Marvel: Spear Bureau Technical Advisor

Favor debt is a very strange concept.

Not to mention honest men with noble morals, even thieves, robbers and even criminals with low moral standards often feel guilty because they owe debts to favors.

Those who owe favors but deliberately refuse to repay them are often spurned by the people around them.

There is no clear material standard to measure the amount of debt of favor, and it is not recognized by any legal provisions, but there is a stronger force that cannot be ignored. It is a more vague and stricter standard than legal judgments. strict social ethics.

In the United States, repaying debts of favor is a more justifiable act than repaying monetary debts.

"Thunderbird" John Proudstar couldn't refuse to come forward to ask for a debt of favor, although the other party's time to collect the debt was much earlier than he expected.

It was less than ten days ago that Qianqian helped him and his friends escape from the "sentinel" and rescued their companions who were arrested; and it was only a week since John helped Shen Ran empty out the gang's black money .

Before the Indian guy had even had time to familiarize himself with the environment of the college, Qianqian approached him.

"I need your superpowers to help me find someone." Xiang Qiang cut to the point, "A criminal who committed dozens of murders and terrorist attacks."

John hesitated: "It sounds like this person is very dangerous."

"This person is indeed dangerous, but you only need to find someone, and someone else is responsible for the arrest. The biggest trouble you may encounter will only be that there are insufficient clues and information, so that no one can be found."

A guarantee was made forward, making it difficult for John to continue to refuse-this is another unique feature of the debt of favor; although the debt of favor cannot be calculated by material measures, both the debtor and the debt collector can usually Reach a tacit agreement on the method of settlement.

For example, when John faced Qiangqian, although the former helped the latter find the black money of drug dealers, both parties believed that these things alone were not enough to repay the huge favor that Xiangqian provided to John, Lorna and others.

Repaying too little, or asking for too much, is also despised.

The person who needs John's help to find it forward is the Winter Soldier, the executor identified as the assassination of Howard Stark and his wife.

This elusive assassin briefly appeared at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters during the destruction of the "Insight Project" and participated in the final battle.

After the battle, most of Alexander Pierce's key henchmen were killed or arrested, and the few who managed to escape also had clear clues for the next pursuit, but the Winter Soldier had no news and disappeared completely.

Judging from the results of the intelligence agencies of various countries tracking down the "Winter Soldier" in the past, this mysterious assassin has never left any usable information and valid identification evidence, and has never left any witnesses who saw his true colors alive—Qianqian's best All investigative methods are useless.

Right now, the "Thunderbird" mutant superpower has become one of the few effective methods.

The only concern is that the tracking ability of "Thunderbird" is limited, and the target needs to leave relatively clear traces as a medium.

The smaller the trace, or the longer the time interval, the more difficult it is to track down.So much so that Xiangqian hurriedly took John away from X College and rushed to a hospital in New York before he had time to say a few words to Phoenix Girl in order to hurry up.

Captain Rogers - the younger one - is lying in a hospital ward, mortally wounded in the final battle at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.

However, it is not easy to meet Captain Rogers.

Such a superhero, who was promoted to the altar by the god-making movement, and fought two bloody battles in the New York War and the Hydra conspiracy to turn the tide, is the baby bump of the US government and military.

In order to enter the captain's ward, forward even pulled Tony together.As the captain's comrade-in-arms, the famous Iron Man wants to visit the captain in the ward and give the patient a bouquet of flowers. He can't even allow such a small request, can he?

In addition to Captain Rogers lying down in the ward, there was also a black soldier sitting; seeing Qianqian waiting for someone to come in, he introduced himself as retired Air Force Sergeant Sam Wilson.

Sam is not the kind of rigid-minded soldier, and his subsequent conversations with everyone also showed that he not only recognized the two playboys and billionaires Xiangqian and Tony, but also knew very well the relationship between the two of them and the captain. The relationship is far and near, and they show different attitudes towards the two.

Sam Wilson wasn't the star of today's ward, though.

When "Thunderbird" pressed the wound on Captain Rogers' head with his palm, so that the captain groaned involuntarily because of the pain in a coma, Tony couldn't help his blunt mouth, and challenged him from the sidelines Questions like: "What is he doing, healing Steve with Indian witchcraft?"

"We generally call what you call 'witchcraft' what you call 'tradition'." John countered Tony's sneer sullenly.

Tony never gives up easily: "Not every tradition is worth inheriting."

"That's because you never know how to respect tradition." John's tone became a little more serious, "It's as if you white people roast a turkey every Thanksgiving, but you forget who you should be grateful to."

Speaking of science and technology, maybe Tony Stark is not afraid of anyone, but if he wants to talk about history, he can only cheat through Jarvis.But right now, it would be too much of a shame to turn on the smart program temporarily, so Tony stuck his neck out based on his intuition and asked, "Aren't you grateful to God?"

"God will not give you seeds and farming tools, let alone give you hunting and fishing. When white people first celebrated Thanksgiving, if there is a God, then this God must be an Indian." John's There was already a bit of anger in his tone.

Tony's face was flushed, and he muttered: "It turns out that the person standing here is not a tribal doctor, but a history teacher?"

"Tony, John is here to help today." Xiang Qiang had no choice but to smooth things over, "John, I'm sorry to trouble you."

Seeing Tony shut up, "Thunderbird" didn't care too much, and concentrated on sensing the wound on the captain's head.

Sam Wilson on the side was also puzzled, but his attitude when asking questions was much better than Tony's: "What is he doing?"

"Trying to track down the man who injured the captain."

"You mean the man with the metal prosthesis? Can that be traced?"

"It can only be said that there is such a possibility. John is a mutant, and he can trace the person who left the trace based on the tiny traces; the wounds on the captain's body should all be left by the same person?" Looking forward Sam, "Have you seen that man too? I heard you mentioned a man with metal prosthetics. Can you elaborate?"

"I only saw that man twice, but I was very impressed." Sam recalled the contact with the "Winter Soldier", and he still had lingering fears; "A white man, about 30 years old; his left hand is a metal prosthesis, but it is very flexible, just like the real man. The arm is no different, it must be some kind of high-tech product."

Ask forward: "What about his facial features?"

"The time I had with him was very limited; at first he was wearing a mask and his hair was loose, so I didn't have a deep impression of his appearance, but..." Sam still had lingering fears in his words, "If you want me to say, the other party didn't Not like a person, but more like a machine, a machine that can only kill. You can’t see any human expression on his face, only the indifference of a machine.”

At this time, "Thunderbird" standing on the bed suddenly opened his eyes: "I found it."

"Where is it?" Xiangqian hurriedly asked.

"Should be a not-so-big cargo port; I saw cranes, and containers."

"The target is about to leave the United States." Xiangqian immediately made a judgment, "He must be stopped!"

Tony felt that it was time to show his strength and save some face; he asked, "Do you remember the environment of the port? Let me find aerial photos of all small and medium-sized cargo terminals on the east coast, and we will compare them one by one." He said and prepared Give orders to Jarvis.

"Don't be so troublesome, I just 'saw' the road sign outside the port." John stared coldly, "Searching for a road name should be faster than looking at the photo, right?"

Tony stopped contacting Jarvis with some embarrassment, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, and finally said angrily: "It seems that the most suitable career for you is not a history teacher, it should be a detective or a policeman .”

"I'm a mutant; in Arizona, there's only one reason people like us go to the police — to get arrested by those sons of bitches."

"How is it possible? There is no law that would convict a person because of the mutated gene." Tony, who had lost face continuously, was about to confront the Indian.

It's a pity that his billionaire wealth and eloquence cannot change some bad systems and realities.

"There's also no law that convicts a person because of the color of his skin!" John retorted. "You might as well ask Sergeant Sam how many times he's been stopped by the police since he was a kid—just because he's black?"

"Hey, two; don't involve me in your quarrel, let alone my skin color." Sam suffered a disaster out of thin air, and what seemed to be a joke actually implied a bit of anger.

"Tony, as I said, John is here to help." Xiang Qiang reminded again, "To a certain extent, you should also thank him."

Tony was upset: "What? He's here to help you, not me. I'm here to help you, not me, and you can't even get into the ward. Of course, Steve should probably treat him Say thank you."

Qiangqian knows that at this time, Tony just lost face and got a stubborn temper.He didn't answer his words immediately, but said to John: "Can I talk to Tony in private? You can wait for us in the car."

When John left, Xiangqian had to reject Sergeant Sam, who recommended himself to participate in the arrest of the "Winter Soldier": "Sergeant, you assist the captain against Hydra, I trust you; but also because of this, you now And it faces scrutiny. Too many people would be alarmed if you got involved."

Walking out of the ward, before the door closed behind him, Tony couldn't help feeling "grievanced", and asked mutteringly: "Dude, what's the matter with you? I've lost enough face just now, you shouldn't Are you on my side?"

"Standing on your side? Could it be that Iron Man loses the quarrel and wants to drag someone into a fight with others?" Qianqian was angry and funny at the same time.

"That can't let me thank him again?"

"But what he did deserves your thanks."

Tony stared round his eyes in dissatisfaction: "Give me a reason!"

"Howard and Mary, is this reason enough? Do you still remember how Obadiah Stein said how he murdered Howard?" Qianqian looked solemn, with no trace of a smile on his face.

Tony is a smart person, so it’s okay if he didn’t know it. After being reminded forward at this moment, he almost understood: "Hydra? The person who cooperated with Stan in murdering my parents at that time was Hydra?"

"It's just a guess at the moment, but this is the most likely guess." Xiang Qiang said, "Stan wants to control Stark Industries, and Hydra wants to control S.H.I.E.L.D. They naturally have a basis for cooperation. And we There is already some evidence."

"What evidence?"

He lowered his voice forward, and the next words cannot be made public: "When I kidnapped Whitehall, I also captured some Hydra elements lurking in S.H.I.E.L.D.; some of them identified the 'Winter Soldier' ​​as an assassin The executor of Operation Howard."

Hearing this, Tony's pupils shrank suddenly, and he felt a burst of anger rushing to his forehead, and his breathing was a little angry.

"You should have reminded me before you came, take the Mark armor!" Tony said viciously.

"It's not too late now." Forward reminded solemnly, "But Tony, I want to remind you, don't use missiles to blow 'Winter Soldier' ​​to pieces as soon as you see him; we want to live."

Tony asked back: "Didn't you make the dead confess?"

Hearing the strong murderous intent in this sentence, Xiangqian said helplessly, "That would also leave a living mouth in a short time. It is not that simple to make a dead person confess, and I also need to prepare in advance when the other person is alive."

"Okay, as long as you're alive, right?" Tony asked, striding out; he's like a bull with red eyes right now.

Qianqian had no choice but to hold him back: "Tony, your current state is very wrong."

"I'm fine, I've never felt so good, so motivated." Tony struggled, but couldn't free his forward hand.

"Let me remind you, Sergeant Sam said that the 'Winter Soldier' ​​who fought the captain was only about 30 years old." He said the phrase "30 years old" word by word.

Tony seemed to have been poured cold water on his head, and quickly calmed down.

"Howard was killed more than 30 years ago; it is impossible for a 30-year-old to kill someone 30 years ago." Tony was a little confused, "But didn't the confession you got identify the 'Winter Soldier'?"

"That's what I want to say." Qianqian lowered his voice again, "From the information I have obtained, the series of murders committed by the 'Winter Soldier' ​​can be traced back to the 60s of the last century; The period spanned half a century."

Tony muses: "What's up with this 'Winter Soldier'?"

"I suspect that 'Winter Soldier' ​​is not just a person, it should be a collective name for a team, or even an organization."