"I thought you'd beat me up."
Ten minutes later, at the top of the mansion next to the Gulf of California, Tony, dressed in casual sportswear, sat at the table, touching his face, he was still a little dizzy.He said to Merlin, "You don't seem to like me very much all along. ”"That's because you're an annoyance."
Merlin looked at the steaks, red wine, and various delicate foods on the table in front of him, and he looked at the bodyguards standing a few meters away, he picked up his knife and fork, and said, "Let them stay away, you don't want to make your affairs known...
And, thank you for this late night snack. ”Tony waved his hand, and the other bodyguards retreated obediently, only a chubby strong man in a suit and sunglasses stood behind Tony with an indifferent face."
Harpy is the person I trust the most."
He said to Merlin: "He can be trusted. ”"I don't care."
Merlin picked up the steak and cut it with a knife without raising his head, "It's your business, I don't care if you want to tell anyone about it." ”"Tell me, tell me."
Tony took a sip of red wine to calm his beating heart, and after a few moments, he took a long breath and picked up a cigar, and the bodyguard next to him, Harpy, immediately handed over the lighter."
Actually, it's not as complicated as you think."
Merlin picked up the cloth and wiped his mouth, he leaned back in his chair and said to Tony, who had a sparkle in his eyes, "The death of your parents was indeed not an accident. ”"They went to the airport that night, and they were supposed to be escorting the Super Soldier Serum to the agents of the Strategic Science Corps.The rumors are true, and it's likely that your father really knew the recipe for the Super Soldier Serum, but I don't know why he didn't reconfigure them until 1991. ”"How do you know they're shipping serum?"
Tony asked, "You were just a normal guy at the time, right?"
You can't know that. ”"I've never been a normal person, Tony."
Merlin picked up the red wine, shook it in his hand, and said to Tony, "And I'm pretty sure it's the Super Soldier Serum, because the last remnants of those serums are in my body." ”"You?"
Tony looked at Merlin and said, "You injected that serum too?"
”"Yes, I had to do it."
Merlin took a sip of wine, his mind went back to nearly ten years ago, and he whispered, "The murderer of your parents has been chasing me, and I was weak at the time, and I was powerless to protect myself, because of me, many people have suffered misfortunes...
I wanted to put an end to this catastrophe with my own hands, so I injected it. ”"The rest of the serum your parents transported evaporated in the explosion, leaving only half of the normal dose, so the serum didn't manifest itself in me like Steve.
Rogers is so outstanding...
But it still gave me the ability to confront the enemy head-on. ”"You killed him?"
Tony stared at Merlin, his hand clutching the glass in his hand, and he asked, "Is he dead?"
”"If it had been a few years ago, you asked this question, I would have told you that he was dead."
Merlin sighed, he didn't hide it, and said truthfully: "But now, I can't be sure either.I recently learned that there are ways in that organization that allow dying people to escape death, maybe the killer is dead, maybe he is not dead, but there is no doubt that he hasn't been seen for more than a decade. ”"Who is he?"
Tony's voice turned cold, and he asked, "What is that organization?"
”"His name is the Winter Soldier, also known as the Winter Soldier, he is the product of the super soldier program of the former Soviet Union, ten years ago, he was a world-famous assassin, as for that organization, it is called Hydra, you should have heard of this organization, your father used to fight against them."
Merlin put down his glass, and he said, "Your father, Ms.
Carter, and the Roaring Commandos, they thought they had eliminated that organization, but they didn't, they just changed their ways, and continued to live in the shadows of the world, like vines, wrapped around the organization that destroyed them, and grew stronger little by little, until we discovered it a few years ago. ”"We're fighting them, it's a secret war, so far, we have a slight advantage, but they have chosen to dive deep after being hit, and this fight will continue until one of them is completely down, or both are destroyed.""
Hydra..."
Tony read the name, his eyes closed, as if he wanted to engrave it in his bones, in his soul.After a moment, he opened his eyes and looked at Merlin, who said, "About the scene where my parents were killed...
Tell me. ”"Why do you want to know this?"
Merlin frowned and said, "The more you know, the more painful you will only be." ”"Because I don't believe it, my father died like that!""
I didn't have a good relationship with him, but it wasn't until I became an inventor and scientist like him that I really realized how terrible my father's intelligence was...
How could such a person, such a person just die in an assassination attempt casually?
Maybe, maybe it was just a trick, he just left me to do something more secret. ”Merlin stared at Tony, and after a moment, he said, "You're paranoid, it's not good." ”"It's my thing!"
Tony's tone was a little cold, and he said, "You just have to tell me what happened that night." ”"Okay."
Merlin didn't care about the excitement in Tony's tone, and he whispered, "That night, I was walking by the Hudson River, and I heard a violent brake sound, as if it was a car accident, and I rushed over as fast as I could. ”"Your parents' car crashed into a tree on the side of the road, but they were alive and seriously injured at the time.I tried to help your father, but he asked me to save your mother first, I carried the unconscious Lady Maria out of the carriage, I reflexively went to help your father, he was bleeding, he was an old man, and the impact made him miserable. ”"But that's when a motorcycle stopped on the side of the empty road."
Merlin paused, he glanced at Tony's serious expression, and he continued, "The lights are so bright that I can't see who is coming.But he didn't have the idea of saying hello to us, he was carrying a military rifle and opened fire on us without saying a word...
I dragged your parents and tried to get out of the field, but the fire was so ferocious that I felt like I was not facing one person, but a well-trained squad. ”"I was forced to leave, and the guy took out the box with the serum from your father's car, but he didn't give up chasing me.""
I was...
Anyway, I don't know how to fight, and I don't have the will to fight that a warrior should have. ”Merlin shook his head: "I was cornered, so I reflexively fought him, relying on my ability to surprise and wound him, and the explosion destroyed most of the serum."
He ran away, and then I went to your parents. ”Speaking of this, Merlin sighed, "It's a pity, Tony, that by the time I go back, your mother has lost her breath.And your father, who still has the last shred of life, told me to hurry away with the serum, and he warned me that the organization would not let me go. ”"I had the opportunity to take them away, but I couldn't save them, sorry, Tony."
Merlin closed his eyes and said, "I was too weak at that time.I want to do good, but I can't do anything, I want to stop the bad, but I can't do it. ”"It's not your fault..."
Tony listened to Merlin's memories completely, he leaned back in his chair in a daze, his eyes unfocused at the sea in the distance under the dark night, he said, "That day...
When they left home, I was arguing with them because they couldn't spend my birthday with me, and I sulked with them...
I don't think they cared enough about me, especially my father, who grew up...
I haven't said those gentle words to me since I was a child. ”"He's always busy, doing business, flying around the world, he's giving me expensive gifts, but on my birthday, he doesn't even show up...
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I later learned that he was actually a secret agent, just like you, Mr.
Merlin. ”"His life must have been wonderful, but he chose not to tell me that, he was indifferent to me to protect me, and he was also to protect me."
Tony lowered his head, he didn't want anyone else to see his face, he covered his face with his hands, he said, "I don't understand him, I didn't understand him from the beginning."
By the time I started to understand him, he was gone, and I didn't have a chance to talk to him again, travel with him again, or even have another meal with him...""
If you want to know Mr.
Howard's past."
Merlin said to Tony, "I have a lot of information that Ms.
Carter left behind, and I might be able to help you." ”"No, no."
Tony whispered in grief: "Your S.H.I.E.L.D. database defense system is terrible, and I have all the information you have, I have read it a few years ago. ”Merlin's eyes blinked, he accidentally found the culprit who had frequently hacked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. database in the past few years, but seeing that Tony, a playboy, was so sad now, he decided to forget it as if he hadn't heard it.Young people will always do some reckless things regardless of the consequences, especially when it comes to matters related to relatives, Merlin can understand him."
I'm not very good at comforting people, Tony."
Merlin looked at Tony with two lines of tears on his face, he took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, and said to Tony: "And you already know everything you want to know, so I should go too, thank you for the supper, it tastes good." ”He stood up and picked up the tote bag containing Captain America's shield to leave, only to be stopped by Tony, who had come back to his senses."
Merlin, can you tell me how to find those hydras?
And that Winter Soldier...""
Stop the thought!"
Merlin turned his head and looked at Tony seriously, and said, "You're just a rich boy, you're just an ordinary person, and getting involved in such a secret war won't do you the slightest benefit, and the rules of the world you know don't apply to them at all, and you can't deal with them." ”"I have a good relationship with Ms.
Carter, and I have some relationship with Mr.
Howard, so I'm here to warn you in all seriousness, Tony!
Don't get involved in this. ”He turned to look at the fat man standing next to Tony, and he said, "Your name is Harpy, right?"
You're Tony's most trusted person, and you're in charge of protecting him, so do your duty, and if you find out that your employer and friends want to do something that threatens your own life...
You'd better stop him!
”"The identity of a billionaire can't protect him."
After saying that, Merlin glanced at Tony.
The look on Stark's face, he knew that this guy hadn't listened to his advice at all.But he didn't say anything more, and left the mansion with his shield in his hand.A few minutes later, Merlin returned to the Trident Mansion, where Fury was waiting for him in his office.The "bang" shield was placed on Fury's desk, and Merlin leaned to the side and said to Fury, "Get the things back, and tell Tony about those things.
Stark, he's a paranoid guy, your plan succeeded, Fury, he's going to find a way to search for all the Hydra-related clues...
You've got another tough guy for our opponent. ”"Huh?"
Fury keenly sensed the dissatisfaction in Merlin's words, he raised his head and looked at Merlin, and after a moment, he sighed: "Merlin, Merlin, you are fine with everything, but the occasional unprovoked sympathy is a headache."
You think we put Tony.
Is Stark dragging him into this secret war?
”Merlin didn't answer, he was expressionless, but that said it all."
Nope!
We're not hurting him!
”Fury said in an accentuated tone, "Hydra killed Howard, and they and Tony have always been enemies.And they set their sights on Howard, just to prevent Howard from influencing their evil plans, how can people like them, after killing a tricky person, leave another person to rebuild that destroyed cause?
”"If it weren't for the fact that we've been fighting Hydra in recent years, I'm afraid they would have targeted Tony a long time ago...
Don't forget, Tony is an inventor and researcher as powerful as his father, and no one knows if Howard left any news for Tony before he died. ”"It's better for us to give him advance warning than for him to fall into the Hydra in a daze.Those guys were a threat, and whether it was for us or for Tony, he had better be prepared. ”Fury snorted, and he said, "Put away your senseless sympathy, Merlin, I'm not a villain who just plays with other people's lives, and all of this is necessary for us to do." ”"Hmm...," Merlin nodded, seemingly convinced by Fury.But after a few seconds, Merlin suddenly came to his senses, he took a step back, drew his wand, and aimed it at Fury, who was stunned, and in the light of the Avada Death Spell, he yelled, "What's going on?
You were using psychic inducing on me?
”"When did you learn it?
Are you Fury or not!
”Fury kept a blank face and didn't speak.He was a little frustrated in his heart, during the period of time he had been given the ability, he had not been discovered by anyone, but the first time he used it on Merlin, he was recognized.Fury shrugged at Merlin, then reached out and pulled away his blindfold, revealing his eerily white eyes with a black glow.He said, "I was also shocked by the energy from before...""
I've got superpowers, Merlin, and I'm one of you..."