Chapter 888 Wanted (5,000 Words Long Chapter with Additional Updates, Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!)
The person being interrogated in the video is Bartok who jumped off the ship and ran away.
Unexpectedly, this man had been arrested by SHIELD and returned.
In the video, the interrogating man asked:
"Bartok, who ordered you?"
Steve looked at Pierce and said, "Is this a live broadcast?"
"Yes, they caught him last night in a safe house in Algiers, not a very safe place."
Steve asked, "You mean he's a suspect in Nick Fury's assassination?"
Pierce shook his head and said, "Bartok doesn't like assassinations."
"It's not him, it's more complicated than that."
Pierce then continued: "Bartok was hired to attack the Lemurian star by an anonymous person who contacted them via email and paid by wire transfer."
"The money was then transferred through seventeen fake accounts and finally transferred to a holding company."
"The company is registered by Jacob Veitch."
As he spoke, Pierce handed the compiled information to Steve.
Steve took the information and asked doubtfully: "Should I know him?"
Pierce continued:
"It shouldn't be. Vicky died six years ago."
"His last known address was 14-35 Elmhurst Street."
Steve was flipping through the information and listening to Pierce's explanation.
Pierce continued: "When I first met Nick Fury, I learned that his mother lived at 14-37 Elmhurst Street."
After hearing these words, Steve looked at Pierce and said:
"Are you saying Fury hired pirates?"
"why?"
Pierce explained:
"The prevailing theory is that this hijacking was nothing more than a deal to cover up confidential information."
"The deal went wrong, and Nick lost his life."
Steve retorted: "If you really know Nick Fury, you should know that this is impossible."
Pierce nodded: "Why else would you come to see me?"
Then Pierce stood up and walked aside, and then said as he walked:
"do you know?"
"I serve on the Council not because I wanted to, but because Nick Fury asked for it."
"Because we're both very realistic."
Pierce walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looked at the scenery outside and said:
“We know that, despite all the diplomacy and pretense, building a better new world sometimes requires destroying the old.”
"And this will inevitably make enemies."
Having said this, Pierce turned to look at the captain.
"They will say you are shameless and dirty because you do shameful things just to create something better."
"It makes me very, very angry to think that those people are living their lives now."
At this time, Pierce walked back to the desk from the floor-to-ceiling window, and then continued:
"Captain, you were the last person Nick saw before his death. I don't think this is a coincidence."
"I think you feel the same way."
"And he also promised you the physical enhancer."
At this point, Pierce opened a suitcase placed in front of the table and revealed the contents.
"This is a physical strengthening agent, an item produced by Charlotte Office."
"This item has a market value of 3 billion U.S. dollars, or an energy-based 084 item that meets ninja standards."
"This is why some people in the bureau suspect that he is dealing with you."
Looking at the physical enhancer in front of him, Steve was very eager.
He also knew that if he handed over the USB flash drive obtained from Nick Fury, he should be able to successfully obtain it from Chief Pierce.
But the justice in his heart and his own character would not allow him to do this.
Even if he used the shield behind him to go to Charlotte Office in exchange, he would not exchange it for what Nick Fury gave him before his death, especially since Nick Fury would not let himself trust anyone before his death.
Pierce continued:
"So I ask again, why is he at your place?"
"As long as you answer my question, I will do what Nick Fury promised you during his lifetime."
Steve glanced at the physical enhancer in front of him. Although he was very excited, he still said:
"He told me not to trust anyone."
Piers asked: "Including him?"
Steve glanced at the physique enhancer again, and then said:
"Sorry, those were his last words."
"Excuse me!"
After speaking, Steve picked up the shield placed aside and prepared to turn around and leave.
"team leader."
Hearing Pierce calling him, Steve stopped and looked over.
Pierce spoke at this time and said:
"Someone killed my friend and I had to get to the bottom of it."
"Anyone who stands in my way will be regretted."
"no matter who."
"And without my approval, no one can obtain physical enhancement agents and 084 items at this stage."
Steve looked at Pierce and said after a few seconds of silence:
"clear."
Steve then turned around and left Pierce's office, and got into the elevator.
Steve said to the elevator steward:
"Go to the control center."
"Di· Confirmed."
Just when the elevator door was about to close, Rumlow stretched out his hand to block it, and then ordered to the person behind him:
"All commandos at the ready."
"Understood."
"Yes, sir."
Rumlow walked in with his commando team and said:
"Go to the evidence collection office."
"Ding. Confirmed."
After explaining the location to the elevator steward, Rumlow greeted Steve:
"Captain."
Steve turned around.
"Rumlow."
The elevator door closed and slowly descended.
At this time, Rumlow said: "The evidence team found some fibers on the roof and wanted us to take a look."
"Do you want the tactical team to be in place?"
Indeed, Nick Fury set up a tactical team for Steve, of which Steve Rogers was the captain, and Rumlow, Natasha and a group of commandos were members.
Of course, the three are still members of the Avengers, but the Avengers have not assembled again since the Battle of New York.
Hearing Rumlow's words, Steve thought for a moment and said:
"Let's see the situation first."
Rumlow nodded and said: "Okay."
At this time, Steve saw that the two commando members led by Rumlow were a little nervous, and their hands were always on the guns beside their legs. Seeing this, he frowned slightly. This is the headquarters of SHIELD, why are they nervous.
At this time, the elevator stopped, and four agents came in with briefcases while talking.
"Administrative level."
"Ding·Confirmed."
"Excuse me."
The four people who came in walked to the four corners of the elevator, but Steve stood in the middle of the crowd at this time.
Steve looked at the four people, and Rumlow, who was standing in front, said:
"I am deeply sorry about Fury's matter."
"What a tragedy."
The captain looked at Rumlow and said:
"Thank you."
The elevator continued to run, and Steve observed the people around him again, but found that some of the four people who had just come in had sweat on their foreheads.
You have to know that the SHIELD agents are all in great shape. More importantly, there are central air conditioners in the elevator and the building. They are sweating from nervousness.
However, the elevator just went down one floor and opened again. This time, three strong men came in.
"Archives room."
"Ding·Confirmed."
Steve had already noticed something wrong, and as the elevator door closed, he said:
"Before we start, does anyone want to get out?"
Hearing Steve's words, everyone immediately launched an attack.
Some of the agents behind him locked Steve's neck, some hugged his waist, and some took out special high-voltage electric batons to attack.
Some people even pressed the stop brake button of the elevator, and everyone began to besiege Steve Rogers.
The four people who came in with a suitcase immediately dismantled the handle on the suitcase. This was not an ordinary handle, but a high-magnetic handcuff used to restrict Steve Rogers's movements.
And among the attackers, not only Rumlow was injected with a physical enhancer.
Two agents who had been injected with physical enhancers immediately put the strong magnetic bracelet on Steve's wrist and activated it, and then pressed Steve's arm against the alloy railing of the elevator.
As long as the captain's hands were fixed, the battle would end quickly.
Five tons of force were not enough in front of Steve who had fifteen tons of force.
In order not to fall into the opponent's full set, Steve kicked the knee of an agent who was pressing his arm.
"Bang!"
He kicked the opponent and staggered him, and then threw the strong magnetic handcuffs on that arm onto the elevator.
At the same time, he attacked the people around him. Although he was held by one neck and one waist, he still quickly knocked several people to the ground.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Steve hit the agent holding his waist with an elbow in the face, directly hitting the other's cheek concave, and then a shoulder throw threw the strong man who was holding his neck in front of him.
At this time, Rumlow kicked Steve's left wrist, and the huge inertia made his left hand stick to the alloy wall.
But at this time, in the elevator, only Rumlow and another person who had been injected with the physical enhancer were left standing.
Rumlow waved the electric baton and hit Steve.
"Bang!"
Steve sighed several times in a row, and the huge current made him make a sound.
"Ah!"
The electric baton pressed on Steve's back, and the current was turned to the maximum.
The huge amount of electricity was enough to stun the person who had been injected with the physical enhancer, but on Steve, it could only make him involuntarily but not stun him.
Steve endured the pain and gave Rumlow a blow.
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In the command room, Sitwell looked at the screen on the monitor, picked up the microphone and said:
"Send the commando to the 25th floor."
At this time, another agent attacked with an electric baton, and Steve used his other unrestrained arm to grab the other person and thrust the electric baton at another person who had been injected with the physical enhancer.
In just a few seconds, the opponent was stunned. After knocking everyone down, Steve took the opportunity to start dismantling them. Finally, he used all his strength to remove the strong magnetic handcuffs from the alloy.
Looking at the two agents who got up again, Steve attacked them again.
Because they were all agents of SHIELD, Steve did not kill them.
At this time, Rumlow was holding two electric batons in his hands, looking at Steve and said:
"Take it easy, big guy."
"This is not a personal grudge, Captain."
As he spoke, he immediately attacked Steve. However, in this small space, although Rumlow had a certain advantage with the electric baton, he was far inferior to Steve in terms of physical fitness.
Although Steve was grinning from the high-voltage electric baton, Steve still seized the opportunity to hit him on the back of the head and knocked him unconscious.
Steve looked at the fainted Rumlow and panted:
"I feel it's a personal grudge."
Then he stepped on the edge of the shield, bounced it up and attached it to his arm, then used the shield to cut off the strong magnetic handcuffs on his arm, and pressed the elevator.
As the elevator door opened, everyone saw a team of fully armed commandos aiming with guns in their hands.
"Put down the shield and raise your hands."
Seeing this situation, Steve turned around quickly, hid in the elevator, and then directly used the shield to break and cut the cable.
Amid the alarm, the elevator descended at a high speed.
After the elevator descended more than ten floors, the emergency stop program of the elevator ran and the elevator stopped again.
After using brute force to pry open the elevator door, Steve looked at the commandos running over and closed the elevator door again.
These assault rifles cannot penetrate the elevator door of SHIELD.
After closing the elevator door, Steve looked down and saw that there were still more than ten floors below.
At this time, a voice came from outside:
"Surrender, Captain, open the door."
"You have no way to escape."
Steve took a deep breath. This height was not a big problem for his current physique.
Steve directly smashed the glass of the elevator and then jumped down.
"Boom!"
Steve landed in a superhero posture, landing on one knee steadily.
Standing up and taking a look at the surrounding environment, Steve quickly ran to the garage.
Driving his own motorcycle, he could leave here faster.
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In front of the monitoring, Sitwell looked at the picture coming from the camera and shouted:
"How is it possible."
He never thought that three people who had been injected with physical enhancers could not stop Steve Rogers in the case of a sneak attack by multiple people.
"He went to the garage, close the bridge."
At the moment when the bridge was about to be closed, Steve flew out on a motorcycle.
At this moment, a Quinjet flew over and warned:
"Captain Rogers, surrender immediately."
"Repeat, surrender immediately."
While shouting, the heavy machine gun on the fighter was also extended, ready to attack at any time.
Steve ignored it and stepped on the throttle of his modified motorcycle to the maximum.
Seeing that Steve did not stop, the fighter began to strafe.
"Da Da Da!"
Because it was a warning, the fire control system did not aim at Steve Rogers, but fired at the open space in front of him.
Steve ignored it, driving the motorcycle to avoid it, while throwing the shield behind him and smashing it towards the engine of the fighter.
Instantly, one engine was smashed by the shield, and the fighter was unbalanced, and Steve took the opportunity to tighten the brakes and jumped onto the fighter under inertia.
After jumping onto the fighter, Steve pulled out the shield from the engine, followed by a round of destruction, smashing the other two engines, and then jumped off the Quinjet.
With three of the four engines lost, the fighter plane could no longer maintain balance and fell directly from the sky.
The so-called low altitude, coupled with the material reasons, the plane was only scrapped and did not hurt the driver inside.
After doing all this, Steve lifted the motorcycle and quickly fled here again.
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In the command room.
Sitwell shouted:
"Everyone listen up, no matter what you have on hand, push it away."
"It's level one alert now."
"Notify the Ministry of Transportation, all intersections in the Special Zone are red, and all runways at nearby airports are blocked."
"Turn all surveillance videos in the city to the display behind me."
"Track all communication equipment, phones, computers, tablets, check everything that can be checked."
"If someone tweets, I also want to know immediately."
At this time, SHIELD Agent 13 Kate said:
"Excuse me, if SHIELD wants to hunt down Captain America, we have the right to know the reason."
At this time, Alexander Pierce walked in and said:
"Because he lied to us."
"Captain Rogers knows Director Fury's cause of death, but he is unwilling to tell us. "
"I know it's hard for everyone to accept that Steve Rogers met with Nick Fury and asked Nick Fury to give him a physical enhancer."
"I think some people have heard the surveillance recording of this information."
"You know, Steve Rogers has already injected a physical enhancer. What kind of deal and consideration can make Nick Fury agree to Steve's request."
"And now, he is still unwilling to tell us the specific reason, nor does he want to tell us the cause of Director Fury's death."
"So, Captain America is now a fugitive of S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Execute the order!"
"Yes, sir."
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On the other side.
Steve Rogers, who escaped from the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, dressed up and came to the vending machine where the USB flash drive was hidden.
Looking at the empty hiding place, Steve was stunned on the spot.
But the next second he saw Natasha appear next to him, and immediately turned to look at her, and pulled her to an empty room.
"Where did you go?"
Natasha looked at Steve and said:
"A safe place."
Steve took off his hat and said seriously:
"Speak to the point."
Natasha asked back:
"Where did you get it?"
Steve said directly:
"Why should I tell you?"
Seeing this, Natasha asked in confusion: "Why did Fury give it to you?"
Steve knew that this USB flash drive seemed to be the one that Natasha copied at the time, so he asked:
"What's in it?"
Natasha shook her head and said: "I don't know."
Steve said angrily: "Don't lie."
Natasha explained:
"I just look like I know everything, Rogers."
Steve glanced outside the door, and after making sure no one was approaching, he said:
"You must know that it was the pirates hired by Fury?"
Hearing this, Natasha was stunned for a moment, and then her brain worked rapidly.
"Everything makes sense now."
"There's something wrong with that ship. You and Fury have to find a way to get on it."
Steve grabbed Natasha's arm angrily and asked:
"Don't make me ask you a second time."
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