The highest priority right now is to deal with the most troublesome Zemo. Since he wants Captain America, I'll just give him a Captain America.
Su Ming patted his chest, and a thought was transmitted in his mind. The symbiote flowed out like black sludge from the cracks of the armor, covering the Holy Statue Armor, and then began to change.
It looked at the Captain America in front of Su Ming, and began to mimic under the dim light.
First, it changed the body from black to blue, then started imitating various details. It absorbed energy from Su Ming's body to support these changes, and the energy supply from X Metal was continuous.
Just a few seconds later, Su Ming was wearing a Captain America-style Star-Spangled Banner uniform.
Of course, there were some differences. The lower half of the face was also fake, so it looked quite stiff. The symbiote had not yet learned how to match lip movements when humans spoke.
Then there was the voice issue. The voice changer on the Holy Statue Armor made Deathstroke's voice sound like a demon's roar, plus the armor was wrapped in 'disguise', making Su Ming look taller and stronger than Steve, with a body size that didn't quite match.
Lastly, the weakness was that if this Captain America uniform encountered flames or strong sound waves, it would likely melt and expose the disguise... As for the pain feedback from the symbiote getting hurt, those were minor details a super soldier could endure.
Now, I am a fake Captain America.
As for impersonating someone else's identity, Deathstroke felt no inner turmoil. As long as the mission objectives could be achieved, any means were acceptable.
Besides, it was still nighttime outside. Unless someone was very familiar with Captain America, they couldn't tell the difference. This clumsy disguise was enough to fool enemies observing from afar.
"I still need a shield."
Su Ming took out the Godslayer, changed it into a round shield according to his idea, then covered it with the symbiote on his arm, turning it red, white, and blue with a white star.
He looked himself over from top to bottom. Although there was an oily, unreal feeling up close, from a distance, it shouldn't fall apart.
"Speaking of which, this uniform design is a bit tacky. The one from the Avengers 3 movie looks better."
But complaining to himself aside, people of this era do recognize this red, blue, and white, what can you do? Just make do...
"Steve? You..."
Peggy and Nick were talking, and just a few seconds of not paying attention, they turned around to find that Captain America had stood up, looking radiant under the lamp.
She was a bit pleased, but in the next second, she saw Steve still lying on the stretcher with a pale face and couldn't help but freeze.
"Mistaken identity, Agent Carter..."
A low chuckle sounded, and she recognized the voice. It was Deathstroke, and he spoke without even moving his mouth.
"What are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious? Of course, it's to borrow Captain America's identity for a stroll. Your battle is long over, now sit down and shut up."
Su Ming stepped out without paying attention to Peggy and Fury's wild imaginations. He had no obligation to inform them of his actions.
However, wearing this outfit, with the Magic Floating Cloak draped over his back, looked a bit ugly. Such a large block of red and blue was quite an eyesore.
Walking through the underground passage, he took off the Magic Floating Cloak, planning to discuss aesthetics with it.
"Ahem, Cloak, in this getup, don't drape yourself over my shoulders?"
The cloak twisted as if saying, "I won't!" and slipped back onto Su Ming's shoulders.
Indeed, it did slip back with a sound like slurping noodles as it rubbed against the symbiote.
Su Ming shrugged, whatever, if the cloak wants it that way, then so be it. After all, it's Captain America that's seen as tasteless and tactless, right?
At this time, the symbiote also wanted to be cheeky, secretly starting to change the pattern of the Star-Spangled Banner on his chest, from red, white, and blue to red and yellow, gradually forming a letter...
Su Ming immediately gave it a slap, restoring it to the original: "You're even learning to read my memory, huh? Trying to imitate Clark, what's so great about Kryptonians?"
The symbiote became obedient again, shivering all over. The surface of Su Ming looked like rippling water.
Su Ming sighed helplessly, letting the Magic Floating Cloak carry him forward. Although he had guessed before that the symbiote rooted in the spinal cord and connected with him through the spinal nerves and that X Metal might not prevent it from reading the host's memory, he didn't expect it to achieve this so quickly.
But fortunately, it seemed to selectively bypass those memories of the real world.
It's possible that those memories were too mundane, work and computer play in daily drudgery were useless to it; or perhaps it couldn't yet understand 'real world', choosing to ignore.
At the very least, it has not gone mad or turned traitor, which is a decent result.
The most frightening scenario is a symbiote learning a ton of things from its host without letting them know, pretending to be naive.
Venom's first host suffered this way. That Kree soldier thought Venom had stayed with him for years, witnessed him have psychotic breaks, commit mass slaughter, torture other beings for fun, all while remaining that naïve biological armor.
Unbeknownst to him, Venom had long been disgusted by him, and had already planned hundreds of ways to torment him, plotting how to finish him off for good.
The Kree soldier met his end, Venom had even calculated the trajectory of a meteorite passing through space, hitched a series of rides, and finally arrived on Earth.
But that is a story for later. The current 'Venom' should still be living ignorantly on the Symbiote Planet, and the symbiotes on Earth today should be descendants of the Giant Dragon.
..........
Su Ming was floating in the sewer, with foul-smelling sewage less than half a meter below. He was planning ways to lure Zemo over.
He had indeed just gotten Zemo's address from the guerrilla leader, but knowing Zemo's habits, that place was surely a trap, or more simply, a blinding technique illusion.
If Su Ming went there to catch Zemo, he would certainly be passive and subjected to all kinds of antics.
The best way was to use the Captain America disguise to bait Zemo to come find him. Only the Captain America he 'loves' the most could make him lose his composure.
So Su Ming had to choose a good place, one not subject to German bombing, to wait for Zemo to come for hand-to-hand combat and seize the opportunity to finish him off.
There were many such places in Paris City, and the nearest one was rather good.
The Triumphal Arch.
This choice was carefully thought out. First of all, the Triumphal Arch is one of the iconic buildings of Paris and highly favored by Xiaohuzi, who praised its neoclassical architectural style.
After France's surrender, he even held an entry parade here, calling it 'the most glorious moment of my life'.
In Germany, anyone daring to destroy Xiaohuzi's fond memories might as well be dead, the consequences could be worse than suicide.
Moreover, under the Triumphal Arch is the 1920 Memorial to the Fallen, a place commemorating French casualties of the First World War. If the German Army dared to bomb there, all of Paris would riot. Parisian citizens would go mad, and the puppet regime wouldn't be able to suppress the national sentiment, inconsistent with Xiaohuzi's current policy towards France.
In the short term, Xiaohuzi would not act against Hydra, which also means Hydra would not dare to confront the Supreme Leader openly, especially with the German Army watching.
This is the easiest place to achieve the goal of a duel, and isn't the scenery nice too?