New York, White House Estate.

Senator Brandt announced to the officers in front of him with a high expression.

"It is a great honor for me to present this medal of bravery to my good friend, Captain America!"

Steve's success on the front line is not only a victory for the United States over the Axis of Evil, but also a very important political capital for Senator Brandt. To this end, he worked with all his might, trumpeting the deeds of Captain America, turning him from an imaginary movie character to a real war hero.

"Captain America?"

"Captain, it's your turn......"

The senator turned his head, trying to maintain the expression on his face, and shouted.

"Sir, Captain America is gone." shouted a few times, but it was not the expected figure of Steve who came out, but a subordinate of the senator, who came to the senator and whispered: "It is said that I went to the strategic science department." ”

"It seems that our hero has many more important things waiting for him."

Pulling the corners of his mouth into a forced smile, the senator explained as he looked at the officials who had come to the ceremony in front of him.

……

Brooklyn, a secret base under the Strategic Science Division.

"One is in the Baltic Sea in Poland, and another is ......"

Steve was trying to remember what he had seen on the map at the Hydra base.

Although he successfully eliminated one of Hydra's bases and freed the captives of the 107th Legion, Steve knew very well that the Red Skull would not give up because of this, and judging from what he had said to himself, the powerful Red Skull must have a more evil purpose.

"That's all we know about the weapons factory so far, but according to Sgt. Bucky Barnes, Hydra has shipped all of its equipment to one place, and there is no information about this place on the map." Looking at the locations marked on the map, Steve said with a frown.

"Agent Carter has consulted with MI6 on this point, and has asked each of the Allied powers to search for the location of Hydra's headquarters." Looking down and glancing at the map, Colonel Phillips replied.

"And what about us, sir?"

"We're going to give John Schmidt a dismount, how about you, Steve, you can remember the location on the map, so do you have the confidence to defeat Hydra?" Turning his head and glancing at Steve, Colonel Phillips asked.

"Yes, sir!"

Glancing back at the map, Steve replied without thinking.

"I need a team, though."

"We already have great soldiers."

"With all due respect, sir, I have ...... too"

……

"One more drink!"

"Jim, you're drunk!"

"I'm not drunk when you're drunk!"

Having managed to survive the death on the battlefield on the front line, the soldiers needed alcohol to relieve their tense emotions.

"Why do you keep looking at this mask?"

Bucky poured down a glass of beer and looked sideways at Dio and the pale mask in his hand.

The members of the Strategic Science Department have studied the composition of this mask, and the answer is that there is nothing unusual about it, it is just an ordinary stone mask.

"It's just an ordinary mask, the research department has already said ......"

"No, the researchers are wrong, this is no ordinary mask." Interrupting Bucky's words, Dio glanced at the stone ghost face in his hand again, but suddenly changed his words and asked, "What do you think about the war?" ”

"War?"

Dio's inquiry stunned the expression on Bucky's face, he was just a sergeant, obeying orders to defend his family and country, and he didn't expect to go so far.

"On the battlefield, we are too vulnerable as ordinary people, whether it is facing John Schmidt's Legion of Death or the weapons developed by Hydra, and even sometimes a flying bullet can easily take our lives, so I am jealous of Steve, I trained hard, and he just participated in an experiment to gain power beyond humans, this opportunity should have been mine, if I could have obtained these powers......"

As he spoke, Dior's gaze remained on the pale stone ghost face in his hand.

“……”

Dio's words silenced Bucky for a moment.

As a soldier who came down from the battlefield, he is well aware of the cruelty of war, where people die every day, and the comrades who are chatting and laughing with you one moment may lose their voice the next moment.

After a long time, Bucky took a large sip of beer and said, "At least we survived, and managed to destroy one of John Schmidt's bases, thwarting his evil plot." What's more, the power beyond humans is not so easy to obtain, we have all seen the ghost under the mask of John Schmidt, and to be honest, I don't want to be like that. ”

"If you can't even make a decision about your own life, it's empty talk." Dio, giving Bucky a deep look, replied.

With such a sentence, Dio left the tavern with the stone ghost mask in his hand.

Bucky looked at his departing back, his thoughts drifting a little.

To be honest, in the barracks, Dio is not a very popular existence, although he is very good as a soldier, but his indifference and even selfishness have always made him a little out of place with other soldiers. Even Gabe, who was the most active in the camp, would become quiet when he met him.

"Why is Dio gone again?"

"Leave him alone, he couldn't stay with us in the first place, even more so since he got that mask."

"I heard that his mask was taken from the Hydra base, and we have all used the weapons we got from Hydra before, do you think this mask really has some kind of mysterious power as he said?"

"Do you really believe it?" Putting down the empty glass in his hand, Jim burped a big wine and replied with a drunken face, "If there really is any mysterious power, this mask will not still be in his hand." ”

"That's right."

Hearing Jim's answer, the soldier couldn't help but nodded, indeed, even the weapons they took from the Hydra base were taken away by the people of the Strategic Science Department for research, if this mask was really so powerful, it was impossible for it to still be in Dio's hands.

Retracting his gaze, Jim shook his head and was about to go there, when he turned his head to see Steve coming in with his head held high.

"Hey, Captain!"

"Captain America is coming~"

"Let's toast the captain!"