Chapter 221 Saving Private Steve
Fury was pleased with Bruce's response.
This is right.
After all, Bruce is just a thirteen-year-old boy, so it shouldn't be too easy to control him.
"I will tell you the whole truth."
Fury said softly, "Your parents' death was related to the metahuman rampage."
……
In Nick Fury's office, Bruce heard an impeccable story.
A person with super powers whose abilities got out of control accidentally killed his parents.
"That's the downside of having super powers."
Fury said, "Once it gets out of control, ordinary people have no way to resist it."
After saying this, he hesitated for a moment before revealing his true intentions.
"Now we have to admit that the Maximov siblings are also at risk."
"this--"
Bruce thought that this was probably not a risk, but a fact that would occur in the future.
Katoum did tell him the story of how Wanda single-handedly wiped out the Illuminati.
"Bruce, I came to see you today specifically to prevent this risk."
Fury smiled and said, "You and the siblings are good friends, so you can't bear to see them make mistakes, right?"
"Of course not!" Bruce said firmly.
While giving this answer, Bruce also confirmed with Katum in his mind.
"Does Fury often use this trick?" he asked, "to use ordinary people as a reminder for the superpowered ones so that they don't go out of control?"
"Yes." Katum answered in the affirmative.
For example, Natasha and Banner, it is hard to say whether Fury was the one who instigated them to be together.
"I understand."
Bruce understood the subtlety of this move.
Create weaknesses for superheroes to limit their threat.
"Fury is doing that to me, too."
Bruce thought, "He made up the story about my parents to prepare for a rainy day, so that I would always be wary of people with super powers."
Fury didn't know what Batboy was thinking, he just saw that things were developing step by step according to his plan.
"Bruce, you have a heavy task ahead of you."
Fury said, "You must pay more attention to Wanda and her brother and help them become true heroes."
"I will, Mr. Chief."
Bruce nodded without hesitation and said, "We grew up together. They are as important as my relatives!"
"That's good!"
After hearing Bruce's answer, Fury finally smiled with satisfaction.
……
"Fury really treats me like a child."
After leaving the director's office, Bruce met Katum again.
This guy used the Disillusionment Charm to hide his body and visited almost every part of . He saw everything that he should and shouldn't have seen.
"You are just a child, this is an indisputable fact."
Katum replied absentmindedly, "If you don't believe me, go ask Diana. She will definitely have a lot to say."
"Nothing happened between me and Diana."
Bruce emphasized again, "When we said goodbye at the end, we just talked a little."
"Okay, okay, everything you said is right."
Katum still looked absent-minded, and his daydreaming look was a bit like Wanda.
"What are you thinking?"
Bruce frowned, "Weren't you fine before? Why are you so worried when we meet again?"
"I found something."
Katum did not hide anything and directly took out a document from the feather.
"This is a copy I made using the Copy Spell. Take a look. It's quite interesting."
Bruce took the document out of curiosity, but after reading it, he didn't find it very interesting.
"A faint fighter signal was found in the Arctic ice field. It is suspected to be an old model from sixty years ago."
Bruce read out what it said, then asked, "What's wrong with that?"
It's not like we discovered a spaceship that's hundreds of thousands of years old. It's probably a fighter jet from more than 60 years ago that may have fallen into the sea during World War II.
What's all the fuss about?
"World War II, frozen, don't you think of anything yet?"
Katum said, "Isn't it obvious that the one sealed in the fighter is Peter Parker's idol, Captain America Steve Rogers."
Speaking of which, it was during this period of time that he was released from the ice and reawakened.
Since SHIELD has discovered the signal of the fighter jet, I believe the salvage work has already been planned.
"Captain America..."
Bruce was familiar with this name, as Katum had picked up one of his shields.
"He's the guy that Red Skull has been obsessed with for fifty years, right?"
Bruce said, "I heard he is a moral role model. I don't think I would get along with such a person."
"It's true that they don't get along." Katum nodded and said, "What's more, we are still Hydra undercover agents..."
Hey, wait!
Katum suddenly had a flash of inspiration and had an interesting idea.
Could he and Bruce dig Steve out in advance?
Let Captain America and Batman establish a bond, develop feelings, and become both a mentor and a friend, and then -
At a critical moment, Bruce's identity as Hydra was revealed in front of Steve.
What expression will Steve have then?
Will he cry and shout to save the little bat from the wrong path and become the existence that the little bat can't get rid of?
Katum thought about it carefully and found it feasible.
Captain America has a special aura, which is that no matter who he fights with, he can always win on equal terms.
He can fight back and forth with Thanos, and can also engage in exchanges with miscellaneous soldiers.
Being entangled with such an opponent, I believe Bruce will grow very quickly.
The more Katoom thought about this plan, the more feasible it seemed, but just at this moment, Bruce spoke doubtfully.
"Are you trying to trick me again?"
"What words!"
Katum flatly denied it, "Why do you slander me like this!"
"You're laughing."
Bruce said coldly, "I have seen your malicious smile countless times. Every time you smile like this, I am the one who suffers in the end!"
"If you want to incriminate someone, why bother?"
Katum said dissatisfiedly, "Can't I just be a smiling owl? You really need to change your paranoia!
"What I just thought about is obviously a good thing for both you and me!"
"What's the good news?" Bruce asked.
"I want to rescue Captain America."
Katoum said, "If he is rescued by ., he will definitely be used by Hydra in the end, which is a very cruel thing for him."
How could Hydra use Captain America?
It should be him, Katum!
"You..." Bruce always felt that Katum's idea was not that simple. Owl never does business at a loss.
But he couldn't refute this point of view. If a superhero was used by Hydra, it would indeed not be a good thing for the people.
After thinking for a moment, Bruce nodded.
"alright."
He said, "But have you ever thought about what to do with Captain America after we rescue him?"
It's impossible to just find a place for him to live? That would be too conspicuous!
"Don't worry, I know a place that's perfect for housing a superhero like this."
Katum patted his chest and said, "Besides, my reputation is very good there, and those apprentices all listen to me."
The place the owl was talking about was naturally Kamar-Taj.
As a secluded monastery, if Captain America is hidden there, no one will be able to find him.
"This...is okay."
Bruce was still skeptical and felt that Katum had other intentions.
"I'll just be watching from the side." Bruce thought, "Besides, I'm not a child anymore, Katum, don't try to trick me like he did before."
……
The Arctic is a white world covered by ice and snow for millions of years.
Under the cold sunlight, the endless ice field looked like a huge piece of white silk, flashing a dazzling cold light.
After a noise, Bruce and Katum Apparated here.
As soon as he landed, Bruce couldn't help but shiver.
“It’s really cold.”
He grabbed Katum and held the owl in his arms as if it were a stove. Fat people usually have a high body temperature, and fat owls are no exception.
In just a moment, most of the chillness on Bruce's body was relieved.
"Are you being a little too disrespectful to me?" Katum asked, sticking his head out.
"Do we still need to be so polite?"
Bruce asked nonchalantly, "We've been through thick and thin together for so long, why are you still angry?"
After he finished speaking, he ignored Katum and walked forward in the wind and snow.
On the ice field in front of us, huge ice blocks squeezed and stacked each other, forming ice mounds and ridges of various shapes.
Some are like sharp swords piercing the sky, while others are like giant beasts crawling on the ground.
Bruce walked alone in it, looking particularly small under the cover of wind and snow.
The cracks on the ice field are like the earth’s gaping mouth, deep blue and bottomless, as if hiding countless secrets beneath the ice field.
"This is it."
Bruce said, "The coordinates given by SHIELD are this area."
He squatted down and rubbed his hand across the ice. After wiping off a layer of snow, the scene under the ice was revealed.
Beneath the seemingly indestructible ice of the Arctic, a fighter jet is sleeping quietly.
The ice layer was like a huge and cold coffin, tightly wrapping the fighter jet.
The outline of the fighter jet can be vaguely seen through the cracks in the ice, and its metal body has long been eroded by the cold sea water and has become mottled.
The glass of the cockpit was covered with frost, as if it were frozen in time.
This old fighter plane crashed here and was swallowed by the ever-flowing and thickening ice until it became a forgotten secret.
“I have to say, this picture is really artistic.”
Bruce looked through the ice for a moment, then said, "Actually, I'm a little moved by this atmosphere."
Snow, ice, silence, loneliness.
It's a good place for Bruce to stay here alone and think quietly about his future.
"If I could, I'd build a bat cave here," Bruce said.
"Then it's not called the Batcave."
Katum said, "The one built in the Arctic should be called the Fortress of Solitude."
"The Fortress of Solitude? What a great name," Bruce said. "It suits me."
"That's the name Superman gave it," Katoom added.
"I guess so."
Bruce said calmly, "Only Superman can experience the same loneliness as me."
As he said this, he put his hands behind his back and looked up at the snowy sky, as if he was accompanied by endless loneliness.
"Lonely you big head ghost."
Katum cursed and brought Bruce back to reality, "You are a sophomore in junior high school, and you always think you are the loneliest person in the world. Come on, get to work!"
Day by day, you really think you are someone important.
Bruce curled his lips and said no more. He took out the Supreme Wand and tapped the ice.
Immediately afterwards, there was a violent tremor, and the ice in front of Bruce suddenly opened up on its own, forming a series of stairs leading directly to the cockpit of the fighter jet.
Bruce walked down.
The cockpit had been frozen by decades of ice, and the surrounding ice had long since solidified into one, making it impossible to open it by normal means.
Bruce smashed the glass and got into the cockpit.
“It’s hard to imagine that there is such a large space inside.”
Bruce said, "I thought the cockpit was already filled with ice."
As soon as he entered the cockpit, he saw a huge block of ice on the driver's seat, and inside the ice, there was a blue figure trapped.
Bruce had also seen this suit before, but it was on Red Skull.
"Is this Captain America?"
Bruce looked at the face through the ice.
Steve Rogers is very handsome, which fits the American aesthetic of handsome men very well. With his blond hair, he looks like the traditional Aryan Superman.
"Are you sure he's still alive?"
Bruce asked back, "Why do I feel like he has become a specimen?"
"Of course he's still alive!"
Katum flew into the air, flapped his wings, and the block of ice that sealed Captain America floated into the air.
"Okay, we can leave now."
Owl said, "We are now Captain America's savior. If he doesn't repay me in the future, I will expose him to the media!"
"It seems you have this idea in mind."
Bruce gave the owl a disdainful look, then followed Katoom and Apparated out from under the ice.
When the apparition ended, they came to a place where wind and snow met.
Himalayas.
Looking ahead, Kamar-Taj is already within sight.
“We need to come to a consensus.”
At this time, Katoum said, "When Captain America wakes up, we have to give an explanation as to why we were able to rescue him."
"Because there is a malicious owl."
Bruce complained for a moment, then said, "You've brought him to this secluded monastery. Can't you just answer with mystical arguments?"
It is said that when the owl was practicing magic, it suddenly felt like it sensed the presence of Captain America.
"That's a good statement, but I'd like to modify it a little."
Katoom said, "I have to give you credit."
"I don't have any credit." Bruce shook his head and said, "And I don't want any credit."
"Hey, you can't say that. You still have to help Captain America adapt to this world!"
Katum said, "He is a veteran of World War II, and you are a veteran of World War I. I believe you will have a lot to talk about."
(End of this chapter)
