Chapter Forty-Nine: Old Friends Meet

After a moment of thought, Bucky decided to agree to meet up with the old friend that Coulson had mentioned.

S.H.I.E.L.D. intends to find out his true identity, and if he pushes back and doesn't meet that old friend, it will only increase S.H.I.E.L.D.'s suspicions, which will bring more trouble to himself.

"Well, it's a good thing to catch up with old friends, let's talk about the time and place!"

Seeing that Bucky agreed, Coulson reported a restaurant, and the time was set for eight o'clock this evening.

Five minutes and eight o'clock, Bucky arrived at the restaurant that Coulson had mentioned. Judging from the dΓ©cor on the outside, Coulson chose a restaurant of good class, and men and women in formal attire came and went from time to time.

At the door of the restaurant, a doorman in his twenties enthusiastically opened the door for Bucky and guided him into the restaurant lobby. At this time, Coulson had already sat down in a booth, his eyes had been watching the entrance of the restaurant, and when he saw Bucky coming in, he immediately stood up and waved at Bucky as if he was greeting an acquaintance.

Walking to the booth, Bucky noticed that in addition to Coulson, who was looking at him with a smile on his face, there was also a person in the booth, an elderly woman who looked to be in her seventies. Although he didn't recognize this old woman at all from her appearance, thinking of the acquaintances that Coulson said, and then linking the plot in the movie, Bucky had already guessed that the old woman in front of him should be Captain America's girlfriend, Peggy Carter.

"Miss Carter, after nearly fifty years, I didn't expect us to see each other one day." Bucky sat down with Coulson and Peggy Carter, and greeted Peggy Carter directly without waiting for Coulson's introduction.

"Ba ...... Sgt. Barnes ...... "Looking at Bucky's familiar face, Peggy Carter shuddered Bucky's name.

Peggy Carter's voice was a little weak, and she didn't seem to be in good health right now. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that as a field agent, the high intensity of training and dangerous missions will always make people drag down their bodies at a young age, and without something like super soldier serum, field agents often do not have a healthy old age.

Looking at Peggy Carter, who was already old and unremarkable, Bucky felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Although the current Bucky and Peggy Carter have no friendship, after all, they have inherited the memories of the previous Bucky, and still remember the Carter agent in his prime.

"Maybe I should thank the Hydra organization, if they hadn't frozen me, maybe I would have been a bad old man when I crossed over!" Somehow, looking at the aging Peggy Carter, Bucky had such a ridiculous thought in his mind.

"Is that really you, Sergeant Barnes?"

Although the Bucky Barnes in front of him is the same as the Bucky Barnes fifty years ago in terms of appearance and temperament, Peggy Carter still has a hard time believing that there is really someone who can achieve immortality.

Peggy Carter's question was also expected by Bucky, and whoever encountered this kind of thing could not fully accept it all at once.

Bucky didn't speak, just nodded, acknowledging Peggy Carter's question.

"How did you do that?" Peggy Carter's tone was full of incredulity.

What Bucky fears most is that someone will ask him about the time he has been frozen, but since Peggy Carter asked, Bucky can't help but answer.

"During the capture of Dr. Zola, I fell off that train, and luckily, I did not die, but fell into an ice cave. I was frozen, unconscious, thoughtless, like a corpse. It wasn't until two years ago, maybe because of global warming, that ice cave melted, and I woke up, and then I realized that everything had changed. The Nazis have been wiped out, Hydra has died with it, and my friend Steve is gone. ”

Naturally, Bucky couldn't tell Peggy Carter and Coulson about the fact that he had been captured by the Hydra organization, transformed into a super soldier, and frozen, which would directly expose the existence of Hydra.

Although Bucky now has a good fighting ability and a certain ability to protect himself against Hydra, Bucky is still unwilling to cause this trouble. Now Bucky and Hydra are both in a stage of development, Bucky's strength will gradually increase as he continues to visualize the universe map, and Hydra will slowly infiltrate the upper echelons of S.H.I.E.L.D. and gain greater power. At this stage, Bucky decided to live peacefully with Hydra. Bucky believes that he doesn't have to wait for Hydra to implement the Insight Plan, and he will have the strength to crush Hydra, and then the entire Hydra organization will not be at his own disposal.

Although falling into the ice cave was made up by Bucky himself, under Bucky's low tone, he couldn't help but feel a little convincing. Looking at Peggy Carter and Coulson on the other side, both engrossed in listening to the story and fascinated by the expressions, Bucky felt that his acting skills had been achieved and he was ready to act in movies.

After a while, Coulson came back to his senses first and asked with some hesitation: "Mr. Barnes, your story does sound very true, but we still can't be sure whether it's true or not, do you have a way to prove it?" ”

"Didn't you meet with an old friend today, what, Agent Coulson is about to start confirming my identity again?" Bucky looked at Coulson with a narrow expression, and directly explained Coulson's purpose.

Coulson, who was exposed, was a little embarrassed, after all, he had just asked Bucky about this question yesterday, and today he used the interface of an old friend to find out Bucky's identity again, even an agent like Coulson felt a little embarrassed.

Coulson is still young, and although he is already a good agent, he is sometimes unable to completely hide his emotions. But Peggy Carter is different, as one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the best agent, Peggy Carter asked Bucky without any embarrassment at this time:

"Barnes, while I'd love to believe your story, S.H.I.E.L.D. can't trust something because of an agent's subjective feelings. And your identity will determine S.H.I.E.L.D.'s attitude towards you, so I hope Barnes you can be more detailed so that we can really trust you. ”

It is worthy of Peggy Carter, although he is in his seventies and a retired secret agent, but this statement is reasonable and well-founded, making it difficult for Bucky to refuse.

Coulson also added: "Yes, Mr. Barnes, after all, the fact that you can survive after being frozen for decades like you said is indeed beyond what people know now. As far as we know from S.H.I.E.L.D., there are many scientific research institutions around the world that are researching similar technologies, hoping to freeze terminally ill patients and wait until the medical conditions are further advanced before thawing and treating them. But no research institute has yet been able to actually complete this technology. ”

Bucky smiled in his heart, other scientific research institutions don't have this technology, but the hydra that exists in your S.H.I.E.L.D. has already researched and perfected this technology for I don't know how many years ago, but it's a pity that all this S.H.I.E.L.D. has been kept in the dark.

After a moment of contemplation, Bucky said, "I don't really have a way to prove that I woke up after being frozen in ice for decades, but it does happen. ”

Of course this kind of thing happens, as the last Bucky's best friend, Captain America Steve Rogers is still frozen in the North Pole, but Bucky can't spoil to the two people in front of him, otherwise he can't explain the source of his news, can he say that he has the ability to predict the future?

Of course, not telling S.H.I.E.L.D. the news of Captain America, in addition to not being able to explain the source of the news, Bucky still has a little selfishness in it. If you find a way to find Captain America first and free him from the ice, maybe you can dig Rogers from S.H.I.E.L.D. to your side, and then you can also form a superhero team and let Captain America be a political commissar or something, and adjusting the relationship between the team members is Captain America's strength.

Just as Bucky was thinking about Captain America, Peggy Carter also thought of her ex-boyfriend Rogers, thinking that Bucky Barnes and Rogers were small, maybe they could test whether the person in front of them was the Bucky Barnes of fifty years ago.

"Barnes, tell me about you and Steve."

Hearing Peggy Carter ask, Bucky understands that this is another way to confirm his identity, and he only needs to tell some about Rogers' past, maybe she can confirm his identity.

"Steve, he's a good guy, he's a very strong guy, he likes to help people, he doesn't like to be helped. We grew up together, and during World War II, he forged his identity more than a dozen times in order to join the army, but each time he was rejected because his physical condition was not up to par, and he was really a poor guy......"

The more Bucky talked, the more energetic he became, and the memories of Captain America in his mind surfaced little by little, perhaps influenced by these memories, although the current Bucky actually had no friendship with Captain America, he always felt that Captain America should be his friend, brother.

"Steve, that guy used to put newspaper in his shoes in order to make himself taller, this behavior is so stupid!"

When saying this, Peggy Carter finally confirmed Bucky's identity, and only three or two people knew about this little secret about Captain America, and Bucky was one of them.

"It's really you, Barnes."

Peggy Carter's old hands shook Bucky's hand, uncontrollable with excitement. Peggy Carter originally thought that she was the only one alive in her generation, but she didn't expect to meet a familiar old man, and she was still a young person from her former lover, which made Peggy Carter's tears of excitement flow.

Just to comfort Peggy Carter, who was excited in front of him, Bucky didn't pay attention, and after confirming his identity, Coulson nodded to the side, and the next moment, a burst of air came from Bucky's side.