"Hahahaha..."
Lorelei let out a proud laugh.
"Very good. Very good."
She held Tony's face and left a bright red lip mark on his forehead.
"You did a great job, Tony."
"When I conquer this world, I will make you my chief craftsman."
"That's my honor." Tony lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand.
"How much longer will it take?"
"We still need to do the final energy calibration." Tony took a look at the data and said, "About 36 hours."
"Thirty-six hours..."
Lorelei walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the bustling New York City at his feet.
"Then wait another thirty-six hours."
"Enjoy your last moments of freedom, men."
North of Siberia, Oymyakon.
This white dead land buries countless secrets.
"Bang--!"
There was a loud noise, and the heavy explosion-proof door was exploded from its hinges by TNT, hitting the cement floor inside heavily.
The cold wind carried snowflakes and poured them into this dark space.
Steve·Rogers stepped in. The Vibranium Shield in his hand was still stained with the blood of the Hydra guard outside.
He exhaled a breath of white breath, and the mist quickly condensed into frost in front of the mask.
"Is this right here?"
He glanced back.
Bucky·Barnes followed him.
Even in this extremely cold place, he still only wore a thin tactical vest, and his metal left arm reflected the cold light under the emergency lights.
"Yes."
Bucky looked around, with deep fear and disgust in his eyes.
"I remember this smell."
Bucky twitched his nose and smelled the unique smell of engine oil and rust in the air.
"Every time it thaws, this is the first thing I smell."
"Don't think about that." Steve walked over and pressed Bucky's shoulders hard, "You are yourself now."
Bucky took a deep breath, nodded, and his eyes calmed down.
"Let's go. There are still people here."
The two of them were like two silent cheetahs, quickly cutting into the depths of the base.
This is a battle without suspense.
The Hydra soldiers who stayed here, faced with the joint efforts of Captain America and Winter Soldier, their resistance was as weak as the cry of a baby.
A few minutes later.
The last Hydra officer was pinched by Bucky's neck with one hand and held up in the air.
"Where are they?!" Bucky roared, and the mechanical fingers tightened.
"You... can't stop it!" The officer's face turned purple, but his mouth was still tough, "...Hydra million..."
"Click."
Bucky didn't give him a chance to finish reciting the slogan and threw the body away.
The two took an old-fashioned freight elevator and arrived deep into the base.
The elevator door opens.
The huge circular hall was heavily air-conditioned.
Six cryogenic sleep chambers are arranged in a ring.
Three are occupied and three are empty.
Through the thick glass, you can clearly see the upright sleeping figure inside.
Each of them is very strong, with a murderous look on their faces even in their sleep.
"This is who they are."
Bucky walked to a cabin and looked at the figure inside with complicated eyes.
"Another Winter Soldier."
"They are stronger than me." Bucky whispered, "There is no morality and no hesitation."
"Fortunately, they didn't wake up." Steve looked around, "Besides, there are other secrets here."
He walked towards the console in the center of the hall.
It was an old Soviet-made mainframe computer, with a green cursor flashing on the screen.
"Is the decoder Ashley gave you still there?" Steve asked.
Bucky took out the black device from his pocket and threw it to Steve.
"There should be the answer we want here."
Steve Plug the decoder into the interface.
A large amount of data stream rolled across the screen instantly.
"Decrypting... Permissions overridden..."
After a few seconds, a series of folder lists pop up.
There are experimental logs about "Super-Soldier Serum Reproduction", which are full of records of failures and deaths.
There are also some task execution reports about Winter Soldier.
There is a folder that inexplicably attracted Steve's attention.
The file name is a date: 1991.12.16.
Steve's fingers were hanging above the keyboard, and an inexplicable chill suddenly surged in his heart.
That date...
"Open it." Bucky stood behind him, his voice tight.
Steve pressed the Enter key.
The screen flickered, and a mission report and a low-resolution surveillance video file popped up.
Task code: Long Island Highway.
Executor: Winter Soldier.
Goal: Asset recovery and removal.
Steve clicked on the video.
The picture is black and white, with a lot of noise, and the shooting angle is like a roadside traffic surveillance.
A dark road.
A black old-fashioned car crashed into a tree, with smoke coming from the front.
A motorcycle is parked on the roadside.
A man with long hair walked over.
He walked to the driver's seat.
A hand reached in, grabbed the hair of an old man with gray hair, and pulled his head up.
That face...
Steve's pupils suddenly shrank, and his heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a cold hand.
Howard·Stark.
Tony's father is also his friend.
That friend who always has a mustache and has cunning and wise eyes.
In the video, Howard's face was covered in blood, looking weakly at the killer.
He opened his mouth not knowing what to say.
But what responded to him was a cold metal arm.
"Bang! Bang!"
Winter Soldier pumped his fists expressionlessly, that was pure violence.
Howard's head dropped.
The killer didn't stop. He walked around the front of the car and walked towards the passenger seat.
There sat Maria·Stark.
The killer's figure blocked the camera, and all he could see was that he stretched out his hand and made a pinching motion.
After a few seconds, everything calmed down.
The killer walked to the trunk and took out the boxes containing Super-Soldier Serum.
Then, he faced the camera and raised his gun.
Those eyes were cold, empty, and devoid of any humanity.
The video ends.
Snowflakes took over the screen again.
There was silence in front of the console.
Steve placed his hands on the console, lowered his head, his knuckles were white, and his breathing was heavy and disordered.
Howard, Maria.
They were all friends of his time.
It is also the eternal pain in Tony's heart.
And the murderer...
Steve turned around slowly and with great difficulty.
Bucky stood there, his whole figure was like a sculpture that had its soul taken away.
Those blocked memory gates completely collapsed at this moment.
Red blood, white snow, blue serum.
There was also the crisp sound of bones breaking.
"I..."
"I remember."
He looked at Steve, the confusion in his eyes disappeared, and pain appeared on his cheeks.
"I remember it all."
"Everyone..."
Steve looked at him with more pain in his eyes than Bucky.
"That's...Howard and Maria. Our friends." Steve's voice changed slightly, "They are also the parents of Tony."
"I know..." Bucky closed his eyes, "That Iron Man."
"He is your friend."
"Yes." Steve gritted his teeth, "He is my comrade. He trusts me."
The air solidified.
"You should tell him." Bucky suddenly said, "Take this video back and show it to him."