S.H.I.E.L.D. HEADQUARTERS, although the battle with Hydra some time ago was informed in advance by Lin Rui and Nick's complete plan, S.H.I.E.L.D. was still hit hard and was completely exposed to the eyes of the people of the world. For this reason, it took a lot of effort for S.H.I.E.L.D. and the World Security Council to control the situation, and now that more than a week has passed, Nick can finally relax a little.

At this time, in the director's office at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, Nick was carefully watching a video on the computer screen in front of him. There are two people in the picture, standing in the corner is the Winter Soldier Bucky wearing a black suit and a mask, and the person standing in front of the Winter Soldier is the Phantom Knight. Nick was watching the surveillance video of the battle between Lin Rui and Bucky more than a week ago, and he didn't know what he had found.

Dada~

While Nick was watching the surveillance video intently, Captain Rogers walked up behind him. And Nick apparently noticed the person behind him, and he didn't look back to say hello, "Come and see, our mysterious Phantom Knight seems to be hiding something from us." ”

"Isn't that normal? Don't you have a lot of things you haven't told me. Walking up from behind Nick, Steve replied lightly. Captain Rogers is very unaccustomed to Nick's practice of hiding everything in his heart, but he can't help it, who calls Nick the director, and some things are indeed known as little as possible.

Hearing Steve's calm words, Nick's heart jumped. Nick did have a lot of things to hide from Rogers, but none of them mattered, and Rogers wouldn't say anything even if he minded. However, regarding the Winter Soldier in the surveillance video, Nick didn't know if Captain Rogers had seen something before.

As for the Winter Soldier that Hydra researched sixty years ago, Nick actually knew about it before the internal information of S.H.I.E.L.D. was declassified. Therefore, now in addition to Lin Rui knowing that the Winter Soldier in the surveillance is Bucky, Nick has already guessed who he is. Nick asked Steve to watch this surveillance video this time also to make him mentally prepared first, after all, Bucky is Steve's best friend. If Steve only finds out in a later battle, it may cause unnecessary unexpected losses.

"So, I'm going to tell you something today. But, let's say it first, and you don't get too excited when you see what's next. After a serious look at Steve, Nick continued.

"Well, what's the matter?" Steve asked with some surprise at Nick's words. The hydra has been exposed, what else can excite you?

"See for yourself. As he spoke, Nick reached out and pointed to the screen in front of him and stepped aside.

Captain Rogers followed Nick's hand and looked at the screen, where the picture of Lin Rui and Bucky the Winter Soldier facing each other in the corner more than a week ago was playing. In Steve's sight, the already injured Hydra fighter was repelled by Phantom Knight's move, but Phantom Knight did not continue to attack, but stood still and did not move. Steve judged that Phantom Knight was talking to the thug, which made him wonder.

From the angle of this monitor, Lin Rui's back could only be photographed, but it was just facing the front of Bucky. Just when Captain Rogers wondered what Phantom Knight was talking to the Hydra thug, the front of Bucky, who had risen from the ground again, happened to be displayed on the monitor, this time without the mask. Therefore, when Steve saw Bucky's extremely familiar face, he was stunned as if someone had immobilized him, staring at the person in the surveillance video, and the memories that had been silent in his heart quickly flooded back.

"Bucky?!" his voice trembled, and Steve stared at Bucky in the video and shouted the long-lost name in disbelief.

Noticing the reaction of Captain Rogers next to him, Nick didn't bother him by talking at this time, but let Steve himself calm down slowly.

After seeing Bucky's face, Steve stared at the surveillance video more carefully, and even reached out and clicked on the screen a few times to enlarge the screen, wanting to see more clearly.

In the surveillance video, Phantom Knight appears to have spoken something to Bucky, but Bucky does not answer, and instead intends to continue attacking Phantom Knight. However, just as he was about to attack, he stopped. From the video, Steve noticed that Phantom Knight seemed to be shouting something, and he could notice the tremor of his body by looking at his back.

After Phantom Knight shouted something, Bucky's mood seemed to change, and he actually held his head in place and began to talk nonsense, and then calmed down again. The security video is very clear, and Nick has already let the intelligence analyze Bucky's mouth shape and display the words he shouted on the screen.

"Steve, who is this, who am I?!" was what Bucky said as he calmed down. After seeing the few short words displayed on the screen, Steve's heart turned a huge wave, and he already had a very bad premonition.

However, when he saw the next scene in the video, he almost screamed. Because, the Phantom Knight, who was standing in front of Bucky, suddenly pounced on him, and just when Steve thought that the Phantom Knight was going to kill Bucky, a violent explosion suddenly occurred outside the wall where Bucky was leaning, and all the places where Bucky was standing were blown up, and the area was covered by smoke and flying debris.

"Bucky!!" Knowing that this was a week ago, Steve couldn't help but worry about Bucky.

In the shroud of smoke and dust, there seemed to be a black shadow rushing out, and then another bright light flashed in front of the surveillance, and then the black shadow that rushed out was blown back again at a faster speed, and finally stuck to the wall behind it in embarrassment, it was the Phantom Knight who chased out. Captain Rogers, who saw this scene, was puzzled, he didn't know why Phantom Knight did this, he obviously saw that Phantom Knight didn't want Bucky to die.

At the end of the video, Phantom Knight breaks free from the wall unharmed, then walks to the corner of the collapsed wall and looks down before leaving. When the figure of Phantom Knight disappears from the surveillance, the whole video is over, and it returns to the original picture again.

After the video ended, Steve reached out and quickly swiped on the screen a few times, and finally froze the entire video at the moment when Bucky showed his face. Putting the video to the maximum, Steve is sure that the Hydra thug is Bucky, and the owner of that face has played with himself since he was a child, and he will not forget.

"Later, I sent someone to look for it, but I didn't find it. He should not have died, but fled. After Rogers, who was beside him, finally finished watching the video, Nick's words came slowly.

"When did you know?" asked Steve in a low tone without taking his eyes off the screen.

"It's been a while, but I've never been sure it's him. Faced with Captain Rodgers' questioning, Nick replied truthfully.

Bang!

Hearing Nick's answer, Steve punched the base of the monitor in front of him, directly knocking out a dent in the sturdy base. Steve is obviously very angry that Nick knew about Bucky and didn't tell him, that was his best friend! Bucky Barnes, a good friend who fought side by side in the first place, died on the battlefield to fight Hydra!

Glancing at the dent that had been punched out by Steve, Nick's eyes flashed, which seemed to be a little different from what he expected, he underestimated the relationship between Steve and Bucky.

"Where is he now?" Steve asked, retracting his fist.

"After last week's battle, we have been searching for Hydra's bases around the world, and we have eliminated many of Hydra's hidden teams one after another, but we haven't found him yet. As the Winter Soldier secretly cultivated by Hydra, he is no longer the same person he used to be. After answering Steve's words, Nick added later that he didn't want Captain Rogers to influence his plans to exterminate Hydra because of his personal feelings.

"I know very well!" replied in a cold tone, and Steve had already sent the surveillance video to his terminal.

Call!

Then, instead of listening to what Nick had to say, Steve turned around and quickly left the director's office. And Nick could only sigh silently as he looked at Steve's back as he left, hoping that what he did today was not wrong. However, even if he doesn't tell Steve today, he'll find out for himself later, and the situation could be even worse then.