Chapter 749: Choice (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote for Me) 4300 Words, Please Vote for Me!!!
SHIELD was in chaos when Phil reported that Captain America had escaped and was captured by the New York police. Everyone's first reaction was... Today is April 1st? Captain America... was captured by the police?
How funny!
If Captain America couldn't even deal with the police, how did he defeat the **? Did he seduce the Germans with his sexy muscles?
But when they learned that Captain America's luck was very bad, he actually ran into Kai who was passing by when he knocked away several policemen who intercepted him...
They believed it. Well, Captain America was really captured by the police.
Then the high-level meeting of SHIELD was in chaos. Some people requested to send out a special agent team to rescue Captain America. Some people hoped to use political means to get Captain America back from Kai, while others advocated a softer approach. Anyway, Kai had a successful deal with SHIELD, so he could trade again.
And when SHIELD was making a fuss.
Kai was also confused.
"Are you kidding me? A new prank?"
Looking at George and Felicia, who were so excited in front of him, Kai was confused.
"How is it possible! He is definitely Captain America!" George was like a 17 or 18-year-old boy who liked Gundam. He preached to Kai like Kai and said to him devoutly: "I have collected the original photo of Captain America! That person is exactly the same as Captain America! I swear!"
Captain America's status in the United States is probably equivalent to that of Lu Xun in the Chinese literary world. He has countless fans. Every word, every message, every photo, and every letter he left behind are sought after and interpreted by countless people.
Unlike Lu Xun, Captain America served as the spokesperson for patriotic bonds for a period of time and walked all over the United States to participate in rallies, so he left a lot of information, letters, and photos. So generally, as long as you have money, you still have a chance to get it.
For example, George's collection is a photo of Captain America attending a patriotic rally. It is very clear, and this original photo is worth thousands of dollars on the market.
"Maybe... he is also a fanatic of Captain America like you?" Although Kai is not very interested in American history, just like you can never avoid Lu Xun when you go to school in China, it is difficult to avoid Captain America when you go to school in the United States. So Kai still knows that Captain America died in a plane crash before the end of World War II in order to stop the Red Skull from bombing New York with a super bomb.
He has been dead for decades, and now you tell Kai that the blond muscle man is Captain America?
"Director, I have evidence!" At this time, Felicia immediately raised her hand and said very enthusiastically.
"Evidence? What evidence?" Kai looked over.
"I entered his DNA and fingerprints into the FBI database and found no match, and then I looked for the Federal Social Security Administration, and there was no match!"
"Wait a minute? Where do you get the authority?" Kai immediately found the key to the problem.
You know, the Federal Social Security Administration database and the FBI database are not accessible to ordinary people at all.
"Uh... I used your authority." Felicia lowered her head and said a little embarrassedly.
Kai now remembered that Kai never seemed to care about this kind of thing, so when Misty was his secretary, Kai gave Misty his permission password. After Felicia took office, Kai also did not take it back and continued to let the secretary know.
But Kai still glared at Felicia fiercely.
"This still doesn't prove that he is Captain America!" Kai still didn't believe it.
At this time, the police officer in charge of guarding the blond muscle man came over and told Kai. The man woke up.
...
Tony and Pepper rushed to the 15th Precinct, and Tony still had a very difficult to describe complex feeling in his heart. As we all know, Captain America and his father Howard Stark are comrades-in-arms and also very good friends.
But it is also well known that Captain America Steve Rogers and James Buchanan Barnes, also known as Bucky Barnes. They are best friends, the kind who grew up together and lived and died together.
And Bucky Barnes is Tony Stark's sworn enemy who killed his father!
When Tony received Kai's notice, he actually didn't know what kind of emotion he should use to face this "uncle" he had never met.
Of course, Tony would not give up revenge. The only thing he needed to care about now was Steve Rogers' attitude.
This was not an emotional issue. After all, Tony was not familiar with Steve Rogers at all, and he had no emotional pressure at all. He needed to consider more realistic pressure. If Steve Rogers was determined to protect Bucky Barnes, it would undoubtedly increase the difficulty and cost of Tony's revenge.
Don't underestimate the influence of Captain America on today's American society.
Because Captain America represents an era!
He may not have achieved achievements corresponding to his influence. Although Captain America has made great contributions in fighting against the enemy, he is not comparable to those leaders who led the United States to victory in World War II, such as Eisenhower, Patton, and Roosevelt. The historical contributions of these people completely crushed Captain America.
But what really made Captain America a myth is that he represented that era.
He represents the power of the United States at that time to surpass everything and become the strongest country in the world!
Before World War II, the United States...the world status was actually like that, and the center of the world at that time was in Europe.
And Captain America's performance on the battlefield greatly improved the national self-esteem of Americans at that time! You know, only the United States in the world has created super soldiers! This represents the scientific confidence of the United States and also represents the terrible military power of the United States!
In addition, the United States did blow a little hard during the war for political needs at that time. As Goebbels said, a lie told ten thousand times becomes the truth. The sequelae of excessive praise soon appeared, and people began to look at Captain America too highly.
As a result, public opinion forced politicians. Politicians had to pinch their noses and sing praises to Captain America.
If it was just like this, it would be nothing. The shamelessness of politicians is definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people. When Captain America's influence is too great, politicians have many ways to weaken this influence after the war.
But it happened that Captain America died. Died in the early stage of victory in World War II!
Or died to save New York, the United States, which was not affected by the war.
Now, politicians have no choice. Of course, they don't need to fight for power with a dead man. Captain America is dead anyway, so what if he has a good reputation?
Just like before the Western Han Dynasty, Confucius' status was actually nothing great. Like the ancestors of other doctrines, he was at most a sage. Even Confucianism was just a coward who was trembling in Lu and Qi and was oppressed by the old rogue Liu Bang.
But after the abolition of all schools of thought and the advocacy of Confucianism, Confucianism began to develop vigorously, and finally forced the emperor to give Confucius a higher and higher status. It even led to Confucius becoming a saint.
Captain America's experience is similar.
He praised it and couldn't take it back. So Captain America, as a clay statue, has a higher and higher status until he was deified!
Today, it is not so easy to suppress Captain America. Like China in the previous life, even after experiencing such a strong suppression, Confucius still has a high status, which is one or even several levels higher than other sages!
So don't underestimate the influence of Captain America on today's American society.
Under this influence, if Steve Rogers is really determined to keep Bucky Barnes... Tony will really encounter a lot of trouble.
So Tony took the initiative to meet Steve this time, not so much to see this "uncle" he had never met, but to confirm Steve's attitude.
Soon they were taken to Steve's interrogation room.
Outside the interrogation room, many policemen were looking around and peeking inside from time to time.
Kai personally interrogated Steve and confirmed that the man inside was really Captain America.
All the police officers believed Kai's conclusion at the first time, after all, their chief was not an ordinary person. Thor! Isn't that awesome enough?
Kai had no way to deal with the unprofessional performance of the police officers. Again, if you don't get involved, you really can't understand the admiration of Americans in this world for Captain America. You have to know that many of Captain America's peripherals are top collectibles here.
If they can get Captain America's signature, they can be heirlooms.
So when George took advantage of his position and took Felicia to get Captain America's autograph and a photo, the whole police force was boiling.
As a man, it's not shameful to like robots and superheroes.
Doesn't Kai like Transformers?
So he didn't say much to this group of fans.
"He's in there?" Tony said with a hard and cold face.
Kai raised his eyebrows and reminded: "I think you should change your attitude. He is not an enemy, Tony. At least not yet. You should fight for it. You should understand."
Compared with Kai, Tony naturally knows more about the so-called political means. Kai thinks that it is better to fight for it than to become an enemy of Captain America.
After all, Bucky Barnes really killed Howard Stark. This cannot be changed.
The truth is on Tony's side.
"Fight? No need! If he really favors Barnes, then he is my enemy!"
On this point, Tony will never make any compromise, because in Tony's view, this is an insult to his parents!
"Okay..." Kai can't persuade much, how to persuade? Can he stop others from being filial to their parents? That doesn't fit Kai's values.
Soon Kai took Tony and Pepper into the interrogation room.
Steve was sitting at the table, flipping through a book about American history. Of course, he was more concerned about the history after World War II. After he learned that he woke up, 66 years had passed in the world. Oh no, after tonight, it should be 67 years.
He missed the dance.
When he looked up, he found that the police brought a man and a woman. Steve was a little confused. Who were they?
But soon, he saw a familiar shadow from Tony.
"Do you... know Howard Stark?"
"He's my father."
"What? You are Howard's son?" Steve opened his eyes wide. He didn't expect that the playboy Howard also had a son, but he immediately reacted. It's been more than 60 years, and it's not uncommon for Howard to have grandchildren. "Really? How is Howard? Is he okay?"
Looking at Steve's undisguised sincere smile, Tony didn't feel any joy, but a stronger hatred!
"He's dead."
Steve was stunned, lowered his head, and whispered in a low voice, "...Is that so...Is he gone too?"
Sixty years later, even if Howard was alive, he would be in his nineties.
Steve suddenly felt the vicissitudes of life.
When he woke up, his world had changed, and he seemed to be abandoned by the world.
The world moved forward, but left him where he was.
But the next second, Steve experienced the cruelty of the world again.
"He was murdered, with my mother!"
"What?"
Perhaps too shocked and too angry, Steve stood up suddenly, overturned the chair under his buttocks, and smashed it against the wall before stopping.
"Who did it! Who?!"
The anger on Steve's face was not fake.
Tony raised his head and looked at Steve.
Steve was still waiting for an answer, but he immediately felt that the atmosphere became a little strange. Why was Howard's son...staring at him?
After a while: "Bucky Barnes."
Steve didn't understand: "Bucky? What happened to Bucky? Did you find Bucky?"
Tony's heart was immediately filled with anger. Damn, he forgot his father just because he heard his friend?
"It's Barnes!"
Tony said coldly.
"What? What is Barnes?" Captain America didn't think about it at all, so he didn't quite understand. But after all, he was not a fool, he immediately understood why Tony was like that just now. His face turned pale, and he said for a long time: "Barnes... died a long time ago! I saw him sacrificed!"
"No! He didn't die, he betrayed his country!" Tony didn't consider whether an old man like Steve could accept it, but said with a little sarcasm.
"Barnes... Impossible! He loves this country more than anyone else!" Steve refused to believe it.
Barnes is Steve's childhood friend. They grew up together. Barnes has always been his protector. Before he became Captain America, Barnes was his most admired person. Even the reason why he wanted to join the United States and serve the country was influenced by Bucky!
He knew who Bucky was!
He would not betray his country!
Absolutely not!
Tony was also very straightforward and directly produced evidence.
Although it was not direct evidence, it was almost confirmed.
But Steve refused to admit it. He felt that there was a misunderstanding! Absolutely! Of course, there was good news, that is, Bucky did not die that year!
"Then why didn't he come back? Why did no one know that he was alive? Why did he appear at the murder scene of my parents? Why..."
"I will find out! There must be a reason!"
Steve said firmly.
Tony was silent for a while.
After a long while, he finally said, "You are not worthy of being my father's friend. Steve Rogers."
"Tony..." Steve wanted to say something, but at that moment he was speechless again. After a long while, he said, "Bucky..."
Tony seemed to have guessed what Steve wanted to say.
"I feel lucky that he is still alive. Steve. Because then I can kill him with my own hands!"
After saying that, Tony stood up and turned away.
"Tony!" Steve stood up and tried to hold Tony.
But Tony walked out the door without any pause.
Steve put down his arm dejectedly.
At the same time, Kai picked up the phone.
"Ruth. It's me, Kai. Well, this time I have a message for you. Captain America is here with me."