Sokovia, on the outskirts of town.

This small Eastern European city has been kept out of the limelight, especially after Captain America personally removed the base of the former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, whose real identity is Hydra, and the city has been unhurried away from the hero's sight.

The castle built here by a 19th-century Prussian nobleman who was once the home of Hydra is now in ruins.

Occasionally, a cleaning staff walked by, looked up at the ruins of this huge area and waste of land resources, and could only lament the "efficiency of the government" and then shook their heads and drove their cleaning cars away.

He would never have imagined – just as the Avengers would never have imagined – that under his wheels, a hundred meters below the castle's air-raid trenches, there would be a built-in underground fortress.

From the living quarters to the research room, this huge cavern hidden under the castle's air raid trench is like a mythical jörmungad, which sleeps at the bottom of the sea and surrounds the world, and under everyone's eyelids, silently centered on this ruined castle, opening dense tentacles, penetrating the entire city.

Baron Straker stood in front of the transparent wall, holding his chest and calmly watching as the researchers injected drugs into the "test subject" inside the tempered glass. The monocle he was wearing reflected an absolutely cold and insane light—a madness that caused the mutants in the room to go berserk after being injected with the drug, smashing the researcher's head with a punch, slamming the transparent glass wall with his brain-stained and blood-stained palm, staring at him with hateful and horrific eyes.

The baron did not fluctuate.

After the initial shock, the researchers around him also quickly returned to their working state, observing the data: "Subject No. 78, the peak appeared three seconds after the injection of the mutant drug, and the peak is still high——! ”

The researchers' agitation stopped abruptly before it lasted a second.

The mutant in the transparent wall suddenly bulged out his eyeballs, reached out and grabbed his neck as if he could not breathe, and rolled around the room in pain, almost smashing his head apart without relieving the slightest bit of his pain.

- Like all previous test subjects, he erupted in extreme pain and died suddenly.

"There was rejection within a minute." The baron glanced at his watch, not paying any more attention to the corpse. He patted the researcher on the shoulder, and said in a calm tone that made the researcher shudder, "When I come here next time, I hope you can at least give me some decent results." ”

Under pressure, the researcher struggled, "Your Excellency, the X gene fragment extracted from mutant DNA is already very unstable, let alone expanded in a stable form—"

"If I wanted to know how hard it was, I wouldn't have hired you." Straker said indifferently, "If you still have a little memory of the 'Apocalypse' catastrophe forty years ago, you should know that this kind of thing is possible. There were mutants who did it back then, and the mutants who had undergone such forced ability development and were still alive in the world are currently only Professor X, Storm, and Magneto - if the twins born to Magneto hadn't completely escaped because of your negligence, research wouldn't have stalled. ”

"Listen, Hydra needs to welcome back our 'God,' a whole, unbound being by anything stupid or physical." "So I hope you'd better have finished the potion by the time I bring her back." ”

The researcher was tempted to say something, but was silenced by Straker's inhuman gaze behind the lens of his right eye.

After a long time, he trembled and saluted the baron, and said in a trembling voice, "Hail Hydra!" ”

“Hail Hydra。” Straker patted him on the shoulder, "I trust your abilities, doctor. ”

No sooner had Stricker stepped out of Research Room 7 than his assistant reported to him, "The Wasp Warrior has returned, and Rena has failed." ”

Straker bowed: "It's okay, Rena's role is just to keep their eyes on the Clairvoyant so that the Hornets can do what he's supposed to do." ”

He tilted his head slightly and asked, "Is Batman's database in hand?" ”

The assistant hesitated, "The security system in the bat cave is very tight, and even the 'wasps' have very limited access. The good thing is that we wanted the part most - he brought it back. ”

"—On how to fight the 'Avenger Prophet.'"

New York, USA.

After leaving the headquarters of the Avengers, walking on the busy streets, and being blown all over his face by the damp air, Li Wintert gradually calmed down.

Lee Winter knew that Bruce Wayne wasn't a good love affair – in fact, all superheroes weren't suitable. But at this point, Li Won never naively thought that he would be able to reintegrate into the world of ordinary people. Now that you have become a member of a dangerous world, there are some problems that should no longer be judged by ordinary people's opinions.

Batman is an admirable hero, and the hero that Lee Winter once dreamed of—there's no doubt about that.

If it's just for his own safety, he has to draw a clear line with the hero - Li Wintert believes that this is not only an offense to Batman, but also a contempt for her.

She knew that Iron Man was right, and she also understood that Iron Man's decision was indeed for her. But she still can't stop the anger in her heart, which is both a resistance to Tony Stark's tough attitude and a grievance for his distrust of herself.

Li Wintert stood stunned, the air getting wetter and wetter, and the cool wind brought some fine raindrops to her eyes. She stretched out her hand to wipe away the water droplets, and subconsciously looked up at the sky, the good weather that was still blue sky and white clouds was overcast at some point, and it looked like it was going to rain.

Lee Winter thought to himself: It's going to rain.

However, as soon as this idea fell, Li Winter realized what he had thought, and before he had time to regret it, the raindrops the size of beans were about to fall down!

She turned around as if she was going to run somewhere else to hide from the rain, but she didn't want Xieli to suddenly stretch out a transparent umbrella, she was stunned, and looked along the paratroopers, and saw Quicksilver holding two umbrellas, one on her head, and holding herself and the Red Witch to cover the rain curtain.

Quicksilver chewed gum in his mouth, his eyes drifting away, but he tilted his umbrella in the direction of Levant.

However, it was probably the first time to do such a thing, he accidentally lightened the edge of the umbrella, and the rain drenched Li Winter's face from the front, and when Quicksilver was stepped on by the Red Witch, he reacted and quickly straightened the edge of the umbrella, and when Li Winter's bangs and face were already soaked.

Wanda said angrily, "Pietro, you idiot! ”

Quicksilver looked innocent, but he couldn't refute it, so he swallowed all the words and shoved his umbrella into his sister's hand, completely exposing himself to the sudden rainstorm.

Li Winter was stunned by Quicksilver's sudden move for two seconds before he reacted, and hurriedly held an umbrella over Quicksilver's head, she was unbelievable about Quicksilver's approach:

"What are you thinking?"

Quicksilver reached out and pinched the hair that was stuck to his eyebrows due to the rain, and smiled at Li Winter: "That's fair!" ”

Li Wente looked at him and even the corners of his clothes were dripping water, and her heart was full of "......" for a while, she patted her forehead helplessly, and said to Wanda: "Hurry up and go back to take a shower and change clothes first, the temperature is not high now, and you will get sick if you don't pay attention to the rain." ”

Wanda stood in place with an umbrella and asked, "What about you?" ”

She said quickly, "I can lend you my clothes." ”

Leewin's "I'll go home" could only be stuck in her throat, but although she calmed down, she really didn't know how to face Tony Stark for a while.

Wanda saw her hesitation and glanced at Quicksilver.

Quicksilver grinned and put away the umbrella in his hand, and Wanda cooperated with her hand and reached out in the void to hold it - with the three of them as the center, all the rain stopped!

Before Li Winter had time to be shocked by the magical scene in front of her, Quicksilver had already picked her up horizontally, and her feet were full of strength-

"Don't worry, we can go to the professor!"

Lewinter only had time to hear this, and by the time she had recovered from the rapid movement of supersonic speeds, she was already in Professor X's castle.

Professor X, who was talking about the play to the students in the living room, obviously did not guess her visit, and when she looked half-wet, she closed the book in her hand with some surprise and said with a smile: "Winter? I didn't hear from Mr. Stark that you were coming. ”

Li Wente was a little embarrassed, and Quicksilver suddenly appeared behind Professor X, took a piece of dim sum from the snack plate, clicked and took a bite, and said vaguely, "She's my guest!" ”

"By the way, Professor, your new hairstyle is great!" He gave a thumbs up, "Nice! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Quicksilver disappeared into Xavier's campus again, and Li Winter guessed that he had gone to pick up Wanda.

She stood in Professor X's castle with some embarrassment, the water in her hair ticking down her cheeks against the solid wood floor, drawing all the students to look at her.

Won Lee: "......" Am I being watched again?

Just when she looked desperate and couldn't love it, and wanted to make herself invisible on the spot, Professor X smiled understandingly, drove the wheelchair to her side, and said to her gently: "It's rare for Quicksilver to invite a friend home as a guest, I can't be rude." ”

Saying that, Professor X greeted her with a smile in his blue eyes: "Come with me to Winter, you need to take a hot shower now." ”

"Don't feel inhibited." He said softly, "This is your home too. ”

Charles Xavier took her down the stairway leading to the student dormitory, because it was class time, and there were few pedestrians on the road, which also provided Charles with the conditions to whisper to Li Winter: "You seem to be a little frustrated, you are arguing with Mr. Stark?" ”

Li Wente was very surprised when she heard this, she looked at Professor X, and couldn't help but say, "Did you read my heart?" ”

Charles laughed: "No, but your troubles are almost written on your face." ”

After a pause, he said kindly: "Although I don't communicate much with Stark, I probably know his character. Sometimes, in the face of arrogant geniuses like them, we need more tolerance, patience, and to see their tender hearts hidden under steel. ”

When Li Winter heard this, the original annoyance for Tony in his heart had almost dissipated. So she was able to laugh and joke to Professor X, "Are you talking about you and Magneto?" ”

Professor X laughed, and he winked at Li Winter, "There are some things that we've all been through. ”

Li Winter couldn't help but laugh.

Charles was so relieved that he looked out the window and said meaningfully: "Humans have created language for communication, but they have also created a wall that separates each other because of language." ”

He looked at Li Wintert and instructed, "There are so many variables in the world, so there is only so much we can do – don't let what is meant to be communication become a wall that separates us." ”

Li Wintert heard what Professor X was saying, and she didn't know how to answer the elder. Professor X had already stopped, opened the door for her, and smiled, "We're here." This is Wanda's room, and I think she's more than willing to lend it to you for a while. ”