Which one is better if the officials are forced to die together [Comprehensive British and American]

They live next door to each other. Even if the two of them form a diagonal line with each other in their respective houses, the straight-line distance is less than [-] meters. Logically speaking, the distance is so close, and Steve is eager to go Bucky leaned in front of him, and it was impossible to achieve zero communication no matter what.

Indeed, it wasn’t zero communication, and Bucky also had a few words with Steve, mostly asking Steve how to use modern equipment.

Over the past few days, Steve has taught Bucky to watch TV, cook eggs in the microwave, turn off and on the fully automatic sweeper, and set the temperature of the central air conditioner. In a few days, Steve estimates Then he can start teaching Bucky to use the Internet.

Bucky was obedient when he was learning something, he lowered his head and watched Steve's operation very seriously, his slightly gloomy and cute look made Steve feel sore.

Back then, Buckina was the romantic little prince of Brooklyn, who was proficient in singing, dancing, drinking and flirting with girls. He always had a cynical smirk on his face. How could he have such a calm expression?

On the contrary, the way of turning his face and denying others after using them was very familiar, which made Steve feel relieved and at the same time dumbfounded.

Bucky had never treated his good brother like this before, and it was the first time Steve saw this side of Bucky.

In short, life is still like this. Although there is a particularly remarkable title on his head, in these years, the US imperialist government has gradually shaped him into a representative figure of the US imperialist soldiers. It's a name that has nothing to do with him at all, but Steve is very self-aware of himself.

He was just an ordinary soldier in World War II, at best he could only be regarded as a special ordinary soldier.

Because of participating in the "Super Soldier" program, he possesses physical fitness beyond ordinary people.

Relying on this acquired strong physique, he did what a soldier should do.

If a soldier's devotion to duty can make him be praised as "the greatest soldier", then other soldiers in this country, those ordinary soldiers who have not been injected with super serum but still bravely sacrificed their blood for their country, they What is it?

Steve has read the various books, TV series and movies featuring him, as well as the treasured historical materials.He also went to the museum built for him after dressing up, and saw the things displayed in the museum and the promotional materials.

"I'm just a guy, Bucky, but they made me into a god," Steve said.

He's sitting in Bucky's living room right now, and after bothering him so many times, even Bucky, who isn't in his right mind, thinks it's rude to leave Steve knocking on the door. , Steve finally had the right to step into Bucky's house.

But that's it, don't expect Bucky to be enthusiastic.

He would only open the door for Steve, and then Steve would sit in the living room if he wanted to, cook if he wanted to, and listen when he was willing to talk to him, and he didn't have the self-consciousness of entertaining guests at all.

Steve didn't mind Bucky's lukewarm attitude either. After a few more visits, he already knew that Bucky couldn't be counted on, and it was only serious to pour himself a glass of water.

Bucky obviously heard what he just said, raised his eyelids and glanced at Steve, and responded with an "um".

"I feel a lot of psychological pressure." Steve added, "I am not afraid of challenges and difficulties, let alone injuries and deaths. When I joined the army and signed the 'Super Soldier' ​​plan, I knew What the future holds: to win, or to die in battle."

Bucky still doesn't speak.

"But I didn't expect things to turn out like this," Steve said.

What is it like now?Steve didn't mention it, and didn't know how to.

Most importantly, he knew very well in his heart that the young man with a slightly haggard face in front of him was not only his best brother Bucky, but also not his best brother Bucky.

The little revelation Fury gave him when he came to see him only shocked Steve, and the question Carl asked him didn't startle Steve anymore.

Absurdity is Steve's biggest feeling.

Even after several days have passed, when he calms down to think about Carl's words, Steve can still feel that clear feeling of absurdity circling in his brain, like a noisy mosquito, making Steve upset distracted.

The more he pondered, the more he realized that Carl's words were very reasonable.

It makes sense in various senses—whether it's Carl's analysis of the overall situation after he wakes up, or Carl's conspiracy theory, or Carl's vague sarcasm towards the upper echelon of the US emperor.

And his problem.

"...do you ever think about running for president, Steve Rogers?"

Have I thought about it?Steve asked himself.

Then he answered without hesitation, no.

He didn't think about running for president in the past. He didn't think about it when he didn't realize that he could run for it before. Now that he realizes that he has the ability to run for office, he still didn't think about it when he even became a rival of the same candidate.

Power is a very dangerous thing, and politics is also a very dangerous thing.

But this is not why Steve still refuses after careful consideration. He refuses because he is very sure that he does not have much political talent.

No matter how much people trust him because of the image of "Captain America" ​​created by the US imperialist government, and no matter how clear people have hope for him.

A person who does not know how to govern a country cannot hold such an important position.

But at that time, if people really want me to run for office, if people really want me to be president, if people put their expectations and hopes on me, Steve remembered Carl's meaningful warning, I can really refuse Do people assign me responsibilities?

…He sat in the living room for a long time facing Bucky's increasingly dissatisfied eyes, but he still couldn't find the answer he hoped for.

"Karl is different from what I imagined." In the end Steve could only smile wryly, "He is also different from the person in other people's mouths."

And the protagonist in Steve's mouth, Carl, seems to have no idea how much trouble his words have brought to Steve.

He neither chatted with anyone, nor took other tasks on himself, but just drove his most inconspicuous car around New York City.

Tony is very tightly controlled by Pep these days.

He was tossing himself so hard that he didn't have the guts to complain to Pep in this situation, and his research on new elements didn't make much progress. Seeing that the symptoms of palladium poisoning became more and more serious, he seemed as stable as Mount Tai , In fact, I have already made a plan in my heart that I will never be able to open my eyes again when I fall asleep.

Fortunately, he didn't have many things to arrange. As for himself, he was neither married nor had children, and he didn't even have a girlfriend, only a huge fortune.

And Stark Industries has been handed over to Pep by him, and he has already drawn up a will when he just found out that he was poisoned with palladium. These days, he has been constantly improving it, and anyone who thinks of it will go to the top. To add a stroke, writing today, he feels that everything has been dealt with.

There are quite a lot of names in this will, and Tony will read the will from beginning to end every time he writes a little more.

I don’t know why, but I’m writing my own will and thinking about what will happen after my death, but when I think about how idiots everyone will cry at his funeral after he dies, and the fact that they received what he left for them The expression that may be seen after something, Tony is very happy in the laboratory by himself.

Tony.Stark is not one to accept fate.

As long as he is not dead, he will always work hard to find a solution to palladium poisoning, and do everything possible to keep himself alive.

But as a genius scientist, he also knows how low the possibility of discovering a new element in a short period of time is, and how difficult it is to save his own life.

So he was already ready to die.

This kind of preparation was accumulated bit by bit. Needless to say, the complicated psychological struggle during the period was as heartless as Tony.Stark, dying on the verge of death, is still determined to hide it like a bastard.

Nobody would know he was going to die while he was alive, and the whole crowd would be stunned at the funeral.

However, after Karl found out about this incident, Tony was not as angry as he thought, and his attention was quickly shifted to Karl tearing open the door of his lounge with his bare hands.

He has watched the surveillance video countless times that day. Tony only regrets that he didn’t install dozens of cameras at the door with 360 degrees and no dead ends. Carl’s body skillfully blocked the movements of his hands, and Tony could only see Carl. After standing at the door for a second or two, the door opened, and Karl Shi walked into his room calmly.

He has already studied the broken door, and concluded that the door was directly torn open by violence.

——Very succinct and pure violence, so succinct and pure that it is not amazing at all, but very life-like.

It's like a normal person ripping a piece of paper.

Tearing a piece of paper is too easy and simple. No one would use tearing a piece of paper as a test of strength, so it is difficult for Tony to determine how strong Carl is.

He guessed that Carl was a mutant. In this way, Professor X's attitude towards Xavier College was so friendly, and there was a very reasonable explanation for Professor X's apparent treatment of Carl.

But Tony vaguely felt that this was not the case.

Carl is not a mutant.

If Carl was a mutant, how could he not tell him?This is not something shameful. There are also many mutants in the upper class of the American Empire. Their identities are almost semi-public. Ordinary people may not know it, but people of the same class will at least have heard of it.

So Carl must not be a mutant.

Not only is he not a mutant, but he has even bigger secrets.