Let me show you a new way Chapter 106

Inside Stark’s private villa, in the main hall.

JARVIS controlled a robot to pour coffee for everyone present.

“Lin, I hope you can tell me, what exactly is this ring?” Steve finally asked, raising his right hand. The ring on his middle finger emitted a warm blue glow. “Besides me, there’s also Red Skull, he also has two rings, how did he get his rings?”

Lin Dong sighed, putting on a world-weary expression.

“Your ring comes from the Emotional Spectrum, which is one of the fundamental laws of the world, representing the emotional part of all things.” Lin Dong extended his own ring, and it slowly began to glow.

“There are seven types of rings, representing the seven emotions of sentient beings.”

“Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet!”

“Rage, Avarice, Fear, Willpower, Hope, Compassion, and Love!”

As Lin Dong explained, the ring also began to glow with corresponding colors. “These seven emotions are possessed by all sentient beings. They are unrelated to good, unrelated to evil, unrelated to justice; they simply exist.”

“I discovered this emotional power and tried to apply it. Ultimately, I created two rings: the Orange Ring representing avarice, and the Yellow Ring representing fear.”

“But those rings don’t belong to me, Steve…”

“I created them, but their power indeed originates from this world, from the emotional ocean of all sentient beings. So the rings have their own minds; they will automatically seek out suitable masters.”

“After I successfully forged them, the rings left on their own, flying into the hands of those suitable for them.” Lin Dong sighed, looking as if he regretted his past actions.

“Those two rings were too powerful, and they had too great an influence on the wielder’s mind, so I had to stop him, stop him before that ring-wielder caused a catastrophic disaster to the world. That’s why I created two new Lantern Rings, two Lantern Rings possessing the power of hope and willpower.”

“I searched many places, Steve. I hoped to find someone who could fight against the Orange Lantern and Yellow Lantern, but I was repeatedly disappointed. Finally, I found you!”

“You possess a firm will and unyielding hope that others do not. Even when you were just a frail and sickly child, these qualities were always within you.”

“The power of the ring is unrelated to good or evil, but people are. And this ring will amplify emotions…”

“If good, it becomes even greater!”

“If bad, it becomes even more evil!”

“That’s why you were chosen!”

Lin Dong’s words reminded Steve of the late Dr. Erskine. The day before Steve was injected with the Super Soldier Serum, Steve had asked Dr. Erskine why he was chosen, and Dr. Erskine had said similar words.

Lin Dong looked at the silent Steve and continued, “The ring chose the person, and the person also chose the ring; the ring learns from the person, and the person progresses with the ring. You are one.”

The ring on Steve’s hand burst into a warm blue glow, instantly spreading as an aura throughout the room. Dr. Banner clearly felt that the Hulk’s rage also subsided within this aura.

“Then why… did Red Skull’s ring ultimately leave him and come to my hand?” Steve asked again. He recalled the feeling at that time, that powerful, overflowing, almost infinite strength.

Three emotions intertwined within his body, greatly affecting his mind. He even considered leaving directly, letting the bomb that could destroy the entire human ecosystem explode. [See Chapter 42]

“Because you possess qualities that Red Skull does not, Steve. As I said at the beginning, these seven emotions are unrelated to good or evil; they are emotions that everyone possesses. It’s just that Red Skull only knew how to wantonly spread fear, to make others fall into fear, but he never dared to face his own fear, never dared to embrace his own fear. So when you tore away his disguise and made him clearly see his true self, fear no longer belonged to him.”

“You know what you fear, and you know what Red Skull fears, but you admit your fear, understand your fear, and ultimately embrace your fear.”

“That’s something Red Skull didn’t possess.”

“Alright… I think I understand!” Steve rubbed the ring on his finger and nodded.

Tony rubbed his temples, looking at his mentor with some surprise and uncertainty, then at Captain America.

“Wait a minute, let me process this… You know Captain America? From seventy years ago?” Tony Stark finally found an opportunity to interject and said loudly.

“That’s right…” Lin Dong shrugged and replied.

“Then you must be at least ninety years old?” he reiterated, his voice even higher.

“Uh, I guess so!” Lin Dong scratched his head and replied. He couldn’t very well say that he was actually still very young and that he knew Captain America because he had traveled through time.

“WOW!” Tony Stark stared at Lin Dong’s face and sighed. “I always thought I was older than you…”

“So… can someone explain the current situation to me?” Bruce Banner, sitting in the corner, finally spoke.

“Who are you?” Tony Stark asked without hesitation.

“…” Dr. Banner sighed, “I’m Bruce Banner.”

“Oh!” Tony immediately remembered. “Yes, yes, I remember you. You have made great achievements in physics, I admire you very much!”

Tony said, walking forward and shaking hands with Dr. Banner: “By the way, I watched that video, the Hulk looks pretty cool!”

Seeing this, Steve also stood up, extended his hand and shook hands with Dr. Banner, introducing himself: “I am Steve Rogers, soldier of the U.S. Armed Forces, serial number RA 25- 262- 771.”

Dr. Banner was very excited this time, gripping Steve’s hand tightly, “You’re Captain America, the living Captain America? I mean, uh…”

“I was accidentally frozen for seventy years.” Steve explained simply. Dr. Banner immediately understood and nodded.

Lin Dong turned his gaze to Tony beside him: “I remember there was one more person, did she agree to fight with us?”

“Uh… more or less!” Tony replied somewhat awkwardly.

“Is it more or less?” Lin Dong asked again.

“Ahem, probably less!”

“She refused?”

“She refused.”

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Inside a HYDRA experimental base, Jane Foster revealed her face, looking at all the HYDRA agents.

“Tell me… do I look like Tony Stark?”