At the entrance of the hospital, the lights of police cars and ambulances flashed in a row.

Jimmy Wu, a level [-] agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the spokesman for the FBI in New York, came out from the hospital gate, followed by the police.

Before he took two steps, he was surrounded by a group of reporters who were waiting impatiently, and the white light of the shutter kept hitting him.

"How is the girl doing now?"

"How many injuries has she suffered? How is she doing now?"

"Where is she from, and where did this accident happen?"

The agent of Asian descent stopped in his tracks.He glanced at the surrounding reporters, pursed his lips, and revealed a professional smirk.He took his police ID and permit from his pocket.

"Sorry, but under the provisions of the United Earth Act No. 15, I have the right to clear you all now." Jimmy Wu said, "And, my dear friends in the media. See the hospital behind me ? As long as you step in, you will be legally detained for [-] days for violating citizens' personal privacy."

The reporters of different skin colors looked at each other, and they looked at Jimmy with dissatisfaction.

"We're not prisoners, your attitude like this is really bad!" said a woman, "We just need to take a photo—"

"Don't even think about it," Jimmy Wu said.He reached out and took out a stack of photos from his pocket and threw them at them, "This is a photo of that man, you can publish it legally."

He walked forward, and the police on both sides tried to clear the way for him, blocking the reporters and media behind him.

"Where is that man kept?"

"What was his motive for committing the crime? Why did he choose to commit crimes?"

"Is he a normal human or a super human?"

Reporters crowded around him, and the Asian agent had to stop again. He looked at the others, and took a deep breath.

"There is nothing to comment on the suspect, please wait for the official announcement." He said, "If you want to report, just report this matter."

"Wait, wait!" Seeing that he was about to move forward again, the reporters crowded even more intensely, "It's been a whole year and a half before such a big event happened, you should at least reveal a little bit to us!"

Jimmy Wu didn't want to respond anymore, he had already been escorted by the police to the black car, and he still needed to go back and report to his superiors.

"Jimmy Wu! Don't forget your identity!" At this moment, a voice sounded from among the media, and the person said, "You are a human being but can hold a position in the superhuman department. I guess you managed to climb Come up, I definitely don't want to be entangled with the past. But don't forget, you will always be human!"

"Yeah, have you forgotten where you came from just because you worked for superheroes? After living in Manhattan for a long time, don't you really think that you are also a super human?"

Jimmy took a deep breath, and he turned around.The media immediately raised their cameras, not knowing whether they were expecting him to show his anger or tell them some gossip.But Jimmy Wu just frowned slightly annoyed.

"Yeah, we are all human beings, so I will give you a few suggestions, I hope you will keep them in mind." Jimmy Wu said sharply, "Don't try to get news about that girl, I won't even give you the back view Let me tell you, she will be well protected. As long as she doesn't want to tell, no one will know that she is the only one who is the protagonist of this year's attempted murder case! This is the protection she deserves. If you still want to play tricks, Then touch your own conscience, if this person is your mother, sister and daughter, would you still be so excited to get on her photo just for a little hot spot?"

The reporters looked at each other and fell silent.After a while, a person said weakly, "Then... then tell us a little bit about the robbers..."

"No comment." Jimmy Wu said coldly, "Who he is and what tragic past he has are not the reason for his crime, let alone the material for your story. You only need to know his name, gender, Whatever evil he has done, whatever punishment will be given will suffice!"

After saying this, Jimmy Wu wanted to turn around and get into the car, but he remembered something, and he turned around again to look at everyone.

"I know that many of you look down on me, but you'd better think about it yourself. If you violate the law and make up and add articles at will, it will not only be a matter of whether you will be fired, but the company behind you may be implicated."

After saying this, Jimmy closed the car door and left the hospital.

>>>

In the hospital, Michelle was still holding the poster she had rolled up, sitting in a corner in a daze.

Kelly was not seriously injured, she had some bruises and bruises on her shoulders and arms, and a few light scratches on her neck, but nothing serious.It's just that the girl was frightened enough, and the psychological damage and shadow may not be so easy to recover.

The police just found Kelly's parents and her ambiguous object George. The family hugged and cried in the ward, and now Kelly fell into a deep sleep.George apologized to Kelly's parents again in the hallway, crying bitterly.

Kelly's family background is good, and his parents are also very open-minded. Instead of blaming him, they comforted him.

As Kelly's best friend and roommate, Michelle was invited by the police to watch related investigations, and George was also invited. The two of them sat awkwardly and preoccupied next to Kelly's parents, watching the police in the conference room. Analytical anatomy of our projection events.

The speed of the police in this matter was almost zero seconds.When the car suddenly turned onto the trail, the scouting robot had already noticed, and within 2 minutes of the fight between the two, the robot police were already in place to intercept it.When the driver here was thrown out of the car, the police had called Kelly's parents at the same time and sent text messages to Michelle and George, who were closest to Kelly in the city.

When the meeting was over, the police had to discuss matters with Kelly's parents and asked the two children to leave first.

Michelle dragged her heavy steps, mechanically holding her poster, and walked out of the hospital.She leaned against a corner and sat down motionless.

It was already dark, and the lights of the police cars outside the hospital were still flashing. Michelle hugged her knees and stared at the shaking lights in a daze.

"Michelle, you...you look very bad..." Peter came over, and he squatted beside her, looking at the girl in a trance with some concern, "Are you scared? It's okay Yes, Kelly is safe."

"No, Peter, you don't understand how complicated and uncomfortable my heart is now." Michelle stared at the police lights in a daze, and she murmured, "When the system you hate the most saves your best friend's life, How would you feel?"

Peter was a little dazed by the question. As a mutant and a little Avenger who was indirectly raised by Tony and the Avengers, he didn't feel that the current system was bad at all, let alone guessed that his attitude was a result of disgust.

Michelle turned her head, and when she saw Peter's bewildered look, the corners of her mouth twitched.

"I'm thirsty, Peter."

"I'll go buy it." Peter immediately stood up and ran away.

Michelle suddenly felt that she had no strength in her body, and she felt that she had fallen into a kind of confused swamp.She suddenly didn't know what was right and what was wrong, and suddenly she couldn't figure out whether the idea she had insisted on was correct or not.She let go, and the poster that she had carefully protected all day fell to the ground, and she raised her head, staring at the night sky in a daze.

After an unknown amount of time, a person seemed to stop beside her.

"'We want the truth about the Steve Rogers incident'?" The man said, looking at the posters scattered on the ground, "I didn't expect that among children your age, anyone would remember him."

Michelle turned her head stiffly. At this moment of confusion and sadness, she was still stunned for a few seconds because of the other person's appearance.She saw a man who seemed to be about 30 years old. He had short dark hair, a pair of green eyes, and a meticulous long trench coat.He is handsome, but he doesn't feel strong, but like a gentle brother next door.

"Everyone should remember him." Michelle said mechanically before he recovered.

"Then why throw these things away?"

The man squatted down, he slowly re-rolled the posters, and handed them to Michelle.

"Thank you." Michelle took the poster and said discouragedly, "You won't understand me."

"Why do you think so?" The man smiled softly, "You seem like a little reformer."

This man made Michelle feel differently than anyone else.He looks very gentle, that kind of gentleness is not only in his character, but also a kind of gentleness that has accumulated over time.They were clearly strangers, but amidst the gentle aura of the man, Michelle seemed to be gradually calming down and letting go of her vigilance.

"I used to think the world sucks," Michelle said.

"Why?" Bucky said softly, "Do you think this society is terrible?"

"No, it's perfect, and this is the worst part." Michelle hugged her knees, she stared blankly at the lights in the distance, "I never believed that there are perfect human beings in this world, great Gods always live in mythology, and the most holy superheroes in reality must have a shadow in their hearts. If even human heroes are not perfect, how can it be possible to create a perfect society?"

James sat down beside her.He looked at her sideways.

"It seems that you are very firm in your beliefs, so why are you so entangled?"

"I think it was the wrong system that saved my friend's life." Michelle murmured, "I know that in the ideal society in my heart, she would not survive tonight. And I watched the police How to achieve the means of rescuing the hostages within 3 minutes, but it is more clear that the centralization and control of this world has reached the most terrifying point. I can clearly see these two phenomena, which makes me confused. I don’t know what is the most OK."

James sighed softly.

"You are right, boy, there has never been a perfect government in this world." He said, "Your friend survived because everyone's freedom was suppressed and ruled, in exchange for the peace of the whole society .If you want to be free, you have to take risks."

"But this is wrong. The freedom of all people - the freedom and privacy of billions of human beings on the entire earth, such a huge right, should not be placed in the hands of a certain person or an organization." Michelle took a deep breath , She said, "How can the fate of the entire earth and mankind be decided by a few superheroes and their teams? Humans are not perfect, and people make mistakes. If the Avengers and Superman make mistakes, who can supervise their Rights? Even if they can be impartial and selfless now, what will happen after they die? Who will take over this world, and who can afford such a big responsibility?"

Bucky was slightly taken aback, and after a while, he smiled slightly.

"Aren't you very firm in your beliefs?" He said, "You just found out that your current physique is not useless, and you saved your friend's life, so that's why you're so entangled, right?"

Michelle fell silent.

She put her arms around her knees and rested her chin on them.

"I don't know," she muttered. "I'm just a stupid high school graduate. I probably don't understand anything."

James reached out, and he patted Michelle on the shoulder.

"You have to remember, child. There are some pursuits and ideals, and there is a price to pay. It may be freedom, love, friendship, family affection, or even your own life." He said, "If you have been on the battlefield, After rolling among the dead, you will understand that when you really believe in something, it will be more noble and precious than your life, and you must complete it even at the cost of your own and the lives of your comrades.”

"You are so young, have you been on the battlefield?" Michelle said in surprise, "Could it be before the 'Great Peace'? Then what is your belief?"

James slowly leaned against the wall, he raised his head, his green eyes stared at the sky.

"I pursue eternal peace in the future." He said slowly, "Under this concept, I can abandon everything I have. I am willing to pay the price of my life for the peace of the country, even if it means sacrificing other human rights. And he... "

Bucky's eyes slowly slid to the rolled up poster.

"Are you talking about Steve Rogers?" Michelle tilted her head.

Bucky nodded.

"Steve believes in freedom, free will above all else." He said, "He doesn't trust any authority and upper-level institutions. He firmly believes that everyone has the right to spirituality and freedom."

"This is against the ideals of this world, so he disappeared, he's 'dead'." Michelle said, "This society cannot tolerate Steve Rogers, and it cannot tolerate other ideals, which is also representative of this regime. Not entirely impartial evidence."

James froze slightly, and after a while, he smiled slightly.

"You're a really good little girl," he said. "You seem to be a staunch Rogers supporter."

"That's right." Michelle said proudly.

"Then you also have to remember what Steve once said," Bucky said. "He said that the price of freedom has always been high, but he is willing to pay the price."

This time it was Michelle who froze.

She knew James was referring to her friends, and even to the disappearing Steve himself.Yeah, freedom comes at a price, but Michelle really doesn't seem to be ready for it.There was a small flame in her mind, but it was still faint.

James couldn't help stretching out his hand, and he rubbed Michelle's hair.

"Don't worry, little girl," he said. "Go to college, to gain experience, to think, to grow up. The future belongs to you after all."

Seeing Buck stand up, Michelle raised her head, she stammered and said, "But, do you think I should stick to my own ideas? My friend really..."

"Why black and white?" Bucky lowered his head and said softly, "You can look at the world with two different standpoints. Maybe you will find a better way out."

Unknowingly, the sullen feeling in Michelle's heart suddenly disappeared.She suddenly didn't find those robots and the 'eyes' everywhere to be hateful. She still didn't like them, but now she suddenly calmed down, neither liking nor disgusting.

She seemed to be able to calmly, even gratefully, thank the system for saving Kelly's life, but she could also calmly examine its bad parts.

It's really amazing that this strange man untied her knot in just a few words.

James stood up, he was about to turn and leave, but stopped again.

"By the way, little girl," he said, "do you really think... that superheroes are that horrible these days?"

Michelle shook her head slightly.

"I never thought they were hateful, at least the current peace is created by them." She said, "It's just that my mother once told me that she always believed that superheroes should be the guides of human beings. She wants to become the new human ruler after overthrowing the original ruling class. She doesn’t want to see the hero sitting on the dragon’s corpse while she slowly grows scales.”

……

James left the hospital in a daze.

At the back door of the hospital, Rumlow was leaning against a black jeep and smoking. When he saw Bucky, he raised his eyebrows.

"Where's the little bug? Didn't you come here specially to find him for dinner?"

James got into the car without saying a word, and Rumlow, puzzled by his silence, also got into the cab.Rumlow saw Bucky pull out an information board, which showed a black mixed-race girl.

"Wow, this little girl has a lot of records at such a young age."

Rumlow saw that the analysis record under the name of Michelle's profile reads 'not gregarious', 'weird thinking', 'has anti-social factors', 'potentially dangerous person', and the label behind it is: It is recommended to start monitoring after adulthood .

All this was normal, until Rumlow saw that Bucky had called out the management limit, and he wanted to delete the girl's bad record, which surprised Rumlow and reached out to stop him.

"What's wrong with you? Do you want to clear her analysis records?" Seeing Bucky acquiescing, Rumlow said, "You're not out of your mind, are you? This violates your superhero messy agreements! If you let Superman know It's-"

Bucky waved his hand away and deleted Michelle's bad record without hesitation.

"Oh my God, look at it, look at it." Rumlow called up today's surveillance video of Michelle from face recognition, as well as the images of her and those team members. Everything they did was honestly It's recorded.Rumlow pointed at the monitor, "This girl is really an unstable person, look at what they are planning..."

As he said this, Bucky directly deleted all the bad information of the team members and overwrote the new data.

Rumlow dropped his hand.

"You're really crazy," he murmured. "Do you want to freeze yourself with Rogers?"

"I want to give the next generation a break," Bucky said. "You know what Superman sneaks into the classroom? He wants to brainwash those kids from an early age so they won't rebel against authority."

"Isn't this a very normal thing? It's for social stability."

James slowly rested his head on the back of the chair.

"I just don't feel so good..." he murmured, "What kind of people will these children who live in the Great Peace grow up to be? Whispering parents are nuts, will they report their parents' inappropriate words at home to the school?"

"You worry too much," Rumlow said.

"No, Brock." Bucky looked at him, and he reached out to grab Rumlow's arm, "Do you feel that Superman is slowly depriving us of our permissions year after year? Many industries have to adjust..."

"Bucky." Rumlow said helplessly, "You must be too sensitive."

"What I want is peace in my homeland, but that doesn't mean I want the people and the next generation to become puppets without self-awareness." Bucky murmured, "If this continues, will there be another form? Neo-Nazis?"

Rumlow stared at him, and after a while, the man sighed deeply.

"I don't understand these messy things, so I won't persuade you." He said, "I listen to you, whatever you think, Hydra will do."

James shook his head.

"My heart is a little confused." He said wearily, "Go back to the base first, Brock."

The car moved slowly.

Bucky closed his eyes, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

He comforted the girl, but now, she was calm, but as an adult and one of the world's rulers, he began to feel emotional.

Bucky suddenly remembered the brief period of harmony he and Steve had had while fighting side by side in World War II.They live in the ugliest place of human nature and have experienced the cruelest and cruelest wars.

Bucky is tired of war and disgusted with everything, and he would rather give his life for world peace.

Steve said to him, "See the world clearly and love it."

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