Dreams Were Hints of Parallel Worlds

Was Steve Rogers the best candidate to become a Super Soldier?

Maybe he was, maybe he was not.

Across countless Parallel Worlds, there would always be slight deviations.

In fact, besides Steve Rogers, there had always been another ideal candidate for the Super-Soldier Program standing nearby: Peggy Carter.

Perhaps Professor Erskine had not chosen her because of the era, or perhaps because of discrimination.

But there was no denying that Peggy Carter possessed equally noble qualities.

That could be seen from the fact that she and Steve Rogers had reacted the same way to that fake grenade.

Professor Erskine valued only character, yet he had discriminated based on gender.

But in Universe 838, Professor Erskine had suddenly stopped caring about gender and directly chose the most suitable person for the experiment.

That person was Peggy Carter.

Without question, she succeeded and became Captain Carter, while Steve Rogers of that world faded into obscurity.

After Ke Chen and Carter exchanged information about their worlds, they were both somewhat surprised.

"Steve was the one who took part in the Super-Soldier Program in this world?"

Peggy asked in surprise, wanting to confirm it.

"That's right. Were you close with him?"

Ke Chen asked casually.

Could it be that Captain Carter had also dated Steve Rogers in another world?

That would be too ridiculous...

Fortunately, he had been overthinking it.

Peggy said, "Not really. I had only met him before. Professor Erskine originally wanted to choose him for the experiment, but he chose me in the end."

A smile appeared on Ke Chen's face.

It seemed that after becoming a Super Soldier, Captain Carter simply had no interest in such a scrawny Steve Rogers.

It would have been strange if she did. The two of them were completely mismatched.

The Peggy of this world had only fallen for Steve because the Super Soldier experiment had changed him completely.

Otherwise, skinny Steve standing beside Peggy would surely have looked like a delicate little bird.

"You and him are a couple in this world... I mean, did you have a partner in that world?"

Peggy was a little embarrassed when she heard Ke Chen's question.

She said, "No. World War II hadn't even ended yet. How could I have had the mind to date Love?"

So no one had ever won her over.

That was normal.

Captain Carter, who had become a Super Soldier, definitely would not have been easy to pursue.

Seeing Ke Chen's smile, Peggy seemed to know what he was thinking and immediately changed the subject.

"Does this world have another me too?"

"Of course. Peggy Carter in this world is Captain America's Love."

That description made Peggy a little embarrassed.

It somehow gave her a strange sense of shared experience.

It could not be helped. They were both Peggy Carter, after all.

More importantly, Steve's scrawny build had left too deep an impression on Peggy.

She could hardly imagine herself pursuing Love with someone like that. Even knowing that Steve of this world was Captain America, she still could not picture it and only found it awkward.

"No wonder I often have dreams. I dream about the life I would have lived if I hadn't become a Super Soldier, and it seems just like what you described."

Peggy spoke, offering a brief explanation.

Ke Chen fell into thought upon hearing that.

In the Marvel Universe, dreams were actually the key to connecting with Parallel Worlds.

Everything in a dream was simply the experience of another version of oneself in another world.

Peggy often dreamed of herself in this world, so it was not strange that she had come here.

She had long since formed a "quantum connection" with this world.

It was like how Doctor Strange would later dream that his other self from another world had died. Those things had truly happened.

Then came the question. Ke Chen realized in surprise that he had never dreamed before.

Someone without dreams was unique across the countless Multiverse.

That also meant there was probably no other Ke Chen in any other world.

He did not tell Peggy any of this. Instead, he began helping her get used to her new life.

The twenty-first century was just around the corner, and that made Peggy uncomfortable.

If she had awakened two years later, she would have been an old monster from the previous century...

Peggy found nearly everything she saw fascinating.

Some things had already existed in her era, while others had only appeared later.

She could immediately accept things like washing machines, air conditioners, and refrigerators. They had merely become more "futuristic."

She knew Howard Stark. That man was a genius with many ideas about the future, and he had even shown off in front of Peggy.

While showing off, Howard had tried to steal a kiss from Captain Carter, only for Peggy to slap him across the face. After that, he never dared entertain such fantasies again.

Ke Chen even coughed twice when she told him about it.

This Captain Carter truly was violent.

Captain Carter had a harder time accepting new things like computers and cell phones, and she needed time before she could fully embrace those unfamiliar tools.

Waking after fifty years of sleep meant she needed a long time to adapt to modern life.

Both lifestyles and the backdrop of the era had changed enormously.

More than anything, her mindset needed to change.

Ke Chen felt that Captain Carter needed to become more open-minded.

In her time, women had suffered severe discrimination. That issue still existed now, but feminism would rise before long.

In truth, that was a good thing. Women had become more aware of themselves; it was just that many people used radical feminism for personal profit.

Even when looking at all kinds of beautiful clothes, Captain Carter did not dare try them on.

It would take a long time to instill new ideas in her.

Fortunately, Lorna and Elektra did not discriminate against her. On the contrary, after learning her identity, they admired her greatly and helped her adapt to the new world from a woman's perspective.

Because she was essentially Captain America from another world.

As for Peggy of this world... she was already very old, in her seventies or eighties, and would not have any effect on her.

In short, there was no going back. Captain Carter gradually accepted that fact.

So during the initial period, after learning that Ke Chen was quite skilled, she often dragged him into sparring with her.

Naturally, Ke Chen did not refuse such a good thing.

When sparring, a little physical contact was perfectly normal.

Ke Chen liked Brazilian jiu-jitsu the most, so he specifically practiced it with Peggy.

Although Peggy hit especially hard every time, his physique was enough to keep him from getting injured.

As they spent more time together, Peggy gradually became more integrated into their lives.

She never mentioned leaving.

In fact, she still knew only Ke Chen and a few others in this world.

And considering that another version of her existed in this world, she did not want to run around everywhere either.

Ke Chen was not in any hurry about that.

Peggy had long since seen through the fact that Lorna was not his sister. At most, she was adopted...

But Peggy did not say much about it. His feelings were already obvious.

Peggy was simply somewhat lost, as though she had suddenly lost her goal in life.