The beautiful daily life of Black Light Salted Fish

Will everyone be like this when they live to be 70 or 80 years old? There may never be a standard answer to this question.

If we say that in 1990, Peggy Carter might still be a little unwilling; but now that she is nearly eighty years old, she has really taken a dim view of many things and is no longer willing to persist.

Without Steve Rogers' companionship through time and space, Peggy Carter's life has completely changed. Seeing the old lady's appearance, Watson had nothing to say to her for a while.

He could only try one last time: "I think everyone has different views on the same thing at different ages. So if your body and brain return to the age of more than 20 years old, maybe you won't I would think so."

"Maybe, after all, no one has ever tried the taste of rejuvenation." Old Mrs. Carter shook her head: "People have countless reasons for wanting to live forever. I also had them before, but they are gone now."

"It's enough to chat with an old woman like me for so long." She turned around and walked out the door: "That's it for today. I'll arrange a room for you to rest. As for Howard, I'll finish harvesting in the past few days. Let’s talk about the matter later.”

"Okay, actually it would be better if you find me a training range..."

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"What do you think about this person?"

In Carter's office, the agents sent a latest investigation report on the Howard incident. In view of Watson's poor English word reserve, the entire process was basically explained by the old lady.

The focus of discussion at this point was a few photos from the report.

It's said to be a photo, but it's actually a printout of a surveillance video.

In one of the photos, a man wearing a full-coverage metal helmet and black tights is wielding two T-shaped straight blades to cut into the chest of the guard; in the other photo, the same man is seen with a straight face. The heavy machine gun in his hand was firing.

The surveillance video report shows that his body can even withstand a considerable number of bullets.

The familiar outfit jogged Watson's memory.

"The Clockwork Man", Carl Laprecht Kronen.

On that rainy night in Heidelberg in 1944, Clockwork Man was defeated by Watson and Steve. But just like the setting in the movie "Hellboy", the power of the devil made him reborn again. From a gaming perspective, today's Clockworkers are cheating players who have used a series of cheats such as 10x damage reduction, self-aim, and super jump.

And he is obviously very aware of his advantages. In the photo, he even carries a large-caliber heavy machine gun to charge, and every shot is accurate.

It can only be said that Howard did not lose unfairly.

But Watson was a little doubtful whether this Clockwork Man was an "original product", because when the Clockwork Man was defeated in 1944, his entire body spontaneously ignited and burned to ashes. This setting was not included in the original movie.

This is the disadvantage of traveling through another world without a system. Even the "black light virus" on his body took Watson a long time to slowly identify.

If only I had a system...

Ding! Wearing women's clothing increases combat effectiveness by 100%!

Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully integrating the black light virus!

Ding! The favorability of plot character Peggy Carter increases by 10 points!

Straightforward and clear. Why are there so many troubles now?

Lazy, so annoying.

"We have investigated reports of superhuman events in the past few decades, but only the case between you and Steve in Heidelberg in 1944 matches the characteristics of this person." Old Mrs. Carter rummaged for a while and pulled out a few more documents:

"Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call him a 'cyborg'."

At that time, Watson initially contacted Steve as a "civilian survivor". Logically speaking, he should not know the true identity of Lieutenant Colonel Cronan. So after defeating Clockwork Man, Watson simply said nothing.

This led to the perception of the Allied high-level officials that Hydra had an unfounded secret project of "mechanical human transformation".

"Well, after all, 'mechanical cyborg' is Hydra's original technology, so they have no reason not to continue to develop it."

Watson decided to make a mistake.

Clockwork Man's shortcomings are actually very obvious. First of all, he basically relies on conventional attack methods such as firearms and swords. Secondly, he is a semi-meat assassin after all, not a pure hard-skinned tank. If bullets can't hit, he will use cannonballs. Just like the time Watson chopped off his head, Clockwork Man's body will collapse as long as the damage is enough.

And his resurrection ability isn't instant either.

Of course, the above speculations need to be verified.

"You'd better use armored troops to deal with him. You can capture him alive, but you'll be responsible for the consequences."

Watson made his own suggestion. Not to mention that it was the Howards who were kidnapped. Based on Clockwork Man's "outsider" status, there was a high probability that the Ancient One Master would ask for his intervention.

But getting involved with S.H.I.E.L.D. is always a hidden danger. Now Carter is blocking Watson, so there is nothing dirty for the time being. But the longer he stayed, the more information he would expose. When the old lady retired in seven or eight years, it would be troublesome for him to get out.

So Watson would rather think of other ways, even if it is to open a portal with the mages to save people.

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The days passed like this for a few weeks.

This "mundaneness" is only for Watson, because the entire New York City is under full martial law. Damaged buildings, vehicle wreckage and street pavements all need to be cleared, and all losses and casualties also need to be counted.

With subsequent massive reinforcements, the US military quickly completed the sweep of New York City's sewers. At the same time, the peripheral troops are also inspecting the sewers in surrounding areas and cities. There is a high probability that the Reapers will be completely cold.

Of course, their corpses will most likely be put on the test benches of major organizations; perhaps some brave ones, such as the US military, may try to secretly raise some reapers for live research.

Watson maliciously speculated in his heart that maybe one day in the future, the upgraded version of Reaper 2.0 would come out inexplicably and create a "biohazard"?

But all this has nothing to do with him.

A hidden small room in the corner of the top floor of the SHIELD building became Watson's temporary residence. Old Mrs. Carter took over the personal belongings he had deposited with Howard in 1990. Including the Damascus hunting knife presented by Michela, and the well-maintained 1967 Martin OM28 guitar.

He returned to the simple days of eating, drinking, playing the piano and practicing guns. Unfortunately, during this period, Captain America Steve Rogers was still a sleeping man, showing no signs of waking up.

The Reaper incident has caused many areas of New York to be in a state of semi-standstill, and the daily losses are incalculable. The operations of large companies in Manhattan Island, known as the "World Economic Center", were affected. Transaction orders of all sizes were turned into waste paper like snowflakes. This simply cost the lives of the consortium capitalists behind it.

For businessmen, losing money is more terrible than losing their lives.

Therefore, in addition to scrambling to carve up the territory left by the vampires, when it comes to post-disaster reconstruction and restoration of order, all parties have reached a surprising consensus.

Major news companies are ordered by their sponsors to speak out in a unified voice. In addition to traditional fields such as newspapers, radio and television, the emerging Internet social platforms are also cooperating to guide public opinion, not to mention the various celebrities who come out to speak out. said.

In just a few weeks, the city has regained its vitality as quickly as possible.

Finally, it was time to leave.

No one mentioned "what are the next plans"? After all, Watson's identity document was obtained with Carter's help. In the small city of New York, it was not particularly difficult for her to know, and the two of them knew it well.

The farewell part was simple. Watson, wearing a mask, wore a black suit and carried his guitar. He waved to Mrs. Carter, stepped onto the slightly messy street sidewalk, and disappeared around the corner after a while.

The modern economic metropolis and the classical romantic small town of Heidelberg are completely different in style. As the sky gets darker, the lights all over the city light up again. The buildings, illuminated golden yellow by the lights, spread to the end of the horizon. As if the wound had healed, the streets were once again filled with vehicles, flowing like blood.

Finding an uninhabited slope high up, Watson sat on a chair and played the guitar comfortably.

At this time, the evening wind blowing by my ears suddenly stopped.

He turned his head, and the ancient mage with an air of immortality was standing behind him.

"Can you tell me what it feels like to live for hundreds of years?" Before Master Ancient One spoke, Watson took the initiative to ask a question: "I have a... friend. She said that she lived By the time you reach your seventies or eighties, your heart will be tired and you will lose sight of everything.”

Gently wipe the fingerboard with a fine velvet cloth, and then carefully put the guitar into the case. Watson stood up and walked towards Master Ancient One: "I have never been able to figure out how to persuade her, because I myself have no experience of living for hundreds of years."

"Then I just remembered, aren't you a living example?"

"You are the one who really takes everything lightly."

Master Gu Yi said nothing.

She looked over Watson's body and looked at the night view of the city with her hands behind her back. Watson didn't ask further questions, crossed his arms and started waiting. After a while, Master Gu Yi's voice reached his ears.

"Watson, you have interfered with the fate of many people."

Watson was silent. He was not sure whether Master Gu Yi's words were a compliment or a curse.

"I'm not blaming you." Master Ancient One turned around and looked into Watson's eyes: "Allowing you to move around in this world will inevitably produce such results, and I am mentally prepared for this."

"The impact you 'outsiders' have is much greater than you think."

After a moment, she turned her gaze back to the night view of the city down the hillside: "This world has deviated from its original trajectory. I could have waited for Stephen Strange to come and then calmly welcomed the new beginning of death, but that can't be done now. .”

"So you see, I have a reason to live for now."

Master Gu Yi turned around again and said calmly: "You should also find a reason for your friend."

Watson was stunned for a while before he opened his mouth to answer: "I thought you were going to tell me that life and death are determined by fate and everything depends on fate."

"If I were really that kind of person, I would have died a long time ago. Why would I want to steal Dormammu's power?" The bald woman shook her head gently, her unusually smooth face still expressionless.

"Okay, let's get back to that 'clockwork man'."

Watson decided to change the esoteric topic.

"His 'resurrection' ability is the most troublesome problem. Do you have any ideas?"

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A few hours later, the New York Temple, 177A Bleecker Street, Manhattan.

"Did you dye your hair?"

Master Wang walked out of the door holding his cell phone and looking at Watson's red ponytail with a strange look on his face.

"Yes, it was dyed with Master Wang at the entrance of the village."

Watson made a joke and opened the door and walked in without giving Wang a chance to continue asking questions.