American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 280 Steve Awakens

Chapter 280 Steve Awakens

Iron Man's arrival broke the stalemate between Rune and Fury.

"Hello, I didn't expect you to arrive so early these past few days," Tony greeted them, a strange device in his hand.

He inserted it into Steve's medical hibernation pod.

"Are you sure this thing will work?" Rune asked.

"Of course!" Tony looked at Steve in the cabin and nodded. "We had similar contingency plans before, but this time Steve's injuries were too severe, so we had to redevelop it—fortunately, we didn't start from scratch, so it was completed in just one night."

Rune glanced at the obvious dark circles under Tony's eyes and nodded. It seemed Tony hadn't slept again.

"By the way, do you know when the next two universes will collide?"

“Of course,” Rune nodded, “it’ll be around sixty days from now, but that’s not an exact number. I think you should know that this arena has already held three rounds, and the remaining universes already know their situation, so—”

Tony took a deep breath. He knew what this meant, of course. The fact that the remaining universes had survived these three rounds of competition proved that they were not to be trifled with. It would not be surprising if the other side had some kind of magic that could interfere with prophecy. But the thought that one of the two universes would inevitably bear a heavy blood debt made him feel heavy-hearted.

"I understand." Tony turned to look at Steve. The transparent liquid that had been enveloping the man gradually turned light blue. Although he and Steve didn't get along, he was still eager to get Captain America's opinion—even though Steve was no longer Captain America.

Seeing Raven in her armor, Tony nodded. "Not bad, quite beautiful. So Fury asked me for nanobots yesterday to make a suit for you?"

"It's not just ravens," Rune continued, but Clark had already flown back.

"I heard you brought medicine that can cure Steve?" Clark seemed very excited. Today he not only got a suit of armor, but perhaps he would also see his teacher wake up again?

"Oh, so there's Clark too—" Tony glanced at Fury, who remained expressionless, but Stark had completely understood what the guy was thinking—the King of Agents wanted to bribe Clark.

Clark doesn't yet know the full extent of his power in this world, but Tony knows that, functionally, Clark not only possesses Colossus's steel body and superhuman strength from the X-Men, but also Cyclops's lasers and Angel's flight ability.

He possesses superhuman abilities such as Iceman's icy breath, X-ray vision, and super hearing. Furthermore, Clark's various superpowers have a high ceiling, and he can almost single-handedly handle all the tasks of a hero team except for healing.

What's even more commendable is that Tony could see Clark's golden heart, something even Rune couldn't match. Indeed, Rune had helped their world, but Tony still believed that, at least morally, Clark was far more noble than Rune.

It was precisely because he understood this that he and Steve concealed Clark's existence from S.H.I.E.L.D. A hero destined to bring hope to other humans like Clark absolutely could not become an agent under Fury. That would only bury Clark's talent.

[The person inside the ward has returned to normal and will awaken within ten minutes. Caregivers, please prepare accordingly.]

Fury glanced at the man inside the cabin, then smiled at Clark and asked, "What do you think of this suit?"

"Excellent, unexpectedly perfect!" Clark rolled around in the air with delight. "Even with the mask fully extended, it doesn't affect my heat vision or icy breath, and it's very comfortable to wear. It couldn't be more perfect."

snort!

Tony snorted. He was also preparing a suit for Clark, but Fury beat him to it. But just wait, he would show Fury what genius wisdom was and what it meant to come from behind and surpass others!

"Hello, Steve." Only Rune saw Steve's open eyes inside the pod, and then the medical pod began to drain fluid.

Rune waited until the drainage was finished before opening the hatch.

"Huff, huff, huff." Steve gasped for breath. The liquid he had just been in wasn't water, but a substance similar to amniotic fluid, which could provide oxygen and necessary nutrients to those who entered it to recover. The advantage of this was that the injured person could get enough nutrients without needing a feeding tube, but the disadvantage was that the injured person would have to relearn how to breathe after recovering.

It's like a baby leaving the womb.

Clark and Rune helped Steve up, while Stark took a picture of the wolf-fox-like Steve. Steve glanced at Stark and asked with difficulty, "Did we... succeed?"

Stark put away his phone, then took a deep breath: "Unfortunately, your plan failed. We have to kill Earth in another universe." —Hand.—

"What?" Stark leaned closer, listening intently to Steve's murmured words.

"I said—" Steve looked up, his eyes filled with tears, "I said, we are all soldiers—"

He broke down in tears in front of Stark, Fury, Clark, and Rune. It's hard to imagine how much this operation affected him. Seeing such a hero cry is just too heavy a burden.

Clark looked at his teacher helplessly. Fury and Stark remained silent, only leaning over to whisper comforting Steve.

Rune pulled Clark and Raven outside, leaving the others inside for a while.

After a while, the three people inside came out. Apart from his slightly red eyes, Steve looked like he had been crying.

"Thank you so much for your help—" Steve said gratefully, having learned from Stark about the roles Rune, Clark, and Raven played in the incident.

"You're welcome." Rune accepted Steve's thanks without hesitation. He did destroy the cancerous universe for profit, but Rune also paid a considerable price for it. Raven, on the other hand, shyly hid behind Rune, feeling that she hadn't done anything wrong.

Clark, on the other hand, clearly thought of Rune's blind eyes, and of Spider-Man who had protected the citizens alongside him. He thought of many things, but couldn't put them into words.

"I only did a little bit," Clark said finally. He knew he had chosen to run away from the trolley problem and didn't think he deserved Steve's thanks, but Steve seemed to know everything and patted Clark on the shoulder.

"No, what you did is something everyone should learn from."