Chapter 227 .'s Answer
"It's Fury!"
Hearing the voice of the person outside the door, Peggy immediately recognized the other person's identity.
"Who is he?"
Steve asked Peggy as he quickly put on his clothes.
"The current director of ."
Peggy also got dressed and said hesitantly, "But when he took office, I had already retired, and we didn't have much in common. I can't figure out why he came here."
And it was the morning after she had just regained her youth.
"Then I think I know the reason."
Steve has already fastened the shield to his arm. If he holds a pistol in his right hand, it will be the classic look of Captain America during World War II.
"Let him in, Paige."
Steve whispered, "Let's sit down and talk while both sides are still polite, before resorting to violence."
As he said this, his eyes were looking out the window in a very covert manner.
On the roof of a building not far from the nursing home, unnatural reflections flickered in the sunlight.
Sniper.
Although Steve is stupid in some aspects, he has a far superior sensitivity to war.
Before coming to see Peggy, he had subconsciously observed the terrain and noted down the advantageous sniper points nearby. Now, at a glance, he saw that those sniper points had been occupied.
SHIELD came prepared.
"Just let him in like this?"
Peggy felt something was wrong. Whether it was Steve's presence or her youthful face, it seemed inconvenient for others to see it.
As the founder of ., she knows too well what .'s style is.
"It's okay, let him in."
Steve clenched his fist to confirm his status, and grinned at Peggy, "Remember Clausburg?"
Of course Peggy remembered that it was Captain America's first battle, and he destroyed an entire Hydra base by himself.
Have faith in me, that's what Steve meant.
"Ok."
At this critical moment, Peggy chose to trust. She didn't need to pretend to have an old voice and shouted directly to the outside of the door.
"Come in, Chief Fury."
"Ok."
Click, the sound of a key opening the door.
The door opened, and Fury, wearing a black windbreaker, walked in.
He was alone.
When he saw Steve's face, this king of agents who was used to big scenes still had a moment of daze on his face.
Then he adjusted his expression and appeared calm and composed.
"Captain Rogers."
Fury asked tentatively, "Can I call you that?"
"Of course." Steve stared at Fury's face and smiled. "It seems that times have indeed progressed."
"Is such that."
Fury nodded. “It is indeed difficult for people of your generation to imagine that a black man like me could hold a high position.”
"I meant no offense."
Steve shook his head, "Mr. Fury, your SHIELD should have been monitoring Peggy all along, right?"
Otherwise, it would be impossible to complete such an arrangement in one night.
"I'm sorry, but those are the rules."
Fury said this to Paige, "This is a difficult decision, but we have to make it."
And the current situation shows that this kind of surveillance does have an effect.
Fury's one-eyed gaze lingered on Peggy's face for a long time.
It was hard to believe that the last time I saw Peggy, time had already left deep marks on her face.
But now, these traces have disappeared without a trace, and the 90-year-old woman has returned to her youthful appearance in her twenties.
Under such a miracle, even how Captain America returned became a secondary topic.
"Can I ask how you did it? If I'm not mistaken, it should be related to your experience of returning."
Fury asked Steve, "This method has far exceeded the limits of modern medicine. If you are willing to make it public, all mankind will benefit from it."
He seemed to be asking, but his eyes were already fixed on the test tube on the bedside.
The test tube was empty, but Fury believed that there was still residual medicine inside, and the ingredients in it could be detected through testing.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Fury."
Steve took a step back and reached for the empty test tube. "There are some things that humans are not ready to face."
"Please don't do this." Fury said calmly with a blank expression.
Steve didn't listen and continued to reach for the test tube. At this moment, there was a sound of window shattering and a bullet grazed Steve's hand and hit the table.
"I don't want this."
Fury sighed and said, "Captain, you are an American hero. I am willing to sit down and talk with you, but you are too perceptive. If nothing unexpected happens, you should have discovered the existence of the sniper a long time ago."
"I can understand."
Steve was not angry about this, he had seen the times when humans destroyed each other, and everything that was happening now was just child's play.
"Director Fury, I am willing to communicate with you calmly."
Steve said, "But this kind of communication should be in an environment where both parties are equal, not like this, with countless snipers pointing at me."
After saying this, he suddenly raised the shield in front of him.
In the center of the circular shield, the outline of an owl with its wings spread is highlighted.
At the same time, the furnishings in the entire room began to vibrate, and before Fury's eyes, those objects simultaneously broke free from the constraints of gravity, slowly rose up, and floated into the air.
Including the pistol he hid in his arms.
Fury felt like he was in a spaceship, looking at everything weightless in front of him.
But he was clearly still standing on the earth.
"Physics no longer exists..." Fury muttered.
That was indeed his first thought.
Steve lowered his shield, and the objects floating in the air immediately fell to the ground with a thud.
"What do you think, Chief Fury?" Steve said.
His answer was a long silence.
After a long while, Fury finally spoke: "What do you want to do?"
"Let me and Peggy go first."
Steve said, "I can assure you that my loyalty to my country and my people has never changed. I will not hold back on anything I can reveal to you, except that—"
Having said this, he paused and looked out the window unconsciously.
Fury immediately understood. He pulled up his collar, put it close to his mouth, and gave instructions to his men outside through the intercom.
"Everyone stand by."
The order was given, and the reflection from the rooftop of the opposite building disappeared.
"Thank you for your understanding."
Steve put away the empty test tube and took Peggy's hand. "I'm going to take Peggy away from here now. You won't stop me, right?"
"Can I stop it?"
The legend of Captain America single-handedly wiping out the Hydra base is still vivid in our minds, and now he has unfathomable super powers.
Even if Fury wanted to stop it, he was powerless.
"Thank you."
Steve left these last words, pulling Peggy past Fury and leaving the room.
Fury remained standing.
After a long time, his deputy, Agent Hill, came running in with a panicked look on his face.
"Mr. Director, there has been an unusual movement in the combat team. Natasha and Clint acted on their own and targeted Captain America..."
"This is not our concern." Fury interrupted Hill's subsequent report.
"They submitted their leave application yesterday, and I approved it. Their actions now are completely personal and have nothing to do with us."
……
"It's our turn."
Hawkeye Clint took off the headset, threw it on the ground, and crushed it with his foot.
Natasha was loading her pistol.
"Captain America is supposed to be your hero, right?"
Natasha said, "You also grew up listening to his stories. Don't you feel weird about doing something to him now?"
"This is not something an agent should consider."
Clint said calmly as he glanced at his quiver and added a few more arrows into it.
"And how can you be sure that this Steve is really him?"
"Ok."
Natasha shrugged. "We'll know if it's true or not if we try it."
Their mission this time is to test the strength of Captain America now.
If the opponent is not as skilled as you, it is only natural that he is caught.
As for how to explain it afterwards, Fury will arrange everything.
……
After Steve pulled Peggy out of the nursing home, his pace immediately quickened.
"It seems that SHIELD doesn't intend to let us leave easily."
Steve said, "We have someone following us."
"This is the style of ." Peggy sighed, "If it were me, I would do the same."
"fine."
Steve smiled and said, "I've always known that if I want to have an equal dialogue, I have to show some strength."
Times are on the brink of change.
The magic world, which had been hidden for many years, was slowly coming to the surface. The School of Owls had chosen him because of Captain America's reputation.
Steve knew all this.
So he also has his own opinions.
“Do we have to have a conflict?”
Peggy couldn't help but ask. After all, . was created by her and she has deep feelings for it.
"They were the ones who started the conflict."
Steve said, "What I wanted was communication and dialogue, but obviously they didn't think so."
This is a preconceived notion.
As soon as SHIELD appeared, they set up so many snipers. This condescending attitude would make Steve feel resentful even if he had a good temper.
Besides, the youth potion was not his, so he had no right to hand it over on behalf of others.
What's more, Peggy's safety must be guaranteed.
"Peggy, find a place to hide first."
Steve snapped his shield back on, "Once I've got these tails cut off, I'll come get you!"
As he spoke, the outline of the owl on his shield once again became highlighted.
An unprecedented power was descending upon him from the void.
"Master Owl, I am here to talk to you."
Steve whispered, "This time, I'm fighting for magic!"
"Cuckoo!"
A faint sound of bird chirping rang in Steve's ears.
……
"coming!"
In Bruce's room, Katoom jumped up.
"I heard Steve calling us, he was calling on God!"
This was what Katum had told Steve before. If you encounter an enemy, it is best to resolve it with magic.
But what kind of magic could Steve know?
The solution Katum gave him was to ask him to pray to the owl totem.
Steve didn't need to worry about what happened after the prayer.
"Is it our turn now?"
Bruce put on his clothes and asked, "How do you want me to do it? Do you want me to attack in the form of a hell bat?"
"unnecessary!"
Katum said, "The Demon Totem can do much more than you can imagine! I can now project your soul into Steve's body!"
Isn’t this how the so-called praying to the gods is done?
Steve prayed to the Owl Totem, and the one who responded to him was the Owl's Eternal Chosen, Bruce Wayne!
……
Clint and Natasha were ready to attack with all their might.
They followed the traces left by Steve and soon entered a sparsely populated abandoned factory area.
"It's not a good place here."
As a senior agent, Clint immediately noticed something was wrong.
"Steve spotted us."
Natasha said, "This is the venue he chose, the place to fight."
This is true.
The next second after she finished speaking, Steve appeared at the end of the road.
Clint opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the next second, everything around him changed.
They watched the morning sky suddenly turn dark, and the sounds of countless owls rang in their ears.
Coo coo coo, coo coo coo...
"You shouldn't have followed me."
Steve slowly approached them. He was already wearing an owl-shaped helmet, and in this dark area, he looked like a villain.
Clint was quick-witted and pulled out an arrow, then shot it out in a flash.
The arrow whistled and passed through Steve's figure.
Then, Clint watched as the shadow disintegrated and split into countless flying creatures, which looked like owls, but more like bats.
Those little black creatures gathered in other places and then formed a human figure.
Clint's brain was working fast at this moment. Did he inhale any strange gas when he entered this area?
He couldn't think of any other possibility and could only describe everything as an illusion.
Steve didn't attack them.
On the contrary, he just stood there, and a black gas continued to rise from his body until it reached the sky.
A huge, black totem appeared in front of Natasha and Clint.
That's an owl.
Clint opened his eyes wide, and when he looked at the totem, countless images entered his mind in an instant.
He saw himself joining an alliance called the Avengers, and saw himself as an ordinary person, fighting against a group of freaks.
What a difficult battle it was, and all the pain was reflected in Hawkeye's body at this moment.
And what Natasha saw was even more despairing.
She saw her own death.
"The Owl School can see your future."
'Steve' stood there and said lightly, "Don't doubt it, this is what you are about to experience."
……
After Clint and Natasha attacked, there was no response.
By the time the SHIELD follow-up personnel found them, they were already sitting there in a daze.
"There is no such thing as SHIELD..."
This was the only thing they kept repeating.
(End of this chapter)
