Chapter 1930 Crazy Raving in the Name of the Father
Steve took Frank all the way to the place where he lived. This is considered a relatively private territory, even if it is inside Hydra, no one would be bored enough to come to such a place to find out his personal privacy. So it's still safe here, and after coming to such a safe place, Steve couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.
"You stay here for the time being, I'll get you some food and water. Take a break, and when the time is right, I'll send you out of here."
For Frank, Steve was showing great kindness. It's just that in the face of such kindness, Frank is not so willing to accept it. It was difficult for him to understand Steve's behavior. Even if he did have the guilt as Smith Zhou said, it shouldn't be enough to support his actions. Does he have other intentions? Or is this some new conspiracy?
Frank always kept this in mind, which made him full of resistance to Steve.
"Don't be hypocritical to me, Steve Rogers. Tell me the truth, why did you rescue me? Is it really out of guilt for my father, or is this another conspiracy of yours?"
"Not at all, child. I just think that the war of our generation should not involve your generation, that's all!"
With a long beard, Steve, who looked more and more like a leader, stopped his movements. He could hear that Frank was very defensive. If he didn't give him a reasonable explanation If so, then I'm afraid he will continue to fight against himself like this. This is a waste of his own opportunity and a waste of his time. And there is no time to accompany him to continue this nonsense, Steve immediately explained to him.
"First of all, you have to be clear that you have no actual value to us. The only relationship between us is that you are the son of Tony Stark, and there is a fundamental agreement between me and Tony. Unclear personal grievances. I am a little biased towards you for his sake. In fact, if you have known me and the things I have done, you should know that I let you live How rare it is to come out of there."
"Smith is not a man who likes to talk about forgiveness, and neither am I. It is pure luck that you survived, so why not accept the luck and live honestly?"
"Because I don't want to be betrayed by others, and I don't want you to stab me in the back like stabbing my father!"
Frank made a quick rebuttal, but this reply was not so much from his own point of view, but rather a grievance for his father.
The two biggest knots in his father's life are,
Betrayed by friends and betrayed by friends. Especially the latter, the grievances between the two can even be traced back to the previous generation.
As a son, Frank was not qualified to speak out about his father's personal grievances. But today, when he thought his father had passed away, he felt that he should give an explanation for this matter no matter what.
Asking Steve to pay for his betrayal may be a bit high, and it may not be possible for the time being. But he felt that at the very least, Steve should respond to his betrayal and explain the reasons for it.
This was the answer his father had always wanted to know, but he never had the chance to ask it out. And now that he has had contact with Steve and has such an opportunity, he should understand the answer as it should be.
"Why do you want to betray? Could it be that my father has something to do to you?"
"Does this have anything to do with you?" Steve could very keenly sense that Frank wanted to explore some secrets in his heart. As for such a secret, he obviously has no intention of making it public. So he asked back, and refused with a cold face. "You don't need to worry about betrayal. Believe me, you just need to rest for one night and leave here, so that you and I will no longer have any contact. And since there is no contact, then naturally there is no betrayal question."
"This is your answer? I'm really curious, if my father was here and asked you this, how would you answer him?"
Frank didn't care about Steve's refusal, he was still pursuing the answer relentlessly. For this, he even brought out his own father, just hoping to make Steve open his mouth. And the fact is true, if he is the only one who asks this kind of topic, then it is estimated that Steve will not open his mouth to say this question at all. And if, as his father, especially at this stage of his father's death, he asked this question again, it would be difficult for Steve to remain silent.
"Let's eat something first. We still have some time. We can talk about this kind of thing slowly."
He conveniently took out a fast-heating food from the refrigerator and stuffed it into the microwave. After thinking about it, Steve took out two cans of beer and a bottle of milk. The beer was for himself, and the milk was put in front of Frank.
"It's milk for stray cats, but don't worry, there shouldn't be any other problems except that it's about to expire. Wait a minute, okay..."
With a ding, the microwave automatically turned on, and Steve put a piece of mushy food in front of Frank, and as expected, he saw a look of disgust on his face.
"Sorry, but there is only this kind of food here. You should know that this is India, and it should be the most uninhabited place in the world. All humans, animals, and crops have been diseased, and countless people are starving Stomach, only a relatively small number of people can eat such a thing. So, don’t waste it. If you have a little patience, you will actually find that its taste is still acceptable.”
"What are these things?" Taking a spoon to scoop it up, Frank fished out a few fat sticks from it. This made him nauseous, and he even started to retch undisguisedly. For him who grew up in rich clothes and fine clothes, the worst thing he ever ate was a cheeseburger, it was an insult to food that such a thing could be called food. And naturally, he started to question angrily.
"Earthworms, dug out from deep under the surface, are still clean, or one of the few species in this land that has not been polluted by radiation. It is just one of the ingredients, believe me, don't look so ugly, in fact It's already the best looking."
"Hell, is this edible?"
Frank dropped the spoon directly. If Frank hadn't followed up, he probably would have thrown the bowl out. After Haoxuan didn't turn the so-called food into garbage, Steve gave Frank a reproachful look, and then solemnly put it back in front of Frank.
"If you don't want to eat it, please don't waste it. Didn't I tell you clearly enough, it's something like this, even in this city, not many people can eat it."
"Where is this?"
"Calcutta. Have you heard of this city?"
"Of course!" Frank began to sneer. "India's third largest city, during the British colonial period, this was the former capital of British India. And what surprised me is here, a city with a long history and a huge scale, now even a decent The food can’t even be brought out. Is Hydra’s rule really so miserable?”
"I know what you want to say. You think that in my capacity, I shouldn't eat something like this, right?"
"Isn't this what it should be? Human betrayal will only be because of a higher price, and if your betrayal is only in exchange for this kind of treatment, I really can't imagine why you chose to betray in the first place!"
"There are many kinds of price tags, and the so-called treatment is actually just one of the most insignificant ones. It's just that most people will choose it, so there are so many people who regard it as a measure. For me, It's not."
Shaking his head, Steve picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful from the sticky food, and put it in his mouth. Naturally, there is no need to say much about the taste, even if he is used to it now, he still can't help frowning when eating this kind of food. It is conceivable how terrible the taste of this thing is, and even with such a terrible taste, Steve still persisted and swallowed it into his stomach.
"As the leader of Hydra, I can indeed enjoy things that other people can't enjoy. For example, when others swallow this kind of food, I can have a good meal with red wine, even if the whole world is blocking India now, I You can still eat the top steaks and the most authentic French cuisine. But I did not choose to live this kind of life, because it is meaningless to me. In comparison, I would rather eat this kind of food that all ordinary people will eat stuff, because it tells me more."
"Kolkata is the sixth city rebuilt by Hydra on the land of India. As one of the key cities of the nuclear bomb attack, it is not so easy to complete the reconstruction work on the ruins of this city. I It took a long time to achieve this step. Even if it is rebuilt, it will not be so easy to restore it to a normal track."
"Food, water, daily necessities, everything is scarce. There are people who are starved to death every day, and in the case of the least lack of manpower, we have set it as a working meal in Kolkata, so that everyone in this city Anyone in the city who works for Hydra gets enough to fill their stomachs."
"I knew it wasn't enough, so I volunteered to eat the same thing as them. It's not a show, and I don't need a show, I just want to remind myself in this way that I need to do better, and I don't need to. It has to do better."
After saying this, Steve quickly stuffed the rest of the food into his mouth, and after he took a few sips of beer hard, he swallowed it reluctantly.
This made Frank frown, but soon, he sneered again.
"It sounds really touching, as if you really think about them. Then the question comes, Mr. Steve Rogers, what caused them to be like this today, what made them even such a piece of garbage They all regard it as a delicacy? Don’t tell me that you are not responsible for this, if it is not for your disaster, no matter how bad Indian food is, it will not be worse than what they eat today.”
"I admit that they are my fault today, and I have never thought I was innocent, let alone justified my actions. I know what I did, and I know that I and everyone in HYDRA are Can go to hell. But, if I had to choose again, I would still do it. Because this is just the beginning, boy. It's like surgery, without cutting off the goddamn rotten flesh, and not letting the whole human being There's no way they're going to get better when they're hurting so badly. It's all necessary and someone has to do it!"
"So, that's your reason, right? About betrayal?"
Frank was keenly aware of Steve's attitude, and he immediately asked back about it.
"Betrayal? This is actually just a label your father unilaterally put on me. Perhaps for him and his former partners, what I did was indeed a betrayal. But for me, it is not. You want You know, I am a person who has come through the war. My biggest dream is to build a world without wars, without struggles, and with only a bright future. Unfortunately, this is what your father and the others will never have. The result. So, I chose another path. The one that I think is feasible, and the only feasible path."
"You call this feasible?" Frank felt that Steve must be crazy. Because no lunatic would have such an idea at all. Whoever sees this desolation, whoever sees this doomsday-like scene. No one would think that this has any connection with the bright future that belongs to mankind.
War chaos, madness, deformity, alien species. The horror that Hydra has created in just a few years has even surpassed any terrible war in human history. And let them go on like this, then the extinction of human beings is just around the corner. If it is said that what Steve pursues is demise, the collapse and disintegration of the entire human race, then there is nothing wrong with him doing so. But what he pursues is completely opposite, and this is impossible to justify.
He couldn't imagine that his father's heartbreaking betrayal was just for such a crazy reason. And he, who wanted to fight for his father, even refuted it unceremoniously.
"If you're not crazy, then I'm crazy. Look at all you've done, sir, how can you connect them with a so-called bright future? Could it be that in order to whitewash your behavior, you can Are you falsifying the facts so casually?"
"This is just a process, and what I expect is the result. You haven't experienced war, and you can't know how horrible the process of war is. This is just normal, even if we don't do it, in the future, as long as human beings are not unified, Sooner or later something like that will happen. And that's what I'm thinking about, kid."
"Did you know? In the seventy years of ice, I was not completely asleep. Smith manipulated me to make me think clearly about everything about this world. Although these thinking things will be later are sealed away, but as time goes by, they will surface sooner or later."
"In it, I want to understand a lot of things. The most important thing is about human beings. Do you know what is the biggest difference in human beings? It is race, it is country, it is all the opposites and disunity in this world. As long as As long as these things exist, human beings will never stop this kind of internal struggle. However, technology is constantly advancing. Hundreds of years ago, people were still fighting with swords and guns, and only tens of thousands of people would die in a battle. During World War II, humans have learned to use guns to kill millions of their own kind. Now, we can do more with biochemical and nuclear bombs, and in the future, do you know if humans will use the kind that can destroy everything in an instant? weapons?"
"That's the one with no future, kid. As for me, the only thing I can do is now, use all means to prevent that future, and try my best to eliminate the existence of these opposites. And Your father, Stark. Unfortunately, he is one of these opposites. Although he is a hero in your eyes, but imagine without Hydra, without our actions. As a strong man Once he takes command of the U.S. government, what do you think he will be to the rest of the world?"
"A hero, or a villain, or an evil dictator? Don't rush to deny it. I know your father, and I think you know him too. You should be able to guess what he will do for the United States. He had expected me to join him in standing for America, and the truth is, as a war-weary veteran, I no longer wanted to fight for a country. But I had no choice but to Fight. So, I can only choose to destroy everything!"