241 Qualified Soldiers
"With this money, we are rich!" On the way back to Steve's house, Bucky waved his arm excitedly and shouted, he was dressed neatly today, his head was neatly combed behind his head, and he didn't look at all free and uninhibited, but like the kind of successful people with a little impetuousness and arrogance that are common on Wall Street.
Why so excited?
The reason came from a check in his hand, which was given by the Department of Defense after the patent was sold, and a pale yellow piece of paper, about three inches wide and five inches long, was looked at and sniffed and sniffed by Bucky. Eric didn't care about the piece of paper, so Bucky held it in his hand along the way, as if that was the only way to feel at ease.
"We've already said that I'll have thirty-five thousand in it, and the rest will be seven thousand each for you and Steve, leaving a thousand dollars for our public expenditure, and the rest for bonds and stocks, and insurance. In this way, I will still have an income during the war, and I will not become a poor egg when I return home. If I had found a treasure trove of Germans in Europe, I might have been able to make a fortune from Hitler, when I bought a mansion by the sea and drove my Cadillac through the streets every day. Bucky held the check above his head and looked up at it with infinite wistfulness.
"Good idea." Eric, of course, wouldn't say that Bucky didn't have the chance, and he nodded casually in agreement. "If you have a Cadillac in old age, you have nothing else to do in this life -- very much in line with the mainstream view."
"I think we should do something meaningful to society, such as charitable donations - I plan to donate half of the money, and there are a lot of homeless orphans lately, and they are very pitiful." Steve disagreed, and he was still that good guy.
Bucky laughed and rubbed his friend's head affectionately, making his head look like a bird's nest.
"I will donate too, of course, don't forget to donate so much. Wait for the conscription order to come down. I'm going to go and assemble, and then you can live with me, it's a little smaller, but it's much better than here, and then you can spread the sand mats on the ground, as we did when we were kids. Of course, don't forget to polish my shoes by the way, I don't want to wait until I come back to find my shoes moldy without any maintenance. ”
He had forgotten his ambitions, but no one would debunk them. Walking up a building, Bucky kicked off a brick on the ground, revealing a key underneath.
Now they're at Steve's door.
It's a four-story apartment building. It is a standard apartment made of red bricks with prefabricated components for the ceiling, just like the other buildings around it, except that it is dilapidated.
The red bricks have long since faded in the wind and rain, the paint on the steel railings has also been peeled off a lot by the long-term sun, and the damp corners of the walls downstairs have been left unattended, and they have long been covered with moss. There are few greetings, and there is a kind of powerless decadence in the whole community.
In the days that Eric has lived here, he has deeply felt Steve's strength, and he can still maintain his kindness and fighting spirit in this kind of place. I'm afraid there aren't many people who can do it except him.
The door opened, and Bucky stayed for a while before leaving, he had a lot of things to do lately, and this time he sent him back because his friend had money on him for fear of an accident.
"You guys have a good relationship." Near the door is the water hose. Eric said to Steve as he washed his hands, as he leaned on the railing to watch his friend's back in the distance.
Eric's voice is heard. He nodded silently.
"We are brothers who grew up together, and we have similar backgrounds, and I think we will go to the end together in the future."
"I think so." Eric agrees, and that's exactly what happened.
After a small talk, he said goodbye to his landlord in advance.
"I'm afraid it won't be long before I'm leaving." Eric said, seeing Steve's eyes darken for a moment, but he quickly picked himself up again to congratulate his friend.
"I knew there would be this day, you're a genius, Eric." Steve said very sincerely.
He was genuinely happy for his friend, and Eric admired Steve the most.
The human personality has its subtleties, and the usual harmony seems to be intimate, but with the change of status, there will be a completely different transformation. When a friend is in trouble, he may not always be defeated, but someone may lend a warm helping hand, but if there is a good trend in the same person, he may not always be sincerely blessed by everyone, and he may usher in the disgust and curse behind his back.
Helping hands are not necessarily out of friendship, but may be just covert handouts; Curses do not necessarily come from hatred, but more from envy and jealousy.
After rejoicing for Eric for a while, Steve was inevitably a little lonely, Bucky was going to join the army, Eric was also moving away, and it wasn't long before he was left alone.
Even though he still had his best friends after his parents left, but now that all of them were gone, suddenly an invisible fear gripped his heart.
Steve didn't complain, he didn't hold back, he silently changed his clothes, got on the ground and started exercising.
Despite Eric's guidance, his body was still very weak, and he was a little out of breath after doing a set of thirty, and began to sweat after two sets, and finally barely completed four sets, and basically couldn't move.
But he couldn't go down right now, and Eric told him that it was harmful to rest immediately after strenuous activity, so he had to do some gentle movements. These movements are really effective, at least asthma has rarely appeared, and the body does not feel so easy to fatigue, but there is still a long way to go before the conscription requirements, and he will have to put in more effort to successfully pass the medical examination.
"Can I do what you do?" He looked at Eric for a moment, then asked, pointing to some of the wires on his body.
It was Eric's self-made training equipment, and the magnetic talent was now not very useful, and he had to find other ways to strengthen himself, so the method of stimulating the body with a weak current was prescribed, Steve knew that this way could be used to strengthen muscles, but he didn't know that the more important role was to achieve the ability transformation under Eric's control, after these days of continuous stimulation, although the progress is not too obvious, but there has been a small gain compared to when he first arrived.
"You can try, but it's uncomfortable." Eric didn't stop him, and his ability to protect Steve's nerves from damage certainly wasn't good.
Steve really felt the discomfort that Eric had said, and the electricity passed over his body, making people shiver, and he turned down the current as if he had been tortured to extract a confession, so that he could gradually recover his breath.
Eric had been watching all the time, stopping before he reached his tolerance limit.
"I'm so useless, I didn't even survive ten minutes." Steve felt a little sorry for himself, perhaps because the news of his friend's departure made him feel a little unstable, and he slapped the table hard.
This kind of behavior is very rare in him.
"It's just the beginning." Eric comforted him. "Proper electrical stimulation can promote muscle recovery, enhance muscle strength, and increase the amount of training and improve the degree of recovery through these indirect effects, so as to achieve the purpose of enhancing the body, of course, this is only an auxiliary means, and in the end you still need to exercise reasonably."
"Can I really do it?" Steve sat in his chair and stared at the horizon in distraction. "I kept telling myself that there was no problem, but I also knew that my health was terrible, and when I could pass the guò conscription officer test and meet the standards for service, maybe the war would be over."
"Can't say that, did you go to war just to kill the Germans?" Eric pressed his shoulders, and under the thin flesh were fragile bones, and the future Captain America was still a thin young man.
"No", Steve hesitated for a moment, and said what he thought. "I don't want to kill anyone, I hate people who bully, no matter where they're from."
"Then you don't have to be ashamed of yourself." Eric patted him on the back and said in a deep voice. "It's not just a soldier who can kill that is a good soldier, some soldiers on the battlefield may have participated in all the battles, he did not flinch in the most dangerous situations, and he was willing to take risks in order to cover his comrades, maybe he did not kill an enemy until the end of the war, but such a soldier, can you think that he is not a qualified soldier?"
"No, I can't." Steve was silent for a moment, and there was some sparkle in his eyes again.
"Then train patiently, as long as you really do your best, you are not a failure." Eric stood up and looked at him again, and said meaningfully, "Maybe God will bless you with good luck." ”
With his persuasion, Steve regained his fighting spirit, and the little man picked himself up once again and went downstairs to the open space.
"I hope it's really good luck." Recalling the melancholy that the captain had had, Eric looked down and said lightly.
As a person who has been ostracized by the world, he does not intend to interfere too much in what has already been born, Eric always keeps his goal in mind, and only the Cosmic Rubik's Cube is what he wants. To achieve this, just follow the original clues all the way. As for those studies that the Ministry of Defense took away...... He didn't come to help the Americans fight, he could continue to stay in this way. He must keep a certain distance from Steve, so as not to affect Steve's qualifications to join the real yàn because of his suspicious identity, but he must not be too distant, that will lose the opportunity he deserves.
Therefore, the captain still has to follow his due trajectory, become the first controlled soldier, dedicate his strength to end the war, and then confront the current owner of the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, the Red Skull...... Eric hadn't forgotten that in Hydra's underground base, Red Skull's men had made up his mind.
Once offended, let their masters repay with the most precious things.
In the dim light, Eric laughed coldly. (To be continued!)
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