Chapter 11: Conversation
Consciousness gradually returns.
Neil suddenly felt a little bright, and subconsciously reached out to block it.
"I'm sorry, our facility wasn't that warm because of something that just happened, but I swear, it's already the best place for us to be treated."
Hearing the sudden sound in his ears, Neil, who was still a little confused, opened his eyes instantly.
In front of him was a bed, on which Neil was lying, and at this moment he was covered in a layer of tough fabric.
At the foot of the bed was an iron frame on which hung his bandaged legs, and although he couldn't move yet, Neil finally felt the presence of his calf again.
Standing beside the bed was the elegant and polite-looking man Neil had seen when he first woke up.
Seeing the existential threat, Neil narrowed his eyes and exuded an oozing aura.
Feeling the feeling of being targeted by a beast again, Coulson's brain instantly remembered the pain of recuperating in the past two days, and involuntarily shivered.
"I don't mean anything malicious!"
Coulson held up his hands: "If you can stay calm, I can help you take off this dress now, but only if you promise me that you won't think about running away and attacking me." ”
Neil didn't speak, but the oozing aura was clearly withdrawn.
Seeing this, Coulson exhaled and quickly pulled the rope on Neil's neckline, and Neil instantly felt the stretch.
Looking at the worried and trusting look on Coulson's face, Neil suddenly laughed and completely retracted the momentum on his body.
Reach out and pluck a red lychee from the fruit basket next to the bedside and put it in your mouth.
Neil smiled, "It's a fruit I've never eaten before, it's sweet." ”
"Of course, this is a delicious food bred on Earth, and it is unique that no other planet can eat."
Seeing that the atmosphere finally began to develop as he expected, Coulson finally let go of the breath he had put in his heart and smiled and responded.
"Is there a survivor of the squad that Ultron persecuted?" Neil asked suddenly.
Coulson was stunned, a little unexpectedly, Neil opened his mouth, and the first question he asked turned out to be this, and then the original smiling face gradually disappeared.
"Yes, of the 13 people in the team, 2 survived, but all were seriously injured, and one is still being rescued. Both of them should be limited by their bodies for the rest of their lives and will not be able to return to their posts. ”
Neil listened as he clenched his fist hidden at his side.
"That person, he was supposed to be at home with his son for his birthday!"
"Who?"
"The captain of that squad."
Coulson nodded thoughtfully, and said in a deep voice, "I understand, I will arrange for someone to go to Captain Viska's house." ”
"He asked me not to tell his children the truth."
"Don't worry, we're at our fingertips on things like this, and we'll take care of it."
After Coulson finished speaking, Neil breathed a sigh of relief, somewhat relieved.
The two were silent for a few seconds, and Coulson took the lead in breaking the embarrassment and asked softly, "You seem to care about them very much?" ”
After Neil relaxed again, his expression was not very serious, but relaxed, and he reached out to pick up the fruit in the fruit basket and gnawed it without hesitation.
"Is there water? I'm thirsty right now. ”
Coulson walked over to the table behind him, picked up the kettle, took a glass of warm water, handed it over, and waited quietly for Neil's answer.
Neil took a slow sip of water and held the cup in his hand, "I just don't like it when someone dies because of me, it makes me feel uneasy." ”
"So you're hoping to make yourself feel better by helping Jack?"
Neil shook his head, a murderous look in his pupils: "No, until I kill Ultron with my own hands, I will be sleepless all night, it must die!" ”
Hearing Neil's violent and murderous words, Coulson was not disgusted, but laughed, and his smile was extremely bright.
"I really didn't misread you, you are a brave and tough warrior, and at the same time you are very kind, you have principles and bottom lines."
"I'm Coulson." Coulson smiled and held out his hand.
Neil hesitated, then shook it.
"Neil."
Coulson was happy, this was because he was happy that his guess and trust was correct, he knew that the codename 'Ranger' was an extremely powerful warrior, so for Neil, he took it very seriously.
Once Neil shows the values that meet Coulson's requirements, then he has great power in his own right, and he has the qualifications to join S.H.I.E.L.D. and join the Avengers.
Regardless of Neil's intentions, people who have already developed a bond with S.H.I.E.L.D. will basically not be able to get off this ship, which will make the next days of S.H.I.E.L.D. stealing chickens and dogs much easier.
As for Neil's fierce character, Coulson said that he couldn't ask for it, and if this was a virgin, it would be difficult for him to carry out spiritual persuasion.
As a force organization, S.H.I.E.L.D. needs strong strength and murderous momentum, so as to deter those who also advocate force, as long as there is a bottom line in their hearts and goodwill towards the world and humanity, it meets the basic requirements of guardians.
"Can I know when you are, and remove the malice towards us?" Coulson asked with a smile, looking at Neil as if he were looking at a future colleague, as if he had eaten Neil.
Neil took another sip of warm water, and after healing his wounds and being in a coma for a long time, his body was now weak and needed energy, but he couldn't replenish it too quickly, which would also be counterproductive.
"I was hostile to you because I thought of you as the Empire's secret army for capturing the weakened warriors who had been severely injured after the crusade against the monsters. But now it seems that you are not. ”
Coulson crossed his hands curiously and placed them in front of him, trying to continue listening.
"First of all, if you were a secret unit of the Empire, I would have been in a prison cell, but it doesn't seem like this is a prison cell right now."
Neil took a bite of the apple and smiled: "The secret forces will not give me the treatment I am now, they will just lock me up, see the light of day, and then wait for months or even years until I have a nervous breakdown, and finally drag me out to brainwash." ”
"I see, so it seems that the secret forces you are talking about are a bunch of ruthless characters with no humanity."
"Yes, it's a pack of hungry wolves that only eat their fellow citizens."
"You hate them."
Neil nodded: "If they weren't human, I swear, they'd have died countless times under my gun!" For these people, I think that there are countless warriors in Arad who want to eat their blood, gnaw their bones, and dig out their hearts in honor of their fellows and friends. ”
Coulson keenly captures the words: human, Arad, warrior.
"I'm curious about where you came from right now, can you talk about it?"