Chapter 212 Welcome to .
Wanda usually looks erratic.
Bruce just thought Wanda liked to immerse herself in her own world and was not interested in others.
But now it seems that is not the case.
"Wanda can see the souls of her parents?"
Bruce wondered, "Or is it that she just has a stronger sense than others and can vaguely sense that there is something around her?"
When Batboy first came into contact with magic, his inspiration was greatly enhanced, and he was able to occasionally foresee danger.
If Wanda has the talent to be a witch, then it is not impossible that she can sense ghosts.
Considering that Pietro looked normal and Wanda didn't seem to have told him anything about the soul, Bruce was more willing to believe that the latter was the case.
Wanda couldn't see her parents, but she could vaguely feel their presence.
"In that case, I can't say anything."
After all, Bruce and Wanda are just acquaintances living under the same roof. If he rashly mentions her parents, it will cause Wanda to be disgusted.
And topics like soul would make Bruce seem like a charlatan.
"I'll wait until Wanda really needs help, then I'll speak up."
If you live in the United States, you have to accept this lifestyle. You must be careful with what you say and do, otherwise any speech may offend others.
Bruce pretended nothing had happened. After washing up, he sat at the dining table, ate breakfast, and prepared to go to school.
For Bruce, life at Midtown Middle School is a rare kind of peace.
Nothing special happened. I was surrounded by people of my age and the only things I was worried about were trivial matters between children.
Most of the students in the school know each other. They have lived in this community since childhood, were classmates in elementary school, and can be seen with the naked eye, and they are still classmates in high school.
Peter Parker is a very enthusiastic person. In just a few days, he has become good friends with Bruce, at least he thinks so.
He revealed a lot about himself to Bruce.
For example, he was also an orphan, his parents died in an accident, and his uncle and aunt adopted him.
For example, Peter's character is a bit weak, which leads to him being bullied by others all the time.
When Bruce came to school today, he took a special look behind Peter and found that there was no soul following him.
"It seems that not every orphan has the soul of his parents behind him."
Bruce confirmed this. He had no doubt about the love of Peter's parents for him. He could only say that the formation of the spirit behind it might not be that simple.
"Bruce, you're here!"
Peter greeted Bruce from his seat, smiling happily as if something good had happened.
"Uncle Ben took on a big job a while ago, and bought me a gift!"
When Bruce took his seat, Peter whispered to him, "It's the Death Star from Lego Star Wars. Are you interested in coming to my house and building it with me?"
"How many blocks are there in total?" Bruce asked.
"3803 pieces!" Peter said excitedly, "We can work together for a long time!"
"Well... that's no problem."
Bruce thought that he could only fight with Peter for one day at most, and then he would find an excuse not to go.
Just as he was speaking, the bell rang and the noise in the classroom gradually quieted down. Then, a teacher he had never seen before walked in with a book in his arms.
To be honest, she was a red-haired woman with a very hot body and outstanding looks.
When she walked into the classroom with the lesson plan, the little boys all felt dry mouth.
This kind of mature woman's charm is simply a killer for little boys.
But Bruce just took a look and suddenly felt a chill all over his body.
Behind this woman, there are countless floating souls.
Those souls screamed and wailed, reaching out countless times to pull the red-haired woman's body and drag her into the bottomless abyss.
This is a picture like hell. This woman can never be a simple teacher.
"Ms. Warren is ill."
The red-haired woman lifted her hair to her ears and whispered, "I will be teaching your math class for the next period of time. My name is Natalie Rushman, you can call me Natalie."
"Natasha Romanoff."
Suddenly, Katoum's voice rang in Bruce's mind, "Also known as Black Widow, an agent of . It seems that the plan arranged by Hydra has begun."
Is this female teacher an agent?
Bruce thought, this is not surprising, ordinary teachers don’t carry so many souls.
but--
A simple agent will do?
Bruce wondered how many people would have to be killed to create such a cause and effect.
"Is she from Hydra?" Bruce asked.
"It's not," said Katoom. "But she's just a person who gets things done. It doesn't matter whether she is or not."
When Hydra parasitizes the brain of ., the agents who work below will inevitably become tools of Hydra even if they only want to be loyal to .
Bruce could feel that Natasha would look at him intentionally or unintentionally during class.
This kind of observation is extremely covert. If it were done by someone else, they would definitely not be able to detect it.
"She's examining me?"
Bruce thought, "This is probably what the Baron said before. As long as we don't get into big trouble, we will definitely be able to enter SHIELD."
I believe the same thing happened with Pietro and Wanda.
……
SHIELD's investigation will not give results in one day.
Bruce did not deliberately change his behavior. He went to school and came home normally, occasionally went to Peter's house to play with him with building blocks, and locked himself in his room to read books at night.
"By the way, I have a question."
One night, Bruce asked Katum, "Don't you think Natasha is not as simple as she seems?"
He still had the same idea that even if an agent killed many people, there would not be so many ghosts behind him.
The so-called obsession is not so easy to form.
"Those weren't probably the people Natasha killed," Katoum said. "They were the past she carried."
Owl briefly talked about the red house.
It was an extremely cruel agent training base. Natasha spent her childhood there and witnessed the suffering and death of countless companions.
“You’re going to meet a lot of people like this.”
The owl said, "They each have their own pasts, involving countless souls. This is their business. You don't need to care too much about it."
No matter if you are a superhero or a super criminal, everyone has a past and a debt of sin.
Bruce Wayne, can you still free all souls?
Bruce didn't comment on Katum's words. He put his energy back into studying and didn't ask any more questions.
As for what Batboy is thinking, no one knows.
……
Time passed, and on the last day of school, Bruce was stopped by Natasha.
"Student Wayne."
Natasha held up a report card and said, "There seems to be something wrong with your test scores. Come to my office after school."
"Okay, Ms. Natalie." Bruce said honestly.
Peter, who was packing his schoolbag nearby, felt a little regretful when he heard this, as he and Bruce were playing with building blocks at a critical moment.
"Shall I wait for you?" Peter asked.
"Need not."
Bruce said, "You should go back first. I don't know how long I will stay in the office."
Maybe Natasha would also ask him to play with her building blocks, which would take a long time. Bruce came to Natasha's office and knocked on the door. A voice came from inside: "Come in."
He opened the door and walked into the office.
Natasha sat behind her desk, twirling a pen in her hands, Bruce's report card spread out in front of her.
"Ms. Natalie."
Bruce greeted her and, at Natasha's suggestion, sat down on the chair opposite.
"Bruce."
Natasha said, "Excuse my curiosity, I want to ask you, have you received any mathematical training before?"
"No." Bruce shook his head.
He really didn't receive any training, he learned everything by reading books.
"That's weird."
Natasha took out Bruce's test paper and handed it to him.
Bruce took it and, as expected, got full marks, but many of the steps above were marked with red circles.
"These steps are not something you, a sophomore student, can master."
Natasha said, “This is clearly high school content, and some of it even involves college.”
There were several geometry proof questions that should have been answered using junior high school content, but Bruce simply built a coordinate system, and the originally cumbersome proof process was solved with just one formula.
In addition, there are many other questions like this.
Bruce solved all of them within three moves.
"Are you sure you haven't received any training?" Natasha asked, "Or is there someone in your family who is particularly good at math who can teach you?"
"Okay, Teacher Natalie, I admit it to you."
Bruce sighed and said, "I've read some of the advanced level books myself."
"I knew it."
Natasha twirled the ballpoint pen in her hand with her slender fingers, and an expected smile appeared on her face.
"You have a talent for math, Bruce. I've seen that for a long time."
Then your taste is not very good, Bruce thought, he is talented in all aspects.
“And not just in math.”
Natasha suddenly said, "I have also communicated with teachers of other subjects. You are very talented in other areas. Your logic is very rigorous and your reaction is very quick."
After that, she handed over a piece of paper with many dots and lines on it.
"Try to do this question."
She said, "This question is very difficult. I won't blame you if you can't solve it. You can take it home and do it. I'll give you three days..."
"Welcome to ." Bruce suddenly said.
"Uh?"
Natasha was suddenly stunned. Bruce's words were completely beyond her expectations.
"That's the answer."
Bruce looked at Natasha, looking a little unsure, "Teacher Natalie, did I do something wrong?"
"Wrong? No, no..."
Natasha felt a little uneasy at this moment. Bruce's speed of answering was beyond her imagination.
How long has it been?
Less than ten seconds?
Bruce was stroking his chin and looking at the paper, looking a little uncertain.
“I may not have figured out the final answer.”
He said, "What does this SHIELD mean?"
"Bruce." Natasha forced a smile. "Can you explain how you figured it out so quickly?"
"this is very simple."
Bruce said, "First of all, these dots and dashes are simple Morse code, and if you slightly convert them, you can get a string of letters.
“But these letters have no meaning. No matter how you arrange and combine them, you cannot get the corresponding content.
"That means there's another layer of encryption to this string of letters.
“After trying several, I found that if I matched the order of these letters with the order of the 26 letters on the keyboard, for example, A corresponds to Q, and B corresponds to W.
“That way, you get new content.
"After that, I paused every three letters and put the fourth letter in front, and finally formed a sentence like this:
"Welcome to ."
Bruce said it all in one breath, but it took him half a minute to finish this sentence.
But it only took him a few seconds to decrypt it.
"This reasoning should be correct, right?"
Bruce asked, "This is an encrypted password, and the encryption method used is also very simple, but I am really stuck at the last step. I don't know what SHIELD means."
As he said this, he looked extremely regretful.
It seems like he has doubts about his own intelligence.
Natasha was completely stunned.
She admitted that due to Bruce's age, no sophisticated encryption was used when setting the question.
The encryption that can only be calculated by computer cannot achieve the purpose of the investigation.
But despite this, Bruce's performance completely made Natasha fall into self-doubt.
Is this a calculation that the human brain can make?
"How long did it take you?" Natasha finally confirmed.
"Well……"
Bruce thought for a moment and said, "About five seconds. It's still a bit long. I tried a few wrong methods and wasted time."
genius……
The word suddenly flashed through Natasha's mind, but she quickly denied it.
Not a genius.
It's a monster!
"Student Wayne..."
Natasha considered her next words; Bruce had indeed completely thrown her off balance.
She thought that no matter how smart Bruce was, it would take him at least one night to solve the problem, if not three days.
When the time comes, Bruce will ask her the correct answer, and she will take the opportunity to show him the existence of .
But everything happened too fast.
Bruce solved the puzzle in just five seconds, making the inspection process seem incredibly easy.
In this case, if Natasha tells Bruce about the existence of SHIELD, will SHIELD lose its original mysterious and powerful presence?
but--
Bruce kept asking, "Ms. Natalie, what does . mean?"
That's it.
Natasha sighed in her heart. If she didn't say it now, and Bruce found out about SHIELD out of curiosity, SHIELD would be even more embarrassed.
"nothing."
Natasha suddenly showed a charming smile and said to Bruce, "It means exactly what it says, Mr. Wayne.
"Welcome to ."
(End of this chapter)
