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"Remember me? I'm Henry, Henry Stark. We're Howard's sons."
Peggy's gaze shifted from shock to Henry and Tony's faces, her eyes complicated.
"Howard," she murmured, lost in distant memories.
"He's always so pushy."
"Yeah, he's a complete bastard," Henry responded.
"But he missed you."
Peggy's eyes moved back and forth between the two brothers' faces, and the mist in her eyes seemed to dissipate a little.
"You guys look so much like him..." She stretched out her dry hand and gently stroked Henry's face.
"Especially these eyes, they are just as unruly..."
Tony was dumbfounded.
He still hasn't reacted yet.
A living Captain America.
A Peggy Carter who just seemed unconscious but suddenly woke up.
There is also a younger brother who seems to know all the secrets and is performing a family recognition drama here.
Can anyone tell me what the hell is going on here?!
Old Steve's face was gloomy.
He stared at Henry, not knowing how he had been exposed.
He has guarded peace for his entire life, and he has made all the forbearance and sacrifice in order not to interfere with this timeline.
But today, all of that was broken.
"Aunt Peggy." Henry calmly held her cold hand, and a warm and gentle energy passed silently from his palm.
"We came here this time to tell you the good news."
His voice seemed to have magic, slowly calming Peggy's anxious mood.
"We found him."
Henry's words were very meaningful.
His eyes were on Peggy, but his words were addressed to Steve, who was standing next to him.
Peggy's body jolted violently, and an abnormal look flashed across her cloudy eyes. However, she knew she was too calm, so she immediately changed her attitude. She subconsciously glanced at her husband, then turned back to look at Henry, her lips trembling slightly.
"Steve, is he still alive?"
"What exactly do you want to do?" Old Steve asked again.
Henry stood up slowly. Without looking at Peggy again, he turned and met Steve's gaze.
The smile on his face disappeared, replaced by a calm scrutiny.
"I don't want to do anything, Mr. Rogers."
"I'm just taking back something that belongs to us."
He paused, his tone becoming playful.
"For example, S.H.I.E.L.D."
"For example..."
His gaze slowly moved to the blue sky outside the window.
"The future of this world."
"future?"
There was a fluctuation in the old Steve's eyes that was more than sharp.
As a cautious and vigilant soldier, he began to re-examine the young man in front of him.
He returned from the future and personally experienced Thanos's snap, witnessed the demise and rebirth of half of the life in the universe, and also witnessed Tony Stark's sacrifice to save everything.
He knows better than anyone else in this era the weight that the word "future" carries.
So, when Henry said these two words, Steve was shocked again in his heart.
He was not excited, but spoke calmly; his voice was hoarse, but every word was clear.
"Young man, do you know what you are talking about?"
His tone was no longer questioning, but more like that of an elder advising a younger generation who was ignorant of the immensity of the world.
This is not because he is arrogant, but because he has seen too many ambitious people who claim to be pursuing the future but have brought destruction and disaster.
"Of course I know." Henry met his gaze, not giving in, and the amusement on his face gradually faded.
"I know about Project Pegasus, which Nick Fury developed using the Tesseract. I know that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been infiltrated by Hydra from the very beginning. I know what kind of disaster Alexander Pierce's Project Insight will bring to the world."
"Oh, yes."
He smiled slightly and continued to talk.
"I also know that a purple sweet potato from outer space is collecting six stones that can grant any wish and is preparing to depopulate the universe."
Every word Henry said set off a huge wave in Tony's mind.
Tony felt his worldview being shocked all over again.
He knew about Project Pegasus and Project Insight.
But purple sweet potatoes? Planned Parenthood? What the heck is that?
Boom!
It sounds like the plot of a science fiction comedy, but when it comes out of Henry's mouth, it has an unquestionable sense of reality.
He subconsciously looked at the white-haired Steve.
But he was shocked to find that there was no surprise on the other person's face, only an expression of "as expected".
Tony felt like he was going crazy.
So, this popsicle... no, old popsicle, he also knows these things?
Oh my God!
What the hell is going on? Am I the only one who's been kept in the dark?!
"You..." Steve took a deep breath.
He understood that this young man knew everything, as if he had come back from the future.
"Who are you?"
He asked this question for the second time.
But this time, his tone was no longer one of alarm, but confusion.
What the young man in front of me said were all secrets he brought back from the future!
Only he and Peggy knew these things, and he believed that Peggy would not tell anyone!
So, how did he know?!
"It doesn't matter who I am, Mr. Rogers." Henry shrugged, and his smile slowly returned.
"What's important is that I'm doing what you should be doing but aren't.'
These words pierced into the deepest part of Steve's heart.
His body swayed slightly, and his face turned pale.
Yes, that's what I should have done.
When he chose to stay in this timeline and spend his life with Peggy, he made a vow to himself.
I will never interfere with the normal development of this timeline.
He chose to seal away all memories of the future, merely a spectator, silently watching the wheel of history roll on. He watched helplessly as the Howards perished at the hands of the Winter Soldier, watched S.H.I.E.L.D. be corrupted by Hydra, and watched crisis after crisis unfold. Each time, he clenched his fists tightly, and each time, the torment within him gnawed at his soul.
But in the end, he chose to remain silent.
Because he was afraid, afraid that any intervention on his part would trigger an even more terrifying butterfly effect, preventing the outcome he had fought so hard for from happening.
He told himself it was for the greater good.
But now, this young man revealed the scars he had disguised for many years in front of him.
You should have done it, but you didn't.
This comment is more hurtful than any weapon.
"Steve."
Peggy, who had been silent all this time, stretched out her dry hand a nd held her husband's hand tightly.
There was also worry and heartache in her eyes.
As the person who knew Steve best, she knew better than anyone how much pain and struggle he had gone through over the years.
Steve took a deep breath, held Peggy's hand with his right hand, and gave her a reassuring look.
He raised his head and looked at Henry again, his eyes having regained their calmness.
"You're right," he said slowly, his tone becoming relieved.
"There are some things I didn't do. I believe that in every era, there will be heroes who stand up. But my era has passed."
His gaze slowly shifted to Tony Stark next to him.
But the complicated look made Tony a little overwhelmed.
There was relief, guilt, and a kindness that Tony couldn't understand.
Tony felt uncomfortable being stared at.
Damn, what's going on?!
"Hey, I say, old man," he couldn't help but speak, trying to hide his shock with his words.
"Why are you looking at me so lovingly? I have to remind you that although I am handsome, I am not interested in men. Besides, if my dad knew you were looking at me like that, he would probably jump out of his grave and fight you to death."
Tony's mind was a mess right now.
He tried hard to digest the information before him, but the amount of information was too much.
Time travel? Another Captain America? Purple sweet potatoes?
He felt like he desperately needed a whiskey to see if he was hallucinating.