Chapter 13: The Wheels of History Roll Forward (Part 2)
Lying in the dimly lit back alley, feeling the cold ground beneath him, Steve only felt that there was no place in his body that was not painful. Of course, the pain didn't make Steve regret his actions. He knew that there were some things he had to do.
Consciousness became drowsy a little, and the corners of Steve's mouth barely pulled out a wry smile, this is the end, if he is in a coma here overnight, I am afraid that tomorrow he will become a casualty figure in the newspaper.
"Hey! Steve, are you alright....." Just a moment before Steve was completely unconscious, he heard a familiar and anxious voice.
The voice was made by a young man standing at the mouth of the alley. The young man in the brown and yellow army uniform immediately rushed in as soon as he saw Steve lying in the alley, and his mouth kept shouting. But by this time, Steve had completely fainted.
I don't know how long it took for Steve to wake up groggily, just regained consciousness, accompanied by constant pain.
Struggling to open his eyes, Steve saw the young man beside him, and reluctantly said with a wry smile, "Hey, Bucky......"
That's right, the tall and handsome young man in front of him is Steve's best friend - Bucky Barnes, that is, the Winter Soldier who was brainwashed by Mao Zi in the future and still fell in love with Steve.
And at this time, Bucky Barnes is still Steve's friend from childhood to adulthood, basically, every time Steve was bullied before, it was Bucky who came out to find the field for him. In fact, if Bucky hadn't protected him, Steve would have been killed by the bear kids in Brooklyn in his childhood, how would he still be alive and kicking up and down?
And Bucky, who was standing on the side, was also full of helplessness for his sworn friend, although he had long known that this guy's sense of justice was outrageous, but he didn't expect to be beaten like this because of a trivial matter.
"Hey, man, are you alright?" Although Bucky already knew that Steve's injury was okay when he treated Steve's wound, he couldn't help but ask when he saw his miserable appearance with a blue nose and swollen face.
"Bucky, don't worry about me, I'm fine......." Steve was still very happy in the face of his friend's concern, but he still didn't want to mention the mess about being beaten.
Looking around with great effort, Steve tried to change the subject.
The next moment, Steve's eyes were fixed on his best friend Bucky Barnes, and he was surprised to find that his best friend had put on a brown and yellow army uniform, "Bucky, you...... Have you received an enlistment notice? ”
Bucky didn't answer Steve's question, instead rolling his eyes, "Hey! Man, I just heard from a friend that you're going to the conscription again, and this time you actually say you're from Palamós? Although the identity certificate of these years can almost be a piece of, there is no prestige to speak of. But man, you can't fake your identity like this, it's against the law, and you'll be taken to court by the military! ”
In the face of the bitter persuasion of his old friend, Steve pursed his lips and did not take it to heart. Instead, he stared at Bucky's proper military uniform.
sighed, Bucky was really helpless, this friend of his own, he was completely aware of the obsession with joining the army. Shrugging his shoulders, Bucky took the enlistment notice out of his pocket and placed it in front of Steve's eyes.
"No, James Barnes, belonging to the 107th Division, will leave for England early tomorrow morning."
Bucky is his nickname, which can also be understood as a nickname, and the people of the United States always like to give their close friends a nickname to show their closeness. That's what the title Bucky is called, and his official name is James Barnes.
Steve's gaze stopped on the enlistment notice in front of him in a daze, the 107th Division was the unit where Steve's father served in World War I.
His friends have achieved their dream goals and are about to go to war, just like their father, fighting for this country. Thinking of this, Steve, who was originally conscious, couldn't help but cry.
And Bucky also saw that the mood of his sworn friend was wrong, and helped Steve up from the ground, and Bucky put his arm around Steve's shoulder affectionately, "Hey, man, don't be sad, tonight, I'll take you to a nice place ......" and dragged Steve out of the alley.
That night, Steve was dragged by his best friend to visit the high-tech exhibition.
The Marvel universe is very different from Lu's hometown, and in this period, the biggest difference is that a large number of black technologies that have been used in the military and life have emerged in the Marvel world, as well as a large number of scientists with explosive brains.
For example, Iron Man Tony Stark's dad, the "old" playboy - Howard Stark. Of course, Howard is still a young man in his prime, not to mention Tony, not even a daughter-in-law!
And what Bucky wants to take Steve to is the "Tomorrow's World Expo" that Howard will also participate in, in this expo, Howard showed the audience his immature magnetic levitation technology, and the car did successfully levitate less than a meter above the ground.
But as Howard puts it, this is "technology a few years later," and as a result, the experiment ultimately failed in a burst of sparks.
I'm sorry for Howard, but Bucky didn't bring Steve to the expo to see new, cutting-edge technology at all, he was just to help his best friend, the legendary wingman.
To this end, Bucky also made a special appointment with two blonde girls.
Of course, this is not the first time Steve has seen this kind of battle, but unfortunately, just like his military operation, Bucky's "blind date activities" for him have also not been successful, and more coincidentally, this is also because of his physique, the girls always look down on the weak Steve, because he can't give them a sense of security.
After being rejected by the girl again without hesitation and neatly, Steve was really not interested, and walked out of the exhibition hall in a daze, stunned by a recruitment poster.
And Steve's true friend Bucky found out that he was missing, and he didn't hesitate to leave his female companion next to him, and finally, found Steve in front of the recruitment poster.
As soon as he saw this recruitment poster, Bucky understood Steve's thoughts, "Hey, man, no way, you definitely can't go again this time." What are you going to pretend to be this time? Steve Rogers of Ohio? The recruiting office will find you one time or another! They're going to take you to court and put you in jail! ”