Chapter 212 Weak, pitiful and helpless
Under the temptation of eternal youth and eternal beauty.
Pepper accepted Leon's gift without much hesitation.
Then she flew in the sky for most of the day, enveloped by golden energy, and was still in high spirits.
It was not until it was getting dark that he flew back to Los Angeles with Tony.
It turns out that Pepper is indeed very adaptable.
Just like the last time he received Tony's serum enhancement.
In just two nights, Pepper became familiar with the application of photon energy.
The price was that Tony turned into a battle-damaged version of himself with a pale face and sunken eyes, which he hadn't seen for a long time.
Of course, the price also includes the mansion built on the cliffs along the coast of Los Angeles.
In two nights, the mansion was reduced to rubble.
"You have no idea how crazy Pepper is right now."
On the morning of the third day, Tony complained to Leon on the projection phone.
"She actually wanted to hold me and fly in the clouds, and she wouldn't allow me to wear armor!"
"I think we made a wrong decision, Leon, Pepper... Hey, hey! Stop, Leon is still here, don't... Oh! No!"
In the projection on Lyon's side.
The last scene is Tony being pulled out of the camera by a glowing arm that appears in the frame and hanging up the call.
"This..." In the Brooklyn apartment, Leon and Wanda beside him looked at each other.
Wanda is here today to give feedback on the progress of her chaos magic training.
Tony's complaint came and ended hastily.
The two people sitting opposite each other seemed to be able to imagine Tony's painful and happy scene in Los Angeles thousands of kilometers away at this moment.
“Well.” Leon broke the silence, “They… probably went to grab grapes. Grapes in Los Angeles are a bit expensive recently.”
Wanda looked at the blank projection, her cheeks slightly reddened: "I, I think so too."
But she obviously didn't think so.
Because Leon could clearly hear Wanda's heartbeat gradually accelerating.
There was silence between the two for a few seconds.
Leon looked at Wanda’s slightly dazed profile, and suddenly said: “Wanda, do you feel that… the price of grapes in New York has also increased in the past few days?”
This perfect atmosphere and heartbeat range made him feel that he should do something.
"Ah?" Wanda didn't understand what Leon meant for a moment.
But when she turned her head and met Leon's gaze.
My heartbeat, which had slightly quickened due to my imagination of the scene on Tony's end, suddenly skipped a beat.
"What, what do you mean?" She subconsciously avoided his sight, her expression evasive like a frightened rabbit.
But the more she dodged, the closer Leon got to her.
As the distance closed, Wanda completely panicked.
She could even hear her own heartbeat, which was so fast that her breathing quickened.
And Leon could hear it too.
Those hurried sounds completely exposed Wanda's condition to Leon.
At this moment, super hearing suddenly became like mind reading.
He followed the sound of his heartbeat and approached Wanda: "I mean, do you want to..."
"Ah, sorry!" Without giving Leon a chance to finish, Wanda suddenly closed her eyes and interrupted loudly.
She waved her hands wildly, as if she wanted to drive Leon away, or as if she wanted to drive away all the thumping sounds.
This girl always has a melancholy air about her on weekdays.
At this moment, he suddenly became smart.
It was as if a girl who had died long ago due to suffering had been resurrected in her heart.
Pulled out of some grave by the thumping of my heart,
Unprepared for something sour and sweet.
She stood up with her hands covering her ears, her fair face flushed, and she ran towards the door in panic.
He even tripped over the sofa.
But after she fell down, she immediately stumbled to her feet with her hair disheveled, and continued to run away.
"I just remembered that it's my turn to cook today. I have to go back quickly!"
Wanda's voice was accompanied by the sound of the door closing as she escaped from the apartment, even using chaos magic to speed up.
But every beat of that heart was filled with panic.
There was no let-up until Wanda got back to her apartment.
Leon could even hear Wanda throwing herself on the bed, covering her head with the quilt, and rolling around making strange noises.
His super hearing combined all these subtle sounds and painted a vivid picture in his mind.
Then the painting was quickly blocked.
A barrier of chaos magic obscured his hearing in an embarrassing way.
Apparently Wanda had discovered everything.
"This...super hearing thing shouldn't be considered as peeping." Leon suppressed his hearing awkwardly.
……
For three days, Tony was in pain and happy, and Pepper was always happy.
Captain Marvel, who has lost her extraordinary powers, is always immersed in pain.
Her suffering was multifaceted.
The day after being handed over to the United Nations, Carol was publicly tried.
The trial of a case by an international tribunal generally requires a long period of preparation, and some longer trial processes may even take a full year.
But Carol's act of treason this time earned her preferential treatment in terms of time.
Tony submitted sufficient evidence chain that day, and with the unanimous consent of all members of the court, the trial began the next day.
The entire trial process will be broadcast live to the public.
Under the watchful eyes of all mankind, Carol was sentenced to life imprisonment for serious crimes endangering human safety.
She was transferred to the Raft prison that same day.
During the escort, every time she showed up, she was surrounded by countless hostile eyes.
Among the crowd of onlookers, from adults to children, everyone glared at her.
Even during the handover, she was assassinated twice.
The killer burst out from among the police officers.
One shot with a gun, and the other got close and stabbed with a knife.
Carol was seriously injured before he was taken to prison.
She had no choice but to be transferred to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.
But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble.
After ensuring her life was safe, the escort team set off again.
When Carol was imprisoned in the Raft prison, he was almost dying.
But the physical pain is secondary.
Being hostile to the whole world along the way.
The pressure faced.
Her spirit had already reached the brink of collapse.
Carol looked dazed.
Her once beautiful hometown is now like hell to her.
It seemed as if the whole world was her enemy and everyone hated her.
Upon entering the prison, she meets Nick Fury, an old friend who is locked in a transparent room.
She saw him and he saw her.
Carol was a little excited at that moment, thinking that she at least had the support of a friend.
But who would have thought that Nick Fury would rush up immediately after seeing her and slap the wall of the transparent room hard.
"Carol! How could you let those Super Skrulls escape! How could you do that!"
Nick Fury's eyes were red. He believed that it was Carol's interference that distracted Superman and caused him to let the most dangerous Super Skrull go.
"Nick...no, I, I just..." Carol was speechless.
Unexpectedly, even her last old friends were questioning her.
At this moment, Carol really felt that the world was collapsing.
Even the air she breathed into her lungs seemed filled with the world's malice towards her.
The huge impact made Carol feel dizzy.
Her lips trembled, her eyes went dark, and she completely lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, she was locked in a transparent cell.
The guards around her also looked at her with disgust and hatred.
I heard that at the moment she was sentenced to be imprisoned in the prison "The Raft".
The "Raft" prison guard application system was instantly overwhelmed by the influx of applicants, overwhelming the server and causing it to crash.
Most of the guards in this prison now are humans who have been harmed by the Skrulls, or relatives of those humans.
They watched her.
Even without doing anything extra.
But his eyes seemed to say that all the harm suffered by the Skrulls would be blamed on her.
Carol curled up and trembled like a little animal. Finally, she couldn't help but ask herself what she had done before.
