[Zhongyingmei] It's not a slime!

Robber A was stunned.

"I just said that kennel must be unusual!" He was surrounded, "Even Captain America came to grab it!"

"As expected of the boss! His vision is vicious!" The other robbers rushed to flatter him.

"Then what should we do now? Rob the kennel?" Robber B asked.

"...Forget it, that's Captain America."

When they saw Captain America jumping out of the car, holding a shield and a kennel, majestic like a god descending, they immediately backed off a little.

However, something strange happened.

When their eyes touched the kennel that had been violently opened in Steve's hand, they suddenly felt that they couldn't look away.

It seems that there is a voice telling them that there is some kind of power hidden in that that can make them change their destiny and reach the pinnacle of the world.

——At the most critical moment when Ruby was already on the verge of death, her seductive power was magnified without reservation.

This is the survival instinct of a living being. She instinctively hopes to attract the host, even if she has lost consciousness and cannot complete the act of parasitism.

She just instinctively wants to live.

A few robbers who were not high in rank but eager for power immediately went crazy. They completely forgot about Captain America's deterrent power, pulled out their weapons one by one, and rushed over desperately!

Steve couldn't be immune to bullets without Ruby's protection. Under such crazy heavy firepower suppression, he could only block it with a shield first, and then find the flaws to attack each one.

During the battle, which lasted only a few minutes, he had only one thought as he raced against his life.

— Faster, faster.

……

When all the robbers are down, he can finally take care of Ruby's affairs with peace of mind.

He carefully placed the cat's litter on the ground, and reached out to lift Ruby, who was shrunk into a small ball, out.

"Ruby? Ruby?" He rubbed Ruby's soft body, anxious but afraid of hurting her too much.

Ruby moved.

Steve noticed that she moved, and he breathed a sigh of relief, ecstatic: "Ruby, come in quickly! I know you're angry with me, I'm sorry, but you come in first, okay?"

He was really in a hurry, he couldn't speak well, and he mumbled several words back and forth several times, and almost lost his sentence.

After Steve's rubbing, Ruby finally cheered up a little.

"What's the situation..." she muttered.

"Hurry up and parasite!" The system quickly turned on the maximum volume and roared.

"Huh? Why did Steve let me out?" Ruby was stunned.

"Don't worry about it, you're going to die! [-] energy!" The system was in a hurry to die, and he said in his heart that the real emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is not in a hurry.

"Oh!" Ruby cheered up quickly, after all, it was better to live than to die, and quickly exhausted the last bit of strength in her body to get into Steve's body.

As soon as she entered the human body, she immediately felt that her physical strength was recovering at an extremely fast speed, and she was completely awake in just a few seconds.

And it was just a few seconds.

She suddenly found that not far behind Steve, a robber who should have been stunned quietly climbed up, picked up the bazooka they used to blow up the vault door, and aimed at Steve.

Steve asked, "Ruby, Ruby? Are you feeling better?"

"I..." Ruby only had time to say one word.

That is, at the moment when the word is spoken.

The bazooka was activated, and the rocket/bomb flew towards Steve with black smoke.

At this moment, time seemed to slow down suddenly.

In Ruby's eyes, whether it was Steve who noticed the abnormality and looked back at the rocket/bomb, or the deadly weapon flying in the air, they all stopped at this moment.

Many thoughts flashed through her mind in an instant.

If she didn't save Steve, he wouldn't necessarily die, but he would definitely be severely injured, and it wouldn't be good to be burned out.

If she was saved, the burning fire would consume her, she would almost certainly die, but Steve would be unscathed.

Steve ignored this flaw because he put all his heart and soul on her, which led to the surprise attack.

But none of this would have happened if Steve hadn't doubted himself in the first place.

Yet, however, as she and the system said.

She still owes him a thank you.

……

Countless thoughts flashed in an instant.

In many cases, instinct is ahead of reason.

Maybe you already realize what the most sane optimal solution looks like, but in that extremely short reaction time, your instinct will lead you in another direction.

At this moment, Ruby's body made a decision faster than her mind.

A white exoskeleton emerged from Steve's body, wrapping him tightly like an indestructible suit.

Steve also instantly realized what kind of decision Ruby had made.

"Steve." Ruby's voice sounded in his ear for the last time, still so innocent, like a child without worries, "Thank you."

Thank you for accompanying me through this time.

Thank you for choosing to trust me in the end.

Thank you for your willingness to pour affection into a monster.

I know it won't be easy, so, as I promised.

I will definitely protect you.

"No, Ruby—"

"boom--!!"

The flames from the explosion were like a red sea tide, engulfed in billowing thick smoke, and engulfed him who was wrapped in white.

The waves of air tore the pure and flawless white coat into countless pieces, like white snowflakes, invaded and chased by the sea of ​​fire, and finally disappeared in the sun.

The sounds of explosions, turbulent air waves, and blazing flames filled Steve's ears.

But he felt very quiet.

Too quiet.

A dead silence.

His eyes reflected the torn silver-white body, which was burned piece by piece in the sun.

It was as if there had been a snow cursed by the sun.

He suddenly felt that the whole world was crazily regressing in front of him, getting farther and farther away, everything around him was blurred, and time stood still, only Ruby's voice sounded in his ears:

——When will someone be willing to love me so much and give everything for me?Or, maybe there is someone worthy of me doing this.

"Thank you, Steve."

Such a heavy sentence.

It hurt him so much.

It hurts.

The moment Ruby disappeared, her alluring power also disappeared.The robber with the bazooka froze for a moment, took a step back, and looked at everything in front of him in astonishment.

In the next second, he was stunned and fell to the ground.Behind him stood Natasha who rushed to the scene as quickly as possible.

She walked to Steve's side, staring at the empty cat litter in his hand, which was burned into a skeleton by the flames of the explosion, and froze for a moment.

It didn't take long for her to figure out what was going on.

She didn't say anything, just threw the key to the cat's nest to Steve.

Steve took the key, stood up, looked down at the key in his hand, and said after a while, "Thank you."

Natasha waved her hand: "No, I didn't help much."

She wanted to say something more, but seeing Steve's expression, she finally chose to remain silent.

……

Steve went home.

Nothing seemed to have changed, except for a small cat litter in the corner.

As usual at the end of a battle, he took off his coat, made a cup of tea, took a shower, and then walked into the kitchen with the cooled tea cup.

Never again will anyone complain that his food is tasteless.

He threaded the key that had been in his hand all the time and hung it on the window of the room.

The transparent and clean glass keeps the cold wind out of the window, leaving only the warm sunlight slowly shining in, which is printed on the small key and reflects golden light.

The little light reflected in his clear blue eyes almost made him feel stinging.

If he hadn't been influenced by what was written in that notebook.

If only he could give himself more time to think.

If only... he could trust her more.

Maybe she could still be lounging in the hollow of his neck, complaining about the cold weather while encouraging him to buy some delicious desserts.

She would still call his name with the sweet and melodious voice of a young bird, and that sweet voice could not be idle all day long, making people feel noisy and cozy.

— instead of being burned for his mistake.

Of course, he will also pay the price for his mistakes.

As usual, he will spend every long and silent spring, autumn, winter and summer alone in the future.

This is the price.

The author has something to say: Steve's copy has come to an end, temporarily offline for a while

You guessed it right, the next dungeon is to find the little spider to play XD

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Cough cough, hang up an unreasonable leave note, because I have eaten too much in the melon field these days, and I have indigestion, so I have no intention to write and save the manuscript, so I will ask for a day off tomorrow to strengthen my stomach and eliminate food. Come back on time the day after tomorrow (slip away

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