Chapter 15: First Encounter with a Mutant

On December 24th, tonight is Christmas Eve, and it is a day of family reunion in the United States. However, Bucky doesn't have a family, maybe the original Bucky did, but nearly fifty years have passed, and who knows where the former relatives are. Besides, Bucky is from another world, and he doesn't wake up like Steve, thinking that he missed a ball, and Bucky has no interest in finding his loved ones who have been missing for fifty years.

In the afternoon, Bucky took care of the company-registration matters, and had nothing else to do, so he stayed at home and wrote the program, Bucky, who was an Oriental in his previous life, did not have the habit of celebrating Christmas.

However, Bucky didn't always feel comfortable writing because he received a Christmas invitation.

"Wade, can you ring the doorbell on the door of the villa and come in again?" Bucky, who was writing the program, felt someone standing in the doorway of the room and asked without looking back.

Bucky can definitely be Wade without looking back, and thanks to the visualization of the universe map in the past few days, his spiritual power has increased a lot, and he doesn't need to look back, just by virtue of the induction of spiritual power to the breath, he determined that the person who came was Wade.

"Please call me Deadpool, Mr. Bucky Barnes!" Wade said seriously as if he was introducing himself. It seems that he has started to adjust to his new nickname.

Bucky looked back, only to realize that Wade was dressed very joyfully today. First of all, it was a red tight-fitting uniform, perhaps because of the first edition, or maybe this was a Christmas version, and the clothes that were supposed to be red and black were now red and white. Coupled with a large Santa hat, if it seemed to others, Wade's outfit today would be a bit nondescript at best, but in Bucky's opinion, this outfit was extremely funny.

If the clothes are just a little funny, then the two big bags of ingredients Wade is carrying are even more interesting. Wade, who was originally a super soldier, has now become a good family man, without a sharp long knife on his back, but carrying two large shopping bags in his hands, one of which even shows a plucked turkey head. It can be seen that Wade has just purchased the ingredients for Christmas dinner from the supermarket and has come here before he gets home.

"Hell, Bucky don't laugh, I know today's outfit is hilarious, but I'm not here to make you laugh!" Seeing that the corners of Bucky's mouth were about to smile, Wade pretended to be angry and said, "I was ordered by my wife to invite you, a single dog, to my house for Christmas!" ”

"Wife? Are you married to Vanessa? You know, the word "wife" is not used casually in the United States, and if you are not married, you will not call your girlfriend your wife. So Bucky was still surprised to hear Wade use the word "wife", after all, they hadn't gotten married two days ago.

"Yes, we went to get a marriage permit today, and tomorrow we will go to the church for a wedding, and today we will invite you to my house for Christmas, and second, invite you to attend the wedding tomorrow as a witness to my marriage with Vanessa."

In fact, a month ago, Wade proposed to Vanessa, but unfortunately Wade was diagnosed with terminal cancer on the same day, and the marriage was naturally over, and now Wade wants to marry Vanessa, which is just to complete the unfinished business of the day.

"Congratulations Wade, you've finally got a good relationship with Vanessa! Then I have to give two gifts today, both Christmas and wedding gifts, and it is very difficult to choose a gift! Bucky feigned distress and said to Wade while scratching his head.

"Don't worry, just send two checks when the time comes! Remember eight o'clock in the evening, go to my house on time, I'm going home to cook turkey now, damn it, when will Deadpool have to cook for himself! Wade finished the invitation and turned to leave, Vanessa was still waiting for his turkey, and he was going to be trained if he was too late.

"If I go to your house today for Christmas Eve, will it affect your newlyweds who are about to enter the palace of marriage?" Bucky asked, looking at Wade's back, in a tone you understand.

"You must leave my house before twelve o'clock, or I'll let the dog bite you!"

After Wade left, Bucky looked at the time, and there were more than four hours left at eight o'clock. Although it seems that there is plenty of time, Bucky knows that many malls will close early, and if he doesn't buy gifts now, he will actually have to go to Wade's house for Christmas today.

At the mall, Bucky quickly chooses a decent bottle of red wine for Christmas, but Wade and Vanessa's wedding gift gives Bucky a bit of a headache. After shopping for a long time, Bucky bought a pair of beautiful gloves as a wedding gift for Vanessa on the recommendation of the shopping guide. And Wade's gift is a set of kitchen knives, seeing Wade carrying two large bags of ingredients today, Bucky thinks that maybe Deadpool after marriage will become a good man in the new era.

After buying all the gifts, Bucky realized that it was not too early, the noisy streets had gradually become quiet, and people were ready to go home for Christmas dinner.

Just as he was about to drive away, Bucky suddenly heard a man's roar from a cake shop on the side of the road: "Get out of my shop, I don't welcome you monster here." ”

There was a hint of anger in the voice, a hint of disgust, and a hint of fear hidden deeply. Bucky turned his head curiously, and saw a girl not far away with an aggrieved face staring at a middle-aged man in front of him, the girl's hand was trembling slightly, and several bills were tightly held in her hand.

The girl was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with snow-white skin, long blond hair, and a white trench coat, which looked very thin in this Christmas winter.

"Get out of here! Get out! The middle-aged man saw that the girl in front of him did not leave, and his voice became a little louder.

"I just want to buy a piece of cake, I'll pay, it's Christmas Eve tonight!" The girl's voice was a little timid, but Bucky could still hear a little strength in it.

At this time, a few people on the side of the road had already stopped, watching this farce from the side, and they were talking about it. Perhaps it was the discussion of the passers-by around him that made the middle-aged man a little annoyed, and when he saw that the girl was still not leaving, he actually pushed the girl rudely towards her, trying to push her out of the cake shop.

Bucky frowned, a little disgusted with this middle-aged man, flashed, came first, blocked in front of the girl, grabbed the middle-aged man's hand, and said in a cold voice: "Man, this is rude, if this lady wants to sue you, I'm afraid you will have to spend Christmas in the bureau!" ”

Just when the middle-aged man was about to move, there were already many passers-by around who couldn't stand it and were ready to shoot, but the speed was not as fast as Bucky, and Bucky took the first step and blocked the middle-aged man's push. Seeing that the middle-aged man was blocked, the passers-by who were about to make a move blamed one after another, which made the middle-aged man very angry.

The middle-aged man shook off Bucky's hand and pointed at the girl angrily, "What do you know! She's a freak, a monster! She's a mutant! ”

Hearing this, the passers-by around who were originally accusing the middle-aged man suddenly quieted down and took two steps back in unison.

Seeing the reaction of passers-by, the last trace of strength in the girl's heart was ruthlessly shattered, and the tears that were holding on finally flowed.

The middle-aged man was a little smug, obviously this was something he expected, this girl was a mutant, no matter how rude she was, it was understandable.

Bucky frowned, he didn't expect that in the 90s, the conflict between ordinary people and mutants had already begun to take shape, and the existence of mutants was obviously widely known.

Originally, Bucky thought that this was a peaceful time, with no powerful scientific monsters wreaking havoc around, and no aliens from Middle Two trying to destroy the world. But Bucky knew that he was still underestimated, he didn't expect that the sharp contradictions between ordinary people and mutants had already formed in this era, and if it continued to develop like this, the contradictions could erupt at any time, and a series of social problems that might arise at that time were not what Bucky hoped to see.

In fact, in Bucky's view, ordinary people are no different from mutants, and there are no irreconcilable contradictions. But the people of the Marvel world are bewitched by some forces, and there are indeed mutants who rely on mutant abilities to commit crimes, which makes ordinary people and mutants gradually become two opposing parties.

In this world, a person can accept that his neighbor is a thug who fights all day long, a bad gambler who steals chickens and dogs without doing his job, and even a drug addict. But most people can't accept that their neighbor is a law-abiding mutant. Bucky didn't know how this general mindset came to be, but it was clearly a pathological, deformed idea.

Looking at his intact left arm, Bucky knew that since he was injected with the regenerative serum, although he was not a mutant, his self-healing ability was obtained through experiments, and he did not have the mutant sign in his body - the X gene, but in the eyes of ordinary people, he was no different from a mutant. If you don't intervene, maybe in a few years, when the conflict between ordinary people and mutants reaches an irreconcilable point, you will also become one of the excluded people.

Besides, Bucky knows that sooner or later, he will fight Thanos sooner or later, and Bucky doesn't know if he can defeat Thanos, but it will not be wrong to unite all the forces that can be united. There are many powerful beings among mutants, and if you can help mutants improve their social status, you will definitely be able to befriend them and pull them into your chariot if necessary.

In Bucky's opinion, changing the social status of mutants is not an impossible task, although he does not have the ability to influence everyone and change their opinions for the time being, but now he can start by trying to convince the people around him to change his opinion of this girl first.