In mid-April 1990, 120 kilometers south of Philadelphia.

After Howard took the Super Soldier Serum version 2.0 from Xiao Yuebai and left, he spent more than 1 month with his wife and son in his Long Island Manor.

After all, his return to New York this time was a vacation, so a month was almost over, and it was time for him to take the things he took from Xiao Yuebai back to Washington.

Remembering the stinky face Tony had pulled at himself before he left the house this morning, Howard suddenly felt that he really should retire.

Otherwise, he was worried that his son would hate him in the future.

Thinking of this, Howard couldn't help but glance at his wife Maria beside him, maybe only this woman he loves the most can quiet the son who gave him a headache.

"Howard, are you thinking about Tony again?" Maria's voice rang in Howard's ears.

Howard, who is in his 70s, still pretended to have a puzzled expression as he did when he was young, and said to his wife:

"How is it possible, I have so many things to do, how can I care about that stinky boy!"

How could Howard's words be hidden from his wife, who had been with him for many years, Maria smiled knowingly and did not pierce her husband's mind.

Howard, who knew that his beloved wife had seen through his thoughts, did not say much, and the couple had already cultivated a tacit understanding without words, but Howard let go and tightened the steering wheel in his hand, but betrayed his somewhat embarrassing mind.

Driving their own car under the dim street lamp, no one bothered them on this night except the hum of the car's engine.

It occurred to Howard that if he had been younger, he would have parked his car on the side of the road and done something romantic with the woman he loved the most.

Just then, on the quiet road, Howard and Maria suddenly heard the unique roar of a motorcycle behind their car.

Thinking of what was in the trunk of his car suddenly made the couple nervous.

Howard even increased the force of the throttle with his right foot, and as the roar got closer and closer, finally a man dressed in black on a motorcycle came to Howard's car.

When the two cars were driving side by side, Howard instantly thought that what he was carrying had been discovered by someone else, and these people had come to steal it.

Howard, who was about to increase the speed of the car again, suddenly felt an extra black spot in the corner of his eye, and when he turned his head, he saw a fist as big as a casserole, slamming against the car door on his right hand.

Suddenly, his car seemed to be driving on the ice, skidding uncontrollably, and Howard watched his car crash into the mountain wall on the side of the road in front of him.

Just as Maria was already holding her head, ready to accept the impact, the car was suddenly slammed into force by something.

Then I heard my husband's surprised voice: "Barnes, why are you here?"

Bucky's robotic arm was completely sunk into the crooked front of the car, and after pulling his left hand out, Bucky smiled and walked over to the side where Maria was sitting.

Grabbing the car door with a slight force, the entire car door was pulled down by him, and then looked down at Howard and his wife and said:

"My wife, Emma, told me that she found out that you two were being stalked, so she asked me to come and see you two. Looks like I'm here at the right time! ”

Helping Maria out of the car, Bucky turned his head to see the man dressed in black walking towards him in the distance.

Seeing that he couldn't help Howard anymore, Bucky smiled and said to him, "It looks like I don't have time to help you, get out of the car by myself!"

With that, Bucky turned around and walked towards the Hydra agent from the Northern Bear Country, they were all qualified warriors, and they both knew each other's true identities.

So without too many words, when the two reached a certain distance between them, they began to accelerate at the same time.

With a muffled sound, the two sturdy men collided together and began a fatal struggle with fists and moves.

Whether it is Bucky or the agent of the hostile organization, they are all battle-hardened fighters with rich combat experience, and it is difficult to distinguish one from the other for a while.

And what surprised Howard, who had been watching the battle from behind, was that the person who had just attacked him was on par with Bucky in terms of strength, speed, and ability to resist hits.

He knew that Bucky had been modified by Xiao Yuebai's super soldier serum, so now it seemed that the agents of this hostile organization had also been modified by something.

As time went on, after ten minutes of fighting, the gap between the two sides became apparent.

The Super Soldier serum that Bucky received was a 2.0 version developed by Hexi, which was an upgrade from Dr. Abraham's original serum.

So although most of the opponent's indicators can be on par with Barnes, in terms of endurance, there is still a bit of a gap.

Sure enough, with the black-clad agent on the side of the waist, after being punched by Barnes's steel arm, the form of both sides completely stabilized.

After another two minutes, the Hydra agent was knocked unconscious after Barnes landed a combo punch on the enemy's head.

After the battle at Barnes, Howard also went to the battlefield with the help of his wife, and saw that Barnes was tying up the enemy with handcuffs and ropes.

Bucky also heard the footsteps behind him, and said while doing his work: "Sorry, I broke your car, it looks like you two have to take my car to Washington."

With that, Bucky finished his work, got up from the ground, pulled out his car keys, and handed them to Howard for him to drive his car.

After that, Howard drove again, carrying Maria in the passenger seat, and Bucky in the back seat, along with their loot, on the road to Washington.

......

Three days later, in the Kaisha Building, Xiao Yuebai was in his office.

Xiao Yuebai took the microphone and listened to Howard's voice on the other end of the phone, and after the two talked for a while, they ended the call after saying "take care" to each other.

Xiao Yuebai, who put down the microphone, leaned back, half-lying on his office chair, thinking about the news that Howard had just told him.

It turns out that Hydra has never given up on copying Dr. Abraham's serum. This also explains why in the original book, the American team can fight back and forth with the brainwashed Bucky.

However, the Hydra people have no other amazing talents other than the dead Dr. Zola, so the super soldier serum they copied is very unstable.

Countless soldiers of the Northern Bear Country have been strengthened by that imperfect serum, and in the end, only one person survived.

These people are known as the "Winter Soldiers", and yes, this should have been the title of the brainwashed Bucky.

And the Hydra agent who assassinated Howard the day before yesterday was the only Winter Soldier affiliated with the Hydra Organization of the Northern Bear Country.

After smoothing out the reasoning, Xiao Yuebai took out his mobile phone and unlocked the screen, clicked on the experience details to take a look, and sure enough, he received a prompt three days ago on the night:

"Saved the founder of Stark Industries, one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., who had died at the hands of the Winter Soldier. Stark. Gain 15.00% of the experience gained by fate weight. ”