"Why don't you drink?" Steve asked Neil curiously.

"What's wrong? You used to hate smoking, but now that I don't drink, do you have any problems? Neil said nonchalantly as he lay comfortably on the couch.

"That's different, Neil, it's okay to have a drink or two during your break, you can't be working all the time."

"It varies from person to person, you think drinking is relaxing, but I'm different."

Seeing that the topic was a little stiff, Barton hurriedly quipped: "I know why this guy doesn't drink, this guy must be afraid that he will reveal his true form after drinking, maybe his amount of alcohol will be at the level of one sip." ”

The crowd also laughed, breaking up the immersion atmosphere.

"He must hate the taste of alcohol, look at the lemon juice he drinks, alone! This stimulant food helps him to maintain mental stability, which shows that he is not a secure person. Ross said with a serious analysis.

Neil gave him a surprised look and raised his hand to give Rose a high-five, agreeing.

"I hate being in a trance, it's not pleasant, alcohol numbs my nerves, and it also affects my reaction speed, so I blacklisted this thing when I first entered the world adventure."

Neil handed the glass to Ross and smiled, "Help me find the bartender and order more, thank you." ”

Rose licked her lips and looked at Neil resentfully, then after a moment of hesitation, she sighed and got up to walk downstairs.

After a while, he came over with a large bottle and a large can, and it seemed that he should have brought all the lemon juice used by the bartender for mixing, and looking at Rose's aggrieved posture, it was estimated that Neil would have drunk to death on this sofa tonight.

Pour Neil a glass first, then unceremoniously throw the tin can aside.

"I'm your assistant, forget it this time, I'll only do it for you once, and next time you have to ask the waiter to do it for you." Ross said unhappily.

"Okay, I got it."

Listening to the nonchalant response, Rose became even angrier, and shrank aside and stopped talking.

......

The Avengers chatted pleasantly, though it was annoying to Neil, who preferred to stay alone until the party was over.

Neil doesn't like to be the center of the party, and he doesn't like to be the target of everyone.

But his ability and origin surprised everyone.

The more reticent he became, the more mysterious he became, and the curiosity about him increased in proportion, and everyone wanted to uncover his heart and see what kind of person he really was.

A party is a place to relax, talk freely, and communicate casually.

The Avengers are also people with extremely high emotional intelligence, and they have an extremely accurate grasp of the inner degree of communication with others.

Whenever Neil showed the slightest hint of boredom or hesitation, they would stop asking about the topic and start making jokes about each other, telling jokes, and talking about something else.

When Neil is normal again and integrates into the group, he begins to ask Neil about his experiences, personality, and other questions.

'Neil, you still have a talent for scientific research, your brain is so good, so you also invented and made all those weapons and equipment yourself?' ’

'I've heard there's a nice barbecue in the Brooklyn neighborhood, would you like to try it?' ’

'Enough Pilot, do you think Neil will eat if he's just fine, just like you?' Maybe he'd want to try to join me in my retirement, like playing golf together or something, but it's too hard for me to find an opponent. ’

'You can't blame me, my energy is too much and it's normal to have to replenish energy often. And how do you know he doesn't like to enjoy good food......

'Ha, you see Neil agreed, competing with me for golf was more appealing to him than the food. ’

The topic of the entire Avengers gathering is basically inseparable from Neil.

During this period, Neil was irritable and sighed, and his emotions were very complicated.

He didn't know how long he had been a lone wolf, and for so many years, apart from Ephes, the person he had spoken to the most with the same life was Rosh, his last opponent, when he was crusading against the cosmic demons and fighting against the Chrono War alone.

For other monsters, he usually chooses to kill them directly.

He doesn't have the habit of talking nonsense with monsters, so only when he encounters a monster that is worth pestering or can take his blow, he will nervously babble a few words, not trying to chat with the other party for a while, just hoping that he can relieve his loneliness.

Neil lives in non-secure areas all year round, roaming around Arad and barely communicating with people, except for the occasional visit to human settlements to replenish food, water, and tools and parts for repairing equipment.

A group activity like this, the feeling of having a partner, was already worthless and discarded by him decades ago, by him.

He is very intelligent and sees things very clearly.

So he understands human beings, and because of this, he rejects them even more.

He doesn't want to be in the company of humans, because he can't get any sense of security from humans, and his only obsession is that he follows someone's promise before he is alive to protect humans.

He doesn't like humans, but at the same time he will do a lot to protect them.

Contradictory, right?

But that's him!

He has spent his life trying to destroy all monsters, and he has made this his goal, and he has made humans his spiritual sustenance.

This is also why after the cosmic demon invaded Arad, he rushed forward alone, wanting to fight to the death with Rosh.

When he saw countless corpses fall due to the invasion of the cosmic demons, his spiritual sustenance collapsed.

He blamed everything on himself, thinking that he had failed to protect mankind well, and felt that he had violated the most important agreement in his heart, so he chose to single out Rosh, and finally succeeded in killing Rosh unexpectedly and came to Earth at the same time.

Neil thinks he is cruel at heart and is not a good person, but he can't do anything other than a good person.

This makes things cumbersome.

Sometimes there are too many good people, and Neil himself can't tell what kind of person he is in his heart!

Who are you?

Are you a human who guards to keep the agreement, or do you really not want to see humans persecuted by monsters?

He doesn't know!

Neil just kept telling himself in his heart that he didn't have a great character of selfless dedication, that he was just a layman.

Because he is very selfish, he selfishly binds his life goals to everyone, demanding that everyone abide by them, demanding that everyone live well, and asking everyone to never be persecuted by monsters.