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9. The truth [14/100](1/2)

At the moment of dawn, Merlin was taken to the entrance of a villa in Brooklyn by a luxury car.

He was wearing his gray casual suit that would never be dirty, and he was carrying some gifts in his hand. It was prepared for him by Pierce. I heard that Ms. Carter's condition was not very good recently, so this time, Merlin was also a substitute for Chief Pierce to visit her former boss.

When Merlin arrived, a young, somewhat familiar lady was already waiting for him at the entrance of the villa.

"Hello, Mr. Merlin."

The young, probably only 20-year-old lady led the way for Merlin, and she was very polite.

"I didn't have time to ask when I met last time."

Merlin whispered:

"Who are you and Ms. Carter?"

"I am Aunt Carter's niece."

The lady who is 6 points similar to Ms. Carter turned to look at Merlin, and she smiled and said:

"Just call me Sharon."

She opened the door for Merlin and said softly:

"Go, Mr. Merlin, aunt is waiting for you."

"Yeah, thank you."

Merlin whispered to Miss Sharon for thanking her, then handed her the gift in her hand, and walked into the living room of the villa.

After entering the living room, he noticed that there were many photos hanging on the walls of the villa.

There are photos of Ms. Carter, who was handsome and handsome when she was young, and the handsome Howard Stark, as well as photos of Ms. Carter holding Tony Stark when she was young, and photos of Ms. Carter taking her while she was alone in the office.

These photos are arranged in some order. Ms. Carter in the photos is becoming more mature, older, and more lonely, always alone.

But at the end of the photo wall, in the last picture, Ms. Carter returned to her youth, like a sudden twist, and like a sealed, the most beautiful memory.

In that photo, she hugged a young man who was also smiling with a smile.

The young man was wearing a warrior uniform from World War II, and he held a round shield with a five-pointed star in his hand.

He has blonde hair, big eyes and a handsome face.

This is a black and white photo, and the background of the photo seems to be on the battlefield.

Merlin stood before that photo, and he could probably guess the identity of this warrior, the most legendary superhero in history, Captain America, Steve Rogers.

He is also the man Ms. Carter loved for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately, he disappeared in 1945 and has no news until now.

"Steve doesn't like this photo"

Ms. Carter's voice came from the living room, and her weak voice was filled with a trace of nostalgia that could not be wiped away, she said:

"He always thinks that the photographer didn't take his hair well. But I like it very much. Actually, I don't have many choices. When we were together, we basically spent the battlefield and didn't leave a few photos. I can only choose one of the best ones."

“It’s actually perfect.”

Merlin took another look at the photo and said:

"It's like the most beautiful memory, hidden deep in my heart and never fades."

"Haha, you little young man, really know how to talk."

Ms. Carter smiled and said:

"Come in, Merlin."

Merlin walked into the living room quietly, and he sat on the sofa opposite Ms. Carter, not looking restrained.

In Oakland a few years ago, he met Ms. Carter, who was mixed with some gray hair at that time, but now, her hair is completely white and her face has wrinkles.

It looks like I've grown older overnight.

She was very weak. She leaned against the sofa, had an infusion tube on her arms, and a respirator inserted into her nostrils. But those eyes were still gentle and bright, exactly the same as a few years ago.

Ms. Carter looked at Merlin, she smiled and said humorously:

"The doctor said I can't meet for a long time, so we're in a hurry. You know? Fury always came to see me, and he would bring a lot of bad news and ask for my advice, which made me very upset. They weren't that they couldn't let an old man spend his old age in peace."

She sighed:

"I'm old and often I can't do it."

"I have also heard of Pierce's experience, but the current era is not my era after all. In peace years, politicians regard playing conspiracy as a means of attacking opponents, which is despicable, but we cannot change it. Fortunately, with your help, he survived, which is great."

"So, let's talk about it, Merlin. What bad news did you bring to me this time?"

"It's about aliens."

Merlin said truthfully:

"Fry encountered an alien attack called the Scru people in California, and met a blonde girl who claimed to be a Kerry, but she was actually an Earthling, and she had been involved in the Tenma Project. And from her, we know that both the Kerry and the Scru people were all for some product of that project."

Merlin stopped, and he looked at Ms. Carter in front of him, and he said:

"So, I'm here to ask you, what is the Tianma plan? Why is it suddenly suspended?"

“The Tianma Plan made me think about it.”

Page Carter closed his eyes, as if recalling the secrets in his mind. After several minutes, Ms. Carter shouted to her niece Sharon, who was busy in the kitchen:

"Little Sharon, I remember Howard left some documents in my garage. You go and find the documents about the Tianma plan."

Sharon responded and walked out of the room.

Page Carter turned his head and looked at Merlin, she said:

"The Tianma Project, which was an energy experiment hosted by Howard. He once told me some of it. The purpose of that experiment seemed to be to discover new energy. He said that if the experiment was successful, it would be equivalent to giving wings to the technology of human civilization, so he called it the "Tianma" project."

"Wendy Lawson, do you have an impression of this name?"

Merlin asked, and Ms. Carter nodded:

"Yes, I remember it quite clearly."

"Dr. Lawson is a top scientist in high energy physics hired by Howard from Europe. I personally handled the induction procedures for her to enter the Tianma Project. In my memory, the doctor was a very talkative person, full of curiosity about everything. She was about the same age as Howard, with silver hair, but full of energy, and often stayed up late to work."

"It is precisely because of her joining that the experimental process of the Tianma Project has been promoted very quickly."

Ms. Carter said to Merlin:

"I remember, in 1988, Dr. Lawson made a prototype of the new energy engine. Howard used his own factory equipment to assemble the prototype and put it on a silver plane with a beautiful design, and they also gave the plane a cool name."

"They called it 'Asis', I've seen the plane with my own eyes, it's really beautiful, like a silver shuttle."

Page Carter smiled at Merlin, and she said with some regret:

"But unfortunately, the plane crashed during the test flight. Dr. Lawson and the test pilot died in the disaster. I remember that during that time, Howard was very angry and anxious because when he was checking the wreckage, he did not find the energy source he handed over to Dr. Lawson. He thought it was that thing that caused the crash of Asis."

"He thought that all of that was wrong caused by him too urgently. Without the energy source, the Tianma plan lost the material of the root cause and naturally could not be promoted. It was over in 1989."

Carter's story about the Tenma Project ends here.

But Merlin's expression was not clear. Instead, his eyes were full of seriousness. He looked at Ms. Carter and he said:

"But according to the news I got, Ms. Wendy Lawson, her true identity, was a spy sent to the Earth by the Kerry, and her real name was Mar Will."

Merlin recalled what he heard about Furth and the alien "Yang" and told Ms. Carter all this, he said:

"It is said that she discovered a special energy fluctuation on the earth. She thought that the energy could help the Kree defeat the Scroogs, so she came to the earth."

"Um?"

Ms. Carter's expression suddenly became serious. She looked at Merlin and said:

"Can you be sure of the authenticity of this news?"

"Yes! I can."

Merlin nodded and said:

"I heard a Kerry soldier say it myself."

"Ah, if that's the case."

Page Carter narrowed his eyes, and a trace of enlightenment flashed in the last era's agent queen's eyes, and she whispered:

"If this is true, then everything will be explained."

"Howard's frustration was not because he was blaming himself for killing Dr. Lawson and the female pilot. He probably discovered Lawson's true identity from the wreckage. His eagerness to shut down the Tianma plan was not just because the energy source was destroyed, but because Howard realized the seriousness of the problem."

"If Lawson was really an alien and came because of the energy source, it would mean that the energy source, perhaps not being destroyed."

Ms. Carter clasped her fingers, she looked at Merlin, and she said:

"That energy source should have been taken away! Being Kerry!"

“You’ve been saying ‘energy source’, what exactly is that thing?”

Merlin asked curiously:

“Is the Tianma Project inspired by that ‘energy source’?”
To be continued...
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