When Bucky saw two people suddenly appear in the room, he was so startled that he dropped the groceries he was carrying. He instantly moved closer to them and slammed his vibranium left arm toward the little boy closest to him.
Boom!
"Cool! You have a metal arm!"
Peter easily caught the punch and excitedly admired the arm shining with black and gold. The cold feel and cool color constantly stimulated the little boy's heart. Who had never imagined having an incredibly cool metal arm?
Bucky was confused. Were all kids these days so outrageous? They could casually catch his punches. Even Steve could not do it so easily.
"Bucky, it's me." A red-and-green face slowly appeared in the moonlight. "It seems you're living a good life. No super criminals, no Avengers, no Hydra, and no relatives or friends of the people you killed."
Boom!
Bucky smashed the table with his fist and looked at Renzo with a cold face. "Are you here to mock me? Then please leave. I think my life is pretty good now, and I don't want to go back."
"I don't want to take you back either." Renzo pushed Peter beside him forward. "Peter Parker. You should know that name. I remember I left you to them."
"Peter? You said this boy is Peter?" Bucky paused after hearing this, then turned to look at the boy in confusion. "He looks only fourteen years old."
"I'm fifteen," Peter corrected.
"I don't care how old you are!"
Bucky did not welcome Renzo very much. With a dark expression, he carried his groceries into the kitchen and slammed the kitchen knife against the chopping board, deliberately letting the two of them hear him as he issued an eviction order.
"I'll leave right away, but he's staying." Renzo leaned casually against the sofa. The surrounding decoration was almost unchanged from when he had left, except that some ornamental furniture was missing. Bucky probably could not appreciate that kind of beauty.
No wonder this boring man couldn't find a partner.
Renzo simply wanted to leave Peter here so he could go back and be gentle with Wanda for a few days. In the next few days, he would go looking for the Infinity Stones, and he would probably rarely return to Earth.
"Where's Peter?"
"I'm here." Peter pointed at his own face innocently, not understanding why Renzo was looking at him and still asking.
"Not you."
Renzo glanced at Peter and shouted to Bucky in the kitchen, "I'll leave this kid to you first. Leave him to Peter and train him hard. I'll be back in half a month!"
"Wait!"
Bucky came hurrying out of the kitchen wearing a dark blue apron and holding a spatula in his right hand. His medium-length hair, which had not been taken care of for a long time, was tied back casually. His beard seemed to have been freshly shaved, but dense green stubble remained on his chin. His brows were furrowed.
But Renzo had already disappeared, leaving Peter at a loss, standing there blankly with his hands crossed, not knowing what to do.
"Hi!"
Bucky raised his head speechlessly. He did not seem to have any friendship with Renzo, except for the fact that Renzo had crushed his arm.
An awkward silence settled between the two.
In the end, Bucky invited Peter to have lunch with him.
"The flow of time between worlds seems inconsistent. I remember it was night when I came here."
Peter excitedly studied the secrets of the multiverse. The genius boy was very interested in everything unknown and kept asking questions at the dinner table, causing Bucky to crush a spoon and a fork.
"Hah!"
Bucky really could not stand this nagging brat. The Peter of this world was not only honest, but also did not talk much and did not have so many things going on.
And in the few hours he had spent with Peter, he felt like his brain had been filled with nonsense. He did not want to see the child again for the next few days.
Tobey Peter returned home happily. Mary Jane did not have a performance today and had returned home early. Tobey Peter could not wait to see his wife.
"Peter!"
Tobey Peter was about to open the door, but when he turned around, he saw Bucky wearing a peaked cap and approaching him sneakily. He did not look like a good person.
"Follow me."
Bucky did not give Tobey Peter a chance to speak. His metal arm firmly clasped his wrist and pulled him into his room.
"What happened?"
Tobey Peter followed Bucky into the house with a face full of doubt, only to find that there was another person inside. A child, to be precise. A half-grown boy.
"Is this your son?"
Tobey Peter had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter, so he joked with Bucky, "I didn't expect you to have such a young child. Who's his mother? Can you introduce her?"
Bucky glanced at Tobey Peter coldly, then turned to Peter and said, "This is you in this world. And next time, you have to wear slippers."
Upon hearing this, Tobey Peter froze and turned into a face full of question marks. He stared at the little boy in front of him in confusion, and his spider-sense immediately activated.
"Oh my God! Are you really me from another world?"
Compared with Tobey Peter's somewhat restrained expression, Peter was much livelier and more cheerful. He walked directly in front of his senior and locked his surprised eyes on Tobey Peter.
"Are you me in this universe? Mr. Bucky shocked me when he told me. I didn't expect to meet another me. Are you also Spider-Man? Was your suit also made by Tony Stark? Oh, I'm so excited. Do you also live with Aunt May? You..."
Peter kept talking. He stood in front of Tobey Peter and mumbled for a long time. Bucky rolled his eyes as he listened, slumped onto the sofa, picked up a bag of potato chips, and started chewing. His slightly bulging belly showed that it had been a long time since he had gone through strict training.
"Stop, stop, stop! You have a lot of questions. I may need some time to answer them for you."
Tobey Peter could not stand the chattering of his other self. He obviously just liked to joke and was not this talkative!
When Peter learned that his senior was already in his twenties, had started working to earn money to support his family, and was already married, he screamed in disbelief.
"You don't have any Avengers here? You don't have Stark Industries? So did you solve all your super-criminal problems by yourself?"
"To be precise, besides me... and Mr. Barnes, there are two other companions who have been maintaining law and order in New York."
"And we don't have many super criminals here. I've only seen five so far."
Tobey Peter kindly told Peter about the situation here. When he learned that Renzo had personally sent him here, he could not help lamenting that he had missed the opportunity to meet Renzo.
"Would you like to come meet Aunt May with me? She likes little boys very much, especially boys with the same name as me."
"Is it really okay?" Peter hesitated. This was not his Aunt May, but he still wanted to meet the Aunt May of this world, who was also his only relative.
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