Chapter 2923: Leisure Time (4)

"... In summary, when facing aliens, we cannot judge their likes and dislikes based on the human facial expression system. Body language is also a link that must be considered. However, due to the fact that the body morphology of some races is too different from humans, the body language they use to express emotions may also be very different from humans. So, please open the textbook to page 31, and let me introduce to you the body language of several special races in the universe..."

Accompanied by the rustling sound of flipping pages, Jason looked left and right. Sitting on his left was a black guy who didn't look very strong, much worse than him, and there were no tattoos on his visible arms and neck, not looking like someone who had mixed in society.

Sitting on his right was a little girl who looked younger than him, even a bit thin, wearing round glasses, writing furiously, seemingly copying yesterday's notes.

His gaze was noticed by that black guy. The black guy lowered his voice and said, "What are you doing? Hurry up and flip the book."

"I'm just a bit strange. Isn't this an agent training class? You guys don't look like people who can be agents."

"Didn't you notice that you are the special case?" The black guy said after putting on his glasses, "You look like someone who does field work. Are you transferred from the field team?"

"Uh, what's the difference?"

"We are training diplomats here." The black guy said, "In a while, Earth is going to send an inspection team to each of the three empires. Although it is technical exchange, it also needs to collect intelligence. We are doing this."

The girl next to them also spoke after hearing their conversation: "I don't know what your teacher is thinking. Your body type can't sneak into the inspection team. People will know you are an agent at a glance."

Jason was a bit embarrassed. It turned out this was a spy class. But isn't Captain America a superhero? How could he teach spies here?

Jason didn't have time to think too much. Captain America in front had already started lecturing on the textbook. Soon Jason was attracted by all kinds of strange races in the universe, and unconsciously, a class passed.

After class, others left quickly. Captain America stood in front of the podium and called Jason over, smiled at him and said, "How is the adaptation?"

"It's okay. I think this course is very interesting, but I have a question. I absolutely have no offensive meaning, but why are you teaching this course?"

"Why can't it be me?" Captain America was curious instead. Looking at Jason's gaze, he seemed to have realized something, smiled helplessly and said, "Here, being a superhero is a part-time job for us. I always have to have a job, right?"

"Are you all like this?" Jason asked curiously.

"Most of them. Some kids who are still in school can take out more time to be superheroes, but adults who have left school mostly have two identities."

"No, I mean, do they all work in the agent group like you?" Jason paused, feeling that his question was a bit impolite, so he added, "I mean this is a bit inconsistent with the image of Captain America I heard. I thought you would be something like the spiritual leader of humanity."

Captain America really thought about it carefully before answering: "Personally, this job is not bad. The working hours are very regular, the salary is high, and I also enjoy various faculty and staff benefits, free coffee and donuts, etc."

"From the identity of Captain America, in the war years of the past, he was shaped by the US government as a synonym for American spirit. And the so-called American spirit, at least in that era, was still patriotism, striving, and creating a better future with one's own hands. I personally also agree with this value, so I am willing to serve as Captain America to help the government promote it."

"However, in the era when I slept on the seabed, some changes happened in this country. The US government obviously didn't think that I, who represented the spirit of that era, could continue to be a synonym for American spirit. They didn't want to use me for propaganda, and even thought that the existence of Captain America might interfere with the public's election tendencies, allowing conservatives to gain more benefits, so the image of Captain America naturally no longer appeared in the media on a large scale."

Jason listened very carefully, nodding while listening. To some extent, Captain America is more complex than anyone he knows, because he spent two eras in a peculiar state.

During World War II, he was the most famous superhero and the greatest hero in the hearts of the American people, but his glory came to an abrupt end. When he woke up again, the whole world was different.

Jason hadn't been in contact with long-lived people, but Captain America was different from them because Captain America moved forward in jumps. He skipped an era directly and entered the next one, infinitely close to traveling to the future. The psychology of such people is very worthy of study.

"I don't think the American spirit I promoted back then was a lie imposed on me by the US government. In that era, myself and many of my companions really managed to carry out that beautiful spirit. I don't feel that I was void back then."

"Starting from facts, I also accept that this identity and the spirit it represents are no longer suitable for the modern era, so I won't feel sad because the identity of Captain America fades out of people's vision."

"The identity of Captain America is no longer so dazzling, but I am still alive. I cannot keep holding onto the past and indulging in past glory, but should find new self-worth, so I accepted Nick's invitation to be responsible for Earth's diplomatic affairs, accumulated some experience from it, and can pass this experience on to young people."

"Currently, I feel satisfied with everything I have done, but I think I can do better. The teaching task is only phased. After Earth's interstellar diplomacy develops further, I think I will have more opportunities and can further establish my new career in this regard."

Jason felt that listening to Captain America speak was simply a kind of enjoyment, but at the same time he was a bit puzzled. Is Captain America a bit too skilled? How does it feel like he is very good at explaining his psychology to others?

Captain America seemed to see what Jason was thinking, smiled and said, "If you had done a psychological assessment once a week, you would also have such skills."

"Once a week, wouldn't it be too frequent?" Jason said, "This should be inconsistent with the practitioner's guidelines for psychologists, right?"

"Yes, but our doctor is a bit special. Once he is idle, he likes to do these things very much. Others will find it annoying, but I won't. I will try my best to exercise myself to clearly express my inner heart, and once better than once."

"Then he might be a bit too idle." Jason said.

"He'd better be idle." Captain America shook his head and said, "Doing a psychological assessment for me is better than doing it for a demon god or an abstract entity."

Okay, Jason thought in his heart, I have to see how well you have exercised, so he asked a sharp question.

"Do you think modern America doesn't deserve to have Captain America?"

It seemed that this question couldn't stump Captain America, or rather, he was too skilled. He had already figured out all the problems in his heart while repeatedly thinking about the answers to the psychological assessment.

"If it were the America that developed into the Golden Age under my influence back then that rejected me, I would feel that they betrayed me and abandoned me. But if it is this modern America that developed itself after I slept for 70 years that rejects me, I will only feel it is natural, because I didn't make any contribution to this era, just lying in the glacier and doing nothing."

"Those who work more get more, those who don't work don't get. Since I didn't make any contribution to the development of this era, it is natural for them not to accept me or forget me."

"Using my merits and demerits in the previous era to imagine what I might be able to do in the new era, and using this assumption to judge whether it is worthy or not, is a metaphysical fallacy."

"The fact is, what I could do in the previous era might not be done in the new era. In this new era of development and turmoil, I might not be as brilliant as the previous era. What capital do I have to feel that the new era is not worthy of me?"

Jason felt this point of view was very interesting. He said, "I heard that you defeated Hydra, the most evil organization in World War II. You must be very powerful. Even so, do you think that if you hadn't slept, you wouldn't necessarily have done better in the new era?"

"War and peace are two worlds, but I absolutely cannot say that the peaceful era must be better than the war era." Captain America was bolder than Jason expected, "Because the mainstream view now is to pursue peace. If someone says that the chaotic and turbulent war era is better than the peaceful era, then he will definitely be beaten into a terrorist."

But Captain America obviously had a different view. He said, "Back then, quite a few people did sacrifice. I don't just mean the United States, but on a global scale. The war brought great casualties, but it also re-established the world's pattern."

"In such an era, there are many opportunities for upward mobility. It is no exaggeration to say that the America of that era could really get rich with one's own hands. As long as you are willing to work hard, you can definitely be much better than your original situation."

"But now..." Captain America shook his head and said, "Sometimes I also understand. They no longer promote Captain America because the American spirit I represent can no longer be realized. Some people work hard to death, and there will be no changes."

"Class turmoil and class solidification." Jason thought for a while and said, "Each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and the expectations of people in different classes are always different."

"That's it." Captain America said, "If I really hadn't slept, the contribution I made in the previous era would have made it easy for me to become the upper class. Even if class solidification occurred later, at least I could live in luxury."

"But sometimes I think, when I see those people who can't make themselves better no matter how hard they work, can I really enjoy all that with peace of mind? If I feel guilty, what would I do?"

"Are you worried that you will become the culprit of chaos and turmoil?"

"I don't think I am such an extreme person, but I might want to help these people more. But you also understand that people cannot betray their own class. As a traitor to the class, I am afraid I won't have a good end."

Jason seemed to see a different future. Captain America didn't sleep, returned triumphantly like a hero, accepted the cheers of the people, and exchanged his reputation for wealth and status, making him live brightly.

But he is a profound and kind person. When he discovers the drawbacks of the next era, he will choose to stand up. But without war, his importance will decline, and the enemy he has to face is the entire upper class.

Those who once held him high can make him fall into the mud, and those who were guided by the government to love and pursue him can naturally also be bewitched, abandoning and betraying him.

So he felt that even if he entered the new era smoothly, what awaited him would not be a brilliant ending like the previous era. More likely, it would just be that old soldiers never die, and heroes grow old.

Every era talks about the contribution of every era. If he has such a status in the new era, then perhaps more people will feel that it is this former hero who is not worthy of the new era, and it is Captain America who has been abandoned by the era. ===== CHAPTER 2924 =====