Bruce had met Captain America in the fighting world, but the Captain America didn't seem to know Batman, and Bruce wasn't sure if he didn't play the game or if he hadn't met Batman in the game.

But Bruce knew before that Captain America was a public figure in this universe, so it wasn't strange to recognize him, and Bruce's understanding of Captain America was that he was a hero, but a little naïve.

Of course, Bruce knows that this view is limited, because this is only for the universe he is in, but not all universes have a heavyweight city like Gotham, maybe in other universes, Captain America is indeed a defender of peace and justice.

"You saved me?"

Captain America shook his head and said, "No, in fact you are not in real danger, I just don't agree with old Osborne's approach." ”

"Do you know what they're doing?"

"Of course." Captain America sighed, walked over to the chair next to him and sat down, and said, "It's unethical to conduct more human experiments in order to investigate some mysterious virus. ”

"But before that, they were just screening potentially affected targets across California and New York to conduct various inspections and trials on them."

"But old Osborne has a special eye for you, and there must be a reason for that, will you tell me?"

Captain America stayed by his side with a very sincere expression, and the nerves that Bruce had been beating before finally felt better, and he sat up from the bed with his arms supporting his body, pointed to the coat pocket that was hanging next to him, and said, "Can you help me get something?" ”

When Captain America turned around, he saw the bulging pockets of Bruce's coat, and when he took it, he found that there were several tubes of energy gel inside.

"Is this what they gave you?" Captain America frowned and said, "I haven't seen anything like this on the market, which means it's probably untested, do you really think it's a good thing to use?" ”

Bruce sighed and said, "I'm feeling hungry, it's the kind of hunger that is beyond common sense, it's not something that food can solve, I need more direct energy supplements, and so far I haven't had any bad symptoms." ”

Seeing that he insisted, Captain America still handed him the energy gel, he looked at the muscles on Bruce's body, and carefully observed his movements, frowning slightly.

Bruce squeezed the gel into his mouth and said vaguely, "What's wrong?" Do I have any questions? ”

"No, I just think you're a little different from the citizens of San Francisco, I just came back from there, and a friend of mine who dealt with the Osborne group told me about you, so I brought you here."

"Of course I'm different from them." Bruce finally had someone to talk to, and he didn't know what was wrong with him, he wanted to binge eat when he was hungry, and he wanted to talk when he was full.

"Do you think I'm one of them? With that mysterious contagion that has become what it is now, I have to tell you that I am not, that I have this muscle in my body, that I have exercised myself, that is my own. ”

Captain America's eyes rested on Bruce's face, and he lowered his eyes and said, "Of course, I believe you." ”

"No, you don't believe it at all, because you don't think humans can look like this." Bruce tossed the tube of the finished gel aside, rubbed his face and said, "It's hard for me to explain to you why I look like this and still work on the West Coast, but I don't appear on Hollywood screens." ”

Captain America tilted his head slightly, admitting his suspicions, and Bruce sighed and said, "If you don't believe me, we've done two tricks, so you'll know that I'm not the same as those whites who can't even do deadlifts." ”

Captain America stood up, but didn't do a warm-up pose, he stood still and waited for Bruce.

When that feeling of energy returned, Bruce stood up and moved his wrists and neck, and if he had any skill at it, it would be martial arts.

Captain America lowered his center of gravity, raised his arms, and made a defensive stance, while Bruce also struck a pose, but chose the most secure takedown.

As soon as he took the first step, he felt the difference, the scenery was receding too fast in his field of vision, and it was too late for him to retract.

Bang!

Captain America was knocked into the opposite wall by him, his face full of disbelief and grinning in pain.

Bruce was also shocked, he knew that his strength had increased, but he didn't expect it to be raised to this point, he knew that Captain America was a genetically modified person, and he would not be defeated so easily.

Suddenly, Bruce's nerves jumped again, but this time it wasn't just a noise, his body had already taken a position to dodge to the right before his brain could react.

Captain America pounced, turned his head and punched again, and Bruce could even clearly see the dust flying in the air as he bent over to dodge.

"Stop!" Bruce stretched out his hands and said, "Something is wrong. ”

Captain America withdrew his fist, nodded and said, "It's really not right, are you a mutant?" ”

"The Osborne Group says I'm not." Of course, Bruce knew in his heart that he was not, he had also met mutants, and he had heard them say that the difference between mutants and normal people was genes, and he obviously could not have mutant genes.

Captain America's brows furrowed deeply, if it wasn't a mutant, then I'm afraid it would be inseparable from this San Francisco resident mutation incident.

He had thought that the mutation of the inhabitants was just a change in appearance, but if it was possible to give birth to a super soldier, the nature of the matter would be different.

Captain America immediately grabbed his shield, looked at Bruce and said, "Come with me, it's not safe here, let's talk in another place." ”

Bruce follows Captain America to an underground base, which is empty and looks abandoned, save for a few pictorial posters plastered on the wall that tell the story of the past.

"This is where the Avengers used to be, and now we've moved, but I feel like it represents a certain part of our past." Captain America said, looking around.

"Who do you think this is?" Bruce asked.

Captain America was visibly stunned, but he shook his head and said, "It's not certain yet, but we have to protect you." ”

Even Bruce could see that Captain America definitely had an object of suspicion, but he didn't want to say it, or even he didn't want to believe it.

"Do you think that's a good thing?" Bruce asked.

Captain America sat down on a chair by the wall, put his hands on his lap and said, "Maybe you think you're a lucky one, and you don't do anything, and you suddenly have perfect appearance and great strength, in fact, I've been through all of this." ”

"You must think that I have been cheapened and have benefited from genetic modification, so you strongly oppose others getting these things, or you think that I am selfish, and I have become better, so I am not used to seeing others get better."

Captain America looked at Bruce and said, "What do you think is the relationship between competence and responsibility?" ”

Bruce sat down beside him, fiddling with a few cards left on the table and said, "I have some responsibilities that I have to bear, but most of them are for myself, and people have to be responsible for their own lives, so I decided to do something." ”

"Along the way, I often feel that my ability is too small, that I can do too little, and I often fantasize about how much I can do when I become stronger."

Captain America looked at Bruce in silence, listening to him, and he could really feel that Bruce was very much like himself before, the one who had not been injected with the super-soldier serum.

Captain America has seen that Bruce's strength is based on training, which suggests that he is most likely not lying, and his body is trained by himself.

But usually, a handsome and strong person doesn't need that much strength to take responsibility for his life, so why does Bruce feel weak?

"The stronger the sense of responsibility, the more power you want to get." Bruce concluded, saying, "But there is no limit to power, no matter how strong you are, there will always be things that you can't do, and there will always be responsibilities that you can't bear." ”

This is Bruce's heart, he has also experienced such a mental journey in the fighting world, and found that other Batmen are so strong, he naturally wants to be so strong, and then he found that even if Batman is so strong, almost no Gotham is saved, which is the most extreme manifestation of human poverty at times.

"I think that if a person has a strong sense of responsibility and then gains strength, then he will hardly lose control, because the strong desire to be responsible will make them use their power to shoulder their responsibilities."

"When I was lying on the operating table, I was ready to die for my country, and although the final result was good, the faith and courage I had were not false until a good result was achieved," Captain America recalled. ”

"But what happens if a person gains strength first, but doesn't have a corresponding sense of responsibility?"

Captain America looked at Bruce and said, "What about a bunch of people?" ”

Bruce immediately realized what Captain America was worried about, but at this moment, he could only say that Captain America's concern was really reasonable, because he knew more about supercriminals than Captain America.

Speaking of Gotham, everyone will always think of those well-known madmen, they are indeed born with abnormal brains, but Gotham has nearly 10 million people, and the number of such natural madmen can be counted on two hands.

It stands to reason that if there are only such natural madmen, then they will definitely be drowned in the vast sea of people, and they will not be so conspicuous, no matter how crazy and creative they are, they will not let a city fall to this.

The backbone of Gotham's crimes is the ordinary people who have inexplicably mutated, gained supernormal powers, and gained rich knowledge.

Bruce had heard some arguments about Gotham being unsavevable when he was in the fighting world, and although the language was unknown, Bruce could guess that it was no coincidence that Gotham had a high mutation rate.

They gain their power from mutation and madness, but they use this power to commit crimes, some of them may be forced to do so, but the vast majority of them don't know what else to do with this power, so they just do what they want.

"Since the advent of neoliberalism, the liberal rhetoric has completely overshadowed the accountability rhetoric, and everyone feels irresponsible to the world," Captain America said. ”

"Because there are always responsible people to solve the problems caused by irresponsibility, they feel that they are always living in a stable environment, that liberalism is right, and that it is even a shame to use their abilities to take responsibility."

"Now that the worst has happened, people who don't know how to be responsible, and who don't want to be responsible, have gained more power, and ordinary people who choose to be responsible will not be able to defeat them."

Captain America stood up, staring at the shield that he had placed flat on the table, and said, "If they can't have more Captain America, it's destined to be the beginning of destruction." ”

Bruce looked up at him, and Captain America held out a hand to him and said, "I didn't expect you to think that, but I'm glad you did, chaos will break out soon, and I need your strength." ”

Bruce looked into his eyes for a moment, paused, then stood up, his hands clasped together.

"Maybe I'm stronger, but I'm still too far behind." Bruce sighed and said, "Relative to the situation I'm facing. ”

"You are strong and determined enough, I have nothing to teach you." Captain America looked Bruce in the eye and said, "But I can convey to you what my friend once said - with great power comes great responsibility." ”

Off-screen, Schiller covered his face.

"I kind of know how Captain America died."

Closed the loop

(End of chapter)