The Great Winter Soldier

"You mean there's nothing there?" Xia Tian held the phone and looked at the magnificent scene of the setting sun outside the window, but had no interest in appreciating it. wx

"Yes, before the Japanese Yakuza transport ship arrived at the Black Horse Pier, I took Victor and teleported in. There was nothing there, it was an empty ship." Nicole came from the other end of the phone sneer.

"It seems like they are trying to lure us out." Xia Tian's face became serious and he speculated on a conclusion.

"There were indeed a lot of ambushes on the shore. Victor found traces of many gang members, and the weapons were military grade. I thought they attached great importance to this cargo and tried to increase defense measures, but now it seems that they probably wanted to You want to kill me." Nicole nodded and said, "This is a trap, they must be trying to fight back, they have no plan to transport the goods at all."

Xia Tian's expression was a little weird, and he said: "It's fun to come and go, so you haven't been exposed, right?"

"No, Victor's advice is very pertinent. I think his and your acting styles should be of the same origin, so I followed his advice and brought him back. No one has noticed us." Nicole responded.

"Jessica has finished her work here. It's time to ask the Jidao Gang for an operation. Tell Wesley to be careful in the recent period. Let's go explore the path of the Hand." Xia Tian opened his mouth and gave instructions.

"Are you finally going to find trouble with those top criminal groups? I've been waiting for a long time, hee hee." There was a trace of desire and a trace of joy in Nicole's words.

"Well, I have no intention of wiping them out. It's almost impossible. I want to teach them a lesson. The most important thing is that I have to find traces of the Hand and nip the Shadow Realm incident in the bud." Xia Tian responded .

"Yeah, that's right." Nicole also became serious when she thought of Matt Murdock who was blackened in another world.

Xia Tian finalized the plan, used the butterfly knife in his hand to insert the photo of "Ji Gangxin" on the picture wall, stood up and walked out of the study, came to the handrail, turned over and jumped down to the third floor, but there was no family on the first floor. Finding Jessica's figure in the room, Xia Tian frowned, closed his eyes, and his mind power surged out, but he "saw" a scene that made him very dissatisfied.

Xia Tian quickly came to the east living room and saw a drunk woman. At this time, Jessica was drunk and confused. She was half sitting and half lying leaning against the fireplace. There were a pile of empty wine bottles around her. Her dark, semi-long hair looked extremely messy, and her red lips contrasted sharply with her pale skin.

When Xia Tian walked in, Jessica was drinking the last sip of wine. She turned the empty bottle over with a slight annoyance and put it on top of her face. She stuck out her tongue and waited for the last drop of wine to fall down. She was as drunk as The appearance of Mu made Xia Tian a little dissatisfied. What he wanted was a superpower team member, not a drunkard.

"No, it's all finished. Do you still have wine here?" Jessica asked, grabbing her black hair with one hand, and the words coming out of her lips were a little blurry. Xia Tian could only understand roughly.

"You've drunk enough." Xia Tian frowned and looked at the empty wine bottles on the ground.

"You're right, Dad. Can I sleep with my little bear tonight? I got an A in the exam yesterday." Jessica glanced at Xia Tian coldly, muttering something unclear in her mouth, holding on with one hand. Standing on the edge of the fireplace, he stood up staggeringly, his body swaying a little. He finally got up, and after taking a step, his feet went weak and he fell to the ground.

Xia Tian knew Jessica's stinky and tough character, so she didn't take Jessica's ridicule seriously. She walked up to Jessica, held her arm and tried to pull her up.

But Jessica waved her hand fiercely and pushed Xia Tian away, landing on the sofa.

"Jessica" Xia Tian sat upright and looked at the woman lying on her back on the floor with a serious expression.

Jessica slowly pushed herself up, and finally gave up, lying on the fluffy carpet without saying a word.

"What happened? I thought you would feel better after Kilgrave died." Xia Tian really didn't understand why she was in such a state.

"Leave me alone" Jessica casually grabbed an empty wine bottle on the ground and threw it towards Xia Tian.

But Xia Tian used his ability to hold it up in the air. Jessica looked at the wine bottle floating in the air with some confusion until it was held by a hand and placed on the coffee table. Jessica's eyes followed it. , saw Xia Tian kneeling beside him.

"If this is a celebration, this joy cannot be shared by others." Xia Tian was unexpectedly very patient. On the one hand, Jessica was new to the team, and on the other hand, Xia Tian did know what Jessica had gone through. What, so he did make some concessions.

"Celebrate joy" Jessica murmured two words in her mouth, her eyes slowly turned red, she curled up and lay on her side on the carpet, held her head tightly with her hands, and said in a muffled voice, "How can there be What a celebration, where comes the joy, shit”

"Jessica" Xia Tian also realized that something was wrong. This was definitely not a woman celebrating Kilgrave's death. Xia Tian, ​​who was always cautious, pushed Jessica's arm away, tried hard to help her up and sat on the ground, and asked Said, "What happened?"

"I told Hope about Jessica's replacement, the female student who was controlled by the Purple Man and shot her parents, and told her the news of the demon's death. I hope she can cheer up, and I will do everything I can to help her. I will Find other people controlled by Kilgrave and testify against her. I want her to be acquitted." Jessica lowered her eyes, tears hanging on her long eyelashes, and her choked voice made people listen. Somewhat distressed.

Xia Tian silently looked at the female madman in front of him, wondering how things would develop.

"But she told me that she was pregnant." Jessica's smile was extremely bitter, and her pale face pieced together a sad and beautiful pattern against the backdrop of the fireplace flames.

"She thinks." Xia Tian was stunned for a moment. This was beyond his expectation. Xia Tian was not the party involved. He didn't know what the girl named Hope was thinking.

"She wanted to abort the child. She said she felt sick every time she touched her belly. She couldn't help but spit on herself every time she thought about a seed of sin in her body." Jesse Ka lowered his head and murmured.

"The current medical level is very good, this kind of thing is very simple." Xia Tian's words were interrupted by Jessica.

"The doctor's appointment in the prison has been scheduled for two months, but after two months, everything is too late." Jessica's voice revealed extreme helplessness. Obviously, she had not changed her mentality at this time, and she still used The mentality of ordinary people living in this society.

"Leave everything to me." Xia Tian rubbed Jessica's head.

"It's useless. I just got a call. Hope spent ten dollars to hire a female prisoner to beat her and try to have an abortion in this way, haha." Jessica pushed Xia Tian away from her inch by inch with a little force. Beside him, the drunken and confused eyes looked at Xia Tian, ​​"Hope is dead. The beating behavior of the female prisoner attracted the attention of other prisoners, and they couldn't wait to join the carnival."

Xia Tian's face was stunned, and he had mixed feelings in his heart. For the first time, he felt what it felt like to be "stuck for words".

"It's all my fault. I hurt her. She was just a child, but she took on everything for me." A layer of mist formed in Jessica's eyes, and she was already crying.

Xia Tian was completely silent. He gently leaned Jessica against the fireplace, casually kicked away the wine bottles scattered on the ground, and slowly sat in front of Jessica, closing his eyes. Two bottles of vodka flew out of the cellar outside the house, flew around the corridor through the dining room window, and flew into Xia Tian's hands.

Xia Tian opened the bottle cap and put the strong liquor into Jessica's hands. Jessica couldn't wait to drink it. The bitter and spicy liquid washed over her taste buds. After a few seconds, she coughed violently. stand up.

Xia Tian didn't make any move anymore. He just drank with her quietly. Liquor kept flying from the cellar. Xia Tian didn't do anything to stop her. He had even made plans to take her for gastric lavage.

It was also at this moment that Xia Tian realized more clearly that in this real and cruel world, some people need more courage to live than to die.

Why do you always need to go through all kinds of hardships to become a superhero? This may be what distinguishes so-called superheroes from ordinary people.

Xia Tian also finally saw that she had the qualities to become a superhero. Before Jessica fell asleep, she crushed the wine bottle and murmured that she would spend her whole life helping all the ordinary people who were in trouble because of the Purple Man. If Nicole's belief is revenge, then Jessica's belief is atonement. If Nicole's qualitative change happened when she gave up everything and lay on the test bed of the mutant manufacturing factory, then Jessica's qualitative change may be tonight.

Xia Tian didn't know if Jessica could become a "treasure" in the Defenders. Xia Tian just helped her up and drove to the hospital.

The night is long. To be continued.