Chapter 160: Old Friend

The next day.

Watching Chloe drive away, Jack let out a deep sigh.

'What is all this about?!'

Wanda's initiative and love almost overwhelmed him. Although he managed to stop himself at the last moment, was there really any difference?

If their relationship used to be like a thin sheet of paper, yesterday... that paper had long been torn to shreds. If it were just that, he wouldn't be so troubled.

The main issue is that Wanda is still young!

Fifteen? Or sixteen?

Well, Western girls mature faster, and Jack had forgotten how old she actually was.

That's also why he managed to stop himself in time.

Of course, Wanda was a bit disappointed. She had prepared herself, but Jack backed down at the critical moment.

At his request, they decided that they would wait until she started college before they could...

Well, at least they managed to get through it with Wanda.

As for the future? They'll figure it out later.

Jack couldn't help but ask himself if he really loved Wanda.

The answer is without a doubt. But in that case, what about Diana and Jean?

Jack didn't think these three could get along smoothly. Once the truth comes out... facing the power of these three, he starts to feel a bit scared.

Jack, who had been struggling with this issue all night, still couldn't come up with a good solution.

"Ding Dong~"

Jack, who was thinking in the living room, was startled by the doorbell. He frowned.

Who would visit at this time?

He walked over and opened the door.

Black Widow Natasha, wearing a tight outfit, stood outside with her hands on her hips, chewing gum in her mouth.

"Somebody wants to see you!"

Natasha didn't beat around the bush and directly said her purpose.

Jack furrowed his brows again.

He replied impatiently, "I'm busy. Let him come see me!"

After saying that, he tried to close the door.

'Did he have to go every time someone wanted to see him? If they wanted to meet him, they should come on their own!'

"Don't you want to meet an old friend?"

The move of closing the door stopped as Jack looked at Natasha again, his eyes filled with questions.

"Old friend? Who?"

"You'll find out when you go."

"..."

An hour later, a limited edition Lamborghini supercar drove through New York City.

The car stopped at the entrance, and Jack got out of the car.

"I thought you agents were supposed to be hidden."

Jack looked back at the eye-catching sports car and joked, "Speaking of which, how much money did Nick Fury secretly embezzle?"

"This is the agency's car."

Natasha got out of the car and walked past Jack, saying lightly, "Follow me."

"Alright, no problem."

Jack didn't object and followed her into the building.

When Natasha's guidance, they took several turns and finally stopped in front of a door.

"She's waiting for you inside!"

Natasha stood aside, showing no intention of going in herself.

Jack raised an eyebrow, but he didn't care if it was a trap or anything like that.

He simply pushed open the door and walked in.

The room had a design from the previous century, filled with an antique and elegant atmosphere.

In the middle was a hospital bed, and an old woman with white hair and a wrinkled face was lying on it, eyes closed as if sleeping.

The sound of the door opening startled her, and she opened her eyes and looked over.

"Hehe, it's really an old friend."

Seeing the old woman, Jack smiled and casually brought a chair by the bedside. He reached out and held the soft hand of the old woman exposed outside the blanket.

"It's been a long time, Peggy!"

That's right, the old woman lying on the bed, seemingly critically ill, was Jack's former comrade and good friend, Peggy Carter!

"Jack?!"

Looking at Jack's face and feeling the warmth from his hand, Peggy looked at him with a mix of surprise and uncertainty. "Is it really you?"

She struggled to sit up, her eyes still full of energy despite her old age, carefully examining her old friend in front of her, her expression filled with disbelief.

"When Nick told me, I thought he was joking. You haven't even aged a bit."

Peggy tightened her grip on Jack's hand, her face showing the joy and envy of reuniting with an old friend.

"I have a special secret. Hehe, I'm truly sorry for only coming to see you now!"

Jack felt somewhat guilty and said, "Are you alright? Maybe you should lie down and talk."

"No, no, no, I'm fine. It's just some old problems."

Peggy declined Jack's trying to help her lie down and instead sat leaning against the headboard, saying, "I never expected... Back then, both Philip and I thought you were dead, but Howard always believed you were alive. He said you were a special person, always able to turn the situation, and later it proved that he was right."

"He said that?"

Jack smiled and shook his head. "Turning the situation... that's true, but it's also a matter of luck."

Thinking about everything he had experienced, it was true that he always managed to turn the situation, but if it weren't for the stroke of luck in being rescued by the Multiverse Salvage Pool, he would have died in World War II long ago.

"What have you been through all these years? I heard from Nick about your story. He asked me to find out what happened to you."

"Ah, that stubborn guy. He really can't let it go."

Jack shook his head helplessly. He could also guess that Peggy's sudden desire to see him was certainly due to the information revealed by Nick Fury, with the simple purpose of using Peggy's influence to tie him.

Seeing something in Peggy's eyes, Jack briefly told his experiences in space, skipping and modifying specific details.

After listening to Jack's story, Peggy shook her head and sighed, "It's truly incredible, your experiences are truly... so complicated and extraordinary. Why didn't you come back? Perhaps Howard could have helped you?"

"It's indeed complicated and extraordinary, but as for help... I'd rather not."

Jack took a deep breath and said, "Back then, I accidentally absorbed the power of the Cosmic Cube and luckily survived. I wanted to resolve the hidden dangers in my body, but come back to the U.S.? Heh, it's not that I don't trust you all, it's just that this place isn't too friendly to me."

Peggy fell silent for a moment upon hearing this, and indeed, that was the case. Even she, as one of the heroes, had been put on ice for a period of time after World War II.

"After dealing with the situation in Russia, I wanted to find someone who could help me fix the hidden risks in my body. However, she didn't want to see me at that time, and I was later transported to a different planet, Sakaar, by the power of the Cube."

When hearing this, Peggy curiously asked, "Who are you talking about? Besides Howard, who else could have helped you?"

"A... magician."

"A magician?!"

Peggy was momentarily stunned, and the image of a magician pulling a rabbit out of a hat subconsciously floated through her mind.

"Yes, a magician."

Jack shrugged. "Don't underestimate her. She's one of the most powerful people on this planet, although she's a bit weaker than me."

"..."

Peggy's gaze became expressionless, and she murmured, "It seems that this world is even crazier than I imagined."

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