Trask's guess needs time to be verified, and Eric doesn't care what they think, he is still doing what he thinks step by step, receiving visitors every day, shaking hands and talking to his compatriots from afar, and accommodating those who stay according to the established plan.

The methodology had developed a proven program that worked smoothly with the help of Pietro and the students, and of course the new secretary Gwen did a good job during this time, and she became familiar with Eric's surroundings and got into the groove.

It was so busy for a while, until one visitor broke the tense rhythm that morning.

The guest walked into the building and was greeted by a busy scene of representatives of mutant groups from all over the United States and even neighboring countries, families or individuals who came to seek help in trouble, local entrepreneurs trying to market products and services, and clerks from various banks and offices.

These people occupied the entire building below the fifth floor, or crowded around the sand to wait for an audience, or ran in and out of the corridor with small steps in their arms, and for a moment the guest almost thought he was in a department of the Ministry of Defense or Congress, which he remembered as the only place that would be so busy.

Fortunately, this situation ended on the fifth floor, which was the private domain of the students, and now they were far away in Boston, and it was quiet inside, and as he walked up the stairs to the top floor, the door opened automatically, and the owner was waiting there with a smile.

"Welcome, Captain." Eric walked to the door of the hall and invited the guests in.

"Hello, Eric." Captain America greeted him sincerely, he had come to apologize for the incident that had taken place today, and in that clash at the foot of the mountain, Eric had been attacked in a shameful manner, and Captain had become a knife to be used. In the face of great disadvantage, Eric also saved his colleagues in S.H.I.E.L.D., and the captain had to say something about it.

"It's all gone, and you saved me. We owe each other nothing. Eric did his best to comfort him, and the guest couldn't help but be a little moved.

Thinking of the tragic situation that followed. The captain asked himself if he couldn't be so free, but fortunately he was now fully recovered, which made him feel a little better.

While sighing that the abilities of mutants are indeed unpredictable, while looking at a piece of text on the table, the captain felt that he had come at an inopportune time, and the owner of this place seemed to be really busy.

Eric saw the captain's thoughts and casually explained it to him.

"You can tell that I'm like a single dad with a bunch of kids right now. Every day lives in a noisy place. Eric laughed at himself and pushed aside the piled up. It's not usually like this, but recently my students have gone to Boston's industrial park to help Director Fury build the flying carrier, my assistant Pietro has to coordinate the placement of his compatriots locally, and the others are still teaching at the academy, so now it's just me and my secretary Miss Stacy staying here, and I don't know what to do without her. ”

Seeing Eric's relaxed attitude, the captain couldn't help but smile. Then stood up and solemnly apologized to him for the greatest extent.

"I'm sorry Eric, I was going to apologize to you for what happened last time, but I didn't expect to cause you trouble again."

"Oh. It's nothing, I'm already out, aren't I? Eric said nonchalantly, asking the captain about his preferences and pouring himself and his guests some drinks.

"As for this place, it's neither Washington nor Wall Street, there's no war and it's not about people's lives, it's just a little thing, and one thing that all the little things have in common is that they look tricky on the surface, and they're really cumbersome to deal with. But if you put it aside and don't bother with it, maybe it will disappear on its own after a while. I'm sitting here just to show that I take it seriously. Not that I can really fix them, so don't mind the captain. Your arrival has given me an excuse to enjoy my leisure. ”

"Thank you for your comfort, Eric." The captain took the cup from his master. "We often encountered this kind of thing during the war years, when I didn't look as deep as you see, in our time people often thought that enthusiasm could melt a qiē, but the truth often told us that calmness is the more important quality."

"That's right, so people have been missing you, Captain America shouldn't just be a hero who defeats the enemy on the battlefield, but also a reflection of the good qualities and good pursuits of the people living in this country." Eric's warm praise simply made the captain a little unbearable, he just wanted to apologize and leave, if he couldn't forgive, he could even be beaten by the bitter master, but this kind of treatment was really unexpected by the captain.

"Just call me Steve, I'm a little embarrassed to say that." The captain said awkwardly.

Eric laughed.

"Don't get me wrong, Steve. I'll admit that sometimes I make some exaggerated compliments, but that's only for beautiful young ladies, and I don't think you're one of them. ”

"Of course I'm not." The captain smiled, and Eric spoke wittily.

"So look at it this way, render to Caesar what is Caesar's, and to God what is God's. Let Captain America become a symbol that continues to circulate in people's hearts. "Eric tiyì.

"You're right, I'm just an ordinary person." The captain nodded in agreement.

Speaking of ordinary people, they also remembered what Eric had said at the foot of the mountain.

"You're afraid to admit that we've left the average person far behind. I'm not like you, I'm proud to accept reality and have no fear. ”

Before Eric, a man with a red face had said the same thing to him - in the base of the European Hydra, facing off against him through the raging flames that seemed to spring out of hell, and at that time he had his best friend Bucky next to him.

Savoring the meaning of this sentence, the captain suddenly felt a little melancholy, just like those times that have long been buried in memory, his enemies and his friends disappeared into the long river of history, no matter how hateful or intimate the past, the years have treated both enemies and friends equally, and now in retrospect, there is only a faint sadness left in the past, and their images are like a faint halo.

Seventy years had passed while the captain was asleep.

Eric didn't let Steve lose his mind for a moment, he didn't disturb the captain's sadness, but raised his glass and slowly tasted the bitter taste, in this building, only he could understand the captain's feelings, because the fate of the reincarnation was far more bizarre than that of the soldiers.

Time passed by second, and it was rare for the hall to be so calm, until the captain shook his head and waved away his memories, he woke up like a dream and let go of his thoughts.

"Sorry", the captain apologized again for his faux pas.

Eric held his glass to him, and the captain took a big sip.

"Recently, I often think back to the past, and Fury Jian yì arranged a psychiatrist for me, maybe I am really old, after all, my literal age is already an old man." The captain smiled wryly.

Eric comforted him: "It's not you who changes, it's the world that changes, you just don't adapt yet." Know my colleague Logan? ”

"Wolverine?" The captain apparently knew Logan.

"Yes, that's him." Eric nodded in reply. "Look at him at most forty years old, but in fact he was born a hundred and fifty years ago, fought in the Civil War, the European War, the Great War, and the Vietnam War, and the last time Professor Xavier saw him was in 1962, when the professor was a bushy young scientist, and now he is a bald man in a wheelchair, and Logan is still the same. You, like him, are witnesses to history, maybe you didn't witness the birth of this country, but maybe you can see its decline. ”

"God bless America." The captain subconsciously retorted.

"God bless America." Eric repeated in the same tone.

The captain looked at him carefully for a moment, but did not notice anything unusual, so he took it as a casual analogy.

"I don't want to live too long, I want to live like a normal person." As the captain said this, he seemed to see the old female agent lying on the hospital bed again, and this time his heart really hurt.

"Like Rogers before the serum?" Eric deliberately mentions the emaciated young man who was repeatedly rejected by the enlistment station.

The captain was stunned for a moment, and his lost feelings suddenly vanished.

He had to admit that no matter how much he longed to go back to the past and live like an ordinary person now, he couldn't deny that it was the Soldier Serum who made Captain America.

Without this strength, although he would not have endured such a sad life, he would not have such a magnificent experience, and love would not be able to be talked about.

"You know me well?" Steve asked blankly.

"Mutants go to museums too." Eric smiled and spread his hands.

The captain shook his head, he looked at the time again, and decided not to delay Eric any longer.

"It's a pleasure to meet you." He said this as he parted.

"Me too." Eric replied, all the way to the door downstairs.

After saying goodbye to Yiyi, the squadron leader turned to leave, he had wanted to ask Toreric to do him a favor and capture the suspicious Winter Soldier, but now that he saw the situation here, he really couldn't open his mouth and had to think of another way.

Looking at the distant back, Eric recalled the captain's magical shield, but unfortunately he didn't bring it this time, otherwise he could have used it as a reference.

He was playing with a steel ball in his hand, and his mind silently sketched the extremely special microstructure of the shield in his memory, the silver color on the steel ball gradually changed, and when it was about to be transformed into another substance, suddenly there was a soft sound from the bead, and the whole structure collapsed, and the steel instantly turned into powder. (To be continued)

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