on the other end was Chief George, sounding furious. "Alvin, you bastard, how could you do this?"

"What's going on?" Alvin asked, a bit puzzled.

"What's going on? You still ask me what's going on? I knew I should have let the police handle the school's case yesterday. This wouldn't have happened otherwise!"

Alvin held the phone away from his ear as Chief George's voice was too loud. He put Ginny down to let her play by herself.

Walking to the corner of the bar, Alvin said into the phone in a deep voice, "What exactly happened? You need to be clear, or I'm hanging up!"

Chief George roared on the other end, "Just now, two people broke into the 40th floor of the Empire State Building and killed over seventy people inside.

Even if they were all bad guys, this is way over the line!

I knew it, I knew there would be big trouble. Are your two subordinates idiots?"

Alvin, a bit unhappy, said, "How do you know it was them?"

Chief George angrily shouted, "Because even the dumbest robbers know to put a stocking over their heads when robbing a place. These two idiots didn't prepare anything, just wore hats and went in to kill.

Dude, that's the Empire State Building, not Hell's Kitchen! The surveillance there is more than at the damn police station!"

Hearing that the two went in without disguises, Alvin felt relieved. Even someone as reckless as JJ wouldn't do something this stupid, let alone with a seasoned executioner like Frank. They must have been prepared; at least the police wouldn't be able to cause trouble.

"Chief George, you must be mistaken. I didn't send them to the Empire State Building. I went to a boxing gym for a trial lesson this afternoon," Alvin said with a smile.

"Mistaken? Bastard, I'm standing right in front of the surveillance footage, watching two lunatics shooting up the place. You say I'm mistaken? Oh, damn, what's going on? Where's the footage? Why is the screen blank?"

Alvin felt reassured; they were indeed prepared. He held the phone further away, ready to deal with Chief George's outburst.

Sure enough, "Alvin, you bastard, how did you do it? All the surveillance in the Empire State Building is gone? With talent like that, why are you still in Hell's Kitchen? Go mess with the cops in Silicon Valley instead!"

Alvin laughed and said, "Chief George, I swear, I really don't know what happened! I have an alibi. A witness you would absolutely trust."

"Hmm... Alvin, you need to control your two subordinates. Is today's incident related to yesterday's school incident? Even if you're angry, you can't go on a killing spree in downtown New York. That puts a lot of pressure on me."

Alvin laughed and said, "It might be a bit difficult. You better pray there aren't too many Hand's bases in the city center, or I won't promise anything. Of course, if you have evidence, you can arrest those two idiots. What they did makes me look too ruthless."

Chief George angrily hung up the phone. In fact, when he found out the dead were from the Hand, he wasn't that angry. He would verify it later, and if it was indeed the Hand, he would turn a blind eye. There were no good people in the Hand, and the police had records on them.

Just pray Alvin's two subordinates don't go this crazy again. The pretty receptionist had her nose broken, peed herself on the floor, and when the police arrived, she clung to an officer's leg, confessing to two murders, wanting to send herself to jail. This is really bad. The police are very busy!

Alvin hung up the phone, picked up the well-behaved little Ginny, and kissed her on the cheek.

Walking to the bar, he pointed at Steve and said, "Ginny, this is Steve Rogers. You can call him..."

Steve smiled and said, "Call me Uncle Rogers. Alvin, is this your..."

Alvin smiled and said, "Yes, my daughter. We look a lot alike, don't we?" With that, Alvin put his face next to Ginny's and made a funny face at Steve.

Steve laughed heartily, raised his glass, took a sip, and said, "That's right, you two definitely look like father and daughter."

Alvin was very satisfied with Steve's response. He turned to Nick, who had been observing Steve, and said, "Nick, this is Steve Rogers. Can you guess who he is?"

Nick thought for a moment, looked at Steve, and said, "I know, that's Captain America. Dude, you must have had a lot of pressure growing up. Why did your dad name you that?

There's a boy in our class named William Clinton. He gets beat up all the time and can't find a girlfriend."

Alvin and Steve laughed heartily. Steve ruffled Nick's hair and said, "A real man can handle pressure. Sometimes it becomes motivation. You're great, buddy!"

Nick grinned, showing his missing front teeth, and said, "Of course, my dad is the school's disciplinary officer, and I haven't told anyone."

Alvin chimed in, "Would you dare? If you did, how many people would rather be in detention just to beat you up? Your dad isn't very popular!"

Nick thought for a moment, shivered, and said, "It is a bit dangerous, but Gavin knows my situation. Should I make him shut up?" With that, Nick made a very gangster-like throat-slitting gesture.

Alvin laughed and ruffled Nick's hair, saying, "You should watch less TV!" Then he put Ginny down to let her play with Nick.

Alvin poured himself a beer, clinked glasses with Steve, and said, "Buddy, you'll have to wait a bit. I'll let you try my steak!"

Steve loved the atmosphere here and nodded to Alvin. He listened amusedly as the old black man next to him bragged about how many people he had killed, how many streets he controlled, and how many women he had slept with in his youth. He found it very interesting.

It wasn't until his phone rang that Steve snapped out of the interesting atmosphere.

Ignoring the old man's disdainful look, Steve pulled out an old, outdated phone and awkwardly answered it.

"Hello, this is Steve."

"Captain, where are you?" a worried male voice asked.

Steve looked around the restaurant and said, "I'm at a restaurant about to have dinner. I made a new friend today."

"Captain, you need to know you're very important. You didn't return to the apartment, and our agents are going crazy!"

Steve, a bit annoyed, said, "I'm just an old soldier who slept for decades, not a prisoner. You have no right to monitor me."

Looking at Nick and Ginny playing happily and Alvin busy, Steve said into the phone, "I was a soldier, but the war is over. I've slept for decades. I need to rest now!"