[Comprehensive British and American] I open a haunted house in the superhero world

West didn't answer, and whether to bring Nygma was out of his thinking.

He raised his eyebrows, pondered Nygma's words, and had to say that Nygma had always been smart.

What Nygma said was also in West's thinking. Although the superheroes rarely talked about it to them, West also knew very well that the situation in New York was not good.

Nygma's expression became excited, obviously he found something from West's expression.

Tony was a little worried, he had always been instinctively defensive against Nygma.

Because he knows very well that no matter how harmless Nygma may seem, he is also a villain who can make Gotham a mess.

As someone who secretly paid attention to Gotham affairs, he knew this best.

Not long after Bruce first returned to Gotham, Nygma almost turned Gotham into a city of riddles.

The villains in Gotham each have their own abilities, which has nothing to do with how many special abilities they possess, but more because they all have a heart that is particularly keen on making trouble.

That's why Tony always keeps a front line for them.

The moment Nygma finished that sentence, Tony raised his head and looked at West with disapproving eyes.He admitted that what Nygma said was correct, but he did not approve of using Nygma who was so eager to help West.

He is too active.

If something goes wrong, there must be a ghost.

But West didn't care, he looked at Nygma with great interest, really thinking about what he said.

He really needs a smart guy by his side, and superhero aside, Nygma should be the smartest guy he can handle right now.

"Of course." After thinking about it, West decided to adopt Nygma's opinion.

West returned to Batman's base after leaving the haunted house. After he told Bruce about his proposal, he neither got a positive answer nor a negative answer.

He just asked: "Have you decided?"

He used interrogative sentences, but his tone was affirmative.

West blinked.

This sentence is right, because West still decided to speak to the Chaoying, not to gain opinions, but out of respect.

Bruce was silent for a while, and suddenly turned the topic to another aspect that West didn't want to mention: "About Clark..."

West's expression froze for a moment.

"I know about the relationship between you." Bruce continued, regardless of the strange expression on his face, "Everyone is equally anxious about Clark's disappearance. You don't need to go to the doctor in such a hurry."

He didn't agree with West's approach, and described his use of Nygma as because West was worried about Clark, so he acted indiscriminately in a hurry.

This is probably the most tactful persuasion Batman has ever given.

West understands his concern, but Bruce may not be entirely right this time.

"Before I handed things to Clark I knew he would protect him with his life." West looked up at Bruce, "So whatever happens to him, it's all my fault."

Before Bruce could say anything, West raised his hand, stopping him from continuing.

"I know what you want to say, Tony also told me." Not long after he promised Nygma, Tony also came to him to express similar opinions, but that didn't stop West, "Joker, Harley Quinn, Riddler, Penguin..."

West counted the names of the Gotham villains, and for the first time told others about the mission he received from the Arkham Asylum: "They are all my mission targets."

After listening, Bruce remained silent, looking up at West, waiting for his next words.

"The clown is still locked up in my haunted house." West blinked, and said with a relaxed expression that made Bruce show an unbelievable expression for a moment.

Bruce admitted that he suspected that there was something tricky in it, but West's own performance and his innate affinity made Bruce have to relax his vigilance on this matter.

He slowly lowered his eyes, and his concealed gaze became sharp.

"You hid the clown and told the others he ran away?" Bruce said under his breath.

Unlike other things, Batman is always more cautious than cautious when it comes to the Joker.

Looking at his expression, West knew that he must be wondering if the clown bewitched West and made him do these things beyond common sense—the way he looked at West was like looking at those lambs bewitched by the clown Same.

West almost laughed out loud, he was not a lamb confused by the clown, but Bruce still subconsciously thought of him in a positive direction.

This is his instinct to trust in life, and I am afraid that even he himself is not aware of it.

"Yes." West said frankly, "You are right, I lied to you in this matter. Not only that, I almost thought about whether to turn them into my employees. We should find a way to slaughter the entire Arkham."

Bruce's eyes widened slowly, and he looked at West with not only shock and disapproval in his eyes, but also a hint of bewilderment.

He didn't understand what it meant to slaughter the entire Arkham.

"I have a haunted house scene called Arkham Asylum." West explained, and in this case, he didn't hide it. "That scene needs the souls of all the people in Arkham, and you know, Their worst outcome is usually to be locked up in Blackgate Prison, and they probably have little chance of dying, so I thought about whether I should find a way to kill them and then recruit them."

"Do Clark and Tony know?" Bruce asked suddenly.

West tilted his head: "The massacre of Arkham?"

"No, I was talking about the clown thing," Bruce continued.

"Yes, but I forced them not to tell anyone." West answered Bruce's words, and then said curiously, "Are you paying attention to this matter but not the latter matter? Those who want to kill Arkham Isn't it more serious?"

"But you haven't done the latter thing yet," Bruce said. "I'm more concerned about the clown."

"You're more concerned about why I'm doing that," West said.

Before Bruce said anything, West continued: "Don't ask me why, Bruce, I trust you, I trust Tony. I did lie to you about the clown, not because I was bewitched by the clown, but because I need to do this, and I can control them, yes, Bruce, I can control them, so far, the clown has not appeared in front of you, has it? You know that Nygma is really not a good person, and I also It is very clear that not only Nygma, but all the people in Arkham will not be good people, I know it very well, but I control him."

"Everything in this world is in balance. Good or evil is a constant part. I accept both good and evil. I don't decide whether to use him or not because of good or evil. What ultimately determines the world is not Good and evil, but balance."

Lucifer had said this logic to him once in hell.

The reason why the angels fell to the sky is for balance, and the Endless Family is also for balance.

Bruce pursed his lips, he already understood what West meant - the meaning was very simple, he was confident that he could control Nygma, so he dared to use him.

And he told himself the whereabouts of the clown, in fact, to show his ability and make him believe him.

"Bruce, I respect you very much, but I have my own decision on this matter." West continued, his attitude was tough and he did not allow rejection.

In fact, looking back, West also admitted that Bruce was partly right.

In the part about Clark, West also admitted that he was affected by some emotions. For example, he now very much wants to end this battle as soon as possible and find Clark.

For example, he wants to defeat Namonroth quickly.

For example, every second he can't see Clark, he feels genuine guilt.

However, he didn't go to the doctor in a hurry, he just believed in his ability - he also had to believe, if he still wanted to defeat Namonos.

Bruce eventually believed what he said, but in exchange, West promised to let him find out what happened to the Joker afterwards - and he also promised to kill everyone in Arkham. This is definitely a joke.

Watching him talk to Bruce, and watching him really convince Batman with this kind of reason, Tony was shocked.

He originally expected Bruce to persuade West, but what he didn't expect was that Batman was persuaded by him in turn.

Still, he didn't go to Siberia with West -- he admits he has shadows about the place.

Before West left, he deliberately went to find the owner of the haunted house. He wanted to have a few words with him, but was caught off guard by West's words: "Is Green Arrow okay?"

Ever since Oliver Quinn was captured by Black Canary, they have been closely guarded by them. Even the Namonos came and failed to take him away - of course, that also depends on whether Namonos did not The meaning of wanting to save him - or that sentence, Namonros doesn't care about any of his subordinates, those people are just tool people to him.

During this period of time, Oliver was also settled in New York with them, but everyone hadn't figured out what to do with him, so they had to put it on hold.

And now that West suddenly mentioned Oliver, even Tony was a little confused.

He raised his chin and asked West with his eyes.

I saw West hooked the corner of his mouth, and then said softly: "When we get back, let's solve his problem."

Tony showed a surprised expression: "You mean..."

West nodded.

"But aren't you unsure?" Tony said.

They were talking about a plan that Tony had mentioned to Oliver not long ago, when Tony and West first met.

He asked West, "When someone dies, can he compete with Namonroth for the right to dispose of that person's soul?"

West replied yes.

Not long after, Tony came up with an idea that sounded terrifying and bold.

If the controlled person dies again, will West be able to compete with Narmonos for control?

West answered yes the second time, but he tried a few times later, fighting Narmonroth when the dead appeared.

Due to his lack of ability and experience as Namonros, he did not succeed, so that they did not dare to be on the Green Arrow who was finally caught by them.

Otherwise, when he is resurrected again, Namonros will probably directly resurrect him by his side.

"That's why I said I'll talk about it when I come back." West hooked the corner of his mouth, "I have to do it, I can't stop doing it because I'm afraid of Namonos."

In fact, he has been doing too little.

Tony understood what he meant at once, and nodded slightly after thinking.

"then you……"

"I'll be careful." West rushed ahead of him.

After speaking, West waved hands with Tony, and then set off with Nygma, Abel and Cain.

This time he brought the two most powerful people in his haunted house.

Because considering...

"Have you ever thought that maybe Siberia was put out by Namonros to lie to you?" Nygma said with great interest.

West blinked: "I know, but I'll still go."

Because the situation cannot tolerate the slightest pause.

This time he put all the endless family items on himself, not just because he had lost his most trusted Clark, but also because he didn't want to hurt anyone.

Whether it's Tony or Bruce, he doesn't want them to become thorns in the eyes of Namonros because of his own reasons-besides, since there are some mysterious connections between him and Namonros, no matter who he gives things to, put Everywhere is possible to be known by him through his own thinking.

In that case, no matter where it is placed, it becomes the same thing, without the slightest effect.

And he still doesn't know where the thought connection between him and Namonros is.

Not long after, West traveled to Siberia with several others.

According to the coordinates given by Tony, they arrived at the original Hydra base immediately.

But strangely, when they arrived, they discovered that the base, which was still intact in Tony's memory, but was abandoned internally, was completely destroyed.

It was poured from the inside to the outside, and even the outside was blown to pieces, and the residue was covered by the heavy snow in Siberia and frozen under the thick layer of ice.

No one would be very happy to receive such bad news upon arrival.

West squatted on the ground, looking at the shapeless wreckage of the Siberian base, and didn't want to give up so quickly. After all, there must be a reason for Namonros to focus on this place.

He walked around looking for a family, and wanted to ask if he knew what happened here?

This Siberian base was originally abandoned by Hydra for a long time, and few people knew the situation here.

Over time, there are also many hunters living around here.

However, after Namonros took care of this place, because most of the Orion's residences were scattered, relatively speaking, the impact was not too great.

As the ancestor of nomads, Abel is very familiar with this kind of life.

So he followed the traces left by the Orion, and easily found a family of Orion who had just returned home not far from the base.

West could not speak Russian, but he found that Abel did.

Abel explained to him that as the ancestor of mankind, almost all languages ​​were developed from his language, so even if he didn't know it at first, he could learn it after listening to a sentence or two.

Being able to speak the local language has added a lot of convenience to their communication with the locals. At least those who looked at them defensively before became much friendlier after hearing their same language.

And after Abel showed his excellent archery, the strong man named Ogle looked at Abel differently.

Before West and the others asked questions, Ogle warmly welcomed them to his home, insisting on discussing archery with Abel.

With such enthusiasm, they didn't have time to ask their own questions. It wasn't until night that they saw an opportunity for Ogle to let Abel go and ask their own questions smoothly.

"That place?" West was surprised to find that when he talked about Hydra's old base, Ogle actually knew there was such a place.

But he knew it wasn't because of Hydra, but because of—

"I don't know what happened there, but some time ago, there was a young man who lived nearby, and he may know." Ogle sighed while drinking heavily, "That young man But it's so powerful that you can kill a bear with your bare hands."

Ogle began to educate these outsiders seriously. He said that this man was a very good hunter. He once killed an adult bear with his bare hands, and he was considered the best hunter in this area.

When he said this, his expression was very excited, and his eyes kept moving back and forth between Abel and the air.

It seemed that he was thinking about whether Abel was as powerful as the young man in his memory.

It seemed that he really admired this young man.

Abel was a little curious about this man when he said that.

Well, now it's not just about whether this person saw what happened to Hydra's old base, but also about Abel's rare curiosity.

However, no matter what the reason is, the reason for going to someone is the same.

West was almost ready to leave immediately to find the man, but Ogle said that although he built a house near the Hydra base, he was never there at night, and no one knew where he went.

The only certainty is that every morning, he will punch a hole with his bare hands in the thick ice of a nearby lake, and then fish out a fish.

Speaking so mysteriously, West became even more curious.

Although he was anxious, he still waited until the next morning.

Walking along the river, they saw the young man in Ogle's mouth as expected—but it didn't look like a young man at all—at least his thick face was enough to cover his entire face The beard is not at all like a young man.

Generally, people with such beards deliberately covering their faces either have some secrets or are about to have some secrets.

West blocked Abel who was about to go up.

After thinking about it carefully for a while, he always felt that this person looked familiar.

West turned his head and gave Abel a wink.

Abel understood, and immediately took out an arrow and pointed it at the "young man"—but it was slightly off, just enough to shoot through the man's clothes, not the person.

The arrow flew at a high speed and whizzed away with the sound of piercing the air. In the first second, the man didn't respond, and in the second second, he still didn't.

But when the arrow was about to shoot through his clothes smoothly, he finally moved.

With a turn that was so flexible that ordinary people couldn't imagine, he grabbed the arrow directly with one hand.

Abel didn't use any special abilities for this arrow, but after all, it was the arrow shot by Abel, and it was already powerful enough without any special bonus.

However, his arrow was firmly caught after the "young man" grabbed the arrow and brought the "young man" back a little.

If it wasn't for the fact that the opponent's pair of leather gloves that were too thick to be cut by a knife hadn't been scratched and pulled out a big gap, Abel would have doubted whether he had shot the arrow.

Abel was still amazed at the strength of the "young man", but West was staring closely at the notched glove—and the silvery white exposed under the glove.

A pair of silver-white hands—

West finally remembered why he looked so familiar, because this "young man" was Bucky Barnes.

Bucky Barnes, former Captain America assistant, post Winter Soldier.

Brainwashed by Hydra, turned into a fighting tool, and then sober.

During Thanos' invasion of Earth, the Winter Soldier also appeared and helped the Avengers.

When the war is over, Bucky Barnes doesn't know where to go.

Some people speculated that he might have gone to Wakanda, while others said he was dead.

In this regard, Captain America's attitude is tight-lipped, no matter who talks about it, he will never answer.

This attitude is even more interesting, and many people wonder if something really happened to the Winter Soldier.

Who knew, he actually arrived in Siberia?

West raised his head and looked at the man dressed as a hunter from a distance.

Who would have thought that this man with a bushy beard and thick leather gloves would be the former Winter Soldier?

His iron arms were covered by clothes. If they hadn't known about it in advance, no one would have thought that under the clothes were a pair of arms that could break a man's neck with bare hands.

Probably because he knew that his gloves were broken, Bucky subconsciously blocked his hands behind his back, and then he looked at West defensively.

He didn't know that West had recognized him, and thought that the other party was just a few ordinary malicious people.

Because hunters are generally aggressive, Bucky usually encounters a lot of inexplicable provocations, which is to treat West and the others as those people.

So he opened his mouth and shouted at West and the others in Russian from a distance: "I don't want to conflict with you, please leave quickly."

West was still thinking about what to do, but after seeing his performance, he had an idea in his mind.

He said to Abel, "Try him, try him."

West wondered why the Winter Soldier suddenly appeared in Siberia.

Abel raised his bow obediently, almost without hesitation, and shot the second arrow towards Bucky.

Looking at this posture, Bucky immediately understood that a battle was inevitable, and instead rushed towards Abel, intending to bring him down.

Hunters obey the law of the jungle, they respect the strong who can defeat them, and the one who has the right to speak is always the strongest in the end.

Abel is quite peaceful in ordinary things, but he also gets excited when facing such a strong opponent.

As the ancestor of nomads, he was good at all kinds of battles. Now he simply gave up using some of his special abilities, and fought Abel with his bare hands.

Both men were good at fighting, and West watched them fight, thinking about why the Winter Soldier was here at this special time.

He has neither too good nor too bad sense of the Winter Soldier, mostly because of his relationship with Tony.

After Captain America showed up, he occasionally heard a few words about Bucky from Bruce-he said that Tony didn't hate Bucky as much as he thought.

And after getting along with Captain America for a while, he also found that although the relationship between Tony and Steve was not peaceful, it could not be said to be tit-for-tat as in the past.

Bruce said he was actually a little let go.

And seeing Bucky now, in fact, he didn't deliberately target him because he hated him.

Purely because of defense.

Any special person who appears at such a special time will attract his attention, let alone someone who is still related to Hydra?

In this way, he deliberately asked Abel to test him, the purpose was to see if this person was controlled by Hydra again—or, controlled by Namonros.

"He's not." After watching for a few minutes, Nygma next to him spoke first, "I'm afraid you can ask him about his situation."

West believed in Nygma's judgment, so he took advantage of the slowdown of Abel and Bucky's fight, and immediately said, "Stop."

As he said this, Abel who heard his words stopped immediately.

Saying "Stop" to make people stop, especially if they started the fight, is actually very rude.

But Bucky actually stopped following his words.

The first time he stopped, he instinctively tugged on his gloves, pretending to unintentionally cover his exposed iron arm.

His reaction made West couldn't help saying in a teasing tone: "You don't need to cover up, I can see your arm, you are the Winter Soldier."

He obviously saw that Bucky's expression froze, and his whole body remained motionless.

"Okay, it's just a joke." West waved his hand, "I'm Westerbryan, and I know the Avengers."

The sound of an avenger did not lower Bucky's defenses, but aggravated his doubts.

He looked at West, and replied after a while: "I don't know any Avengers, you've got the wrong person."

West said before that these days, people with big beards are either planning to hide some secrets, or they have some secrets themselves.

There is no doubt that Bucky is the second type.

But in front of insiders, his secret is not a secret at all.

"I won't lie to you. Steve Rogers and I do know each other. We have encountered some troubles together. Do you know what's going on outside?" Ross sent many people who are not familiar here.

So many residents here don't even know what's going on outside—for example, Ogle, who received them, according to him, he has been hunting here for nearly a month, and they will have a hunting season without stopping. They hardly ever leave their hunting grounds during this time.

Bucky is not good at hiding, even if he tried hard to make an expression of "I really don't know the Avengers, I don't understand anything you say", those blue eyes have already revealed his worry.

Looking at it this way, West didn't hesitate too much, and simply told Bucky the situation outside.

The more Bucky listened, the more wrong his expression became. In the end, he simply gave up covering up his emotions and asked eagerly, "How are they? Are they okay?"

He believed West's words now—maybe he believed it at the beginning, but he didn't want to be involved in those things.

West did not answer directly, but asked: "Why did you return to Siberia?"

This was a question that Bucky hadn't thought of. He instinctively touched his iron arm with that ordinary arm, and then replied, "This is a personal question."

"But the things involved are not personal." West replied with a smile, "Can I suspect that you are controlled by Namonos? After all, everyone knows that you were killed by Hydra , and you still come here, why? Don't tell you about the Stockholm Syndrome."

There was an offended expression on Bucky's face, but just because he didn't rush up to beat him up, West already believed that he was really not being controlled - after all, West felt that what he said was right It's really embarrassing.

"Sorry." West immediately slowed down again, he bent his brows and eyes, his expression became gentle, and he released a little bit of strength to appease Bucky.

Bucky's expression was slightly relaxed. As heroes on the non-magic side, their magic resistance is generally not that high.

"It's because... I have no other place to go." Bucky murmured, "You can't understand me, no matter what I do, it's impossible to change the past, and it's impossible for others to accept me .”

"Because everyone misses the old Bucky Barnes, not the current Winter Soldier?" West raised his voice slightly.

Bucky remained silent, acquiescing to his words.

This is probably the most painful thing for this kind of brainwashed hero. Everyone tells you how good you used to be, and they all hope that you can change back to what you used to be.

But what about the facts?The fact is that during your brainwashing period, what should and will happen has already happened.

Those things that happened turned the person from the past into the person he is now.

This is an irreversible process, just as the Winter Soldier can never be the Sergeant Barnes of the past.

They are the same person, but they are not the same person anymore.

For Bucky Barnes, Hydra may be a painful place, but it is the only place that can accept him now at this stage-he has become the Winter Soldier, and he will never change back.

And their expectations made Bucky feel... that he had failed those expectations.

After the Civil War he was still able to put on an effort to look normal.

And after the Thanos battle, he saw Tony's body being put into a coffin with his own eyes, and everything was broken.

The last person who reminded him of his mistakes disappeared, and he should have been relieved by this, but he felt the pain instead.

Yes, he felt the pain.

Because only he knows best that the former Sergeant Barnes is long gone, and the one who lives here is the Winter Soldier, always has been.

Then he left everyone and went back to Siberia alone, where he was whipped repeatedly, reminding him of the past.

In the pain in his heart, he can really feel that he is alive.

These things in his heart are very hidden, even he himself may not be able to organize them clearly with words.

But now, a young man who just met him has easily exposed the truth.

"Yes, that's it." Bucky said with a low voice, "I have no intention of participating in those things..."

Invisibly, he didn't notice that he had actually admitted his identity a long time ago.

After saying this, Bucky invited them to his home - a wooden house similar to other hunters, mostly used during hunting.

It snows all year round in Siberia, and the temperature is very low all year round.

Bucky didn't know their identities, so he deliberately lit a fire in the house to prevent them from catching cold.

For such kindness, they did not specifically refuse, but accepted it frankly.

Bucky has the best sense for West because he was the first to say it.

In fact, West didn't really know Bucky that much. He just felt those emotions from his soul, coupled with his natural affinity, contacted Bucky with those words, and then came to that conclusion. .

In fact, Bucky is probably more willing to admit the crimes than Steve, which is why Bruce told West that Tony never really blamed Bucky.

What Tony hated more was always his own powerlessness.

"Whether you want to participate or not, I'm afraid there are some things that need you now." West whispered, and Bucky heard what they said, and he knew it in his heart, "You have always been near the base of Hydra, right? I want to know Why did this base become like this? It wasn’t there before, right?”

This previously referred to the period of the Civil War, no need to explain, West understands, Bucky also understands.

He was even grateful that West didn't speak out about that war so bluntly, nor did he mention some of the participants in that war.

"Yes, I'm near here." Bucky said, "As for this base, when I came here, it was already destroyed."

That is to say, it wasn't destroyed by Namonros?

This is a good conclusion, showing that Namon Roth was not one step ahead of them.

"Do you know who destroyed it?" West continued to ask, he was not very hopeful about this question, after all, Bucky also arrived after it was destroyed.

Who knew Bucky paused for a second, and then replied, "I know, it's Hydra."

Well, he really... huh?

West raised his voice slightly, and asked suspiciously, "How do you know?"

"I guessed it." Bucky thought for a while and continued, "Because I know the person who destroyed this base, and it was Brock."

Bullock...Brock Rumlow?

Crossbones?

No, didn't Crossbones die before the Civil War?

West looked at Bucky, and heard him continue, "It's indeed Brock Rumlow."