Addicted to Pokemon GO [Zhongyingmei]

To bury your face in it, or not to bury it, that is the question.

Tony Stark felt that this strange behavior was really embarrassing, even more embarrassing than playing "Pokemon Go" in front of others.Besides, he felt even more uncomfortable when he saw Edney White standing beside him and looking at him intently.

Putting your ass up in front of a little girl and burying your whole face in a washbasin or something is really detrimental to Iron Man's image.

...Although in Edney's eyes, Iron Man really doesn't have any awesome meaning.

Tony struggled again and again, and when he looked up, he saw Dumbledore looking at him with half a smile, and the phoenix, which was more flirtatious (?) than himself, circled around Dumbledore for a few times, and finally stopped. On Edney's shoulder, she raised her head and looked at him with contemptuous eyes.

I always feel like I'm being mocked by a turkey...

Looking at Edney's eyes that seemed to encourage, Tony felt as if a few soft and fluffy balls rolled in his heart, and he felt an indescribable feeling.

He finally walked to Dumbledore's desk, put his hands on the sides of the Pensieve, took a deep breath, bent down, raised his buttocks, buried his head, and slowly immersed his face in it.

After Dumbledore put the silver-white mist memory into the Pensieve, it appeared like a transparent water surface.

At first Tony thought he couldn't breathe, and held his breath foolishly, but he soon realized that he was being stupid—things in the wizarding world cannot always be measured by common sense.

When he buried his entire face in the Pensieve, he found that he didn't feel the coldness of the liquid as he expected, but instead felt a blank in his head for a moment, as if he had escaped from the illusion of the real world.

Afterwards, he seemed to be in another world, and there was silence around him, and he couldn't hear any sound.

He looked up, and saw ink-like things pouring down from the sky above his head, rendering an entire scene as far as he could see.

Tony was in an old and solemn manor at this time.

He looked around and confirmed that this was definitely not the residence of any nobleman he knew.

This perception was so real that for a moment Tony forgot that he was burying his face in the Pensieve, and was about to walk around to find out where he was and why he was here, when he felt a cold breath on his ankle .

Tony glanced down and subconsciously took two steps back.

It was a snake.

To be precise, it was a huge adder that was more than ten feet long.

It slid past Tony's feet with its bright red snake tongue, and the tip of its tail clearly swept across his ankles, but it seemed that it didn't notice Tony, an outsider, at all.

Even as Iron Man who fought the evil Pokemon Arbor, Tony frowned.

This snake looks extremely alert and aggressive, but why is it so familiar to him?

Before he had time to think about this question further, the appearance of another person directly solved his doubts about the current situation.

"Nagini." A deep male voice came from behind Tony.

Tony turned around, and saw Voldemort, who looked younger, walking towards him, but he seemed to have not noticed that there was such a person standing here at all, and his eyes fell on the giant named Nagini on the snake.

Hearing Voldemort's voice, Nagini stopped, and turned its huge head towards Voldemort, spitting and hissing.What surprised Tony even more was that Voldemort actually made the same sound, which sounded like he was talking to the snake.

Nagini nudged Voldemort's feet, then followed him into the manor.

Only then did Tony realize the true meaning of the Pensieve.

What Dumbledore said "put yourself in the shoes of Voldemort's memory" turned out to be literally what it meant.The place where he is now is not another world, nor some inexplicable space, but the memory of Voldemort, which is realized in the Pensieve.

Already aware that people and animals here would not notice his existence, Tony followed with confidence.

Voldemort "leads" Tony to what appears to be a secret place in the manor.

After Voldemort stared at him faintly, Nagini consciously crawled away.

Tony was facing the several rooms in front of him, and just as he was wondering which one to go into, Voldemort pushed open one of the doors.Tony thought for a while, and followed the other person in, but he didn't know that he missed the limited edition Captain America comics in another room full of cabinets.

Tony casts a cursory glance at first.

There is nothing in this room except a painting hanging on the wall at the end of the room.

No, not a mural.

Tony followed in, only to see clearly that it was actually a framed photo.It wasn't the moving picture in the newspaper that he had seen in the Gryffindor lounge, but it was taken by an ordinary Muggle camera.

The picture in the photo attracted all of Tony's attention——

It was a group photo.

Young Howard Stark and James Barnes stood on both sides, and in the middle stood Edney White and a twelve or thirteen-year-old black-haired boy, and the boy's eyebrows and eyes were similar to the Voldemort in Tony's impression There are some similarities.

Did Tom Riddle already know his father at such a young age?

But why?

Tony turned his gaze and landed on Edney again.

Her presence in this photo seemed to explain all of Tony's doubts. He vaguely felt that it was all due to her ability to travel through other people's timelines.

But now, what he should think about should not be about Edney White.

Tony took another deep breath and brought his thoughts back to Voldemort.

While Tony was staring at the frame for an instant, Voldemort was looking at the picture with rapt attention.

Tony withdrew his gaze and landed on Voldemort, and was surprised to find that there was a nostalgic emotion in the other's eyes.

Even though Tony had only met Voldemort a few times, and he didn't even say a word, he could still identify this person's character, which had nothing to do with the sentimental word "memory".

Like a small theater, this memory ends here.

Everything around Tony, including the photo hanging on the wall and Voldemort, melted into the ink just now, rendering a new picture like a reorganization.

This time, Tony, who was familiar with the Pensieve routine, was more calm than before.

He looked at the picture in front of him, the decoration style was obviously in the same manor as the room just now.

In other words, this is still Voldemort's manor.

Tony turned to look behind him, and sure enough, he saw Voldemort sitting on the sofa there.He looks much more mature than he was just now, but because he was almost like this when he saw him in the 21st century, Tony can't judge his current age from his current appearance, and infers from this The year in which this memory occurred.

Time seems to have never left a mark on Voldemort's face. Thinking of this, Tony slandered secretly, and the same idea as Edney came to his mind—this guy must have been botoxed! ?

Ever since he got to know Edney White, Tony Stark found that his thinking often went astray inexplicably.

Just like him now, obviously he should find out the truth about the Winter Soldier video, but he can't help but turn his attention to Voldemort's tender face for decades (...).

This thought made him feel a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help coughing twice.

As if he had noticed the cough, Voldemort turned his head to look at him, and his eyes seemed to meet his.

Tony was startled, and quickly staggered his gaze, and moved a few steps to the side.

But Voldemort didn't follow and looked over, but kept staring in the direction just now.Knowing that the other party was not looking at him, Tony felt relieved.

Tony turned and looked in the direction Voldemort was looking at. He was facing a burning fireplace with a clock hanging above it.

But that was no ordinary clock.

There are three hands on it, but they are not long or short, thick or thin like ordinary hour hands, minute hands, and second hands, but they are almost exactly the same, and they do not rotate around the clock face.

Take a closer look, and each pointer is marked with tiny text.

Tony narrowed his eyes a little, and then he could see clearly what was written on it.

Those were three names, names he was familiar with—

Steve Rogers, James Barnes.

And the name that belongs to his father, Howard Stark.

Among them, the place represented by the pointer of Captain America Steve Rogers is marked with the word "unknown".The pointer representing James Barnes points to "work", and the pointer representing Howard points to "travel".

Although Tony had never seen a clock with the same function in Weasley's Burrow, and didn't know what it was used for, but judging from his inventive mind, it was not difficult to guess.

Tony turned his head to look at Voldemort again, only to see that the other party was looking at the direction of the clock blankly, but suddenly changed his expression.

Voldemort frowned, and stood up suddenly.

Seeing him suddenly showing such a rare expression, Tony suddenly had a bad feeling.He looked again at the clock representing the current state of the person pointed by the pointer, and found that the place pointed by his father Howard Stark's pointer was no longer "travel", but "danger".

Just as Tony was startled, Voldemort had already Apparated and disappeared into the room.

The screen jumps again.

This time, it was a lane Tony was familiar with.

In 1991, Howard Stark and his wife went on a long trip, and it was here that they were "shot dead" by the Winter Soldier.

In the video the Winter Soldier showed Tony.

Tony felt his heart beating faster.

He saw Howard's car coming down the road in the distance, with his mother sitting in the passenger seat.

While watching the Winter Soldier video, when the car crashed into the railing on the side of the road, Tony knew immediately that the car had been tampered with by Hydra.

The windows of the car were smashed, bright red blood oozed from Howard's forehead, and Maria Stark, the co-pilot, was also trapped.Tony wanted to help them, but remembered that he was only in Tom Riddle's memory, and there was nothing he could do.

Although he knew that his parents were still safe and sound, he still clenched his fists involuntarily.

When the Winter Soldier appeared next to the car in full armor on a motorcycle, he even confirmed his guess about Hydra.

Because of the dialogue between the Winter Soldier and Captain America, Tony thought that the Winter Soldier was not brainwashed at this time, but just pretended to be controlled by Hydra and sneaked into their organization as an undercover agent.But what happened next was obviously different from what he thought——

The Winter Soldier pulled out his gun and pulled the trigger on Howard in the driver's seat!

Tony's heart skipped a beat.

When watching the Winter Soldier video, because the picture quality is blurry, I can't see this scene clearly.At this moment, he was standing here personally, but he didn't dare to open his eyes to look at it.Anyone who saw his parents shot in front of him would not be so calm.

Tony forced himself to open his eyes, and looked at his father with the consciousness of seeing what he didn't want to accept, but saw Howard sitting in the car safe and sound, and was not hit by the Winter Soldier's bullet at all.

Howard was equally surprised.

He recognized that the person who shot him was James Barnes, who had declared his sacrifice that year. The moment he hesitated, the other party shot him.

Howard raised his hand to his forehead, only to find that even the blood stains that had just been scratched by glass shards had disappeared, and the other party clearly aimed at his head just now.

He looked through the shattered glass window and saw the Winter Soldier sitting on his motorcycle, one foot planted on the ground, as motionless as petrified.His facial expression was a little distorted, as if he wanted to struggle out of this state.

And farther away, stood a man with an expressionless face but an inexplicably dignified aura.

Howard froze for a moment when he saw that face.It was the face of a young man, but his mature temperament was revealed between his brows and eyes.But what caught Howard's attention even more was that this face looked familiar no matter how it looked, as if he had seen it many years ago.But in a short time, Howard couldn't figure out who the person who was so close to him was.

After this sense of familiarity passed through his mind, he realized that the man was holding something like a stick, pointing in his direction.

Sensing Howard's gaze, Voldemort's expression did not change at all.

He slowly approached the direction of the Winter Soldier, with vigilance in his eyes, and he never let go of the wand in his hand.

When he walked in front of the Winter Soldier, he first chanted the healing spell to heal the Howards and his wife. Then he turned to the Winter Soldier and said, "His mind is controlled by Hydra."

Although Voldemort did not name names, Howard knew the words were addressed to him.

Howard, who had fallen into complicated emotions because his old friend was revived and shot himself, solved the entanglement in his heart because of this sentence.

He didn't know who the man who was standing in front of him and saved him was, but he somehow felt that this man could be trusted.

Controlling the human brain is not limited to Hydra, and this is one of Voldemort's specializations over the years.

In magic, there are many spiritual magics that involve controlling the human brain, the most famous being the Imperius Curse, one of the three unforgivable curses.Although this falls within the realm of Dark Arts, Voldemort researched it anyway - he actually spent far more time doing it than White Arts.

After meeting Edney White, he did not continue to hide his dabbling in the dark arts from Dumbledore, and the latter also unexpectedly adopted an attitude of trusting him, but told him in every possible way that he could only conduct research and not pay for it. Put it into practice.

While studying the Imperius Curse, Voldemort also developed his own methods of dealing with various such effects.

Whether it's magical brainwashing or Hydra's physical brainwashing, he can find a countermeasure.

After adding a few binding spells to the Winter Soldier, Voldemort began to use detection magic to probe the details of the Winter Soldier's brainwashing.

It didn't take long for Voldemort to be a powerful wizard who was proficient in spells like Occlumency, Insanity, and the Imperius Curse.

He quickly judged Hydra's brainwashing method——

To control the Winter Soldier, the person who gave him the order had to read a string of unrelated Russian words in order.

In other words, these words are like a thought, planted in the subconscious of the Winter Soldier.Once someone activates this subconscious mind, he can manipulate his brain and make him do what he says.

For such brainwashing, the method of cracking it is relatively simple.

In theory, all that is needed is to find these Russian words in the Winter Soldier's memory and erase them from his subconscious.In practice, these steps were not a problem for Voldemort at all.

When Voldemort's spell ended, the Winter Soldier's pupils returned to clarity.

Perhaps when the Winter Soldier is removed, he should be called Bucky.

"I...?" Bucky's eyes were confused for a moment, he looked at his metal arm, raised his head again, and saw the old Howard.He opened his mouth and closed it again, and after repeating it several times, he tentatively asked in disbelief, "Howard, Howard?"

"Decades, Bucky." Howard's voice was no longer young.

This familiar name made Bucky's eyes flash.

Howard continued: "At that time we all thought you died in the war, but we didn't expect you to be taken away by Hydra and brainwashed to control you."

This sentence seems to have opened up Bucky's memory. Everything he experienced in the Hydra base was skipped in Bucky's mind one by one. He couldn't help but widen his eyes. His first reaction was to worry about Howard instead of his An Wei: "I remembered - Hydra ordered me to get rid of you! Howard! You must leave quickly!"

"No need," said Voldemort suddenly, who had been silent for a while.

Several people looked at him in surprise, Howard stopped Bucky's defensive attack and said, "He is not the enemy, he saved us."

Bucky took a step back suspiciously, putting away his weapon.

Voldemort paused, and said in a deep voice: "If Howard and Maria Stark are not dead, Hydra will not stop, and it will even threaten Tony Stark's life. At this point, I have One way, but you two have to be wronged to live in seclusion for a while. Maybe not just for a while-I mean, until Hydra is completely eradicated."

Howard was silent for a moment, and asked him, "What way?"

"I can provide a safe place, and at the same time I will make Hydra think you are dead. And you—" Voldemort turned to Bucky, "you must return to Hydra to return."

Bucky frowned: "But their brainwashing—"

"I have initially understood their brainwashing procedures, but the next step is up to you." Voldemort said, "I will teach you Occlumency. After mastering this, you can deal with their brainwashing."

"Then I can lurk in Hydra." Bucky suddenly realized, but another question crept into his mind, "But...why did you help us?"

This time Voldemort was silent for a long time.

When both Howard and Bucky thought he would not speak again, he said softly, "I'm Tom Riddle."

This name exists in the memory of the two of them. Although it is vague, when it is mentioned again, the impression will become clearer and clearer.

Howard and Bucky think of the boy they rescued on that war-torn sea.

He said he owed them his life and he would repay them.Like a solemn promise.

And he did keep that promise.