The Great Winter Soldier

"Ding

Complete mission: Temple Crisis.

Reward light ball 1. "

Current number of light orbs: 1.

After accidentally getting the "Temple Crisis" mission completion information, Xia Tian also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the king of the dark dimension, Dormammu, had no connection with the earth. Xia Tian and his team prepared in advance and ensured that the three Without losing a temple, all the dark believers of Dormammu were killed, thus resolving the crisis.

As long as the three temples are not lost, the defense network formed around the world will be able to keep Dormammu out. The mage ancestor named Agamodo really should not be underestimated.

Since Xia Tian learned to use magic to open long-distance portals, he no longer has to trouble Nicole and Nightcrawler.

It is worth mentioning that Nightcrawler, under Summer's orders, has formed the Teenage Hell's Kitchen with Spider-Man and Ginny, and has begun wandering the streets with the guidance and help of Max the Electro.

The contestants of the last Hell's Kitchen rushed out of the eight streets and began to go to the world. Darwin and Wanda studied magic in Kama Taj. Skye led Nebula to absorb and consolidate the power of the Inhumans. Nicole and Summer He rarely returns to Hell's Kitchen, and only Max, the Electro-optical man, is left as a link to lead and teach the new generation of teenagers in Hell's Kitchen.

Now, Hell's Kitchen has also been taken over by these little guys. However, with the help of Wesley's money empire and Colin Wynn's Hand, as well as the strong support of the office team, the security of Hell's Kitchen is very good. Well, this gives the little guys enough time to grow up, and their jurisdiction has expanded to New York. After all, the security in Hell's Kitchen is a bit too good...

The villains who deserved to be killed were all killed by Xia Tian. The Hand, countless gangsters, Kingpin, and super villains one after another were all killed by Xia Tian. There was no need to go to jail, escape from jail, or go to jail. There is such a situation as being released on bail, so... Well, it turns out that Hell's Kitchen can still be saved, but it can't be done using superhero methods and methods, and it can't be trapped in one cycle of crime after another.

Closer to home, Xia Tian did not need to trouble Nightcrawler and Nicole. He briefly returned to the Disney Castle and told Quicksilver Pietro and Phoenix Jean Gray to protect the castle well. After telling Zoya to activate the full battle preparation state, He returned to West Chester, New York, with a gift.

In fact, Xia Tian's trip was also to drag Nicole back to the Disney Castle. After all, once a crisis arises, he wants to fight as soon as possible to see which country's space battleship can destroy him.

In the backyard, Xia Tian saw Nicole sitting on a simple swing, which Xia Tian had specially made for little Ginny. The swing was just a tire and was very simple to make, but Nicole was obviously a little absent-minded. She looked at the snow under her feet with distracted eyes, not even knowing that the swing was broken, or that the rope of the swing had been broken as soon as she sat on it, but she didn't intend to get up, and kept sitting on the ground between the tires. superior.

Xia Tian walked in front of Nicole, squatted down, handed the exquisite female Deadpool figure in front of Nicole, and said softly: "I will give you a Christmas gift in advance."

"Yeah." Nicole's purple eyes slowly gained some focus, and she could clearly see the "little sculpture" in the man's hand.

This "little statue" is lifelike and vividly reflects her appearance in uniform. The graceful body lines seem to be drawn in the same mold as Nicole, but the equipment on the figure female Deadpool is more trendy. It was close to a thermal weapon, and Nicole would not be carrying a pistol on her left ankle, but a military blade.

"Where did you get it?" Nicole raised her eyes and took the female Deadpool figure. According to common sense, she would never like this kind of toy, but when this figure was made in her image At that time, she couldn't help but become interested.

Xia Tian didn't answer the question, and pointed to the window on the third floor upstairs, where a furry little head was exposed, staring at the backyard with dark eyes.

When Nicole looked in the direction pointed by Xia Tian, ​​the little guy quickly shrank his neck and then jumped off the window sill.

"When it doesn't want to get close to you, you have to know that something is wrong with you." Xia Tian said, "You know how much it likes you, even if your fingers are stained with blood, it is willing to help you lick it clean."

"Yeah." Nicole lowered her head and fiddled with the female Deadpool figure with her fingers, making it make one weird shape after another.

"I know what you are thinking. You have to know that those are power gems, which are the top treasures in the universe. Maybe no one can truly control the infinite gems. Although we are called users, at most we can He is a parasitic host, and there are many people who are confused by power. The important thing is that you have survived it now, right?" Xia Tian squatted down and gently took care of Nicole's cascading blond hair with one hand.

"You are now more aware of the power of the infinite stones, which makes you awe of them. You have been accustomed to being lawless. This accident is a good thing and a lesson. It is very beneficial to us. We are all safe and sound." He said softly admonishing.

Nicole lowered her head, playing with the exquisite female Deadpool figurine, slightly moving her body to the left, and spitting out a trace of white mist.

It's early winter now, and most of the pine trees in the courtyard have turned into dry branches.

Xia Tian looked at the part she had given up, stood up and sat on the other half of the tire.

"The same problem appears again, Xia Tian." Nicole lowered her head and said softly.

"Hmm what?" Xia Tian is a little unclear, so

.

"Remember when we were in the Spider-Man universe? At that time, I was wearing Venom, and some unpleasant things happened between us." Nicole took a deep breath, and her cold voice seemed no warmer than the temperature in this early winter. How many.

"Yeah" Xia Tian motioned for Nicole to continue.

"I clearly realized that I could hurt you. That time I sat in front of the glass box where the venom was trapped for three whole days." Nicole pursed her lips and said softly, "You solved all this, you completed your Your promise to me has made you stronger, making it impossible for me to hurt you, and I have also untied the knot in my heart because I know you can control me and kill me before I do anything stupid. stop."

"Well..." There was a trace of memory in Xia Tian's eyes, it seemed... that happened several years ago.

"We traveled all the way and struggled until today. The problem has arisen again. You let me infiltrate the Apocalypse team in the Apocalypse universe. My mutant ability has been qualitatively improved. We are also in the imperial civilization war in the Shia galaxy. After strangulating Ronan, I paid the price for the necklace blessed by Odin and set the power gem on the Uru sword. Until yesterday, I never felt anything was wrong, but..." Nicole wanted to He stopped talking, turned his head, and looked at Xia Tian with burning eyes.

"explain."

"I only really realized yesterday that I can hurt you again." Nicole made a casual move, and two Uru swords flew out of the window, came to Nicole's body, penetrated deeply into the ground, and stood there In front of the two of them, "Your ether particles are so dreamy, your mutant ability and physical strength increased so fast, I was extremely happy. I also forgot all the troubles, and I accepted everything you gave me." , but this guy is different, I just felt its real power yesterday, its energy is endless, really endless, I will take it off and give it back to you."

"Oh, Nicole..." Xia Tian put his arm around Nicole's shoulders. If it weren't for the ether particles in his body, and he was afraid of the big riot between the Stone of Power and the Stone of Reality, Xia Tian would really want to Let Nicole try to cut herself with a sword. The defense and vitality provided by her physical defense ability that exceeds the level of the entire universe are really not a joke.

Nicole curled up in Xia Tian's arms, and her cold voice revealed extremely complicated emotions: "I can accept that I can chop down a building and flatten a city, but I can't accept that I can chop you into pieces. Believe me , it really can, it can destroy everything we know."

"When I find the Infinity Gauntlet, you can give it to me even if you don't want to." Xia Tian patted Nicole's back and said, "Before that, you only need to think about how we should face the sky full of death prophecies. Space battleship, without it, how can you participate in a war of that level? You can't even participate in any battle at a slightly higher level. You can't let Hell's Kitchen lose this combat force, a powerful combat force that is completely loyal to me. "

"But......"

"It's impossible for me to hold the Aether and the Power Stone at the same time. Before I have the Infinity Gauntlet, I don't want to risk my life." Xia Tian said in a deep voice, "If you realize this, then learn to control yourself and don't let yourself lose control. Stop allowing yourself to wallow in it.”

Nicole lowered her head, it seemed...the solution this time was the same as last time, but would Xia Tian continue to become stronger this time? She would be so powerful that she would have nothing to worry about.

"Nicole."

"Yeah" Nicole raised her head from Xia Tian's arms and saw the man's extremely sincere eyes.

"I don't want to be alone anymore." Xia Tian said softly, "The ten-year career of Hydra has put me through enough. Since I met you, I think I have found someone who can accompany me throughout my life. You There are many identities, including my wife, my friend or my comrade-in-arms."

"If I hadn't entered the Deadpool universe, gone on a bandit-suppression mission, and hadn't listened carefully to the subtle noises you made in the detention room, maybe nothing that happened later would have happened, and I would still be the same Winter with the mark of Hydra. Bing, if you continue along the path you should have, you will never have a soft heart again. And you, still the poor woman, go to meet the fate you deserve. But this is not the case, we changed each other's lives, I Saved you, in fact, you also pulled me out of the dark prison.”

"I won't say anything for your own good, so I keep you away from wars, fights, dangers, and the edge of life and death. That is a denial of the meaning of your existence. I am not as great as you think, Nicole, I will not push you out of the whirlpool, because I know that it is impossible to keep you away from all this. I forcefully open a universe where you can live peacefully and start a new life. Can you accept it? You can't, and neither can I. Since our relationship exists, the day I die is the day you die."

"We can't compare to Wanda, Jean Grey, or even Darwin. They are born kings, and we are just ordinary mutants. They can crush everything with their talents, and can easily obliterate everyone's efforts. and hard work, they were destined to have the supreme status from the moment they were born, and became the rarest small group of people at the top of the pyramid. As for us, we can only survive time and time again, and do our best to pursue the king. We are not Asgardians, nor are we high-civilized creatures in the universe. We are small and ignorant, and do not have strong backing. You are just an ordinary woman with a miserable life experience, and I am just a human being. Ordinary young people living here in confusion, we can only try our best to tear down the high wall in front of us, and we can only grow barbarically."

"So, from the beginning to now, I have given you all the things that I think are good. Even if you are not interested in them, I will do my best to make you better." Xia Tian gently kissed Nicole. The blond hair said softly, "I just... I just don't want to leave you, I really don't want to."

"Don't let me face this world alone."