Ultraman Noah from Marvel

42. Steve, who awakened prematurely

On an ordinary morning, a series of urgent knocks on the door woke Ji Yuan from his dream.

I checked the time; it was already 9:30.

"The higher the level of evolution, the more it seems to like sleeping."

Yawning, Ji Yuan opened the door in his slippers, where Steve stood looking troubled.

Ji Yuan heard Steve's intense inner struggle and said with a smile, "Come in, Steve. It seems you've run into some trouble again."

Steve sighed and slowly sat down on the sofa, looking somewhat resigned to his fate.

Ji Yuan didn't ask any further questions, but instead called out, "Xiao Bai, go make some breakfast. Oh, and make a lot, I think the captain has a much bigger appetite than me."

The little white creature, hovering in the air, twitched its two corners as if nodding, then darted into the kitchen.

Steve, sitting on the sofa, stared wide-eyed, looking somewhat comical. He asked, "This...this is a cloak? You're making him cook?"

Steve wondered if he was seeing things because he was so upset.

Ji Yuan sat on the sofa, squinted his eyes and smiled: "I am a magician, so it's reasonable for me to have a magical assistant, right?"

Steve paused for a moment, then nodded: "Yeah, that makes sense."

Soon, an enticing aroma wafted from the kitchen, and under its influence, Steve, who hadn't eaten breakfast, started to feel his stomach rumbling.

When the fragrant rice porridge, the tempting fried eggs, and the beef patties were placed on the table, the various aromas mingled and filled Steve's nostrils. The smell of the food seemed to wash away some of the worries in Steve's heart, and he began to eat heartily.

As he swallowed the first mouthful of porridge, his eyes lit up, and he praised, "If you ask me, the chefs at S.H.I.E.L.D. can't compare to your magic cloak's cooking skills at all. This is food fit for humans."

After they had finished eating, Ji Yuan asked, "Steve, what problem are you facing? I can sense that you are very unsettled."

Steve, half-lying down, seemed unconcerned about having just eaten breakfast. He said with some discomfort, "I've discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been hiding the truth. They've gone against Howard and the others' original intentions in creating this organization, and it's completely contrary to my beliefs."

"Tell me what you've discovered," Ji Yuan said.

Steve rubbed his head, looking extremely agitated. He said with distress, "I spent a lot of time looking at the history of S.H.I.E.L.D. and what Howard left behind, and discovered that S.H.I.E.L.D. has always been sacrificing the lives of a small number of people in exchange for the safety of the majority."

"Furry is monitoring everyone he deems unstable, even nipping them in the bud, including me, which goes against the principles of freedom and individual rights."

"He's even hiding the truth about some things, controlling the direction of public opinion, and deliberately keeping it from me, as if he doesn't want me to know what it is. I don't know what to do now."

Steve's expression turned extremely painful. Countless recurring nightmares had never made him feel this bad. His ideals had been denied by the organization he had once been loyal to, which was also his original intention.

Ji Yuan understood Steve's feelings. This was a clash between ideals and reality. For someone who had only recently awakened from the last century, this was undoubtedly unacceptable, especially since Captain America's creation was based on ideals; he was a symbol of idealism.

Captain America's philosophy is to uphold freedom and justice even in the face of power and injustice, and to always fight for the weak.

Fury's philosophy is one of absolute rationality, maintaining global security through necessary evils, and it leans towards utilitarianism, believing that sacrificing a minority can save the majority.

It's a parental style of "I'm doing this all for your own good," but they never ask if others agree.

However, in reality, many disasters on Earth are caused by S.H.I.E.L.D., which is quite absurd, as if I am the savior but you don't care how the disasters happened.

For a hero like Captain America, who was born from idealism, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s philosophy was almost the complete opposite.

Ji Yuan decided to add fuel to the fire. In fact, it has always been the same people who save the world and the same people who sacrifice themselves. If that's the case, then why does there have to be some so-called organization hanging over our heads instead of being a tool in our hands?

As an idealist and a hero who later rejected the Sokovia Accords, Steve could easily have been the leader of this team. S.H.I.E.L.D. is good at using others, but it can also be used by them.

"Steve, I think after you read this, you'll know what you really need to do." Ji Yuan took out his phone, pulled up some information, and handed it to Steve.

Steve took the phone with a puzzled look and started looking through it.

The further he looked, the uglier his face became. His skin gradually turned red, veins bulged, and in his extreme anger, his body even trembled.

After a long while, he closed his eyes, trying his best to calm himself down.

When he opened his eyes again, Steve's eyes were filled with suppressed anger and determination, like a lion waiting to pounce. He said, "So my enemy has always been right in front of me. So all the sacrifices I made were meaningless. Hell's Kitchen is no different from the slums of my time."

"Nothing has changed at all. They've just changed their appearance and put on their own people's clothes. Doctor, I think you can see these things for me. You already have some ideas."

Steve never imagined that S.H.I.E.L.D. could play such a role between vampires and humans. A self-righteous mediator, a fool who thinks he can protect the majority by sacrificing a small number. Fury is too arrogant, so arrogant that he thinks he can solve everything.

Ji Yuan smiled and said, "Just as I said before, your comrades have always been there. Now you can try to find them."

"A genius inventor who pilots armored vehicles, a blind lawyer who walks in the dark, a high school boy who loves to swing on spider webs, and a journalist who is obsessed with the truth of the world."

Steve was confused; what were all these strange things?

After being persuaded by Ji Yuan, Steve left, leaving with a burning passion, determined to continue fighting for the weak.

Things have now taken a different turn. Ji Yuan's actions are tantamount to turning Steve into Captain America 3 in advance, placing him on the opposite side of government agencies.

But perhaps this is for the better. When a true global catastrophe strikes, those so-called rulers will realize that it is never their power that saves the world, but rather the heroes who knowingly do the impossible. Want to control the heroes? Then try being kicked by the light.

As for why Ji Yuan didn't just bring the superheroes together, it's because the team's integration needs to be done by the team itself, and having him integrate them would undoubtedly involve more subjectivity.

Ji Yuan only takes on the role of a psychic when they are truly unable to solve the problem.