Schiller had planned to spend half an hour eating breakfast and let Grey Mist solve his hangover headache and stiff neck caused by the wrong sleeping position last night.

What's more, he had planned to take a day off to recover his energy, and psychotherapy was also very exhausting, but as soon as Jarvis's call came, Schiller had no time to rest, and drove to Stark Tower.

As soon as he arrived at Stark's laboratory, he smelled a familiar smell of alcohol, Schiller stood in the door and coughed twice, Jarvis made a "drip" sound, and then said, "Sorry sir, I forgot to turn on the air purifier in advance, please ...... later"

Schiller, who was standing outside the door, heard the "hum" of a fan in the laboratory, and after a while, when he walked in again, there was only the smell of air freshener.

Unsurprisingly, Stark was lying on the bench like a drunk, with empty beer bottles at hand and words in his mouth.

Schiller listened intently for a moment, not understanding what he was saying, so he reached out and pushed Stark, who looked at him blankly, as if he didn't know him, waved at him, and fell on the table again.

The sound of the friction of mechanical parts behind him came, and when Schiller turned around, he saw Jarvis driving the robot's body, Schiller looked back at Stark, who was drunk and unconscious, and decisively went out to find Jarvis.

Jarvis led Schiller to the next room, he first poured a cup of coffee for Schiller, then pointed to the massage chair next to him, and said: "Sir, if you feel uncomfortable with your neck and shoulders, you can go for a massage, this is the latest therapeutic massage chair launched by Stark Group, which will make you feel better." ”

"Thanks, Jarvis, I needed this." Picking up his coffee, Schiller walked over, Jarvis adjusted the backrest for him, the mechanical arm reached over, the hatch opened, and the picture popped up above the projection device.

"Mr. Stark is still some time away from sobering up, I'm afraid, so you can watch a movie here for a while, and call me if you need anything, and I'll be there for you at any time." With that, Jarvis left.

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Schiller saw that the picture played on the projection screen was the first perspective of the Stark mecha, and the time displayed in the lower left corner indicated that this was what happened this morning.

Stark appeared at the door of a hospital room, where he had been standing for a long time, hesitating for more than half an hour before reaching out and knocking, and a somewhat familiar voice came from Schiller, it was Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier.

When Stark walked in, Bucky was reading a book, it wasn't a serious literary book, just a comic, and it was the kind of funny comic from the previous era.

Bucky was visibly surprised to see Stark walk in, but he put the comic book aside, stood up, and stretched out his mechanical arm to shake Stark's hand, but Stark ignored him completely.

Stark looked at the table next to Bucky's bed, where there was a lot of medicine, so he pointed there with his chin and said, "Steve sent it to you?" ”

Bucky glanced back at the various drugs on his desk, his expression was still a little stiff, and he didn't seem to be able to express his emotions well, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, Steve went and represcribed me, and changed the medicine, supposedly, it will be better." ”

Then the two fell into endless silence, neither of them knew what they were going to say, Stark didn't even know what he was doing here, but after a while, he finally remembered the point, so he asked:

"I wanted to ask you, do you remember how you ......" Stark paused, took a deep breath, and just as he mustered up the courage to say it, Bucky looked him in the eye and said, "Yes, I remember, I remember every detail, they remain in my memory." ”

Bucky lowered his head and whispered, "That psychiatrist shattered the mental shackles that Hydra had set on me, but at that time, the memories of everything I did stayed in my mind, and I couldn't erase them. ”

Stark opened his mouth for a moment, and he realized that he was able to stand here calmly and talk to his parents' killer because of Steve.

Stark actually knew that Steve was caught between the blood feud of his two best friends and was under a lot of pressure, but he never said it to anyone, and in essence, it had nothing to do with him, but in the end, it was Steve who was hurt the most.

Howard is not only Stark's friend, but also Steve's friend, and it can even be said that Howard and Stark's relationship is a little awkward, but he and Steve are really like-minded and fight side by side.

His best friend and comrade-in-arms killed another of his comrades-in-arms, and as a result, decades later, he indirectly hurt the son of his comrade-in-arms, and this series of tragedies pressed on one person, and the pressure can be imagined.

However, Steve never complained or said "why don't you understand me?" to anyone. Why not look at this from my point of view? Something like that.

Stark knew that Steve didn't want to put pressure on him, after all, Stark was the first victim alive in this matter.

Because Steve was willing to be considerate of Stark, Stark was also willing to be considerate of him, choosing to ask in a more calm way instead of attacking the psychiatric hospital, violently taking Bucky, and then forcing him to interrogate.

Bucky could understand this too, so, before Stark could ask, he confessed to him:

"At that time, I received an order from a high-ranking inside Hydra, and of course, I didn't know who issued the order, because I was just a killer and they wouldn't let me know much."

"They ordered me to intercept Mr. and Mrs. Stark's car and cause a car bombing, when I set a trap on the road, and after the car stopped, I jumped on the hood and smashed the window glass with my fist."

"At that time, I heard Howard Stark shout 'Sergeant Barnes?!'."

"He recognized me, but he couldn't stop me from doing the next thing, because at that point, I had to do what I was told."

Bucky took a deep breath and the robotic arm gradually clenched into a fist, he said, "My fist hit him in the chest, but that didn't kill him, he pressed a button on the car, I thought he was going to activate the weapon, so I just blew the car's engine......"

"It all ended in an explosion." Bucky's tone began to tremble a little, "When the flames were extinguished, I stepped forward to confirm that the mission was complete, and that it was indeed the corpses of the Starks. ”

"Also, I found the remains of a safe box for classified documents in the trunk, but the explosion was so violent that there was nothing left."

With that, he released his fist as if he were resigned to waiting for judgment.

In the next second, the steel mecha grabbed his neck and pressed the step against the wall, the streamer on the Iron Man mask carried mechanical indifference and ruthlessness.

Baji could struggle, and just a second before he was about to fall unconscious from suffocation, Iron Man heard him squeeze a word out of his throat: "...... Thank you. ”

The next second, Iron Man let go of his arm, Bucky fell to the ground, his head hung to one side, the mask opened, Stark stared at Bucky, and asked, "Why 'thank you'?" ”

As if he had finally collapsed, Bucky pressed his mechanical arm against the wall on the other side, his fingertips digging into the wall, and said in a trembling tone, "If you can kill me, of course I have to thank you, you let me receive the judgment I deserve, and from now on, I don't have to be tortured again......"

"Ever since I regained my senses, all the images in my memory have been playing in my head, and the pleadings, weeping, and death of innocent people have tormented me all the time......"

Bucky paused, then continued, "But I know I can't kill myself, because I still have to support Steve, or he'll be a real loner." ”

"He didn't love this era at all, he actually always hoped that he didn't wake up."

"Nothing in this era can sustain him to continue, and I must live, to be like him, to witness the evidence of that era, to remind him that he is not alone, even if it is to face endless, never-ending guilt and despair......"

"Of course you should kill me......" Bucky gritted his teeth and said, "Only you can kill me, only you can put an end to this......"

At this moment, Stark calmed down, he looked condescendingly at Bucky who was sitting on the ground and said, "But I'm not going to do it, not just because I want you to be punished. ”

"If I kill you, Steve will face this tragedy again, one of his good friends, killed another good friend, like you said, he can't afford to have a second such tragedy."

With that, Stark turned around and didn't look at Bucky, trying to calm himself down.

After a while, he turned back and asked, "What kind of expression did he have, what kind of eyes did he look in before you killed him?" Tell me every detail, as well as any clues you find valuable......"

"I'm just a killer and don't know much......" Bucky, who was sitting on the ground, curled up one leg and put his hand on it, bowed his head and said, "It was the winter of 1991, and it was close to Christmas, and many of the experimenters at the base were going home for the holidays......

"An experimental assistant has written new commands and brainwashing procedures into my brain, including Stark's specific travel information."

"How did they get this information?" Stark asked, frowning.

Bucky shook his head and said, "I don't know, but that information is very detailed, even which road he will pass by when, which street sign he will pass by in a few seconds and seconds, there are detailed details." ”

Stark's brow furrowed deeper and deeper, and Bucky continued, "They programmed it, I was on the pitch when I was supposed to be on the pitch, and Howard didn't show surprise when I jumped on the hood of the car. ”

Stark opened his eyes for a moment and said, "...... What did you say?! ”

"I said he didn't show surprise that he was attacked, and he was surprised later because he recognized me, and he recognized me as 'Bucky Barnes.'"

Then, Bucky turned to look at his mechanical arm and said, "I'm not so sure, but it seems, at the time, Howard looked at my arm...... And he showed a feeling of surprise and anger. ”

Stark's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, he didn't know that there were such details hidden in the original murder case, what was so special about Bucky's robotic arm? Why did Howard focus on Bucky's robotic arm before he died?

"When Howard found out that someone was attacking his car, he subconsciously wanted to press the button, I punched him, but it didn't stop him, he had expected it all......"

Stark took a deep breath and said, "How is this possible?? Didn't he get attacked for no reason? How could he, knowing that he would be attacked, and not hiding? ”

"Perhaps, he knew there would be such a day." Bucky took a deep breath and said, "The hydra of that era was not as easy to deal with as you think now, Howard Stark has become a thorn in their side and a thorn in the flesh, maybe he has long thought that the hydra will kill him." ”

"Then why didn't he protect himself, or maybe go and seek asylum?" Stark was very puzzled and said, "He knows that someone is going to kill him, and he is not hiding yet??!! ”

Bucky pursed his lips, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, Stark saw this, then stared at him and asked, "...... What do you want to say? ”

Bucky hesitated, but said, "It's not that he doesn't want to hide, he just can't." ”

For the first time, Bucky raised his eyes and looked Stark in the eye and said to him, "In those days, all the people who rushed forward had things behind them that they couldn't hide, didn't want to hide, knew they were dead, and could only continue to move forward. ”

"It's not the times that shape them, it's them, the ones that built that golden age."

(End of chapter)