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Chapter 56 56
After solving the danger, Steve's original gloomy expression disappeared, his brows furrowed, and he asked apologetically, "Sorry, are you all right?"
The voice belongs to Captain America's kindness and consideration, this is the Captain America they know.
Scott, who guessed part of the truth the moment Steve started, bent down and found the key to the handcuffs from the Hydra soldier's clothes. Scott twisted his knuckles and stuffed the key into the keyhole to open it. Handcuffs, turned around and opened Orolo's handcuffs.
After unlocking the control, Scott raised his head and thanked Steve solemnly: "Thank you, Cap."
"You're fine." Steve waved his hand.
Si Xing was so nervous just now that he didn't remember what Dick told him briefly last night, about Captain America also lurking in the Hydra base.
"Asa Cartel." Steve greeted Si Xing with a gentle smile. He exchanged information with Dick yesterday, including Si Xing's information.
Si Xing shrugged pretending to be relaxed and said, "I'm still thinking about when you will make a move, captain."
"If you don't do it again, I will do it."
They all thought that Sixing just wanted to say something to brighten the atmosphere because he was too nervous, so they all smiled cooperatively.
"Hey, S.. Cyclops." Steve remembered that Scott didn't seem to like being called by his first name, even though Steve thought it would be more intimate and friendly.
The relationship between X-MEN and the Avengers is really not very good. The Avengers and X-MEN almost got into a fight before. Although Charles calmed down the anger of both parties, the friction is still inevitable.
When aliens invade New York, X-MEN will not take the initiative to help. If it threatens the children in X Academy, X-MEN will organize students to fight as actual combat training.
Similarly, most of the troubles caused by mutants are handed over to X-MEN, except for Phoenix.
Phoenix's involvement with the Avengers and S.H.I.E.L.D. made both parties extremely dissatisfied.
Scott was always the one who negotiated on behalf of the X-MEN, against the government, against S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers.
Scott communicated most with Captain America in his contact with the Avengers, and Captain America is also the negotiator of the Avengers.
Scott knows that even the honest and kind Captain America has unshakable beliefs, and all of Scott's action indicators are based on mutants.
They have had countless breakups after negotiations broke down.
Now, Scott has to lower his attitude in order to get what he wants.
Scott hooked his lips and said, "It's okay Cap, you see I don't have Cyclops now, it doesn't matter if you call me Scott."
Naturally, Captain America does not have the deep scheming of Scott. In every negotiation with Cyclops, Natasha and Coulson sit in his headset to direct him how to speak and act.
The naive Steve showed a smile. Scott Summers is a young and outstanding leader of the mutants. Although Steve and Scott are in different positions, Steve can understand Scott Summers a little bit. Kurt's feeling.
Scott's race is burdened with infamy and fear, and Scott just wants his people to live a little more freely.The burden of a race is carried on the shoulders of young people.
Steve even learned from the information that Scott used to live in an orphanage under the control of terrorists and was often abused and tortured.
Steve wanted every child to have a happy childhood, obviously Scott didn't, so even when Steve communicated with him in an irritating manner during the negotiations, Steve never Really pissed off.
Steve subconsciously regarded Scott as a young child, and in his heart there was a kind of pity for Scott that he hadn't even realized.
Scott isn't shy about taking advantage of Steve's sympathy for him.
Steve changed his words politely: "Scott." Got a smile from Scott with pursed lips.
Si Xing noticed that Orolo rolled her eyes indiscriminately when she saw Scott's smile.Si Xing tilted his head, and got a kind smile from Orolo.
"Cap, we're a partnership now, so we're a team, is that okay?" Scott said.
Steve nods. There's no need to distinguish between camps in this situation, and Scott is right.
"So since we are a team, can I be the commander?" Scott made an awkward gesture appropriately. "Professor Charles, Phoenix, Magneto and Victor are all here."
Scott pointed to the secretary. "Origami is also a mutant, and there may be more mutants locked here. Even if they lose their ability now, they will still get used to thinking in the way of mutants, so I am more suitable to be the commander."
Scott had always been a leader, and he didn't think he'd get used to being the commanded.
Steve first showed a dumbfounding expression, he knew what Scott was planning.
After going out, at the next meeting between the Avengers and X-MEN, when Scott and Tony spray each other, Scott may be able to use this to choke Tony. I have brought your Captain America before.
Steve didn't care about these things. He thought for a while. In the past, most of the time when he commanded battles, he used Fridays to conduct battlefield analysis. Scott might be more suitable for the role of commander here than him.
"No problem." Steve nodded.
Led by Steve, they moved on. Steve had been at Hydra's base for some days, and he memorized part of the base's structure.
Although they still didn't know where Professor Charles and the others were, with Steve's guidance, they avoided many unnecessary mistakes.
Steve was carrying Raven on his back, Orolo was walking beside him, Scott was exploring the way in front, and Si Xing was left behind alone, they didn't speak, only the tap of Orolo's heel could be heard The sound of 'dong' on the ground.
While walking forward in silence, a sense of irritability and uneasiness ran up Si Xing's back, is Dick okay?
Is he in danger?Can they go out safely?
If only he could do something about it.
Si Xing repeated in his heart.
Just when Sixing finally couldn't bear to ask Steve about Dick, Steve raised his shield vigilantly, and Orolo and Scott also noticed something and became vigilant.
The corridor that seemed to never end in front of them changed, the machinery made a rattling sound, and a wall appeared directly in front of them to block their way, and the same was true behind them.
They looked around, only the front wall had doors.
Scott didn't ask for advice and went straight forward to look at the structure of the metal door. They had no choice, didn't they?If their superpowers still exist, he can just blast the wall away——
After a while Scott stated the conclusion of his observation. "The door is made of adamantium and cannot be damaged from the outside."
After finishing speaking, Scott shrugged again. He pretended to be relaxed and said, "Fortunately, the door is not locked."
Steve knew the composition of this building, which was completely simulated by a Rubik's cube, with the hub in the middle controlling the entire building to change its internal structure according to its own swing.Now they are blocked all around.
This is undoubtedly telling them that Baron Zemo has known their every move for a long time, and now there is only one choice for them, either enter the door that does not know what is waiting for them, or be trapped here to death .
They all know that this is not luck, but someone's deliberate doing it.
Knowing that what awaits them ahead must be a well-arranged trap, they can only step into the trap.This sense of powerlessness made Si Xing extremely dissatisfied again.
If only he could do something to prevent the situation from being so powerless, it would be great. If he still has superpowers, he would choose to release a gun to find something that destroys the building that makes the superpowers invalid. Repeated three times.
Countless small pieces of paper were peeled off him silently, and no one noticed, including Si Xing himself, that his abilities hadn't disappeared. They converged into Si Xing's appearance for a moment, then soaked through the wall and disappeared.
In the huge and empty room, the white and clean tiled floor reflects everything in the room. Professor Charles is sitting in a wheelchair with his head bowed. Qin and Eric are standing beside him. In the corner, Victor is lying on the ground, his The clothes were blood-stained, as were the walls and the ground nearby.
They were all still and motionless, looking like wax figures, but Steve did feel their steady breathing and heartbeat, which meant that they were real people and not virtual images.
And Scott's weakness has always been Jean and Professor Charles. Once he touches his two most important people, he will lose his sanity and calmness.
This is undoubtedly the fatal shortcoming of Cyclops, although whether it is Jean, Charles or other companions, they are trying their best not to become Cyclops' weakness.
For example, now, they have all inhaled an overdose of paralyzing poison and cannot move, but their brains can still think. Qin is extremely anxious. How can she not know what her lover will do when she sees herself immobile? , he will run over and step into the trap.
But there is nothing she can do now.
Without the ability to use superpowers, the Omega-level mutant Phoenix is just an ordinary woman.
"Jean, Professor." Scott was about to run towards them when Steve grabbed Scott's arm and pulled him back.
Orolo was as worried about her companion as Scott was, but she was calmer, and she said, "Don't go, Scott."
Scott, who was brought back to a lot of rationality by Yila and Orolo's words, paused for a while, and finally didn't go there, but his eyes were still staring at Qin and the professor.
A floor tile behind Charles and the others fell off, and a man in a black robe and a half-mask rose from the ground.
As expected, the person who planned this trap to drive them into a corner finally appeared.
He hooked the corners of his mouth, and two smile lines appeared around his mouth. From the man's exposed chin, it can be seen that the man is no longer young.
The man put his hands on the shoulders of Professor Charles in the wheelchair.
The man glanced at the group of vigilant people standing in front of him, and his voice was exceptionally calm, even with a bit of satisfaction that the victory was easily won.
"Good afternoon, Cyclops and Storm from X-MEN, my old friend Captain America, and our Origami Phantom Thief."
"Heinrich Zemo." Steve looked directly at the man and called out the man's name, a name that he couldn't forget even after sleeping for so many years.
Steve didn't know why Baron Zemo wasn't dead yet, but he guessed that Baron Zemo used some kind of drug to keep him alive for so long and to maintain his middle-aged state.