This is not Steve's first time in Europe. As early as 1809, he was assigned by the US federal government to come to Europe to investigate a transnational terrorist attack. At that time, the United States was more of a bystander to what happened in Europe.
To understand the series of terrorist attack cases. At that time (including the time point of the story), the United States did not have the status of the world's police, nor did it have the foundation of a superpower after World War II. It was only a marginal country at best. Although it was a big country,
But Europe looks down on them at all. Therefore, the United States does not mean to be overly involved. Steve is equivalent to an investigator or intelligence collector.
As a result, Steve tracked down Spectre by mistake, and then joined Cotman and his team, who were privately commissioned by the British Empire to investigate. So after going back and forth, Steve joined Cotman and the others to investigate Spectre.
The members of the investigation team at that time were:
Legendary adventurer, immortal-Alan Coatman;
Captain of the Nautilus——Captain Nemo, the Nautilus is a giant submarine that is decades ahead of contemporary technology. Its various black technologies are jaw-dropping. The ship is driven entirely by electricity, which extracts sodium from seawater.
Sodium and mercury are mixed to form an alloy that is used to replace the zinc element in the Bunsen battery unit, which is then converted into electricity and stored in the battery.
Dr. Jekyll-Hyde, a schizophrenic scientific madman, developed a transformation potion that can transform into a powerful monster.
Vampire Queen - Mina Harker, this one needs no introduction.
The Invisible Man - Skinner, his ability is just like his name, he is invisible.
The immortal handsome man——Dorian Gray, has the power to never die, but is afraid to see his own portrait.
They call themselves the League of Gentlemen, and only Steve is a standard ordinary person.
They gradually discovered the conspiracy of Spectre. The Spectre wanted to provoke wars between countries, and then sell arms to various countries to make profits, and ultimately achieve the goal of controlling the world. But in the later stage, Dorian Gray betrayed them and
Their respective abilities were replicated using scientific methods.
In the end, Coatman embarked on the most dangerous adventure. They found the lair of Spectre, went straight to Huanglong to destroy this evil organization, and finally blew up various high-tech weapons collected by Spectre.
It was also during this operation that Coatman was 'sacrificed'. In addition to Coatman, Dorian Gray was sealed in the portrait, and the invisible man Skinner finally recovered one year after the mission ended due to extensive burns all over his body.
Died from subsequent complications.
The others also went their separate ways. It was not until today that Steve met everyone from the League of Gentlemen again. So he was inevitably a little excited, so much so that he forgot that there was a beautiful woman next to him. The old gentleman Coatman was more attentive.
During the conversation, Diana was intentionally drawn into their conversation.
"Steve, this beautiful lady is...?"
"Oh, let me introduce to you, this is..." Steve woke up from the excitement at this time and hurriedly introduced Diana to everyone. This was the reason why Mina wanted to break up with Steve. He had this
A common problem among men of this era is machismo. Although he likes Diana very much, he still unknowingly regards Diana as his accessory. This is not because of ability, but because of gender.
It's a pity that Diana doesn't accept his tricks at all. She is an Amazon princess and a born feminist. She can understand that Steve ignored her because he reunited with old friends. But now she doesn't need to introduce herself.
Steve did it for me. As a soldier, he was not so timid that he couldn't even say his own name.
So Diana interrupted Steve directly and began to introduce herself. "My name is Diana Prince, I come to Paradise Island, an Amazon female warrior!"
Steve breathed a sigh of relief on the side. At least Diana didn't pull out her sword and say that she was the daughter of Queen Hippolyta, which was a lot of progress.
The others looked at each other because they had never heard of Paradise Island.
"Paradise Island? Amazon? Um... I have been to many places in my life and met many peoples. Forgive me for being rude, but I have never heard of these two names." Coatman has been adventuring around the world throughout his life.
It can be said that my footprints are all over the world, and it is really rare to find a place or a nation that I have never heard of.
Diana was just about to explain, but Steve immediately interrupted.
"This is very complicated to say, and very... how should I put it, unbelievable..." Diana is different from other people. Many things that she takes for granted don't sound that way to others. In order to avoid
The scene turned into a hundred thousand whys, and Steve decided to explain the matter to others according to his own understanding.
But even so, after listening to Steve's narration, others still looked confused, and even Mina, who had always been full of resentment, looked over in surprise.
After a while, Dr. Jekyll asked: "Is this true? I mean, are the Amazons and the Olympus gods real?"
Steve made a helpless expression. "Amazon? That's true. I know it's hard to believe, but it's true. I saw with my own eyes a group of female warriors riding war horses and holding bows and arrows to kill a group of Germans.
Died on the beach. As for the Olympian gods..."
"Olympus is real!" Diana disliked Steve questioning the history and beliefs of her race. "Paradise Island is the sanctuary given to the Amazons by Zeus! And our enemy is Ares, the God of War!"
Diana seemed very serious, and the others were all well-educated gentlemen. Even if they didn't believe it at all, they wouldn't show it.
Kourtman even brought up a bunch of questions about Greek mythology to discuss with Diana, which made Diana feel very comfortable. At least Kourtman was much better than Steve who didn't take it seriously. Although others didn't believe it, Dai
Anna's erudition also interested them, and even Mina couldn't help but chat with Diana.
Just when they were talking about being busy, a nun walked in.
The nun's dress is very strange. Although the overall color is still black, the collar and brim of the hat are white. But the details are very different from traditional nuns. First of all, this nun's uniform is very close-fitting, and even the cuffs are made.
It has no shrinkage and even feels a little tight, which highlights the nun's lines very well, is very suitable for sports, and looks very neat. Secondly, the nun's hood and cloak is very long and large, almost dragging to the ground. At the same time, the cloak also wraps the nun's whole body.
, only the face was exposed, and even the hands were tightly hidden.
"Everyone, Pastor Dalton invites you." After the nun came in, she didn't greet them and asked them to follow her very directly.
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The group of people followed the nun to the back of the chapel, where there was a small altar and an old priest was doing the aftermath work after the ceremony.
After seeing Steve and his party, the old priest did not stop what he was doing, but asked the nun to help deal with the aftermath as soon as possible.
"Catherine, help clean up."
With the help of Sister Catherine, they quickly put the sacred objects used in the ceremony into storage boxes. Then Sister Catherine moved the sacred objects away alone.
"Okay, everyone seems to have talked about old times, let's get down to business."
After speaking, Pastor Dalton took out a letter of appointment signed by King George V from a small secret compartment on the altar and handed it to Cotterman.
"Before this, you must sign a legally binding letter of appointment, and we need you to keep it strictly confidential."
