"Director Fury, you should know Bucky Barnes, right?"
Nick Fury felt a little guilty at the question, his gaze shifting evasively. Of course he knew who Bucky was. "Born in Brooklyn, a friend of Steve Rogers, Captain America. He joined the Howling Commandos during World War II and fought alongside Rogers. He fell off a cliff and died on a mission. I never expected him to become a Hydra assassin."
Now that he knew who the killer was, Tony eagerly asked where his enemy was. "Rimuru, do you know where he is now?"
Uh... I really don't know where he is at this point. It's still a long way from that part of the story.
"Right now, I don't know where he is either, but I do know where Captain America is."
Captain America was only discovered in a deleted scene from The Incredible Hulk, when he fired a gun to kill himself and an enraged Hulk shattered the glacier. Now that the scene was gone, Rimuru had to give things a push.
Nick Fury was delighted to hear news of Captain America, but also puzzled. Hadn't he died? How had he become involved in this?
"Didn't Rogers die seventy years ago? You know where he is?"
"I've told you so much bad news, so here's some good news. Steve Rogers isn't dead. He's still frozen in the Arctic."
Nick Fury's single eye, accustomed to hiding every emotion, suddenly widened. The composure and inscrutability he wore on his face year-round shattered completely, replaced by utter shock and disbelief.
He leaned forward instinctively, his low voice trembling uncontrollably, his tone taking on a note of serious certainty. "What did you say? Rogers is still alive?"
In the top-secret files S.H.I.E.L.D. had sealed away for nearly seventy years, Steve Rogers's fate had