The Lich King of the American comic world

"Hey Jarvis, don't forget who made you, you have to face your creator!"

"Okay boss, next time I will only count and not talk."

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Chapter 24 Clues

Steve was in a hurry to leave S.H.I.E.L.D. He now needs to find a place where no one is around to check his body.

He felt something abnormal in his body, but he didn't know what the problem was.

When summoning the death knight before, he could clearly feel the loss of his vitality.

In the past, it was possible to make up part of it through eating and resting, but this time, the temporary vacancy that appeared after the loss of life force was filled by a strange energy!

It's like a bucket is filled with water. After part of the water is poured out, the space for the missing part of the water is still there, and the water may be replenished through some method;

However, the capacity of the bucket is so large. After the poured water is filled with other things, then there is no room for that part of the volume of water.

What scares Steve even more is that the power that replaces life force is the power of shadow!

Back on the familiar street of Hell's Kitchen, Steve randomly found a deserted place, hid himself and checked his body quietly.

In the end, he found that the skin on his right shoulder had turned blue-gray!

"Damn it, can I also become a monster with neither human nor undead? But my soul has not fallen, why is there such a change?"

At the thought of his body turning into a creature resembling an undead, Steve himself couldn't accept it at all.

But I have no clue now, and I can't think of a solution at all.

After worrying for a while, he could only put this matter aside.

Barely picking up his mood and tidying up his expression, Steve was going to return to his home in Hell's Kitchen first.

When he passed an alley, three young gangsters ran past him quickly and into the alley, which Steve remembered was a dead end.

Immediately afterwards, Steve saw a bearded man whose muscles were about to burst his jacket, and came to the entrance of the alley quickly.

Before entering the alley, the bearded man glanced at Steve and said, "Man, marijuana or drugs are very harmful to the body. If possible, you should quit."

After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Steve to reply, and ran straight to the alley at high speed.

From the looks of it, he was chasing those three gangsters.

Steve is indifferent by nature, and he didn't want to meddle in other people's business at first.

But when the bearded man passed by him, he seemed to smell a strange fragrance, and Steve couldn't help but stop.

Although he had never smelled this kind of fragrance before, Steve knew that it was a fragrance from the soul, and he also knew that it was a special fragrance that belonged to noble souls!

This ability to discern seems to be innate.

When Steve turned his head and saw the back of the bearded man, he suddenly became interested, so Steve walked slowly towards the depths of the alley.

When Steve walked to the innermost part of the alley, the bearded man had already subdued three punks.

At this moment, the three gangsters were lying on their hands facing the wall, while the bearded man was asking something.

When Steve got closer, he heard the bearded man's question: "Where is my pocket watch? If you don't return it to me, I can spend the whole day with you!"

One of the gangsters said loudly: "I said, we see that it is a cheap old-fashioned pocket watch, and we will throw it away!"

"Where did you throw it?" the bearded man asked loudly, angrily.

"In the trash can! On the third block!"

The bearded man had searched them just now, but he really didn't find his belongings.

The bearded man finally chose to believe their words, so after kicking each of them, he quickly ran towards the trash can in the third block.

When passing by Steve, he even reminded him again: "Dude! Sometimes the body is more important than curiosity!"

After confirming the back view again, Steve couldn't help thinking: "Old-fashioned pocket watch, buttocks, big muscles, plus the taste of a noble soul... Could it be such a coincidence?"

In fact, sometimes it really is such a coincidence...

Stie arrived at the third block about 10 minutes later than Big Beard. When he reached the alley dedicated to the garbage, Big Beard was rummaging in the trash can with his butt pouted.

Seeing the angry look of the guys rummaging through the trash can but still finding nothing, Steve stepped forward and said, "Dude, the gangsters in Hell's Kitchen won't miss anything that can be exchanged for money. Your stuff must still be with them."

"Impossible, I have searched them. Huh? Why is it you again?" The bearded man asked with a difference.

"But I think you should strip them off first, and then search their underwear one by one, don't you? Yes, I have no malicious intentions, just in return for your kind reminder." Steve leaned against the wall, He crossed his arms with both hands and reminded him kindly.

The bearded man suddenly realized that he had indeed missed some more private parts.

"Bastard! They must have run away."

He slapped himself on the forehead, annoyed that he believed those bastards' words.

But Steve smiled and said to him: "I know them, I bet they haven't left yet, if you rush over now, maybe there's still time."

The bearded man suddenly raised his head, glanced at Steve, and then ran towards the alley just now.

"Run so fast? Then it seems that it is really you in all likelihood, America... Ah no, Captain America Steve Rogers!" Steve said to himself.

This time Steve didn't follow him any more, and he was confident that the three punks really didn't run away either.

To be precise, I dare not run.

Because of those three little bastards, when they saw Steve, they were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and wet their pants by the way.

It turned out that when Steve took the iron zombie to collect protection money from their boss, the three of them were not far away.

The helpers who are invulnerable, infinitely powerful and howling all over the ground really gave them too deep an image.

Hearing that Steve just told them to stay where they were and wait for the bearded man to come back, they hurriedly nodded to show their cooperation.

In the end, after Steve stripped off the three gangsters, he successfully retrieved the pocket watch from a gangster's close-fitting trouser pocket.

Wiping his pocket watch with a bastard's clothes, Steve inadvertently thought of the Asian youth.

Steve asked the gangster, "Who is that Asian young man? Do you know him?"

A punk with studs in his ear, nose, and tongue replied, "His name is Steve, Steve Bell. He owns a security company on Fourth Street.

We knew him, we met him when he was collecting protection money from our boss.

He...he's scary. "

Steve didn't know what the scary thing they meant, but no matter how he asked, the three of them shook their heads resolutely and refused to answer.

In desperation, Steve had no choice but to give up the questioning, and he didn't want to meddle in his own business now.

Feeling that it was almost wiped, Steve opened the pocket watch and glanced at the person in the photo in the pocket watch wistfully.

Then he closed his pocket watch, and slowly left here with a little sadness that outsiders could not understand.

Chapter 25 The Blind Lawyer

On the way home, Steve helped Captain America a little bit, and his mood recovered a little.

Nothing happened all the way, and Steve returned to his company, which is also his home.

When he came to the door, it was still closed, and Steve took out the key to open the door.

"Huh? Anna's not at home, where did she go?"

At this moment, a rush of footsteps came from the corridor.

"My God, Steve, you're finally back! Thank God!"

Steve turned to look at the door, and it turned out to be little Jimmy.

Jimmy ran up to Stee, and Stee could see Jimmy's anxiety, so he said, "Don't worry buddy, speak slowly."

Jimmy held Steve's hand and was about to walk out. While pulling, he said, "He's injured, very seriously! Anna rushed over to take care of him, please help him."

Steve is baffled by Jimmy's nonsensical remarks.

He brought the skinny Jimmy to his eyes, and asked, "Little boy, let's make things clear, we have plenty of time. By the way, who is he you're talking about? Where did Anna go, and who did she take care of?"

Jimmy took a few breaths and asked, "I ran all the way after hearing the news of your return. I'm a little thirsty. Can I have a glass of water first?"

"Come on buddy, I'll make you a cup of coffee." Steve put Jimmy on the ground, then took his hand and entered the living room.

Poured Jimmy a cup of instant coffee, Steve and Jimmy clinked glasses lightly.

"Tell me, brother, what happened?"

Jimmy took a sip of the coffee carefully. Although it was bitter, he still enjoyed it.

After calming down, Jimmy finally straightened his mind and tongue, and said to Steve: "After you left, I will take care of Anna as usual.

Just the day before yesterday, when I went to the law firm to find Matt as usual, I found that Matt was not there, and even Fudge didn't know where he was.

Then I waited for him at one of his secret bases.

When Matt showed up at the gate of his base last night, I found out that he was badly wounded, his shoulder was punctured.

So I came and asked Anna for help, because I couldn't take care of him alone. "

Jimmy talked a lot, and then he looked at Steve expectantly, waiting for him to ask a question.

Steve and Jimmy met for a few seconds, thought for a moment and asked, "Who is Matt?"

"Hey! Steve! How could you do this! Matt is the blind lawyer in that law firm. He has helped us many times! How can you not remember him!" Jimmy looked very surprised at Steve's question dissatisfied.

"Oh oh oh! You said it earlier, the blind lawyer in Hell's Kitchen, who doesn't know?" Steve responded exaggeratedly.

Blocking Jimmy's attack, Steve continued to ask: "What's wrong with him? Was he stabbed when he lost the lawsuit, or was he stabbed when he won?"

Jimmy snorted, and although angry at Steve's disrespect for Matt, he still replied, "Do you know his other identity?"

"The man in the leather jacket who jumped around at night and helped the police kill victims?"

"The man in the leather jacket? Please call him Daredevil! Steve, I'll get angry if you do this again!" Jimmy shouted out of righteous indignation.

Seeing that Jimmy was on the verge of breaking out, Steve stopped teasing him, raised his hands in a gesture of surrender and said, "Okay, Daredevil, Daredevil, right? By the way, what's the matter with him? "

Jimmy lowered his head suddenly, and said, "I don't know, he seems to have been hit very hard, not only physically, but also mentally.

Please, Steve, he has helped us several times for free, can you help him? "

"Of course, take me to see this unlucky guy, but I have to pay, after all, my professional ethics does not allow me to break the rules."

Steve didn't tease Jimmy again this time, he simply agreed.

Although Jimmy was dissatisfied with Stee's charge, he didn't care about fighting for a discount for Matt. The most important thing was to keep Matt's name first.

Under Jimmy's leadership, Steve came to a place that looked like a warehouse.

"It turns out that this inconspicuous place, like an abandoned warehouse, is Daredevil's secret base." Steve muttered to himself.

Jimmy fiddled with the combination lock at the door for a long time, finally got the combination right and opened the door.

Steve followed Jimmy to the basement floor of the warehouse, and finally saw Anna.

Anna saw Jimmy coming with Steve, and her haggard face suddenly glowed with glory.

"Stee, that's great! You're finally back!" Anna ran to Stee and gave him an affectionate hug.

But it seemed to her that Steve had grown thinner.

And when she habitually put her head on Steve's right shoulder, she even felt that she was leaning on a dry old tree bark.

"Stee, you..." Anna said as she was about to check Stee's shoulder, but Stee held her hand.

"It's okay, a little injury, it will be fine in a few days."

"Really? You can't lie to me, if you are really sick or injured, we must go to the hospital to see!

You've made a lot of money... we... woo woo woo..." Anna cried out as she spoke.

Jimmy was at a loss by the side, and he understood that Steve seemed to have a physical problem, as if he had some strange disease or suffered a serious injury.

Stee comforted Anna softly, and gently rubbed the depressed Jimmy's head with his right hand.

These are the two closest to each other after he came here, and he doesn't want him to worry them.

Steve said to them, "Guys, we seem to be forgetting business?"

Only then did Anna let out a low cry, and pulled Steve to the side of a single bed.