After experiencing Sif's very sincere gratitude, Peter planned to return to his company, Parker Tech, after a long absence to see how the development of the latest model of the Unicorn Phone was going.
Along the way, he also wanted to ask Herman how the research and development of the electric car was progressing.
But before he could offer his congratulations, Hill called:
"Director, Wanda Maximoff is awake."
Hearing this, Peter's footsteps, which were originally intended to go to the company, stopped instantly:
"How is her condition?"
"Her body is fine, but her emotions are unstable. Also..." Hill paused, "She said she wants to see you."
...
Five minutes later, in the special care ward under the supervision of S.H.I.E.L.D.,
Peter saw the newly awakened Wanda and Pietro, who was already watching over her.
"You're here." Wanda didn't look at him, just greeted him with a flat voice, and then signaled Pietro to leave first with her eyes.
Pietro glanced at Peter warily but still obediently chose to leave.
"How do you feel?" Peter wasn't polite either, sitting directly on the edge of Wanda's hospital bed.
This act of having no sense of boundaries made Wanda instinctively shrink back.
"Not great."
She finally turned her head, her beautiful big eyes swirling with complex emotions.
There was anger, confusion, and a trace of vulnerability that she hadn't even noticed herself,
"Why did you bring me here? To Stark's territory?
Do you want to show off your spoils of war to the whole World? Or are you not worried at all that I'll go find him for revenge while you're away, or... start a massacre?"
Speaking of this, a terrifying red light instinctively appeared in her eyes, and the fluctuations of Chaos Magic even made everything in the room vibrate slightly.
But facing Wanda's threat, Peter did not show the expression of facing a great enemy as she had imagined.
This guy even went ahead and... peeled an apple.
And then... handed it directly to Wanda's mouth:
"You haven't eaten for over a dozen hours, you must be hungry."
At this moment, Wanda was stunned.
She never expected that in the face of her aggressive pressure, Peter's first reaction would actually be to care whether she was hungry.
This feeling... since her parents passed away, she had never felt it from anyone other than Pietro.
But...
Slap~!
Wanda slapped Peter's hand, her intention being to knock the apple away.
But Peter anticipated her move, retracting his hand to catch the apple back and even taking a bite.
On the contrary, Wanda herself, because she couldn't control her strength, hit her finger on the steel handrail of the hospital bed, making her hiss in pain.
"Not very big, but quite a temper."
Peter complained, casually extending a finger to touch Wanda's finger.
The moment their fingertips touched, the Horse Talisman instantly dispelled the pain in Wanda's fingertip and even made her feel a sense of comfort.
Chaos Magic was both a gift and a curse.
Ever since she awakened this power, various chaotic whispers that tempted her to destroy things had been echoing in her ears at all times.
Only when Peter used the Horse Talisman on her could she feel a long-lost peace.
"You..." Wanda couldn't help but narrow her eyes comfortably, and only after a while did she realize something seemed wrong, so she could only pretend to be calm:
"Don't think you can deceive me by putting on this act."
"Think whatever you want."
Peter shrugged indifferently, then stared into Wanda's eyes and said:
"Since I was confident enough to bring you siblings to America, I'm confident enough that you won't be able to cause any trouble under my watch."
"Put away that high and mighty look!"
Wanda showed signs of blowing her top:
"Otherwise, I guarantee you'll regret your arrogance for the rest of your life!"
"I believe you won't do that."
A light sentence, but it made the anger on Wanda's face freeze.
Believe?
"Why do you believe me?" Wanda's voice trembled slightly, she didn't even know if it was out of anger or something else.
Peter suddenly leaned close to her at this moment, the distance between them so close that if Peter lowered his head another centimeter, their noses would touch:
"If you were already blinded by hatred and wanted revenge regardless of the consequences, those HYDRA scumbags wouldn't have been able to stop you at all."
"Also, the girl who helped me transmit Celestial Energy to you before is a professional lie detector; I can feel the real emotions in your heart."
"You, guy, are just a little hedgehog with a tough exterior but a weak interior, holding your quills high on your back, but in reality, you only do it to protect your soft belly from being targeted by a Beast."
Speaking of this, taking advantage of Wanda's daze, Peter patted her head as if stroking a cat:
"With me, there's no need to put on that cold, World-weary act, because in my eyes... your acting is very fake."
Rumble!
Coming back to her senses, the Chaos Magic inside Wanda surged wildly, even causing the entire ward to begin shaking violently.
Noticing this, Peter realized that if he stimulated her any further, the Hajimi was about to enter Spinosaurus mode in a second.
So he instantly backed away from Wanda.
"HYDRA blew up the entire Base, most likely to hide something. If I find any clues, I'll contact you immediately. Also, here's a small gift; I'm sure you'll like it."
Also, here's a small gift; I'm sure you'll like it.
As he spoke, the storage ring on Peter's hand flashed, and a jade bed, icy blue all over and emitting wisps of cold air, suddenly appeared in the spacious special care ward.
It was the cold jade bed that Peter had acquired a long time ago; now he had finally found a suitable user for it.
After leaving such a bed, Peter waved at Wanda and left the ward.
"Whew~"
Pietro, who pushed the door open and entered, felt the chill of the cold jade bed and instinctively shivered:
"Man, it's really cool, no need to turn on the air conditioner."
Noticing his sister's look as if she wanted to eat someone, he was stunned for a moment and then immediately changed his tune:
"What was that damn guy thinking? My lovely sister just recovered from a serious illness, yet he left such a big block of ice. Does he want to freeze my lovely sister to death!"
Wanda rolled her eyes at him and then spoke somewhat weakly:
"I'm starving, go get me something to eat."
"As you wish~" Pietro winked at her, and his whole person left the ward again like a gust of wind.
After Pietro left, Wanda pursed her lips, but in the end, she still walked over as if possessed and slowly sat down on the cold jade bed.
The moment she sat on the cold jade bed, something wonderful happened.
The icy chill surged through her body into her limbs and bones. Instead of feeling bone-chilling, it felt more like a clear spring flowing through a dried-up riverbed, making her feel incredibly comfortable.
Those whispers that had begun to gradually resurface after Peter left actually disappeared at this moment!
The World was more peaceful than ever before.
Her mood was also more peaceful than ever before.
What shocked her even more was that when she tried to feel the Chaos Magic in her body, those energies that were as hard to control as runaway horses in the past now became more docile than ever!
This... this was simply a miracle!
Wanda stroked the cold jade bed beneath her, her mind filled with a thousand thoughts for a moment.
She seemed to owe that guy... more and more.
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