Manhattan is still under martial law.

Many shops were not open, but a restaurant was still found. The owner lived upstairs of the restaurant and opened the door downstairs.

Bruce Banner got out of the car and came around to open the door for her.

"Who is this? Your niece?" The boss seemed very familiar with Bruce.

"A child from a friend's house." That's all I could say.

"A child from the Stark family?" The boss pointed to the "Stark Industries" logo on Alicia's chest.

"What? No." Bruce said "what are you thinking".

"what do you want to eat?"

"What can you do?"

"It's too late for stewed noodles, steak, macaroni, onion soup, okay?" The boss looked at Alicia.

But the actual cooking is more than this. I made steaks for 4 people, handmade meatballs, staple macaroni, and two kinds of thick soups.

Bruce didn't eat much, the amount of normal adult male food, and Alicia ate everything else.

The restaurant owner doesn't seem to be surprised either.

While eating and chatting, "Can you tell me more about what happened before?"

"What do you want to know?" She also ate like a child, the sauce dripped on her T-shirt, and wiped it off with a napkin.

"And here." Bruce gestured to the sauce on her chin, and she wiped her chin again with a clean napkin.

"How long have you been at a research institution in another country? To what year?"

"Until the end of the Cold War."

Bruce nodded: It was the end of 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and the Cold War ended.Without the Cold War, the United States would have lost all enthusiasm for various arms races with the Soviet Union.

"U.S?"

"Yes. And then I left. Got lost in the mountains out there for a few days, then traveled a lot, all the mountains in America, all the big cities, and then went to Canada."

"Have you been in North America for the past 20 years?"

"No, sometimes I go to other countries. For example, if there is a local war somewhere, I will go and have a look."

Bruce decides not to ask her how she "sees" for now.

"What about personal life? You are always alone, don't you feel lonely? Humans are group animals, and we need others."

"Hulk doesn't need companions."

Bruce just laughed, "Yeah, he doesn't need to."

"I went back to Wallachia, but the church has been destroyed and doesn't exist anymore. I didn't find any insiders."

"Don't the Germans have more information?"

"They don't know much, probably because it's been too long."

Bruce put down the knife, "What are you going to do in the future?"

"Find out 'who I am,' or 'what I am,' and then say it."

"Have you ever thought about living a normal life?"

Alicia looked at him, "I can't grow up, how can I live an 'ordinary life'? Children in the United States grow up so fast. If I haven't grown up in a small town for a year, people will doubt me. "

"You can say that you have a genetic disease."

"Yes," she laughed, "then I still wouldn't be a normal, ordinary person. Human nature is ugly most of the time, Dr. Banner, and there are many people who do evil even if it doesn't do them any real good, because It's their way of showing 'I can do it', they seek strength from 'evil' and it's scary."

Bruce was a little taken aback, "Did you—did you get hurt?"

"Who can't be harmed?" Alicia was a little sad. "Even if I don't care about physical harm, there will still be some encounters that I don't want to mention again."

What Bruce said was quite empathetic.

After a moment of silence, Alicia finished the last mouthful of the mushroom bisque.

"Are you full?" Bruce looked at his watch, "We should go back, Tony should be back too."

He stood up.

"Where did he go?" She also stood up.

"I don't know. It's the ones anyway, S.H.I.E.L.D. or some intelligence agency, national security agency." Reaching out to take her hand, "He's a famous person, which means he's got more trouble than us."

"The convenience and trouble brought by fame and fortune are equal, right." Alicia is like a baby with a strong thirst for knowledge.

"Correct."

Tony Stark, caught up in convenience and trouble, has just returned to Stark Tower.

Due to martial law, the materials for rebuilding the penthouse were still not delivered, so the roof was still cool at night.

"Where's Bruce?" There was no one on the roof, and neither was Pepper.

"Dr. Banner hasn't returned yet, and Alicia is with him," Asimov replied.

"contact him."

A few seconds later, Bruce's car phone was connected, "Tony, we just had dinner and are going over."

"I haven't eaten yet, why don't you want to bring me some."

"Sorry, you're not a 13-year-old kid."

"She's not a 13-year-old child either." She was wronged, obviously she had no life skills at all, but everyone thought she was still a minor.

Out of the corner of Bruce's eye, Alicia grimaced, delighted. "You can order takeout. Or I'll buy you some if I see a delivery cart."

But it was too late, there were no takeaway food trucks left.

"Don't you need to bring something to eat for Mr. Stark?" Alicia asked as they stopped the car downstairs at the Stark Building.

"No, how could he haven't had dinner yet. That's just how he is, you'll know the way he talks when you get to know him."

Sure enough, Tony Stark didn't mention the issue of dinner.

He looked at Alicia's MRI scan and had Asimov read it and analyzed it.Speaking of meeting Agent Natasha Romanov today, I asked her to find Alicia's information in the secret research files of the former Soviet Union through her personal relationship.

"Don't tell Fury."

"I'll let her keep it a secret for now." Tony agreed, "She's still a child, I don't want her to enter any damn research institution again." It must be uncomfortable to be treated as a guinea pig.At this moment, he forgot to point out that she is not a 13-year-old baby just now.

Asimov finished reading, "She has no brain abnormalities. I agree with Dr. Palmer's diagnosis, but I'm just an artificial intelligence program, and I can't analyze mental abnormalities. Sir, I think you need a mental Analyst."

"Find one in New York."

Asimov began scouring lists of experts.

Alicia did not comment on the matter.

"Are you going to take a break? Tired today," Bruce said to her.This was obviously an attempt to send her away, and the two men wanted to whisper something.

She nodded, "I'll go down first. Shall we go out tomorrow?"

"Let's rest for a few days. Martial law will probably be lifted tomorrow, or at least partially lifted." Tony said gently, "Pepper and I are going back to Los Angeles in a few days. Do you want to go to Los Angeles with us?"

She thought for a while, then nodded, "I'll follow you for the time being."

Tony pointed at her, "You—— Pepper's Cousin for now, she likes you very much."

"Okay."

She went downstairs.

"How is it?" Tony asked after watching her enter the elevator.

"Sometimes like a normal kid, sometimes too old."

"Anything else?" Handing him a whiskey.

"This is another inspection report. The trace elements in her hair show that she has been in the deep sea for several years."

Tony shrugged, "I don't think she's lying. Powerful people don't need to lie. They don't care whether you believe it or not, but I do anyway." Will believe her words.

Bruce smiled, "There's nothing like cosmic rays on her, that's not my forte."

Asimov: "Dr. Banner, the particle detectors you need won't be shipped for at least three months."

"Look! Then I'll come back in 3 months. Or would you rather do the test in Los Angeles?"

"Stark Industries has a factory in New Jersey, so let's ship directly to New Jersey."

Asimov: "Okay, I'll change the delivery address."

"I have to go." Bruce drank his glass of wine in one gulp, "Let me know if anything happens."

"Where are you going?"

"I think they probably won't let me just go abroad, I want to go to Miami Beach for a few days, you know where to find me, or Fury, he will always know."

Bruce Banner left.

Actually, Nick Fury already knew about Alicia, right?

Tony thought to himself, Fury is a cunning guy with a strong desire to control. He likes everything under his supervision. How could he not know that someone is in contact with the members of the Avengers?Natasha will definitely report to him after getting Alicia's information.

However, it doesn't matter.

If it is true as Alicia herself said, there may really be no people or things on this earth that can restrict her, as long as she wants to leave, she can leave.

But think about it again, S.H.I.E.L.D. obtained a lot of alien technology from the Destroyer last time, and this time it can get more alien technology from the Cherita fighter. These technologies will be used first without exception. In terms of military equipment, there is likely to be something that has a restrictive effect on her.It's hard to say, S.H.I.E.L.D. probably didn't care about using a child to experiment with their alien technology.

What did Charles Xavier say?Someone had developed an inhibitor for superhumans, and maybe that would be the next step to try, but of course, first of all, it would have to be established if she was a mutant.

Thinking of this, he asked, "Asimov, has Alicia's genetic test report come out?"

"The Xavier School for Gifted Teenagers has passed on the test results. She does not have mutant genes. But Hanke said that it does not rule out the possibility that there are undiscovered mutant genes, so we still need to wait for Professor Xavier to come back." Afterwards, examine her personally."

The author has something to say: *Hank the Beast.

*Siberia is where the Winter Soldier is made.Siberia is very big, and the two may not necessarily be in the same research institution.

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