Chapter Forty-Six: Coulson's Visit
Bucky didn't stay at Xavier School for long, he still had his own company to take care of in New York, and he had to give Microsoft an explanation for his sudden departure. After leaving Xavier School, Bucky returned to his own urban life.
However, instead of leaving Xavier School with Bucky and returning to the city, Anna chose to learn to master her mutant abilities in school. Without Anna's care, Bucky found that his quality of life had plummeted, and instant noodles and takeout had become his staple food again.
On this day, Baki opened the door of his house with a large pizza, but unfortunately an uninvited guest was already sitting in the living room.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mr. Barnes."
In the dimly lit room, a man in a suit and sunglasses stood up and nodded slightly at Bucky, as if he had said hello.
Looking at the clothes of the uninvited guest in front of him, Bucky frowned, and already had a rough guess in his heart. In May, when the weather was getting hotter and hotter, in this somewhat dimly lit room, the people who still kept this kind of dress, except for the bodyguards of some rich dignitaries, were probably agents of some agency.
Putting the pizza on the table and opening the pizza box, Bucky took out a piece of pizza and tasted it, chewing it very gracefully and asking, "Is there something wrong?" It's already dinner time, and my family usually doesn't leave outsiders to eat. ”
However, the guy in front of him was obviously a self-cooked, and he walked up to Bucky, picked up a piece of pizza, and ate it.
"The bacon cheese flavor is what I like, and if I could have a big glass of mango juice, it would be perfect!" After swallowing a large mouthful of pizza, the man seemed to realize that he had not obtained the owner's consent, and hurriedly asked Bucky, "Mr. Barnes, don't you mind?" ”
Bucky's face darkened a little, and looking at the smiling guy in front of him, Bucky felt the urge to smoke him.
"Say where you came from, and leave, or I'll call 911."
"Just call 911, I'm afraid the police won't be able to help you, maybe you can call your mutant friends."
Listening to this strange man say such words, Bucky knew that the other party must have come prepared, but he didn't know which force the other party was.
However, the strange man immediately answered Bucky's doubts, he took off his sunglasses, showed a kind smile, and introduced himself: "My name is Phil Coulson, and I am an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. ”
The person who came turned out to be an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and the famous Phil Coulson, Bucky carefully looked at Coulson in front of him, and sure enough, just like in the movie and television show, he definitely looked like a good old man.
“OK! Agent Coulson, be blunt, explain your intentions. Bucky spread his hands and got straight to the point.
Coulson stared at Bucky, trying to spot some change in mood on Bucky's face. But it's a pity that when Bucky heard the words "S.H.I.E.L.D.", his expression didn't change at all, there was no doubt, no weakness, no nervousness, and no excitement, which made Coulson unable to figure out any of Bucky's details for a while.
After considering the choice of words, Coulson decided to get to the point in the most direct way, looked into Bucky's eyes and asked, "I want to know, who are you?" ”
"Bucky Barnes, he's a businessman now. As for the previous identity, I believe that S.H.I.E.L.D. will not know about it. Bucky said honestly.
"This guy really knows about S.H.I.E.L.D!" Coulson thought to himself.
During his conversation with Bucky, Coulson never explained the organization of S.H.I.E.L.D., but he found that Bucky seemed to be no stranger to S.H.I.E.L.D. at all, which made Coulson wary of saying something wrong and revealing more information about S.H.I.E.L.D.
As for Bucky's big truth, Coulson didn't believe it, shook his head and said, "Bucky Barnes is dead, his deeds are recorded in the museum, and his name is carved on the Wall of Heroism of S.H.I.E.L.D. Who the hell are you? What's going on with your physiognomy, is it plastic surgery or clone? ”
Looking at Coulson, who was already a little excited at the moment, Bucky smiled and said, "As a big living person, my name is engraved on the memorial wall, and I am also helpless. I'm sure Rogers won't like this kind of treatment either. ”
"Prove it to me!"
Coulson's voice was a little cold, he didn't believe that a man who should have died forty or fifty years ago would reappear, and his face didn't change at all.
Faced with Coulson's request, Bucky was unable to meet it. Proving that he is himself is too difficult for Bucky to answer.
If it's Captain America Steve Rogers who makes this request, then Bucky may be able to find some more secret things through his past memories to prove his identity. But now it's Coulson who wants Bucky to prove his identity, and Bucky is really helpless.
"Sorry, I can't really prove this yet!" Bucky shook his head and said helplessly.
Seeing Bucky so readily admit that he had no way to prove his identity, Coulson felt less suspicious.
If someone or some organization wants to do something in the capacity of Bucky Barnes, they must be well prepared and have a way to deal with the doubts. And Bucky's reaction in front of him gave Coulson the feeling that he was telling the truth.
Shaking his head, Coulson put his unfounded thoughts behind him, he came today, in addition to figuring out Bucky's identity, he had another purpose.
"Okay, Mr. Barnes, let's not talk about your identity for now, I have one more question for you. I wonder if Mr. Barnes has hacked into our S.H.I.E.L.D. network? ”
So that's what happened! Bucky had already guessed why S.H.I.E.L.D. had suddenly found him.
A few days ago, in order to make sure that Anna was safe in time, Bucky hacked into S.H.I.E.L.D.'s internal network in Redmond. Although from the perspective of network security technology, Bucky did it seamlessly and would not be traced back to any information by S.H.I.E.L.D., after all, S.H.I.E.L.D. has its own intelligence analysis system, and it still locks the suspect who intruded into the network to Bucky from the clues.
In fact, not long after the internal network was compromised, Coulson quickly analyzed that the intruder was most likely Bucky through the information that Bucky was looking at at the time and the content of the message. Later, when Bucky's identity was investigated in detail, Coulson, a loyal Captain America fan, immediately discovered the suspicion of Bucky's identity. Coulson was surprised to find that the suspect looked exactly like Captain America's good friend Bucky Barnes, from name to appearance.
Coulson was shocked by this discovery, and immediately began to investigate Bucky's situation in detail. Although all of Bucky's information has been forged seamlessly, there is one thing that cannot be faked, and that is human memory. Coulson started from Cambridge University and found out that Bucky's fake distant uncle was found, and finally found that except for all the information saved in the computer was true, no one had any impression of Bucky or his so-called distant uncle, all the information was forged through hacking technology, and in fact Bucky was a person who appeared out of thin air.
This finding reinforces Coulson's initial judgment that Bucky is a skilled hacker who is absolutely capable of hacking into S.H.I.E.L.D. networks.
In the face of Coulson's inquiry, Bucky knew that things had reached such a point that there was no need to deny it. So he nodded happily and admitted the fact that he had hacked into the S.H.I.E.L.D. network.
"Isn't Mr. Barnes afraid that we're going to arrest you? You must know that the attitude of governments in various countries towards hackers is the same, that is, absolute supervision. ”
Coulson was very curious about Bucky's readily admitting his actions, wasn't the person in front of him afraid of the coercive measures taken by the government, or did he have another hole card.
Coulson guessed correctly, Bucky is indeed not afraid of the so-called absolute regulation at all, because the current Bucky, although not famous, actually has a good social status in the United States.
Bucky smiled and said to Coulson: "Agent Coulson, don't you know, I personally own 8.5% of the shares of Microsoft Corporation, and I can be regarded as an upper-class person in society. In the absence of any evidence, even S.H.I.E.L.D. can't do anything to me! ”
After thinking about it for a while, Bucky felt that his tone of voice was a bit heavy, a bit threatening to S.H.I.E.L.D., so he added: "Personally, I want to be friends with S.H.I.E.L.D., and I was forced to hack into your network that day, who let a colonel of the US military arrest innocent people everywhere, I am just worried about the safety of my family." ”
Bucky's first half of the sentence really made Coulson angry enough, and it had been a long time since he had dared to threaten S.H.I.E.L.D. like this. However, when Bucky talked about Colonel Stryker, Coulson reluctantly discovered that this matter was indeed not taken by S.H.I.E.L.D. in a situation. As an organization that oversees the security of the world, and in the United States, Stryker used mutants to experiment and develop X weapons for nearly ten years without being discovered by S.H.I.E.L.D., and from some perspectives, S.H.I.E.L.D. is indeed suspected of dereliction of duty.
Looking at Coulson, who had been speechless for a long time, Bucky asked, "That Colonel Stryker was captured by your S.H.I.E.L.D., what will you do with this guy?" ”
"How did you know Stryker was caught by us?" Coulson didn't answer Bucky's question, but asked Bucky in confusion.
Bucky didn't answer, just looked at Coulson with a smile on his face.
After a few seconds, Coulson exclaimed, "You're on that island!" Yes, you've ever been to Williamslake on a private jet, you must have wanted to go to Stryker's base in Lake Ekari, and then went to Three Mile Island after you didn't find anyone! You're not just a hacker, you're a warrior! ”