Chapter 174 Captain Carter and Captain "Marvel"
"Thank you for your patronage, the total is two dollars!" The owner of the fruit stand on the street handed a bag of fresh cashew nuts to Marwell while quoting the price.
The cashew nuts here are not the kind of dried fruits that are commonly found in supermarkets or grocery stores in later generations. The dried fruits are actually just seeds that grow on top of real cashew nuts.
The cashew nut here is a complete fresh fruit, its appearance is somewhat similar to lotus mist, the flesh part is smooth and juicy, and it tastes a bit like pineapple, which tastes very good.
It's just that fresh fruit is not easy to preserve, so it can basically only be eaten in some tropical origins, and most areas can only eat its seeds that are made into dried fruits.
In the United States, only some southern states like New Mexico can often see fresh cashews.
After Marwell tasted it just now, he immediately fell in love with this fruit.
Just to be clear, Marvell doesn't have dollars.
Of course, with her ability, it is easy to get some dollars, but as a soldier of the noble Kerry Star Troopers, the proud Marwell doesn't bother to do things like robbery, so she handed a dollar to the boss. A small metal bar.
This is the universal currency of the galaxy, star coins.
Such a small root is worth a thousand stars.
Although the earth has never traded with alien civilizations, it is generally possible to use food as an equivalent to convert it.
Basically, the purchase of 1,000 star coins is equivalent to 10,000 US dollars in this era.
This actually counts the dollar higher.
After all, hundreds of thousands of star coins are enough to buy a small spaceship, and a few million dollars is only enough to buy a Phantom 3 fighter jet—this is the ex-factory price of the Phantom 3 fighter jet in 1970 in the original time and space, and in this era because of the US dollar Purchasing power is higher, so the price is even lower.
But Marwell obviously ignored that although the earth has developed a good civilization, it has not yet connected with the civilization of the universe, so it is impossible to know the stars, even if the casting materials of the stars are precious metals with high value in the universe .
So the boss was confused.
"What is this?" The boss asked, shaking the penny in his hand.
"Money, this is a thousand yuan, enough to buy your store!" Marwell muttered with a juicy cashew nut in his mouth.
"Oh sweetheart, this joke isn't funny at all, is it? You're a foreigner by what you're wearing? Even without dollars, pounds, francs, lire (Italy), pesetas (Spain), dinero (Portugal) Anything is fine, instead of fooling me with such a small iron bar!" The boss persuaded helplessly.
"This is not a small iron bar, this is a star coin!" Marwell said to himself.
"...Hey, girl, did you come here to make trouble on purpose?" Seeing that Marwell was so reticent, the boss got angry and immediately started rolling up his sleeves.
Two dollars is not a small amount of money for a small businessman like him.
Upon seeing this, Marwell also became angry. One thousand star coins was his daily salary, and it was enough to have a good meal at the top restaurant in Hara, the capital of the Kerry Empire.
As a member of Star Troopers, the top force of the Kree Empire, Marwell's salary is also top-notch in the Kree Empire.
If it weren’t for the fact that the Star Troopers don’t need to spend money on food, clothing, housing and transportation, it would be impossible for Marvell to be so generous with a thousand star coins.
However, it is precisely because he joined the Star Troopers since he was a child that Marvell appears to be relatively lacking in human sophistication and other aspects, which has caused the current rather embarrassing scene.
When seeing the natives of this planet, they dared to roll up their sleeves at him, and Mawell was also annoyed and wanted to show the other party some color.
Just at this juncture, a sonorous female voice sounded from the side, and at the same time, a broad jade hand handed a five-dollar bill to the boss.
"I paid the money for her, and if there is more, I will treat it as a tip!" The visitor said.
Marvel couldn't help being surprised when he heard the sound, when did this person come to me? Follow the reputation.
So tall, so big!
This is Marvell's first impression.
Although the technology of the Kree Empire is more advanced than that of the Earth, the size of ordinary people is not much different.
The average height of men is only 1.8-2.0, which can only be said to be slightly taller than that of people on earth.
Women are basically the same, with an average height of around 1.70.
As a member of Star Troopers, Mawell's height is 1.75, which is relatively standard.
But the woman on earth who appeared in front of her was over 1.8 meters tall, and looked even bigger than her—under the seemingly ordinary clothes (ladies' suits), there were extremely explosive muscles hidden.
As a fighter, Marwell saw it at a glance.
And the other party's broad chest made Marwell, who is also a woman, feel a little inferior—although he is an alien, the Kerry people also regard it as beautiful.
Fortunately, as a member of Star Troopers, Marwell's psychological quality is very high, and he quickly came back to his senses and asked, "Who are you?"
"Peggy Carter, you can just call me Peggy!" The woman extended her hand and introduced herself.
Yes, the visitor was Peggy Carter, who was sent by Josie to Roswell to investigate the UFO crash.
After she brought the CIA people to Roswell, the investigation results of the UFO crash site were basically consistent with the military, several corpses that had been roasted into carbon, and some metal fragments.
Apart from letting the government determine that there are aliens in this world, it basically has no value.
Well, it can’t be said that it is completely worthless. The structural components of those metal fragments are still of some research value. is very valuable.
However, unlike the military investigators, who only limited their attention to the incident site and the surrounding small area, Carter cooperated with the FBI and local police to expand the scope of investigation to the surrounding cities and towns.
So Marwell, who was dressed in a strange costume, soon came into sight...
Immediately there was the scene that happened just now.
As for why Mawell, as a soldier of the Kree Empire Star Troopers, was so unvigilant and couldn't find that she was being tracked, it was actually very simple. It wasn't that she was not vigilant, but that she was the focus on the street when she entered the city. It's the same whether you're vigilant or not.
Until Peggy Carter showed up.
"Marwell!" Marwell didn't hide her name. After all, she hasn't betrayed Kerry yet, so she doesn't need to hide her name.
As he said that, he stretched out his hand, and held it with Carter, and subconsciously used a little force.
"It sounds a bit like a boy's name!" Feeling the strength from the opponent's hand, Carter began to use force while laughing and talking.
Who said that only men can do things like wrestling?
Strong women like Carter and Marwell would do the same thing.
After some trials, the two soon discovered that the other party’s strength was not weaker than their own—the Cree’s physique itself was stronger than that of the Earth people, and compared to Carter’s rare super soldiers, the Cree Empire had been killed many years ago. The gene enhancement potion has begun to be popularized. Although the overall effect may not be as good as the super soldier potion, the elite fighters of the Kerry Star Troopers like Miwell are not far behind.
If it weren’t for this, the Cree Empire would not be able to dominate the cruel universe.
"It was originally a boy's name, and my father always wanted a boy." Mawell shrugged generously and said, Kerry people are martial, and like most creatures, Kree males are generally more male than female stronger.
So things like patriarchy still exist in ancient interstellar civilizations like the Kerry Empire.
"Well, I can understand, I have encountered such a thing, this is not a place to talk, are you interested in having a drink with me?" Carter invited.
"It's a great honor!" As the future "Kree traitor", Mawell was originally a curious and cheerful person, not as cold and silent as ordinary Kree fighters, who killed brutally.
Replaced by ordinary Kerry fighters, the streets of the city may already be bleeding like rivers at this moment.
Facing a female fighter like Carter who she admired, Marvell naturally did not refuse.
"Cheers!" Ten minutes later, the two appeared in a local bar, held up a large glass of tequila, touched each other lightly, and then began to drink wildly.
There are not many other things in New Mexico, but there are so many bars.
It's just that this bar was obviously cleared of the idlers by the CIA before Carter and Marvell arrived, so there were only two of them except the bartender.
But at this time the bartender was already frightened by these two tough women.
Because tequila is a high-strength alcohol with more than 40 degrees, normal people usually drink it in a small cup like a bullet cup, accompanied by salt and lemon.
But the two women in front of them directly used beer glasses, drinking tequila like beer.
At the beginning, the bartender was really afraid that the two women would die of alcohol poisoning in his tavern.
But soon he discovered that things had exceeded his imagination.
These two women have already drank several bottles of tequila, not to mention alcohol poisoning, there is no sign of drunkenness at all, and they are not even flushed or out of breath, as if what they drank before was not strong alcohol, but white water—for The bartender even picked up the empty bottle that the two of them had finished drinking, and tasted the remaining wine inside. It was indeed wine...
MD, these two women are not human at all, are they?
The bartender looked at the two of Carter and couldn't help but become a little weird.
What he doesn't know, to some extent, the two of them have indeed broken away from the category of "human beings".
Whether it is the super soldier potion or the strengthening potion used by Kree elite fighters since they were young, they can all increase the body's metabolism.
So they are very difficult to get drunk.
Dr. Erskine once talked about this with the US team.
But Carter and Marvell don't care about the bartender's gaze. Although they just met and they are not of the same species, after initial communication, they found that they have too many common topics to talk about.
The so-called old friends at first sight is almost like this.
"Marwell, you shouldn't be from Earth, right?" After drinking for three rounds, Carter played with a star coin while turning the topic to the main topic, "Is this star coin the currency of your planet?"
This is the star coin that was brought back from the fruit stand owner.
Different from the fruit stall owner, Carter, as a professional, felt the unusualness of this "coin" as soon as he got it.
Very light, yet very strong—not as strong as vibramium, perhaps, but stronger than any other metal she had ever seen on Earth.
"No, this is not our official currency. The Cree Empire has not used this original currency for a long time. They all use official credits. This is the universal currency of the galaxy. We only bring some as currency when we go out to work. As a spare, it is convenient to use in some backward civilizations, but because our logistics reserves have always been sufficient, so there are not many cases where it is used, if you like it, I can give you some more!" Marvell revealed indifferently some in-universe information.
Still the same sentence, now Marvell doesn't care that people on this planet know his identity, and he doesn't think that people in this world can pose a threat to him, even the powerful woman in front of him is the same.
After all, fighting never depends only on the strength of the body. In many cases, equipment is the most important thing.
As for this, Marvell is very confident in the technology of the Kerry Empire.
"Oh, that sounds very interesting, can you tell me something about the universe?" After hearing what Mawell said, Carter was shocked inside, but asked calmly on the surface.
"Hehe, baby, I know you should be a member of the official organization of this planet, but listen to my advice, for a planet like yours, which is not even a first-level civilization, you know too much about the situation in the universe Not a good thing, in fact, you don’t have to worry too much, your planet is located in the most remote area of our empire’s borders, it is not easy for other civilizations to get here, and in our official records, This is just a savage planet, for your sake, I will not report your progress!" Marvell said affectionately, holding Carter's shoulder with a smile.
After some communication, she found that the woman in front of her was too suitable for her appetite. For her, Marwell didn't mind concealing the situation on the earth.
Anyway, for the empire, a planet like Earth, which has less than a first-level civilization and is extremely scarce in resources, is really not very useful.
"Your empire is very powerful?" Carter asked.
"Of course, in the entire galaxy, we are the most powerful. At least one third of the entire galaxy is the territory of our Kerry Empire!" Marvell said very proudly.
A third of the Milky Way? Facing Mawell's answer, Carter's face remained unchanged, but his heart had already set off a storm.
Although she has always been the kind of person with strong opinions, the current situation may involve the future of earth civilization, which is completely beyond her comprehension.
This matter must be reported to Josie!
In Carter's mind, Josie's face immediately appeared.
(end of this chapter)