"You haven't worked with Hank, you never know what a terrible guy he is."

In Professor Bill's lab, testing of Ava's condition continues, and Dr. Bill needs to get comprehensive data to determine Ava's current status and how he can start helping his friend's daughter.

While waiting for the test results, Bill and Merlin chatted about Pym. Hank, the man.

Not surprisingly, Professor Beal, who had been Dr. Pym's assistant, also had a bad sense of the colleague he worked with. It seemed that Dr. Pym was a real abomination.

"It sounds like you're all very angry with him."

Merlin sat in his chair and asked:

"I've heard that Dr. Pym is not just a scientist, he also participated in some military operations of the Strategic Science Corps as a special soldier?"

"Yes, he invented the Pym particle to make a special suit that made him bigger or smaller, and he called himself Ant-Man, and we called that project Project Goliath."

Because Merlin's identity has been determined, Professor Bill tells the story of the last century.

He held the thermos cup, drank water, and complained to Merlin:

"But I seriously doubt that Hank made that suit just to make himself stand out. He's the kind of guy who's got all his joys and sorrows on the surface, and he has to be big... It became very big to be able to hold his sickly, inflated self-esteem. ”

"Speaking of Project Goliath."

Merlin suddenly remembered what Hill had told him, and he looked at the serious academic doctor in front of him, and he asked:

"I heard that you were one of the experimenters back then? You've had that, too... I mean, the experience of becoming big? ”

"Of course."

Speaking of this, the serious Professor Bill smiled a little nostalgic, touched the stubble on his chin, and said:

"I wasn't just an experimenter, I also went on several missions with Hank and Janet. But even with Hank's suit, getting bigger is a tiring thing. ”

The professor whispered:

"The Pym particle is amazing, it scales up and down the human body by changing the distance between the particles of the human body, and at the same time, it also increases the strength of the human body to achieve a powerful increase, we called it the second super soldier program at the time. However, I seriously suspect that Hank himself has not fully understood the reason why the Pym particles can increase their power. ”

"We can't explain the source of the power of the Pym particle... We just know that it works, but we don't know how it works. Well... Maybe Hank knows more than I do, but he's always like that, hiding all his secrets. ”

The professor complained again:

"I feel like there's only one thing in the world that's more tiring than getting bigger, and that's endlessly enduring Hank's stinky temper."

"Then what was the limit of your growth back then?"

Merlin asked curiously.

Professor Beale shrugged his shoulders, and he gestured his finger to an exaggerated height, saying:

"My limit is 21 feet, which is 7 meters faster. But Hank once broke through 60 feet during his mission, and that adventure left him in the hospital for a whole month. ”

"There is always some limit to the expansion of the human body."

Professor Beale said:

"Bigger body means more oxygen, and more blood sugar supply is needed for circulation, which is a limitation of the human body. On the other hand, there is a limit to getting smaller, and according to our research back then, if you keep making yourself smaller with Pym particles, then eventually, theoretically, you will enter the quantum world. ”

"Quantum World?"

Merlin said suspiciously:

"You mean, another world?"

"You think so, after all, the quantum world is too cumbersome to explain."

Professor Bill glanced at the screen, the testing process was in its final stages, and he turned back to Merlin and said:

"The microcosm of the world is completely different from the macrocosm, which has exceeded the limits of ordinary people's imagination, and even we, only theoretically believe that the quantum world does exist, but we have not been able to find evidence. But if you want to save this child, you'll have to find a way into the quantum world before she gets completely out of control. ”

"You mean, there's a way to save her?"

Merlin looked at Bill, who nodded:

"Quantum entanglement has changed her, and the energy from the quantum world can naturally repair her particle misalignment, at least it can make her really stable."

"So?"

Merlin asked:

"What are we supposed to do?"

Professor Bill glanced at the slowly opening metal pod, sighed, and reluctantly said:

"We've got to find Hank... By the time I left his lab, he had already started designing the drawings for the quantum tunnels. Now, almost 10 years later, he should have finished that design. ”

"Okay."

Merlin nodded, smiling at Ava as she sat up from the metal pod, then looked back at Professor Bill, and said:

"You try to help Ava stabilize as much as you can, and I'll go find the legendary Pym. Hank. ”

"Agent Merlin, I have a question."

Professor Beale looked at Merlin, who was about to leave the lab, and he asked:

"Is all this, including healing Ava, your task? You can leave her alone. ”

"You can make it my task."

Merlin Says:

"But my conscience really doesn't allow me to just watch an innocent little girl disappear into this world. I will do my best to help her, just like the kind people I met who did their best to help me. ”

"I'll bring back the message soon, take care of her, doctor."

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Thirty minutes later, Merlin's car stopped outside Ms. Carter's estate, and this time Miss Sharon did not come out to meet him.

After all, he didn't inform him of his arrival in advance.

Merlin opened the car door and walked to the door of the manor, where he waved at the camera overhead, and a moment later, the closed black railed door opened quietly.

Merlin walked into the manor, and he looked at the garden that had been untended, and in his memory, Ms. Carter did not seem to be a person who liked flowers and plants.

But this time, he was surprised to see that the originally messy garden had been cleaned up well, and it seemed that new seeds had been planted, and even the surrounding weeds had been cleaned up, and even a lawn was cleaned up with a lawn mower.

This made Merlin a little curious.

Could it be that Ms. Carter hired a gardener?

With this confusion, Merlin walked to the manor's mansion, reached out and knocked on the door, and after a few seconds, the door opened, but it was not Miss Sharon or Miss Carter herself who appeared in front of Merlin.

Rather, it was an old man wearing a khaki shirt, trousers, and an apron, and his white hair was neatly combed.

Merlin had never seen the old man in Mrs. Carter's mansion, and when the two met, Merlin was a little puzzled for a while, and the old man who opened the door looked at Merlin, who didn't seem to know the young man either.

After a few seconds, Merlin coughed, and he asked:

"Is this Ms. Carter's home? Or am I in the wrong place? ”

"Oh, are you looking for Peggy?"

The old man suddenly realized, and he opened the door enthusiastically and invited Merlin in. He walked into the room, and a moment later he walked out of the room with Mrs. Carter in his arms.

Ms. Carter is older than the last time we met, but her mental state is surprisingly good.

With a smile on her face that could be called "happiness", she patted the old man's arm that was holding her, and then waved at Merlin:

"Come and sit down, boy, I know, you're in trouble again."

The spirited old man standing beside her smiled kindly at Merlin, then turned and walked back into the kitchen, where he seemed to be making lunch.

Merlin walked over to Ms. Carter, who sat in his chair, and he looked at Ms. Carter, and after a few seconds, he asked in a low voice:

"Ma'am, who is that gentleman?"

"He."

Ms. Carter smiled, and she said calmly:

"He's my husband."

“？？？”

Merlin's eyes widened, he had never heard of a husband for Ms. Carter, and he had always thought that Ms. Carter lived alone.

"What's wrong? I'm a lonely old man, can't I find someone to accompany me? ”

Ms. Carter looked disapprovingly at Merlin's shocked expression, and said:

"Don't spread the word about this, you came too suddenly, in fact, even Fury didn't know that Steve existed."

"Steve?"

Merlin was even more surprised, and said:

"You mean, that old gentleman is actually Captain America Steve, who has been missing for almost 70 years. Rogers? ”

"No, he's not!"

Ms. Carter shook her head in denial, saying:

"He just happens to be called Steve, and he's my former colleague who worked together in the Strategic Science Corps, and it's like in the story, two lonely people ended up coming together, don't think about it. Tell me, what trouble did you bring to me this time? ”

"Oh, that's right."

Talking about business, Merlin immediately said solemnly:

"It's about Elias. The aftermath of Starr's laboratory explosion, the scientist's daughter was attacked and modified by quantum energy, and she is now in pain. I need to find Pym. Dr. Hank, come and treat her. I've looked through some of the previous information, and I think you might have his contact information. ”

"No, I didn't."

Ms. Carter picked up the coffee on the table, and she said crisply:

"After Hank left the Strategic Science Corps, he cut off all contact with us. I just know he's alive now, but I don't know where he is or what he's doing. ”

"That's... Can you help find him? ”

Merlin hesitated and said:

"An innocent life is at stake, and I really need Dr. Hank's help."

"I can try to help you find him."

Ms. Carter said:

"I'll use some special relationships that maybe I can find, but it will take time. Hank, once he decides to hide himself, there are very few people in the world who can find him. Also, Merlin, I helped you, and you need to do me a favor too. ”

"Please."

Merlin nodded, and said to Ms. Carter:

"As long as I can help."

"Don't worry, you absolutely can."

Ms. Carter smiled, and she said to Merlin:

"My niece, Sharon. Carter, you've seen her. She also became a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent a few years ago, and I wanted her to do some clerical work, but recently, Sharon told me that she was tired of sitting in an office and dealing with boring things, and she wanted to switch to a field agent. ”

"I told Fury about it, and Fury recommended you to me. He said that your department needs some good field agents right now, and therefore, I would like to ask you to help put Sharon in your S. L.D. ”

Ms. Carter put down her glass, and she said to Merlin:

"I can guarantee that my niece will make a good field agent."

"This..."

Merlin hesitated, not that he didn't want to help, and after hesitating for a few seconds, he calmly said to Ms. Carter:

"Ma'am, you should also know that my department is in a special situation. The troubles we have to deal with are not the same as the duties of the average field agent, and I have to tell you honestly, our job is dangerous. Are you sure you want your loved ones to join us? ”

"Alas, young children want to do something, how can I, as an elder, not support it?"

With a hint of concern, Ms. Carter said:

"But Sharon's temper is very similar to that of me when I was younger, and she has to do what she thinks she does. Rather than put her in the more dangerous European branch at the moment, I would have preferred her to stay with me, right here in New York. ”

"That's... All right. ”

Merlin nodded, and he said to Ms. Carter:

"I'll look up Miss Sharon's personnel information, and if she's a good fit, I'll put her in my department."

"Then I'll trouble you, Merlin."

Ms. Carter laughed and said:

"Do you want to stay for a meal? Steve's cooking skills are very good, and I rarely invite people to dinner, so I hope you don't say no. ”

In the face of Ms. Carter's kind invitation, Merlin, who was indeed a little hungry, did not hesitate for too long, and nodded obediently.

"Hmm... All right. ”