15. What it means to be a hero

"Yes, Director, that's all there is to it. ”

Natasha, a embarrassed Black Widow, stood in the command room of the Helicarrier and told Fury and Ciel the whole process of the mission in front of them, and the two looked at each other, both of them seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"You say, there's a guy as strong as Cyber with him?"

Hill's face was full of surprise: "Clark Kent, why have I never heard of it?"

"He's the Kansas ghost, Hill. ”

Natasha's face was full of exhaustion: "You haven't seen him fight at all, Steve's high-explosive ammunition is on him, it's like hitting steel, oh my God, you can't imagine that kind of crashing spark... That Seber was more of a monster, at least Cyber would bleed, and he wasn't a mutant at all, and the mutant detector I carried with me detected no fluctuations in his body. ”

"And what is he?"

Fury's breathing became a little heavier: "Aliens, or some mythical eccentric?"

"I don't know..."

Natasha took a deep breath, and she looked at Fury, "The most important thing now is not to get the captain back?"

"Uh..."

Fury leaned back in his chair, and a puff of smoke came out of his mouth:

"Cyber is a very dangerous man, he is violent, he is brutal, he is vicious, he will be revenged, but there is one thing, we are not as good as him... He has a kind of preferential treatment for real heroes, Natasha, whether it is for Batman, or for the previous Flash, or even for Konstantin, whom he hates so much, he chooses to let go, this is a very complicated person, but I am sure that the captain is not in danger of his life with him. ”

"And I've asked Tony to contact Cyber... It won't be long. ”

On the other side, in a five-star hotel in Kansas City, the awakened Mrs. Kent went to rest early because of the sadness of exhaustion and the destruction of her idols, and the four men sat together and drank wine.

Yes, you read that right, Captain America Steve Rogers, who volunteered to be a captive, was not only not tied up, but was entertained with good wine and food, I have to say that Fury's eyes are vicious, and Cyber has no good impression of everyone in S.H.I.E.L.D., but he really can't hate this captain.

On the one hand, he had just woken up, and all the in S.H.I.E.L.D. had nothing to do with him, and on the other hand, even with Cyber's current critical eyes, Steve Rogers was a model of a hero.

This is not a compliment, in fact, Steve deserves the word hero, both in terms of will and action.

"They blocked me in the alleys of Brooklyn... They said to me, "Hey, little man, don't you want to run today, we're going to beat you all over the place!"

Steve held a wine glass, subtly curtained to Clark and Parker to compare the old story of more than 70 years ago, his eyes were a little worried, he drank a glass of wine, Parker was still a little weak, but he still widened his eyes, and asked eagerly:

"Did they beat you then?"

Clark also cast a curious look, this guy has never been beaten by his peers when he was a child, in fact, he doesn't beat others because his parents have taught him well, as a monster who has adult strength at the age of 3, Clark can develop today's character, it is really his parents who have educated him.

Captain America finished drinking and said leisurely:

"They punched me and there we are. ”

Steve touched his cheek: "It hurts, I was hit with a fist, it really hurts, but I didn't fall down, I stood up, I clenched my fist, I shouted to them: "Come on, come and hit me, I can spend a day with you!"

Cyber took a drag on his cigarette and took a leisurely sip of wine, and he looked at Steve:

"Aren't you afraid that they will beat you again?"

"Afraid, how can you not be afraid?"

Steve smiled and poured himself another glass of wine:

"A lot of people use bullying the weak as a source of happiness, and this was especially true in our time, but I knew that if I lay down and I was knocked down by them, and I didn't dare to stand up again, they knew that they could bully me, and they would come to bully me next time, but if I stood up and I didn't give in, and I confronted them, they would also know that I was not easy to mess with. ”

When the captain said this, he didn't say any more, and the second half of the sentence was added by Cyber.

"So that the next time they see you, they will be conflicted, they will hesitate, and they will go to find someone who is better to bully... Anyway, there are so many soft eggs and cowards in this world, come, get up for that time, have a drink!"

The four men raised their glasses and drank them all, Steve pursed his lips, and he looked at Cyber:

"I thought we were enemies. ”

"No, no, no, I never play against heroes. ”

Cyber poured him a glass of wine leisurely:

"It's troublesome to be against heroes, you can take down their bodies, but you can never beat their spirits... It's like you're in a confrontation with those ruffians, did they win? Did you lose? Look at you, Steve, you're Captain America, the symbol of this country, the idol of all the military and all the kids, what about the rascals? Who else remembers them?"

The two experienced people toasted each other with a glass of wine and leisurely experienced their past stories, and the little spider faced the hero he had admired since childhood, and he finally asked the question that had been in his heart for a long time:

"Captain, can you tell me what motivated you to become a hero?"

This sentence made Clark, who was drinking with his head down, also stopped, and looked up at Captain America opposite, although he was an alien, he grew up in the United States, and his grandfather was an avid Captain America fan, it was impossible for him not to know what the person sitting in front of him represented.

"Be a hero?"

Steve raised his glass with a smile and asked, "Do you need a reason to be a hero?" Parker, I know what you did in New York, and in my opinion, you are already a hero, you protect the weak, you fight crime, you get justice done, isn't that a heroic act in times of peace?"

"But that's not enough... Captain. ”

The little spider was wearing pajamas, his face was pale, and the sequelae of being possessed by venom were still there, but after thinking clearly, he was unusually remorseful, he rubbed his head and said:

"It's not enough... Faced with the temptation of Venom, I finally couldn't help but solve the problem in a more direct way, I broke so many people's legs, I killed so many people... I don't know if what I'm doing is out of justice, or if it's a kind of private judgment, whether justice is driving me, or if it's their unpleasant selfish desires that are driving me... I don't know, I need a reason for me to continue, or I can just be a normal person. ”

He looked up and looked at Captain America pleadingly:

"I've implicated Gwen, I can't implicate more people, but I don't know how to strengthen my will, I see that outfit now, I don't even know how to face it, the original Spider-Man has been tarnished by me... I cost innocent lives. ”

"Well, shouldn't you ask the leader of the Devil's Gang?"

Steve turned his head to look at Cyber: "This gentleman is so strong-willed, I'm afraid you can't find a few in this world, right?"

"Don't do that, Steve... I'm not like him. ”

Cyber waved his hand indifferently: "He can't use my method, he's a little fool, exactly the same as that little fool in Central City, he always thinks that he can change the world by himself, but in fact, no one can change it, in my opinion, what does the justice of others have to do with me, pursuing self-righteousness can keep me from getting lost, and the most important thing is ... I'm not going to try to be someone who simply can't do it. ”

"There is good and evil in the human heart, and I am more afraid of the living than the dead... I've seen so much, too much darkness in the human heart, and I never expect the world to be a better place, as long as it doesn't get any worse. ”

Cyber's preaching is always so murderous, but Steve didn't refute it, he played with the wine glass in his hand, looked at Parker, and said seriously:

"I was chosen as a test subject for the Super Soldier program... I'm not the only one, a full 30 people, gathered the best soldiers in the whole of America, there is the Air Force, there is the Navy, there is the Marine Corps, I am the only one who is not even from the infantry, I can't even run five kilometers, I am the last in every training, but in the end they chose me... Do you want to know why?"

"Why?"

Parker and Clark asked at the same time, and Steve glanced at Clark and whispered:

"The night before the test, we were summoned, and Dr. Erskine, who was presiding over the test, asked us a question, and he asked us: Are you here to kill the German devils?"

Speaking of this, Steve looked at the two young men in front of him, and he asked:

"If it were you, how would you answer?"

"Uh, if it were me, I'd say, yes!"

Parker thought for a moment and replied, "In that case, all the soldiers probably set foot on the battlefield for this purpose. ”

Steve nodded noncommittally and looked at Clark again:

"What about your answer?"

Clark Kent thought for a moment and whispered, "No, I'm not... There is nothing to be proud of in killing people, that is not where the honor lies. ”

"Look, he's better suited to be a hero than you are, Parker. ”

Steve pointed to Clark and said to Parker, "He answered the same as I did back then, when everyone shouted yes, only I replied: No, I don't want to kill anyone, I don't want to be a bully, I don't kill them because they came from, I'm only going to punish them for what they did..."

Steve took a drink and pointed to Parker:

"Your problem is not your strength, it's not why you're on this path, Parker, you don't have a standard, so the punishment executed for justice can easily turn into abuse and violence. ”

"That's why I identify with Batman and I'm going to beat you up. ”

Cyber added coldly: "If you are rushing to kill them in the first place, then you should not be soft when you kill them, if you are pure justice, then you should at least learn to be merciful, because everyone deserves a second chance... Although, in my opinion, it's!"

"Who should be killed, who can be spared, that's what really matters... And at all times, it should come first. ”

Captain America leaned back in his chair and reached out to take the cigar that Cyber handed over, and he looked at Parker:

"Also, if you're only going to be a hero when you're wearing that outfit, then maybe you shouldn't have put it on in the first place. ”

Cyber stood up and poured the last bit of wine into his mouth, he looked at Parker and Clark in front of him, and he looked at the two young men:

"You shouldn't ask us what it means to be a hero, you should find out for yourselves... Especially you, Parker, Venom can invade your mind, which means that you are weak in this area, and more importantly, I hope you can learn a truth... Don't accept those gifts from unknown sources, you were almost killed by that madman at Deadpool!"

"Now, go to sleep, tomorrow morning, come back to Gotham, Clark, it's going to take a while for your farm to be re-covered, take your mom on a trip, Gotham will welcome you." ”

After the young people had rested, Cyber sat alone on the balcony, pleasantly blowing the cold Kansas breeze, and the night was slightly cool, and he enjoyed this calmness until a figure appeared.

"I say, do you have anything to say to me alone?"

Seber threw a cigar backwards, which was taken by the man behind him, and Steve Rogers slowly came out of the darkness, he leaned against the balcony, and the two men smoked silently, until after a few minutes, the captain spoke:

"I've heard that there is a way in the Devil's Gang to bring people back to the present world?"

"Huh?"

Cyber's eyes narrowed, he didn't answer immediately, and after a moment, he nodded knowingly:

"Ms. Carter is not well?"

The captain didn't answer, but his heavy face represented everything, and Cyber breathed a sigh of relief, he looked up at the sky:

"Actually, there is such a drug within S.H.I.E.L.D., I heard that Fury and Natasha have been injecting a drug called the "Infinite Formula", which can delay the aging of the human body, and as Ms. Carter, there is no reason why this drug cannot be obtained... Or do you actually don't trust them, because of the hydra inside them?"

"You're really observant, Cyber... It's ironic, but I do need your help. ”

The captain looked at Cyber with a serious face: "What do I have to give?"

"Soul, a pure soul..."

Seber narrowed his eyes, he looked at Steve Rogers, and he whispered, "Do you know that the souls of God's righteous men are worth a lot in hell, and are you willing to give your most precious thing for your lover?"

"I... I do!"

Steve gritted his teeth: "I've done enough for this country, and... And I still owe her, a date, she has been waiting for 70 years ... I don't want her to wait any longer. ”

"Good... Very good. ”

Cyber flicked the ashes of his cigarette: "Half of the soul, Captain, but not for me, for the sake of our conversation, I won't charge a fee this time, but you have to find a way to get Ms. Carter out from under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nose first... Of course, I want to make sure that you're not going to be on the opposite side of me, are you? I'm not in the habit of being an enemy. ”