Being looked at by Steve like this, Lucifer felt a dull pain in the bridge of his nose.Although he also thought it would be embarrassing to do so, Lucifer still raised a hand and said: "Hey, calm down, big brother. I mean if necessary. She doesn't do things out of the ordinary, such as persuading the collective | |Suicide or something. I won't take action. I can wait for decades."

Hearing this, Steve softened his attitude a little. He hugged Joanna sideways and patted Joanna's shoulder.Joanna still had a terrified expression.

Lucifer showed a flamboyant smile at Joanna: "Are you moved? I'll wait for you forever!"

Joanna pursed her mouth and looked up at Steve pitifully.

Steve never thought that he would encounter such a difficult situation, and he has no other choice but to appease Joanna.

Lucifer stared at Steve and Joanna for a while, and finally said quietly: "Anyway, it's best not to let me do it."

After Steve said "I understand what you mean", he winked at Natasha who was beside him.

Natasha, who received the hint, stood up consciously and said, "Do you need my help with the discharge procedures?"

After Chloe asked about Lucifer's situation, she said, "Let's go by ourselves."Natasha said, "Then I'll see you off," and followed the two out.

After leaving the ward, Natasha asked straightforwardly: "I still have a question."

Lucifer nodded lightly: "You want to ask, is it possible for other people to take away the 'Tongue of Lies'."

"Is it possible?"

"'Tongue of Lies' just makes her more convincing, it doesn't make her invulnerable." Lucifer showed a regretful expression, "Do you think that's possible?"

Natasha sighed heavily.

Lucifer touched his own nose, and said in a detached and indifferent tone: "In short, when I need to take back the 'tongue of lies', I will never hesitate."

Natasha crossed her arms and took a step back, with a polite smile on her face: "I will remind Joanna well."

Lucifer snorted softly, turned and left the hospital.

Natasha returned to the ward with a somewhat heavy heart.Pushing the door open, I heard Coulson chattering and analyzing the current situation for Steve and Joanna.Steve commented a few words from time to time, while Joanna, as if she had been silenced, pursed her lips and sat silently aside.

Natasha ignored the two men, but asked Joanna, "What's wrong with you?"

Joanna pointed to her mouth, deflated, and still did not speak.

"They won't let you talk?"

"Uh, just to make it clear, Rickman didn't want to speak." Coulson stood up and explained, "She's a little nervous right now. She's afraid of saying the wrong thing."

Natasha sighed, and sat down beside Joanna.Joanna moved aside unconsciously.Natasha didn't force it either, she just pretended nothing happened.

Steve looked at Natasha.Natasha shook her head calmly.Steve's mood suddenly sank to the bottom.However, because of Joanna's presence at the scene, the two of them didn't show too much. After a brief meeting of eyes, they quickly separated.

Coulson was halfway through, when Natasha suddenly said, "By the way, Joanna, how are you preparing for the Congress?"

Just as Joanna was about to speak, she remembered her current situation, so she shut her mouth quickly, turned around, picked up the phone, and said cracklingly:

——I'm already like this, and I'm still going to fight Congress?

Natasha shrugged, acting a little heartless: "We can't put aside the affairs of Congress for this. Joanna, I understand your concerns, but let's think about it from another angle, don't you think Is this the right opportunity?"

"The opportunity is just right?" Joanna even forgot about her special situation at the moment. She stretched her neck and made a sound involuntarily.

"You're very convincing right now, and we just need to convince those guys in Congress. Don't you think it's all right?"

Steve didn't expect that Natasha would bring up the matter of Congress at this juncture, and he almost immediately became sullen.

Natasha ignored Steve, and said directly to Joanna: "Think about it, I think this is a good opportunity."

What really made Steve feel bad was that Joanna actually started to think about Natasha's proposal.Steve didn't want Joanna to get involved in the muddy water at all.In fact, from the beginning, Steve planned to talk to Nick and Natasha before Joanna made a decision, but the situation in front of him was obviously beyond everyone's expectations.Even so, Steve still intends to dissuade Joanna.

Steve touched Joanna's arm: "Aren't you the one who became persuasive? Why does it seem that Natasha is more persuasive than you?"

Joanna rolled her eyes, thought for a while and said, "But, think about it from another angle. Anyway, the matter has come to this, why not do something serious? If things are really as that Lucifer said. Now I, at all... You don’t need to prepare anything. It’s just a slap in the face, and then those guys in Congress will agree with the plan of the Avengers. Is it possible that things have gotten to this point, and they can really lock you up? I don’t agree with this anyway planned."

Steve wanted to try harder, but he couldn't think of a way to refute Joanna's argument after thinking about it for a long time.After a while, he could only sigh: "I'm starting to realize the power of that 'tongue of lies'."

Joanna pursed her mouth in displeasure: "It's as if what I said doesn't make sense at all."

Natasha, who accepted it as soon as she saw it, said in a timely manner: "In this case, Joanna, you should... go back and prepare? At least get to know the old guys who can attack Congress from those angles."

At this moment, Joanna can be said to be full of fighting passion. As soon as Natasha finished speaking, she stood up: "You are right."

Natasha winked at Steve.Although he didn't want to do it, Steve finally kept silent, allowing Joanna to leave without suspicion.

As soon as the silly Joanna left, Steve put on a serious face and asked, "Why did you do that?"

"I think what Joanna said makes sense. Since she already has such an ability, it's okay to use it for some serious business." Natasha replied casually.

"If you don't propose, she won't come up with such an idea."

Natasha shrugged and glanced at Coulson, who was silent at the side: "Captain, I... understand your feelings. I am as worried about Joanna's safety as you are. Of course, I am not as worried as you are, after all She and I are ordinary colleagues. But if you think about it carefully, Joanna's acquisition of this ability is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster. No matter whether she has shown her persuasive power to the world or not, there are already people in this world who are aiming at her. We are all aware that that mysterious man is a huge threat. If he can slip away from Lucifer, there must be something special about him. Joanna alone may not be able to protect her. Good herself. So..."

"So what? So you think it's good to keep her in the public eye?"

Natasha smiled without looking angry at all.Although Steve's tone was rather harsh, Natasha acted as if she was reasoning with an adolescent boy.

"Oh, Captain. Believe me, if you follow your logic, you will lose Joanna in no time. I'm not scaring you. In Joanna's eyes... the male god, the chosen one, the one who is destined. But captain, you know Joanna better than I do. She is not the kind of girl who quits when she decides to like you. If she decides to like you, she will Trying to catch up with you. I know what you mean, it does help to protect Joanna in a way out of the public eye. But who will protect? S.H.I.E.L.D. is gone. You're going to be on your own To protect her forever? This is of course a very beautiful oath. But captain, we are not children anymore, sometimes we have to live a little more soberly, that kind of beautiful oath will never be fulfilled. No one can protect another person forever. Alone. Even you."

"You shift the focus of the problem again." When Steve said this, his tone had already wavered a little.He seemed to have lost the firmness he had in the beginning.

"I didn't shift the focus." Natasha replied with ease, "Let her stand up, let her have the opportunity to grow, and let her grow with the goal of the Avengers."

"But she..."

"The Avengers need a publicist too. I think she's a good fit."

Steve was quiet for a moment. "She and I never talked about it."

Natasha stood up: "Maybe there will be a chance to talk about it in the future."

After Natasha left, Coulson also left.Steve spent the night alone in the hospital room thinking.Although this was not the result he wanted, what Natasha said was correct, and it was indeed the best choice for Joanna to grow up quickly.

After eleven o'clock at night, Steve couldn't resist sending Joanna a text.Before sending text messages, he struggled for a long time. Before that, he had no experience in love. He was not sure whether he could not send messages to girls after ten o'clock in the evening.But after struggling for a long time, Steve complied with his heart and sent Joanna a message.

Steve: Are you asleep?

Joanna: Still looking at the materials.Suddenly found that S.H.I.E.L.D. is a bit too dark.It feels like the next war of words with Congress will be a bloodbath.

Steve: Don't stay up too late.

Joanna: emm...Captain, I actually had a few boyfriends before.

Steve:? ? ? ? ? ?

Joanna: But I've never dated someone like you.So... you told me not to stay up too late, did you really care about it out of routine, or did you mean something else.

Steve: Anything else?

Joanna: Like... "Baby, I miss you" or something.

Holding his mobile phone, Steve blushed in the empty ward.

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Joanna: Steve can't do it, I need to speak for him.This love talk is so boring!I'd better read the materials and prepare to scold the congressman!

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