Caroline, who was desperate to show herself and prove her abilities, took over the small coffee shop on Fifth Avenue the next day.
She embarked on her entrepreneurial journey.
However, the same old saying applied: she, who greatly lacked common sense, overestimated the spending power of the middle class today.
Now, even those middle-class individuals who weathered the recent economic depression have become more rational in their spending habits due to the current economic climate.
Most of them would rather drink fifty-cent instant coffee from a vending machine than spend more than ten dollars on coffee at a small roadside shop just for the sake of style.
Therefore, it was not difficult to imagine how Caroline's newly acquired coffee shop business was doing.
However, with the close protection of the cold-faced woman and Chris's operations on Wall Street, Caroline's safety at this stage was not a concern.
Precisely because of this, Mike did not interfere too much with the girl's venture; if she wanted to toss and turn, let her, at most, it would only be a little money lost.
After all, the King Investment Group, which had gradually replaced Channing Enterprise, now had no shortage of money.
More than a month passed like this.
As the King Investment Group's public welfare business gained momentum, Mike could collect more and more Power of Faith just by lying around, eating, and drinking every day.
"Pickup System Host: Mike Life Level: Mythical Level. Two (Total Energy Level 990,000+ / including comprehensive evaluation of physique, Power of Faith, Power of Corruption, knowledge, etc.) Mental Level: Excellent (including comprehensive evaluation of intelligence, emotional intelligence, willpower, etc.) Skills: Combat Comprehensive Lv5 (Max), Firearms Comprehensive Lv5 (Max), Driving Comprehensive Lv4 (82122 / 100000)… Learning Comprehensive Lv4 (68554 / 100000), Etiquette Comprehensive Lv4 (16642 / 100000), Vocal Music Comprehensive Lv4 (9451 / 10000)… (Skills are divided into five levels / more skills can be expanded.) Characteristics: Demon God's Body (can simultaneously collect and absorb Power of Corruption and Power of Faith / Advanced Immortality, Advanced Eternal Youth, Advanced Super Healing, Advanced Dimensional Power, Intermediate Hellfire, Intermediate Falsification, Intermediate curses…) (Multiple characteristics can be stacked and fused.)"
Through this period of accumulation, Mike's overall strength now more than doubled.
This was even with him not making any major moves during this time.
However, even so, based on the Power of Faith Mike received daily, his total energy level would reach the 1,000,000 mark in less than two days, and his life level would ascend to Mythical. Three.
And based on the strength displayed by Lord of Hell Satan and God, their strength levels should be around Mythical. Four.
In other words, at this current pace, if Mike were given a few more years, he would be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Satan and God, truly becoming a "God" among humans.
"Mike, you might be interested in these materials; they are related to the demon contract you asked me to investigate."
Early this morning, Tina rushed to the King's Building, and after seeing Mike descend from the top floor, she quickly handed him a large stack of documents and several newspapers.
Surprisingly, First Vampire Marcus and First Werewolf William arrived with the girl.
Both of them had very serious expressions.
"Marcus, William, why didn't you go accompany Alexander after your vacation, but came to me instead?" Mike greeted the two Progenitors after taking the materials.
These two "retainers" had been very effective in their work of gathering Vampires and Werewolves in other places during this period, recruiting many laborers for the King Investment Group.
Given their excellent performance, Mike granted them family visit time, roughly once every two months.
Therefore, Mike was not very surprised to see them here.
"Last night, we saw a guy riding a motorcycle, covered in fire, who looked very dangerous…" Marcus went straight to the point: "I think you would be interested in this kind of thing."
"I was going to talk about this too; it's already been reported in the Apple Daily," Tina chimed in, prompting Mike to look at the materials in his hand.
"The Devil Descends on New York," "Evil Spirit or Knight?", "Is the MIB Responsible for This?!"…
Ghost Rider!!!
This guy rode his flaming motorcycle last night, suddenly appearing on the streets of New York to carry out "justice."
He caused quite a stir, even alarming the NYPD, and was then arrested and taken to the police station.
However, in the end, he still transformed into a flaming evil spirit and escaped.
Such strange stories related to supernatural entities were very eye-catching, and once the news broke, its popularity even overshadowed people's concern about the economic depression.
Even today's financial newspapers reported extensively on Ghost Rider.
'Is it because of the recent economic downturn and the rising crime rate in New York that Ghost Rider came sniffing around? As expected, it's a metropolis where prosperity and sin coexist.'
After Mike had a general idea, he said, "I generally understand the situation. Let's talk while we eat."
Although it was already late, according to Mike's lazy schedule during this period, it was just breakfast time.
Tina and the other two were just in time to enjoy another sumptuous breakfast.
In the dining room, after Mike instructed the chef team not to forget to send breakfast to the three members of The Plastics on the top floor, he sat opposite Marcus and the others.
"The direction you initially asked me to investigate regarding the demon contract seems to have been off. According to the information I've obtained, several hundred years ago, there was a Ghost Rider in California who rode a flaming horse and specialized in punishing evil, which is very similar to the demon contractor you mentioned…"
"And last night's Ghost Rider, who rode a flaming motorcycle, was also born in California and was previously a motorcycle stunt Performer…"
Tina, who had already eaten breakfast, began to recount the detailed information she had found regarding the demon contract after Mike sat down.
Finally, she concluded: "From the above information, it can be deduced that the demon contract you're looking for should be in California."
Mike had initially asked Tina to investigate the demon contract in the area east of New York, but the true location where Ghost Rider appeared was in the southernmost part of California.
The distance spanned an entire America.
This situation, going in completely opposite directions, also resulted in Tina having a huge workload during this period, but with very slow progress.
Fortunately, the new generation of Ghost Rider jumped out last night; otherwise, Tina would probably have been struggling for a long time.
"You did very well, Tina. You've worked hard during this time. It was indeed my mistake in remembering the information, which made you busy for so long for nothing…" After praising the girl, Mike readily admitted his error.
After all, the memory of Ghost Rider was too distant, and Mike did not have a super memory at that time, so some omissions were inevitable.
Admitting a mistake is nothing bad.
Tina had no complaints; instead, a smile appeared on her face when she heard Mike's praise: "It's good that I could help you; it's only right that I work hard. Oh, and according to the information I've received, the Ghost Rider on the motorcycle last night is very likely Johnny Blaze, an excellent motorcycle stunt Performer from California…"
At this point, Tina had told all the information she knew.
After her statement, the girl looked at the Marcus brothers.
"Last night, that Ghost Rider gave me a very strange feeling, especially those eyes; they made me feel threatened even from a long distance. But despite having such powerful strength, he could still be injured by conventional weapons…"
Both Marcus and William had keen danger perception, so they did not act rashly last night before figuring out Ghost Rider's true nature.
After describing his findings from last night, Marcus offered a suggestion: "If we want to apprehend that Ghost Rider, high-tech weapons with great destructive power would be an excellent choice."
Because he signed a contract with a demon, Ghost Rider actually possessed [Immortality], but this ability only ensured he wouldn't die, not that Ghost Rider couldn't be injured.
Therefore, powerful human weapons were still effective against him.
Of course, in addition to [Immortality], Ghost Rider also had abilities such as [Penance Stare] and [Hellfire].
Especially [Penance Stare], which almost involved the Power of Rules.
Anyone with a guilty conscience could not look directly into those eyes.
The Marcus brothers not acting rashly against Ghost Rider last night was indeed the correct choice.