How the Good and the Villain Saved Each Other

As a seasoned dream voyeur, Loki certainly knows that the scenarios imagined by the brain are completely different from the real memories: as long as you use the right method, you can subtly exert influence to guide the direction of the former, while the latter is much more delicate. Make the wrong intervention, and the memory will be distorted, and the truth you so desperately want will be lost.

It was about Tony's father, Loki had to figure out the ins and outs of the matter, so when he visited Bucky's dream for two consecutive weeks and tried various means to induce him, he still failed to get the follow-up of the escape of the Winter Soldier, Finally decided to take the risk - if the evil god has any shortcomings, it must be lack of patience, he hates waiting for a long time, this can be said to be a common problem of all smart people, they always want to use other means to solve the problem instead of standing on the ground wasting time.

then--

Steve stepped out of the elevator with a bag of food he just purchased from the supermarket, and met Loki who had been waiting for him for a long time.

"I plan to show our little deer's brain tomorrow morning." The evil god leaned lazily against the wall, but said to Captain America in a serious tone similar to that of a professional doctor prescribing medicine, "Remember to take the brain at ten o'clock on time." He brought it to my studio."

"But you have emphasized before that there is no need to rush this matter." Steve stared at the evil god with a scrutinizing gaze, as if trying to pry into the other person's heart through the impenetrable shell.

"That's right," Loki shrugged nonchalantly, as if there was nothing to be ashamed of overturning his previous remarks, "but now the little deer is close enough to me, it shouldn't be a big problem to proceed to the next step."

Steve frowned.

"Bucky has indeed started to get close to you, but he hasn't fully trusted you yet," he said, his eyes were like the frozen ocean, blue and cold, "now is definitely not the best time, what happened to make you so anxious ? Or, what did you see in Bucky's dream?"

Loki decided to hate Rogers' insight, which was really helpful in combat, but it was a goddamn stumbling block whenever he secretly wanted to do something sneaky.

They stared at each other, green eyes and blue eyes intertwined, each secretly plotting carefully for the benefit of their sweethearts, and at the same time couldn't help but weigh the possibility of being open and honest - after all, it was too much for one person to bear that huge secret. Hardships, both desperate to develop an accomplice to take the pressure off their shoulders.

If this accomplice does not turn traitor.

"I saw a memory in your little deer boy's dream, which is quite interesting, and it has something to do with Tony," Loki said tentatively, "It's very painful to know that the movie was stopped halfway through, and I Just trying to figure out what's going on, that's all."

"What you call 'related to Tony' is actually related to his father, Howard Stark." Steve said sharply, frowning tightly, "What did you find?"

"The truth," Loki narrowed his eyes, "I discovered the truth that has been hidden." He tried to use vague language to lure the other party to reveal more information, so as to judge how much Captain America knew about Howard's death, but unfortunately the other party He didn't take the bait, and Steve remained silent. It's not that he doesn't trust Loki, but that's only in the battle - the evil god is like a giant python in the jungle, exuding a dangerous aura, which makes people feel wary. And it's about Tony, it's hard for him to ensure that the other party can stand on the right side.

"'In 1973, after the Winter Soldier was sent to the United States to carry out an assassination mission, there was a defection.'" Steve said, his voice was as calm as an ancient well, but his hands behind his back unconsciously clenched into fists, "'In order to retrieve this extremely valuable tool, the KGB had to use all available means. Several undercover agents stationed in the United States even exposed their identities because of this. It took a full two weeks and paid a huge price to finally recover it. .'——Through the network in Russia, Natasha has recently found some information about Bucky one after another, and the one I just quoted is one of them."

Loki's eyes flickered, and he immediately realized that this was the continuation of the memory shown in the Winter Soldier's dream.

"Where did Xiao Luzai hide during his escape?" He asked in surprise, "I didn't even know he had such a good anti-tracking ability."

Steve looked at Loki deeply.

"I need you to tell me this." He said word by word, the expression on his face reminded Loki of his brother inexplicably, well, since Rogers took the initiative to show the sincerity of sharing secrets, he should respond accordingly The expression is correct.

"I seem to have seen this in Xiaoluzi's dream," Loki pretended to tap his forehead, as if he was trying to recall the situation at that time, "he was not sober at that time, but he ran to find Tony's father, but this seems to be reasonable. After all, Howard has always been a man of the hour, on the front page of newspapers, on the cover of magazines, etc. Maybe the little deer boy saw his photos or reports somewhere, and his memory was also awakened. maybe."

Steve stared at Loki and suddenly smiled wryly.

"It seems that you only know so much," he said numbly, "but no matter what the process is, the result is clear at a glance-Howard failed to protect Bucky, if he did, Bucky could have avoided 30 years of torture Sin, maybe he will be the first person I see after being thawed."

Loki raised an eyebrow, disapprovingly: "This is not the Stark family's fault, the world is unpredictable, and Hydra and KGB are also ruthless characters that are difficult to deal with."

"That's right, I don't blame Howard," Steve nodded, his expression has calmed down, "He can't be the opponent of Hydra, because those people are never afraid to use any despicable and dirty methods—such as Kidnap Howard's son."

"You mean Tony?" Loki's eyes widened suddenly. Of course he knew that Tony had only one son in Howard's life, but he never heard from Tony that he was kidnapped when he was a child.

Steve lowered his eyes: "Tony was only four years old at the time. As a father, Howard had no other choice. He injected Bucky with anesthesia and handed him over to Hydra."

Loki stood there blankly, he never thought that things would be like this, he looked suspiciously at the Captain America in front of him, his brain was spinning rapidly, calculating, and finally his gaze gradually turned from dazed to dangerous.

"You're threatening me." He squinted his eyes and said every word, his voice sounded cold and piercing.

"No, I didn't." Steve remained expressionless, his tone calm and believable as usual.

"Don't lie to me, mortal!" Loki grabbed Captain America by the collar, and the coercion of the Protoss unfolded silently and quickly, almost making it difficult to breathe. "You know that the Winter Soldier killed Howard, so he is threatening him with Tony." I keep it a secret, don't I!"

"I'm not lying, Rocky." Steve looked straight into the angry eyes of the other party, "You and Tony are my friends, especially Tony, he is Howard's son, and I have the responsibility to take care of him. If you really Those who can see through lies should know that these words come from the heart-and I don't see anything in me that can threaten you."

Rocky gave Steve a stern look, then slowly let go of him.

"We must keep our mouths shut forever," he leaned sideways at the other party, and said confidently, as if his request was so fair and aboveboard, "Tony did nothing wrong, and he shouldn't bear something for nothing."

"I think so too," Steve sighed, and gently straightened the neckline that was pulled crooked by Loki, "but since you think it's not Stark's fault, then why worry about it."

"The crux of the matter is that Tony is a good guy, and if he knew that everything he has now was based on sacrificing another innocent person, he would be mad with guilt - although I don't understand the guilt at all "The evil god held his forehead in distress, and said angrily, he had no intention of caring whether these words would arouse Steve's displeasure, "You human beings, the better you are, the more troublesome and painful you are, always I wish I could take all the mistakes on myself, and completely forget that you are just poor ants, and it is impossible to be perfect—compared to it, being a villain is much easier."

"You're right," Steve nodded, "Similarly, Bucky shouldn't be responsible for the killings he committed, he was brainwashed, he doesn't know anything, but once he thinks about it I’m going to die in pain.” Especially after he found out that he had brutally killed his former comrade-in-arms.

The two were silent again for a while.

"When did you know these things?" Loki asked.

"Before I was determined to destroy the S.H.I.E.L.D. that was parasitized by Hydra, I encountered traps more than once." Steve replied, "One of the times I met a lunatic who installed himself in a computer, and he revealed to me that Howard's There are other secrets behind death. So I asked Jarvis to collect and decipher the S.H.I.E.L.D. encrypted files released by Natasha, and finally found the truth.”

"You asked Jarvis to help?" Loki raised his voice several times in shock, "He is Tony's dog leg, and he will tell Tony everything!"

"Sorry, but YourHonor, I've always been here." The electronic butler's pleasant voice came from their heads.

"Don't be nervous," Steve smiled reassuringly at Loki, "As you said, Tony is a good guy, not a big monster or a control freak, and he gave us all the benefits of Jarvis. High-level authority, although not the highest level, but enough to allow me to do some small things in private without being discovered by him."

"I'll take care of your problem later, Jarvis," Loki rolled his eyes toward the ceiling, then turned to Steve, "As for you, Captain, how did you know Howard traded the Winter Soldier for Tony? "

"Just a week before you guys came back, I took Bucky to Paige's hospital."

"Peggy Carter?" Loki remembered the brown-haired lady in Bucky's dream. "Is she still alive?"

"It's more than 90 years old, and aging makes her not sober most of the time." Steve smiled a little forcedly, "Bucky's appearance obviously woke her up—she remembered it, and Show me something."

"So, before Tony and I came back from God's Domain, you already knew everything, and I didn't see it at all." Loki sneered, "I was wrong, I always thought you were an upright People, the kind with a strong sense of morality, who refuse to say even a word of swearing, but unexpectedly can hide their secrets so tightly, you must know that even I can't help but feel guilty every time I see Tony."

"I know it's not right," Steve sighed, but he didn't avoid Loki's gaze, "but I have to do this for Bucky's sake, not that I'm going to keep it a secret, I just want Tony to Know more about Bucky, let him see what he really is like, so that he can understand that Hydra is the real culprit of Howard's death, and not vent his anger on Bucky because of impulse."

Loki's face darkened: "Captain, don't you think your words are unfair? The Winter Soldier killed Tony's parents. This is a fact. No matter who manipulated it, it is a fact. Could it be that Tony even Don't you have the power of revenge?"

"I don't know the tradition of God's Domain, but in the United States, only the law can determine whether a person is really guilty." American Spirit replied, "We can't use lynching just because we are powerful."

"Law?" Loki almost laughed out loud, "You mean those crooked little tadpoles written on pieces of paper?"

"I don't expect you to understand, but at least please give proper respect to the civilization of human society," Steve said seriously, "and I have always believed that whether it is a human or a god, there should be something higher than it." In awe."

Loki rolled his eyes.

"A disagreement on certain issues does not mean that there is no possibility of cooperation. I think we can seek common ground while reserving differences," he pretended to spread his hands generously. "We must keep a secret, both secrets, and we must not reveal anything—for Tony , and also for Bucky, how about it?"

Steve hesitated, and didn't immediately give a positive answer.

"I've always been doing the right thing," he raised his hand and kneaded the space between his brows. After stepping down from the altar of Captain America, he finally showed the fatigue that a human should have, "because I've always known what is right. Right, but now I'm not so sure. Loki, the truth can't be hidden forever, it's been hidden for so many years, or we dig it up, and one day Tony and Bucky will find out too."

"Believe me, captain, no one understands this better than me, no one..." Loki murmured, his background was hidden for thousands of years by the ruler of God's Realm, and it was finally exposed?At that moment, the father and son almost broke up, and he almost went astray and died unexpectedly. The wound left on his heart by the pain of being deceived and concealed has not healed until now.

"We won't keep hiding, but we must carefully choose the most appropriate time to reveal the truth." He said this, his chin raised high, as if swearing that he was absolutely right.He didn't care whether Steve's kissing fawn would be hurt, the key was his honey.If Tony finds out that the Winter Soldier is the real culprit who killed his parents, he will hate him so much that he wants to stab him to death; but if he also finds out that he is actually an accomplice to the Winter Soldier's tragedy, what should he do with this father-killer? ?

Steve smiled wryly and shook his head.

"There's never going to be a perfect time," he murmurs. "We have to keep our mouths shut until they find out, and then go crazy."

Rocky's lips trembled, yes, there would never be the right moment, so he must not let Tony know that he had to watch Rogers all the time and keep him silent.

Maybe he should find a chance to kill him and the Winter Soldier, once and for all, and that 90-something Ms. Carter, Loki thought darkly, but Rogers was damn right, the truth can't be hidden forever, it always comes out of nowhere Get out of a certain corner, since Jarvis can decipher the encrypted files of S.H.I.E.L.D., it doesn't make sense that others can't.

With a growl of frustration, he finally had to admit that there was nothing he could do about this mess, and he could only submit to fate.

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After dealing with the traces left at Jarvis, Rocky returned to the bedroom exhaustedly, opened the door and found that Tony was sitting on his big bed playing STARKPAD, his relaxed nerves tensed again immediately.

"Why is it so late?" the little scientist complained, throwing the PAD aside.

"I talked to the captain about the deer's condition for a while, and he kept asking questions like an old lady." Rocky shook his head pretending to be helpless. According to his experience, Tony was in the stage of overdose and work I couldn't fall asleep in the double excitement of the completion of sex, and I couldn't wait to chat and hypnotize him. I had to find a way to put him to sleep as soon as possible.

"How about little Bucky? Do you still dream of the big bad wolf?" Tony joked, moving closer to Loki who had just climbed into bed.

"It's much worse than your time—" Loki sighed, his heart was cold and hard, and he didn't care much about humans other than Tony, but even so, every time he came out of the Winter Soldier's dream , will feel deep sadness and pity.

Tony sighed too.

"Dad has a photo album, which collects all the group photos of him and the captain. I asked Jarvis to scan them all into the computer." Dad, Rogers, and Sergeant Barnes."

Loki flipped through Howard's collection, and Bucky's figure appeared from time to time, sometimes wearing a dark blue military padded jacket, sometimes wearing a long military overcoat, sometimes carrying a pistol on his back, and sometimes wearing a military cap askew, with an angry face, but No matter which one, he looks very happy, smiling carefree, as if the shadow of war has never enveloped his head.

"It turns out that your father is also a fan of the captain." He returned the PAD to Tony, pretending to complain casually.

"Yeah, yeah, if he's still alive, he'll definitely try his best to get away with Coulson." Tony smiled, "But even if he didn't die in a car accident, it's unlikely that he will live to be a hundred years old, you know Most people won't be as lucky as Captain America and the Winter Soldier."

"Indeed." Loki replied, trying to control his voice so as not to tremble, he should continue to say something, usually he doesn't talk so little, Tony might be suspicious, but his brain seems to be blocked The card owner is the same, and a proper witticism can't come out.

"When I was young, my dad would always tell me about the advanced deeds of Captain America, and he would also mention Sergeant Barnes. It sounds like he is an excellent fighter and a good guy. He is very loyal to his friends, especially Rogers. My dad used to be jealous of the captain because of it and wished he had a best friend like that - Rodgers has loved him for so long for a reason."

"Should I mention Roddy a bit, then?" Loki said with a forced smirk.

"Don't be jealous, Kitty," Tony finally yawned, which greatly relieved Rocky, he is a liar, but he never knew it would be so tiring to hide a secret, "I just like this pair of CPs, But I have no interest in their slow love model."

"And I'm much more handsome than your colonel friend." Loki replied indiscriminately, "Go to sleep, I'll be busy with dealing with the adverse effects of Captain destroying S.H.I.E.L.D. that is all?"

"Uh huh, good night——" Tony kissed Loki's face indiscriminately, nestled skillfully on his shoulder and fell asleep.Loki moved his arms and adjusted his posture to make his lover sleep more comfortably, but he kept his eyes open and stared at the ceiling absently, without sleep all night.