Chapter 17: Anna Frost
Bucky turned around and saw the mutant girl running towards him with a small cake box.
"Thank you, sir, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have had a happy Christmas this year." The girl wanted Bucky to bow deeply and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.
Bucky took a closer look at the girl and found that she had a pair of deep eyes, which seemed to be attractive, so that Bucky was reluctant to look away from him.
Suddenly, Bucky felt a slight heat in his chest where the Infinite Heart was, and this brought Bucky back to his senses. After coming back to his senses, Bucky narrowed his eyes slightly, and felt a little vigilant in his heart, it seemed that the mutant girl in front of him was not simple.
Seeing that Bucky's face changed slightly, the girl seemed to think of something, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry sir, I'm sorry, I don't want to be like this, I don't know why this happened." β
Seeing that the girl's expression was flustered, not as if she was pretending, Bucky showed a kind smile again and said, "I'm sorry, I was distracted just now." β
The girl's face was a little gloomy, and she said in a low voice: "No, it's all my fault." I don't know why, some people are stunned when they see my eyes, and I don't want to do that. β
"Okay, since it wasn't your intention, I can't blame you." Bucky patted the girl on the shoulder, and continued, "My name is Bucky Barnes, just call me Bucky, don't call me Mr. Bucky." β
"My name is Anna, Anna Frost." Seeing that Bucky really didn't blame herself, Anna smiled sweetly again.
When Bucky heard the name, it sounded familiar, but after searching all the Marvel information in his mind, he couldn't find it. But Bucky suddenly thought of Anna's fascinating eyes, and a name appeared in Bucky's mind, Emma Frost.
Emma Frost, also known as the White Queen, can not only diamond herself, but also has very strong mental power, able to read other people's thoughts and memories, and can even forcibly delete or modify other people's memories to control the other party's thinking, and her telepathic ability is second only to Professor X.
While participating in the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, the White Queen was captured by Professor X and Magneto and handed over to the U.S. government at the time. Then Professor X and Magneto parted ways, and Magneto rescued the White Queen from the government, and there has been no news of the White Queen since then, I heard that she was persecuted by humans and died, but there is no definite news.
The fact that Anna and the White Queen in front of her are both surnamed Frost, coupled with Anna's eyes, reminds Bucky of the White Queen's telepathic abilities, which makes Bucky wonder if there is any relationship between the two.
Bucky decided to test it, if he could establish a good relationship with the White Queen, or even form an alliance with her, it would definitely be of great help to Bucky's future development.
Thinking of this, Bucky opened the door for Anna, made a gentleman's invitation to her, and said, "Anna, where are you going now, I'll give you a ride." β
Anna hesitated, but couldn't shirk Bucky's kindness, so she got into the car.
In the car, Anna has been pointing out the way for Bucky, who made Bucky just come into this world and not be familiar with the roads here. After a while, the car came to a dimly lit entrance to the street, which was still full of rubbish even though it was Christmas Eve, and the street lights on both sides were mostly broken, making the whole street look a little gloomy, and the street was lined with three- and four-story residential buildings, which were old from the dilapidated facades.
Bucky frowned, this was a typical slum, it was hard to imagine that a girl like Anna would live in such a slum.
When Anna saw Bucky's appearance, she probably guessed what Bucky was thinking now, maybe her pride had been hit, Anna lowered her head and said to Bucky: "I'm here, the road inside is not easy for cars, I'll just get off here." β
"I'm sorry Anna, I have no ill will." Bucky could understand from Anna's expression and tone that Anna must have thought that he would look down on her, and quickly explained, "I just, I just think it's ......"
Bucky is a bit short of words, in his previous life, he was a tech nerd, every day he either studied hacking techniques, or read jokes on the Internet, but he didn't know anything about grasping the psychology of girls and how to make girls happy. Bucky's embarrassed appearance now is like two people talking at the door of the cake shop before.
"It's okay, just park here." Anna lowered her head and whispered.
"I'd better send you in. By the way, Anna, is there anyone else in your family? Bucky tried to change the subject and asked Anna.
But this was obviously not the right question, and when Anna heard this, her head was buried deeper, her shoulders began to tremble, and from time to time there was a low whimper, and Anna cried.
Bucky hurriedly parked the car on the side of the road, but in the face of the crying Anna, she opened her mouth but couldn't say a word of comfort, she could only secretly curse herself in her heart for being stupid, Anna only bought such a small cake, obviously not like she had relatives to share with her.
"I didn't have a father, and when I was six or seven years old, my mother disappeared and my sister raised me. However, two years ago, my sister suddenly disappeared, leaving me alone. In the past, every Christmas, my sister would buy a cake at that cake shop and celebrate the holiday with me. β
Bucky now understands why Anna insisted on buying cakes at that cake shop, a nostalgia for every Christmas she spent with her sister. Shaking his head, Bucky couldn't help but secretly sigh at Anna's unfortunate experience, I don't know who my father is, my mother and sister have disappeared one after another, and I have to work hard to support myself at the age of sixteen or seventeen, judging from Anna's residence, her life in the past two years has not been easy. Coupled with the exposure of Anna's mutant identity, judging from the general attitude towards mutants in today's society, her next days will be even more difficult.
Looking at Anna, Bucky suddenly felt her loneliness, a feeling of being abandoned by the whole world. This reminded Bucky of himself in the previous life, in the last life of more than 30 years, Bucky has always chosen to be a technology nerd for the next ten years. At first, he inadvertently became estranged from his relatives and friends, and after becoming a top hacker, he took the initiative to alienate others, so as not to inadvertently reveal his identity. In the last few years, when former friends had also broken off and relatives rarely interacted with, Bucky was lonely at heart, although he could call for wind and rain online.
Since coming to this world, Bucky has always paid attention to the maintenance of friendships between friends, and has good friendships with Wade, Vanessa, Mole and others. However, friendships can be established and maintained, but Bucky does not have a single family member in this world. Looking at the girl in front of him, who has no relatives like himself, Bucky suddenly wants to take care of her, take care of her like a sister.
Gently hugging Anna's shoulders, Bucky said softly: "Anna, I am also alone, I have no relatives, are you willing to be my sister?" β
Hearing this, Anna's body trembled visibly, raised her head, looked at Bucky with big tearful eyes, and whispered, "But, but I'm a mutant, I'll cause you trouble." β
Bucky smiled and shook his head, pulling the dagger he was carrying from his waist and slashing it lightly across his arm at Anna's exclamation. As soon as the blood flowed out, the wound healed quickly under Anna's gaze, leaving no trace.
"Look, it's not just you who have special abilities, I have too." Bucky wiped the blood from his arm with his sleeve, shook his intact arm in front of Anna, and said with a smile.
"Turns out you're a mutant too!"
"No, I'm not a mutant. Maybe you don't know that mutants have one more gene than ordinary people, we call it X gene, and X gene is what makes mutants different. Bucky paused, pointed to his left arm again, and then said: "I used to lose my entire left arm because of something, but then I used scientific experiments to gain self-healing ability, and then I have the current left arm, I don't have X gene in my body, so I'm not a mutant, just a person with special abilities." β
Anna didn't seem to understand, but she understood that she and Bucky were not the same kind of people after all, and her expression was a little dark.
"Although I am not a mutant, I can be your relative, I have always wanted to have a sister, can you help me fulfill this wish, Anna?"
If someone else asked Anna like this, Anna would definitely refuse without hesitation, but looking at Bucky's sincere appearance, Anna found that she had never thought of refusing, but was a little happy in her heart.
Looking at Bucky again, with her chic long hair and handsome face, Anna's heart suddenly sped up by half a beat. Recalling that Bucky was calm and relaxed at the door of the cake shop, calmly defending himself, the eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl suddenly felt that she wanted to be in love, and the previous joy dissipated a lot.
"Is it just my sister?" Anna blushed a little and turned her head slightly, but carefully observed Bucky's expression out of the corner of her eye.
Bucky was a little confused by this question, and thought for a moment before saying, "If you want, you can also come to work in my newly established company and be my secretary." β
Anna felt that she was defeated by Bucky, and she didn't understand such an obvious hint, so she couldn't help but secretly scold Bucky for being a pig's brain, but she still called "brother" sweetly.
"Anna, you don't want to spend Christmas by yourself today, come with me to a friend's who invited me to try his craft today." Bucky didn't want his newfound sister to be alone in this slum for the holidays, so he was going to take her to Wade's house and let Wade know his sister.
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Yesterday, I saw that many book friends in the book review area said that the plug-in of pretending to be a pig was not good, and after thinking about it carefully, there are indeed many unsatisfactory places, and pretending to be a pig apologized to all book friends here. The chapters that have already been sent are not very convenient to modify, and in the future, I will work harder to make the plot more reasonable and attractive.
I would like to thank the book friend [Starγ»tears] for his advice in the book review area, which is of great help to pretend to be a pig!