Hearing this, the three people across from him frowned.
Skye was the youngest and most impulsive. She stepped forward and yelled at Steve: "How many more people do you want to kill?"
Tony pulled her and stood in front: "Steve, let me say it again, we should all be more restrained. I know how strong you are, but we are not weak either, and I can tell you directly, those people are not just talking.
, they will really bring a devastating blow to Sokovia. Even if you can escape by then, you will lose everything. In the end, the world will become a wasteland, can you really survive?"
Steve listened to him silently and nodded quietly.
Then, his eyes showed unprecedented complexity.
After looking at the three of them, he let out a long breath, as if he was relieved, but also as if he was helpless and said: "We all have our own persistence. If that's the case, then I think it's useless no matter what I say. It's not like I'm here today."
If you want to bring up old things again, I just want to tell you... Phew... he's back."
After that, Steve turned and left.
The three of them were confused at first, but Tony soon seemed to think of something, and his eyes suddenly trembled.
"Steve, who are you talking about? Who is he?!"
Steve waved his hand without looking back: "You know."
Before Steve even got on the fighter plane and left, the news he sent had already spread through the Avengers to all the countries behind the law that supported the law.
This night, I don't know how many people were completely sleepless.
Of course, there are also many people who are very confident, and at the same time, they make their younger brothers also become confident.
After returning to the base, Steve sat on the floor in his room.
Late at night, he put on his armor, took out his shield, sat back on the ground, and stroked its arc over and over again.
After an unknown amount of time, he dialed a phone and heard a sleepy female voice on the other end.
"Steve? What's wrong?"
"I want to go home."
Hearing this, Carter's sleepiness disappeared, but she did not rush to ask. Instead, she got up and sat on the bed, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Then come back, no matter where you are going, I will be with you."
Steve then smiled his first heartfelt smile in many days.
When the first ray of golden light suddenly appeared in the sky, he took off his armor, clasped his shield behind his armor, and turned around to leave.
He left, taking only an old fighter plane with him.
Hong Fei discovered it.
He didn't stop him because he clearly knew Steve's inner struggle and even torture in the past few years.
Without a complex and heavy psychological struggle, he would not have changed from a positive and sunny idol contestant to the middle-aged man who looks melancholy today.
If it weren't for the purpose of balancing the two sides and avoiding disputes as much as possible, he would have stopped caring about these internal fights.
And there is no doubt about the role he played. Without him, how could the two sides have only played twice in the past few years?
But everyone has been together until now, from separation to merger and separation again, and he is really tired.
Then let him go back and rest for a while. Even if he really wants to retire, Hong Fei can completely accept it.
After all, he has done too much for Hong Fei.
The next morning.
The outer square of Sky Base.
The invisible energy shield isolates the chaotic and cold wind from high altitude, making this an excellent viewing platform.
Hong Fei stood at the edge and looked down. He was thousands of meters in the air and there were no guardrails in front of him. He might be scared of heights and fall headlong.
Behind him, members arrived one after another.
Wearing their respective battle armors, they lined up in silence.
Just like back then.
Not long after, everyone arrived except Steve.
Hong Fei looked back with a smile that was far warmer than the sun that had just risen in the sky. He also recalled the good old days when everyone acted together and fought against justice.
"Steve is gone." He said softly.
Everyone remained motionless, but the expressions under their armor were definitely not similar to their postures.
"I respect his choice very much. I didn't stop him or even go to see him alone. I thought he would understand what I meant. Then I wish him a happy retirement. From now on, his time will only belong to him. He can You can do what you like to your heart's content, and you can spend all your time with your family. As long as I ensure that he doesn't need to worry about any material things and that he won't be disturbed, that's enough."
"Similarly, what I am talking about now can also be given to all of you."
"If anyone wants to retire, you can tell me now and I will definitely agree, including you, Lao Xu. I know you want to go back."
Xu Wenwu nodded: "We'll wait until we finish today's work. And if I really want to retire completely, I might not be able to do it. Just give me less arrangements in the future. And I really want to be the chairman of the foundation." I don’t want to do it.”
Hong Fei nodded: "Okay, then leave it to Datou."
Datou suddenly raised his head: "Don't worry, boss, I will do my best!"
He did not hide his joy and desire to rise to the top, because he knew that this would not make Hong Fei and Xu Wenwu uncomfortable or have a grudge.
"What about everyone else? Including this operation, if you don't want to participate, you can take a step back now. I promise this will not make me have any bad impression of you. If you want to retire, just tell me. , I will make arrangements for you, or you can make your own requests. You worked very hard when I was away, and it is normal if you feel tired now. Of course I am reluctant to part with you, but I am more willing to respect your personal wishes."
After that, the base fell into silence.
After a while, a figure stepped back.
"I want to avoid today's action. If possible, I want to rest more in the future."
"elder sister!"
"Yelena, don't interfere with her choice. She has her own life." Hong Fei stopped Yelena, then looked at Natasha: "I know you are unwilling to leave now for Yelena, but I think you should be very tired. Now, Yelena has grown up, she doesn’t need you to keep an eye on her, you can take the time to teach her experience, and I will try my best to protect her and everyone else’s safety.”
The armor's head was put away, and Natasha smiled helplessly. She looked at Yelena, then at the others, and finally said: "Then, I'll retreat too."
Everyone nodded and Yelena reluctantly held her hand. After asking for Hong Fei's consent with their eyes, the two sisters turned around and walked away to chat privately.
Hawkeye also chose to retire.
He and Natasha are both from SHIELD, and he also has a very complete and beautiful family.
Then, Banner also said very embarrassedly: "I also want to retire, but what I want to retire is the part that is the Hulk. I think I am more suitable and prefer to do some research work."
Hong Fei nodded in agreement.
Finally, the most unexpected person stood up.
"I also want to go back and rest."
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone looked at him.
Facing everyone's surprised looks, Frank stared back one by one: "Why, you are allowed to retreat but not me?"
Although Hong Fei was also surprised, he did not hesitate: "Okay. I agree..."
"Wait a minute, I have to finish today's job. I have already given those guys a hard time!"
"No problem at all."
After a while, no one said anything again.
Steve, Natasha and Hawkeye retired directly, Banner retired Hulk, and he will no longer participate in actual combat operations in the future.
They are all people who have experience in the Avengers, so it is not surprising that they do not want to face the old faces from the past.
After they were launched, Hong Fei's place became the former nine-person group.
Frank's retirement in the group of nine is more about psychological fatigue. Regarding his family, he has not given up and cannot give up, but he has not caused obsession because of the long-lasting loneliness and hatred. His retirement shows that he has deep feelings in his heart.
Chu has actually seen through some inexplicable things, and he has learned how to continue living with the hope of his family.
Overall, the number of people has decreased, but the impact is not significant.
Hong Fei said with a smile: "Then, you go back and sit down first, we will have a meal together in the evening, and tomorrow morning, we will take you home together!"
The four returned to the base.
The gray mist outside Hong Fei's body spread and directly condensed into a battle armor.
"The happy time has passed. Don't let those people wait too long. Let's go."
No need to waste time by flying, the portal opened and a group of people filed in.
The top floor of the base.
Zhao Hailun watched them pass through the portal one by one and couldn't help but sigh: "They are going to kill people again."
Mei bit her lip and said nothing.
Sif leaned on the sofa with a blank look in her eyes: "According to me, those people should have died long ago. Asgard never tolerates traitors."
What about Loki?
Mei and Zhao Hailun thought of getting together. They looked at each other and chose to remain silent.
Helen Zhao shook her head: "From the time I met him, he would kill someone almost every once in a while."
Sif explained: "Killing is not the goal, it is just a means that must be adopted to achieve the goal."
Mei: "You are more suitable to go with him."
Sif immediately shook her head: "I'm not going. In fact, he alone is enough."
Helen Zhao thought for a while and said: "Bringing the others with me must be to vent their anger."
"Indeed, I just heard Peter mention it, and I knew that these people must have been holding back their anger for a long time. They used to dare to do anything, and they were not all good people. Some of them had always been bad people." Mei.
She frowned, it was not that she was discriminating against someone, but she was afraid that they would lead Peter, who was underage, to bad things. This was the main reason why she didn't want Peter to come over all the time.
"He himself is not a good person, so how come he has so many good people under his command? The good people...are all retired." As she said this, Sif laughed directly.