Chapter 106: The Phantom of the Opera Gives Me Back My Vacation [Double Updates in One]

Steve Rogers returned to the Avengers Building after completing his mission. As soon as the elevator door opened, his hearing, which was sharper than ordinary people, allowed him to hear a string of musical phrases flowing in.

He raised his eyebrows and did not rush back to the room. Instead, he walked to the living area and asked Natasha, who was sitting on the sofa reading something: "When did Tony change to listening to piano music?"

Tony is the only one who likes to play music in the Avengers Building, but Captain America still remembers the first time he saw Tony's party scene, the deafening, hard-to-identify melody, but the magical dance music that had the effect of paralyzing the heart...

In addition, when they first met, Tony was so coquettish that he hacked SHIELD's plane just to play BGM for himself. Anyway, in Steve's impression, Tony and music were completely related to each other, and he suddenly discovered this.

This time it is a pure piano piece, which is really surprising.

"Captain, please listen carefully again." Natasha did not put down the tablet in her hand, but gestured in the direction of the dormitory with her chin, "That was not broadcast."

Steve made a distinction.

Indeed...it feels different from playing it...so someone is playing the piano in Avengers Tower?

Steve did a process of elimination in his mind and felt that he couldn't guess: "Who is playing?"

"I don't know, I just came back." Natasha said, "But Tony was the only one at the base the past few days."

This means that the person who is playing the piano is either Tony himself or someone invited back by Tony. But if it is Tony or an ordinary friend, the person should not appear in the dormitory area, so Captain America judged without hesitation: "

It looks like we have new people joining us."

Natasha burst into laughter, but before she could say anything, the piano stopped.

"it's over?"

"Since I came back, he has been playing for two hours without stopping. It's almost time for him to take a rest." Natasha put down the tablet this time and sat up straighter. "Maybe we can guess who Tony invited this time.

Who is coming back?"

In fact, they could ask the AI ​​butler directly about this question, but that would be boring. Even Steve didn't say anything to offend the scene and just kept guessing: "I guess it's a man."

"Hmm... Then I guess he's a boy, but I guess he's pretty good-looking."

Steve chuckled: "You are not guessing at all, but you are talking about what kind of new teammates you want."

Natasha also laughed: "No, no, no, if that's true, my guess is that he is a superhuman. After all, that way we can probably be more relaxed in the future."

While they were chatting, a brisk and rhythmic footsteps began to approach, and Steve secretly guessed that his new companion might not be very old.

"Hi." The stranger who appeared in Avengers Tower waved to them from a distance and greeted them familiarly.

"Hi." Natasha responded with an easygoing smile.

The blond young man went to make milk tea for himself and said while doing so: "If you want to find Tony, he has just fallen asleep. It is recommended that you find him later."

Smiling Natasha: "...?"

She subconsciously glanced at the sky outside. It was still noon, could it be a nap... No, no, it's useless to look at this. Tony's schedule has always been messy, but...

"How do you know he just fell asleep?"

You must know that Tony usually stays in his research room at this time, and the word "just fell asleep" is too subtle.

Did they guess wrong that this is not a new companion, but a new life assistant that Pepper specially found for Tony in order to give Tony regular rest? But this one really doesn't look like he can take care of others...

Natasha looked at the young man who was dressed even more sluttishly than Tony, and she always felt that something was not right.

"Huh? Because he just came over to talk about the scene while I was playing the piano, and ended up falling asleep." The young man said with a hearty smile, "Listening to me playing the piano just to fall asleep, this kind of person is quite rare.

"

Natasha: “…………”

Steve couldn't stand listening anymore: "I'm sorry... He probably didn't mean that."

For any pianist, it would not be pleasant to encounter this kind of thing, but the other party can still laugh, what a good temper...

"I'm sorry, because when Sir had insomnia before, Miss Pepper played him piano music for a long time..." the AI ​​butler interrupted apologetically, "including the "Goldberg Variations" you just played."

"Gothenburg Variations" is a variation composed by J.S. Bach, the father of modern Western music, for the Count who suffered from insomnia. In fact, it is normal to fall asleep while listening to this piece of music.

"I guessed that this piece of music by Bach's father is indeed..."

Bach dad?!

Natasha heard the young man's low murmur at the tip of her ear, and understood that J.S. Bach and the "Goldberg Variations" belonged to the era. Natasha had an idea. The inexplicable feeling of dissonance finally found the source, and she looked at the blond young man with strange eyes.

"Are you a heroic spirit?"

The young man still looked a little surprised: "Huh? Yes, didn't Tony tell you all this time?"

"...Yes, he didn't say anything."

Steve finally came to his senses: "So...we met a musician hero this time?"

Should it be that Bach's son?

Natasha had already quickly searched for the Bach family on her tablet and saw that J.S. Bach had seven children with his first wife and thirteen with his second wife, even in an era with such a high mortality rate.

In the end, nine children survived, many of whom became musicians... Natasha decided to give up her guess.

"What should we call you?"

The young man showed a childish smile and said a name that was completely unexpected by Natasha: "Wolfgang, Amadeus, Mozart, you can call it whatever you want."

Steve & Natasha, who felt that this name was so resonant: "...???"

Are you Mozart?! Then why do you call Bach Daddy!!!

Probably seeing the confusion between the two, Qiye explained casually: "I like to call everyone I respect daddy."

The AI ​​steward testified for him: "Yes, judging from various sources, Mr. Mozart is indeed like this, such as 'everyone's father' Mr. Haydn..."

"I even called Salieri daddy." Qiye looked through Mozart's memories and muttered, "Even if he is only a few years older than me."

The AI ​​butler who had just recently investigated the grievances between the two for his husband: "..."

Steve decided not to go back to the dormitory for the time being. He leaned his shield next to the sofa. After Qiye made milk tea and sat down, he directly inquired about the information. Every time the heroic spirit appeared, there was a bloody storm, and they had to know that New York was going to face them again.

To what.

"Who is the target this time?"

After all, he was the one brought back by Tony. Steve did not consider other possibilities and subconsciously determined that Qiye was from Chaldea, and directly guessed based on the purpose of Chaldea's personnel appearing in the past.

Natasha sighed: "I hope he won't be a serial murderer again, or someone who is very difficult to find and has to fall asleep..."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Qiye reassured them, "It's safe this time. I've found someone. I'm obsessed with composing operas. I won't cause trouble."

As soon as she heard Qiye's words, Natasha realized very smartly that Qiye didn't seem to intend to complete the task immediately, but planned to let the other party go for a while. Unlike the previous King Arthur and Gilgamesh, who were in a hurry.

It feels different, this heroic spirit looks very relaxed this time.

...It is impossible that Tony was unaware of his decision, but since Tony didn't seem to say anything and seemed to let the other party live here during this period, it should really be okay.

"Okay, but you can always tell us who your target is this time, right? You know, we are... very curious." Natasha shrugged, "There are not many opportunities to meet historical figures."

"Okay." Qiye said in a relaxed tone, "I have two targets this time. One is my friend Salieri during his lifetime, and the other is Eric... The play they collaborated on is currently being staged in New York. If you are interested,

You can go and have a look.”

It seems that they are all musicians, and they are really obsessed with their careers and can't extricate themselves.

The two Avengers, who were unfamiliar with both names and could only rely on logical reasoning, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Does your mission have a time limit?" Steve also tried to grasp more of the situation.

"Well - actually, the sooner the better before the target causes more damage. If the target is friendly, it can be left alone for about three months while ensuring safety. It is not easy to be summoned on rare occasions.

, let’s let people play with it.”

Three months is a safe range. If the time is longer, even if they do nothing, the existence of heroic spirits will have an impact on this world. However, considering that he has been doing tasks back and forth between these two worlds recently, Qiye is suspicious of these two worlds.

Something had gone wrong and I didn't dare to take risks, so I shortened my vacation to one month, planning to send Salieri and the Phantom of the Opera back to the Seat of Valor when the time came.

Steve and Natasha think they can understand it...it sounds like the Heroic Seat, which is out of the timeline, is not as fun as the human world. It's rare for people to come down once and don't cause trouble, so what's wrong with letting people have fun?

"It's so rare..." Natasha sighed. If there were a few more heroic spirits like Gil de Rey, she felt that the reputation of heroic spirits would be over. Every heroic spirit other than Chaldea was doing trouble all day long.

It won't make Chaldea look more innocent, it will only make people think that there are no normal heroic spirits other than Chaldea.

In fact, Qiye had also considered this, so he took the opportunity to complete this setting: "In fact, it is not rare. Other heroic spirits were summoned when you didn't know it, but they were not malicious, so they had already drawn attention before

left."

Saying that, Qiye shrugged: "If I hadn't met Tony at the opera house this time, and his identity was exposed by his... instrument called 'King Arthur', you wouldn't have realized that both the target and I had left.

of."

Qiye also knew that his remarks, in addition to the circle setting, would also make the Avengers feel anxious that something big might have happened but they did not notice it. But anyway... as long as Chaldea cannot be found for one day,

They will continue to be anxious, that's all.

At this time, Tony came out yawning.

"It seems you already know each other..."

Qiye asked in surprise: "Didn't you just fall asleep?" Although he didn't stop immediately as soon as Tony fell asleep, he estimated that the total time Tony fell asleep did not exceed half an hour.

"I woke you up sir," the AI ​​steward said.

Tony came over and poured himself a glass of water: "Yes, yes... I asked Lao Jia to help me check on your old friend's situation. The priority is the highest."

"Something happened to Salieri?" Qiye certainly understood why Tony would set the priority so high, because the heroic spirit is too destructive, and something big might happen later.

Tony drank some water to moisten his throat: "Huh? No, it was your old friend the soprano who went to the police."

Seven nights:"…………???"

What's going on with that soprano here...

In order to understand the situation, the Avengers used SHIELD's authority to obtain the transcript of the police report - yes, SHIELD. Although SHIELD was messed up when Qiye first came to this world, but because

bb only selectively opened up S.H.I.E.L.D.’s intelligence, and did not throw everything out like the original work. Therefore, after the great purge, S.H.I.E.L.D. was disbanded and reorganized... After all, if the Avengers did not have a supervisory higher-level organization, I am afraid it would cause

Some people are panicking, and even if they have a chance, even if they don't go to Sokovia, there will be other agreements to restrict superheroes such as the New York Agreement and the Washington Agreement.

Although Fury is a paranoid patient, it must be said that he is indeed the best person to protect the Avengers from interference by some people with ulterior motives above. This is one of the reasons why he reorganized S.H.I.E.L.D. after struggling for a long time.

The super AI from Chaldea has given them the list of Hydra. That list is not how many Hydra undercover agents there are in S.H.I.E.L.D., but simply pulled out all the names from the Hydra base. Among them

There is no shortage of high-level government officials from various countries, it is simply terrible... But at least in the short term, Hydra will not be able to train new people outside the list to be undercovers. Fury is quite confident about this new S.H.I.E.L.D.

In short, with the support of the official S.H.I.E.L.D., it was quite natural for the Avengers to transfer the records, even though the person in charge of the police station was at a loss and didn't understand why such a small case could attract the attention of the big guys.

"She suspected that her singing teacher was a psychopath and might have killed someone."

After Tony drank coffee, he still felt energetic even though he only slept for half an hour in two days.

"The reason is that her teacher often sees her distracted, calls her by the wrong name, calls Lillian as Christina, and occasionally shows a scary expression... Isn't this all speculation?" Iron Man moved away without interest.

Eyesight, "Lao Jia, check her vocal teacher."

Steve hesitated for a moment: "Her voice teacher...Eric, what's his full name?"

Qiye propped up his chin and always had a happy face. He rarely looked a little indifferent. After all, this meant that his vacation might end early: "I don't know, but I know that the music is adapted from the novel based on him."

The play is quite famous, called The Phantom of the Opera."

Tony Stark: "...Please tell me about this kind of thing earlier next time."

He thought there was only one heroic spirit named Salieri!!! Because this target was too conspicuous, he subconsciously ignored the others...

After learning what kind of existence the Phantom of the Opera was, Natasha and Steve, who originally thought it was just a trivial matter, felt that this was not acceptable. However, Tony saw a heroic spirit that was more like a villain than Nanaya, and finally believed that Nanaya was indeed Caleb.

It’s the people on the bottom side.

"His mental state is indeed problematic. He cannot be left alone among ordinary people. If he wants to do something, ordinary people will not be able to resist at all."

Steve frowned and looked at Qiye: "Although he hasn't hurt anyone yet, he has already caused panic among ordinary people. Does Chaldea have any opinions on how to deal with this situation?"

"Hmm." Qiye showed a distressed expression, "I still understand that taking precautions before they happen...according to the information I have, theoretically speaking, as long as Miss Lilian doesn't show anything wrong, the Phantom's wish will

I just want to coach Lillian to become the world’s number one soprano——”

Steve shook his head: "Miss Lillian is already scared."

"I don't mean to ask her to endure it... This really doesn't make sense." Qiye said, "I mean, you don't have to worry about Miss Lilian's safety for the time being... Find an opportunity to reveal it to Salieri and let him solve it.

Well, he probably can’t stand this kind of thing either.”

Everyone: "......???"

"What about you?" Tony asked strangely, "Isn't this a problem that you should solve?"

Qiye thought you still had the nerve to say...

If his identity hadn't been discovered by Iron Man, he could have switched this Mozatka, which was purely used to facilitate his appreciation of music, to another heroic spirit that could fight, and then go and get rid of the Phantom of the Opera neatly. But now...he

How is a one-star magician going to beat up a two-star assassin?! This is not a game. There are no job restraints. In a real fight, an assassin with enhanced killing skills would be so hard to beat that he would be bald!

What's more, even the heroic spirit Mozart himself directly admitted that he is the lowest level of the magician job, one star among one stars, so don't expect combat effectiveness...

But since he hadn't explained the job setting to the Avengers before, he was as lazy as ever to explain it this time. After all, the less he said about the existence of the setting, the lower the possibility of loopholes, so he had to explain it.

If you can't fight, you have to find another reason, such as...

"Have you seen the rumors about my murder?" Qiye asked.

Everyone shook their heads.

A complete musician died young, how could there be rumors of murder.

"But there is the Phantom of the Opera." Qiye spread his hands and forced himself to find an excuse, "If there is really any crisis, Chaldea will send someone else. Since it is me who comes, it means nothing big will happen... You don't want innocent people to suffer

It is indeed reasonable for ordinary people to be frightened and plan to nip the crisis in the bud, but what you want to do is beyond my ability and is not part of Chaldea's plan."

In fact, what he said was based on the fact that the Avengers were already planning to take action against the Phantom of the Opera. This was a lie that could not be verified.

The purpose of staying in New York for seven nights was to observe in time whether there would be any changes in the two heroic spirits. Salieri was very stable as long as he was not seen, and the mental state of the Phantom of the Opera could be guessed through the soprano's reaction. There is a step-by-step process.

In the process, it is easy to find that Qiye is confident to stop the Phantom of the Opera before she actually does anything.

But now SHIELD has intervened first, which makes it difficult for Qiye to secretly switch cards to solve it. However, Mozart's card has no advantage against the Phantom of the Opera, so he can only try to let Salieri solve it in a roundabout way.

After hearing Qiye's words, the Avengers thought for a while and understood... Heroic spirits are mainly strengthened according to the legends of their lives. Mozart, a pure musician, probably has no fighting ability, but the Phantom of the Opera killed many people. Even if they all become heroic spirits, once they become heroic spirits,

When it comes to starting a battle, Mozart is at a natural disadvantage...

"Then Mr. Salieri is fine?" Steve, who looked at Salieri's information and saw a string of opera works, questioned, "Is he also a musician?"

Tony interjected: "I know this, Salieri's words may be true."

Captain America asked strangely: "Why?" Has this musician also killed someone? Were all musicians in the past so... versatile?

Tony glanced at the blond heroic spirit, who showed him a smile without any haze: "Let me tell you... because there are rumors that Salieri killed me out of jealousy, so he can fight better than me.

"

Natasha & Steve, who were not familiar with the musicians’ deeds: “…………”

——Aren’t you friends...How on earth could such a rumor come up...

"Salieri is actually considered a genius - of course not as good as me - there should be some jealousy, but if he is so jealous that he wants to kill me, there is no need. At that time, he was much more status and famous than me." Musician.

He made a summary, "Anyway, Salieri became very good at fighting because he was killed because of Feng Chong. There is absolutely no problem in leaving it to him."

"What if something goes wrong?" Natasha asked just in case.

"...Then I will go back to Chaldea to find foreign help."

This means that the identity of Mozart can no longer be used, and his vacation is equivalent to the end...

If it really turned out like that, Qiye felt that even if he died and was nailed in the coffin, he would still be shouting out in the tomb with this rotten vocal cord——

The Phantom of the Opera gives me back my vacation!!!

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