Chapter 40 Change

[Legendary +25 from Cornell Stokes]

Sitting in the small room that had been converted into a storage room, Li Ran looked at the content that suddenly appeared on the data panel and raised his eyebrows.

The name Cornell Stokes is a bit unfamiliar. He is obviously not a very famous figure in the world of American comics, but the system shows a lot of legend, even more than what I gave Luke Cage in the barber shop. The legendary figure made Li Ran a little confused for a while.

In short, no matter what, having legend is a good thing.

Sitting on the bed, thinking about it for a while, Li Ran immediately gave up on this obviously futile approach.

The room converted from a storage room was not too big. After barely putting down a bed, it became a little more cramped. Li Ran was not that picky. He lay on the bed under the moonlight and fell asleep soon. among.

The system's cards gave Li Ran extraordinary power, but they did not give him the ability not to sleep.

Besides, he is not a superhero like Daredevil or the Punisher who always takes on the task of fighting criminals.

No need, sacrifice your sleep time to keep New York City safe.

…

The next day follows a chaotic night in Harlem.

The sun has returned here, sweeping all evil into the shadows.

Just looking at the pedestrians coming and going on the road, Harlem seems to be no different from any other area in New York City. Of course, the premise is that the obviously broken glass in the Chinese restaurant is ignored. Although the gangster who caused trouble last night was solved by Li Ran , but the damage they left in the Chinese restaurant did not disappear so quickly.

Especially the huge floor-to-ceiling window with a big hole in front of the store is Li Ran's masterpiece.

Last night, he kicked the gangster out of the Chinese restaurant. While showing his great strength, he also caused some unnecessary trouble for the Chinese restaurant.

It is troublesome to replace such a large piece of glass, so the Chinese restaurant did not open in the morning. They need to deal with the damage traces left by several people in the store last night.

Li Ran also felt relaxed and came to the barber shop near the Chinese restaurant.

The purpose is naturally for Luke Cage.

"Hey, Xing, good morning."

"Good morning."

In the barber shop, dad Henry saw Li Ran walking into the shop, and immediately nodded and said hello to him: "How are you, are you used to working in Connie's shop?"

"It's not bad." If you ignore the part where he showed off his power in the second half, just judging from his performance in the Chinese restaurant, Li Ran thinks that his performance is pretty good, with nimble hands and feet, and quick reactions. Being hard-working and not complaining is the hallmark of an excellent employee.

"At least Mrs. Connie is very satisfied with my performance and promoted me."

Li Ran didn't lie about this, he was indeed promoted.

Last night, he promised Mrs. Connie that he would become an employee of a Chinese restaurant from a part-time job, specializing in protecting the restaurant from harassment by the nearby gangsters.

"Promotion?"

He turned to look at Li Ran in surprise. Henry saw that his serious expression did not look like he was lying, and he wondered: "It seems like you did a pretty good job."

It's just that how good Li Ran did was that he was promoted after just one night.

Henry couldn't help but become curious.

"By the way, why isn't the Chinese restaurant open today?"

After briefly chatting about Li Ran's first day working in a Chinese restaurant, Henry was filled with questions and asked immediately.

"Because a few gangsters came to the Chinese restaurant last night and destroyed a lot of things in the store. They need to be dealt with." Li Ran explained the reason why the Chinese restaurant was not open, completely ignoring that a lot of the damage was done. Part of it is actually because of his actions,

No, it's caused by kicking.

Li Ran's answer made Henry in the barber shop and Luke Cage who was cleaning the windows subconsciously stop what they were doing.

After a few seconds of silence, Henry shrugged at Li Ran and made a helpless expression: "Kid, welcome to the real Harlem."

Even if Dad tries hard to maintain the rules in the barber shop and guide the children in the shop to the right path, he still cannot change the fact that Harlem is chaotic.

"Harlem, everybody has a gun, everybody has no father."

At the window, the silent Luke Cage spoke up and gave the most accurate description of Harlem.

"In that case, why don't you stand up and change this place?"

"Change." Faced with Li Ran's question, Luke Cage shook his head helplessly. He put away the rag in his hand and turned to look at Li Ran behind him: "Do you know Harlem's past, chaos and poverty? Countless people die on the streets of Harlem every day, and countless wives lose their husbands and children lose their fathers. This is how Chico’s father died. Harlem’s past was like this, and not much has changed now. .”

"The new district councilwoman Maria Dillard took office, but she is the protector of the Snake. It was the Snake's men who destroyed the Chinese restaurant, so Harlem has never changed and will only sink. This is Reality. Change can’t happen just by casual remarks like you, a foreigner who has only been in Harlem for a day and can’t even pronounce the name Harlem.”

Luke Cage seems to have a lot he wants to say about Harlem but doesn't.

"Although I am just an outsider to Harlem, I also know that change will not appear out of thin air just sitting at home and waiting. Those street gangsters are affecting Harlem with violence. Why can't someone use their own way to stop these? Violence is a way to change. If you don’t do many things, you will never know the results. If you don’t have dreams, what’s the difference between being a man and a salted fish? "

After a bowl of chicken soup, Luke Cage's expression was obviously shaken.

Standing aside, Father Henry clenched his fist unconsciously, opened his mouth when he looked at Luke Cage, but in the end he chose silence and left the choice to the other party.

However, he soon calmed down his emotions and returned to his previous taciturn appearance.

"You don't have to tell me so much, I'm just an ordinary cleaner." He shook his head, picked up the bucket at hand, and planned to walk inside.

"No, you're not." He reached out and stopped Luke Cage who was about to leave. Li Ran looked up at the tall figure and said decisively: "I can feel it, you are not an ordinary person, you are To have someone who can change this place and change the fate of Harlem that you say is sinking."

[Legendary +55 from Luke Cage]

[Legendary from Henry +25]