S.H.I.E.L.D. decided to clear Chicago, leaving only the Chicago police to face off against the demon hunters and vampires, so things would not be rushed. Kai first asked Bobby and the Wen brothers to contact all demon hunters and let them be careful.
It's best to gather around the various Chicago Police Department branches. In those places, vampires must also keep a low profile.
Then Kay asked Matthew to check those people from the Department of Homeland Security to see how the vampires made those DHS appear in Chicago and forcibly clean the land for the vampires. In fact, this is not important, Kay just wants to see what is going on.
Who actually works for a vampire? It would not be a pity to rape such a person to death.
As for Kay himself, of course he went to the Art Institute of Chicago. When old friends came, he had to go and see them. He had done nothing immoral, so there was no reason to be afraid of seeing old friends.
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Since the Louvre will hold a joint exhibition with the Chicago Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago has really become popular during this period. Taking advantage of this hot spot, many art exhibitions have sprung up. For a time, the Art Institute of Chicago only relied on renting exhibitions.
The museum has made a lot of money. You must know that it costs money to lend exhibits to the Louvre. Otherwise, how do you think the Louvre can survive?
Just rely on tickets? Don't be ridiculous. Compared with the maintenance costs of those antique works of art, the ticket money is just a drop in the bucket. Lending exhibits for display like this is the big deal. Of course, things about cultural people cannot be so straightforward.
It will hurt the self-esteem of the Gallic Chicken. Now the Gallic Chicken only has a strong self-esteem. It would be much better if it were exchanged in the name of art. The Gallic Chicken can proudly say that this is the spread of French culture and culture.
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Isn't it much taller?
But it is undeniable that the United States cannot lead the world in terms of antiques and art. Even if it is a superpower, it is useless. The United States only has a history of more than 200 years. And from ancient times to the present, the United States has never been the best in art.
No more than Europe.
So with the reputation of the Louvre, the Art Institute of Chicago has indeed gained a lot of fame, and by the way, the money earned from renting out the exhibition hall is cramped. Otherwise, you would think that the Art Institute of Chicago is really willing to spend so much money to hire the Louvre.
Exhibits in the palace?
When Kay came to 111 Michigan Avenue South in Chicago, preparations had already begun for an art exhibition. This was an exhibition of modernist painters. Anyway, when Kai walked into the exhibition, those who were watching the exhibition were all well-dressed and facing each other.
He looked at a painting with great concentration, and even pointed and made some incomprehensible comments. Kai listened and said that it was cloudy and foggy, various line tensions, the use of colors, and the expression of the author. In short,
Very mysterious.
It reminded Kai of the scene of understanding when he was a child.
"Why are the curtains blue?"
Answer: Blue represents melancholy, and the curtains block the sun, implying that people live in darkness under the rule of the feudal government. In this way, the author expresses his dissatisfaction with the society at that time.
Author: The curtains are fucking blue.
The same goes for this group of people. They look at the things in the paintings and say that the author is a silent accusation against the injustice of the world, accusing your sister! Others may just have trembling hands!
Also, Kai still can't understand what the hell these things are drawn on... some are just messy lines, and some are just painted randomly with ink. Some of the paintings can be seen as what they want to draw, but they are all cut and twisted.
, it makes people’s heads hurt when looking at it... How can this be so good-looking? It’s also so damn expensive. What do the people who spend money to buy it think?
Thinking of this, Kai suddenly remembered that he had heard before that many people now like to use art to launder money, especially such abstract and difficult-to-understand modern paintings, which are deeply loved by criminals.
The artistic accomplishment of the molecules is so high that they can appreciate such messy paintings. In fact, such paintings are easy to deceive people and easy to realize.
In the art market, especially the modern painting market, hype is everywhere. As long as you are willing to spend money to speculate, it is easy to make a painter famous. The key is that it is very easy to speculate. Find some art connoisseurs, spend money to buy reviews, and then
If you spend your own money to buy paintings, it's easy to raise the price as long as it's not too outrageous.
Paintings that originally only cost a few hundred dollars on the street, those speculators dared to sell for hundreds of thousands!
As long as the price goes up, the artist's paintings will not have to worry about sales. When the time comes to sell his goods, the money will be laundered.
Anyway, they join forces to deceive people. In fact, the people being deceived don’t really understand anything. The key is that this kind of thing is difficult to explain. Could you tell others that you don’t understand at all? In fact, you can really understand those modern trends.
There are not many people who paint in this style. This industry is one where 'the truth is in the hands of a few people'. Whether the painting is good or not is decided by a small group of people. Other idiots know nothing about it and cannot overturn their definition at all.
So this kind of business lasts for a long time.
Thinking of this, Kai curled his lips and thought about asking the bureau to investigate the organizer and sponsor of this art exhibition to see if there was anything fishy about it.
Fortunately, Kai still remembered his main purpose. Kai had contacted the security director of the Louvre before. The person in charge of the French side of this art exchange exhibition was none other than Diana, Diana Prince.
This was Diana's pseudonym during World War I.
When Kai wanted to talk to the person in charge of this art exhibition, the other person told Kai that Diana was visiting the art exhibition.
After searching around, I finally found Diana in front of a statue.
It is said to be a statue, but it is actually a square thing made of a bunch of scrap wires, and then combined together, it becomes a work of art. This bunch of gangsters was even named the best work of art in this exhibition. It is a piece of art.
A piece of art that reminds people of environmental protection, well, that’s what they said. Anyway, I gave this thing to Kai, and Kai found it dirty.
Kai wasn't sure whether Diana really understood this thing, but seeing her looking at the scrap metal attentively, Kai felt...she should understand.
Diana wore a very neat OL outfit, which was fashionable yet stable. She really looked like a strong urban woman.
Diana seemed to be immersed in the artistic atmosphere and didn't feel anyone approaching at all. Maybe she knew it, but thought she was a boring chatter, so she didn't want to pay attention. Kai waited patiently, but ten minutes passed, and Diana still didn't move.
It's a little embarrassing now.
"Ahem...then what, is this thing really that good?"
Diana did not turn her head, but said coldly: "Maybe it would be better if I didn't bother you."
"Um..." Kai looked at the thing carefully, but he really couldn't see how good it was. Then he said helplessly: "Diana, there's no need to be so cold. After all, we haven't seen each other for decades."
Diana's body suddenly shook, and she turned her head to finally look at Kai. She found that the man looked familiar, but also felt strange. She was sure that she had never seen him before, and she was extremely confident in her memory.
Seeing Diana's blank expression, Kai suddenly felt that this was very interesting and had a sense of mischief.
"Who are you?" Diana asked with a stern face.
Kai saw a sudden flash of golden light on Diana's wrist. He recognized the thing, the Lasso of Truth. Seeing that Diana was about to take action, Kai immediately revealed his identity. A trace of fire ignited in his eyes - Desert Flame!
Seeing this familiar flame, Diana was immediately stunned.
"You...you are..."
"That's right, long time no see, little girl from the Amazon." To Kai, Diana could only be considered a little girl. In the era when Kai was active, her mother had to be born again.
"It's really you! Kai!" Diana screamed like a little girl, threw herself at Kai, and hugged Kai. Fortunately, the girl was wearing a one-step skirt, otherwise she would be like a tree bag
He was all over Kai's body like a bear.
This startled everyone else. For art exhibitions, of course people have to look like dogs, so making noises is prohibited. Diana’s actions caused many people to frown, but when they saw a pair of handsome guys and beautiful girls hugging each other, many people showed their faces.
He smiled knowingly, and then looked away very gracefully.
Good-looking people always have some privileges. If you saw two ugly men and women hugging here, someone would have hired security guards. It would be an eyesore.
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After a long time, Diana calmed down and went to her temporary office with Kai.
Her office is inside the museum. When they saw Diana dragging a handsome boy into her office, all the staff along the way cast their eyes with envy and hatred. With Diana's appearance and figure, during this period,
Naturally, there is no shortage of suitors. In fact, when she was in France, she had many suitors. After all, she was a Gallic chicken. Like Italy, she regarded handsome gangsters as romance.
Even more so when she came to Chicago. Not long ago, Tony Stark invited her to go out for dinner. Unfortunately, this iceberg beauty was extremely disgusted with Tony's playboy behavior.
There was no way, as an Amazon woman, she couldn't accept Tony's arrogance. After all, in Diana's education, they were the stronger ones. Even if they had to spend money, she would spend it on Tony, not the other way around.
Because it was a temporary office, the conditions were limited and very simple. So there was nothing to entertain, but Diana was still very happy.
Diana had a crush on Kai, which she had never denied, but it was just a crush. What really made Diana happy was that there were still friends of her own in this world.
The comrades and friends who fought together in the past died one by one with the passage of time. Coupled with the rapid changes in the new century, she felt extremely strange to this society. Now she can understand why neither Kai nor her family members
She repeatedly warned herself not to fall in love with mortals. But she was too young at the time and couldn't understand it. Only after Steve died did she realize that those words were all good words.
Steve did not die in the war, but he still died of disease, which was cancer. This may be the sequelae of exposure to German poison gas. Well, good girls are afraid of cheating, and in the end Steve and Diana ended up together.
It's a pity that the time together was too short.
Don't say that love is the greatest. When the people she loved passed away one by one because they could not withstand the ravages of time, and she was unable to do anything, Diana understood that she was always different from human beings.
If you don't have it, you won't lose it.
So Diana returned to Paradise Island. She chose to stay away from human society and repair her wounds. But humans once again let her down. The outbreak of World War II left her no longer excused for humans. In the past, she would
Killing each other is regarded as the masterpiece of Ares, the God of War. Even though Kai keeps telling her that Ares, the God of War, cannot control people's hearts, she still doesn't believe it. But what about World War II?
Ares, the god of war, has been sealed, but human beings are killing each other even more cruelly.
If Diana hadn't been kind-hearted, she might have turned dark as Ares expected. There was no way, at this point, even Kai, as a human, had no choice.
It is also because of this that Diana has been hiding on Paradise Island and has never come out again. If it weren't for the Amazon priest telling her that the world would be tested, she would probably still not appear in the human world.
Diana didn't know much about that prophecy. After all, it was too abstract. The world was going to be tested. Whose test would it be?
Diana immediately thought of Ares. After all, Ares was not killed, but just sealed. So Diana came to the human world to look for the statue of Ares, and then she found Dai who worked at the Louvre in France.
Anna Prince.
Although Diana saw the world coming and going and being extremely prosperous, when it came to her, she still felt lonely.
This is why Diana was so happy to see Kai.
"You suddenly disappeared, which shocked me. I went to the South American rainforest with Coatman, Captain Nemo and others, trying to find your traces, but found nothing. Where did you go?" Dai
Anna asked impatiently as soon as she sat down.
Kai felt a bit like Coatman, Captain Nemo... they were really familiar names. From Kai's perspective, they were drinking and chatting with him a few years ago, but in the blink of an eye, they were all gone.
Things in the world are impermanent, nothing more than this.
Kai briefly talked about his original experiences, the lost world, the power of creation, etc.
Even Diana was fascinated by it. She never thought that the world could be so wonderful.
As they talked, they turned the topic to Diana again.
"Wait a minute? You mean...Ares is missing?" Kai didn't know about this from beginning to end. In his opinion, only a few people present at the time knew about Ares, and even
Even among the people of Atlantis, only their king and princess knew about this. So he always thought that no one would know about Ares being sealed, but now someone told him that Ares was missing!
Of course Kai wouldn't think that someone would steal that statue simply for its artistic value!
That's ridiculous.
That statue is indeed considered an antique today, but where can a sculpture from the First World War be considered an antique? And that sculpture is not a work by a famous artist, and its value is not high at all. Whoever eats too much will steal it.
Then those who steal sculptures must know their true value!
This is a bit fatal. Is this the rhythm to release Ares?
They worked so hard to seal Ares back then, but they didn't expect that less than a hundred years later, someone would release him? And there was a very high probability that humans themselves would release him!
Even though he is a human being, Kai still gnashes his teeth in hatred of humans' tendency to seek death.
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Just when Kai was worried about Ares reappearing, in a secret base of S.H.I.E.L.D., a group of researchers were conducting experiments on a statue. It was the statue of Ares!
One-eyed Director Nick Fury is also there.
"This is the 101st experiment. You must produce results, otherwise your funding will be cut. Dr. Edgar Sisko."
Nick Fury said coldly to a dwarf who was born a dwarf and looked ugly.
The dwarf Edgar Sisko wiped the sweat from his head. He said a little embarrassedly: "You can't blame us, it's because you gave us too little information. You only asked us to study the special features of this statue.
But you never told us what this statue is, and you still don't let us destroy the statue. What do you want us to do?"
Edgar Sisko is a top scientist with two majors in physics and medicine. But he doesn’t know what SHIELD is going to do. They just ask him to study this broken statue, but they don’t give him any information.
He studied hard...
"Your job is to tell me what is strange about this statue!" The origin of the statue is one of SHIELD's top secrets. Naturally, it is impossible to let others know. Besides, they don't want to release it.
Ares, instead wanted to study the ancient gods through statues.
