American comics: Playing Spider-Man at the beginning, wandering around and losing contact

Chapter 229 The Duties of the Supreme Mage

"You...you are Mr. Stritch?"

The Wizard King walked in front of Stritch, a man with golden curly hair, with a puzzled look. The medical doctor was sitting on a soft sofa. The villa was surrounded by extremely expensive and luxurious decorations. Valuable objects were neatly arranged and hung on the walls, and it looked very expensive.

After becoming a doctor of medicine, Stritch became a clinical physician in a New York City hospital with his absolute talent. For him, treating patients was like doing a series of extremely complex medical practice questions. In Stritch's eyes, this was just a more difficult subject test rather than an extremely stressful clinical operation.

This is the confidence that comes with being a genius.

In fact, Stritch has never experienced any real difficulties since he was a child. He is similar to Tony Stark, both of them are extremely talented, but compared to Tony's fame, Stritch is relatively less famous, because unlike Tony's high-profile playboy personality, Stritch is more like a traditional elite.

After acquiring the best New York physicians, he bought quiet villas in many places.

As a place for him to rest.

However, not long ago, Stritch resigned.

No one knew the reason, but people in the hospital where Stritch worked were talking about it, but no one knew the real reason.

And now Stritch is sitting here with a calm expression, as if he had expected a long time ago that some strangers would break into his home today. After all, most of the time, Stritch is in the city center, not in his quiet villa in the suburbs. This unusual behavior is enough to explain his intentions.

Stritch glanced at Kailus, then smiled faintly.

"It seems that everything is just as I expected."

Kailus was somewhat confused.

He was about to speak, but soon, the words on the tip of Kalus' tongue were blocked by Strich's raised hand.

"Stop talking, I know why you're here."

Stritch's words are a bit confusing.

"How did you know?" Kaelus asked in surprise.

They came here but didn't tell anyone.

"How should I know... You don't need to pay attention to this. I know that you want me to become a wizard? Then accept someone's mantle, resist the dark forces, and save the world? Is that right?"

Sturridge's words were unexpectedly exactly what Kaelus was thinking.

But this undoubtedly makes people more confused.

That Stritch was an ordinary man was beyond doubt.

It is impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with existences of the level of the Temple.

Not to mention knowing the names of the so-called Supreme Sorcerer and Dormammu, the Lord of the Dark World.

"That's right... you're right." Wang said in a deep voice, and he was very calm about it. Perhaps in his opinion, why Stritch knew all this was not important.

Because, after coming into contact with magic, they have seen too many incredible things, so it doesn’t matter if they see a few more.

Most importantly, he wanted to know Stirridge's attitude and whether he was willing to take on the responsibility and become the Sorcerer Supreme. This was very important and was an inevitable issue that he was most concerned about.

"So, what is your answer to this?" Wang asked. Stritch, who was sitting on the sofa, stood up and walked towards the crowd leisurely. Then he smiled faintly and walked gracefully to a painting on the wall.

"Have you seen this painting? It is worth $300,000 on the market and is a rare find. It is the work of a contemporary master painter. For ordinary people, this may be a considerable fortune, but for me, it is not important. At most, it is just an approval of me. I cured the patients, and then they gave me this priceless painting."

Stritch then gave a meaningful smile and continued to a sculpture with a unique shape.

"This is a gift from a high-ranking mayor of New York City after I performed an open abdominal surgery on him. You know what? This thing can be sold for millions of dollars at an auction, which is enough to cover most people's salary for several years."

"And... these are just a small part of my assets. Now that you know this, do you understand my answer?"

Stritch finished his words slowly and then looked at everyone calmly, appearing very relaxed for a moment.

"You...you mean to say that you are very rich, right?" Kailus was stunned for a moment, then said doubtfully.

Stritch was stunned by his words, then shook his head sarcastically.

"No... It seems that I have overestimated your wisdom. What I want to say is that the Stritch you know may not be the same as me. I am not down and out, and I don't have the heart to save the world. I can fully enjoy the perfect life now. There is no need to waste time with you and play the game of saving the world."

At this point, his answer was obvious.

He didn't care who asked the question, because for Stritch, the answer was without any suspense.

No one would give up so much money to pursue a superhero dream.

Tony Stark is an exception.

Most people, after achieving worldly prosperity and wealth, will settle down in a corner and no longer break out of their comfort zone.

In particular, it was impossible for him to run around and put his life on the line as Kaelus thought.

This is unimaginable and absolutely unacceptable to Stritch.

"Perhaps you should think about this more carefully, Mr. Stritch. This question... let me be bold and say that this question is not so easy to answer."

Wang looked somewhat melancholy.

If Stritch is really the chosen successor of the Ancient One, then given his current attitude, the answer is obvious.

He was unwilling to bear the responsibility of becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, especially at such a critical moment.

If Stritch becomes the Sorcerer Supreme, what will he face?
Learn all the spells from scratch?

Mastering a divine artifact that has been passed down for hundreds and thousands of years, the Eye of Agamotto?

Or does he want to have a one-on-one negotiation with Dormammu, the evil god?
To normal people, these are extremely crazy and incomprehensible behaviors.

And for Stritch, these things are also true.

It cannot be understood.

Why doesn't he just be a rich and elite man?
So far, there is no answer that can explain it.

(End of this chapter)