infinite hero

It was almost dawn when Steve came home from the hospital.It was best to get out of town before full daylight, so he would have limited time to think.

Fortunately, he didn't find the decision too difficult.Bucky (his old friend) and Hydra (his long-time enemy), as long as one of these two reasons is true, he can't let it go.Whether it is true or not, he needs to find out and verify it himself.

So, with a baseball cap pressed low on his head, Steve left the house.Public transportation is likely to be monitored and affect others, so he resolutely gave up and planned to run over by himself-relying on his super-soldier physical strength, this is not a problem at all.

However, if Steve had fooled most of the people, it wasn't all of them.Natasha caught up with him as he passed through the fire exit of a large underground department store.Due to the death of Fury and the liquidation of the internal power of S.H.I.E.L.D., the two of them spent a little time communicating before continuing on the road.

"Where I'm going may be dangerous," Steve felt he had to remind Natasha who was going with him, "Don't say I didn't tell you."

"Dangerous?" Natasha smiled shortly.They were walking out of the shopping mall arm in arm. Anyone who looked at them would think that they were a couple, and it was not easy for the people who chased them to find out. "I just know that Fury can't die like this for nothing."

Steve was irrefutable, because he thought so too.

"But then again, why do you need to know where to go?" Natasha asked in a low voice.

Steve immediately thought of those words, but also of Sid when he said, "I just trust your character."He opened his mouth, but finally pressed these doubts back to his heart, and simply replied: "If it's true, you'll know when you get there."

On the other side of the abandoned warehouse, the Stark brothers have begun to study the starting point to deal with Hydra.

"... Judging from the current situation, a large part of the reason why the Winter Soldier can become a ghost killer is that every time he acts, Hydra dispatches at least one company of manpower to clean up for him. Do. If they guarantee that the witnesses nearby when the accident happened are all their people, it will of course greatly reduce the possibility of the existence of the Winter Soldier being discovered by people other than Hydra." Sid said while lighting the levitation In the mid-air translucent blue light screen.

There are many screens displaying pictures, videos and text materials, which look very ordinary.But against the gray background of the surrounding mess and no water and electricity, it looks a little weird-how can they appear out of thin air?Where do they get their energy from?

Although he already knew a thing or two, this was the first time Tony had seen Sid's personal database.No need for energy supply, no need to make a sound if you want to summon it, just think about it. "So this is the root cause of your photographic memory." He affirmed. "You hid it well!"

"I've always wished I was normal," Sid replied.

The subtext in this statement is obvious.When Sid first discovered these problems, he was still in college.And he thought at the time that only the exact blood relationship could be the strong bond between him and Tony.

Tony didn't follow up right away.His gaze slid down the bridge of Sid's nose, and finally stopped on the broken lip...he accidentally bit it just now. "I understand, really," he said dryly, missing his gaze sheepishly, feeling the excess of courage and anger leave him together, "uh, that, sorry."

"Huh?" Sid was turning on some other screens, and when he heard this, he glanced at Tony and immediately understood what the other party was thinking. "If a wound can buy you peace, I think it is very valuable."

Tony was almost losing his temper.But to be honest, he never really learned to say no to Sid, let alone in this situation. "You're making me wonder about our age gap again," he grumbled, careful not to let Sid hear the words, "I mean, go ahead!"

Sid raised an eyebrow amusedly, but he didn't get to the bottom of it. "As I said earlier, Hydra has pretty much made the Winter Soldier their trump card. If anyone stops them, or doesn't cooperate, they make those people disappear from the face of the earth; the best way is to ——" He didn't go on, he just made a knife on the neck with his hand.

Thinking of this made Tony angry.Because the reason for Howard's assassination was obvious-their father would never be in league with Hydra! "But in theory, Hydra, which was part of the Nazis, should have disappeared with the defeat," he pressed. "Why did they reappear? If the Winter Soldier disappeared and fell into the hands of Hydra, he must have these in his memory Bar?"

There is no doubt about the answer to this question.

Hydra is the name of an organization that originally belonged to the Nazis and was mainly responsible for the research and development of technology and weapons.During World War II, the leader Red Skull got the Cosmic Cube, and then used the Cosmic Cube to develop many powerful new weapons.

The general army simply cannot withstand the attack of those weapons; but if you want to win the war, you must defeat Hydra, and the Roaring Commando led by Captain America was established for this purpose.Their goal is to wipe out Hydra bases around the world and serve as a vanguard for the Allied Forces.

Obviously, Captain America and Hydra are sworn enemies, especially Red Skull.

We all know history, the Allies finally won the victory.As part of the Nazis, Hydra fell apart after the disappearance of the Red Skull.This matter should have ended here, but the high-level military believes that Hydra is not so useless in terms of scientific research.

At that time, SHIELD was not SHIELD, but an organization called the Logistics Support Department.Howard Stark was one of the people in charge, but he didn't know that the army recruited some Nazi scientists.

Among the Hydra scientists recruited was the leader who transformed the Winter Soldier, a guy with a short stature and a big head, who was quite good at mental brainwashing.

Therefore, the next development can be imagined.On the surface, he surrendered to the Allied forces and used his knowledge to serve the Allied forces; but in fact, he exerted a secret influence on the officials he could get in touch with, causing them to be subtly influenced without knowing it. Eventually assimilated into a Hydra member.

This corrosion, from top to bottom, is invisible and hard to detect.So much so that after he died, he still manipulated relevant personnel, copied and stored his mind in a large computer, and continued to advise Hydra.

But of course, not everyone will be brainwashed.Such people are called nails, and one by one they lined up Hydra's assassination plan, including Howard.They do things beautifully, as in by accident.

"Where is that computer now?" Tony only cared about the most important parts.

"The Winter Soldier hasn't seen him since he was sent away," Sid replied, "and, you know, the Winter Soldier doesn't ask any more questions that aren't related to his mission."

Tony let out a breath through his nose. "Then who gave orders to the Winter Soldier recently?" As Hydra's ace killer, the Winter Soldier can obviously see their leader!

"Unfortunate news, it's Minister Pierce." Following Sid's words, a photo of a man with short gray hair and wrinkled face popped up on the screen.

"Minister of Defense?" Tony gasped. "I now understand why Fury was hunted outside the Pentagon..." The Pentagon is where the Department of Defense is located!

Needless to say, both of them knew that this matter was troublesome.Even the Minister of Defense has defected, can their country still be safe?

"According to what the Winter Soldier knows, I listed all the people he met." Sid said while mobilizing the screen image, "Those people he saw in the laboratory, except for the researchers, the rest are government officials.”

Tony glanced cursorily. "For us now, it is enough to know that Fury is not in it." At least they understand that Hydra has not completely controlled the entire state authority!

"That means we can work with the captain," Sid agreed. "The person in the world who is least likely to be a member of Hydra is the captain. The director's judgment is very wise."

Even at times like this, Tony didn't forget to taunt Fury. "Fury probably hasn't figured out who wants his life?" He paused, as if thinking that Fury was dead now, and then changed his words: "It's dawn, where is the captain?"

Sid glanced out the window, and smiled in the next second. "Here we come," he said briskly, "There's another one."

Tony was suspicious.Who else?With this in mind, he turned on the infrared monitoring. "...Black Widow?"

**

Two 10 minutes later.

Steve and Natasha were alone on a small piece of gravel, staring at Sid almost in shock.But Sid didn't have big heads and six arms, and his face wasn't blooming. He was just stating some facts he had just learned.

"If this is made up, then the imagination is too perfect." Natasha finally said this, she felt that it was difficult for her to digest so much information at once.

And, then again, why would the Starks have a hand in this matter?Don't they always have trouble with S.H.I.E.L.D.?Or even, Iron Man had been waiting for them for hours in a place that didn't fit his aesthetics at all, just to keep the plan going (she couldn't believe it, the word was in Tony's dictionary)?

Surely there was no substitution in Mark's armor, huh?

Steve was a little more receptive than Natasha.Because Sid had officially told him that he was not an Earthling.So if aliens, from manipulating water vapor to reading minds, it doesn't seem so impossible, right?

But obviously now is not the time to mention this. "I've seen that bald guy in person, and he's exactly what Sid said," Steve affirmed. "I believe it's true."

The so-called bald guy is the scientist who revived Hydra's spirit.

"So, Bucky is really not dead?" He asked again, not lacking in excitement.

"He's the Winter Soldier now, Captain." Tony couldn't help pouring cold water on him. "I guess his mind control is not so easy to remove, after all, he has been brainwashed many times."

Thinking of the forced brainwashing process that Sid described—shocking the whole body, increasing the voltage as the number increased—Steve's expression twisted in pain. "I'm sure he'll wake up!"

But Natasha feels that sobriety is not necessarily a completely good thing. "Then he'll know how cruel what he's done," she said implicitly.If the Winter Soldier recovers, he will definitely fall into extreme self-loathing; although he didn't want to kill those people, he is indeed the one who did it in the end!

This time, the other three didn't say anything.Because they understand that Natasha's conclusion is based on her own experience.If you have a conscience, you will naturally torture yourself for the mistakes you have made!

"Well, if the captain firmly believes in his teammates, then put this matter aside for now." This time it was still Tony who spoke first. "Our primary target is Hydra, especially those who can play a huge role but are stubborn."

Everyone nodded together.Hydra has so many branches now, it is certainly not so easy to catch them all in one go; then, it is time to catch the thief first and the king first!As long as the organization and leadership are lost, isn't it easy to clean up the rest?

"Secretary Pierce, or the computer?" Sid said, looking at Tony. "It's hard to say which is the decisive one."

Several people looked at each other.

When the enemy is lurking among your own people, it becomes very troublesome to strike.After all, even if they all believed in Sid's judgment, in the eyes of the public, they still did not learn from others!

In addition, Hydra's new development strategy is to secretly absorb new members, and all operations are kept confidential.This also means that the forces are complex and intertwined, and a little carelessness will leave disasters behind.

"But things always have to be done," Tony replied, very realistically. "Just two questions," he said, scanning Steve and Natasha, "who will do it and how?"

Steve slowly calms down from the news that Bucky is still alive. "If it's what you say," he analyzed, "I think the less people know, the better. It has nothing to do with trust," he added, emphasizing, "It's the nature of the matter that doesn't make a big splash. We don't What clear evidence, we do not want to start a war."

"That doesn't sound like my thing." Tony pouted.But he had anticipated this solution long before he could calm down and think about it from beginning to end. "Then there are four of us here," he pointed to one by one, "separate action?"

"That's right." Steve said immediately. "I think they haven't noticed that we have met yet. In other words, their target is still me." The implication is that it is more dangerous to be with him.

"I'm with the captain." Natasha said without hesitation. "I'm afraid I have already been discovered, or the probability of my being discovered is relatively high." She shrugged, "After all, I found the captain first."

Both Tony and Sid couldn't help glancing at her.Don't think they can't tell, she just doesn't want to be partnered with any Starks!

Steve apparently figured this out too. "Then your group." He said, thinking that this arrangement is the best, because he thinks that Sid probably has a way to prevent Tony from acting rashly, such as waiting for them to come here. "Target..." He pondered for a while, without much hesitation: "Is it just you guys on the side of Minister Pierce? After all, you are all in the clear, and he probably doesn't know that you have intervened in this matter. By surprise."

"Would that be too hard for you guys?" Sid made the point.You were already being chased and killed, and you still want to find that computer that you don't know where it is?

Steve felt that, in exchange for reciprocity, it was time for an honest showdown. "I have this," he pulled out the black memory stick from his pocket, "I think there's a clue to the computer."

Tony's eyes lit up. "You should have said that earlier, captain!" Who else is better at cracking various firewalls than him?

While Tony was working, the other three stood a little further away in order not to disturb him.

"Speaking of which, I'm surprised that you agreed to take this muddy water trip." Natasha finally found the time to ask the question she had always wanted to know.

"We have very strong reasons." Sid said.He just stated the main ins and outs of the matter, and did not mention the purpose of their intervention. "Hydra masterminded our father's car accident."

"...Huh?" Natasha didn't think of the reason, and couldn't help but exclaimed softly. "I'm sorry." She shouldn't have doubted the other party's intentions!

"It's okay." Sid shook his head. "When I first found out, I was also very angry. But anger does not help. I must say, I am now imagining the day Hydra is uprooted!"

But Steve didn't say a word, and his face quickly became ugly.As the Shieldmaker, Howard Stark was also his friend; now it turns out that his best friend killed his other best friend?

Sid saw what Steve was thinking. "Never mind, Captain, we all understand that Mr. Barnes is also a victim."

To be honest, Steve didn't doubt that Sid would think so, because he had never seen Sid act emotionally!But when his eyes fell on the obvious new wound on the other's lip, he had to wake up and realize that before they came, the Stark brothers might have had an argument over it (albeit in a suspicious way).

"We'll definitely get this sorted out," he said finally.Either Bucky or Hydra!

Sid nodded.He felt that it was a matter of minutes for him and Tony to solve Pierce, so he was more inclined to think for the other side. "If Tony ends up finding clues in the memory stick, I think you guys should be careful."

"You mean, that might be a trap?" Natasha responded quickly.

"The captain also said just now that he knows the scientist." Sid said, "That means that the other party also knows the captain."

Steve blinked, and he began to follow Sid's thoughts. "He's with Pierce, so he must know about Fury." He opened his eyes slightly, "Then he can use his knowledge of us to set up a serial trap!"

"It's the worst guess, and I don't think they can't do it," Sheed said. "You better be careful."

"It doesn't sound like you're worried about your side at all," Natasha said.She realized that the Stark Brothers must have some big secrets, and more than Fury imagined.Plus, she felt she had reason to believe that Steve already knew some of it.

"The minister is in the light and we are in the dark, so what is there to worry about?" Sid said.This matter is the same as what Steve said just now, not that he doesn't trust Natasha, but just in case, it is not appropriate for too many people to know.

But Natasha suddenly thought of something. "I don't think Hydra's plan is just to hunt down the director," she said thoughtfully. "Of course, I'm not saying that the director is insignificant, but he is indeed not enough to be the ultimate goal of an organization's plan, right?"

"Do you know something?" Steve asked sensitively.Natasha's agent level is not low, and she has every reason to know more things than him.

Sid cast a puzzled look at this.

Under the four eyes, Natasha was a little nervous.But this only has something to do with herself, because she is convinced that she is violating the various confidentiality regulations of S.H.I.E.L.D. "Just a little bit, and I'm not sure if it's related," she said. "Furry was working on a big project, code-named 'Visit'."

Steve understood immediately. "The three helicarriers?" he asked, realizing that this plan was exactly what Fury had told him before, and that he had turned against Fury because of it. "I thought this plan would come to an end with the death of the director..." Before he could finish speaking, he realized his mistake——

If everything Fury does is under the covert control of Hydra, who can guarantee what those three Helicarriers will be used for?Fury's behavior is at best an over-the-top protection of homeland security, but how could Hydra have this as its goal?

"If I remember correctly," Steve's tone became dry due to excessive shock, "Furry once said that the new precision-guided weapons on the Helicarrier, through remote DNA detection and comparison, can Hit nine thousand pre-locked targets on the ground at once!"

The three of them looked at each other, and they all read disbelief in each other's eyes.With Hydra's consistent principle of "kill when you stand in the way", wouldn't they use the Helicarrier to carry out a massacre? !

Almost in the next second, this suspicion was confirmed——

Because Tony swears suddenly and loudly. "The dna data of hundreds of millions of people is collected in the memory chip of the weapon! What do they want to do!"

Undoubtedly, all the encryption programs have been cracked, and the three of them hurriedly gathered around to have a look.In a huge unfolded map, there are dense red dots everywhere, representing being locked!