After he had completely fallen unconscious, the warriors who had injected him with sedatives finally breathed a sigh of relief. Those three doses had been their only remaining sedatives. If even that could not put the Winter Soldier fully to sleep, they could only try more extreme methods to subdue him.
No one knew whether that might create unforeseen complications. After all, subduing the Winter Soldier was far harder than subduing a bear.
After tying the Winter Soldier up securely, the Golden Daggers reported back to their master.
"The Winter Soldier has been secured."
"Bring him back unharmed!"
"Yes!"
Xu Xialing could not wait to see the Winter Soldier. The Golden Daggers sensed their master's urgency, and their movements unconsciously became a little hurried as well.
So much so that they failed to notice the small move Bucky had made before losing consciousness.
On the other side of the ocean, Steve, who had moved his residence to Queens, suddenly received a private communication.
Steve was an "old antique." Despite cramming in a great deal of knowledge, he still found it difficult to adapt quickly to modern technology.
But Bucky had a remarkably good grasp of new technology. Black Widow could serve as a top-tier hacker when necessary, and Bucky possessed the same capability.
He had modified the old-fashioned phone Steve had chosen for himself. It looked like an obsolete relic abandoned by the times, but it was actually a highly advanced satellite phone.
They had also set up emergency numbers in advance. Once either of them dialed that number, it meant the other had encountered trouble.
Therefore, the moment Bucky was captured, Steve already knew that things were going badly on his end.
Captain America, who had never panicked even during Hydra's Project Insight, now felt as though the sky