The Wingbeat of a Number

Upon hearing Bucky's words, Tony Stark's expression changed slightly, but he still glared angrily at Bucky. After all, the hatred for killing his father couldn't be resolved with just a few words from Bucky.

"I'm not saying this to ask for your forgiveness or pardon. I'm hoping you can give me a chance to seek revenge after I destroy Hydra ..." Bucky looked at Tony Stark, shook his head bitterly, and said in a low voice.

"Of course, if I die at the hands of Hydra, or am controlled by Hydra again, I hope you will continue to fight against Hydra to avenge your father and kill the version of me that is being controlled!"

"Bucky, with Law... with the Saiyan helping you, you won't be controlled anymore. And Hydra, we'll destroy them together!" Steve sighed softly, looking at Bucky and comforting him in a low voice. "Continue talking about Howard, let's analyze it together..."

"When Tony's mother saw me, she didn't react at all. She didn't resist at all, like a puppet. And it was completely different from being terrified. She seemed to be unconscious..." Bucky glanced at the silent Tony Stark and continued.

"Furthermore, Tony's mother died at my hands first, but Howard didn't show any anger during the killing. It's impossible for Howard to be indifferent to his wife's death, right? Even if their relationship wasn't good..."

"Impossible! They have a great relationship!" Before Bucky could finish speaking, Tony Stark interrupted him. He knew about his Uncle's womanizing history, which was no less than his own, but that was before marriage. After marriage, Howard Stark was a good man, at least according to American thinking.

Therefore, Tony Stark immediately interrupted Bucky's speculation, saying that even speculation was unacceptable!

"So there really is a problem?" Tony Stark didn't completely believe Bucky's words, after all, it was just Bucky's word, but if Bucky wasn't lying, then there might really be something fishy going on.

Especially if Hydra wanted to kill Howard Stark, they would definitely do something, at least to eliminate Howard Stark's influence through his death. But in fact, to this day, Howard Stark remain missing...

"Do you have any video footage of your mission? Or perhaps video footage of their bodies disappearing?" Thinking this, Tony Stark gradually calmed down, slowly recovering from the shock of his parents' murder. After a long pause, he looked at Bucky with a grim expression and asked.

"I don't have them here, but Hydra should have them. At least they keep records of many missions!" Bucky shook his head, his expression serious. "However, the Hydra Base we found last time didn't have these things. Perhaps we need to find other Hydra bases! So I hope you can give me a chance..."

"I'm not giving you a chance. I also want to find out what really happened. If it's true that you killed them, I will never let you go!" Tony Stark gave Bucky a deep look and said in a deep voice.

"How about this, you implant a bomb in the metal arm, that way I'll feel a little better..." Bucky paused for a moment, then looked at the metal arm that was raised and said.

"Bucky!" Steve frowned and called out instinctively.

"Hmph! Do you think I'm one of those shameless Hydra?" Tony Stark snorted, giving Bucky a disgruntled glare. He did have that thought, but it was fleeting.

"Then we won't disturb you any longer..." Steve sighed softly, looking at Tony Stark as he spoke, "I also bear responsibility for Howard's situation. Peggy Carter and I didn't take good care of him, Hydra was also negligent on our part..."

"You don't need to take responsibility; you have no obligation to take care of him. As for Hydra, who could have imagined they could make a comeback?" Tony Stark was slightly more lenient with Steve, since he simply couldn't bring himself to speak coldly to an elderly-looking Steve.

Even though Tony Stark did dislike Steve when he was younger because of Howard Stark's nagging, Tony Stark would still be a little more polite to an older man, especially since he had something to Steve...

"Stay here and recover. You still have to deal with Hydra, and Hydra might be after you too. Are you really planning to leave like this? Also, give me the Saiyan ' contact information; I might need their help if I'm in danger..."

"Hmm? You don't have his contact information?" Steve looked at his nephew with some hesitation, vaguely guessing that this was Tony Stark's original purpose.

"Yeah, I've had contact with him six, seven, eight, or nine times. Every time he resolved the matter, he flew away. I even put a reward on his trail before, and when I ran into him, I transferred the money to him, but unfortunately, I still didn't get his contact information..." Tony Stark looked at Steve and shrugged, speaking softly.

"Since Hydra is targeting Howard, they might target me too. I can't keep this Mecha on all the time. It's reasonable to have someone to turn to for help if something happens, right?"

"..." Steve paused for a moment, then said softly, "I need to talk to him."

"I don't think he'll care!" Tony Stark quickly added.

"That won't work either. Don't even think about eavesdropping. You can't do it." Steve shook his head, gave Tony Stark a deep look, and then contacted Robet.

Robet had no objections this time, because he had heard that Tony Stark was also searching for Hydra's trail. He figured he could just contact him after he found out. Besides, if Tony Stark dared to cause trouble, he could just come knocking on his door. Tony Stark was much easier to find than him.

The first thing Tony Stark did after getting Robet's phone number was to help cover up Robet's identity. He didn't want to betray Steve and Robet's trust, and it would be bad if Nick Fury found out about Robet.

After all, Tony Stark genuinely wanted to contact Robet in case of a supernatural event, now that he had Robet's phone number. He was wary of Robet's power, but he also knew that as long as he didn't provoke Robet, he would be fine...

However, to Tony Stark's surprise, he discovered he hadn't found Robet's true identity information. He immediately recognized that the information he found was fake, and even deduced that someone was deliberately concealing Robet's information...

"So, I still don't know his name?" Tony Stark was somewhat surprised to find that getting rid of those fake identities and finding Robet's true identity wasn't so easy. He muttered to himself for a moment and gave up, then casually performed a second operation to hide Robet's information.

"Sir, someone cracked Robet's identity information, but gave up halfway through and covered up Robet's identity information again..." At the same time, in Gotham City, Butler Alfred, reported to Batman.

"Can you find out who it is?" Batman asked, frowning.

"We can't find anything. The other party's security level is very high. Besides, apart from the information we had about Robet, we can't find any other information because of his involvement..." Butler Alfred shook his head and said in a low voice.

"Then forget about it. I have backups of his information. The most important thing now is to deal with the Joker and his Shadow Warrior!" Batman's voice was tinged with fatigue. Fighting the Joker for so long had been a truly exhausting experience.

Especially considering the long period of time Batman has spent setting up numerous traps to challenge the Joker, the problem is that the Joker hasn't fallen for them at all. He just stays in Arkham Asylum, quietly watching Batman set up various traps, as if he were observing a mere Joker... Hmm?

The Joker's meaning is clear: either continue playing along and let's continue our dark duel in Gotham City, or come and fight me head-on to see who's stronger. After all, the Joker suffered a loss at Batman's hands before, and he's not ready to lose so easily...

Batman, of course, couldn't just rush back into Arkham Asylum. If he did, it wouldn't be him challenging the Joker, but the Joker challenging him. Plus, Batman still hadn't figured out the Joker's limits, so the situation remained deadlocked.

"Sir, perhaps we could contact Robet? After all, if Gotham continues like this, people will really start to see those Shadow Warrior as a unique sight..." Butler Alfred suggested tentatively after hearing Batman's words.

"I'll consider it!" Batman's eyes flickered slightly. The long stalemate had softened Batman's attitude toward outside help a little, but Batman felt that he needed at least some means to restrain Robet in order to get him to come to Gotham.

On the other hand, Robet had no idea that agreeing to let Steve hand over his phone number to Tony Stark would cause all this trouble. However, if he had known that his phone number could lead him to Gotham to confront the Shadowkhan and the Mask, Robet would have handed it over long ago.

Robet had returned to the vicinity of Kent Farm and had recovered his original appearance, but he did not go home because the injuries from the explosion had not yet healed.

What Robet couldn't understand was why Clark hadn't returned either. Robet sensed Clark's presence everywhere but found no clues. Surely Clark, Superman, couldn't be on duty 24/7, could he?

"Robet! How did you get injured again?!" Just as Robet was wondering to himself, Kara flew over, her brows furrowed as she looked at Robet and asked, "Another formidable opponent?"

"Not bad, not too powerful, just average strength, but a bit troublesome!" Robet thought for a moment and gave a fair and objective evaluation.

Demon Sorcerer:??? You're amazing!

However, Kara didn't quite believe Robet's description. She had seen Robet fight before, and if he were just an average opponent, Robet wouldn't have been so badly injured.

"He must be trying to comfort me. He knows how to comfort me now. Is he afraid I'll worry about him...?"

A thought flashed through Kara's mind, and she pouted, looking at Robet with a mixture of pleasure and dissatisfaction, and said, "Your strength is so-so, how did you get so badly injured?"

"His strength is average, but he can't stop himself from self-destructing!" Robet said with a slightly helpless shrug. "Not only did he self-destruct, but all twelve Talisman also self-destructed. By the way, the power of the Talisman should have dissipated, but Steve obtained a portion of the power of the Pig Talisman. What about Barry Allen and the others?"

"They said they'd changed a bit, but I saw you were injured, so I ignored them and came back first..." Kara shook her head. Barry Allen and the others had originally wanted to show Kara their enhanced strength, especially Lorna, but after seeing Robet injured, Kara had no interest in their affairs.