[Zhongyingmei] If you don't dig a hole, you will die

The hole Hetty dug for herself before has finally come true. There are still more decent reasons in this world than the "superpower of getting rich overnight" and being invited to drink tea by S.H.I.E.L.D.:

That is because he tripped the Winter Soldier in the hole he dug, and was invited by S.H.I.E.L.D. to drink tea.

Right now, Hetty is sitting in the inquiry room specially set up by S.H.I.E.L.D. to handle this matter. Sitting opposite her is the Black Widow, who is best at S.H.I.E.L.D.

This former Soviet elite spy from the Red House has received quite rigorous training. As long as she wants, she can use any method, at any time, and from anyone to get the information she wants, even Iron Man himself. It fell on her hands.

Logically speaking, letting her deal with Hetty Brown, who was so harmless in every way, was really overkill, like using a large long-range anti-aircraft missile to fight mosquitoes.

However, no one here at S.H.I.E.L.D. dared to be careless about this: Come to think of it, that's the Winter Soldier, it's Bucky Barnes!

No matter how you look at it, whether he is a close friend and partner who once fought alongside Captain America, the backbone sniper in the team, or he exists in the shadows as a killing machine after his disappearance, and has been entangled with the history of this country for a long time. The 70-year-old Winter Soldier, none of his identities should be underestimated, and they are not fuel-efficient lamps.

In this way, who can trip people up with a small pit less than one centimeter in size?

However, S.H.I.E.L.D. is still very humanitarian.

On the premise that there is no evidence to show that Hetty's special ability is harmful, apart from asking the Black Widow to come to ask her in person, she did not use particularly harsh means to treat her. When Natasha came, she even came from downstairs. Starbucks brought Heidi a cup of hot cocoa.

Right now, Hetty was holding the cup of drink in her palm to warm her hands. Natasha dragged a chair casually, sat down about one meter in front of her, smiled at her, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, little Girl, I just asked you a few questions, and you can go back soon."

The system loudly reminded Hetty in his mind: "Little Hetty, you must keep your mouth shut and don't roll over in front of the black widow! You must be able to withstand the temptation of beauty!"

Hetty: "The system asks you to touch your conscience and say, isn't the black widow particularly beautiful?"

System: "Yes."

Hetty: "Then in front of such a beautiful Natasha, if it were you, would you be able to control your mouth?"

System: "I can't control it."

Fortunately, in the end, Hetty managed to control her mouth under the high pressure of "overturning the car in front of the right owner", which makes people want to plunge into the cracks in the ground and never come out again, and did not leak the existence of the digging and non-filling system Going out, this can be regarded as quite an achievement.

Just as Hetty was being questioned by Natasha at S.H.I.E.L.D., intelligence from Gotham's two regulars at the former Arkham Asylum finally arrived from the Justice League's advisers.

Because no matter what Harley and Pamela said, they were also criminals who had been named in the Gotham police. If they want to clear the case without much effort, it must be a dream, a fantasy.

Fortunately, the two of them had enough information.Since they have drawn a clean line from the madmen in Arkham, they only need to provide appropriate information to prove their innocence.

The information from the former Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn is very precious. After providing a lot of exclusive secrets that neither the police nor Batman have collected, part of the confession from Harley Quinn triggered the search for information. Note to Batman:

[Pamela came to Gotham University to find me and said she wanted to have a good talk with me.But at that time, I didn't even think about what I wanted to do and who I was, and my mental state was also very bad, sometimes good and sometimes bad;

Unfortunately, when she found me, I was in a period of mental confusion, and I didn't want to talk to her at all. I just wanted to drive her away, or if she didn't leave, I would leave. 】

[However, I failed to leave because I was caught in a small pit.God knows how there is a pit there!Swear to God, don't know if that damned Jesus exists or not - but there really is a pit right there out of nowhere!

It caught me right then and there, and no matter how hard I tried to escape, Pamela later used her plants to help me, and until the pit disappeared as inexplicably as it had appeared, I couldn't get myself out of it. Get your feet out of it! 】

[I know that no one will believe me.To be honest, I don't really believe in myself either.After all, my mind was very confused at the time, how could I trip over such an insignificant pit?Well, leaving that aside, let's talk about something else that is more assured. 】

【You ask how I became Cecilia?Did you forget that I'm a psychiatrist?

I can hypnotize.Maybe God is helping me. For a while, I really wanted to leave the clown and be alone, so I sneaked into Gotham University while the original Cecilia and her boyfriend eloped.As long as you give yourself a hint, "Everyone who sees me will think of me as Cecilia", there will be no problem. 】

[However, there is one thing I want to say more. Although the police officers and gentlemen may think this is redundant, I still want to say it.You know a girl named Hetty Brown in our department of natural sciences, the one with Cecilia?Yes, that's right, it's her. 】

[She also has a subtle feeling that only a hypnotized person would have.No, no, it's not from my hypnosis, my hypnosis will automatically dissipate after a week without seeing me, have some confidence in my level, thank you, or I will knock your heads off.

That feeling on her body is very strange...how should I put it?It was as if it was both herself and not herself who had been hypnotized. 】

【Hey Hey hey?Wait a minute!I can absolutely ensure that what I said is true, don’t take the recorder away, okay——]

The recording stopped abruptly.

Batman is no stranger to the name Hetty Brown.After all, all the information about this girl's net worth has already gone back and forth in the Batcave three times.

But this is the first time I have heard of the statement that "she has the feeling that only a hypnotized person would have on her body".

So this written material converted from the audio recording was passed from the Justice League's advisor to the Avengers.

After the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. discussed for a long time, the genetic test report from Iron Man finally put an end to the debate:

"This is not the ability of mutants, friends, this girl has nothing to do with mutants at all."

This is great. S.H.I.E.L.D., who was already quite experienced in the situation of "how to deal with the sudden appearance of unregistered mutants", suddenly didn't know what to do:

She is not a mutant, so she should not be subject to relevant laws;

At the same time, Hetty Brown is a legal American citizen, and her mother is a famous professor of geology who has considerable influence in the academic world. applied to her;

Secondly, her ability seems to have no other effect other than digging holes on the spot. The only video record in that dead end also proves this point. Other than stumbling people, there is no extra combat power, and the physical fitness is no different from that of ordinary people, so it is not suitable to be a member of any special organization at all.

In the end, Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., asked, "Agent Romanov, did you feel anything unusual when communicating with her?"

Natasha pondered for a while: "There seems to be something on her body that neither we can see nor hear. And she can communicate with that thing using brain waves while talking to us in words.

But the feeling was fleeting, and other than when it gave me that feeling at first, the thing was pretty quiet all the time, I mean if it existed at all. "

"After all, the information shared by the Justice League's consultant said that she had been hypnotized. If so, it is very likely that this thing is just a sequela of hypnosis—an auditory hallucination."

At this time, the digging and not filling system that had finally released the silent mode in Hetty's mind was complaining to Hetty: "Little Hetty, do you know that I have never been so quiet before."

Hetty: "To be honest, I'm not used to your sudden mute."

"Okay, human rights are paramount, there is no suspicion." Tony shrugged handsomely at the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"To be honest, friends, the holes she dug have never been deeper than three centimeters, and these holes will disappear automatically after a while. If this is the case, what are you worried about? She can still dig through the entire New York No?"

Fury and Natasha exchanged glances: "It's not as simple as you think, Stark. In order to be responsible to the public, we must ensure that her ability is within a controllable and harmless range. So you have Any good advice?"

"She is an obedient and good child at first glance." Tony spread his hands: "Go and tell her, "If you can't restrain your abilities well, we have to forcefully send you to a mutant school"——I'm sorry , Forget that she is not a mutant—"Send her to dig holes with the groundhogs on the African savannah", she will definitely be obedient. "

Nick Fury: ...I was wrong, we shouldn't be asking you.

In the end, Natasha brought Heidi a treaty, which was written in black and white

That is, as long as the controllability she showed during the observation period is within the acceptable range of S.H.I.E.L.D., then after passing the observation period smoothly, she can still live her original life without messing with others. Things have nothing to do with it.

While Hetty was looking through the treaty carefully, Natasha was also looking at her carefully.However, the more she looked at it, the more she felt that Hetty had a strong sense of disobedience:

She was too quiet, too composed.

Generally speaking, after young people of this age possess certain powers that are different from ordinary people, they will either avoid their own abilities, cannot accept them, or even disgust and question themselves;

Or after the initial shock, you will regard it as a gift from God and want to use it to do something.As for whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, it all depends on the character of this person.

However, she could not see the slightest trace of the above two emotions in this girl.

It's as if such an ability is a part of herself for her, a daily need like eating, drinking, and sleeping, which is very strange.

And her attitude towards this treaty is also very calm, too calm:

Who would willingly be chained?It was only later that people gradually discovered that the result obtained after being restrained—the peace of mind of ordinary people—

Better than unfettered consequences, in contrast, there is no choice but to accept this treaty.

Natasha decided to try one last time based on the professionalism of an agent.She said softly: "Although I'm sorry to ask you to sign this document, but girl, we are responsible to the people of New York and even the whole of the United States. The constraints on abilities that are different from ordinary people are actually seen from another perspective. It's the protection of the people."

Hetty tilted her head in doubt, completely confused why Natasha spoke to her so seriously and cautiously, as if she was trying to explain her: "I understand."

She stretched out her hand and carefully pulled the corner of Natasha's clothes. Her bright blue-green eyes looked at Natasha without blinking. Needless to say, she was 12 serious and firm. The floor overflowed: "I was protected by you when I didn't know you existed before; since that's the case, I'm just doing the same thing as you now, don't worry, Natasha. I don't think there's anything wrong with this arrangement, I'm totally fine with it."

Natasha: ...God, this girl is so cute.I'm going to turn on her for a second.

When Hetty finished signing the ten-page-long contract and walked out of the gate of Aegis, he saw Jason half leaning on the locomotive in the blink of an eye.

Before she had time to call out Jason's name, Jason looked up at her with a tacit understanding.Then he waved to her and said hello: "Hi, what a coincidence."

Hetty trotted down the steps in three steps and two steps, and asked with a smile, "You didn't drop by here again, did you?"

Jason was silent for a moment.Not to mention, he really planned to use this reason to fool Hetty at first.

After all, this girl has a certain kind of silly temperament, she will believe what others say.

However, when Hetty himself gave the reason first, Jason suddenly didn't know what to say: "What if I say yes?"

Hetty suddenly pursed her lips and smiled happily.

Her smile made Jason feel a little helpless.After all, he has never gotten along with such a girl: "What are you laughing at?"

"I suddenly felt—" Hetty stopped laughing with great difficulty, looked into Jason's eyes and praised him seriously: "You are so cute, so cute."

Jason was silent for a moment, before he managed to squeeze out a sentence: "It's best not to use this adjective for men."

Hetty clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Okay, then whenever you don't pass by, I will praise you for being handsome."

Right now, the winter snow in New York has not completely disappeared, but a little greenery has begun to emerge in the small flower pots in the window of the coffee shop on the side of the road.

From winter to spring, it has been like this since ancient times, everything withered and dormant and then re-grows, the cycle of life and death, everything is orderly and never-ending.

However, in this ancient order, something different is emerging.

A melodious Irish folk song came from the coffee shop downstairs, and the soft female voice sang that sentence over and over again——

"Like new green sprouting from a branch."