The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

New York, USA——

In Natasha Stark's world, Howard's soul does not exist, replaced by her mother, Maria.

Maria's soul accompanies her daughter and wards off many fatal disasters for her. Unlike Howard, Maria does not take special care of Captain America, and she devotes all her energy to her daughter.It wasn't until the appearance of Ma Wenlong that she felt relieved to reincarnate, and of course it was Ma Wenlong who rescued her in the end.

So Toni's answer to Ma Linglong's question is naturally a negative answer: "It seems that there are many differences between us." She said, "But it's nothing, in the end no matter whose soul it is, it will disappear. Mission accomplished."

Ma Linglong said: "What are your plans for the future? Do you continue to find 'me' in other ordinary worlds?"

"You are the last one." Toni said, "What happened here is the latest in all the world, maybe there are other places, but I can't find it, so I have a chance to meet you alive. Other places, I When we arrived, Wen had already encountered accidents, except for the one who became the principal, just before you."

Toni looked at Ma Linglong thoughtfully: "Maybe this is right." She said suddenly, "Only in this way can I be with Steve and avoid some greater tragedies from happening."

Ma Linglong seems to understand what she wants to express. If Ma Wenlong in a parallel world is still alive and single, Toni will definitely fall in love with him again.Maybe the two are not really the same person, but Toni must not be able to control the deep feelings. As for Ma Wenlong, no matter which world he is in, as long as he is a man, he will definitely fall in love with Toni.

This is very likely to disrupt the order of the universe. It is impossible for two Iron Men to exist in one time and space, even if they are of different genders. Otherwise, Toni's own world will become a mess.

"To 'my' house, of course." Toni emphasized the word "I", "Avengers Building, I think it should be called that now, I'm very interested in Steve, my Meaning, here's Steve."

The reason why Toni was able to tell Ma Linglong about the past lightly was because she had already survived the most difficult time, and no one except herself knew what it was like.She couldn't accept the fact of Ma Wenlong's death anyway. When she saw the man's body, Toni didn't believe he was dead at all, but the truth is often cruel.

Since Ma Wenlong's death, Toni couldn't get excited no matter what she did, and she even lost hope of living for a while.She drinks heavily, smokes marijuana, and paralyzes herself with drugs, and is more indulgent than before becoming Iron Woman.Toni tried to destroy her body, which was not considered healthy, or simply died to escape the dark and crazy thoughts.

Until now, Toni is so grateful for what Steve Rogers has done for her. If it wasn't for Steve being by her side almost 24 hours a day during her most painful time, she might really have died.

After that, Toni tried every means to get Strange's time stone. She built a machine that could open a time-space wormhole (similar to Loki's), and the energy of the time stone could keep the precise positioning during the transmission process. destination.

Toni believes in the theory of the ordinary world, and she is willing to take risks to find Ma Wenlong in another world. In the process of shuttle time and time again, Steve has always been by her side to give encouragement and support, and Toni gradually began to face up to Captain America. , until she found out that Captain America actually loved her.

"That's good." Ma Linglong said, "Maybe you can still see the Stark of this world." The girl was about to grab Toni's shoulders and take her to Apparate directly to the Avengers Building.

"No, honey." Toni ducked. "I think I'd better drive myself. Believe me, I can find my way."

"Are you afraid of apparating?"

Toni subconsciously denied: "I just, just throw up, you know, it doesn't feel good."

"Okay." Ma Linglong thought for a while and said, "Is that red supercar outside yours?"

Toni held Ma Linglong's face, and lightly kissed her on the cheek: "The day I leave, it will be yours."

When Ma Linglong returned to the Avengers Building, she was indeed a little surprised. There were two beautiful men with blond hair and blue eyes sitting on the sofa.She recognized one of them, Steve Rogers, and the other, to be honest, Ma Linglong suspected that he was also Steve Rogers. Although their appearances were different, they looked like twins at a glance.

"He's..." Steve (of this world) gets up from the couch.

"I know." Ma Linglong said, "I've met Toni, I mean." She looked at Captain America from another world and said, "Natasha Stark."

Captain America's brows suddenly widened: "You are Linglong Ma?" He no longer had to worry that Toni would divorce him.

"Don't worry, I won't rob Toni from you." Ma Linglong said to Steve, "Where's Howard?"

"Mecha room on the top floor," Steve said. "He looks like he's about to disappear."

Stark's laboratory is actually his workshop. Counting from the living room, the ten floors upstairs belong to Stark's exclusive territory. Usually, other Avengers members don't want to go up there. There are piles of things they can't understand. s things.

The top floor is where Stark used to display all Mark's armor. The room was clean and tidy, and it could even be called spotless. Although there was only one floor, its area and space were infinite. Infinite extension spell.The armor room is full of Stark's iron suits, from No. 3 to No. 303, completed or semi-finished.They are clearly placed in special cabinets, like soldiers ready to go.

"Great invention, don't you think." Howard encased himself in one of the suits. "I wish I wasn't just a ghost, in that case..."

"In that case, there will be no Iron Man now." Ma Linglong said, standing in the middle of the studio, looking at Howard's illusory translucent body, "The time is up, you have to get on the road."

Howard floated in front of Ma Linglong from the armor, he nodded and said, "I know, I thought, at least I can wait for a while."

He and Steve met Captain America from another parallel universe. He showed them the teleporter invented by Natasha Stark. He told them how and why he got here.Howard didn't expect that the energy field of the instrument would affect his spiritual body, and Steve almost couldn't see him, he became almost transparent, like a wandering spirit on the street, if Ma Linglong hadn't protected him before that Howard's soul, he probably has been completely transparent.

"At least you saw Stark grow up and witnessed his achievements, he will get better and better." Ma Linglong tried to comfort him, trying to make Howard feel at ease on the road as much as possible, so that the reincarnation will be smoother , instead of being hostile, "I will take good care of him.".

"It's true that I'm getting more and more unhappy." Howard said, he regretted being an incompetent father, and he didn't deny that he loved Stark, after all, it was his child, and Stark was like a father, no matter Is it looks or a smart head.But he never fulfilled his own responsibilities, which directly led to Stark's unavoidable psychological defects. "He used to treat everything with an indifferent attitude."

"He was not happy before, and he didn't even know the meaning of life." Ma Linglong said, "But now he has a goal in life, he knows what he wants to do and what he can do. All this is just the beginning for him, and He also learned how to comfort the grieving."

"I think all of this is your credit." Howard said happily, "I'm ashamed, you even know him better than I do."

"I have observed him for 10 years." Ma Linglong said, she walked slowly to the workbench, on which was a semi-finished armor, Ma Linglong noticed that this armor had a pair of high raised chest, "I The understanding of Stark is far beyond your imagination, as long as he moves his eyelids, I can guess what he wants to do."

Howard showed a surprised expression, he couldn't understand what Ma Linglong said.

"Do you still remember Stark's godmother, Hannah." Ma Linglong said, "She is a wizard. She entrusted Stark's life to me when she was dying. I swear that I will protect him. " Howard obviously didn't know what Ma Linglong said, and the girl never mentioned it to him before, Ma Linglong told him those secrets, she hoped Howard could rest assured, like Stark's godmother entrusted his son to himself.

"God, you are an angel, right?" Howard sighed, "You must be Anthony's angel, otherwise how could you bear him for 10 years, you are so young, you even lost your own life, and you never fell in love time."

Ma Linglong also asked herself such a question. Before she fell in love with Stark, she couldn't understand why she could keep her promise to Hannah. 10 years was so long, but now it seems that it is as short as 10 days : "Probably because all 'Ma Linglong' will fall in love with 'Stark'."

"Do you have any wish? No matter what it is, I will fulfill it for you." Ma Linglong said.

Howard pointed to a computer and said, "I left something for Anthony, but don't let him see it now. I set a program that will only be automatically decoded at a certain time, and Jarvis will contact you first. "

Ma Linglong was not very curious about how Howard did it. In the ghost state, he could control artificial intelligence without retinal verification. Ma Linglong guessed that it should be something to encourage Stark or something.

"One more thing," Howard said. "It's very important, but you must swear you'll keep it a secret."

"Including Stark?"

"Including Stark."

Ma Linglong said: "There is no secret between me and Stark."

"You said it, you will promise me anything." Howard said helplessly, "It's about the cause of my death. I thought it didn't matter if I didn't have to say it, but it's very important."

Ma Linglong looked at him: "Then Stark has a better right to know."

"He will know, but not now." Howard said a name that shocked Ma Linglong, "James Barnes did it." He said, "You know what that means, right, you The name is familiar, you know what he means to Steve."

"I know more about what Maria and you mean to Stark." Ma Linglong said, it seems that it is not difficult to understand, Bucky is controlled by Hydra, and when he kills people, it is not out of his own intention, just like he once Also tried to snipe Stark, "Why hide him, does Steve know about this?"

"I don't know, no one knows, but they will know in the end." Howard said sadly, "Linglong, this matter is much more complicated than you imagined. Regarding Barnes, I am also responsible for it, half of it The reason is caused by me. Linglong, think about it, once Anthony knows the truth, what will he do, and what will Steve do, do you want to see the friendship they have built so hard come to an end. "

Ma Linglong kept shaking her head: "I have to tell him, Steve doesn't know anyway."

Howard said urgently: "No, no, Linglong, we can't break the order of the universe, and there will be many things that will happen in the future, and he can't know them in advance. Children, you have to keep this secret, believe me, they will know sooner or later, they must I will know." His shadow flickered, which meant that Howard had to step into the door of reincarnation, "Promise me, I only want you to promise me this one thing."

"Why do you have to tell me?" Ma Linglong said sullenly, "You can never say anything."

Howard said: "I hope you can stop something. I don't know anyone who can stop it but you."

"What's going to happen?" Ma Linglong asked.

"You will know." Howard stepped forward and hugged her gently, "Hurry up, you have to promise me, you don't want to see me leave with regrets?"

Ma Linglong replied with great difficulty: "I promise you."

Patna, India——

Stark regards the boring life of these few days as a kind of vacation, and of course it is more about tempering his will. In the future, he can proudly tell Captain America that he can adapt to any harsh environment, even if he has never been a soldier.In fact, Stark is tired of getting up every day listening to the roar of the fire-breathing dragon, and his violent temper with these giant flying creatures has long since lost its novelty. Stark admits that this is due to the absence of Ma Linglong. , what he wanted to express was that if Ma Linglong was with him, he would be happy to help shovel dragon dung occasionally.

"Haven't you done this kind of thing before?" Lupine patted Stark on the shoulder, "Dragon dung is actually a very nutritious fertilizer, you can collect some and bring it back, Linglong will be very happy."

"Did I hear you right?" Stark touched the sweat on his forehead, he took off his mask, and a strong smell rushed into his nose, "You asked me to bring a piece of shit back from India to make it for my fiancee Meeting ceremony, are you trying to frame me, what benefits will this get you?"

His words made Lupine laugh: "It's a bit unromantic, but dragon dung is very helpful for the growth of magic plants. It can speed up the growth cycle of plants. As far as practicality is concerned, it is indeed a good thing." Gift."

Stark glanced at the dragon dung piled up into two hills: "It's really disgusting."

The cooperation between Lupine and Banner has made preliminary progress. They extracted fat and cells from the subcutaneous tissue of the dragon, cultivated fungi, and then through some special methods (combination of magic and science), the fungi were turned into clumps , fungus like fluff.These molds contain a very small amount of sedatives that can suppress werewolf blood.

They've grown enough mold so far that the two distill the tranquilizer out of the fluff and turn it into little pills.Lupine insisted on taking it three times a day, and until today, the time for him to turn into a werewolf on a full moon night began to be significantly shortened. Although the effect of the medicine was slow, it was a remarkable breakthrough. So far, no wizard has been able to do this.

Even without the Werewolf Potion, Lupine was able to stay fully awake.

Lupine regards himself as the first human experiment, he does not expect to be able to fully return to normal human beings, but as long as the effects of the pills can last and there are no side effects, he will write the formula into the book he is writing about Defense Against the Dark Arts. In the book, Lupine hopes to bring relief to all wizards like himself who have suffered from the transformation of werewolves.

"You are probably the most expensive cleaner in history." Banner walked over with a stack of notebooks. He had just let the two dragons rest quietly. Banner also became an expert in dragon training. He used Hulk's fist He won this title for himself, which even a wizard may not necessarily have.

"I'm the cheapest cleaner." Stark said angrily, "I don't think you're going to pay me, don't think I don't know."

Compared to Lupine, Banner is not so lucky. He has not yet found the element to restrain Hulk, although dragon's blood can make him less violent after transforming.But Banner wants more than that, he hopes that he can completely get rid of Hulk's shadow, at least once a month like Lupine.

Obviously his situation is much more complicated than that of Lupine. Banner once tried to make Lupine bite him in a werewolf state, so as to judge whether he would also be infected with the werewolf virus.This is undoubtedly a very dangerous behavior. Banner has a restless factor in his body, and neither of them can guarantee the consequences of this bite.

Banner wasn't terrified, he thought he might die, and he didn't mind at all if it was a relief.

Facts proved that both of them thought too much. Banner was neither infected with the werewolf virus nor died, but the pain made him burst out uncontrollably.As a result, Banner turned into Hulk and fought Lupine the werewolf for a whole night.Of course, Lupine was not Hulk's opponent. As a result, only Lupine was seriously injured the next day, and the bite on Hulk's body had healed.

Banner felt guilty about it for weeks.

"The important thing is, we can't afford your salary. You are the No.1 richest man in the United States." Banner didn't look much different, his body was as thin as ever but he never got sick, "Look at your complexion today Looking healthier than yesterday." As a genius of physicist and biologist, Banner seems to prefer to stay in the primitive wilderness surrounded by only animals (dragons) and no humans (not counting wizards). His face was full of tiredness, but his expression was unprecedentedly relaxed.

Although this is a certain city-state in India, it also belongs to the scope of the magical world. No matter how crazy the dragon and the Hulk are, Muggles a few kilometers away will not hear it.

"If you like dragons, Banner, I can build an amusement park for them, as long as you come back with me, you can raise as many fire-breathing dragons as you want." Stark has been tanned for two full shades, and he is now He is almost as black as the locals in the surrounding towns. If he stays any longer, there will probably be media speculation that Tony Stark is of African descent.

"I said no, Tony, I'm sorry I can't go back with you now." Banner said awkwardly, "You know I've devoted my whole life to trying to get rid of Hulk, and now I finally have a little hope. May give up."

"But I need you, too," Stark said, several fly-like insects swirling around his head, and Stark waved his arms irritably, trying to get them away, "Listen, I know you mean something to yourself." No confidence, you are worried that Hulk will come out and cause damage, but you also saw that you did a great job during the battle in New York, and people were not as scared as you imagined, and you even saved a small minnow from the ruins (Dalmatians), remember, it licked you, and you didn't pinch it to death in the end, did you?"

Lupine took over Stark's job, took the shovel, and began to carefully sort out the valuable dragon dung.

"Yes, I saved a puppy, but I almost killed the entire aircraft carrier. The damage I caused was much more than the people or dogs I saved." Banner said, shaking helplessly. Shaking his head, "I'd love to partner with you, Tony, but I have more important things to do, and you, you can handle a lot of things by yourself, you don't need my help at all."

"You are the authority in terms of biology." Stark took off his sunglasses. This limited edition worth 5 dollars is just like 5-cent sunglasses in this kind of place. "Bruce, I have a plan. This The plan is about the Hulk. I know you've been in this place for a long time, but there's no progress, and you're stuck. You don't want to leave because you want to escape, and you feel like you just need to be where no one is It is very unwise to think so as not to hurt others, and believe me, nothing will be solved by avoiding it."

"But at least I will feel at ease. I don't have to be afraid of losing control of my emotions after being threatened." Banner shrugged, "And, I don't think staying in such a conspicuous place in the Avengers Building will be helpful for inventing something that can restrain Hulk. I could smash the glass and jump from the roof at any moment."

"Yes, maybe you will, if your fist can break the magic, didn't I tell you that the Avengers Building has a magic wall, and even the atomic/bomb can't blow it in." Stark bit The frame of the sunglasses, he noticed that Banner was a little shaken, so he chased after the victory, "Don't you want to make a machine that can stop you? When you are crazy, when you are insane, a super armor can take you , and no matter how you destroy it, it will not hurt the people inside the armor." [Anti-Hulk Armor]

Banner said in a questioning tone: "It is impossible to have this kind of armor, your iron suit can't do it."

Stark wrinkled his nose in disgust: "You're right, this kind of armor hasn't been born yet, but I already have a plan. It's impossible for me to succeed in this plan, otherwise I'd give up my bubble bath life and run away. What is the purpose of coming here, to bring back a piece of shit for my Linglong baby?"

A big colorful bird flapped its beautiful wings and landed beside Lupin, probably worried that the dung would touch its feathers, it folded its wings very carefully, and even raised its tail high.

"It's Sirius' tropical parrot." Lupine picked up the bird and removed the envelope it was holding under its paws.

"Is this a parrot?" Banner adjusted his glasses, and he got a little closer, "A new species?"

"Magic parrot." Stark added, "It's nothing, Bruce, there are many magical creatures in the magical world that you can't imagine. Have you ever seen a unicorn?"

"what?"

"Unicorns." Stark raised two fingers and put them on his forehead, "The kind of little white horses in fairy tales, they are extremely beautiful, the only drawback is that only women can touch them." Stark K was bitter about not being able to touch the unicorn after freezing all night.

"I don't think I've seen the real ones." Banner believed Stark because he'd seen charizards, and he'd punched them.

"There are also centaurs." Stark knew that Banner was very interested in creatures, and he had a lot of knowledge to show off in front of Banner, "The kind of creatures that are half human and half horse. Think about it, maybe you It's completely wrong to spend time on one kind of animal, there are many animals in the wizarding world that you can't think of, why don't you start with another one."

Banner is obviously a little tempted, he is hesitating, or doubting the authenticity of what Stark said, but he will soon be able to confirm it, because he also has a wizard friend.

"Bruce," Lupine said to Banner, "I'm sorry, I think, I have to go back, back to England, my friend is in some trouble."

Stark's eyes suddenly sparkled: "Look, God has made a choice for you. Bruce, the little wolf dog will return to the UK, and the big guy will follow me back to the United States. You can contact each other anytime you want to meet. It's a perfect plan."

"Voldemort made the choice for me," said Lupine, who didn't mind Stark giving himself a new nickname. "I'm sorry, Bruce, but I told you about the horrible things that used to happen in the wizarding world. Now Voldemort is back, exactly why Sirius didn't say, but I think it's an emergency and I have to go back, I'm sorry Bruce, I'm really sorry."

Banner hurriedly replied: "No need to apologize, it's nothing, it's not your problem, it's my own problem, you've helped me a lot, you let me taste the dragon's blood."

"Actually, I think I know why." Stark said, "The Triwizard Tournament, Linglong's students were killed, Voldemort was reborn, to be honest, I think his previous name sounds much better, Tom what? Yes. In short, I know the details, although it is not comprehensive, but at least I can tell you a lot along the way."

After thinking very seriously for a while, Banner said, "Tony, can you really let me take a dragon back?"

"No." Stark broke Banner's extravagant wish without even thinking about it. He knew how much trouble it would bring Ma Linglong, "I lied to you just now."

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Okay, your Daddy Huo role is over~