[Captain Detective] Captain Detective

[SR: There must be a demon when things happen suddenly. 】

The elevator doors opened and I was confronted by Barton.

When he saw me, he rolled his eyes exaggeratedly: "Look at your bitter and bitter face, cap, it's too scary. I really don't want to see you who lost your wife in the headquarters."

Glancing at him, I stepped into the elevator and looked at the floors, and Barton was going to the same place I was going - to find Fury.

"You should just smile, Captain, do you know how many girls and men in the headquarters insist on going to work on time every day just to lick your face? Shouldn't you show your buff-filled smile for them?"

Barton was muttering, and I glared at him viciously, and then he stopped talking, and leaned back very deliberately, without any trace, and I didn't bother to pay attention to him.

On the glass inside the elevator, the tightly knit brows on my face were reflected... It was indeed bitter and bitter, and I seemed too anxious. I tried to relax my brows a little.

What annoys me so much, except for the world crisis that makes trouble from time to time, is all kinds of unscrupulous Ellies.

It has been a week since Ellie went missing.

A week ago, I returned home from a mission with golden apple chocolates.As soon as the door opened, Tofu rushed over, hugging my leg and howling in aggrieved way.

I waited at home for two days and she didn't come back.

I couldn't get through the phone until she came home.I also went to DCPD to look for her, but I met her current and former officers.

The current chief complained that Ellie skipped work for no reason, and the former chief advised me to relax and wait.

He comforted me and said: "When she comes back, I will persuade Dason (the current officer) not to kill her."

Me: "...Thank you."

Ellie is hiding something from me, and I know it, I always knew it.

She never mentioned her family, and she had no friends.The police officer named Emma in the police station seems to have a good relationship with her, but only because they used to be partners.

If she doesn't want to say it, I respect her and won't press her.However, when I struggled with how to respond to Ellie after Valentine's Day, Natasha threw a document in front of me: "After reading it, tell me how you feel."

I opened the file, and it said "EleanorWeiszSallers" at the beginning of the first page.This is a document compiled by S.H.I.E.L.D., and I read it in a while.

Not in a hurry to scroll down, I raised my head: "So, what do you want to tell me?"

"You're not surprised at all knowing what your sweet officer is?" Natasha said, resting her chin.

I lowered my head again: "I can almost guess what she did before, but it's not so accurate." A person like her who possesses supernatural powers and is still very good at skills cannot be a policeman for no reason at ease—— She was even demoted to a patrol officer for a while.

Turning to the second page, the content on the paper has changed. It is about a children's welfare home called "Golden Apple" in Bremen, Germany, which was founded 40 years ago.

Golden apples....I can't help but think of that artisanal chocolate shop in NYC.I continue to scroll down.

On the third page, a new name appeared, belonging to a defunct German beer company.In addition to introducing the owner when the company closed down, the previous owner and his family are also introduced.

He has two children, a son and a daughter.

Natasha gestures to me, there are photos on the next page.I turned over, looked at the photo, and suddenly became dazed.

The photo shows the previous owner's family of four. Among them is a little girl, less than ten years old, with black hair, blue-green eyes, round face, bright smile, and looks very cute.

"Leonie Weisz Ambruster?" I read out the name that belonged to the little girl. Leonie, a girl who is as lively as a lion, is as cute as her appearance.

I looked at Natasha, she curled her lips slightly, and smiled charmingly with a bit of cunning: "Steve, do you understand?"

Understand?understand what?Is this German girl with the name of a little lion the young Ellie?

I closed the file, leaned back in my chair, looked at Natasha, and said seriously, "I don't understand."

My answer didn't surprise Natasha.She took the document back, flipped through it slowly, and said at the same time: "Aren't you going to take a closer look? I'll sort it out and send it to Fury."

"…Is Fury investigating her?"

"Anyone with a bit of three-legged kung fu will make him nervous," Natasha smiled. "You think Eleanor is also a three-legged cat?"

I didn't answer her question, just reached out, grabbed the file, turned to the page with the family photo, tore off the slightly damaged photo, and then returned it to Natasha.As I got up to leave, I told her, "Just get rid of this page."

Natasha stared at me meaningfully: "So, you choose to believe her? Believe in this woman who seems to have nothing and wants nothing but appears beside you inexplicably?"

"…No, Natasha," I looked at the family photo, "you're wrong—I know what Ellie wants."

"Oh..." Natasha let out an exclamation of unknown meaning, "In that case, I'll follow your orders, Captain."

"Cap," Barton was probably afraid that the atmosphere would be too stiff, so he took the initiative to find a topic, and winked as he spoke, "Did you do anything for Eleanor before he ran away from home?"

I'd rather have a stiffer atmosphere than discuss this with him.I glanced at him, and he waved his hand with a smile: "I think, if she doesn't want to come back, you have to take advantage of it so you don't suffer, right?"

"... How about changing the subject, would you like to talk to me about your new bet?" I asked him back.

Barton continued to smile with a playful smile: "Speaking of which, we can't bet against each other this time, because everyone bet on Eleanor to get you done. We all agree that you will be shy when faced with this problem..."

Just know they don't bet on normal stuff!

Before stepping out of the elevator, I looked back at him and smiled: "You all bet on Ellie, right? Then I bet on myself - I won the bet anyway." I said, regardless of Barton's reaction, I didn't look back. Go to Fury's office.

Fury was sitting in the office, and Natasha was standing. Fury frowned when he saw me, but Natasha looked at me calmly, and said, "I knew I'd see you with a dark face like this, Steve."

The first sentence at the beginning is similar to Barton's.

Instead of responding to her, I asked Fury, "What did you want from me?"

Fury didn't respond to me either, but gave Natasha a wink. Natasha smiled and said, "How dare you ignore me, if I'm upset, don't say anything, and see where you regret it."

After finishing speaking, she raised her voice and shouted: "Show Captain the photo."

The AI ​​in Fury's office responded by turning on the projector, and on the wall behind me was a photo of a phone that had been distorted by a hole in the middle, with blood visible around the corners.

Barton, who entered the door at this time, said "Fuck", but no one paid him any attention.

I recognized the phone in the photo right away — it was covered in chocolate and Ellie bought it.

The hole looked like it was caused by a bullet. I looked at the speckled blood, and my heart suddenly skipped a beat.I asked: "What's going on?"

"On the night of a week ago—the night we went to you, the residence of a senator who came to the capital for a meeting caught fire, but in fact, he had disappeared before the fire broke out." Natasha said, asking AI to take the photo of the senator Release it.

A middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears and a short stature, he forced himself into a high-end suit, which was indeed the standard attire of a superior with some power.

"It is said that a female reporter came to his room to interview him that night. When the accident happened, she should have been with him." In the next photo, a vague figure of a woman appeared, only an intellectual and capable windbreaker could be seen. Long skirt and side face covered by long hair.

Barton stood in the corner and whistled: "Yo, that looks like a big beauty." Natasha gave him a faint glance, and he stopped talking with a playful smile.

And my first reaction was to think of the mixed-race female courier who came to deliver the courier a few days ago—the face looks a bit similar.I didn't rush to tell Natasha, but waited for her to continue.

"The strange thing is that after the accident, someone nearby witnessed a street shooting battle. It is said that two women and three men confronted each other with guns, damaging a garbage can, a car, and a concrete floor." Natasha this time The photos were not released. "It's a pity that there is only witnessing without definite evidence-that night, all the nearby surveillance cameras were blacked out, and the witness was shot last night."

"Was the phone found at the scene?"

"No, it's here." Natasha said, and the AI ​​released the photo, which is a pharmacy.I seem to have passed by here in Ellie’s police car.” The owner of this pharmacy called the police on the night the senator disappeared, saying that two women who were shot shot and threatened pedestrians outside his store, and they couldn’t explain it when they entered the store. His surveillance probe."

"Do you have any pictures of these two?" I asked.

Natasha stopped explaining and turned to me: "My dear, I dare not show you the picture."

"...I see." I answered her softly, "And then? You called me here to tell me tactfully that the Senator might have been kidnapped by Ellie and a woman?"

"Rogers, I'm sure you already know what Sallers did before, and that there's a woman codenamed 'Chocolate' who's close to her, right? - don't you fool me with a 'don't understand' ’” Fury finally spoke, looking at me coldly with that one eye.

I didn't avoid his sharp gaze, but looked back - the sun outside the window hit his head, from my perspective, his head was just like what Ellie said, like an over-marinated marinated egg.

"I think I might have seen the woman in the picture," I said. "I mean, the reporter."

Fury's expression froze: "When? Where?"

"At my house," I said flatly, and then saw Fury's subtle eyes, "she came to deliver the package."

"Wow, another courier, another reporter, and an inexplicable kidnapping case," Barton said coolly, "What are you talking about? Super spy? Isn't the red-haired beauty in front of you an expert? "

Fury, Natasha, and me—we all looked at this Barton, who was obviously in perfect condition and kept complaining.

If Ellie were here, he would definitely comment on his "good selling skills".

The "so cute" Barton rolled his eyes and walked out the door: "After you guys finish discussing, call me to assign the next task."

After he went out, there was a long silence in the office.

Finally I said first: "Natasha, just show me the picture."

Natasha pouted, did not refuse, and asked AI to release the photo.

The picture was taken surprisingly clearly, and I saw a short Ellie holding a tall woman with a gun in the other hand, and she was bleeding from the abdomen.

That tall woman was indeed the female courier I had seen before, her eyes narrowed slightly, like a fox.She seemed to have been shot too, but she was smoking and had a relaxed look on her face.

Unlike her, Ellie appears a little grumpy.Boyish brows almost knit together, face bruised and disheveled—this is the first Ellie I've ever seen.

"The missing senator has been found," Fury said, "but it was a step too late, he was killed and dumped by the sea." He paused, "Captain Rogers, what do you have to say about this?" ?"

I stared at him intently and said in the clearest words: "Why do you care so much about Ellie? Why do you have to ask my opinion? And why are they going to kidnap a senator?"

Fury has a long mouth and seems to be organizing words, but I didn't expect him to answer the question directly.I said again, "Sir, do you know what I'm thinking?"

"..."

I look at him, then at Natasha: "I'm glad you guys shared resources with me today, because I really want to bring Ellie back whole and safe." After a pause, I continued, "Maybe only I'm the only one who cares about that."

"No, no, I'm also very concerned about whether the team wife can come back safely." Natasha interjected, "She's so cute!"

I really don't want to talk to her.I looked at Fury, and he looked at me, but I was standing and he was sitting, I had one eye and he had one eye, the angle of sight was different from the amount of sight.

"Sir, do you know what I'm thinking?" I repeated, "I think you're still hiding something from me."

Fury didn't say a word, it seemed to be a tacit consent.

I turned around: "Can you find out where she went?"

Natasha shrugged: "Chocolate, like Eleanor, is a person with supernatural powers. She can move instantly, and we have no way of finding out where they are."

"No," I replied, which made both Natasha and Fury look up in surprise. They seemed to think that I said this because they knew their whereabouts, which made me feel a little better, and I couldn't help smiling, "Chocolate Instead of Chocolate, you can call her SueSue - that's my nephew's mother's name."

Under the watchful eyes of Fury "WTF" and Natasha "Stop it", I put my smile away and leave here.

Out the door, Barton saw me and took three steps back nervously: "Team...captain! You, you, look at your background! Why is it blackened?!"

I ignored him and left.

Ellie doesn't live next door to mine, but I've already bought the next door, so I don't need to waste too much spare time, so I discussed with Ellie to tidy up the room.

After obtaining the consent of the property, we plan to renovate the next door into a gym.So I can run around and punch the bag on weekdays, or coach Ellie in grappling.

It's just that Ellie hasn't been here since the decision was made and the room was half-decorated.

When I got home from the headquarters, I felt a pang of anger in my stomach, and I couldn't sleep on the sofa or the bed.So I ran to the next door to hit sandbags.

Although I was very angry, I didn't dare to hit the sandbags with all my strength, because I paid for these sandbags myself, and if I break one, I will lose one.

Originally, I locked the door, but Tofu kept scratching the door and whimpering when he couldn't open it. I couldn't bear it for a while, so I let it in.

As soon as it came in, it looked at me with watery blue eyes.As soon as I touched its eyes, I deflated--or else?Want to get mad at a pet?

It was dark outside the window, but it was already 04:30 in the morning.

I squatted down, the tofu stared straight at its ears, and let me rub its head back and forth.

"It's time for morning exercise, do you want to go for a run?" Gently patted it on the back, I suggested.

It wagged its tail cheerfully, raised its legs and ran towards the door.

I smiled, turned off the lights and the door, went back to change clothes, and went for a morning run with tofu.

Probably because I was not in the mood, I ran on the National Mall, but the speed was not fast, and Tofu ran back and forth cheerfully.

At the end of the lap, a figure appeared ahead.Judging by the skin color, he is black.

Today, I was so angry with a certain black man. Although I don’t know the person in front of me, I was still inexplicably angry. I couldn’t help but speed up, and ran past his left side.

The moment I passed by, I said, "Pay attention to your left side!"

Tofu followed me and shouted: "Wow!"

Black person:"……"

After that, I didn't slow down, and I got caught in the circle of the black brothers in one breath.When passing him again, it was from the left side again, and the same sentence: "Pay attention to your left side!"

Tofu, who was already far behind me, shouted tacitly in the distance: "Wow!"

Black: "...I know, I know!"

I know it's bullying, but I still didn't slow down, still on the left side, and passed the black guy for the third time.

But this time he was much more sensitive, and I became alert as soon as I approached him, and turned around and shouted angrily: "I won't let you say it! Don't let me!"

This immediately amused me, so I happily rubbed shoulders with him for the third time and said the words: "Pay attention to your left side!"

After a long distance, I can still hear Tofu's howl: "Wow———"

Brother in black: "...Fuck! You're too much of a bully!" As he spoke, he chased after him with full speed.

Unfortunately, he couldn't catch up with me.

That's how I got to know Sam Wilson.Although we did become very good friends later, according to Sam, he had everything he wanted to strangle me at the time.

"I didn't expect Captain America to be so unkind." After running, Sam patted his heaving chest and panted heavily, glaring at me by the way.

I smiled: "I'm sorry, I'm a little depressed, it's too much for a while." Just as I was talking, Tofu ran over slowly, looked at me, and rubbed Sam curiously.

Sam knelt down and tried to touch the tofu.Tofu has always been good-natured, never bites people, and is not afraid of people—but it seems to be very afraid of the courier that day, that is, its mother SueSue.

"Do you have a pet?" Sam teased Tofu and asked me curiously.

I smiled and shook my head: "To be precise, my girlfriend's friend is fostered here."

As soon as the hand scratching the tofu's stomach stopped, Sam raised his head in astonishment: "Wait! You said your girlfriend?! Also, where are you?! OMG, you actually have a girlfriend?!"

Me: "...what's so strange about this?"

"Ha, man, all of us thought Captain America was a man who would do everything for the cause of world peace!" Sam said exaggeratedly.

"...That's not a human being, that's a god." I smiled wryly, "I'm just an ordinary human being, don't we have to have the seven emotions and six desires to be a human being?"

Sam laughed loudly: "We ordinary people have always equated you with God! This morning, you successfully shattered my lofty illusions about you!"

This person's smile is too cheerful, and it is easy to infect people.I couldn't help smiling and said, "Thank you, Sam, I feel better."

"You're welcome, cap," Sam said, "but you, if you have the chance, let me meet your girlfriend. I'm curious about what kind of peerless beauty can take down the god-man Captain America!"

... No, you don't want to know her, trust me.I thought so in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it out of my mouth, so I could only smile dryly at him.

The phone vibrated suddenly, I took it out and saw that it was already 06:30, and it was Natasha who sent me the mission reminder.

Seriously, I don't want to go at all. Ellie's whereabouts are unknown now, and as one of her few people who care about her, I can't do anything for her.

Natasha sent another text message: "Fury said, after you finish this vote, he will mobilize all the power of S.H.I.E.L.D. to help find the team wife!" 』

...Well, Fury has a real handle.

I put away my phone, looked at Sam having fun with Tofu, and made up my mind: "Sam, can I ask you something?"

Sam quickly raised his head: "Oh, please speak!"

I looked at Tofu, as if it knew what was going to happen, it jumped over and hugged Sam's thigh.

I smiled and said, "My nephew is entrusted to you for the time being."