[Comprehensive] Road to Trench

"Alex, I noticed...you seem to be very interested in apparation recently?"

In the common room, Gabriel hesitated as he passed the silver-haired girl who was reading a book by the fireplace.

"It doesn't seem like it's very interesting." Ernie, who was trying to catch up with his homework, interjected, "I'll look at the signs for a long time when I pass by."

He compared the bulletin board with the registration notice for the Apparition class.

Alex was about to be locked in the sofa chair by the fireplace, holding the spell book she was reading, stuck out her tongue a little, but turned her eyes a little restlessly.

The warm orange firelight shone on her long shiny silver curly hair, softening the original cool color.

"You can learn it in five years." Gabriel patted her head and felt relieved.

Since returning from Christmas, probably because of the dementors, Alex's complexion was very bad every day. A while ago, he was so pale that he could compete with Malfoy in Slytherin.The Hufflepuff seniors who cared about the younger generation saw it in their eyes, but they couldn't do anything more. After all, it was more of a psychological problem. Fortunately, Principal Dumbledore announced that the dementors had finally evacuated Hogwarts, with this news, their first-year students recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye, which made many people heave a sigh of relief, but also secretly confirmed: Alex did not rest because of the dementors. good.

Nightmare talk can only be a lie.

Apparition classes are scheduled for twelve weeks in February, and the time is every Saturday morning in the Great Hall of Hogwarts.Generally speaking, apparition is not allowed within Hogwarts, but for this special course, Professor Dumbledore specifically removed the relevant magic restrictions for one hour.

For Alex, it was relatively easy to use psion skills to keep others from noticing him, sneak in among the senior students, and make the teacher mistake him for a Hufflepuff senior student.

The only thing she has to worry about is...

"Great job!" The professor was pleasantly surprised to see that a Hufflepuff student in the arena quickly managed to apparate within a short distance, and the movement was perfect!No splits!Accurate placement!Exactly!

"Great! I don't know who this lady is?"

The professor specially sent by the Ministry of Magic to instruct this course has not yet recognized all the students. Although there are not many Hufflepuffs, there are also many. asked.

Although people think he is a senior student, but there is no certain identity of Alex: "..."

The little girl who didn't have the guts to announce her name gave a quick hint to everyone. The professor was in a trance for a while, then forgot the question she just asked, and continued to watch other people's practice.

Relieved, Alex continued to practice, and after a few serious training sessions he knew he had mastered the key points. Seeing that the others were still working hard, he quietly left the auditorium.

All the way out of Hogwarts through the secret passage, Alex began to practice apparation in Hogsmeade and went to various places, such as his home in London, the ruins of the laboratory where Agana once stayed, Diagon Alley...

After several experiments, she found that long-distance apparition is much more difficult than short-distance. Although there is no problem at present, considering the distance between the United States and the United Kingdom, she decided to spend a weekend first. Ordinary means of transportation travel between the United States and Britain once, and then study the halfway point. When it is really necessary to apparate, use multiple short- and medium-distance apparitions instead of the more difficult long-distance apparition.

After confirming the specific plan, Alex immediately started the experiment, and then, on Friday of the second week of the apparition course, he left Hogwarts through the secret passage while there was no class on Friday afternoon. Disapparation in the only wizarding village in the UK.

After a pop, the black figure who put on the hood and blocked the vision of others disappeared from the spot, and the wizard next to him took a look and ignored it.

Apparating only, nothing surprising.

It was already the end of February when Howard found out that Bucky was wrong, and he felt that the expression of the Winter Soldier, who has been outstanding recently, looked a little anxious.

When two people who used to be the same age but now looked almost like grandparents got together, Howard finally couldn't help asking, and then he got an unexpected answer:

"I feel like I've been followed recently."

Bucky frowned and said.

"Tracking?" Howard asked in surprise.

If Sergeant Barnes was really being followed, would everything they're doing now be exposed?

When the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., who are legally dead, think about what they are doing now, they can't help but wonder if Hydra discovered their previous little tricks.

"It's just a feeling." Bucky added, "I didn't find any traces of stalking, just... a psychological feeling, as if someone was watching me."

Sometimes I can get rid of it, but after a while, it will catch up again...

I don't know if it was his illusion, but he felt a bit like the strange feeling when Alex clinged to him... Huh?

After thinking for a while, the Winter Soldier stood up, leaving Howard, who was almost messed up by his words, and went to the kitchen.

They are now in a safe house of S.H.I.E.L.D., which is equipped with separate water, electricity and ventilation devices. There are also certain cash reserves, passports, and weapons in it. If you don’t consider the problem of loneliness alone, you can’t hide for three months. question.

There are countless such safe houses in S.H.I.E.L.D., all over the world. Howard used one of the very remote ones—S.H.I.E.L.D. basically only sends people there after an agent reports that they have used a certain safe house. Replenishment (false passports, additional food, weapons and cash reserves, etc.), so as long as no agents have come over in the near future, then they are safe.

Maria was making cookies in the kitchen. When she saw the Winter Soldier coming in, she was about to speak, but he suddenly made a gesture, and then she suddenly got angry, turned around quickly, and punched behind her like lightning!

At that moment, Maria wasn't sure if she was hallucinating, she seemed to hear a small exclamation.

She seemed to see a figure in the corner of her eyes, but she felt that it should be a hallucination.

Under the deception of her brain, Maria let go of all the doubts she could feel.

However, for the Winter Soldier who has been brainwashed for a very long time, leaving behind some bad sequelae, those abnormalities are not so subtle that he can ignore them.

The punch didn't hit anything, but the Winter Soldier didn't feel that he was suspicious. He immediately followed up with the second punch, and at the same time restrained him with the other hand, blocking the position he felt the opponent should be in.

With this punch, the Winter Soldier felt like he had punched something.

Then at this moment, he realized that he had just heard a voice: "Armor protection!"

His fist was stopped in the air strangely, as if an invisible wall stopped him in front of him.

And behind this transparent wall invisible to the naked eye, a person who appeared suddenly in the sight of the Winter Soldier and Maria, but in fact followed the Winter Soldier all the way back to the safe house, was in the fawning place. Laughing: "Uncle...it's me...well, can you put your fist down first and then talk?"

Alex looked at the fist on the top of his head that was almost brushing her hair in fear, with lingering fear in his heart.

"...So, I think Uncle Bucky and Uncle Howard will definitely have information about Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D., and I'm really worried about you, so I followed Uncle Bucky, who was looking for information near S.H.I.E.L.D.... ...Followed all the way...Actually, I'm already ready to talk to you today, but I just haven't figured out how to get out..."

Pointing her fingers, the little girl said cautiously, it was fine at first, but then she suddenly turned up old accounts: "If it wasn't for Uncle Bucky, you always don't reply in time, I'm worried that something will happen to you, I wouldn't have come out like this... ..."

Although the cosmic Rubik's Cube is indeed quite attractive, the reason why she ran out of Hogwarts in such a hurry and came all the way to the United States is that Bucky's reply to her has been getting late.

She counted the time difference between the two countries to check the reply time, and felt that the reply time given to her by Uncle Bucky was particularly weird, which made her wonder if Uncle Bucky was doing something dangerous again—in other words, when did Uncle Bucky Have you ever done something that wasn't dangerous?

"You should be in Hogwarts now." Bucky tried to keep a straight face, "Don't you have to go to class?"

"Today is Saturday. I finished my Potions class on Friday, and then I came over for lunch, and I am going to go back on Sunday night." Alex said seriously, "Recently, in order to upgrade the system and study runes, I often stay in the Room of Requirement. overnight, so Susan and Hannah are used to me not being in the dormitory."

Temporarily giving up asking what the Room of Requirement is, the Winter Soldier glared at the little girl who sat upright and stared at him with flickering eyes: "... from now on, you are not allowed to leave school without a reason!"

He felt it necessary to bring up student management the next time he spoke to Albus.

Alex's eyes lit up: This is the pass!

The extraordinarily well-behaved little girl who was still so cautious immediately cheered and rushed forward: "Uncle Bucky is the best!"

The Winter Soldier, who was thrown straight, lifted the little girl, especially the little girl who could climb up the pole, away indifferently.

After some "friendly education" and "long conversation", the Winter Soldier looked at the little girl who had spontaneously hugged his arm and acted like a baby, and deeply realized why parents can beat up tough boys without hesitation. Go on, and the reason why everyone is soft when facing their daughters...

However, since Alex has joined, many detours can be avoided...

Knowing how powerful this child of his family is, the Winter Soldier pulled Howard over, and the two began to study how to find out the Hydra inside the S.H.I.E.L.D.