American comics: Something is wrong with this superhero world

Chapter 40 A Change of Attitude

"I saw on the news that Captain America is dating Peggy Carter's niece, Sharon Carter."

Seeing that the beautiful driver looked like she had inside information, Xiao Xian quickly asked.

"Oh~ that's it, it's for the convenience of them dating and meeting, similar to the green gloves." The beauty blinked and said, "This way, even if someone takes a photo of them together, it won't be awkward."

"Ah, this." Xiao Xian's mouth twitched. This made it sound more like the entertainment industry. "You know a lot. What do you do? You don't work for a superhero company, do you?"

"I'm a reporter." The beauty blinked.

"Reporter? If you know that information, shouldn't you expose it?" Xiao Xian said in surprise.

"How is that possible? I don't want to commit suicide by shooting myself six times in the back at home. Many people know about this, but few dare to tell anyone. And even if I wanted to publish it, our editor-in-chief wouldn't agree. Peggy Carter is the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's easy for her to make a reporter disappear."

The beauty shook her head and said to Xiao Xian
"You can talk about this kind of news in private, but anyone who dares to say it in public should first consider whether they can bear the wrath of Peggy Carter."

"I thought it would be the anger of Captain America." Xiao Xian said in surprise.

"What's there to be afraid of, Captain America?" The beautiful woman laughed when she heard this, as if she had heard a funny joke.
"Don't be fooled by the propaganda on TV about how he is a commando in World War II, roaming the battlefield, and beating up the Red Skull. In fact, those are all scripts and propaganda. Captain America is just an ordinary superpower user, and he is not the strongest among superpower users. He has strength but no combat experience. A team of special forces can easily take him down."

"Ah, this." Xiao Xian's mouth twitched. How come this is different from the Captain America in his memory? This is the first time he has seen him become weak after turning evil.

However, Captain America's superpowers cannot protect against bullets. The Captain America in this world has become evil and corrupt. If it weren't for the movie version of Captain America's fearless fighting spirit and his hard-honed combat skills, it seems that he really might not be able to defeat a team of armed special forces.

Captain America's shield can bounce bullets back, but the shield is so small that it can't protect his whole body. In the movie version, Captain America dared to take this shield to the battlefield and carry a machine gun because he was prepared to make sacrifices. However, the Captain America in this world doesn't know that the shield actually has a taunt, and others must attack the shield first.

In the eyes of normal people, what's the point of holding such a small broken shield? Can't people just use a sniper rifle to shoot at the exposed body?

Ultimately it comes down to the fact that the direction of Captain America's evil transformation in this world is wrong. If his evil transformation is towards greed, world domination, etc., then his combat effectiveness should be improved. But if it is towards hedonism, laziness, fear of death, etc., then his combat effectiveness may indeed be weakened.

"Among the subjects of the super soldier serum experiment, Captain America was chosen as the publicity ambassador simply because he was the most handsome and had the best physique. There was a black super soldier who was sent to the front line, but because of his skin color and personality, his deeds were not publicized."

The beautiful reporter went on to reveal the information, telling Xiao Xian almost everything she knew.

"Ah, what about the story of the Arctic being frozen? Is that fake too?" Xiao Xian was not surprised by the black super soldier, after all, he had appeared in Falcon and the Winter Soldier. But Captain America's story of being frozen seemed unnecessary. Although it might give people a sense of heroic sacrifice, the battle was almost over at the time. Moreover, if Captain America had not been frozen, as the earliest superhero in the world, his popularity would have been much higher than it is now.

"Ah, that's true. Captain America was indeed frozen for a long time, but it wasn't because of the battle with the Red Skull. It was because the Arctic sightseeing cruise ship Captain America was on hit an iceberg and crashed. Everyone thought he was dead, and he was only discovered a few years ago."

The beautiful reporter drove into the parking lot of Osborne Company while talking.

"Here we are."

"Thanks. I'll call you when I'm done. Or maybe we can go to your house for dinner later. Tell me what else you know. I'm very interested."

Xiao Xian said to the beautiful woman with lingering feeling, when it comes to the source of information, reporters are indeed professionals. What is reported on the Internet? If Xiao Xian didn't know the motherland and read the online publicity and copywriting, he might really think that Superman is a kind-hearted person who is keen on charity.

"Hate~" The little girl covered her face with her hands, her face flushed red, not knowing whether she was shy or excited. After pretending to be shy, she immediately threw a coquettish eye at Xiao Xian and said, "I'm nearby, remember to call me."

"Definitely." Xiao Xian nodded. He was not sure about it before, but now he would definitely fight. After all, Xiao Xian still wanted to have a taste of the world's superheroes.

In the office, Ike saw his men bringing Xiao Xian in, and he gave Xiao Xian a big hug.
"Oh~ brother, I'm so glad to see that you're okay. I was so worried when I saw the news that you were killed by Spider-Man. We all stayed in front of the TV and prayed for you the whole time. I believe that you have super regeneration and it would not be so easy to die. Sure enough, we saw the news later that you were okay. My boss even called me to ask about you. We are all worried about you, man."

"Ah~ Thank you so much, brother." Although Xiao Xian didn't even believe the punctuation marks of what the other party said, he still pretended to be moved, hugged Ike and patted his shoulder.

After all, he is the boss of his boss at Oscorp, so he has to give him some face. Since the other party wants to act, Xiao Xian will play along with him. Anyway, Xiao Xian doesn't feel touched at all.

However, since Ike knew that he had signed a C-level contract, he had ignored me and wanted to cheat me because his boss hated him? Why did he suddenly feel like playing this kind of drama with me?

Although everyone is a veteran actor, this kind of scene does not require much energy and can just come up with the clichés, but for people who have no value, there is generally no need to act. After all, even if it doesn't take much energy, it still takes time.

"Let's talk later. The boss wants to see you. It seems that he wants to talk to you about the contract." Ike let go of Xiao Xian and congratulated him. "I think the boss is in a good mood. Maybe he wants to upgrade your contract level and arrange for you to debut as soon as possible. I congratulate you here first."

So it's here. Xiao Xian looked at Ike with a smile on his face and thought to himself, no wonder Ike's attitude towards him changed 180 degrees, it turned out that his contract level was going to be upgraded.

That's right. Before, Norman Osborn hated Xiao Xian because Xiao Xian had the same superpowers as Spider-Man. Now that Spider-Man has been sent to jail by Xiao Xian, there is naturally no reason for Norman Osborn to hate Xiao Xian. Maybe he is even quite grateful to Xiao Xian.

(End of this chapter)