Chapter 3694

This might be a bit unexpected. Eddie rubbed the area under his nose lightly with his finger and said: "I found an old photo from the military's declassified files from the last 20 years."

After speaking, he handed his gift box to Steve. Steve unwrapped the ribbon on it, and then was stunned. He saw a photo that made him feel a bit strange.

This is a group photo, everyone in it is a young man in military uniform, about more than half a squadron. He and Peggy were both in it, only at that time he was not such a strong cyborg, but a greenhorn who had just entered the military camp. He almost forgot what he looked like at that time.

Photography technology was not that good in that era, most of the old photos were very blurry, but the one in his hand was very clear. So clear that Steve could almost match the people in the photo with someone in his memory in an instant, remembering what they had done and what stories they had between them.

"Have you restored this photo?" Steve asked.

"Yes. I have to admit it was a bit difficult. Because the photo itself was blurry, and the version released by the military compressed the image quality. After zooming in, I adjusted it point by point. The effect is not bad, right?"

Steve's expression was complex, his face full of emotion, but he still hugged Eddie and said: "Thank you for being willing to do this for me."

Just as he wanted to put the photo away, he found a phone number on the back of the photo. Eddie continued: "Very fortunately, some of these people lived through the war just like you, and lived to be 100 years old. I tried to find this person's address and phone number, and called him in advance. He said he was willing to talk to you."

Steve's eyes lit up, he looked at the photo and asked: "Who is it? Who lived until today? Could it be Big Bill? Or Randy who likes to wear green long boots?"

"His name is Eshan Hobidick, he is this person in the photo." Eddie pointed to him and said: "According to him, he was your roommate for a period of time."

"Oh, my God, it's this guy." Steve smiled helplessly and said: "He was my upper bunk, I don't know how many times he was punished to stand on his head because he couldn't wipe his leather shoes clean. So this is his phone number?"

"That's right. He has some minor health problems, but he is still healthy. His wife is two years older than him, but she is still alive. Now they both live in a nursing home in Wisconsin, and the youngest great-granddaughter was born this year."

Steve hurriedly took out his phone and dialed according to the number.

"Hey! It's me, Al! Can you still recognize my voice?"

"God! It's really you, you really... you really called?! I thought the kid who called me that day was lying to me... God, how could I not recognize your voice. Every time we checked the internal affairs, you were the one who shouted for us to get up. I will never forget your voice in my life..."

Steve laughed loudly, patting his knees. He chatted with his old comrade for a while, and agreed to go see him in Wisconsin after his birthday, and it would just happen to be his little great-granddaughter's birthday.

Originally Steve was a bit sentimental when he got the photo, but now he is completely happy. He excitedly patted the armrest of the sofa and said: "I really didn't expect that there are still people alive among the old buddies back then. You don't know, I wasn't the popular Captain America at all at that time. On the contrary, my four enlistment applications were all rejected, and if it weren't for the lack of people in the end, I wouldn't have been able to enter the military camp."

"But people at that time were very simple, everyone went to the army because they wanted to serve the country. Not only did no one bully me in the military camp, but everyone was helping me. The time spent training in the military camp was very tiring, but it can be said to be the second best time in my life..."

"What was the first best?" Eddie asked, "Let me guess, was it after little Rogers was born?"

Steve nodded while laughing, and then sincerely lamented: "This gift is simply great, I really didn't expect that I would still have the opportunity to chat with my old partners. Actually, I asked Nick how the group of people back then were doing after I came back. But he didn't tell me anything."

"I must defend myself on this." Nick sighed and said, "The group of people under my jurisdiction basically all died. Even if I told you, you could only go to sweep their graves. And the military side kept the fact that you accepted human transformation a secret, and it was impossible to tell me the details. If it weren't for the declassification period, they wouldn't have released this photo, let alone let you know that there were comrades still alive."

"I completely understand you." Steve patted his shoulder and said, "I know many survivors didn't get very good treatment. The military was worried that I would go find them, learn some truth from their mouths, and then go against the military. I guess they didn't expect that there happened to be someone who lived to be 100 years old among them. I will definitely have a good chat with him when I go over this time. It's never too late to take back what belongs to you."

"Eddie, I must thank you for giving me such an opportunity." Steve turned to Eddie and said, "I might have to trouble you with one more thing, because I'm not good at this myself. Can you help me find the whereabouts of my comrades back then? Even if they have all passed away, it's fine if I can find their descendants."

"I will try my best." Eddie said.

Then it was the turn of Wanda and Jarvis sitting next to Eddie. Wanda obviously didn't have much confidence. She looked at Jarvis, stuck out her tongue and said: "I thought everyone would only send some ordinary gifts, so I only prepared the very ordinary kind..."

Steve just wanted to comfort her, but saw Wanda wave her hand, and a large box more than two meters long, wide, and high fell into the center of the base hall. Everyone looked at the huge gift box in a daze.

"I remember you complained before that not only are infant products expensive now, but the quality is also uneven. And little Tommy is allergic, many bought infant products were found to be allergic after one use and could only be thrown away. So I specifically prepared this."

Wanda walked over and knocked on the box. The lid of the gift box popped up and disappeared like an animation, followed by the four walls falling down. Whoosh—countless infant products rushed out like a tsunami, directly burying the few people who were walking towards the box.

"I prepared all the infant products little Tommy needs from 16 weeks to 6 years old, and each one was disassembled by me with my ability, then the harmful substances that might cause allergies were removed, and then restored to their original state. There is absolutely no possibility of causing allergies, and the quality is also very good. I did this when I took care of my two sons, guaranteed no problem!"

"My God." Steve couldn't help but exclaim sincerely. Not to mention how Scarlet Witch used her power to transform the goods, just the quantity of these infant products is enough to be amazing. Steve casually took a pack of diapers and found that it was the brand-name goods sold in supermarkets, which was not cheap at all. And here, just this kind of diapers could be stacked into a small mountain. Let alone for his son, even if he had a second child, it would be enough.

Carter also struggled to dig herself out of the ocean of diapers, drew a cross on her chest and said: "You shouldn't be called Scarlet Witch, you should be called Mother God! You really helped a lot!"

After speaking, she excitedly rushed up and kissed Wanda, then gave Steve a wink. Steve also walked up and hugged Wanda. Wanda revealed a bright smile, then pointed to Jarvis and said: "Don't forget him, he paid for it."

The two hugged Jarvis separately. Wanda tidied up the living room again, put the things back into the box, and then sent the box to Steve's house, and also used magic to help them organize all the items and put them into the nursery and utility room.

"I have never envied a magician so much." Carter lamented sincerely, "This is real magic!"

"You don't know how expensive it is to raise a child, Wanda really helped me a lot." Steve said.

Shiler calculated in his heart. The Rogers couple are really the lowest-income group among them. Both of them basically receive salaries at S. H. I. E. L. D. S. H. I. E. L. D.'s salary is not low, and there are some employee guarantees, but it is at most enough for them to be middle-class.

Their family's main source of income is actually the remuneration Steve received for participating in various government propaganda activities as Captain America. With this part of the money, they can live a wealthy and comfortable life in Manhattan.

Of course, the premise is not to have children. Once this child is born, no matter how much money is not enough to spend. When Carter gave birth, the situation was not very good, and the child stayed in the incubator for a period of time, even with insurance, it almost spent all their family savings. The reason why Steve worried about infant products was that he needed to consider cost-effectiveness—too expensive to afford, cheap ones are not good to use, he could only pick and choose in the middle part, spending time and energy to distinguish good from bad, to reduce expenses.

What's more, they are novice parents, and their work is relatively busy, even if they try their best to pick, it is inevitable to spend money wrongly. This led to their current financial situation belonging to being stretched. If it weren't for the copyright fee paid by the company representing the image of Captain America for the latest quarter, the two of them would have to go to S. H. I. E. L. D. to advance their salaries.

The newborn gift package sent by Wanda perfectly solved the pain points of their lives. In fact, money is secondary, allergies are the real life-threatening thing, solving this problem is really helping a lot.

Wanda pulled Carter aside and began to explain to him how to use some newborn products. Steve looked at Peter. Peter snapped his fingers and said: "Look at what I brought you, Captain. It's definitely a surprise!"

Steve took the box in Peter's hand, opened it and took a look, and let out an exclamation. He took the things out of it and stretched them out, and everyone realized that this was a brand new Captain America uniform.

"This was made by me and Gwen, using the most advanced nanotechnology in the world. You can try it on, I guarantee it's better than you think."

As the only person who had touched this uniform, Steve seemed to have noticed a few differences. He took the uniform to the back to change, and when he came out, he opened his mouth and said: "This is amazing, I can't even feel the existence of the clothes. It's like... it's like I'm not wearing a uniform at all..."

"That's not all." Peter said with a smile. He handed his phone over, pointed to the screen and said: "Look at this, you can choose the style on it yourself, just like choosing a game skin. From now on, you can wear this one piece of clothing to deal with all occasions..."

Steve took it and looked at it, then said even more surprisingly: "Wait, why are there shirts and suit pants? Can this uniform turn into casual wear?"

"That's right!" Peter nodded and said, "This is a nano-recombination technology. According to the different arrangement of nano-components, it disguises the texture of different clothes. Even if you observe it at close range or touch it, there will be no flaws, and it can perfectly satisfy all daily needs with one piece of clothing."

(End of chapter)