I'll Find Carter a New Boyfriend When We Get Back

Captain Marvel Stegers frowned in deep thought. The protagonist in Russell's story gave him a strong sense of identification, and one could even say that he was him.

With just a few simple words, he felt as if he had experienced it firsthand. If Russell wasn't a great storyteller, then it could only mean that he had genuinely lost his memory.

However, I always feel like something's wrong!

"Steve, do you think there's something wrong with some of the plot?" Russell asked.

"Hmm, yes, but I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong. The characters you mentioned, including Red Skull Schmidt, all sound familiar, but... how should I put it, it just feels weird when put together, it's really uncomfortable to listen to."

"It's okay if you're not feeling well!"

Russell slapped Bucky on Bucky thigh. "You've lost your memory, but your body remembers everything, which is why you feel so awkward."

"Really?"

"You don't need to doubt me. Even if I'm lying to you, would your comrades lie to you? Would you lie to yourself?" Russell said, pointing to Bucky and the Stars and Stripes shield.

Stegers gently stroked the shield. "This familiar feeling is absolutely genuine; it's my most trusted weapon. And Bucky, even though I lost my memory, I never forgot him."

Upon hearing Bucky, Bucky's body trembled, and he cast a deep, affectionate gaze at his best friend.

"Then what are you still hesitating about? Hurry up and come home with me. Ever since you disappeared, Carter has been sick and hasn't recovered. He's been depressed every day."

At this point, Russell sighed deeply, "To tell you the truth, I can't bear to see Carter so heartbroken that she's completely devastated. I'm currently planning to introduce her to someone."

Stegers was furious. "How could you do this? She has a fiancé!"

Russell shrugged. "I'm doing this for her own good. You've been missing for so long without any news, and it's uncertain whether you're alive or dead. Do you expect her to grow old alone, waiting for you for the rest of her life?"

"This..." Stegers opened his mouth bitterly, unable to refute.

"A woman's youth only lasts a few years. There's no reason why other women should be living in happiness while she can't even find a shoulder to lean on in the dead of night. Don't you agree, Bucky?"

"Ah, um... yes!"

Seeing that Stegers was wavering, Russell was secretly delighted and added insult to injury, "After meeting you, I am even more convinced that when I get back I will help Carter find a handsome, tall and strong boyfriend."

"What?"

"Hmph! I just asked you, and you said you didn't want to go back. Carter is blind." Russell sneered, "Don't use amnesia as an excuse. You scumbag don't deserve for Carter to keep waiting for you."

"I didn't, I didn't..."

"Stop talking, just wait and see! Carter will have a happy and fulfilling family, a loving husband, maybe a few ex-husbands, and a dozen lively, adorable, and colorful children. I'll take a family photo and send it to you then."

Stegers's face darkened. "Stop talking, I'll go back with you."

"That's right, call me 'Big Brother' first!"

"Uh, I can't say it."

"It's alright, I won't force you." Russell waved his hand magnanimously, and then said, "But today you've taken up the shield again. As Hydra Captain, and as the symbol and spiritual leader of our Hydra's integrity, courage, kindness, and fearlessness in the face of power, you must shout the slogan. This absolutely cannot be omitted."

Bucky: Σ(°△°|||)

Stegers was dumbfounded. "Um... what's Hydra's motto?"

"Bucky, tell Steve what that phrase he used to say every day."

"..."

"Bucky, are you deaf?"

Bucky lowered his head in shame and muttered, "Hail Hydra."

"Speak louder!"

"Hail Hydra!!"

Russell nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Captain, it's this line, doesn't it sound familiar?"

"It looks very familiar!"

"You're familiar with it, aren't you? Before you lost your memory, you used to shout it thirty or fifty times a day, and you even got constipated when you went to the toilet." Russell chuckled as he put Bucky on the ground and patted Stegers on the shoulder, "Hurry up, you have to shout the slogan. After you're done, I'll take you home to see your wife."

Stegers: "..."

"What's wrong? Shout it out!"

"I can't shout it out." Stegers's face turned red. He tried, but just couldn't get the words out.

"Sigh, if you don't want to go back, then you don't want to go back. Why make up such a lame excuse?"

Russell chuckled and shook his head in disappointment, "I'll go back and tell Carter that you're dead, so she won't waste her youth, and I'll arrange a political marriage for her. Which is better, that fat, 500-pound prince who pees oily, or that 2.5-meter-tall, muscular chieftain's son who can wrap his arms around her thighs twice?"

Upon hearing this, Stegers's eyes turned bloodshot, and the veins in his neck bulged as he roared, "Hail Hydra!!"

After shouting those words, Stegers looked dejected, as if his heartstrings had snapped and all his strength had been exhausted.

"Very good, Carter was right about you..." Russell patted Stegers's shoulder hard, his eyes crinkling into slits with laughter, feeling so comfortable that every pore on his body opened up.

Rumble!!!

A flash of lightning, and Natasha, the Mighty Thor, landed on the ground, looking blankly at Russell and Steve, who were arm in arm in the arena.

What exactly happened to make Captain America and the leader of Hydra as close as brothers?

Russell beckoned. "Natasha, come here quickly, your idol Hydra Captain Steve, has taken up his shield again and returned to his post."

"..."

Natasha was speechless. She'd heard Russell mention this before, but she never expected him to actually pull it off. A skilled agent, she handled the situation calmly and politely said, "Hello, Captain, I've always been a big fan of yours."

"Hello, I... I'm so sorry, I lost my memory and didn't recognize you, so..." Stegers was embarrassed and kicked his former colleague away, who was also his fan.

"It's okay, I don't mind."

"Okay, enough chit-chat. Let's clean up the battlefield and head back to base with our men immediately."

Russell gave an order for Bucky to wake the unconscious Winter Soldier and then call upon the Dark Elves to leave together. He then took Natasha to collect the spoils; the two princes of Asgard were of noble status and could not be kept waiting.

At the edge of the cliff, Bucky painfully woke up the members of the Winter Soldier team, including Yelena. The group was knocked down in one move, but fortunately, their injuries were not serious and did not affect their ability to move.

Stegers went to the other side and woke up the Starforce members. Looking at his four bewildered teammates, he hadn't recovered his memory and didn't know how to start a conversation.

"Captain, why are you leaving?" Will, puzzled.

"It's not leaving, it's going home. Some people have been waiting for me for too long..."

"Go home?"

As the two were talking, one of the Starforce members froze, and a green light flashed in his eyes.