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The next day, Daisy and Maki hastily finished breakfast and entered the office early, waiting for the market to open.
As expected, after a night of spreading and fermenting rumors, news of the Doom Corporation space station's crash and the suspected death of Victor Von Doom was everywhere. With both true and false information circulating among the public, panic began to spread rapidly.
Doom Corporation's stock plummeted as soon as the market opened, seemingly without a bottom.
Several large capital institutions and Daisy herself enjoyed this rare capital feast, while smaller institutions entered the market too late, barely maintaining themselves and resorting to stop-loss strategies. As for ordinary people, well...
In just three days, public security across the country was affected. Even in affluent areas like Long Island, there were reports of armed robberies. However, this area was heavily guarded by the police, with patrols twenty-four hours a day.
Daisy was indifferent to this situation, but her two bodyguards advised her not to let Lorna go to school these days.
She agreed without much thought. With her current focus on researching cosmic rays and shorting Doom Corporation, she was indeed very busy. With chaos brewing outside, it was best to keep Lorna at home for now.
"Miss, two capital institutions have already withdrawn," Maki reported in the evening as Daisy returned from a swim on the beach.
"Did something happen at Doom?" Daisy inquired, wiping her body with a small towel, causing Maki to look slightly erratic.
It took a few seconds before she came to her senses, "I heard that Victor Von Doom has left the ICU, showing signs of awakening at any moment."
Daisy sighed inwardly at the missed opportunity to kill him. However, she didn't have a good chance to strike at that moment. She decided to leave Doctor Doom to Reed and the others to deal with.
"In that case, let's withdraw too. How much profit do we expect?" Daisy calmly took off her swimsuit, walking into the bathroom fully nude under Maki's flushed face and dodgy eyes.
It wasn't like she hadn't seen it before...
"Close to 800 million. Should we reinvest it or transfer it back? My investment advisor suggests continuing to invest in the financial market. She believes Osborne Industries has been performing exceptionally well recently."
Daisy firmly rejected investing in Osborne Industries. Norman Osborn might be researching biochemical formulas today, sponsoring Doctor Octopus tomorrow, and then establishing the Thunderbolt Initiative the day after. It was a big fraudulent trap, that the outside world was unaware of it.
"Set aside for daily expenses, and invest the rest in Stark Industries' stocks, holding them for the long term," she instructed decisively. She might not be as proficient as professional investors, but she had the advantage of foresight.
With Stark Industries' industrial park about to open, the stock, which had plummeted to dirt-cheap prices, was showing signs of rebounding. Now was the perfect time to buy low.
"Long term?" Maki, who had enjoyed watching the cries of stock traders while she counted money on the sidelines, was not keen on the idea of long-term investments, which contradicted their previous investment philosophy.
"Yes, I estimate that Stark still has potential." It was more than potential. Once Stark Industries' clean energy projects are listed, it alone could multiply today's investment by at least five times.
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From pulling out of Doom Corporation to acquiring circulating stocks from Stark on the market, both tasks were executed effortlessly.
The social upheaval came and went quickly. Those who wanted to jump off buildings or commit suicide were just a few people. A week later, the streets returned to calm, and Lorna needed to resume attending school.
"Let me drive you there?" Daisy was a bit reluctant to agree to Lorna's request.
"Please, just this once, pretty please?" Lorna pleaded with a pitiful look.
Without saying a word, Daisy already knew what Lorna wanted. She wanted to show off Daisy's sports car to her classmates. Daisy had a look on her face that said, 'I see through you,' but in the end, she didn't refuse. After all, didn't she buy the sports car to show off? Driving it at work wasn't comfortable at all...
They set off from Long Island, passing through Queens and Brooklyn. However, they got stuck on the Brooklyn Bridge while heading from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Looking at the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been destroyed countless times in movies and TV shows, Daisy felt uncomfortable. Her panther senses warned her that something might happen today, but she hypnotized herself that it wasn't anything to worry about.
While Daisy was grimacing and frowning, Lorna was getting a bit annoyed. She stood up on the seat, looking around, surrounded by a sea of cars. Unless they used their powers, they wouldn't be able to get out of here in a short time.
Daisy also stood on the seat and looked into the distance. With her tall height and good eyesight, she quickly found the reason for her slight unease: the Thing, Ben Grimm, was facing off against the New York Police Department...
He had completely mutated, covered in cracks, with brown skin, and muscles that looked like they were made of stone. The Thing's fingers were as thick as Lorna's wrists, with only four fingers on each hand. Besides having a head, a torso, and limbs, he looked nothing like a human anymore.
The Thing had a very fierce appearance, the kind that would give children nightmares for a week after just one glance. However, he had no intention of harming anyone. Instead, it was several New York police officers who were quite scared.
A few officers were trembling, holding their guns shakily and shouting things like "Put your hands up" and "Drop your weapon."
The Thing was confused. He looked like a monster himself, so where would he have a "weapon" to drop?
"Daisy, what's going on?" Lorna, with a look of watching the excitement without considering the seriousness of the situation, stretched her neck and looked around for a while but couldn't see anything. At this point, she could only ask Daisy.
"It's a ridiculous story. Some guy with a mutation caused a huge traffic accident trying to save a pedestrian," Daisy explained. She had always been trying to instill the correct worldview in Lorna. The heroes here were admirable, but many of their actions needed to be questioned.
For example, this incident with the Thing. Saving a pedestrian was undoubtedly a good thing, right? But he caused a massive traffic chaos. Who would be responsible for property damage? Were there any casualties in the traffic accident?
Just by glancing over, she saw nearly seventy cars with varying degrees of rear-end collisions. The heavy truck that the Thing stopped, which looked like Optimus Prime, was completely totaled. Who would compensate for this loss?
"Mutation? Is it a mutant like the X-Men?" Lorna didn't care about Daisy's philosophy; she was more interested in her own questions.
"Unfortunately, his abilities were acquired later in life, so he doesn't count as a mutant. And besides, this guy is a big rocky man. He looks ugly..." As soon as Lorna heard that he was ugly, her interest waned by half, but she still encouraged Daisy to go out and watch the excitement.
Daisy grabbed her hand and walked through the crowd.
Suddenly, a frequency completely different from that of ordinary people appeared next to her. She instinctively pushed some of her power with her hand. The thing she touched with her hand felt somewhat familiar. She immediately realized what was happening and quickly withdrew her strength. Unfortunately, the distance between them was a bit too close...
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