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For a super assassin to remain completely invisible for decades under the investigation of various national intelligence agencies, not to mention his own strength, how terrifying must the power behind him be?
It was likely even larger than their own supernatural Agent organization, S.H.I.E.L.D.!
Thinking this, Coulson suddenly felt that being able to survive at the hands of such a powerhouse was already an extremely lucky thing!
After all, he didn't have the skills of someone like Natasha!
Finally, Coulson swallowed hard. Thinking of Captain America falling into the hands of such a dangerous person, he plucked up the courage to ask, "Director, I still want to know who he is. At least give me a code name I can track!"
After a moment of silence, Nick Fury's voice slowly came through the other end of the phone: "His code name is... the Winter Soldier!"
Thud—
New Jersey, an abandoned military Base.
A drenched man in a blue uniform was slammed onto an electric chair by a long-haired man in a black combat suit.
The man in blue, looking like he had just been fished out of the water, was naturally the Steve Rogers, the Captain America of this Universe, who had been snatched from Coulson's hands.
And the long-haired man in black was naturally the Winter Soldier, James Buchanan Barnes—the man Captain America affectionately called Bucky, whose name must never be read backward!
Besides Captain America and the Winter Soldier, there were several researchers in white coats and many armed personnel here.
Tap, tap, tap—
At that moment, a sound of footsteps approached. A blonde man in a gray suit entered, leading a fully armed special operations squad also dressed in black combat gear.
The blonde man was Alexander Pierce, the former Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the current Secretary-General of the The Security Council, and Nick Fury's direct superior.
He also had a secret identity: he was one of the heads of HYDRA!
It was also he who sent the Winter Soldier to kidnap Captain America from Coulson.
This was why the Winter Soldier could precisely grasp the safe routes of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agents every time—because the Winter Soldier's boss was a head of HYDRA lurking within S.H.I.E.L.D.!
As soon as he entered, Pierce waved at the researchers in white coats.
"Begin brainwashing him."
The researchers were stunned. The leader stepped forward and said hesitantly, "But Officer, he just finished thawing. If we brainwash him now, it might cause irreversible damage to his brain..."
Pierce glanced at him, expressionless.
"Trust me, as the product of the first and only lethal, perfect Super Soldier Serum, you won't want to wait for the moment he wakes up and recovers. Have you forgotten how the previous leader of HYDRA, the Red Skull, died?"
"It was because he was underestimated. So, while he hasn't regained consciousness, start the brainwashing now!"
Hearing this, the researcher could only nod.
"Under... Understood, Officer. I will begin preparing to brainwash the target now..."
Captain America, whose body surface had just thawed and whose consciousness was still in a hazy state, suddenly heard this conversation.
Before his brain, which had been frozen for seventy years, could understand what was happening, a mouthguard was stuffed into his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue, electrodes were attached to his head, and his limbs were strapped to the chair.
Once everything was ready, at Pierce's signal, the lead researcher activated the electric chair. A violent current instantly surged through Captain America's entire body!
Zzzzz—
"Aghhhhh—"
As the current stimulated the brain, the lead researcher pulled out a Red Book and began reciting words in a specific tone to Captain America on the electric chair.
"Memory..."
In an instant, Captain America seemed to arrive in a multiple-mirror space made entirely of different scenes.
"Family..."
The next moment, Captain America seemed to return to his childhood and saw his parents, who had long since died in the war and hospitals.
They said, "Sorry, child, we couldn't give you a healthy body, or even a complete family..."
"Friendship..."
The world spun. The parents who were just before Captain America suddenly turned into a man in a military uniform with a very warm smile.
He said, "Don't do anything stupid until I get back..."
"Love..."
The figure of his best friend blurred. When Captain America's vision cleared again, he was replaced by a woman in a red dress, reaching out to him.
She said, "Steve, you still owe me a dance..."
"Forget..."
When the word 'forget' reached his ears, Captain America instantly returned to the Memory Palace, and the beautiful memories within those mirrors were rapidly dissipating like bubbles!
Captain America reached out, trying to grab those fading memory bubbles, but he couldn't grasp them. He felt his mind becoming more and more blank, and his heart grew increasingly angry with this void!
In reality, veins bulged on Captain America's forehead, his muscles tensed, and the buckles on the electric chair began to snap under immense force...
Seeing this, Pierce felt a sense of unease. He frowned and urged, "Hurry up!"
The researcher was also sweating profusely. Ignoring the side effects that accelerating the brainwashing words might cause, he quickly sped up his reading of the specific brainwashing words from the Red Book:
"Reshape..."
This impatience from Pierce and the researcher caused an accident to happen!
As the word 'reshape' reached his ears, the memories being erased in Captain America's shattered Memory Palace were forcibly modified by a new power before they were completely gone, causing the dissipating bubbles to float back like time reversing.
Captain America's memories, which were originally dissipating, actually merged back together rapidly and were forcibly jumbled up!
Finally, the memories were back, but... something was a 'billion' bit off...
"Loyalty..."
Snap—
The researcher had just finished the first brainwashing word after the 'reshape' phase, but before he could continue with the second, he was instantly silenced.
Because at that moment, Captain America had already broken one hand free from the straps of the electric chair and was choking the researcher's neck with it!
Crack, crack, crack—
As the awakened Captain America exerted his strength, the continuous sounds of the electric chair breaking rang out. The straps binding his limbs snapped one after another under his tons of force!
Finally, as Captain America stood up completely from the electric chair, holding the researcher by the neck like a chick and pointing his other hand at the astonished Pierce, he gave a savage grin:
"F*ck you white-skinned bastard pigs! You think you can mind-control me? See if your daddy doesn't shove your heads up your assholes and string you together like a human centipede!"