Pirate Avenger

Chapter 13 Candidates

Life in the barracks is as boring as ever. Every day is eating, training, and sleeping.

For Spark, who is himself a navy, there is nothing to say, but for some people, it is miserable.Take Steve Rogers, for example.

Seeing this weak guy again in the barracks surprised Spark.

"Is there something wrong?" Spark couldn't help thinking.However, secretly through the relationship of Colonel Phillips, he learned that this ugly guy was actually recruited by Dr. Erskine himself, which aroused Spark's vigilance.

But after a period of observation, Spark became confused again.

Incomparably weak and fragile, all his grades are appalling, not to mention compared with himself, even ordinary soldiers, Steve is also inferior.Spark really didn't understand what Dr. Erskine valued in him, so he made an exception and recruited him into the new barracks.

Of course, Spark wouldn't be stupid enough to ask an idiot question like the Doctor or Steve.He didn't show any abnormalities, and still chose to observe in secret, only occasionally helping out.Such as when Hodge was bullying.

Gilmer Hodge, the real bastard in Spark's eyes, likes to bully the weak, makes trouble everywhere in the boot camp, and at the same time is a bully.

On the first day of formal training, he was severely punished for provoking Agent Carter.

Carter and Spark belong to the Strategic Science Corps. Although they usually have their own division of labor and don't have much contact with her, Spark knows a little bit about her.Don't be fooled by her beauty, otherwise she won't be the one who suffers.Under that handsome face, there is a powerful force that is not lost to special forces.

After being taught a lesson by Carter, Hodge still didn't restrain himself, domineering in the new barracks until he got into trouble with Spark.From the bottom of his heart, Spark hated replacing people like Hodge. Normally, there were no conflicts, and Spark would not force himself to stand out. However, that time when Hodge wanted to die, he couldn't blame Spark for being ruthless.

How can Hodge, who was just a bully and a gangster before joining the army, be the opponent of Spark, who has the ultimate fighting ability of a normal human being, especially when Spark doesn't really want to keep his hand.

Hodge, who was obviously dealt with in three or five strokes, lay in the military hospital for a full week.

Since the recruits were usually harassed by Hodge, during the investigation, the testimonies were surprisingly unanimous, and they were completely against Spark. Coupled with the secret operation of Colonel Phillips, Spark was not punished in the slightest.

Hodge knew that he had kicked the iron plate, and finally restrained himself after being discharged from the hospital.It's a pity that the bad habit is hard to change, and after a period of time, it started to make trouble again.Unfortunately, Steve was picked this time.It was also because of this battle that Spark started to get to know this weak guy again.

The gap between Steve and Hodge is like that between an adult and a child, so it can be said that Steve has no power to fight back.But even so, he still didn't give up.No matter how hard or how badly he was beaten, and no matter how many times he was brought down, he would eventually get back up and strike back at his opponent once again.

Although skinny and weak, he has a restrained fighting spirit, courage to defy power, and pure kindness.This is Spark's new evaluation of him.

Although he still doesn't think that kindness can bring victory, out of respect for Steve's performance, Spark came forward to stop the farce and warned Hodge seriously for the first time.Hodge didn't take it seriously at first, but when he found out that the other party showed a strong power that would never belong to a recruit, he flinched.

"I can fight him for a day, and I will win." Steve said ruthlessly afterwards.

"Well, I know." Spark didn't refute him.

Day after day of training, the recruits from all corners of the country gradually faded away and began to look a little like soldiers.

In private, the issue of the final candidate for the "super soldier" has also entered a heated stage.

"You don't really want to choose Rogers, do you?" Colonel Phillips asked helplessly.

"No, I've decided to choose him. It's a wise choice." Dr. Erskine replied seriously.

"When you brought this ninety-pound asthmatic cat into my unit, I didn't object, I wanted to fuck him! Maybe you just used him as a guinea pig. But I never thought you'd choose him Look at this kid's arms, they are thinner than noodles. I almost cried when I saw him."

"I'm more interested in quality than size," retorted the doctor.

"You know how much we have put into this project?"

"I know."

"I also had to grovel to those god-knows-what dog (fart) committees."

"Yes, I know how much effort you put in."

"Then give me something in return, Hodge passed all the tests. He's strong, he's fast, he obeys orders, he's a soldier."

"He's a bully!"

"You can't win a battle with kindness, doctor. Well, let's not talk about Hodge. Why can't he be Sparky. He is equally good, even more powerful, and he takes care of his colleagues. Had a fight with Hodge."

Here, Phillips played a little trick. He knew that with Erskine's character, he would never take a fancy to Hodge.He deliberately suggested that Hodge should let the doctor object, and then introduce Spark, who is more excellent and more in line with his psychology. It seems that the latter is just an alternative answer, but in fact it is Phillips' main candidate.

Looking at Spark who was training on the school field, the doctor hesitated and said: "Spark is excellent in all aspects, and I agree with this statement. However, in my feeling, what he showed is not all about him. He has an unknown side, a dark side."

"God, are you kidding me? Who doesn't have any secrets yet. And who can guarantee that Rogers doesn't have the dark side you said." The colonel refuted loudly.

The doctor was silent and shook his head again.

"How about doing an experiment?" Ignoring the doctor's reaction, the colonel turned around on his own, took out a grenade from the ammunition cart, quickly pulled out the safety pin, and said to the doctor: "Victory depends on Courage." Then he threw the grenade at the recruits who were training.

"There are grenades!"

Facing the sudden grenade attack, the recruits panicked and dodged in a hurry.

But Steve didn't do that.Without the slightest hesitation, he pounced on it, intending to use his body to hold down the grenade in exchange for the chance of other people's lives.

However, there was a person who was faster than him. He quickly rushed to the grenade, raised his foot, and kicked the grenade to an area where there was no one.

This person is naturally Spark.

The grenade is naturally fake and nothing happens.

"Allow the alarm and return to the team."

Steve looked at the colonel and asked suspiciously, "Is this a test?", but Spark had already returned to the team.

"Good reaction. But just now, we lost him, didn't we?" the colonel said to the doctor beside him.

The doctor naturally understood that he was referring to Steve, and also understood his deeper meaning.Super serum is not Chinese cabbage, the raw materials are precious, and there is almost no possibility of mass production. It is thankful to be able to transform dozens of super soldiers, so every super soldier is extremely precious, and the scene just now...

Regarding the question of the final candidate, the discussion between the two once again ended without a problem.

After that, the two continued to have dialogues on this issue. Both sides had their own persistence and plans, and argued hard.After arduous negotiations between the two, the answer that was not considered an answer was finally released—Spark and Steve were both candidates for the final experiment.This is the only option that shuts both of them down at the same time.

(End of this chapter)