In Steve. In Rogers' slightly strange mental world, Merlin was sitting next to Steve's spirit body, leisurely drinking a strange-tasting drink.

From the composition of this spiritual world, Merlin could tell that Agent Dugan's worst guess was correct.

Steve. It's not that Rogers can't wake up, he doesn't want to.

He prefers to stay in his already weak spiritual horizon, and watch the most regrettable things in his life be completed again and again, like a beautiful dream.

Repeat it over and over again to get peace of mind.

Merlin couldn't say for sure how long this dance party in the spirit world lasted, but he could probably guess that from the moment Steve was frozen in ice, until now, this pas de deux may have never stopped.

That's why Steve's spirit is so weak...

In the past 68 years, he has hardly had a good rest at all.

No matter how strong a person is, under such persistence, he will become extremely weak, to be honest, Steve. It's a miracle that Rogers' soul hasn't broken down until now.

Merlin suspects that this is another stubborn idea in Steve's soul that is keeping him going.

He wants to survive!

He wants to see his lover again...

Even if it has been vicissitudes, even if it has been a human being.

This guy...

It's really a seed of infatuation.

"You didn't miss that dance, Steve, you just didn't know it."

Merlin smiled, and he whispered:

"You may make up for your past regrets in the future, but I can't guarantee it."

"What you said is true?"

Steve finally reacted to Merlin's presence at this moment, he turned his head to look at Merlin, a flash of fire jumped in his eyes, and he said:

"You didn't lie to me?"

"What's the good of lying to you?"

Merlin shrugged, he stood up, and said to Steve:

"Wake up, a lot of people are waiting for you."

"Wait for me?"

Steve said suspiciously:

"What are they waiting for me for? I don't know how long I've been frozen, but it's certainly not the war years. The battle must have been fought, we won, we saved the world, what do you need a GI for in a peaceful world? ”

"Yes, you saved it."

Merlin said with some regret:

"It's a pity we've made a mess of it again, and to be honest, you may be needed more now than in the war. Do you remember Hydra? Captain. ”

"Of course, how could I forget?"

Steve gritted his teeth and said:

"It was they who started the war, Hitler was one of them, the craziest one, but their leader, the Red Skull, has disappeared, and I saw with my own eyes that he was sent to the stars by the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, and he will never come back."

Steve looked at Merlin and said:

"Could it be that after all this time, you have not been able to completely destroy the Hydra that has lost its leader? Are my juniors so inefficient? ”

Merlin shrugged his shoulders in the face of Steve's questioning, and he whispered:

"Cut off one head and grow two in place."

"Hydra did suffer a fatal blow because of the disappearance of the Red Skull, but they didn't throw in the towel, and they didn't let it fail... They have become more difficult and secretive, lurking in the shadows behind us after a long hibernation period, using some of our actions. ”

Merlin drained the glass in one gulp, and said to Steve, who was listening intently to him:

"Me and Fury, um... A braised egg head full of intrigue and intrigues, and your comrade-in-arms dummy bullet. Agent Dugan, and some of the noble people who were secretly supporting us, sensed the threat, and we launched a reckoning operation, successfully taking out some of the modern-day Hydra. But that's not enough. ”

"Captain, when it comes to knowing Hydra, we are not as good as you."

Merlin Says:

"We need your help, and the world is different from the world you remember."

"All sorts of supernatural creatures, all sorts of supernatural events, and a few years ago, a bunch of bastards from the Southern Galactic drove starships to try to destroy us. The outliers who hide in the dark are also ready to move, and some immature guys who claim to be superheroes but only want to be praised and sought after are also making trouble. ”

"We need you, Captain, we need your tactical flair, we need you to tie an official transhuman organization."

He said:

"We also need you to become a banner in the hearts of the people again, to tell the people that although times have changed, those guardians have never left. There's no better fit than you. ”

"But I see doubt in your eyes, Mr. Merlin."

Steve was not dizzy by this high hat remark, he looked at Merlin sensibly, and said:

"You're questioning what you're saying, you don't trust me, you don't think I'm going to be able to do what you're saying. You're here just because you've been ordered... Am I right? ”

"Well, it's not a good thing to be too sober, Mr. Captain."

Merlin smiled reservedly, and he raised the empty glass in his hand to the captain, and said:

"Besides, praise doesn't cost anything."

"Okay, I'll be honest."

Under Steve's gaze, Merlin whispered:

"I don't believe that a person who has been frozen for decades and suddenly wakes up can do the things I said... But there are people who believe it, and a lot of people believe it, so I think maybe you should give them a chance, and you should give yourself a chance. ”

"Your fate isn't over yet, Steve, at least in my eyes, your future is much better than your past."

He put down his glass and said to Steve:

"Alright, we've talked too much about these big, empty things, let's talk about something more specific, Captain. I'm here for you, but there's another thing I want to trouble you. ”

He said:

"I know, during one operation in 1942, you took Bucky with Roaring Commando. Sergeant Barnes was on a mission to Antarctica, but the account of that mission is vague, and just yesterday we found a castle left behind by Nacui in Antarctica, and I want to ask you about it... What happened during that year's operation? ”

"It was a failed operation."

The captain did not hesitate, he said calmly:

"We received a warning from our allies in the depths, and we found out that Nacui was carrying out a rather dangerous plan, they summoned a terrifying weapon, and we went to Antarctica to try to destroy it, but we didn't see anything... A mad giant attacked us, but also disrupted Nacui's search there. ”

"Actually, by the time we evacuated, I don't know what kind of thing Nacui had made, but there is no doubt that it was definitely not a simple thing to get Red Skull to come forward in person, you said Nacui built a castle in that place? Then it seems that our sabotage operation back then still failed. ”

Steve said with some regret:

"Those cunning guys have always been like this, using all sorts of means to achieve their goals. But if you found that castle, does that mean that dangerous thing has fallen into your hands? ”

"No, there isn't."

Merlin said with regret:

"We didn't find anything there, but from the guards, I learned a name... The Book of Skelets, have you ever heard of this? ”

"Not only have I heard of it."

The captain shook his head:

"I have also seen with my own eyes that the evil thing was held in Hitler's hands more than once, and it is said that a lot of evil knowledge is recorded in it."

"Where's that thing?"

Merlin asked:

"Can you give me some clues?"

"I don't know, Agent."

The captain sighed, and he said:

"I've been frozen in 45 years, and although Red Skull disappeared with me, I don't know if he transferred the book before leaving, I can only tell you that I know that Red Skull has several secret bases in North Africa and Southern Europe, maybe you can go there and find it."

"Nope."

Merlin shook his head, and he said to Steve:

"Maybe you can make it your first challenge and mission when you wake up."

He said:

"You can't stay here forever, you and I both know it's time to wake up."

"Oh, by the way, these things I said... Don't tell anyone else, okay? I don't want to get myself in trouble anymore. ”

He watched the wine glass in front of him dissipate into a cloud of smoke, and then said to Steve:

"Okay, I've stayed long enough, Steve, we'll see you in reality, don't keep me waiting."

"Wait, Merlin."

Just as Merlin was about to leave, Steve suddenly stopped him.

Merlin turned his head and looked at the captain, who said to him calmly:

"I don't know me, but you know me very well, and I can feel that what you just said to me should be true."

"So what? Do you want to thank me for telling you the truth? ”

Merlin waved his hand, and he said:

"Don't worry, Steve, you know, I'm here for the mission."

"No, I mean, this is my spiritual world, where I can clearly feel your consciousness, your entanglements and pain."

The captain also stood up, and said to Merlin:

"It's an emotional thing, right?"

“.....”

Merlin didn't answer, he was just a little depressed, could anyone now see at a glance that he was not in a good mood?

Is it so weird?

The captain ignored Merlin's strange expression, and he said seriously:

"I may not be qualified to say that, but if I were given another choice, I might have confessed to Peggy before I left that fight, instead of waiting until the last moment... I failed her. ”

"I just hope, Merlin, that you don't have any regrets in your life... Don't be like me and Peggy. ”

"You're acting like a lover right now."

Merlin Says:

"But I've read your file, Captain, you've only been in love once."

"Yes, Peggy is my first love and the love of my life."

The captain whispered:

"But I have a buddy who is very in love... Bucky always told me that life is too short to grasp the moment. ”

"It's simple."

Merlin snorted, he stretched out his hands, and said to Steve:

"On the left is the first love, and I still miss her."

"On the right is Xiang Yimo, and I love her too."

"Then tell me, Captain Love, what should I choose?"

"I don't know, Merlin."

Young Steve smiled, his spiritual world slowly dimming before Merlin's eyes, and he whispered:

"But if you can't put each one... So why give up one? ”

"You're making me a scumbag?"

Merlin frowned, he looked at Steve, and he said:

"I didn't expect the famous Captain America to be such a person!"

"No, no, no, I mean..."

At the moment when the light in front of Merlin's eyes was completely dimmed, Steve's voice came with a smile, and he said:

"Love as much as you can, and let it be."

"In short, don't regret it..."

"Huh"

The next moment, Merlin's consciousness returned to his body, and he found himself lying on another bed, beside which Fury and Dugan were watching him nervously.

"What's wrong?"

Merlin was a little confused and said:

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You've been in a coma for 3 days!"

Fury Says:

"What exactly do you see in Steve's spirit world?"

"3 days?"

Merlin rubbed his forehead with a little headache, and he sat up from the bed, and said to the two men:

"Damn, that guy's spiritual world and the current world must not flow at the same speed of time... However, I have good news and get ready for Captain America's awakening. ”

Merlin Says:

"According to this time ratio, he will wake up in a few months at the earliest, and no more than three years at the latest."

"The Captain America you want is coming back."

"Also, I have to warn you, Steve may have gone mad from a long mental slumber... Or a split personality, he actually advised me... Forget it, there's no need to tell you that. ”

"Anyway, be ready to welcome him back to life."