Steve Rogers

After Harry Osborn left, Stark Tower fell silent.

Tony had assumed that Ben would be coming to the appointment that night, and as a genius he recognized, Tony took Ben's reminder to heart.

But to his surprise, the person who came to the appointment was Harry Osborn. Even more unexpectedly, Ben actually asked Harry to leave him a Disk Symbol.

He certainly recognized the mark.

"The Galactic Plumbers..."

"Could it be that Ben Parker Galactic Plumbers?"

Tony stroked his chin, deep in thought.

It can be said that he was the first person on Earth to recognize the existence of the Galactic Plumbers, and also the first Super Hero to fight against Ben's Alien Hero.

However, the Galactic Plumbers did not exist at that time.

"Jarvis, disconnect from the external network, then open the file, 'Alien.'" Tony followed Ben's instructions, disconnected from the external network, and then opened Jarvis's local file.

"Yes, sir."

Jarvis calmly opened a folder, and a virtual image was projected into the air, showing several monsters of different shapes captured from different angles.

First, it was XLR8, then it was Heatblast...

I must say, Tony's candid photography skills are pretty good; the one of the Heatblast falling from the sky looks really cool.

Besides the two that Tony himself had seen, there were also the Four Arms and the Diamondhead, which came from S.H.I.E.L.D..'s internal documents.

This was something Tony himself made up.

Nick Fury, that guy with a heart even darker than his face, said he would share intelligence with Tony, but he kept his encounter with Four Arms and Diamondhead in New Mexico a closely guarded secret.

That Egghead Fury was rotten!

However, what Tony is concerned about now is what kind of connection Ben has with this alien organization.

Guessing was useless; he planned to check the USB Ben had given him immediately.

After plugging it into the computer, the data was read immediately.

Video presentation.

"Video surveillance?"

Tony was startled, then his pupils contracted.

The surveillance footage in front of you shows the date as December 16, 1991. That year, Harry Potter had just started attending Hogwarts... no, it was the day his parents were murdered.

A...

Premeditated murder!

He saw the masked man coldly strangle Howard Stark to death, and then emotionlessly fire several shots at his mother inside the car.

Finally, the killer raised his head and faced the overhead camera. His cold eyes seemed to meet Tony's gaze across the machine, across nearly twenty years of time.

The dark muzzle of the gun was also pointed at Tony's heart.

Bang!

The image shattered instantly.

Tony also seemed to have been shot; his body swayed violently, and he gripped the table, his face pale.

"Gentlemen?"

"I'm fine."

Tony felt his breathing become rapid and heavy.

He felt dizzy, as if he had lost too much blood, and his legs went weak, causing him to slump into his chair.

At this moment, he didn't care at all what those so-called aliens and that so-called organization might have some ulterior motive. He just wanted to find the murderer who killed his parents right now and then Repulsor Ray of his armor!

"Immediately," he took a deep breath, "Call Ben Parker immediately!"

"Sir, Harry Osborn advises you not to call Parker for the time being." Jarvis did not immediately follow Tony's orders, but instead raised a question.

This calmed Tony down a bit.

The key question is whether S.H.I.E.L.D.. can be trusted.

As Harry Osborn was leaving, he specifically told him that Ben was now with S.H.I.E.L.D.. and that he shouldn't call him immediately.

This means that Ben doesn't necessarily trust S.H.I.E.L.D.. that much.

So Tony sat in the chair, anxiously shaking his legs. After a while, he stood up again and opened a new bottle of wine for himself.

Meanwhile, at S.H.I.E.L.D..

Ben and Nick Fury finished their argument, and then Ben asked to tour the aircraft carrier.

"I've never even been on a cruise ship in my life, I never imagined I'd be on an aircraft carrier," Ben said. "Could we take a look around?"

"Sure," Nick readily agreed, but he also emphasized, "However, I must first clarify that not all areas are open to visitors; many places on the aircraft carrier are classified."

"Understand."

Ben immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "Just like my company, not every floor is open to the public."

Nick was surprised to find that Ben had suddenly become much more understanding.

Ben's explanation for this was:

"Please, I've been very lenient. If I didn't knock and bypassed all the security systems to sit in your office, do you dare say you wouldn't have all the agents with weapons on me?"

"Besides, if I really wanted to kill you, I could twist your head off right here and now."

Nick Fury thought about it and agreed.

Then he remembered what Ben before, about wanting to study the Cosmic Cube.

Since he secretly restarted the Tesseract with the intention of creating weapons, the research progress has been very slow. If Ben could join the research team, perhaps some unexpected progress would be made.

But he only thought about it; it was impossible for him to actually invite Ben to participate in the research.

As a secret agent, Nick Fury wasn't foolish enough to reveal his secrets to someone he couldn't trust.

In his view, Ben Parker had two problems: he couldn't fully trust him, and he couldn't fully control him.

Since the Avengers are an alliance, they don't have much real binding force.

He wasn't exactly Ben's boss, nor could he afford employees with assets worth hundreds of billions.

"Let Captain show you around. Perfect timing, he'll be the leader of the Avengers in the future," Nick Fury said.

He entrusted the Super Hero matters to the Super Hero, which was exactly what Ben wanted.

If there's anyone in S.H.I.E.L.D. Ben to recruit, Steve Rogers is definitely one of them.

This is exactly what he told Peter.

Banner!

They have impeccable political backgrounds!

Moreover, Captain America is also a powerful combat unit.

Putting aside the forced 50/50 attribute, now that Unworthy Thor can only swing a sledgehammer on a construction site, and since the real the Hammer of Thor isn't in New Mexico, it must have been contained by S.H.I.E.L.D..

Winning over Captain America is essentially the same as winning over Thor.

Under the guise of joining the Avengers, Ben used two tactics: on one hand, he sent Harry to find Tony Stark, an unofficial member of the Avengers, and on the other hand, he prepared to turn Captain America against him.

This was something Peter could have done himself, just like Harry contacted Tony.

The problem is that Peter too naive and simple-minded. He's not even good at lying. If you were to throw him into the spy den alone, he'd probably be bitten to a pulp by those vipers.

Nick's decision to let them act alone was exactly what Ben wanted.

However, the reality was not as rosy as Ben had imagined.

Although Nick Fury said that Captain America would take them on a tour, in reality, no matter where Ben and his group went, they would occasionally run into one or two S.H.I.E.L.D.. agents who just happened to be walking by.

Clearly, they are being monitored.

However, Ben couldn't be sure who had sent these people to spy on them.

It could be Nick Fury, it could be Hydra, or it could be a spy from another organization.

Many people are interested in Spider-Man's identity.

Seeing this, Ben had no choice but to put away what he had prepared to show Captain America and instead start talking to him about other topics.

"You know what, Captain? When Spider-Man told me you were still alive, I thought he was dreaming."

Upon hearing this, Captain America smiled and said, "Sometimes I feel like I'm dreaming."

"You're finding it hard to adjust, aren't you?"

"Yes, the world is changing so fast. Before, my enemies were just soldiers, but now I have to face all sorts of monsters, robots... and the way we live now, you know, the bed they put on me is so soft. Sometimes I feel like I'm lying on cotton, completely sinking in. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night and think I'm in the clouds."

Perhaps because Steve knew that Ben and Peter were both quite young, he lowered his guard and didn't keep any Mind's Eye when talking to them.

Post-war psychological syndrome?

"I don't think so. I think it's more like an old man who feels lost and disoriented after being thrown into an era that doesn't belong to him."

Steve laughed self-deprecatingly.

Ben could understand this.

It's like Li Hongzhang in the late Qing Dynasty, who was overwhelmed by the modern cities of United States.

An old-fashioned man, not very good at using a mobile phone, can only write down all the new and interesting things by hand. Suddenly, he stumbles into a dazzling city.

"You seem quite young, Captain. Don't say that, I'm a big fan of yours."

Ben said.

Meanwhile, Nick Fury, who had been eavesdropping on their conversation, let out a cold laugh and said:

This is a lie!

"Over the past decade or so, Ben Parker's phone browsing history shows only a handful of entries related to Captain America, but there are quite a few searches for 'United States buttocks.'"

After hearing his words, Natasha expressionlessly turned off the communicator, then rolled her eyes and said:

"Boss, there's a reason why sometimes you're not well-liked by others."

"You've got it wrong, I'm doing this for the safety of humanity," Nick Fury said immediately. "Didn't you realize he was trying to get on the captain's good side?"

"Maybe he just wanted to start a conversation, otherwise it would be a bit impolite to just say, 'Old man, I'm not interested in your business at all,'" Barton chuckled. "From now on, the captain will be their leader, so it shouldn't be a problem to try and get on his good side."

Back to Ben Captain America.

Ben could clearly sense that Steve was actually very confused about this New World.

He felt lost, lonely, and panicked.

Those he knew were long gone, and this bustling world might not even need Captain America anymore.

Therefore, when he first heard Nick Fury mention that some Hydra still existed, he felt not only anger but also a little bit of relief.

This means he is still useful.

This means that his body, frozen for seventy years, still has room to be used.