"Was it blown to pieces?"

Hearing Bucky's answer, Colonel Phillips couldn't help but have a look of regret on his face.

As a military officer, he doesn't really care whether the power of the stone ghost face is evil or not, as he said to Dr. Abraham Erskine before, kindness cannot win battles, only strength can.

"Sir, we've found some traces!"

Just then, a soldier came in to make a report.

Hearing this, Steve subconsciously turned his head to look.

Colonel Phillips' gaze glanced at Steve, who was a little agitated in front of him, before he gestured to the soldiers, "You say." ”

"According to our investigation in the villages near the Hydra base, we finally learned the clues to the appearance of the target from the villagers of a remote town, according to them, a handsome man with blonde hair and white skin had stopped in the town for a short time a few days ago."

"It's Dior!"

Steve said without thinking.

"Let people continue to follow this clue to gather intelligence."

Commanding the soldiers, Colonel Phillips turned to look at Steve on the other side and said: "This is just a clue, we are not sure whether the target is really Dior, after all, he was hit by a shell before, even if he is not dead, it is impossible to recover so quickly." ”

"No, maybe he really can."

Thinking of the monster-like recovery ability that Dio had shown in front of him and the others, Bucky couldn't help but reply: "In the previous fight with Steve, Dio showed an ability to recover from injuries by absorbing the flesh and blood of others. ”

"Sir, ordinary soldiers have no chance of winning against Dio, who has turned into a vampire."

Steve opened his mouth and asked Colonel Phillips for help, "Since Dio is a member of the team I brought out, then I am obligated to bring it back." ”

"Nope."

Without thinking about it, he rejected Steve's request, and Colonel Phillips frowned and replied: "Your priority now is still John Schmidt, and I will let someone else solve Dior's problem." "Compared to the threat of Hydra, Dio's actions were painful and angry to Colonel Phillips, but they were not the most urgent.

"Sir, Dior......" opened his mouth, and Steve said uneasily.

Because of the relationship, Steve knows very well that Dior is no longer an ordinary human being, and ordinary attacks cannot cause the slightest damage to him.

"Captain, remember your mission."

Interrupting Steve's explanation, Colonel Phillips stood up and said: "The current war situation is at the most critical moment, and your previous successive actions have made John Schmidt exhausted. ”

Colonel Phillips's tone paused, and only then did he reveal a trace of his feelings as an ordinary person: "I know very well about Dior's affairs, in fact, I regret that such a thing happened just like you, Dio is an excellent soldier under me, I have extremely high expectations for him, but obviously he has failed to live up to my expectations." Speaking of this, Colonel Phillips once again restrained the emotions on his face and turned into a tough posture again: "So, I hope that Captain you will not live up to my expectations and that of America like Dior. ”

“……”

Colonel Phillips' words silenced Steve.

……

"This should be it."

Looking up at the towering castle in front of him, Li Ran stopped his steps and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

According to the townspeople, the castle was originally a baron's residence, but with the outbreak of war, the baron moved south with his family, and there was no news of it, and the castle, which was originally quite tidy, gradually became deserted with the departure of the owner's family.

"Here, as the final battlefield of Dior and Steve, it should be quite appropriate."

The castle is simply a suitable place for vampires, especially along the way, Li Ran deliberately walked down without the slightest concealment with the appearance of Dior, also to leave enough clues to lure Steve over and himself, no, Dior to make an understanding.

With a decision in his heart, Li Ran immediately walked towards the ancient castle in front of him.

……

"What, none of the soldiers sent out have returned!"

In the forward base, Colonel Phillips listened to the report of his subordinates, and his expression was a little ugly.

In order to be able to solve the matter of Dior, Colonel Phillips directly sent a squad of soldiers to track down, these soldiers are all veterans who have come down from the battlefield one by one, even against the army of Hydra, they will not necessarily lose, but unexpectedly, in a seemingly simple task, the entire squad was wiped out.

"How is this possible?"

Bowing his head and muttering to himself, Colonel Phillips was clearly a little unable to accept such a result.

"Are you sure they were attacked by Dio and not by Hydra on the way?"

"Yes, sir."

"Perhaps, we're in trouble." Hearing his subordinate's affirmative answer, Colonel Phillips rubbed the corners of his wrinkled eyes. The development of Dior's affairs has been a little beyond his imagination, which makes him have to face up to the messages that Steve has said to Bucky before.

After a few seconds of silence, Colonel Phillips gave a difficult order: "In that case, then let the rest of us retreat temporarily." ”

Now is the time when the front line is tight, and we can't waste our troops on Dio to fight on two fronts.

It seems that all this will be done after the hydra is dealt with.

Here, Colonel Phillips made a difficult decision, and he never noticed that at the door of the base office, a strong figure flashed by.

……

Late at night, Steve buckled his shield behind his back and glanced back at the base behind him.

In fact, according to the orders given by Colonel Phillips, he should not have been here at all.

However, thinking of Dio and the soldiers, Steve couldn't continue to ignore it.

He can't let the whole situation develop and go wrong again and again, Dio was personally recruited into the team, and it is his responsibility to solve everything.

Taking a deep breath, he turned and stepped onto his motorcycle.

"I knew you would."

Stepping on the gas, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind him.

Turning around, he saw Bucky walking out of the shadows in gear, looking at Steve on the motorcycle.

"Bucky."

Looking at his friend who appeared in front of him, Steve's face showed a look of surprise.

"I'm also a member of the squad, how could I let you go to see Dior alone."

The appearance of his friend naturally moved Steve, but thinking of Dio's performance, he had to say to Bucky with a serious face: "Bucky, you and I understand at a glance the power of Dio after becoming a vampire, ordinary bullets have no effect." ”

"I know, so I prepared a secret weapon."

Holding up the oddly shaped weapon in his hand, Bucky replied in a deep voice.

……

"It's finally here."

Dio held a glass of red wine and sat on the balcony on the second floor of the castle, looking into the distance.

In the hall on the first floor, the squad of soldiers sent by Colonel Phillips was firmly tied there, and these soldiers had good combat effectiveness, but unfortunately they met Dio and were easily solved by him without playing any role.

Sitting on a high place, Dior saw Steve and Bucky appear on a motorcycle from a distance, and he couldn't help but smile on his face.

The time rewind brought by the [Golden Pocket Watch] is almost at its limit, and if Steve doesn't come to him again, he decides to go to the other party himself.

Arriving in front of the castle, Steve stopped his motorcycle, reached out to remove the shield behind his back, and turned to Bucky to the side and nodded slightly.

The two looked at each other, and then cautiously walked into the castle.

"These are soldiers sent by Colonel Phillips."

Walking into the castle, Steve first saw the soldiers tied to the first floor.

Seeing this scene, Steve did not directly step forward to rescue everyone, but raised the shield in his hand vigilantly and took a step back.

Dior's blatantly putting people on the first floor is clearly a trap.

Sure enough, just as Steve had imagined, the moment he stepped back, a figure descended from the sky and landed in front of the two of them, grinning and revealing the sharp teeth in his mouth.

"Be careful, Bucky."

Looking at the vampire that appeared in front of him, Steve frowned and reminded Bucky behind him.

"It looks like it's not just this guy in front of you who needs to be careful."

Raising his M1 automatic rifle and firing a few shots at the soldiers in the hall, Bucky smiled bitterly as he looked at the crowd standing up and screaming at them.

Seeing this scene, Steve's face showed a hint of fear.

He didn't expect that even these soldiers would be transformed into vampires by Dior.

Without Bucky's reminder, after taking out the attacking vampire in front of him, Steve would most likely have stepped into the trap set by Dio. With so many vampires, even as a transformer of the Super Soldier Serum, they may not be able to resist it.

"It doesn't look like the next battle will be too easy."

Tightening the shield in his hand, Steve looked at the vampires in front of him who were gradually walking towards him in an encirclement posture, and said to Bucky beside him.

"I've been mentally prepared for this."