Chapter 432 Women are like fine wine, the older they get, the better they become.

Chapter 432: Chapter 432 Women are like fine wine, the older they get, the better they become.

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Facing Darian’s banter, Old Steve’s expression did not change at all.

After all, he could even shout "Long live HYDRA" without changing his expression; his integrity had been thrown away long ago, so this little bit of banter was completely harmless to him.

Besides, even if he didn’t make a move on Peggy, Peggy would eventually end up with another man.

Rather than letting some random guy pop out of nowhere and cuckold Steve, he might as well wear the green hat himself.

One can only say that Old Steve is a man strict with cuckolding himself.

Darian asked again, "Then your children don’t know about this either?"

Old Steve shook his head, "They were actually adopted by Peggy, and they have never known of my existence."

Darian breathed a sigh of relief for Steve.

At least Peggy’s belly wasn’t actually made big; at most, other places were made big.

Darian turned to ask, "Since you traveled across from a future World, you must know what will happen in the future, right?"

"I know."

Old Steve nodded, then his expression turned solemn, and his tone became serious, "But I cannot reveal the future trends. Once leaked in advance, it will greatly affect the entire timeline, leading to unpredictable changes in the future."

"It is also because of this reason that for so many years I have not interfered in any events, just to avoid disrupting the future."

Darian raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure the development trajectory of this timeline is the same as your timeline?"

"Uh..."

Old Steve was suddenly speechless, obviously hit right on target by Darian.

He said somewhat helplessly, "The development of this timeline indeed has a huge discrepancy with my memory. Many things have changed; the key nodes are still there, but the process and results have completely changed, and it is completely different from the line I experienced."

"I once secretly investigated all this, tracked down the source of all anomalies, and finally I found the intersection that led to these changes."

As he spoke, Old Steve stared straight at Darian.

"That is you, Darian. You caused all this to change."

Hearing this, Darian didn’t show a trace of surprise.

From Old Steve’s evaluation, it could be seen that the other party did not come from the future of this server at all, but from another server. How could the plot possibly be identical to their side’s development?

Darian stroked his chin, "It seems your World didn’t have me."

Old Steve nodded, his expression somewhat complicated, "Yes, according to the normal trajectory, at the end of the Battle of New York, Tony was the one who carried the nuclear bomb and rushed into the wormhole. But in this timeline, it became you carrying the nuclear bomb and rushing into the wormhole."

"And the Insight Project that should have been implemented didn’t happen either. HYDRA hidden inside S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn’t exposed either; instead, it turned into some secret invasion of the Skrulls, plus the Ultron incident..."

The more Old Steve talked, the more his head hurt.

During his first playthrough, he was focused on clearing the game, rushing through the main storyline the whole time, and didn’t have time to savor many side plots.

He finally started a second playthrough, wanting to slow down the pace to properly experience the depth of the plot, only to find that the script had been altered beyond recognition, giving him a chaotic feeling.

Adaptation is not random alteration!

Darian said, "Doesn’t this precisely show that this is not your past at all, but another parallel World."

"Any of your actions will neither affect the future you came from nor disrupt the direction of this World, because every single thing you do in this World is already the established trajectory of this World."

After hearing this, Old Steve’s complexion became even worse.

Actually, as early as when he found that the script had completely gone off track, he had already figured out this logic, just didn’t want to admit it.

After all, if nothing he did would change the future, wouldn’t it seem very idiotic that he worked hard to conceal his identity and hide for decades, and set an iron rule for himself not to interfere in any events?

The more Old Steve thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He immediately changed the subject and said, "I have told you all the truth, and I hope you will also fulfill your promise."

Darian smiled, "Rest assured, Carter’s matter is on me. I guarantee she will live longer than you. But what do you plan to do next? Are you going to continue hiding?"

Old Steve shook his head slowly, "I am old, it makes no difference to this World whether I exist or not. From now on, I’ll just spend the rest of my life as an ordinary old man."

Darian immediately put on a straight face and corrected, "Old Steve, I need to talk to you about this properly. You are just over a hundred years old now, and you’re at the age of striving. How can you retire so fast? I happen to have a job here that is especially suitable for you."

Old Steve felt it wouldn’t be anything good and decisively refused, "Sorry, I don’t want to meddle in anything anymore."

Darian chuckled, "Old Steve, you wouldn’t want your true identity to be known by others, would you?"

Old Steve: "...."

Darian patted Old Steve’s shoulder, "After I finish my business, I’ll come find you for a chat. Don’t run away, otherwise I’ll tell Steve that you cuckolded him."

How could he let Old Steve go? He indicated that this secret was something he could live off of for a lifetime.

Disregarding Old Steve’s face as dark as the bottom of a pot, Darian turned around and returned to Carter’s home.

Pushing the door and entering the house, he found Steve and Carter still putting on a tragic romance play there, a deeply touching scene.

Looking at Carter’s genuine expression, Darian felt that women are truly natural actors, and this acting skill could simply win an Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.

Darian really couldn’t watch anymore and directly interrupted the two people’s affectionate eye contact, "Alright, alright, stop being so cheesy over there. I have a way to extend Carter’s life."

Steve suddenly turned his head, both shocked and delighted, "Really!?"

"Of course."

Darian took out a small jar, weighed it in his hand, and explained, "This is Dragon Bone, which has the effect of extending life. Just taking a little bit can extend Carter’s lifespan."

This was the Dragon Bone he traded from Lei Gong, the very Dragon Bone that the fingers of The Hand had always been yearning for.

The Dragon Bone contained Shou Lao’s energy and had the effect of extending life. The fingers relied on this thing to live for hundreds of years.

Steve stared at the small jar, hope gleaming in his eyes, "Darian, as long as you can extend Peggy’s lifespan, I’ll do whatever you want, as long as it doesn’t violate my principles."

Darian narrowed his eyes, "Oh? Really anything?"

"..Yes."

Seeing this, Steve had an ominous premonition, but still bit the bullet and nodded.

Darian chuckled, "Rest assured, I won’t make things difficult for you. The way you shouted "Long live HYDRA" last time was too idiotic, and I haven’t seen enough of it. I want to see you shout "Long live HYDRA" one more time."

Steve: "...."

If anyone else made such a request, he would definitely have reason to suspect that the other party was a HYDRA undercover Agent.

But if the target was Darian, he was sure this guy was purely looking for fun.

In everyone’s mind, Darian’s persona was the same as Wade’s persona in Darian’s heart.

In their view, it wouldn’t be surprising if this guy did anything outrageous.

Despite feeling a myriad of shame in his heart, especially in front of Carter, in order to save his beloved, Steve gritted his teeth and spoke intermittently.

"Long... long live... HYDRA."

Darian frowned, very dissatisfied with this, "No, there is no momentum at all. You weren’t like this last time. I want that feeling from last time, like the fluent feeling of you secretly practicing countless times behind your scenes, shouting "Long live HYDRA" from the bottom of your heart."

Steve: "...."

Don’t slander me, who would secretly practice these lines behind closed doors.

"Do it over again."

As Darian spoke, he took out a camera and aimed the lens at Steve.

Although he could record with the game system, how could it be as interesting as filming in person?

Now Steve felt even more ashamed.

But he still took a deep breath and shouted with full breath, "Long live HYDRA!"

His voice was loud, sweeping across mountains and rivers, with round and correct pronunciation, which could be called perfect.

"Not bad, not bad."

Darian nodded with satisfaction.

Young Steve was still much more fun, unlike Old Steve, that old slickster with zero integrity, whose shout didn’t feel like anything at all.

Keeping his promise, Darian handed the bottle containing the Dragon Bone to Steve.

He reminded, "Right, there is a problem with this thing, which is that it can only extend life and cannot change appearance. Whatever you look like when you take it is what you will look like in the future, and it won’t make you younger just because it extends your life."

Steve took the bottle and said without hesitation, "This is not a problem at all. As long as I can have more time to spend with Peggy, I am very satisfied."

"Steve..."

Hearing this, Carter’s eye sockets turned red, and she was very moved.

Steve carefully helped Carter up and fed the Dragon Bone into her mouth.

After taking it, Carter’s complexion instantly improved, her face gained color, and her breathing became steady, completely unlike her dying appearance just now.

She stood up from the bed, looked at her own hands, and said with an incredulous tone, "It’s too miraculous. I feel full of vitality all over, as if I have returned to my youth."

Steve grabbed Carter’s hand and said excitedly, "Great, Peggy, this time we can be together again, and this time I won’t make you wait anymore!"

Carter’s expression stiffened slightly, and a trace of imperceptible awkwardness flashed deep in her eyes.

She had thought her time was running short, so she specifically put on this deathbed farewell play, just to give Steve a complete ending in his heart and considered it giving Steve an explanation.

Who would have thought that her life suddenly got extended by a wave, making it completely awkward now.

She knew very well in her heart that her current husband was still alive in this World, and this husband was precisely Steve himself.

However, now Steve intended to rekindle their past romance with her.

Is this considered Steve cuckolding Old Steve, or Old Steve cuckolding Steve?

Darian remained silent on the side, and the camera in his hand continued recording.

This was the dramatic show he wanted to watch; two Steves fighting over one woman, too wonderful!

Carter was still relatively calm. After a moment of silence, she looked at Steve seriously, "Steve, looking like this, I am not suitable for you"

This was an inescapable realistic problem.

One of them was a white-haired old man, and the other was a young and handsome fellow. When the two walked onto the street, anyone who saw them would think it was a grandmother and grandson going out.

Steve hurriedly said, "Peggy, no matter what you turn into, you are the same in my heart. Besides, isn’t there a saying, women are like fine wine, the older they get, the richer they are? Actually, I just like you like this."

To put Carter at ease, in his anxiety, Steve even brought out a quotation he didn’t know where he heard from.

Darian was startled, "Steve, it turns out you have this hobby. I was thinking of helping Carter restore her youth, but since you like her like this right now, I am embarrassed to interfere."

The expression on Steve’s face suddenly froze, and he turned his head to look at Darian, "Didn’t you say that Dragon Bone cannot restore a youthful appearance?"

Darian blinked, looking innocent, "Right, but I didn’t say other props wouldn’t work."

Steve: "....."

Why didn’t you say so earlier! Why didn’t you say so earlier!?

Although he said verbally that he didn’t mind Carter’s appearance, between being young and being aged, he would definitely choose the former.

After all, he didn’t have that kind of weird hobby of just liking old ones.

But the words were already spoken, how could he have the face to change his words now and say that he actually wanted a young one more.

Carter’s eyes lit up instead, "Darian, can you really make me young again?"

As the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D., she naturally knew this Agent who had become famous in S.H.I.E.L.D., and she had helped Old Steve investigate Darian, so she understood Darian’s matters quite well.

Darian nodded, "Right, but I see Steve likes the way you look right now, so it feels like it’s not needed."

Carter glared at Steve and said to Darian, "You don’t need to mind him, I make my own decisions in my affairs!"

No matter what age, women have no resistance to the matter of becoming young.

"Alright."

Darian was quite straightforward, directly tossing a small bottle to Carter, "This is the Fountain of Youth. After drinking it, you can restore your youth."

This was a prop he had drawn before, a full bottle of the Fountain of Youth, where only a single drop needed to be consumed to restore youth.

For ease of use, he specially divided it into many small bottles, with only one drop in each bottle, and what he took out now was just one of them.

The Fountain of Youth can restore youth, but cannot increase lifespan, which is the exact opposite of the effect of the Dragon Bone.

Carter did not hesitate, pulled out the cork, and poured that drop of the Fountain of Youth into her mouth.

The effect was immediate; her graying hair began to turn back to dark brown from the roots, and the wrinkles on her face gradually disappeared.

In less than a few seconds, standing in front of them was no longer that senile old person, but Agent Carter from back then, capable and dashing.

"It really became young."

Carter touched the smooth back of her hand and cheeks, feeling like she had returned to those years again.

Steve looked at his familiar lover, his eyes turning red, "Peggy, this time you have no reason to refuse me anymore, right."

"Yes, yeah..."

Embraced by Steve, Carter’s smile was a bit stiff, and she didn’t know what to do.

One current husband, one young husband, how is one to choose between these?

Surely you can’t want both of them.

Uh, it seems it’s not impossible?