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Although these aliens pose no threat to Steve, his monotonous attack methods mean that he won't be very efficient at clearing monsters.

Those who were fighting the Zeta Swiss soldiers did not notice that on the balcony floor of a dilapidated building not far away, a pool of dark gray liquid was surging.

Before long, the liquid began to slowly stand upright and take shape, and Ebony Throat appeared on the balcony.

He glanced at Steve, Black Widow, and the others in the distance, pondered for a moment, and then vanished again like a melting candle.

Thor joined the battle as soon as he arrived on Earth, so he recklessly failed to share the information he had with the others in a timely manner.

Before Thor set off, Odin told him that Ebony Maw's most important and terrifying ability was not magic or mind control, but his tongue, which possessed the power to control and bewitch people, and his parasitic ability, which was like a leech.

On the battlefield, Steve uses his signature round shield to relentlessly attack surrounding enemies and protect his teammates.

He hurled his round shield, cleaving the enemy behind Hawkeye in two.

Just then, a strange voice suddenly rang in Steve's ears.

"Hello, Mr. Steve Rogers, or rather... Captain America."

The voice was old and eerie, seemingly possessing a bewitching power.

Steve shook his head vigorously, looking around suspiciously, searching for the source of the sound.

However, apart from his teammates who were fighting hard, there was no one else around.

"Strange! Who's talking to me?" Steve wondered to himself. "Could it be... I'm hallucinating?"

Just as Steve refocused his attention on the enemy, that eerie and hoarse voice appeared again.

Are you doubting your ears?

"There's no doubt that you did hear some... sounds that ordinary people can't hear."

Steve clenched his fist, his hand still covered by the shield, and asked in surprise, "Who are you? Why can only I hear you?"

"Who am I? Hahahaha," the incredibly seductive voice said, "A voice that can only be heard by yourself, so who do you think I am?"

Steve, now somewhat distracted by the damned voice, asked in confusion, "Could it be... you are me?"

“How clever!” the voice continued. “I am the true self deep within you.”

Upon hearing this, Steve said with a hint of disbelief, "The real me? Are you kidding me? You must be lying to me, right?"

The fact that Steve was half-believing and half-doubting shows that he had been deeply influenced by the voice.

However, as Captain America, his willpower was deeply ingrained, so he did not completely believe the explanation given by the voice in his head.

He did not believe that he, who had always been open and honest and yearned for justice, would have any hidden subconscious or second personality deep within his heart.

However, if the Ancient One were there, she would have seen Ebony Maw, resembling a decaying, withered branch, slowly emerging from behind Steve.

Ebony Maw lay behind Steve, his hands crossed and slipped under Steve's neck, cradling his face like a loving mother.

He pressed his dark gray lips to Steve's ear and whispered incessantly.

His shadow had already merged with Steve's, but Steve was completely unaware.

At the same time, the scepter behind Ebony Maw, inlaid with the Mind Stone, was also shining brightly.

The technique that allows it to merge with Steve is one of Ebony Maw's most terrifying abilities: Parasite.

With Ebony Maw's current strength, the only target he cannot completely parasitize in this battlefield is Thor.

Besides, the Ancient One, Thanos, and Odin he just met are beings he wouldn't dare to parasitize.

When he parasitized Steve, he immediately began to use his black tongue, which had harmed countless people, to bewitch and seduce Steve.

At the same time, while he is parasitizing the other person's body, he can also use mind-reading skills on the target to a certain extent.

Unfortunately for Ebony Maw, Steve had only recently awakened, and his mind was filled with old data from decades ago.

As for the rest, let alone S.H.I.E.L.D. internal secrets, he hasn't even fully become familiar with or adapted to modern daily life.

"Is this guy... an idiot whose head is filled with muscles and a sense of justice?"

Ebony Maw complained, but he also found a way to win over Steve.

He continued in a seductive voice, "Lie to you? Why would I lie to myself? Why can't you face your own heart, Steve!"

"I have an open and honest heart, and I have never been afraid to face myself!" Steve said, standing there, conflicted.

"Really?" Ebony Maw chuckled coldly, pointing at Natasha and the others not far away, and said, "You really approve of these guys? I don't think so. You don't even fully believe that everything you're experiencing right now is real!"

Upon hearing Ebony Maw's words, Steve stood frozen in place, as if struck by lightning.

Ebony Maw's words revealed the deepest, almost forgotten thoughts in his heart.

Having only recently been resurrected, he initially didn't believe Nick Fury's words, thinking that everything around him was fake, a scene staged to deceive him.

Just like...The Truman Show.

However, his later meetings with Iron Man and others, as well as the invasion of alien races in the sky, gradually made him start to forget this idea.

He slowly began to believe that he had truly been asleep for seventy years.

But when Ebony Maw brought it up again, Steve suddenly realized that everything he had experienced still couldn't prove that this world was real.

Perhaps... they are still deceiving themselves!

They're conspiring to deceive themselves!

S.H.I.E.L.D., teammates, alien invaders—maybe it's all just a scheme by Hydra!

Thinking of this, Steve's breathing suddenly became heavy.

He looked around suspiciously; his once reliable teammates now seemed to have turned into something repulsive.

Seeing this, Ebony Maw, who was hiding behind Steve, smiled happily.

He held the Mind Scepter, which was emitting an unusual light behind him, in his hand, and looked at the Mind Gem at the center of the scepter with a fascinated expression.

With the blessing of the Mind Gem, his ability to manipulate language and seduce others has been enhanced to a whole new level.

Otherwise, Ebony Maw would never have so easily made Steve fall into suspicion and confusion.

Natasha was the first to notice that Steve was acting strangely. She walked over to him, put her hand on his shoulder, and asked with concern, "Hey, Steve, are you alright?"

Steve turned to look at Natasha, brushed her hand off his shoulder, and said, "Please don't get so close to me. I don't think we're that close yet."

Steve's gaze startled Natasha.

She had never seen this man with such a terrifying look in his eyes, eyes filled with suspicion and confusion, and with undisguised pain and murderous intent.

Even when Steve had just woken up and was causing chaos at S.H.I.E.L.D., he had never shown such a terrifying expression!

Something is definitely wrong!

Natasha frowned, preparing to report the matter to Nick Fury.

Just then, Hawkeye's voice came from not far away: "Watch out behind you, Natasha! Steve!"

Natasha then realized that while she and Steve were distracted, at least four Chitauri soldiers had gathered behind them, ready to launch a sneak attack.

Upon seeing this, Hawkeye immediately drew his bow and fired a split arrow directly at Steve.

The split arrow split into four in front of Steve, instantly killing all the Chitauri soldiers behind him.

Seeing this, Ebony Maw chuckled twice, then whispered in Steve's ear, "See that? That guy was trying to shoot you with an arrow. They're definitely not teammates, they're enemies."

As Ebony Maw uttered those words, the light emanating from the Mind Scepter shone with unparalleled brilliance.

Steve, his eyes bloodshot, looked at Hawkeye not far away and assumed a charging stance.

"Steve, what are you doing?"

Natasha, who was closest to Steve, immediately noticed his behavior and quickly stopped him, saying, "Are you crazy? That's Hawkeye! Not a Chitauri soldier!"

As soon as Natasha finished speaking, Steve slammed her into the air with his shield.

Then, Steve charged toward Hawkeye, who was not far away, with his shield in hand.

Because of Natasha's words of protest, Hawkeye immediately turned around and saw Natasha being knocked away by Steve's shield.

"What's wrong with this guy? Has he gone mad?"

Hawkeye asked in confusion, then immediately dodged backward, taking arrows from his quiver and aiming them at Captain America, who was charging towards him.

"Stop, Steve! I don't want to shoot you!"

However, Steve, who had been completely bewitched by Ebony Maw, completely ignored Hawkeye's warning.

Instead, he charged toward Hawkeye at an even faster speed.

"You damned Hydras!"

Seeing this, Hawkeye no longer hesitated, releasing the bowstring that had been pulled to its limit. As the bowstring snapped back, the specially made arrow flew swiftly towards Steve.

Seeing this, Steve, with his superhuman dynamic vision and motor skills, immediately used his shield to smash the arrow that was rapidly shooting towards him.

But he forgot that this was an arrow shot by Hawkeye.

This guy doesn't have many normal arrows in his quiver!

At the moment Captain America's shield collided with the arrow, the arrow's head was not flattened, but instead immediately swelled up and turned bright red.

The next second, a barely perceptible explosion and a small spark spread from the arrow that had expanded into a circle.

At the same time, an extremely powerful shockwave spread rapidly outwards from the arrow as its center.

hum~

boom!

Caught off guard, Steve was thrown dozens of meters into the sky by the shockwave.

Along with Steve, countless rubble and the remains of Chitauri soldiers were also blasted away.

Even after being knocked into the air, Steve still showed no intention of giving up his attack.

As one of the best soldiers, Steve possesses all the fine traditions that belong to soldiers.

For example... no matter the situation, there is always an effective way to attack.

He immediately locked onto Eagle Eye, who was standing in the distance, through the gaps between the rubble and severed limbs.

Steve used his arms and waist simultaneously, and after a very graceful twisting motion, he spun the shield in his hand and threw it at his opponent.

Steve's power was something Hawkeye, an ordinary human, simply couldn't withstand.