Chapter 226 Steve's Bizarre Adventure
“It’s complicated to explain.”
Steve was half-kneeling at the head of Peggy's bed, holding an owl-shaped helmet in his arms.
"Seventy years ago, I did not die, but fell asleep in the glacier."
He told Peggy the story of what happened after he woke up, using as few words as possible.
Although these stories are bizarre, they are not so difficult to accept for Peggy, who founded .
“So, I am one of them now.”
Steve spread his hands, showing Peggy what he looked like now.
"Is it really okay for you to tell me this?" Peggy asked back, "Doesn't the wizarding world have a confidentiality clause..."
"No need for you."
Steve quickly explained, "Because you will also experience the power of magic next!"
What do you mean?
Before Peggy could ask any questions, she saw Steve take out a small test tube from his arms.
The test tube contained a light green liquid with bubbles constantly coming out of the bottom.
"This is a rejuvenation drug!"
Steve said, "I'm not in a position to explain the principle, but after you drink it, you can return to your most youthful years, which is... the way you looked when I first saw you."
Rejuvenation!
It is impossible for any elderly person not to react to this word.
The same is true for Peggy.
She looked at the tube of alchemical potion and found it hard to imagine that such a small tube of liquid could allow her to return to seventy years ago?
At this time, Steve held her hand tightly and said from the bottom of his heart: "Peggy, I know we have missed too much, and we can't blame others, we can only blame fate.
"But now there is a chance for us to start over again. All I need to confirm now is your feelings!
"Peggy, I will give you this potion, and the rest is up to you!"
Steve saw the hesitation and indecision in Peggy's eyes. She couldn't completely let go of this power that came from nowhere.
But it doesn't matter, Steve has the patience to wait for Peggy to give an answer.
After a long moment, Peggy finally spoke.
"I thought you were here to take me away from this world," she said.
"how could be."
Steve forced a smile, signaling Peggy not to think too much.
Although he did almost take Peggy away just now.
"Just now, I was even ready to go with you."
Then, Peggy changed the subject: "But obviously, reality gave me a bigger surprise."
She looked at her lover quietly.
Steve could feel that although Peggy still looked old, her eyes were no longer cloudy.
"So, you agree?"
"Of course I agree."
Peggy said, "At the end of my life, I suddenly had the opportunity to live my life again with my love. I had no reason to refuse."
Although he knew that Peggy would most likely not refuse, Steve still showed indescribable joy after getting the definite answer.
He carefully helped Peggy sit up and opened the test tube.
"Come, Peggy, I'll give you the medicine."
Steve's movements were gentle and careful, and at this moment, he felt like he was holding the future in his hands.
As Peggy drank the potion, her body immediately underwent corresponding changes, and the effect was immediate.
Steve watched the wrinkles on Peggy's face disappear, her dry body became shiny again, and even her white hair turned red again.
too fast.
In just a few seconds, the dream that so many people long for but cannot achieve happened to Peggy.
"I feel……"
Peggy shook her head gently. The changes in her body made it difficult for her to adapt for a while.
The feeling of weakness all over her body had completely disappeared, and she was now full of energy.
Peggy lifted the quilt and prepared to get out of bed. Steve reached out to help her, but was stopped by Peggy.
"Let me do it myself."
Peggy's smooth, white soles touched the carpet again, and she stood up, no longer looking shaky.
"it is true……"
For a moment, Peggy couldn't help but shed tears.
She really returned to her youth, this was not a dream!
"Yes, it's true..."
Steve also responded stupidly. At this moment, the images of Master Katum and Senior Brother Bruce flashed through his mind.
Not only did they not deceive themselves, they also did their best to make up for his regrets.
Steve had no idea how to repay this great favor.
"Steve."
At this moment, he heard Peggy calling him. When he came to his senses, he saw Peggy standing under the light. The light flowed on her body like tassels, and Peggy looked like a goddess.
"I waited for you all night at the Stork Club."
There were tears in Peggy's eyes, but a happy smile appeared on her lips, "In the end you didn't come at all."
Steve understood, he stood up and shook Peggy's hand.
“That’s why I came today.”
"You still owe me a dance."
"It's not too late yet."
Steve put his arm around Peggy's shoulders, feeling the warmth of her body.
The two people's bodies swayed under the light, as if they were dancing, or simply hugging each other.
At this time-
"It's actually not that urgent."
Peggy looked up at Steve's face, blushing, "Your dancing skills are terrible. We don't have to rush to dance. Let's do something else now..."
"and many more!"
Steve's expression suddenly became serious, "You said I'm a bad dancer?"
"Isn't it bad?"
Peggy pressed her whole body against Steve; even her breathing became warm, and her voice was soft when she spoke, as if they were stuck together.
"Okay, I can teach you to dance later. It's late now. Let's..."
"no!"
Steve suddenly loosened his arms and stared into Peggy's eyes, "I must open your eyes today!"
what?
Peggy was a little confused. She was so straightforward, so it was possible that Steve still didn't understand?
How can a man be so stupid?
At this time, Steve was looking for something in Peggy's room.
"Peggy, do you have that something, that something... I don't know how to describe that machine, it's like a soldier's walkie-talkie, but the communication range covers the whole world..."
"You mean the cell phone?"
"Yeah, yeah, that thing!" Steve asked. "Do you have it?"
"Have……"
Peggy forced herself to suppress the heat in her heart. She went to the bedside table, opened the drawer, took out her cell phone, turned it on, and handed it to Steve.
"What do you want this for?"
“I’m useful!”
Steve rolled up his sleeves and saw a number written on his arm.
After he entered the number, there was a burst of silence and then the call was connected. A sleepy voice came from the other end.
"Hello? Who is it?"
"Bruce? Great, it looks like you're still awake."
Steve said excitedly, "I have a problem now and I must ask you for help!"
"what happened?"
Bruce on the other end of the phone perked up instantly, "Is there something wrong with the youth potion? Impossible, I did it completely by following the stone slab…"
"No, no, no, no!"
Steve quickly corrected, "The potion is very useful, Peggy has regained her youth, I want to ask you for help with something else now!"
Hearing that it wasn't a problem with the potion, Bruce's voice returned to its dazed tone.
"what's up?"
"It's like this. Peggy and I are now going to fulfill the dance we performed 70 years ago, but she doesn't believe in my dancing skills." Steve sorted out his words and said, "These are all stereotypes from many years ago. Now I have to show her what magic is."
"so?"
"So, can you use that spell on me again now, that you used before?"
Steve begged, "That's the spell that makes me dance perfectly."
Hearing this request, the Bruce people were almost dumbfounded.
Even as a child, he knew that Steve and Peggy had reunited and there were more important things to do.
Steve himself didn't feel anything at all?
"Give up on this idea." Bruce cursed, "Magic isn't meant for this!"
After that, he hung up the phone directly.
"Hello? Hello!"
Steve shouted into the phone, but got no response.
Peggy folded her hands over her chest and watched Steve's performance quietly.
"That's it?" Peggy said. "That's all you want to open my eyes to?"
"Today is not the time."
Steve explained, "Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll see how strong I am now."
"whatever."
After Steve's commotion, Peggy had completely lost all other thoughts. She crawled into the quilt, turned over, and left only her back to Steve.
Steve was at a loss. He realized that he might have done something wrong, but he hadn't figured out what it was.
So, the superhero who returned to the world could only move a chair and sit at the head of Peggy's bed.
Without saying a word, he waited for Peggy to speak first.
……
"Is Steve stupid?"
On the other side, after Bruce hung up the phone, he rubbed his sleepy eyes and couldn't help complaining.
Next to his bed, in a round bird's nest, Katoom's head popped out of the hole.
"You two are the same."
"You're no better," said the owl.
"You can really blame me for any problem."
Bruce was now completely awake and couldn't fall asleep even if he wanted to.
He could only talk business with Katum.
"According to Steve, the youth potion has been successful."
Bruce said, "A tube of potion can directly erase seventy years of time. I really created something incredible this time."
"Just make it once."
Katum said, "In the future, the efficacy of the drug should be controlled within a maximum of ten years."
During the time that Bruce was studying the Slate of Life and developing the potion of youth, Katum had already made arrangements.
The drugs that were later introduced to the market could only restore youth by ten years at best.
And the medicine cannot be taken repeatedly.
Katum has already thought about it and will announce it to the public in this way in the future.
The first time you take it, you will be ten years younger, but your body will develop drug resistance and the second time you will only be five years younger, and the third time you will be one year younger.
By the fourth time, it is completely ineffective.
"Scarcity makes things valuable." This is how Katum explained to Bruce, "Only in this way can you become everyone's guest of honor."
"Does it have to be me?"
Bruce asked. "I thought you pushed Steve to the front so he could handle these things."
Katoom did not answer at that time.
By now it was clear that Steve was not a very smart actor.
Moreover, his moral standards are too high, so he is bound to be taken advantage of.
"Bruce, do you believe that . has already received intelligence on everything Steve and Peggy have been through?"
"I believe it," Bruce said.
"Ok?"
Katum frowned, "You have to say you don't believe it."
"I believe it." Bruce still insisted.
"I'll just assume you don't believe it."
Katoum said to himself, "Peggy Carter has a high position in . and knows a lot of inside information. . will monitor such people for life."
Not only the caregivers around him, but I'm afraid the entire nursing home is the work of .
And if SHIELD knows it, it means Hydra also knows it at the same time.
I'm afraid that by the next morning, Steve will be blocked inside the nursing home.
"Isn't this what you were planning?"
Bruce asked, "You want to use Steve's appearance to pave the way for the existence of your Owl Demon."
"It's not me, it's you," Katum corrected, "You promised before to be my stand-in."
After saying that, Katum went back into his round bird's nest.
It would be useless for him and Bruce to chat now.
The amazing adventure of Steve Rogers is just beginning to unfold.
……
In the morning, when Steve opened his eyes, he had somehow found himself in Peggy's bed.
Peggy curled up in his arms like a kitten, her eyes closed, still in a sweet dream.
Steve carefully moved Peggy over and then tiptoed out of bed.
On a stool beside the bed, his uniform was folded.
The origin of this uniform is far from as simple as imagined. Steve's thoughts unconsciously drifted to the time when Bruce helped him design the battle suit.
……
"My uniform is originally of this style."
Steve watched as Bruce shredded his suit into rags, and then the pieces floated through the air on their own, slowly forming new shapes.
"But it's so ugly."
Bruce casually replied, "It's not a battle suit, it's a costume."
"Um……"
Steve was at a loss for words to answer for a moment, but Bruce hit the nail on the head, saying the key point.
The clothes he wore were originally from the stage.
"Remember, Steve, you are no longer the Captain America you once were."
Bruce kept emphasizing this to Steve during the making of the suit.
"You are now the spokesperson of our school. I can even say that you are already the disciple of Master Owl!"
"School?" Steve asked back, "What school are you from?"
As soon as he asked this question, he saw Bruce's serious eyes.
Although he was just a child, the oppressive feeling he brought to Steve was no less.
Steve could only immediately change the topic: "We! What school are we from?"
"The School of Owl."
Bruce said, "When you meet an enemy in the future, you must not bring shame to the Owl School."
He said as he picked up Steve's shield and changed the paint on it, replacing the stars and stripes with an owl.
"Enemy?" Steve was puzzled. "Who could be my enemy?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Bruce handed the shield to Steve, "When the time comes, when you fight the enemy, Master Katoom and I will help you from behind!"
……
Time returns to the present.
Before Steve could even put on his clothes, there was a knock on the door.
A deep black male voice asked, "Ms. Peggy, may I come in?"
(End of this chapter)
