Chapter 932: Shocking Revelations (Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket! Please Subscribe! Please Bookmark! Please Recommend!) Second Update, Please Vote
Tony has been in the White House these days. To be honest, he doesn't like this place at all, but in order to seek justice for his father, he has to play along with those guys. The White House has also been discussing with the military recently.
The military also said that Bucky would be pardoned. This is not because the military was lobbied by Steve, but how to say it... Most of the current military leaders are old people who grew up in the era when Captain America was the most popular. They have extraordinary feelings for Captain America and Bucky Barnes.
In some cases that do not involve their own interests, they are willing to use their influence to give some help. Not for anything else, just for the former Bai Yueguang. People, the older they get, the more they will miss the past.
However, these voices were quickly suppressed.
The United States must give an explanation to the public and the international community, especially to African countries. Although the United States has never looked down on those countries, the murder of the King of Wakanda has made the entire African country extremely dissatisfied. For their own interests and for the United States' respect for black countries, these countries have the most intense reactions. Many countries have issued a statement every day, asking the United States to give an explanation. So many countries have come together to cause trouble for the United States, and the US government is also scratching its head.
The crime of terrorist attacks is not as easy to be pardoned as other crimes.
So with the lobbying of Tony and the Stark Group, more people decided to severely punish Bucky Barnes, but many people felt that dealing with Bucky was one thing, and propaganda was another. Everyone was happy when the terrorists were killed. As for Bucky Barnes... well, he has been dead for a long time, so don't disturb his sleep, right.
Tony didn't have much opinion on this... It was naturally good to be able to execute the canon, but this thing was not subject to his will. So... revenge is enough.
At this stage, everyone is interested in the forces behind Bucky, so even though Bucky's fate is almost certain, the interrogation is actually ongoing. No one is not curious about who turned their hero into a terrorist.
That day, Tony just came out of the President's office. He received a call from Kai.
To be honest, the president is not as annoying as imagined, but talking about technology with a politician... Tony feels that he will never talk to him about this topic again.
"Hey! Buddy. What's wrong? Calling me at this time, is there something wrong with the teleporter?" Tony asked casually.
"No... It's a serious incident. Come here right now. By the way, remember not to be followed." Kai said.
Hearing Kai's tone, Tony knew that this matter was not trivial.
"I understand."
"By the way, I remind you, I also called the captain and Ms. Carter." Kai said in advance, so that this guy would not be confused about the situation and cause any unpleasantness.
"What? Why did you call them? ! ! Are they still not giving up?" Tony was afraid that Kai was persuaded by them to be a lobbyist. He naturally didn't need to consider others, but Kai's words... Tony needed to think carefully.
"Don't think about it, it has nothing to do with Bucky. But it has something to do with your father's case!" Kai knew it, so he quickly stopped Tony with words. Sometimes this guy's personality is like a child, very difficult to deal with.
"... I understand."
"Come as soon as possible!"
...
Tony soon came to Chicago. In order not to cause unnecessary trouble, they met in a secret villa outside Chicago.
Steve and Carter were already waiting there. They were also surprised to see Tony.
They were called over by Kai solemnly, and at first they thought it was about Bucky's matter. Seeing Tony coming... they thought it was this matter, otherwise why would Kai call Tony over? ! !
So Steve said to Tony with a happy face: "Tony! I know it! You are the same as your father, both..."
"Shut up! You don't deserve to mention my father!" Unexpectedly, Tony still spoke harshly.
Carter also planned to say something, at least to make Tony not so excited.
But seeing her speak, Tony said decisively: "Including you! Ms. Carter! You are not qualified to mention my father!"
"Tony... Howard and I..."
"I know, good friends, right? My father even asked you to be my guardian. But now, you are speaking for the murderer who killed him! Ms. Carter, you abandoned your friend. So, don't mention him anymore, okay? Hearing my father's name from your mouth makes me feel physically uncomfortable."
After saying that, he left without looking back!
This made Carter sad. Unlike Steve, Carter and Howard have been together for a longer time, and they have experienced a lot together. Carter was despised by everyone at that time, thinking that a woman could not do anything great. It was Howard who encouraged her and made her a career. It was also Howard who supported her in her most difficult time. Howard was framed for treason, and it was Carter who helped Howard clear his suspicion.
She watched Tony grow up, and he was like her own child. Especially during the time when Howard died, she was always taking care of him. Even when she was dying, it was Tony who asked Hannibal to use magic to restore her youth...
They should have been family.
But now, because of Bucky's incident, Tony has regarded her as an enemy. Even facing her, Tony can speak ill of her without hesitation.
How could Carter not feel sad and painful?
Steve saw the sad expression on Carter's always strong face, and Steve was not feeling well either.
"Carter..." Steve didn't know how to comfort.
Carter quickly calmed down. All she could do now was to take it slow. She hoped that one day they could slowly heal the rift between them.
"I'm fine. Let's go in. It seems that what Mr. Wayne wants to say is very serious."
...
"Why did you call them? ! ! I see their faces now..."
"Tony!" Kai emphasized: "Remember what I told you before?"
"Okay, okay! I'll try. But I really hate to be with them."
Kai was also helpless. If it wasn't a big deal, I wouldn't want to call these two groups together.
Soon Steve and Carter walked in together.
"Mr. Wayne."
Kai nodded, indicating that he understood.
"I know it's a bit presumptuous to call you all here, but given the current situation, I have to find you."
Steve was completely disappointed. He thought Bucky's matter would turn around. He didn't think about jailbreaking. First of all, Steve still abides by the law. Secondly, this time he was caught red-handed. He really didn't know how to save Bucky. Plus, Carter would not allow Steve to do such a stupid thing.
Carter has decades of experience, and it is not easy to deal with a greenhorn like Steve. She knows Steve's character too well. He is enthusiastic, kind, and impulsive. As long as you grasp these characteristics, it is not difficult to guess his behavior, so she focuses on persuading him. After several persuasions, Steve's idea of prison breakout is subtly dispelled.
Now what Steve wants to do is to save Bucky's life. After all, Tony has been pushing for Bucky's execution.
Carter felt a little bad. After all... Kai is not familiar with them, but now he solemnly calls them here, which is obviously not a good thing.
"What is it?" Tony asked impatiently.
Kai took a breath and said: "Hydra!"
Tony was stunned for a moment, looked at Carter and Steve: "What do you mean? Do you want to hear a story?"
Carter and Steve were also stunned. They haven't heard of this name for a long time.
"No, what I want to say is that there are Hydras in SHIELD, and there are many of them!"
Tony didn't understand yet, but Carter's face changed drastically and he stood up: "Impossible!"
"Paperclip Project!" Kai said two words coldly.
Carter's face changed again.
The Paperclip Project was promoted by Howard, and Carter himself was one of the people who carried out the mission.
"Impossible! We have done very strict background checks, and we also conducted strict surveillance on those people after they came to the United States!"
The Paperclip Project naturally couldn't really absorb Germans into the United States without caring about anything. There were a lot of investigations and surveillance. Many German scientists were even monitored until they died of old age.
"What are you talking about?" Tony had no idea what they were talking about.
Carter took a deep breath and explained quickly: "After the end of World War II, your father, in order to make the United States' scientific and technological level have a qualitative improvement, promoted a plan in Congress called the Paperclip Project, which is to network those German high-tech talents."
"So what?" Tony frowned when he heard that it was related to his father.
"Scientists inside Hydra are also recruited." Carter whispered.
Then Carter immediately said: "But those people have been under our surveillance! There is no way anything could go wrong!"
Tony was a little confused. His father... would actually make such a suggestion?
"My father is still so dedicated to the country and the people?"
Now Steve spoke.
"Although this era is good, compared to the past, people nowadays don't know what patriotism is." Steve felt that this era was good. The food was better than before, the things were better than before, and all kinds of technology were also fantastic, but...the only thing he was not satisfied with was the people nowadays. They have lost the spirit of America. They don't love work, they only want to enjoy. They don't care about the country, they only think about themselves. Even the country itself has lost that kind of spirit, just like a bloated fat man, except for eating, there is no idea.
He didn't understand what was wrong with this era. But is there any way.
"In our era, patriotism was very high. Howard was that kind of person."
Tony curled his lips and said nothing.
After all, in the era when he grew up, patriotism had become a very low symbol, and resistance, freedom, and drug abuse were their symbols.
This is a generation gap that cannot be communicated.
"Okay! Enough of the small talk, let's get down to business." Carter is a workaholic, once he gets into the situation, he doesn't care about anything. "Can you tell me where you got the information from?"
"Information... I can't tell. Because I can't trust you."
Carter raised his eyebrows, and he actually said that to her?
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I trust you and Steve, otherwise I wouldn't have called you here, but the people under you... I don't trust them! Hydra has infiltrated every aspect of SHIELD. I have to be cautious about some things."
This is the condition of the deal with Mrs. Viper.
Mrs. Viper is willing to provide information, but the premise is that she should not be exposed. Nonsense, she doesn't want to be hunted by Hydra, she just wants to live well.
"In addition, I already know who is behind Bucky."
"Who?" This time not only Steve, but also Tony asked hurriedly.
"Daniel Whitehall. Hydra."
"You mean a Hydra is going to kill my father?!!" Tony couldn't sit still anymore!
"Whitehall...he is actually still alive?!" Carter was also shocked. She remembered that Whitehall was much older than her, but he was still alive? ?
"Mr. Bucky Barnes is a biochemical warrior transformed by Whitehall. His code name is Winter Soldier."
"Why did Whitehall kill Howard? And Whitehall was in the United States?" Carter asked.
"Killing Howard... was for the Super Soldier serum. They were hoping to create more Winter Soldiers."
Carter's face immediately darkened.
Howard was killed on the way to deliver the super soldier serum he made to the base!
Steve stared at his hands... Unexpectedly, for this kind of power... not only did he lose Dr. Erkins, who was also his teacher and friend, but now he also lost another good friend. He used to think that he was lucky to obtain this power, but now it seems...lucky and unlucky are not necessarily necessarily different.
If he knew that he had to pay so much to obtain this power, he wouldn't want this power!
"Also, the most interesting thing about this is that Whitehall has never been to the United States!"
Kai's next words made Carter's face turn pale.
Whitehall has never been to the United States... What does this mean? It means that someone in the United States must cooperate with him!
Very few people know about Howard's research on the super soldier serum. Howard wasn't even conducting research within SHIELD, but at home!
After the potion was successful, Howard did not send anyone to protect him with any fanfare. He and his wife went to the base with the serum! He didn't even inform Carter before, this incident was very unexpected.
But Hydra still knows...what does this mean?
"What does this mean?" Tony felt like an idiot and had no idea what they were talking about.
"This shows that... someone is cooperating with Whitehall, and this person has a very high status. At least he has access to SHIELD's highest-level secrets." Kai said quietly.
Carter's face was still pale, and after hearing these words, his face became even worse.
Tony didn't care about that, he asked anxiously: "Who is it?!!"
Kai bared his teeth at Carter and said, "Alexander Pierce!"