"How can you be sure that I am the great Queen of Skrull?"

The Skrull's confident attitude attracted several people in the vicinity, and after this turmoil, everyone hated the deformed aliens to the core. What everyone wants to do most now is to quickly drive all these reptiles out of the atmosphere, and they don't want to deal with this group of shapeshifters for even a second.

"What do you mean?" Tony Stark also walked over and asked, "You mean to say that you're not their leader?" ”

"Of course I'm not." The woman sneered, "Do you really think that we will send the noble and great queen to a place like this place on earth?" Of course not. I'm just a stand-in for the Queen, a pawn to stabilize the morale of the military. I'm a consumable, and it doesn't mean anything you caught me. If you and I can be used as a bargaining chip, then you are very wrong. ”

"Oh, yes." Tony raised his repulsion cannon at her, "In other words, we've lost the only reason to keep you alive, haven't we?" ”

The Skrull's face was full of indifference.

"As you like." "But it doesn't change anything." This time you've won for the time being, but that's all. The mighty Skrull Empire has an infinite number of warships and a mighty army known throughout the galaxy. The prophecy has made it clear that Earth will be the next foundation of the Skrull Empire, and this planet will become the new core of the Empire. Humanity is destined to be a vassal of the Empire, and all you have done is to delay the future that is bound to come. ”

"Okay, that's really enough." Tony frowned, the repulsive cannon in his palm began to charge, lighting up with a blue glow, "To tell you the truth, I wanted to do this before you gave this non-nutritious speech. ”

"Wait, Iron Man." Rogers held out his arm to stop Tony, and he turned to the Skrull, "What did you say about the prophecy, what was that?" ”

"It's not much." The Skrulls said dryly, "'Earth will become part of the Skrull Empire,' it's fate, it's destiny, it's inevitable—it's as simple as that." ”

"Really?" Michael stood up, seemingly uninterested in continuing the conversation, "Then we'll see." Hopefully, your 'Great Skrull Empire' won't regret this foolish prophecy." ”

......

The dust has settled on the mothership, and a two-way passage for short-range space jumps has also been established between the Celestial Sword Mothership and this ship. More and more SkySword agents landed on the ship, and the Skrull warriors were either killed or captured, and the mothership gradually fell into the hands of Skysword.

Of course, Heavenly Sword's side didn't forget about the hostages. They opened the Skrull's hangar and took several transport ships to transport the hostages who had been taken aboard the mothership back to the surface.

Michael thought that he would have to be entangled with Stark for a while over the control of this alien spaceship, after all, the other party was still the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., and from an official standpoint, he did have the duty to prevent an illegal organization like Skysword from taking away the alien spaceship without permission.

But today, to my surprise, Tony didn't mention it at all. He seemed to silently agree with the fact that Heavenly Sword was in control of the overall situation in this matter, and he didn't know if it was because he understood that Heavenly Sword took on the responsibility of defending the earth better than them, or because he understood that even if he opened his mouth rashly, he couldn't break people, so it was better to pretend not to see it......

But even more unexpectedly, Tony didn't even bother the group of superpowers who logically violated the Superhero Registration Act today. It was as if he had changed all of a, and suddenly he was able to speak.

Before saying goodbye, Rogers asked, "So, the man who stood across from me during our civil war...... That's you, right? ”

"Yes." Tony said calmly, "I'd love to say it's someone else, but that's not. Yes, that's me, not some alien who replaced me. I was impersonated after that. ”

"I think so." Rogers smiled self-deprecatingly and shook his head.

Tony hesitated for a moment, but then said, "Happy cooperation, Captain." ”

Steve Rogers paused. He turned his head sideways and looked at Tony with blue eyes, like he was looking at a stranger in a steel suit.

"Don't get used to it, Mr. Stark." He said lightly, "There shouldn't be a next time." ”

Tony watched him walk towards the back of the transport plane, not stopping him or making another sound.

yes, how can there be a next time?

He made his choice knowing that what he had done would never be forgiven.

He had long since lost his best friend in life.

Before boarding the return transport, Rogers finally meets Bucky.

"Tired old age, huh?" Bucky leaned against the door of the gate and said half-jokingly.

Rogers shrugged, "Get used to it." The doctor said I had a communication barrier and that I couldn't keep up with the times anymore, and I guess I would never be able to adapt to it. ”

"You don't have to do that, either." Bucky paused, "Maybe you could consider joining us?" I know it doesn't seem like a lot of what you are, what you symbolize, but honestly, if you get in, you're going to find out that it's a good job, which is to save the world or something. ”

Rogers smiled.

"I know." He said, "You're good. In a way...... Perhaps more successful than the Avengers. ”

Rogers said, sighing leisurely, "I don't even know if the Avengers can be considered a success." ”

"The Avengers have a very different meaning than we do. All we can do is protect the world from the shadows and repel invaders like these shapeshifters. But what we can't do is give people hope that they have someone to rely on in the longest of the nights. ”

Bucky paused, looking in Michael's direction not far away.

"These are all said by the boss himself." "He said he would never be like Iron Man or Captain America, and we would never be able to replace the Avengers," he said. Because the word just has an extraordinary meaning. ”

"In the past, maybe." The captain shook his head, "But from now on...... I do not know. ”

He let out a long sigh.

"Thanks for the invitation, Bucky, and on my behalf, thank your commanders. But I still forget it, I'm tired of fighting. Now, I just need a place to be quiet. ”

Captain America waved his hand and stepped onto the plane, his back looking like a centenarian with vicissitudes of life.