I'm a wizard with a proof from Hogwarts
Chapter 253 Tom Riddle and the Goblet of Fire (4)"
Washington, SHIELD headquarters.
Lu Dan, who had just returned to Washington, had just enjoyed a few days of peace and quiet. Today, he originally planned to have a rare afternoon tea during a conference call.
But who knows...
The office door was violently pushed open by Colson, who rushed in, picked up the water glass on his desk, and drank it in one gulp.
Then he shouted anxiously: "Sir! It's not good!"
spiced corned egg:....
A few minutes later, anxious Lu Dan rushed to the command center hall with Colson.
Fury found Hill who was operating the computer and ordered: "Hill, immediately ask the satellite to call up all available surveillance near the Arctic glaciers."
Maria Hill was stunned for a moment, then nodded and started operating the computer.
Colson on the side added: "You can search for the signal source of the scientific expedition team nearby. They called me before."
Hill found something within two minutes of typing on the keyboard, and looked at Fury who was waiting anxiously beside him in horror: "Sir! This!"
"My hair..." Fury leaned over to look at the picture, almost dumbfounded.
The picture was taken with a mobile phone, so it doesn't look clear, and there are even strong winds and waves that constantly affect the view.
But this did not prevent them from seeing two giants over 50 meters tall, one red and one green, fighting in the glacier shown in the video!
In particular, the video happened to capture the scene of two giants fighting each other. The fists faced each other, and the fist wind generated by the impact alone was powerful enough to shake a tsunami!
Fury looked at Coulson nervously and asked: "Where is the scientific expedition team!? - Them!..."
Coulson knew what he was going to ask, and nodded quickly and shouted: "They were very lucky to find him yesterday afternoon! - Now they have sent a special plane back to Washington, and it is estimated that they will arrive at the headquarters base in a few hours."
Fury couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but his frown did not relax.
He began to wonder, even if the man really came to life and led the superheroes he prepared, could they really defeat a monster of the size in the video?
........
Ten minutes ago, in the Arctic glacier.
After the fierce fire around him was dispersed, Rudy saw Susanoo rising from the ground opposite.
The destructive desire caused by the dragon transformation made him want to tear the guy in front of him to pieces, so he roared at the guy and flew towards him.
Hermione on the opposite side didn't expect that the dragon transformation would make him lose his mind like this. Without hesitation, he slapped Rudy with his backhand and knocked the flying Rudy back on the spot.
After breaking several icebergs, Rudy's anger level increased significantly and he got up again.
The visible magic power in his body began to soar, even spilling out of his body.
After the dragon transformation progressed again, in addition to scarlet vertical pupils, sharp claws began to grow on the index fingers of both hands, a layer of red scales appeared on the body, and two young horns even appeared on the forehead.
After transforming into a half-dragon, Rudy's magic power surged again.
He glared angrily at the guy in front of him who had just slapped him away. Although he had lost his mind, he was very smart and learned to imitate.
The huge and endless magic power in his body immediately came into use.
Just two seconds after Old Tom cheered for Hermione to shoot Rudy away, the place where Rudy flew out in the distance was like a real volcanic eruption, with red magic spewing out visibly to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, a skeleton giant that was exactly the same as Hermione's stood up tremblingly. The only difference was that it was red.
The red giant roared, took forward strides and rushed straight towards Hermione.
Hermione didn't show any mercy. Without saying a word, she used her almost full strength of powerless fighting talent to dodge the opponent's claw attack. She bent her left leg and hit it hard on the abdomen, then made a fist with her backhand and punched it in the face. !
The menacing Rudy was knocked to the ground on the spot, and his huge body slid hundreds of meters on the ice.
Perhaps wanting a quick victory, Hermione once again increased her magic power output, and the magic power permeating the green skeleton giant's body burned like a burning flame.
Immediately afterwards, a scene that could be described as a medical miracle appeared. Muscle fibers began to appear on the body of the giant skeleton, and they quickly filled the entire body and was wrapped in skin.In less than five seconds, the originally ferocious skeleton turned into a muscular giant with green eyes.
Feeling that the backup power was still sufficient, Hermione planned to hit the target in one step, so she once again took advantage of Rudy not getting up to increase her combat effectiveness.
This time, the giant's size began to increase again, and the 'magic flame' on the surface of the body also solidified into a mighty and domineering armor. In the blink of an eye, the giant's original length of 30 meters reached more than 50 meters!
After completing the improvement in combat power, Hermione went straight to Rudy without saying a word and took the initiative to attack.
Rudy, who had just climbed up on the ice, had lost his mind and would only choose the primitive attack method. Seeing that he was put down, he got up and shook his head and wanted to rush forward again.
However, as soon as he got up and turned around, what appeared in front of him was a completely different guy from before!A powerful and huge fist suddenly came into view, knocking him to the ground just as he reacted.
After completing the knockdown, Hermione rushed forward and tried to immobilize the struggling Rudy with her limbs, hoping that Old Tom would take the opportunity to complete the mission.
But what she didn't expect was that even though he was irrational, Rudy, who was originally furious, still had strong learning ability.
Being pinned to the ground, he quickly adapted to his offensive, and even began to imitate the skeleton giant's appearance by growing muscles!
The continuous supply of magic power allowed him to complete the second stage of Susanoo without any pressure, and even evolved towards the third stage at an astonishing speed.
Seeing that the opponent was about to complete the armor possession, Hermione, who knew how strong the defense was in the third stage, decided to take a direct strike, otherwise Old Tom would definitely not be able to break through Rudy's defense.
Gritting her teeth and looking at Rudy who was struggling on the ground, Hermione pulled out her rapier. At the same time, Susanoo outside her body also condensed a spiral long sword in her hand!
Just when she was about to cut him off with a sword, Rudy, who was pinned to the ground, completed his armor. The terrifying armor made him look like a demon.And the increase in strength was terrifying. With just her legs and one hand, Hermione couldn't hold him down and was pushed away!
Hermione was shocked: "Oops!"
Rudy, who was standing on the ground, raised his head and roared, and attacked the pushed away Hermione again. Hermione had no choice but to disperse the spiral sword and use her fists to fight the opponent in close combat again.
This is what Fury saw in the video, the scene of two giants over 50 meters in length fighting each other in the glacier.
In the command center hall, Fury felt like his whole body was numb.
Could a creature of this size really be produced by Mother Earth?
He even doubted that this thing was an alien, right?Later, Hill managed to borrow a military satellite, and by enlarging the picture hundreds of times, he discovered that there was a person in each of the two giants' bodies, and it looked like they were driving a Gundam.
Especially when Coulson pointed at the 'driver's seat' of the red giant and shouted: "Sir...sir, look at it!".
Fury, who originally looked impatient, was stunned after seeing what he was pointing at.
He and his surrounding men looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to say at all.In the end, I could only stare, point at the enlarged picture of the character and yell, "Who can tell me why this guy is there!??"
Colson quickly lowered his head and was caught by the leader to answer the question.
But he was also very curious as to why Rudy was in that place.
However, Natasha, who came to the command center later, looked at the picture and asked another question: "The point of the matter is that we know that this kid is from our side. - Is the person fighting him... Can it be understood as an enemy?"
"To be more serious, he is obviously at a disadvantage now. Does that mean we can't beat each other?"
Fury obviously heard it, and he asked with a dark face: "What do you think of the situation on the scene? - If we send the fastest support there, how long will it take?"
Hill typed on the computer and got the answer after a while: "No, even if we send Quinjet fighters there, it will take at least a few hours to reach the North Pole at the current speed..."
The implication is that by the time we rush over, the little devil might have been beaten to death.
Fury walked around the hall with a headache, trying to think of a solution to the problem, but the fact that he could not reach his destination quickly made it difficult for him to solve it.
.....
At this moment, Glacier is in a match.
The two armored giants were fighting fiercely. Without Rudy's control, Susanoo looked like an out-of-control beast.The level of madness is comparable to that of AVE Unit [-], which was unchained by Makiha back then.
The Hulk basically rushed forward and faced Hermione with a wave of crazy claws. When he was held down, he struggled wildly. When he was pushed back, he simply pounced on the dog and roared at the dragon.
Anyway, he was like a lunatic, punching and kicking without any tactics at all.
On Hermione's side, after being familiar with fighting for a while.
Having completely mastered Susanoo's touch, she clenched her fists and completely found the feel of her own bare hands, and her combat power skyrocketed.The few times Rudy took advantage of her, he threw her over her shoulder. After that, she mounted him and hit him on the head.
After the latest combo, I don't know whether it was because the progress of the dragon transformation increased again, causing Rudy to have poor contact, or whether Rudy was completely stunned and just lay on the ground motionless.
Upon seeing this, Hermione rushed forward and held the opponent down, shouting to Old Tom: "Now is the chance!"
Old Tom, who had been looking for opportunities for a long time, saw this and didn't bother to tease the two of them about their current posture. He quickly stepped forward and started casting spells.The strange-looking black snake magic shot out from Old Tom's wand and inserted directly into Rudy's Susanoo.
But Susanoo's powerful defense is worthy of its name as the 'Super Armor Curse'. Old Tom's 'magic needle' that extracts the soul cannot even break through the opponent's skin!
The violent impact not only failed to penetrate Rudy's body under Susanoo, but actually bent it directly!
Seeing that more than half of the magic power had been consumed, Hermione did not dare to delay any longer, so she could only ask Old Tom to get out of the way first, and then she broke the shell and let him take action.
Gritting her teeth again to extract the few magic reserves left in the Lord of the Rings, Hermione just used her more creative abilities while holding Rudy down with her limbs.
Having seen the original fourth stage, that is, the complete form of Susanoo, she knew that the external power supply of the Ring alone was not enough to complete the fourth stage.
She simply gave up all the growth in the fourth stage except for the wings, and even changed the wings that originally grew on her back, which actually caused two more hands to grow on Susanoo's back!
When the hands behind her back summoned the spiral sword, Hermione couldn't bear to look at Rudy who was struggling underneath her and shouted: "Forgive me!"
As he said that, he held the sword in both hands behind his back and stabbed down hard.
The sharp blade penetrated his body, and the severe pain made Rudy, who had lost his mind, become even more crazy. The fierce struggle that was close to madness made Hermione almost unable to hold him.
Just when Hermione thought she was about to succeed, the next scene that happened before her eyes made her eyes unbelievable.
The spiral sword blades in his hands on his back had clearly penetrated the armor on his chest just now, piercing a section of it!But he was actually pushed out!
That's right, just push it out.
Through the sensation of her hands on her back, she felt that something was pushing out the sword blade that had penetrated Rudy's body.
Hermione shouted in horror: "How is this possible!?"
Rudy actually completed the fourth stage of promotion by himself without realizing it, and without the help of any external power supply!
Hermione, who has reached the third stage, knows very well how much vast sea of magic is needed to go up. It is because of this that she can't believe it.In the future world, Rudy once told her that unless after the second dragon transformation, his own magic power would not be able to maintain the fourth stage of Susanoo for a long time without using the original space stone.
You must know that the magical power of the nine magic rings plus his own magical power is already a volume that ordinary wizards cannot reach in several lifetimes. Even so, it is still not enough to maintain it for a long time, which shows how much it consumes magic power. fear.
Rudy later joked that the fourth stage consumes magic like pumping water.
The terrifying red magic power swept towards him like a raging flame.Hermione couldn't dodge and was hit from the front, and was lifted up and flew backwards.
When she struggled to get up and go back to hold him down, what came into view was a terrifying existence that was over 70 meters long, with flaming wings on its back, covered in Warring States armor, and holding swords in both hands.
Seeing this, Hermione's expression suddenly changed: "Damn..."
Old Tom, who was watching the show on the edge of the battlefield and looking for opportunities, was numb at the moment. How could he still hit him with a hammer?Should he run away...
However, the shadow left by Hermione's fat beating made him afraid to do so, so he could only continue to wait for the opportunity.
But he secretly decided in his heart that as long as Hermione was defeated, he would immediately grease the soles of his feet and run away.
What a joke, he is the Dark Lord who will dominate the European continent in the future, he can die here! ?
Unfortunately, Hermione's next operation not only failed him, but also gave him a new fear.
I saw Hermione, who was in full decline, gritted her teeth and pulled out a sword from the beaded bag!
It was the same sword Hermione held in her hand when she was in New York with Super Killer Mindy.From the appearance, it can be vaguely seen that it is the holy sword in Rudy's hand, but I don't know why the sword body is in dilapidated condition, and the space stone originally embedded in the sword body is missing.
...
.....
【Please give me a reward】
Lu Dan, who had just returned to Washington, had just enjoyed a few days of peace and quiet. Today, he originally planned to have a rare afternoon tea during a conference call.
But who knows...
The office door was violently pushed open by Colson, who rushed in, picked up the water glass on his desk, and drank it in one gulp.
Then he shouted anxiously: "Sir! It's not good!"
spiced corned egg:....
A few minutes later, anxious Lu Dan rushed to the command center hall with Colson.
Fury found Hill who was operating the computer and ordered: "Hill, immediately ask the satellite to call up all available surveillance near the Arctic glaciers."
Maria Hill was stunned for a moment, then nodded and started operating the computer.
Colson on the side added: "You can search for the signal source of the scientific expedition team nearby. They called me before."
Hill found something within two minutes of typing on the keyboard, and looked at Fury who was waiting anxiously beside him in horror: "Sir! This!"
"My hair..." Fury leaned over to look at the picture, almost dumbfounded.
The picture was taken with a mobile phone, so it doesn't look clear, and there are even strong winds and waves that constantly affect the view.
But this did not prevent them from seeing two giants over 50 meters tall, one red and one green, fighting in the glacier shown in the video!
In particular, the video happened to capture the scene of two giants fighting each other. The fists faced each other, and the fist wind generated by the impact alone was powerful enough to shake a tsunami!
Fury looked at Coulson nervously and asked: "Where is the scientific expedition team!? - Them!..."
Coulson knew what he was going to ask, and nodded quickly and shouted: "They were very lucky to find him yesterday afternoon! - Now they have sent a special plane back to Washington, and it is estimated that they will arrive at the headquarters base in a few hours."
Fury couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but his frown did not relax.
He began to wonder, even if the man really came to life and led the superheroes he prepared, could they really defeat a monster of the size in the video?
........
Ten minutes ago, in the Arctic glacier.
After the fierce fire around him was dispersed, Rudy saw Susanoo rising from the ground opposite.
The destructive desire caused by the dragon transformation made him want to tear the guy in front of him to pieces, so he roared at the guy and flew towards him.
Hermione on the opposite side didn't expect that the dragon transformation would make him lose his mind like this. Without hesitation, he slapped Rudy with his backhand and knocked the flying Rudy back on the spot.
After breaking several icebergs, Rudy's anger level increased significantly and he got up again.
The visible magic power in his body began to soar, even spilling out of his body.
After the dragon transformation progressed again, in addition to scarlet vertical pupils, sharp claws began to grow on the index fingers of both hands, a layer of red scales appeared on the body, and two young horns even appeared on the forehead.
After transforming into a half-dragon, Rudy's magic power surged again.
He glared angrily at the guy in front of him who had just slapped him away. Although he had lost his mind, he was very smart and learned to imitate.
The huge and endless magic power in his body immediately came into use.
Just two seconds after Old Tom cheered for Hermione to shoot Rudy away, the place where Rudy flew out in the distance was like a real volcanic eruption, with red magic spewing out visibly to the naked eye.
In the blink of an eye, a skeleton giant that was exactly the same as Hermione's stood up tremblingly. The only difference was that it was red.
The red giant roared, took forward strides and rushed straight towards Hermione.
Hermione didn't show any mercy. Without saying a word, she used her almost full strength of powerless fighting talent to dodge the opponent's claw attack. She bent her left leg and hit it hard on the abdomen, then made a fist with her backhand and punched it in the face. !
The menacing Rudy was knocked to the ground on the spot, and his huge body slid hundreds of meters on the ice.
Perhaps wanting a quick victory, Hermione once again increased her magic power output, and the magic power permeating the green skeleton giant's body burned like a burning flame.
Immediately afterwards, a scene that could be described as a medical miracle appeared. Muscle fibers began to appear on the body of the giant skeleton, and they quickly filled the entire body and was wrapped in skin.In less than five seconds, the originally ferocious skeleton turned into a muscular giant with green eyes.
Feeling that the backup power was still sufficient, Hermione planned to hit the target in one step, so she once again took advantage of Rudy not getting up to increase her combat effectiveness.
This time, the giant's size began to increase again, and the 'magic flame' on the surface of the body also solidified into a mighty and domineering armor. In the blink of an eye, the giant's original length of 30 meters reached more than 50 meters!
After completing the improvement in combat power, Hermione went straight to Rudy without saying a word and took the initiative to attack.
Rudy, who had just climbed up on the ice, had lost his mind and would only choose the primitive attack method. Seeing that he was put down, he got up and shook his head and wanted to rush forward again.
However, as soon as he got up and turned around, what appeared in front of him was a completely different guy from before!A powerful and huge fist suddenly came into view, knocking him to the ground just as he reacted.
After completing the knockdown, Hermione rushed forward and tried to immobilize the struggling Rudy with her limbs, hoping that Old Tom would take the opportunity to complete the mission.
But what she didn't expect was that even though he was irrational, Rudy, who was originally furious, still had strong learning ability.
Being pinned to the ground, he quickly adapted to his offensive, and even began to imitate the skeleton giant's appearance by growing muscles!
The continuous supply of magic power allowed him to complete the second stage of Susanoo without any pressure, and even evolved towards the third stage at an astonishing speed.
Seeing that the opponent was about to complete the armor possession, Hermione, who knew how strong the defense was in the third stage, decided to take a direct strike, otherwise Old Tom would definitely not be able to break through Rudy's defense.
Gritting her teeth and looking at Rudy who was struggling on the ground, Hermione pulled out her rapier. At the same time, Susanoo outside her body also condensed a spiral long sword in her hand!
Just when she was about to cut him off with a sword, Rudy, who was pinned to the ground, completed his armor. The terrifying armor made him look like a demon.And the increase in strength was terrifying. With just her legs and one hand, Hermione couldn't hold him down and was pushed away!
Hermione was shocked: "Oops!"
Rudy, who was standing on the ground, raised his head and roared, and attacked the pushed away Hermione again. Hermione had no choice but to disperse the spiral sword and use her fists to fight the opponent in close combat again.
This is what Fury saw in the video, the scene of two giants over 50 meters in length fighting each other in the glacier.
In the command center hall, Fury felt like his whole body was numb.
Could a creature of this size really be produced by Mother Earth?
He even doubted that this thing was an alien, right?Later, Hill managed to borrow a military satellite, and by enlarging the picture hundreds of times, he discovered that there was a person in each of the two giants' bodies, and it looked like they were driving a Gundam.
Especially when Coulson pointed at the 'driver's seat' of the red giant and shouted: "Sir...sir, look at it!".
Fury, who originally looked impatient, was stunned after seeing what he was pointing at.
He and his surrounding men looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what to say at all.In the end, I could only stare, point at the enlarged picture of the character and yell, "Who can tell me why this guy is there!??"
Colson quickly lowered his head and was caught by the leader to answer the question.
But he was also very curious as to why Rudy was in that place.
However, Natasha, who came to the command center later, looked at the picture and asked another question: "The point of the matter is that we know that this kid is from our side. - Is the person fighting him... Can it be understood as an enemy?"
"To be more serious, he is obviously at a disadvantage now. Does that mean we can't beat each other?"
Fury obviously heard it, and he asked with a dark face: "What do you think of the situation on the scene? - If we send the fastest support there, how long will it take?"
Hill typed on the computer and got the answer after a while: "No, even if we send Quinjet fighters there, it will take at least a few hours to reach the North Pole at the current speed..."
The implication is that by the time we rush over, the little devil might have been beaten to death.
Fury walked around the hall with a headache, trying to think of a solution to the problem, but the fact that he could not reach his destination quickly made it difficult for him to solve it.
.....
At this moment, Glacier is in a match.
The two armored giants were fighting fiercely. Without Rudy's control, Susanoo looked like an out-of-control beast.The level of madness is comparable to that of AVE Unit [-], which was unchained by Makiha back then.
The Hulk basically rushed forward and faced Hermione with a wave of crazy claws. When he was held down, he struggled wildly. When he was pushed back, he simply pounced on the dog and roared at the dragon.
Anyway, he was like a lunatic, punching and kicking without any tactics at all.
On Hermione's side, after being familiar with fighting for a while.
Having completely mastered Susanoo's touch, she clenched her fists and completely found the feel of her own bare hands, and her combat power skyrocketed.The few times Rudy took advantage of her, he threw her over her shoulder. After that, she mounted him and hit him on the head.
After the latest combo, I don't know whether it was because the progress of the dragon transformation increased again, causing Rudy to have poor contact, or whether Rudy was completely stunned and just lay on the ground motionless.
Upon seeing this, Hermione rushed forward and held the opponent down, shouting to Old Tom: "Now is the chance!"
Old Tom, who had been looking for opportunities for a long time, saw this and didn't bother to tease the two of them about their current posture. He quickly stepped forward and started casting spells.The strange-looking black snake magic shot out from Old Tom's wand and inserted directly into Rudy's Susanoo.
But Susanoo's powerful defense is worthy of its name as the 'Super Armor Curse'. Old Tom's 'magic needle' that extracts the soul cannot even break through the opponent's skin!
The violent impact not only failed to penetrate Rudy's body under Susanoo, but actually bent it directly!
Seeing that more than half of the magic power had been consumed, Hermione did not dare to delay any longer, so she could only ask Old Tom to get out of the way first, and then she broke the shell and let him take action.
Gritting her teeth again to extract the few magic reserves left in the Lord of the Rings, Hermione just used her more creative abilities while holding Rudy down with her limbs.
Having seen the original fourth stage, that is, the complete form of Susanoo, she knew that the external power supply of the Ring alone was not enough to complete the fourth stage.
She simply gave up all the growth in the fourth stage except for the wings, and even changed the wings that originally grew on her back, which actually caused two more hands to grow on Susanoo's back!
When the hands behind her back summoned the spiral sword, Hermione couldn't bear to look at Rudy who was struggling underneath her and shouted: "Forgive me!"
As he said that, he held the sword in both hands behind his back and stabbed down hard.
The sharp blade penetrated his body, and the severe pain made Rudy, who had lost his mind, become even more crazy. The fierce struggle that was close to madness made Hermione almost unable to hold him.
Just when Hermione thought she was about to succeed, the next scene that happened before her eyes made her eyes unbelievable.
The spiral sword blades in his hands on his back had clearly penetrated the armor on his chest just now, piercing a section of it!But he was actually pushed out!
That's right, just push it out.
Through the sensation of her hands on her back, she felt that something was pushing out the sword blade that had penetrated Rudy's body.
Hermione shouted in horror: "How is this possible!?"
Rudy actually completed the fourth stage of promotion by himself without realizing it, and without the help of any external power supply!
Hermione, who has reached the third stage, knows very well how much vast sea of magic is needed to go up. It is because of this that she can't believe it.In the future world, Rudy once told her that unless after the second dragon transformation, his own magic power would not be able to maintain the fourth stage of Susanoo for a long time without using the original space stone.
You must know that the magical power of the nine magic rings plus his own magical power is already a volume that ordinary wizards cannot reach in several lifetimes. Even so, it is still not enough to maintain it for a long time, which shows how much it consumes magic power. fear.
Rudy later joked that the fourth stage consumes magic like pumping water.
The terrifying red magic power swept towards him like a raging flame.Hermione couldn't dodge and was hit from the front, and was lifted up and flew backwards.
When she struggled to get up and go back to hold him down, what came into view was a terrifying existence that was over 70 meters long, with flaming wings on its back, covered in Warring States armor, and holding swords in both hands.
Seeing this, Hermione's expression suddenly changed: "Damn..."
Old Tom, who was watching the show on the edge of the battlefield and looking for opportunities, was numb at the moment. How could he still hit him with a hammer?Should he run away...
However, the shadow left by Hermione's fat beating made him afraid to do so, so he could only continue to wait for the opportunity.
But he secretly decided in his heart that as long as Hermione was defeated, he would immediately grease the soles of his feet and run away.
What a joke, he is the Dark Lord who will dominate the European continent in the future, he can die here! ?
Unfortunately, Hermione's next operation not only failed him, but also gave him a new fear.
I saw Hermione, who was in full decline, gritted her teeth and pulled out a sword from the beaded bag!
It was the same sword Hermione held in her hand when she was in New York with Super Killer Mindy.From the appearance, it can be vaguely seen that it is the holy sword in Rudy's hand, but I don't know why the sword body is in dilapidated condition, and the space stone originally embedded in the sword body is missing.
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【Please give me a reward】
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