Shadow trail of the beautiful world

Chapter 595 4. Looking for Carter

On the lowest level of the Pegasus base, Steve, who was wearing a white vest and military pants from the last century, was standing on the platform with bare feet. Opposite him, Merlin with a cane was blocking the way to the upper level of the base. superior.

Fury was worried about the conflict between the two, but it was completely unnecessary.

When Steve was still in a coma, when he was still trapped in the mental maze he wove, he had seen Merlin.Merlin wasn't bragging when he called himself the Awakener.

At that time, if Merlin hadn't entered Steve's spiritual world, the Captain America would have fallen into a deeper sleep sooner or later due to his weakened soul.

If one is not done well, people will really disappear.

The two met once, and the reason why Steve didn't remember it was purely because the time of waking up was too short, and the illusory scenes that had lasted in his mind for decades were intertwined with what he saw when he just woke up, making him His spirit is still in a state of "at a loss".

This is a normal situation.

"You... are you?"

Steve looked at Merlin's face, he felt that the guy in front of him was very familiar, but he was sure that he had never seen him on the battlefield of World War II.

He was thinking hard, and Merlin didn't bother him, until a few minutes later, Steve turned his head and looked at the dark base around him, and he said:

"Isn't this 1945?"

"No, it's not."

Merlin says:

"It's November 2004. If you wake up a few days later, you can just catch up with the Spring Festival in 11."

"Year 60?"

Steve's expression changed, and there was a trace of sadness, pain, and bewilderment in his eyes.

"Yes, '60."

Merlin says:

"I know you won't be able to accept it for a while, and you may think that I'm lying to you...so, let's speak with the facts."

Having said that, Merlin stretched out his hand and pushed his glasses, he said:

"Icarus, show Steve what New York is now."

"Swish"

The stereoscopic projection on the Icarus mirror frame was turned on, and the dim scene around the platform where the two were located quickly brightened, as if by magic, the real-time projection of the entire Times Square in New York was pulsating in the blue light curtain, and it was transformed from scratch. Some are shaped.

This is a big project. Fortunately, with the help of the main control program of Pegasus Base, the upgraded Icarus can barely complete this huge real-time projection project by himself.

Lifelike bustling streets appeared beside Steve and Merlin.

Times Square is full of feasting lights, huge advertisements full of modern atmosphere, and those dazzling lights. People walking on the square, a girl in a beautiful short skirt is holding a handbag, and she is swaying from Steve passed through his chest like a ghost.

And a handsome guy with glasses was standing next to Steve, talking on the phone loudly, as if he was arguing with Steve.Merlin and Steve could even recognize the man's London accent.

This scene is so real.

It was as if the two were really standing on the streets of Times Square.

Steve raised his head, and the veteran who had been in a coma for 60 years looked at all this blankly. Although the surrounding scenes were very lively and prosperous, he seemed very lonely, like a lost child who could never find him again. Go back to the time you are familiar with.

"Turn it off."

Steve lowered his head, and his tone became more urgent:

"Turn it off!"

"Swish"

The stereoscopic projection of Icarus was withdrawn the next moment, and the entire platform returned to its original dim and silent appearance.

There are still two men, standing in front of and behind the platform.

One is lonely and dazed, the other is calm and lonely.

"I remember...I remember you telling me, Peggy...she..."

Steve wants to say something, but he doesn't have to finish it for Merlin to know what he wants to say.

"Ms Peggy disappeared, in 1998, but I'm pretty sure she's still alive."

Merlin looked around, moved his lips slightly, and said in a voice that only he and Steve could hear:

"Another Steve, another you is by his side, but this matter can't be said here, it's our secret, if I have time, I can tell you more, but you don't need to worry about Pe Ms Gee, she's safe."

"Ok."

Steve pulls a bad grin.

Merlin can actually understand, if he was frozen for 60 years, after waking up, everything he was familiar with disappeared, Elsa and Carol left, Lorna and Riven disappeared, even Goo and Frank They're gone, Ferry and Pierce are old and dead, Coulson and Melinda and Sharon are old, and the world has changed.

What he cared about, what he hated has been lost in the merciless time...

If so, Merlin would probably go crazy.

For Steve, what he faces after waking up 60 years later is a strange and lonely world. Whether he is willing to live in this era, whether he can accept this era, is still unknown.

But... He is a hero after all, and his endurance should not be so bad.

"I think you've been asleep for so long."

In the silence, Merlin suddenly said:

"Although there have been sufficient nutrient solutions to maintain your life in recent years, that thing is definitely not as good as a hot pizza... You may not know that in the past 60 years, we have not only put you In addition to messing up the saved world, we also made a lot of new flavors of food..."

He looked at Steve and he said:

"I know, you have a lot to ask, so maybe we can chat while we eat?"

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"Swish"

Between the light distortions, Merlin dragged three pizzas into the room of the Pegasus Base, which is the room Fury used to deceive Steve. Fury and Steve sat opposite each other, and Hill stood On the side, give two people access to this water.

The atmosphere at the scene was definitely not good.

“Fresh baked pizza.”

Merlin put the pizza on the table and said to Steve:

"I asked old Stan to bake it himself. Do you remember old Stan? Oh, his name was Martin when he joined the army. He said he fought with you. He was a rookie who liked to draw cartoons."

"I remember."

Steve stared at Fury, he stretched out his hand, lifted a piece of pizza, put it near his mouth, took a bite, chewed, and said:

"On the Rhine battlefield, that young man followed us to attack the nacui's position. He was very timid and couldn't even hold a gun, but his paintings were indeed very good... Well, now it seems that his kitchen Art is also good."

Whether eating pizza or talking, Steve never took his eyes off Fury.

That look...

How to describe it, it's pretty scary anyway.

But on the other hand, Fury still had the indifferent look that the whole world owed him money. He was quite full at noon and didn't plan to add another meal.Facing Steve's glare, he picked up his water glass, coughed a few times, and said:

"I admit that my preparations have been neglected. I hope you will not be angry."

"If you had just told me it was 2004, I might not have been so angry, Lord Fury."

Steve said softly:

"Do you understand how bad it is to give people hope and expectation, but also to let people suffer from disappointment? Maybe you can't understand when I say this, maybe, I should express my feelings at this time with my fist."

"Look, boss, I just said it shouldn't be done."

Hill stood behind Fury, and she whispered to Fury:

"It's okay to apologize now."

"I'm doing it for your own good."

This guy Fury is so awkward, instead of apologizing, he said to Steve:

"I'm just afraid that an old man in his 80s can't stand such a big stimulus...I don't mean anything else, of course, if you think it's a kind of irony or humiliation, I can say, I didn't mean that. "

"You're always doing what's right for others, but you have to be careful how you do it occasionally."

Merlin pulled out a chair and sat next to the two of them. He called Hill to sit opposite him. He looked at Fury and then at Steve. He stretched out his hands and said to the two of them:

"Okay, okay, everyone is sitting here to defeat Hydra, everyone has the same enemy, and everyone is friends. Although there is something wrong with the reception ceremony, but for my sake, everyone Act as if nothing happened, okay?"

Steve breathed a sigh of relief, he glanced at Merlin, then took a bite of the seafood pizza, he said:

"Forget it, it's not a big deal."

Fury turned his head in embarrassment, and said:

"Well, I admit, I didn't think about it a little bit, and I was a little poorly prepared."

Seeing that the tense atmosphere dissipated a little, Merlin also heaved a sigh of relief. He took out his pocket watch to check the time, and then said to Steve:

"I informed Agent Duggan, but he's on an important mission on Omnic Island in the Atlantic Ocean, and it might be a few days before he comes over to meet you. The rest of the Roaring Commandos... and one is in the hospital, but, He can't remember everything. Alzheimer's, you know, is still a terrible disease in this day and age."

Steve's expression turned a little sad.

His friends, everyone he knew were old, but he was still young, which is really not a kind of luck.

Fury said to Steve:

"Your house in Brooklyn is still there, but it's almost a memorial now. If you think it's necessary, I can help you get it back."

"It's not necessary."

Steve bowed his head and ate. He said:

"I think this house is pretty good."

"You can't live here."

Merlin rubbed his forehead, he said:

"There are many ongoing secret projects in the Pegasus base. It's not that we don't trust you. It's just that you have to understand that it's inconvenient for you to stand here."

"How about this."

Merlin thought for a while, and he said to Steve:

"Ms. Peggy's manor in New York is still vacant. Now her niece, my assistant Sharon lives there. I think you can move there."

"On the one hand, Ms. Peggy has always reserved a room for you. On the other hand, Sharon can help you quickly adapt to the current era when you live there."

Merlin says:

"This era is different from yours back then. In this era, it's like a group of demons dancing wildly."

"Peggy's estate?"

Steve ate the pizza like chewing wax, he thought for a moment, then nodded:

"Ok."

"Well, there's one more thing."

Merlin glanced at Fury, who picked up the suitcase he was carrying and put it in front of Steve. He opened the suitcase, and inside was a very complicated constant temperature preservation system, and in the center of the suitcase, placed A mask as thin as a cicada's wing, with hexagonal crystalline scales.

"This thing, Item No. 01084-4, is an item we contained during an alien dispute in 2001. It can perfectly change a person's appearance, and can escape most of the current monitors and detectors. "

"Steve, you have to understand that after you wake up, you will become our secret weapon against Hydra. Therefore, during this period of time, you may have to change your identity to live."

"no problem."

Steve was silent. He looked in a bad mood, so he didn't resist Fury's request too much.

Obviously, this is not a good time to talk, and Fury felt this too. He stopped the questions he had prepared before and said to Steve:

"Forget it, let's find a time another day and talk about it slowly. Steve, you can get used to it for a while. If you have any needs or questions, you can directly contact Merlin. He is your agent in S.H.I.E.L.D. Liaison officer, apart from him and me, anyone who gave you orders or passed information is false..."

"You have to understand that the current S.H.I.E.L.D. is not safe."

After finishing speaking, Fury stood up, he gave Merlin a wink, and he said:

"Then Merlin, help Steve pack up, and Hill and I will leave first."

"Well, let's go."

Merlin waved his hand and watched Fury and Hill leave the room. After confirming that they were far away, Merlin looked back at Steve. Patting Steve on the shoulder, he said:

"Don't be so silent, man, you're a hero..."

"However, I can also understand that if the knot in your heart cannot be untied, it will be difficult for you to start living again in this era. So, let's go to Ms. Peggy."

"Ok?"

Steve looked up, he looked at Merlin, he said:

"Didn't you say that Peggy ... disappeared?"

"Yes, she is missing."

Merlin rolled up a piece of pizza and waving his fingers while eating:

"Disappeared without a trace, Ferry tried all her resources and couldn't find her, but... I guess, there is someone who knows how to contact her."

"Who?"

asked Steve.

"Dumb Duggan."

Merlin said softly:

"The last time I talked to Agent Dugan, he thought he was hiding well, but unfortunately, I still sensed that he was hiding something. After you... well, disappeared, Agent Dugan has been with Ms. Peggy Working together until Ms. Peggy disappeared, so if anyone in S.H.I.E.L.D. could possibly know where Ms. Peggy went, it would have to be Agent Dugan, I guess."

Merlin said with some headache:

"But if I asked, he wouldn't tell. That old guy knows how to keep secrets. So, if you want to know where Ms. Peggy went, if you really want to have the last dance with Ms. Peggy, So..."

Merlin narrowed his eyes, moved his fingers, and said:

"Go and ask him yourself."

"Me, Ms. Peggy and I have something to talk about, about some... secrets! About... a rescue."

(End of this chapter)