Winter Soldier

It was still a simple and even monotonous office. General Lukin sat on an office chair and listened to the Winter Soldier's report with a blank expression. His hawk-like sharp eyes looked up and down at the Winter Soldier who was standing upright, as if carefully evaluating his every move. , Every expression changes.

Suddenly, General Lukin raised his hand to interrupt the Winter Soldier, and asked in a deep voice, "Are there any injuries during this mission?"

The Winter Soldier was stunned for a moment, and suddenly the pool of bright red blood of father and daughter floated before his eyes, and he replied resolutely, "Yes, a little girl died unexpectedly."

He understood that the general was asking about the injuries of his own mission personnel, but he couldn't suppress the sudden impulse in his heart, and reported the little girl's death. Was it a question?Or vent?

He didn't understand it himself, he just wanted to say it.

As soon as the words came out, the Winter Soldier stood motionless like a stone statue, completely opposite to the violent fluctuations in his heart.

General Lukin didn't speak. He reached out to pick up the cigarette case on the table, took out one in his mouth, lit it, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled a thick smoke ring.

His tone was calm, and he even said with a sigh: "There will always be sacrifices in missions."

Hearing this, the Winter Soldier immediately retorted in a deep voice, even with rare strong emotion in his words, "Yes, General, there will always be sacrifices, but..." He lowered his eyes and glanced at the mechanical arm beside him, "But It should not be innocent civilians, let alone immature children."

Lu Jin straightened his waist, leaned forward, stared at the Winter Soldier with a good look, and asked sharply, "Even for the greatest victory?"

"Even for a greater victory!" The Winter Soldier replied firmly without moving his eyebrows, and slowly stated his attitude.

General Lukin relaxed his waist, leaned back on the back of the chair, exhaled smoke, waved his hands and said, "Okay, soldier, the matter is clear, you can go back and rest."

The Winter Soldier saluted and walked out of the room.

Hearing the sound of closing the door, Lu Jin opened the desk drawer and took out two reports. He stared at the reports in front of him incredulously.

One is Dr. Faust's report on the suspected mental problems of the Winter Soldier and the production of a second personality.

Yes, Dr. Faust reported to Lukin even though he didn't have sufficient evidence that something was wrong with the Winter Soldier.Faust believes that with Lukin's emphasis on the Winter Soldier, if he does not pry his suspicion, it will be difficult to get the research right of the Winter Soldier from General Lukin.

Although General Lukin was skeptical of Faust's report at the time, any potential instability in the face of his number one weapon, the Winter Soldier, deserves serious attention.

So, there is a second report, from Iranian intelligence chief Wild Fox, on the report and assessment of the full details of the Winter Soldier's Mashhad mission, yes, all first-hand observation details, without Assistant Kianush, Some are just senior intelligence officers specially selected by General Lukin - codenamed "Wild Fox", Kianush is just a pseudonym, all recklessness and provocation are just to relax the Winter Soldier's vigilance against him.

It was so coincidental and so dramatic that the unplanned appearance of the little girl exposed the nature and self-awareness that the Winter Soldier had been hiding all along, and even the Winter Soldier himself did not realize its existence.

Staring at the two reports placed side by side on the table for a long time, Lu Jin knew that the Winter Soldier was no longer the Winter Soldier he needed in his plan.

He even feels a little sorry for the Winter Soldier. At this time, he has habitually forgotten that the predecessor of the Winter Soldier was an American soldier. He stubbornly and even greedily defines the Winter Soldier as a super soldier who has always been loyal to the Soviet Union.

Squeezing out the cigarette butt that was burning to the end, General Lukin shook the phone and received the secretariat, "Tell Dr. Faust to come to my office immediately."

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After an hour of discussion, Faust walked out of General Lukin's office with a smug face, and the Winter Soldier he had been thinking about finally fell into his hands.

Recalling the conversation just now, General Lukin was obviously reluctant to part with a useful super soldier, and repeatedly asked about the status of the Winter Soldier.

"Doctor, are you sure that the Winter Soldier has mental problems?" General Lukin frowned, staring at Dr. Faust with a good look.

"Yes, General." Even though he was eager to get the Winter Soldier for research, Faust would not dare to deceive General Lukin casually, and he did not want to repeat the mistake of that idiot Keefer.

Fearing that the general would not believe it, Dr. Faust continued to explain: "Although after the brainwashing, new memories were input into the Winter Soldier's mind, a loyal warrior personality was created, and there is a mind controller to guarantee the loyalty of the new personality, but... He paused, carefully considering his words.

Then, he went on to say, "The Winter Soldier's personality is capable of independent thinking. In addition to loyalty and missions, during the long-term contact with the outside world, he will obviously follow human instincts and fill in those blank thinking cognitions, emotions, and values." Perceptual parts such as concepts."

"Is it unavoidable?" General Lukin asked again.

"Yes, General, it is unavoidable. This is human cognitive instinct, and it will only accumulate with time and memory." Faust is very sure.

"Is it impossible to eliminate those emotional factors that affect the execution of the mission at once?" Lu Jin asked coldly again. Obviously, at this time, he no longer had the slightest pity and regret for the Winter Soldier just now. What Lu Jin wanted was absolute Loyal and easy to use super weapon.

"It can't be removed at once, but, General, after working hard, I have found a perfect and feasible alternative method, repeated freezing and brainwashing, reducing his contact time with the outside world." Faust could no longer restrain the Winter Soldier's research on him Temptation, continue to lobby Lukin more.

"Besides, the Winter Soldier is suspected to have a second personality at present, which poses a great security risk and must be resolved by brainwashing." The last sentence finally convinced General Lukin.

The ambitious Dr. Faust finally got his wish and got permission to transform the Winter Soldier again.

However, the Winter Soldier in the lounge did not know about all these changes, nor did Lin Yan, who was sleeping and recuperating in the thinking world.

The cruel and unknown shadow hangs over them again.

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The Winter Soldier didn't realize what he was going to encounter until he was brought into the most mysterious research room in the entire base. He was bound to a strange metal chair without any resistance, but for some reason, he hated that The three-piece stared into his eyes and smiled, and he remembered that his name was Dr. Faust.

At this moment, the Winter Soldier was still planning to report to General Lukin about his loss of control.

It's a pity that the violent electric current that hit the brain didn't give this loyal soldier a chance, leaving the room full of winter soldiers struggling to resist the pain.

By mistake, Lin Yan once again escaped the crisis of exposure.

However, at this time, Lin Yan was not in the slightest happy mood of excitement and relaxation. He was sleeping quietly, relaxing and accumulating mental strength, when he was suddenly pulled into purgatory-like severe pain, as if he had been thrust into the bed from a warm and comfortable bed. A crater that spews lava.

Gritting his teeth to endure the first wave of severe pain, he quickly remembered the familiar severe pain.

When Barnes was brainwashed, the severe pain of lightning strikes the thinking body.

Seeing the dazzling lightning bolts shooting out around him like sharp arrows, Lin Yan almost thought that he was dreaming about Barnes brainwashing, but the severe pain reminded him that it was not.

When Barnes was brainwashed, he was not so intensively chased by lightning.Seeing the thinking body of the Winter Soldier not far away who was under intensive care, he immediately guessed that something was wrong with the Winter Soldier and he was brainwashed.

And he himself was the unlucky fish in the pond, enduring the pain, Lin Yan searched around, and soon found the culprit who attracted the lightning, those few spiritual threads connecting himself with the Winter Soldier's thinking body.Due to the recent tense situation, Lin Yan always puts his mental touch on the Winter Soldier's thinking body in order to "see the same" in time, but at this time it has become the fuse that hurts him.

Facing the violent lightning attack, Lin Yan concentrated all his energy and tried to pull back the tactile thread, but tragically found that the tactile thread seemed to grow on the Winter Soldier, life and death were inseparable.

But he didn't dare to cut off the tentacles roughly. Lin Yan, who is no longer a rookie in the thinking world, knows that cutting off all the spiritual tentacles rashly means a devastating blow to the spiritual power. Don't even think about spreading out the tentacles again.

In the few moments when he hesitated, more and more lightning storms came, and they treated Lin Yan and the Winter Soldier as equals.

Lin Yan, who was submerged in the violent lightning and severe pain, was unable to distract himself from thinking about what to measure. He only felt that his soul seemed to be combed by a hot comb made of lava, combing it over and over again.

Struggling and sinking, he seemed to see a familiar figure turning around to look at him in the distance. Before he could see clearly, he was dragged into the hell for smelting again, and gradually became unconscious, thoughtless and selfless.

Numerous memory carriers——fluorescence, drifted out from the two broken thinking bodies, but all disappeared in the slashing of the fierce lightning.

In the thinking world, under the flaming lightning strikes again and again, two thinking bodies, one big and one small, move towards each other, slowly getting closer and closer, as if eager to get closer to each other, absorb each other's strength, and form a team to resist the lightning attack .

Obviously, the brainwashing of the Winter Soldier this time is different from Barnes' brainwashing. Faust accurately reduced the intensity of the electric shock, only washing out the memory of the Winter Soldier, but not destroying his personality.

If you observe carefully, you will find that in the thinking world, compared with the densely criss-crossed cracks on the small thinking body, the large thinking body is less damaged, and only a few large cracks run through the whole.

This is thanks to Lin Yan who has been insisting on tempering his strong mental strength and protecting himself in time to avoid being washed into a blank slate like the Winter Soldier. If he is given enough time, Lin Yan may be able to slowly recover with his strong mental strength. .

However, bad luck always follows.Because of his thinking body that is closely connected with the Winter Soldier, Dr. Faust's brainwashing order actually affected Lin Yan along the spiritual thread.

In the ensuing long freeze, the brainwashing order remained solidified in his brain, becoming a shackle that Lin Yan could not shake off for several years.

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