Chapter 202: Cosmic Demon God Totem Common Wealth Project (3)
The next day, in the palace of Asgard, the Ancient One handed Odin a small object. Odin looked at the small black device in front of him and then held it further away, seemingly curious. Suddenly, a projection appeared on the device, causing Odin to almost throw it away. Mephisto, who was waiting impatiently below, said, "Can we get started already? I've been waiting for ages!"
Rolling his eyes, Odin used magic to secure the device in the center of the room, ensuring that everyone in the room could see the projection. With the projection, Strange appeared more relaxed and said, "Let's begin. We will ask questions from left to right, one person per question. Once the question is answered, there can be no follow-up questions. We will start again after everyone has had a turn."
Mephisto immediately said, "I'll go first. What's this about establishing a stable lending system? And what about the unclear interest rate benchmark and contract fraud?"
Turning to the table of financial professionals behind him, Strange asked, "Did you all hear that?"
One of the suit-wearing, glasses-wearing men said without looking up, "That's my specialty. The so-called interest rate benchmark..."
After more than ten hours, Strange was exhausted. He turned to the Ancient One and said, "Teacher, let's stop here for today..."
Looking back, he saw that most of the people behind him were lying down. After all, a continuous brainstorming session without food or drink for more than ten hours was too much for humans to handle.
Upon hearing that they were going to rest, the demons were not happy, especially Mephisto. As the lord of hell, he had never realized that humans were so good at fraud...oh no, that's called finance.
Mephisto decided that devil's transactions could be called enticement, not fraud. What's wrong with me collecting more debt? That's called interest!
Is the interest rate too high? Didn't I write it in the contract? What? My wording is too complex? Then why did you sign it?
Devil had an infinite interest in fraud, and Mephisto asked countless questions about lending systems, hoping to learn the essence of human economics overnight.
In the demons' view of time, less than 0.001 seconds had passed, but humans were already complaining about being tired. How could this species be so weak?ViiSiit novelbi/n(.)c/(o)m for latest novels
But the demons had no choice but to accept the fact that humans needed to eat, sleep, and rest due to their physical limitations.
The main contradiction now was between the demons' strong desire for knowledge and humans' limited energy.
Nick had to find another group of people to work in shifts, which eventually turned into three shifts.
However, it still wasn't enough. Strange had no choice but to ask the Ancient One to let the demons leave a magic circle for communication, so they could contact Earth's financial professionals at any time.
But it still didn't work because ordinary humans were not magicians, and you couldn't expect a group of people who had received decades of scientific education to learn meditation, focus, and communication with the universe overnight. This required talent, which ordinary people didn't have.
In the end, the magicians of Kamar-Taj had to step in and fix the magic circle to people's mobile phones, allowing the demons to make phone calls to humans.
At first, the demons called randomly, talking to whoever they could. Because many demons didn't understand human life forms and didn't know that individuals' memories and personalities were not shared, they often ended up talking about irrelevant things. When they called back, it was someone else, and they had to start over again.
Strange had to teach the demons how to call the same person again, while Nick had to assign different customer service representatives to different demons.
Thor? He didn't know him well!
"Hello, Nine Realms Sacred Place... Sorry, we really can't go any higher. We have rules here. Only super-dimensional demon gods can get more than 6%.... Well, the thing is, you can also choose to invest jointly. This is our new business..."
Doctor Strange walked quickly with the phone and said to the other end, "Your Highness Loki, the business in the Saka Star area can be suspended for a while. The people there are too poor and extremely stingy. Besides harassing customer service every day, they can't get much profit. The high Heavenly Venerable there is also..."
He passed through an office area where people dressed strangely. Some wore suits and ties, some wore wizard robes, and even some wore prison uniforms. They were obviously just brought over and there weren't enough staff.
"Hello, Nine Realms Sacred Place. Uh... sorry, we don't provide that service here, ah... yes, I know you're in a hurry, but we're not responsible for finding dogs here. Okay... Let me ask for you."
A young man stood up from his seat and ran quickly to Strange's side, asking, "Mr. Strange, a demon god asked us to help him find his dog. He said his dog was lost and he was very anxious."
"Find a dog?" Strange covered the phone and looked at the young man, saying, "We are a financial affairs firm here, not responsible for finding dogs... Forget it, ask him where the dog was lost? What does it look like?"
The young man ran back to his seat and picked up the phone, saying, "Really? Okay... okay, three heads? Oh, it's four heads, okay... No problem, we'll do our best and give you an answer within two hours... Oh, no need, we don't accept private bonuses, thank you."
He hung up the phone and shouted to Strange, "He said he lost it in the upper dimension of the Spirit Realm. It's a blue four-headed crow with three claws in total..."
On the other end of the phone, Loki also heard the young man's shout and said, "Isn't that Campbell's pet? How did it end up in the upper dimension of the Spirit Realm?"
Then he said to Strange, "There are five little demons in the lower level of the Spirit Realm. They're well-informed. You should ask them."
Strange hung up the phone and shouted, "Who's in charge of that area of the Spirit Realm?"
A female mage teleported to Strange's side and said, "That would be me, but they got into a fight and broke the internet connection yesterday. I can't be reached now."
"Okay, I'll go there." The female mage continued, "It's not far from here. Can you help me ask where I should send the four-headed bird if I find it?"
"Sure, let me check... The area code is in the intermediate layer between the Hell Dimension and the Star Realm. It's not too far."
At this moment, Strange's phone rang again, but it wasn't from the demons. Peter's voice came through, "Mr. Strange! Come quickly! Two symbiotes are fighting in New York. I can't stop them. Oh my god! Don't go over there..."
"Symbiotes... what?"
Before Strange could finish speaking, the floor shook violently, and a corner of the building collapsed. A huge gray monster jumped onto the roof, followed closely by a black monster.
Strange saw that behind these two monsters was a slightly smaller... purple Spider-Man???