At sunset, the coastline of New York is covered in the glow of the setting sun, as if it had snowed in gold leaf last night, and not far from the coast, a cruise ship is slowly setting sail.

From the outside, it can be seen that this is a luxury cruise ship, and after the light gradually dims, the cabin lights up brilliantly, and the people who go out to sea on the yacht quietly enjoy the coming night.

On the dining room terrace in a prime position on the second deck, two figures in suits were sitting at the table at the very edge, Grant was fiddling with the food on the plate somewhat absentmindedly, and Schiller had finished his meal, leaning back in his chair to watch the sunset.

After a while, he stood up, and Grant, without saying a word, followed him, and Schiller walked briskly through the dining room, and across the bustling dance floor, past the dimly lit light reflected by the well-dressed gentlemen and ladies and the fine glassware.

He came to the corridor of the cabin of the cruise ship, and after standing in front of a door, he knocked on the door, and Schiller's voice rang out at the same time as the door opened, and he said, "The moment you see me, you will think that you have been discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D., but on the contrary, Nick has tracked you down, but I have hidden the past for you, Alexander Pierce." ”

Behind the door appeared an old man with half-white hair, who was stunned for a moment when he heard Schiller's words, but when he saw Grant Ward standing outside the door and the gun he already held in his hand, he knew he had no choice.

For a moment, as if he had aged several years, and no longer had the high-spirited appearance of a Security Council seat, he slowly took a few steps back and let Schiller walk in.

Schiller looked up at the room, looked left and right, and said, "I know you're going to tell me something like, 'The most dangerous place is the safest place,' but it's really that you don't want to go to those dark and damp underground fortresses and portray risking your risk to hide in a cruise ship as a visionary and a god." ”

"You know that you used to do this kind of thing with a fluke mentality, and every time you survive, you will tell yourself that you must change the way next time, but after so many years, you will still only do this trick, Pierce, you and I know why you can live to this day."

Pierce's face became extremely ugly, he had never heard such sharp words that pierced him directly in the heart in his life, agents liked to go straight to the point, did not like to waste time, but they did not like to peek into the hearts of others, and rarely brought up the topic in conversation.

But the psychiatrist in front of him doesn't seem to have such scruples, which also shows that he is not good.

Pierce quickly adjusted his state, he knew that a fierce battle awaited him next, and Schiller shot him before opening the door, which showed that the two of them still had something to discuss.

In the same night, Stark took off his mecha and was reading a book in front of the experimental table, he rubbed his finger at his own person, shook his head and said, "If I hadn't memorized all those messy game theories overnight, then I probably wouldn't have the patience to sit here and read these books related to mental illness and psychology." ”

"Sir, I advise you not to get too involved in it, people tend to like to bring cases from psychology and psychiatry into themselves, which has the potential to affect your mood."

"It seems that you're much better than I am right now, but I want to say that I'm going to catch up with you soon, Jarvis." Stark is completely inappropriate.

"Originally, I didn't have any interest in this kind of thing, but Schiller's performance today made me very suspicious, just like you came to the conclusion, he seems to be a completely different person, which doesn't seem to be explained by multiple personalities, and you say that there is nothing wrong with his body, and the veins and nerve structures are exactly the same in the scan."

"If he's really sick, then I'll find a way to cure him, and if he's replaced by Hydra, then I'll debunk the conspiracy and rescue him, and think about how wonderful his expression will be, haha!"

Stark laughed twice, and then read the book, but looking at it, his face became a little wrong, he sandwiched the page between his two fingers and turned back and forth, and asked with some hesitation, "Jarvis, did you learn about anxiety?" ”

"Yes, I have more detailed information here, would you like to hear it?"

"No, no." Stark replied immediately, biting the inside of his lower lip, shaking his neck slightly, pushing his spine back, and then sped up and said, "I'm fine now, if you had learned this sooner, maybe I wouldn't have been blackmailed by that vampire doctor." ”

Jarvis was silent and did not speak, Stark tried to divert his attention and continued to read, but looked at him and asked aloud, "What is this?" Narcissistic personality disorder? Is narcissism also a disease? ”

"Vicious narcissism can lead to violent behavior, which refers to extreme self-centeredness, which hurts other people......"

Stark was silent for a moment and said, "Do you think I'm narcissistic?" ”

"I can't answer that."

"Okay, I see, you don't have to say it." Stark propped his elbows on the table, put his fingers to his forehead and said, "I'll admit it, I'm a little bit, but it's not to the point of malignancy, right?" ”

Then he continued to look down, and after a while he said, "Bipolar disorder? It's a bit ......."

Stark shook his head and sighed as he flipped down, and after a while he said:

"Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder...... Do you know? These performances are written here......"

Stark pointed to a few lines of text in the book with the tip of his finger and said, "Post-traumatic re-experience, increased alertness, avoidance, etc., which reminds me of a person's ......"

Stark was silent again, and within two minutes he closed the book with a "snap", then leaned back in his chair and tilted his head, saying, "Jarvis, you're right, I shouldn't have read this at night." ”

Suddenly, he sat up straight again, then opened the book again, turned the first few pages, and plunged headlong into the ocean of knowledge until dawn.

The next morning, as soon as Steve walked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. cafeteria, he saw Stark poking his head behind the buffet counter, he walked over and patted Stark and asked him, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Stark rolled his eyelids, looked him up and down, and said, "It's nothing, I'm waiting for you." ”

"Wait for me, what are you waiting for me for?"

"Have you forgotten? One more important thing we haven't talked about is the ...... of your good friend."

Steve turned to get the plate and didn't respond to the topic, Stark narrowed his eyes and said, "Even if he was brainwashed by Hydra, it doesn't erase the fact that he ever hurt innocent people." ”

"But he saved more people, he was a valiant warrior, he just had an accident...... "Steve picked bread with a pan, Stark stood on the other side of the table, pressed the earphones on his ear and whispered, "Jarvis, do you see that?" He had just picked up the same piece of bread and put it down three more times. ”

"But what if one of these innocent people he killed was another friend of yours?"

"Impossible." Steve subconsciously denied it, but Stark continued: "Is it impossible, or are you unwilling to imagine it?" ”

"Let's not talk about that." Steve turned to put the food tongs in place, and he said in a very fast voice, "It's not a good topic to talk about during dinner, let's go sit over there." ”

Stark was surprised to find that when he talked about it again, he was looking at Steve's reaction from a more objective or critical perspective, and he found more clues in it, details that he had never paid attention to before.

The two walked to the table and sat down, in the past, Captain America would be the more talkative one, but today the situation seems to be reversed, Stark took the initiative to say, "How did you and him meet?" Did the two of you join the army together? ”

In the past, Steve would have told the story of how he was almost eliminated from the army but was lucky enough to be selected, and he told Peter about it countless times, and every time he talked about it, he was in high spirits.

But this time, Steve just lowered his head and took a bite of the sandwich, and when the lettuce leaves in it fell, he subconsciously wanted to bite with his mouth, but suddenly stopped his movements, as if he felt that this was a bit unseemly.

Stark had been watching his movements, and he noticed that Steve was now in an anxious defensive stance, clenching his arms, propping his elbows on the table, and using his arms in front of him, although he was holding a sandwich in his hand, he could tell from the tense muscles in his arms that he was nervous now.

Stark has rarely seen Steve in this state, Captain America always seems to be sunny, confident, talkative, can talk about any topic, has a funny and amiable attitude.

But now, he's in a state that Stark is familiar with, because that's what happened when he's having an anxiety attack.

He thought about it carefully, it wasn't the first time he had seen Steve in this state, but before, he had ignored all these details.

Then, Stark connected with himself again, was he the same when he faced the psychiatrist? Almost all the symptoms are written on the face? ”

Suddenly, he had a feeling of being unable to laugh or cry, and he seemed to be able to appreciate the absurdity and helplessness in Schiller's heart when he first asked him if he had the ability to read minds.

Stark suddenly realized that the sentence that was now hovering in his mouth, if spit out, should be able to stimulate Steve and plunge him into more extreme anxiety, like a sharp sword piercing his soft underbelly.

This was actually more painful for him than hundreds or thousands of missile bombardments, but Stark didn't say anything in the end.

He changed the subject, he said: "Let's talk about the work of the Avengers, how are we going to target Hydra next?" ”

Steve took a big bite of the sandwich, chewed it hard, and swallowed it as if he didn't know what to do now, so he put all his energy into something very simple and made himself seem to have something to do.

"You said before that the assassination of the dignitaries might have something to do with Hydra?" Steve asked.

"That's right, I don't think it's such a coincidence, just when we were giving Hydra a head-on blow, there happened to be so many assassinations."

"Then let's start here, as long as it is a murder, it will definitely leave traces, find out who the murderer is, and maybe we can find out the reason for these changes in Hydra."

Stark found that Steve's nervousness eased a bit as he moved to his area where he was better, and he lowered his elbows and lowered his sandwiches, revealing his face.

He suddenly remembered that Schiller had talked to him about mechas, and Stark had a wonderful feeling, as if it was at that moment, at this moment.

"One more thing, do you remember that you told me before, if you find that a person suddenly becomes a little stranger, then you can't rule out the possibility that he has been replaced by Hydra."

"Yesterday, I used Jarvis to analyze Schiller's behavioral logic, and Jarvis's data told me that he and the Schiller we knew before, the two of them had a very low overlap rate."

Steve shook his head, which was beyond Stark's expectations, and then he heard Steve say: "If he is really replaced, it is impossible for the overlap rate to be so low, he must be disguised to be very similar to the original Dr. Schiller, but there are some clues." ”

"It can't be that the whole person is like a different person, doesn't that clearly tell us that he has been replaced?"

"And what if they predict ours?"

"That hydra has ruled the world."

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I love writing about D.C. Schiller

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