"I thought Sergeant Barnes was already dead." Richard held his chin, "That's what the history books say. ”

"Team America" smiled: "The history textbook said that I was also dead, and I guess sometimes what is written in the book is not always reliable." ”

Is the Winter Soldier dead or not? Of course he is not dead, Richard, who is the current hidden leader of Hydra, is naturally very clear, especially since this piece happens to belong to him.

However, not long ago, he also received a report that during his absence from Earth, the Winter Soldier had broken free from the Hydra base.

Richard was not surprised by this, and only calmly replied "I know" and did not ask any more questions. In fact, this kind of thing happened to him for a long time, or it was inevitable.

Hydra's brainwashing techniques are actually not in place, and the methods they use are more rude and primitive. They forcibly implanted a different personality in the Winter Soldier's mind and made him unconditionally obey orders to work for them, but as long as it was not "maintained" for a while, the personality would dissipate on its own, and Sergeant Barnes's own consciousness would return.

After the death of Minister Skin, the Winter Soldier naturally became Richard's possession, but he had little interest in a super soldier and hated the use of brainwashing to force the other party to do his own thing. So since then, he has been throwing the Winter Soldier in his original stronghold and ignoring it, nor has he repeated the measures to strengthen the brainwashing and maintenance.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that over time, Sergeant Barnes's sense of autonomy will naturally return, and it is not difficult to escape with his ability.

But has his memory fully recovered? I don't think so. In the movie, he was out of the control of Hydra for more than two years, and he was still in a state of confusion. Even if he regains himself, but the memory does not come back, he may have to spend a long time pondering the historical philosophical question of "who am I?"

It was not surprising that the U.S. team would be looking for the Winter Soldier when they got the news, and it sounded understandable.

Richard looked at the "American team" for a moment, but he didn't speak for a while.

"Team America" did its best to remain normal under his gaze, looking back at him with a natural expression.

After nearly ten seconds, he took the initiative to break the silence: "Is there any more problem, Mr. Li?" ”

"Nope." Richard said calmly, "It's okay. ”

He stood up and straightened the placket of his trench coat.

"Since the captain has something, there is no way. I'll talk to Agent Ward at S.EG.I.E.L.D., who might be interested in coming back for our sequel. ”

With that, he smiled, took his leave, and turned to leave the building.

It wasn't until I saw him walk into the elevator and leave from the bottom of the building that the "American team" breathed a long sigh of relief.

Only then did he realize that sweat was oozing from his back.

No way, not everyone can withstand the pressure like that. He had just lied to a god who was genuine, and he felt that he had behaved perfectly, without any flaws.

At this time, the real Captain America in the training room has been unwittingly recovered by the Skrul stalkers, and the infiltration plan has been a great success.

Finding a casual excuse to get rid of Stark, the "American team" returned to their room and reconnected the communication through a secret line.

"It's me." He said, "The target has left, and I have not been exposed. ”

"Are you sure?" The companion on the other side asked, "I don't think I need to remind you how important this is." We are facing the most dangerous presence on the planet, and we must make sure that he is not aware of it, otherwise the entire plan and the entire empire could be affected......"

"Of course I do." "Team America" was a little impatient, "But don't you know who I am?" I've done hundreds of stealth missions, but have any of them been exposed? ”

The other party was silent for a moment.

"There will be no problem, don't worry." "Team America" said, "My 'informant' is now also in control of the other party's movements. I'm pretty sure the other man has left the Avengers Mansion as normal, and he's already gone back to his residence while we're talking here, and he's no doubt aware of any problems. ”

“...... All right. His companion finally said, "I'm just making sure, because the stakes are high and we have to make sure everything is safe."

Since there is no problem, then you should come back as soon as possible. I'll send the connector location to your device, and you'll have to get back to Command today. ”

"Understood."

The "American team" hung up the communication, and a confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Far from frightening him, this thrilling experience only increased his confidence in the lurking mission.

Even the so-called cosmic god has not been able to see through his disguise, which is proof that his disguise, acting skills, and espionage skills have reached the pinnacle.

Although the Skrulls can transform into any form through their special abilities, there are drawbacks to direct transformation. For example, their genes cannot be exactly the same as their targets, the superpowers of the target cannot be copied, and the memories can only be copied short-term memory, etc., in fact, they may still be exposed if they are not careful.

However, if combined with the Skrull's technology and the capture of the target deity to be mimicked, they can extract a series of biological characteristics, including genes, from the target and conduct experiments to tailor a Skrull into an identical person. They can manage to restore the complete memories, personality, and genes of the mimic object in the laboratory, and even most of the superpowers, so that they are truly indistinguishable from the deity.

Now the American team itself has fallen into their hands. When this Skrull warrior returns to the command tonight, he will be able to completely transform into Captain America with the help of their race's technology, and even God should be able to deceive him by then!

The idea is beautiful, but did his superb acting skills really deceive the other party?

It's a pity...... Not really.

At this moment, Richard has indeed gone home honestly, but he is still monitoring the "American team" in the Avengers Mansion with his super vision while his legs are crossed in the study.

As soon as he was in the building, he noticed that something was wrong.

The "American team" was clearly nervous when facing him. It was completely imperceptible to the average person, but Richard's words could be heard that his heart rate was getting faster and faster over time, and his breathing was slightly disturbed. This is especially evident when Richard is staring at him.

Another thing that caught his attention was that the U.S. team used to refer to the Winter Soldier as "James".

I don't think the U.S. team has ever called the Winter Soldier like that. Because they are close enough, the U.S. team has always referred to "Bucky" when referring to their best friends.

While it may just be an inconsequential detail that doesn't say anything directly, it still caught Richard's attention. So since he left the building, he hasn't stopped monitoring the building with super vision.

Then, sure enough, he saw the scene just now.

Richard sat in the study, slowly holding his chin up.

He heard the other party mention "empire" in the communication just now, and also mentioned "lurking".

Imperial? Which empire?

And what empire likes to play lurk by impersonating someone else?

Isn't that the Scrull crawlers?

"That's interesting." He muttered to himself.

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