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"Are you really not going to be Captain America anymore? I know it might be... abrupt to ask, but, you see, you represent the American spirit after all, Steve." Tony said to Rogers, who was sitting across from him. said.

They were having a party on the ground floor of the Stark Building, and everyone was enjoying the party, even Bucky, who was drinking alone, but Steve knew he was in a good mood, from his shaking Feet can be seen.

Except for Steve.

He and Tony are having a conversation.

"No, Tony. I really don't plan on being Captain America anymore."

"Well, I know I can't persuade you...but I still want to know, why?"

Steve Rogers' blue eyes looked at Tony Stark, to be precise, at the night scene outside the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him. People are celebrating with fireworks. The sight reflected in his pupils, Steve closed his eyes, and he smiled and said, "Captain America lives in a time that never existed, Tony. Back then, the government wouldn't hire madmen in fancy clothes and let them come. against your own people."

"In those days, everyone was well behaved. So was the world. Even the wicked were honorable. I wore our flag as a uniform and I wore it as a testament to my love for this country. But You know what, Tony? I found out that this country doesn't love me. She's not exactly the America I knew."

"I didn't know how to express my feelings, and for a while, I thought, even if she's gone bad, I'll continue to be Captain America, even if some people are using her name to do something impossible under that banner. It's the same thing about suing people."

Tony pursed his lips tightly.

Steve didn't stop, and he continued, "Let me tell you another thing, Tony, something I've never told anyone."

"We all know it was Frey Coulson who found me, right?" Steve's words sent Tony's heart shaking, as if it wasn't in his chest , but suspended at an altitude of 10,000 meters. His face paled, and Tony realized that what Steve was about to say next would likely shake things up.

"It was a mission. I was knocked out. Hydra wanted to turn against me. They gave a piece of evidence."

"I still remember how that military briefing was written."

"The briefing was this: 'We found Captain America, but after discussion, we decided not to free him. I don't understand that myself, but our staff and the president thought that if we were going to end WWII quickly, then Airstrikes on Guangdao and Changqi are inevitable. As a fighter of good character, morally blameless, and great strength, will Captain America stand in the way of this?'"

"'We don't know, no one knows. But the aide thinks that he may hinder the country by putting morality above military tasks. Is it correct for the government to make this assumption and see our heroes as burdens? I don't understand, but I'll enforce it. Even if I'm going to be convicted of it every day for the rest of my life. I'm a soldier.'"

"They didn't know if I would do it. But they didn't give me a chance to prove it, they just threw me in the sea of ​​ice...to die."

Steve's expression didn't change, he didn't even open his eyes, he still had a faint smile on his face, as if he was telling the story of another person.

"I remember a time when it was easy to be proud of 'this' country. When 'this' country could celebrate victories with loyal soldiers, and when 'this' country was still the homeland I remember. "

"But times are changing, aren't they, Tony? I'm an oldie. I find that the struggle gets darker,

The wars became even more vile, and when I went to the history section of the library and looked through our history books, I saw the unjust wars they waged...I understood one thing. "

"Those who think that they are noble, that they have sacred reasons, that their ideals can carry strength, responsibility, and responsibility, and that make us feel ashamed, what they do is even more despicable and shameful, making the most cruel murderers dwarfed. But At that time, I still believed in one thing."

"I know this government makes mistakes for granted, we're just a complex system run by mortals, and I'm still proud of her, and I'm still in love with her."

"Until Jack Richard's death."

"That was the first time I made up my mind and decided to thoroughly examine what went wrong in our country, allowing them to kill such a soldier who has served the country for many years. Then, I found out that this place is no longer what I knew before. That's America."

"I've fought all my life as a symbol, a right symbol. I'm a symbol of all the right sides of the country, the ones I love. And now they're trying to turn that symbol into a handy tool . . . Serving the political ends of this faction or that, I can see their never-ending chatter on the news and media..."

"At that time, I understood. Captain America was supposed to be dead. Or rather, he was already dead. Long before the American spirit he represented had turned into something filthy. Dead. Now you're talking to just a normal guy, just Steve Rogers."

Tony grabbed the arms of his chair, sinking into the wide armchair. The sound of fireworks outside was still loud, and the laughter of Sam and Rhodes in the hall seemed so harmonious, but Steve Rogers, who was sitting opposite him, was crying with his eyes closed.

Tony opened his mouth, he wanted to say something, and when the words actually came out of his throat, he realized that his voice was horribly hoarse: "I understand, Steve. I understand you."

"No, Tony. You can't really understand me. There's no one person in the world who can fully empathize with another person. I just wanted to say..."

He opened his eyes, with undisguised fighting spirit and fire in those eyes: "If she goes the wrong way, then I will pull her back. I will drive out all those who do ugly things in her name. Go out, I want them to repent forever for their crimes... At least, when our children read history books in the future, they will no longer be ashamed to find that their parents are a group of thick-skinned people with thicker skin than city walls, standing on their hands Bloody bastard."

Tony looked at him and he asked, "Are you sure you're going to do this? They'll erase any merit from you and make you a wanted criminal, a traitor."

"Aren't they already doing this?" Steve smiled indifferently, he took a red booklet from his arms and threw it to Tony: "Look at it when you have time, Tony. Now, I want to Go to the party."

He got up and left, Tony sat alone in this room, he touched his bald head, and looked at the booklet thoughtfully.