Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit.

Chapter 181 George, Stacy, and Finley (Seeking monthly votes)

Carrie believed in her choice.

As for her mother, Margaret, she disappeared.

He is not dead.

However, among the choices Matthew presented, Carrie, out of kindness, let Margaret go, because no matter what, the other woman was still her mother.

Respecting Carrie's choice, Matthew allowed Margaret to live.

Of course, she wouldn't have an easy time either. The murders that Lilith orchestrated to manipulate Carrie would ultimately have to be borne by Margaret.

Without a doubt, Margaret's final fate was to go to prison.

In Illinois, where Chicago is located, the death penalty was legal in 2007, and first-degree murder and serial killings can be prosecuted with the death penalty.

However, in 2000, Governor Ryan announced an indefinite suspension of all executions.

The result is that even if the evidence is overwhelming and the jury can sentence someone to death, the governor and the judicial system will not carry it out, and the person will ultimately be imprisoned for life and never be released.

But enough.

Margaret will spend the rest of her life in prison. To prevent Margaret from using her meager strength, Matthew even sealed the old woman's power.

This was to ensure that older women served their sentences in prison as ordinary people.

Whether the rest lived or died, Matthew didn't care.

At the same time, those who used to bully Carrie at her old school will also pay the price.

Matthew gave the bullies a little curse.

These curses bring misfortune to these people, causing them to eventually contract various painful diseases and die in agony.

School bullying is unforgivable.

They all deserve to die!

Matthew didn't care about being a minor or that things would get better as he grew up.

He only knew that whatever cause you sow, you will reap the corresponding effect.

Those who harm innocent people must be punished.

If Carrie hadn't been unwilling, he would have preferred her to kill those little bastards herself.

Regardless of whether Matthew's actions are above the law.

He's already working so hard to become stronger, why should he need to worry about the law?

Then didn't he become stronger for nothing?

Moreover, the law will not punish those rich and powerful bastards.

The law never judges these people; it judges the powerless and vulnerable at the bottom of society.

So Matthew left with Carrie.

Not long after nightfall, the agents outside woke up in the car, seemingly forgetting what had happened and not finding anything amiss about why they had fallen asleep in the car.

Instead, upon waking up, he immediately got out of the car and knocked on the door of Margaret's house.

But no one came to open the door.

After exchanging glances, Kimberly and her team of agents decided to force their way in.

As a burly male detective kicked open the door, the group drew their guns and rushed inside.

And they found Margaret, who seemed to be sleeping, on the sofa.

Without a doubt, Margaret will face a legal trial next.

As for Matthew, he wasn't in a hurry to take Carrie back to the island base.

Because this girl has significant psychological issues.

Although the atmosphere at the island base is very good for both combat groups, it is still a military base after all, and most of the time is spent on training and learning, with time being very tightly compressed.

To put it bluntly, the competitive atmosphere is extremely intense.

Carrie had already been suppressing her feelings for over a decade, and then throwing her into the training base would only exacerbate her psychological problems.

Matthew is undoubtedly a good leader.

So he happily prepared to have a great time with Carrie.

Manhattan, New York.

Post-war reconstruction is proceeding in an orderly manner.

George Stacy has been having a lot of free time lately.

In fact, as the police chief, his daily work is not particularly busy, unlike that of the frontline police officers.

The Manhattan incident happened.

Logically speaking, New York should have become quite chaotic, as some criminals are adept at taking advantage of chaos.

On the contrary, these criminals have been very well-behaved lately.

Two reasons.

One reason is that after the war, Manhattan was flooded with numerous agencies, such as the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the CIA, conducting extensive investigations in an attempt to find traces of the devil and those mysterious warriors.

With a huge number of secret agents crammed into New York, what criminal would dare to commit a crime?

Of course, there are indeed a lot of brain-dead guys, and if these idiots were to commit a crime, the NYPD would have caught them long ago.

It has nothing to do with George.

The second reason is that they were terrified of being killed.

Not many people were actually killed by demons in that battle; most were wounded. The few hundred who died were mostly killed by Astartes and the Raven Warriors.

It's because these guys wanted to take advantage of the situation.

The two battle groups are too ruthless.

The goal is also very clear.

As a result, the gangsters became quite sensible and did not plan to cause any trouble during this period, and many shady businesses came to a halt.

They were afraid of being discovered by the soldiers of the two major battle groups.

Although the probability may be low, what if it happens?

Who can withstand this possibility?

With the crime rate down, George's daily work consisted of dealing with some paperwork and then leisurely going to request appropriations and funds.

Rebuilding the police station and replacing the vehicles and equipment are important.

These are all benefits.

The low workload allowed George to spend more time with his wife and daughter.

At noon that day, George drove to the streets of Manhattan. It was his break time, and he planned to find a restaurant he liked to eat at.

A black man in a suit was sitting in the passenger seat.

The Black man was slightly overweight, but had a refined demeanor and wore glasses.

The other party was transferred from Boston to New York in the last two days. He is the deputy chief of the police department, named Oscar Finley.

George has looked into his resume, and it's very impressive.

A Harvard graduate, a top student in law and criminal investigation, and an elite intellectual, he served in the Boston Police Department for 10 years, boasting an impressive resume and numerous awards, and was Boston's top detective for serious crimes.

He holds the rank of captain, the same rank as Chief George.

Later, due to some incidents, he was transferred to a small town called Magreve, where he quickly cracked down on and dismantled a huge money laundering and smuggling criminal syndicate.

After returning to Boston, he was reportedly transferred to New York for some reasons.

After spending the last two days together, George had a good impression of Finley.

He is a man of action, and his work style and logic complement each other. In addition, the other party clearly has a considerable network of connections. George believes that the relationship will be more pleasant in the future.

So today George took Finley to his favorite restaurant for lunch.

The restaurant is located on the north side of Broadway in Union Square Park, Manhattan. Although it is called a restaurant, it is actually an American-style pub.

Offering the most basic burgers, fries, and tomahawk steaks, it's an old establishment, a place where George used to have dinner with his friends after work when he was a junior police officer.