Rogers' drummed consciousness gradually returned, and it felt like someone had been scooped out of the water. He opened his eyes in confusion, the glare making it difficult to focus for a moment.

When his sight finally returned, he saw Bucky, his former best friend, crouched beside him expressionlessly.

"Bucky? It's you? ”

"It's me."

The captain sat up and pressed his temples, which were still a little swollen. The dizziness and weakness are gone, and the muscles are no longer sore, but the brain is still a little drowsy, and it may take some time to fully recover.

"I feel so much better...... What did you do? ”

Bucky shook an empty syringe in his hand: "Antidote." The results were quite fast, and your signs returned to normal in half a minute. ”

The captain raised his eyebrows: "Antidote? So you knew I was going to be poisoned? ”

"I don't know, but the boss who gave me the order knows." Bucky said lightly, "I'm here because of a mission from my superiors. When Scripps first entered the country, I was tasked with keeping an eye on him. ”

"So your superiors already knew he had a problem." The captain knows. He already knew who Bucky's current boss was, and if it was someone else, he might have wondered how the other party had figured out that Scripps' identity was problematic, but if it was the black knight, it didn't seem surprising.

It felt as if that person should know everything for granted.

"But to be honest, I was taken aback just now." Bucky helped him to his feet and said, "I didn't mention it in the mission description, but that woman turned out to be the daughter of the Red Skull...... She hadn't even been seen for decades, and even before we were today, we didn't even know she existed. ”

"yes." Rogers had a complicated expression, "Red Skull...... I thought that from now on, I would only hear this name when I mentioned history. ”

"It's reminiscent of a bygone era, isn't it?" Bucky said, "The days we fought the Red Skull together? ”

"Bucky...... You know, we can still fight together. Rogers said.

Bucky chuckled and patted him on the shoulder, "We're already fighting together, Steve." ”

Before he could say anything more, Bucky had already turned and walked out, waving his hand at him.

"Your teammates should know you're here by now." He finally said, "I won't bother, I'll talk about it next time I have time." ”

He's gone. Rogers stood alone in the safe house, looking at the mess and seemingly lost his mind for a moment.

A few seconds later, the outer wall exploded with a thud, and choking smoke swept in like a hurricane. Iron Man flew in and held the repulsion cannon in his hand: "Captain? You okay? I'll help you...... Uh......"

He lowered his arm and looked left and right in confusion.

“...... I'm late, right? He looked at the captain, "What's going on?" What about our stubborn and grumpy old gentleman? ”

Rogers pulled out the shield that had been inserted into the wall and said, "Let's take it slowly, it's a bit complicated. First of all, Mr. Scripps, he ...... Didn't come to the United States at all. ”

Tony raised an eyebrow under the mask, "Wait, what did you just say?" ”

***

"Sergeant Barnes' mission accomplished."

Shirley's voice suddenly rang out behind Michael, who was standing in a circle of floating screens in a circle. He tilted his head sideways and saw the girl lying on the bench behind him, her hands supporting her delicate little chin, her head dangling cutely.

"How's it going?"

"The other man escaped, but Captain America was saved." "And the identity of the other party has also been identified." ”

She waved her little hand, and she sucked one of the several screens around Michael. An image of a woman quickly pops up in the frame. In the picture, she is wearing sunglasses, red hair, a brown fur coat, and her hands are naturally in her pockets, and her expression is even a little unnatural.

"Cynthia Schmidt, who claims to be the daughter of the Red Skull. Born on 'Exile Island', a base once set up by the Red Skull as a training camp for future warriors. Agents of the Heavenly Sword have personally confirmed that there is indeed a place, but it has been abandoned for many years. ”

"We didn't have any information about her before this?"

"No, sir. Hydra's remaining database contains no mention of her, and she has been careful to hide her form for decades. I've looked up all the identities and bank accounts she's used over the past few decades, and I've found that she's traveled to more than 20 countries around the world, using more than 30 different identities. But since she's been careful to avoid Aegis and Hydra, and she's never made a big move, she hasn't paid any attention to it so far. ”

"I see."

"Need special attention?" Shirley asked.

"No need. It's just a fortifier, not to the point where I need to bother myself. Leave it to other departments. Michael said casually, "And now that she's given up hiding, the Avengers and Aegis won't stop there." Let them go about themselves. In contrast......"

He reached out and swiped another screen on the left in front of him. Shown above is some of the anomalous data on Atlantic activity collected by the Heavenly Sword in recent days.

“...... Sure enough, it's even more disturbing here. ”

***

Cynthia Schmidt returned to her hiding place and rudely tore off the mask on her face. She threw her disguised cloak on the carpet, strode to the counter, pulled out a bottle of whiskey, and took a large gulp straight to her mouth.

Suddenly, Cynthia's right arm was long, and the throwing knife came out like a boomerang. The dark shadow lurking in the corner raised her right hand lightly, and pinpointed the throwing knife she threw in her hand.

Cynthia frowned. Who is that? Avenger? Or Aegis? She was clearly extremely careful, but was the hiding place finally revealed?

The other man slowly stepped out of the shadows.

A burly man, with arms as thick as tree trunks, solid as rock-wide shoulders, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a beard, exuding a wild air.

"I really didn't expect that there was still a Schmidt alive in the world." The man approached with a smile, his dagger dangling in his hand, "What a surprise." ”

"Who are you? What do you want? ”

"My name is Brock Rumlow, but you can call me as well...... Crossbones. The man said slowly, "As for what I want?" It should be said...... I hope I can help you fulfill your long-cherished wish. ”

"Oh, you." Cynthia remembered, "I remember you're indeed the remnant of the Hydra, right?" It's really hard for you to be arrested before you get caught in this situation. But how can you help me? Can you help me with S.H.I.E.L.D., or can you get all the Avengers? ”

"Fine, if we're lucky." Crossbones smiled mysteriously, and seemed to deliberately sink his voice, "Have you ever heard of the biggest failure in your father's life?" ”