A Marine Admiral in the Marvel Universe

"Do not--!"

On the departing prison van, Imhotep's purple soul, filled with terror, kept reaching out, trying to grab his body that remained in place.

But no one gave him a chance. In a flash of light, the prison cart took him and disappeared into the void.

The flesh and blood that Imhotep had so painstakingly devoured slowly decayed and crumbled, turning into yellow sand that fell with the wind. Before long, a yellowish-brown skeleton reappeared.

Cao Gui raised his hand and grabbed, and the gas surged upwards, wrapping around his skeleton.

Then, a cluster of flames was flung out, and the flames began to burn around Imhotep's skeleton. Cao Gui carefully controlled the gas concentration, making it burn but not explode, while ensuring the highest temperature.

In less than a minute, Imhotep's skeleton turned to ashes. Cao Gui raised his hand and tossed it into the wind, giving Imhotep a true annihilation and cutting off any possibility of his resurrection.

Hey~

[The host killed High Priest Imhotep, completing a "Destroy Evil" mission with a contribution rate of 83%, and was rewarded with 6 merit points and 3 experience points.]

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"..."

Inside the tomb, as Eve chanted the spell, the three of them stared at each other in disbelief.

"That's it?"

O'Connor looked around. Apart from the mummy collapsing as if it had run out of power, nothing seemed to have happened. Could it be fake?

"Let me take another look." Feeling a little guilty, Eve carefully examined the incantations on the Sun Book.

But then, a black figure emerged from the passageway.

"Who?"

The three were shocked, but upon closer inspection, they realized it was Asd, who claimed to be a descendant of the guards who had protected this place for over three thousand years.

“God…it was you.” O’Connor put away his pistol.

"Looks like I'm late. You've already dealt with Imhotep," Asd said with a sense of relief.

At that moment, a gentle breeze blew by, and the Sun Sutra in Eve's hand floated up and landed in Cao Gui's hand.

"who!"

O'Connor shouted again, but when he saw Cao Gui floating above them, he immediately deflated.

Cao Gui looked down at the four people below. The main characters were all together. In the original story, it was these four who defeated Imhotep... Oh, and there was another one, a fat old pilot named Winston.

If I remember correctly, the old man's plane seemed to have a rearview mirror.

Cao Gui had always thought that it was a French invention, specifically used to observe German aircraft in case they arrived in Paris faster than him.

But I never expected... even you, that fat, thick-browed British guy, would pretend to be something you're not.

"It's all over, everyone can leave now," Cao Gui said calmly, tossing the Golden Sutra of the Sun in his hand.

“Sir, those are our things…” Jonathan said weakly.

Cao Gui: (ー`′ー)

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake. That was yours. Please forgive my error." Jonathan readily admitted defeat.

O'Connor quickly pulled the brother and sister away, leaving Asder standing there stunned.

Seeing this, Asd knew that this was not a place to stay for long, so he quickly followed after them.

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Chapter 223 Magic Show

At 5 p.m., Cao Gui boarded a private plane at Cairo Airport bound for New York, empty-handed, taking nothing with him.

Cao Gui didn't know what to bring. All he could find here was yellow sand and wild beasts. The most unique thing he could find was a mummy. No matter how you looked at it, none of these three things seemed like a gift for a girl.

As for tourist souvenirs... I might as well actually bring back a mummy; at least that would be a worthwhile memento.

Of course, Cao Gui did do something; at least Chamberlain's body and Ansuna's internal organs in the jade urn were carried by the Nile River into the Mediterranean Sea.

Speechless all the way.

Cao Gui landed safely at the New York airport. Apart from three pretty flight attendants trying to grope him, the journey was extremely boring.

Of course, Cao Gui didn't do anything to them. The reason was simple: this plane belonged to Beth, and apart from the service staff who were temporarily recruited, the other crew members had been working on this plane for a long time.

Moreover, this is the same plane that Beth used to seduce Cao Gui. It seems those three flight attendants might be out of a job.

Cao Gui silently mourned for him, but he couldn't plead for leniency, otherwise...

The next morning, Cao Gui returned to New York.

I briefly contacted Gwen and discovered that she had been in the lab with the Elf Princess since yesterday, researching Dr. Connors' cells.

Cao Gui was somewhat speechless at this; it seemed that he, Cao, had found a tech geek as his partner.

On New York's Upper East Side, Cao Gui easily entered Beth's villa, but Beth wasn't there.

Cao Gui frowned. This doesn't make sense!

The crew members were all her people, so Beth should have known Cao Gui was back the moment he boarded the plane.

Shouldn't they be taking a bath and waiting? Where did they go?

After searching for a while, Cao Gui found Beth in the backyard. At that moment, she was doing something very serious... petting the cat!

"Purr... Meow~"

On Beth's slender, fair thigh, the little orange cat lazily yawned, squinting its eyes as it enjoyed Beth's caresses.

Cao Gui was speechless. That wretched woman! She even forgot about me because of a cat.

"Cough cough!"

"ah!"

Beth jolted awake, jumped to her feet, and flipped the orange cat off her lap.

"Meow meow meow?"

The orange cat looked completely bewildered. Although it reacted quickly and managed to roll over onto all fours, it still couldn't figure out what had happened. How could it have been sleeping so soundly and suddenly landed on the ground?

Seeing that it was Cao Gui, Beth breathed a sigh of relief: "You bastard, you scared me."

"I was fighting terrifying mummies in Egypt, and you didn't care about me at all?" Cao Gui grinned and said viciously.

“This…” Beth blushed slightly, then said seriously:

"Darling, because I believe in you, you can defeat that monster once, and you can defeat it a second time... Ah!"

Cao Gui grunted twice and, without saying a word, carried her back to the bedroom.

Only the little orange cat remained standing there, tilting its head as it watched the two walk away. With a leap, the cat jumped onto the stool and continued to lazily bask in the sun.

Two hours later.

Beth lay panting on Cao Gui's chest, squinting as she enjoyed his caresses, just like she had two hours earlier when she was petting the orange cat.

"???"

Cao Gui's hand suddenly paused. The orange cat and Marvel combination made it hard not to think of the Flerken.

As for why he didn't think of this problem two hours ago... it can only be said that this is the time when Cao Gui's intelligence is on top.

"Cao Gui, don't stop," Beth grumbled, gesturing for Cao Gui to continue patting her head.

"Beth, I'm going out for a bit." Cao Gui immediately got out of bed, casually threw on some clothes, and went to the backyard, where he found the little orange cat still sunbathing.

"Meow~"

The little orange cat meowed somewhat discontentedly because Cao Gui was blocking its sunlight.

Cao Gui picked it up and examined it carefully. It was an orange cat with white gloves on, very cute, with a fluffy body and a pink little nose. Moreover, it turned out to be a female cat.

Generally, orange cats are male because the gene for this fur color is on the X chromosome, and any male cat whose X chromosome contains this gene is an orange cat.

But this doesn't apply to female cats; they must carry the gene for orange fur on both of their X chromosomes.

This results in the majority of orange cats being male, with only a small percentage being female.

Cao Gui was very surprised that this orange cat was a female cat, and a female cat wearing white gloves, which was very rare.

However, after some investigation, Cao Gui basically gave up on the guess that it was a Devouring Beast. The reason was simple: the cat was a pet raised by humans.

Its body is very fragile. Cao Gui didn't dare to hold it too tightly, for fear of accidentally hurting it. Also, all of the orange cat's nails... claws had been trimmed.

This orange cat's paws are completely bald; all the sharp claws have been clipped off, so even if it were to scratch someone, it wouldn't be dangerous at all.

"Am I just overthinking it?"

Cao Gui examined the orange cat from head to toe, but found nothing. His Observation Haki gave no warning either. He finally concluded that it was just a harmless little orange cat.

"Meow meow~"

The orange cat twisted its body reluctantly, protesting Cao Gui's rude actions, and in the end, he had no choice but to let it go and let it run to another place.

Cao Gui shook his head, realizing he was probably overthinking it. He went back to his bedroom, hugged Beth, and took a nap. When he woke up, it was already afternoon.

Cao Gui tidied up briefly and returned to his villa in New Jersey, but before he could even sit down, Gwen's phone rang.

"Gwen, what's up... Dr. Betty invited us to a magic show?" Cao Gui was taken aback. Wasn't she afraid of becoming a third wheel by inviting the two of them?

"Oh, her boyfriend is going too... No problem, location... time... Okay, I'll be there on time."

After hanging up the phone, Cao Gui was completely bewildered. Why did he suddenly have the urge to go see a magic show?

After thinking for a moment, Cao Gui ran into the bathroom and took a thorough shower.

Although Cao Gui had already had a bath at Beth's before coming back, he felt it wasn't safe and had to do it again.

When Cao Gui arrived at the address Gwen had given him, he found the place already packed with people; the entire venue was full, indicating that the so-called magic show was very popular.

"Cao, over here."

Hearing Gwen's soft exclamation, Cao Gui turned around and his eyes lit up. Gwen was wearing a light pink fitted suit and a knee-length narrow skirt.

This outfit wasn't much different from usual, but... for some reason, Cao Gui suddenly found Gwen even more appealing.

"You rascal, why are you looking at me like that?" Gwen blushed slightly, stepped forward and took Cao Gui's hand, and whispered.