Chapter 888: Starry Splendor (30)

When Captain America's figure appeared outside the base door, everyone was stunned. Night Thrasher reacted first and exclaimed: "Captain America?! Are you... are you Captain America?!

"My God!

"Microbe's voice was even a bit shaky. He said: "You are the living Captain America! They said you didn't die, said you came back, but I have never seen... God, am I hallucinating??!"

Speedball's mouth was wide open, unable to close for a long time. He stood beside the cabinet, and the vast majority of the figures in the cabinet were Captain America figures he had collected at a high price.

The others in the team didn't know how many times they had envied his collection, and now, Captain America himself appeared before him.

"Captain America!

You... you... I mean, why did you come here? Before, we wanted to apply for the Avengers, but they said they weren't recruiting now. I really dreamed of seeing you. Can you give me an autograph?!"

Speedball excitedly began to rummage for paper and pens in the drawer under the cabinet, then flew across the crowd and rushed to Captain America, wanting to ask for an autograph.

But at this moment, Steve was not as robust, brave, and full of vitality as the figures on the cabinet. On the contrary, he was very exhausted now.

Even through the mask, Speedball could see that he seemed to have suddenly aged. Beneath the still youthful appearance, the vicissitudes of his soul were gradually revealed.

"We'll talk about the autograph later." He spoke, his voice no longer so clear, but a bit hoarse. He said: "I came to find you because I want to ask one thing, regarding Spider-Man's death."

The enthusiastic atmosphere in the base stagnated for a moment. But Speedball seemed to have suddenly erupted. He threw the notebook in his hand to the ground and said: "Spider-Man! Spider-Man! The whole world is paying attention to Spider-Man!

Why doesn't anyone come to pay attention to us?!

!"

"Clearly we are also heroes fighting crime! We were also injured during the explosion!

!" Speedball's tone was like sharp metal scratching across a wall. When he spoke, the veins on his neck were clearly visible, and his eyeballs were bulging outward, obviously angry to the extreme.

"Everyone is attacking us! Everyone is sympathizing with Spider-Man! Is it just because he died?! Why can't that group of people think about problems clearly?! We are all superheroes! We all want to do good things, why is he the only good person! And we all became bad people?!

"Calm down." Steve spoke up: "I came to find you, not to discuss this problem. I just want to know, when the explosion happened, did you see any suspicious people?"

Speedball used the pen in his hand to poke the table hard, trembling all over, and said: "What suspicious people!

Are you trying to say that we are suspicious people?!

You also want to say that it was us who killed Spider-Man!

Microbe walked up, tugged at Speedball's arm, and comforted him: "Calm down, the Captain is just here to investigate, he won't misunderstand us..."

But Speedball had already collapsed. He shook off his teammate's arm hard, leaned on the table with one hand, swayed, and said with a crying voice: "I just wanted to be a superhero, I didn't want to hurt anyone at all! I just wanted to catch those criminals, I didn't want to cause an explosion, and I didn't want to kill Spider-Man..."

"We all know this." Night Thrasher walked up, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "You should go back and rest for a while."

After saying this, he gave his teammates a look. Squirrel Girl pulled Speedball away, letting him stay in the lounge next door alone.

Night Thrasher was calmer than Speedball. He walked up to the Captain and said: "I am very sorry, we really just wanted to pursue those criminals, but we indeed didn't have the ability to seriously investigate these criminals, which led to the tragedy."

"If possible, I will represent the New Warriors team and give his family a humanitarian compensation."

"As for suspicious people..." Night Thrasher frowned and said: "I don't know what's going on, but at that time, we saw more than one Spider-Man. That's right, there were many Spider-Men..."

"Their outfits were a bit different, and even their genders were different. But they all had the same spider compound eyes and could all shoot webs. I don't know if they count as suspicious people..."

"Oh, by the way, there seemed to be two people in the distance... I don't know if they were other Spider-Men..."

"I hope you can send someone to go to that chemical plant with me to describe the situation at that time. I suspect Spider-Man's death wasn't that simple. Someone manipulated all of this behind the scenes."

Steve pursed his lips. His hand holding the shield trembled slightly. He said: "You might think you are living in a peaceful era, but in fact, the shadows have never left us..."

"Microbe, you accompany the Captain." Night Thrasher said to Microbe. Microbe nodded and was just about to follow Steve when Speedball rushed out of the room and said: "I'm going too!"

"I will prove to you that we aren't the murderers! That was just an accident!" Speedball shouted at the top of his lungs again.

Others also felt a bit of a headache. Night Thrasher could only walk up and whisper to Steve: "Sorry, many people on the internet are attacking us. Speedball has a bad temper, and his mental state is not very stable right now..."

"It doesn't matter, if he wants to follow, let him come." Steve didn't seem to want to say much to them, just shook his head, and then turned to walk out.

Finally, Night Thrasher, Microbe, and Speedball all sat in the car heading to the chemical plant.

The journey was silent. Steve didn't have any intention of speaking at all, and the others also discovered that the wise and mighty Captain America in their hearts could also feel exhausted and sad.

Speedball in the back seat clenched his fists tightly. When looking at the scenery outside the car window, he finally couldn't help but bite his teeth and start sobbing in a low voice. Microbe patted his back and comforted him in a low voice.

Night Thrasher in the passenger seat also had a very bad complexion. During this period of time, they had been under tremendous pressure.

Everyone hoped they would stand up and apologize, but Night Thrasher could only apologize to Captain America in private and express his willingness to compensate. But he couldn't stand up and admit his mistake to the public, because if he did that, the team would collapse.

Speedball's psychological quality was the worst among everyone, but it didn't mean the others were much better. They were just a group of young people, just like all young people now: sensitive, confused, and at a loss.

When facing huge pressure, everyone was holding their breath. Once one person collapsed, the others would definitely collapse one after another. Night Thrasher was unwilling to give up the team he had spent so much effort to build.

The sound of Speedball's crying in the back seat made Night Thrasher close his eyes in pain, gripping his weapon tightly.

He had to admit that even if they could only bite the bullet and refuse to admit their mistake, the way Spider-Man died that day still made everyone feel uncontrollable guilt.

That was a young, vibrant life just like them. When he passed away so tragically, besides guilt, they also felt deep fear.

Just as the few people in the New Warriors team were lost in their own thoughts, a "Screech" of braking came, and the car flew out spinning. Before hitting the utility pole by the road, several people jumped out of the car.

Captain America dragged Night Thrasher, Microbe brought the dazed Speedball, and several people from the New Warriors team almost crawled out of the car. The next second, the car exploded.

Panic completely filled their hearts, but the battle-hardened Steve gripped his shield tightly, watching vigilantly at the two figures appearing at the end of the road.

It was a man and a woman, a pair of twins, looking very similar, with blonde hair fluttering in the wind. However, when they activated their abilities, their eyes shone with a bright light, like wolves slowly approaching in the dark.

"Captain America Steve, Baron Strucker sends his regards." The sister among the Fenris Twins spoke first, and then the brother also said coldly: "Obstacles had better get out of the way quickly. What we want is the lives of the few people behind you. They saw things they shouldn't have seen."

"It really is you, Hydra!" Steve gritted his teeth, gripped his shield tightly, and said: "Did you kill Spider-Man?!"

Two cold snorts sounded, and several streams of light flashed. Steve threw his shield directly. With a "Bang", it blocked a shockwave, while the other shockwave plowed along the edge of the road.

"Speedball, run!

"Night Thrasher shouted. But the next second, he froze for a moment, then shook his head vigorously, his chest heaving violently.

The light in the eyes of the brother among the Fenris Twins flashed, revealing a cold smile. And at this time, Steve, in order to deal with the air cannon of the sister among the Fenris Twins, had to hold his shield to block.

He stared at the invading enemy, turned his head slightly, and said to the three people of the New Warriors team: "Go quickly, they want to kill you, leave here quickly, I'll hold them off!"

"Captain, I'll help you!" Microbe, the most stable in the team, joined the battle.

However, as a mutant, Microbe, like other mutants, possessed powerful abilities but hadn't read many books. Although he could communicate with bacteria, all he could do was make the opponent feel nauseated or suffer from some bacterial infection diseases.

These abilities would produce great power if used for a long time, but in the short term, they weren't suitable for defending against enemies. After he joined, Steve had to be distracted to protect him, and after Night Thrasher joined the battle, this situation became even worse.

These young heroes of the New Warriors team had powerful strength but lacked sufficient tactical brains. They didn't think at all about how to cooperate with the most experienced Captain America, but fought however they wanted, hoping others would cooperate with them.

To deal with the powerful Fenris Twins, Steve was already stretched thin, occasionally receiving interference from teammates, and soon he was a bit left-handed and right-handed, having to retreat step by step.

Just then, he saw Speedball, who was standing at the very back of the team, fall to the ground, twitching constantly, clutching his own throat.

The eyes of the brother among the Fenris Twins became brighter and brighter. Steve, who was in the middle of the battle, dodged an air cannon, rolled to the side, and threw his shield to attack the opponent.

But just then, he heard a savage roar from behind, followed by the sound of something breaking through the air. Night Thrasher shouted:

"Speedball is controlled!

! They have psychic abilities!

In a split second, Speedball, accelerated to the extreme, crashed into Captain America, who was holding his shield, from behind.

The extreme speed and power, as well as the control over the energy kinetic field, gave his fist extreme destructive power.

With a "Bang", the fist pierced through his chest. Steve widened his eyes, seeing his own blood spraying out from his chest.

A painful expression flashed by, and his vitality gradually faded away.

The strong arm holding the shield hung down powerlessly, and then he slowly knelt to the ground. The blood-stained shield rolled out a distance along the road and slowly landed in front of the Fenris Twins. ===== CHAPTER 889 =====