tech killer

"The damage to brain cells is almost irreversible," Zhao Hailun looked at the information displayed on the screen, and wrote furiously in his notebook, "The technology of regenerative cradle is currently conquering the target of printing cells. To be precise, it can make Wounds heal quickly, but technological innovation is needed to restore old wounds like yours. And new cells cannot replicate the memory stored in damaged cells."

"The current technology is not so rough in terms of nerve union," she tapped on the operating table, "Your situation is special, long-term stimulation and cryogenic freezing, even with the regenerative cradle technology, the trauma can be successfully repaired, about the brain cells, it is still possible to cause a complete loss of memory."

"No, I choose the body's own self-healing." Bucky moved his fingers according to Tony's instructions, "I'm used to it."

Helen closed the notebook: "Well, you choose, you decide. It seems that you care more about your memory than your arm?"

Tony pressed his arm: "Don't move, don't move, it's still close."

Bucky froze in silence for a while, then hummed.

"Then it's simple, it's still surgery, let's make an appointment with a neurosurgery expert, this is not my specialty," Helen nodded, "Mechanical technology problems Tony can solve. Those links are to control your neurological problems... I will give Do you recommend someone?"

Tony patted Bucky's mechanical arm: "There is no problem for now."

He turned his head to look at Helen, showing a somewhat disgusted expression: "Don't tell me that the person you mentioned is that Stephen Strange."

"Although he's not a scientific researcher...that's right, it's him." Helen glanced at him, "Don't dislike him, you two have similar mouths."

"That's all you miss about me?" Tony crossed his chest, "I thought I was much more handsome than him. OK Sergeant Barnes, the use of your metal arm is the same as in the past, and you have removed the broken pieces of discharge. Shit, you can hang out with Elsa and she's asked Jarvis several times about her plan...I repeat, she doesn't know but you have to be careful"

Bucky had already put on his shirt and buttoned it a few times.He looked at the two bickering researchers in silence, and frowned slightly after Tony finished speaking to him:

"Stark."

"Anything else?"

"I want to talk to you."

"Talk?" He stopped the work of arranging the tools, pulled down the sleeves on his chest and flattened them, "OK, no problem, what do you want to talk about? Let me start with the first, I don't like you old guys very much. If you want to talk to me about some topics of educating me, then we can stop now. Look at your faces, don't think about being an elder."

Helen looked left and right, and called Jarvis to open the door for her and leave first.

Only the two confronting men remained in the laboratory.

They stared at each other for a few seconds, and Tony looked away casually, putting away the tools little by little.After a moment of silence, Bucky finally spoke.

"I'm sorry about what happened yesterday."

"What are you sorry for?" Tony didn't even look up, and threw the somewhat deformed tool into the trash can behind him, "Jarvis, order another set with a different brand... Forget it, I'll make another set myself. "

"Ok sir."

"Stark," Bucky reached out and pressed his hand that was about to close the box, "You should listen to me."

He looked directly into each other's eyes.

"About Howard Stark."

Tony's movements stopped.

He shook off the mechanical arm in his hand, leaned sideways on the table, folded his arms around his chest, and had a playful expression on his face.He raised his chin, although his height was suppressed, but his momentum was stronger: "Say it."

"I know the name," Bucky said with a troubled expression, "1991, in Hydra."

***

The sound of "Boom -" made people suspect that there was an enemy attack.

Elsa was on the sofa texting Wanda with her mobile phone, but jumped to the ground when the sound exploded.Steve glanced at her, and both of them wanted to enter the laboratory with the door still closed but making a loud noise.

Jarvis stopped: "Cap, this is a private matter, sir."

"It doesn't sound like a personal matter." Steve stretched his neck.

Elsa was not so easy to talk at this time: "Jarvis, open the door."

"Sorry, sir, you don't need to disturb—" Before he finished speaking, Elsa had already blocked his program operation, and the door opened quickly under her hands.

Steve moved much faster than Elsa, and by the time Cinderella rushed in, a confrontation had already formed in the room.

Bucky's face was bruised, Steve's clothes were messed up as if they had just fought with each other, and the things behind them were in a mess, and it seemed that this was where the loud noise was made just now.

Iron Man's battle suit stood aside, but the armor on his hands had already been covered.The reactor on Tony's chest was dazzlingly bright, and the injector in his palm was fully charged, aiming at Bucky, who was silently watching on the opposite side; while Steve stood between the two, protecting Bucky behind him. , with the palm facing Tony's armored palm, in a blocking form.

"...What is this doing?" Elsa couldn't understand.

They seem to be fighting?But wasn't it good?

Tony didn't move.

There was no expression on his face, the whole person fell silent, and he sneered: "You should ask your good partner."

"what?"

"Cap, if, you really consider Howard Stark your friend, don't stand in the middle like nothing happened."

Tony stared at Bucky closely, his face twitching: "Barnes, repeat what you just said."

"Bucky?" Steve hesitated.

"I know Howard Stark," Bucky had repeated, "in Hydra, the Soviet Union."

Elsa looked around, walked to his side, and took his wrist.

He clenched his fists tightly, his blood vessels burst, but his face looked calm.

Bucky spoke intermittently, as if relying on fragments of memory to piece together the facts he knew.

"In 1991, Hydra was still working on a super soldier serum and failed.

Hydra received information about the success of Howard Stark's experiment, and the organization sent people to snatch it.I read the mission report.Grab the serum and clear the obstacles.It's my name on the report... I don't remember, I don't remember this.report time……"

Tony answered: "December 1991th, 12."

The corner of his mouth twitched: "I remember very clearly, the car accident. Now that you appear here, you come and tell me that you killed my parents, Howard Stark and Maria Stark?"

The light in his palm became brighter and brighter: "Rodgers, get out!"

Elsa felt as if she heard something terrible: "Tony?"

"Shut up Saron," he didn't even bother to look at her, "what am I doing these days? Helping a killer lose control and kill better? Wow, I'm such a great killer with bloody hands, trust is such a cheap Stuff, cheating is really funny too... funny. I guess you forgot, Saron, your father, your brother, died at the hands of Hydra too, didn't you? There's a Hydra standing next to you right now A born executioner, how do you confirm that his hands are not stained with your blood?"

"Shut up Stark—"

"You should shut up, Rogers!" Tony yelled at him, "You have no idea what Howard did for you! He only wants to fish you out of the glacier that sank in the last century without dying, and he can't even see Me by his side. And you, now standing on Stark's grounds, defending a murderer? And you, Saren—"

He watched the light in the armor's eyes go out, and it landed firmly on the ground, and the light in the palm of his hand also went out, and he sneered: "Are you sure you really want to stop me?"

Elsa raised her hands in mid-air, tears welling in her eyes.

"You mentioned my father, Tony," Elsa laughed and choked again, "If you have to say, we are the same. And you just said the answer."

"You said, Hydra." Elsa sniffled, "My father, died in the attack of Hydra on the day Bucky was taken away. You just reminded me that Bucky was a victim and always yes."

She took a half step back and leaned on the man's solid body: "He is James Buchanan Barnes, a World War II hero, the one who can name it among countless people who are also fighting heroes. He is the same as the American The captain went to the battlefield together, fought the Nazis, and was the only soldier of the Howling Commandos who died. And when everyone thought he was dead, he was taken away by Hydra."

"What we should deal with is the endlessly dying Hydra, not the victims." Elsa raised her hand to wipe away the tears that almost flowed from her eyes, "Tony, calm down, don't say anything else, Bucky He is still a patient with amnesia. He can’t even remember what happened a year ago, and he will think about what he ate yesterday for a long time today, are you sure that all the things he said 20 years ago are the truth and not his memory?”

For a moment, the entire laboratory fell silent.

Tony stared at Elsa for a while, then retracted the arm armor that had long been threatening.

"Let Jarvis out." Tony turned his head, hiding his expression, "Now, you all get out of my sight."

Elsa breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled the silent Bucky and the pensive Captain America to leave the half-destroyed laboratory first.

Elsa pressed the elevator a few times but there was no response, she called Jarvis and ignored her, it seemed that she really wanted to defend his husband to the end.

Cinderella's eye circles were still a little red, she thought about it, and finally walked up the stairs with Captain Bucky and returned to her room.

By the way, he dragged Bucky and Steve in.

"Okay," Elsa clapped her hands, "we can talk carefully now."

Steve was already sitting on the sofa, but Bucky, who had been acting weird all this time, was still standing and was pushed down on the bed by Elsa.Cinderella looked at him condescendingly, and poked his forehead with her hand, feeling that he was the one who poked her before the little revenge came back: "Bucky, what's the matter with you?"

"Yesterday you said that you had an impression of the name Howard Stark, but I didn't take it seriously..." Elsa was angry.

Her emotions come and go quickly.When Tony talked about her father, she was really sad; and she was really worried about Tony.But to Howard... Although Elsa knew that Howard was Tony's father, she didn't feel it at all.

But Howard is Steve's friend.

"Bucky," Steve frowned at him, "You said Howard was your mission."

Bucky caught the fallen Elsa and sat down next to him: "I don't know."

"What do you remember?" Steve put his hand on his chin and covered his mouth. "About Howard. You don't remember him at all? You also knew each other when you were in the commandos."

Bucky was silent for a while, then shook his head: "I don't remember. I just think that I should tell Stark about this."

"But it shouldn't be when you can't even remember it yourself," Elsa pursed her lips, "You obviously can't remember."

"...I remember a few," he looked at his hands, "I remember the box with the serum, there were five copies. Created another five 'Winter Soldier'."

"I'm not the only 'Winter Soldier.' The Winter Soldier is just the name of a project, and I'm just one of the successes."

"The serum you injected?"

"It's Zola, Steve," Bucky hung his head. "It was supposed to be half-finished at that time. I don't know what they did to me, I don't know. I just remember that when the serum experiment was going on, I Other experiments are also underway."

"Continuing experiment?"

"Yes, a qualified test product."

Steve seemed to want to say something more, but the facts accepted today probably exceeded his processing speed.About Bucky's experience with Hydra, and Howard's death.

Elsa tilted her head.Her ears moved, she went to the window and opened it.

Her window was facing the sun, and the sun was a bit dazzling at the moment, so dazzling that when she opened her eyes, all she could see was the sun and a red figure that could only be seen in the distance.

She turned around: "Steve, Tony is gone."

"It's good to let him calm down." Steve frowned, "Bucky, do you remember the base of Hydra?"

"I remember, in Siberia," Bucky replied, "it was still the territory of the Soviet Union at that time, and you can find the specific location."

"I thought the Soviet Union and the Nazis were hostile," Elsa pressed her head, "I mentioned it in the history class last time. By the way, Tony hasn't driven us away yet, can we still stay here for a few days? "

Steve couldn't help laughing: "I thought you should pay more attention to something else?"

Elsa moved her neck: "That's what you are concerned about, I just need to cooperate. Tony is not here, I think I am the boss of this building. Jarvis must be in charge of his armor, I will let the other A Jarvis can't come back, so you can rest easy."

Her mobile phone was still on the sofa at the entrance of the original laboratory. Elsa touched her pocket, stuck out her tongue, and kissed Bucky on the face: "I'll go back and get my phone first."

"Do you think Jarvis will not want to come back to help Tony?" Steve looked at the Cinderella who opened the door, and couldn't help her whimsy. "He is Stark's masterpiece."

Elsa's body had already left the room, and when Steve's words fell, she turned to look at him and blinked: "You forgot what I do? He and Wanda got along very well, I think Wanda would definitely like Jarvis to be with her all the time."

The door is closed.

Steve smiled back.He looked at the silent Bucky and sighed.

"We need to talk too."

***

The process of transforming the Stark Tower into the Avengers Tower went smoothly, and there was no one else in the tower except the Avengers and Dr. Helen Zhao who was invited.

It stands to reason that such a big event happened in the building, Dr. Helen, Natasha Romanoff and Bruce Banner should always come out to take a look, but they never did.

As soon as she came down from the laboratory, Elsa had to go back to the laboratory again.

When she returned to the laboratory where the doors were all destroyed, Dr. Helen Zhao was still there.

She was looking at the mess and sighing.

Seeing Elsa coming, the beautiful doctor greeted her: "Tony said he won't be back for a while."

Elsa nodded.

"He probably went to Miss Potts." Dr. Helen shrugged, "I don't want to get involved in the matter between you Avengers. I'm just an ordinary medical researcher."

Elsa smiled: "I'm not an Avenger either."

"Your video on the day of the battle in New York has gone viral all over the world, and I know how to surf the Internet." Dr. Helen walked over, handed a note to Elsa, and patted her on the shoulder, "I want to go back to Seoul Go, I don't need me for the time being. What you need is the guy on the note, but that guy is not a talkative person, a bit like Tony when he was poor."

Elsa thought about it.

Although Tony Stark sometimes speaks really badly, Elsa's affection for Tony Stark is far beyond ordinary people.Maybe the phrase "Dad" does have something to do with it.

She looked at "Stephen Strange" on the piece of paper, saved the number in her phone, and continued to send text messages to Wanda along the way.

W.M: Why did you come back?

A.S: Forget it, it suddenly became a mess.

W.M: Need help?

A·S: Need, need!I don't want Jarvis to come back for a while, at least a few days.

W.M: What happened to Mr. Stark?

A·S: Small conflict, we will resolve it.

W.M: Well, Pietro is going to pick you up.

A.S: Huh?I didn't want him to come!Wanda, you only need to confirm that Jarvis is in the phone and I can prevent him from getting out... My mutant ability is much stronger than before.Range operations are not possible at long distances, but I can still do single-point restrictions.

P.W: Elsa, your plan to let me go to New York is gone.

Elsa looked at the interrupted text message, rolled her eyes and ignored him.

Hold grudges, let you say I am fat.

W.M: He is here.

Elsa blinked.Familiarity with the mobile phone that has been modified by herself allowed her to achieve the desired result in an instant.

A.S: Wanda, help me coax Jarvis, I'm going to do it first.

Wanda never texted again.

Elsa breathed a sigh of relief, swaggering down the stairs in the elevator.

Then she spotted three other Avengers sitting in the hall.It looked like they hadn't been back long.

Hawkeye was injured and bandaged, and seemed to be talking to Natasha, while Bruce Banner was wearing glasses and looking at the tablet in his hand.

Discovering Elsa's appearance, several people reacted in the same way, staring at her.

"What's wrong with me?" She blinked innocently, "You just came back?"

Bruce Banner hummed.He pushed his glasses: "I went out and turned around before I came back. The city outside is being rebuilt."

Elsa nodded, and looked at Hawkeye, who was on a mission yesterday, because his expression was the most complicated.

"You, your... friend?" Clint Barton's expression looked like a toothache.

"Friend? Bucky or Steve?" Elsa tilted her head, "They're talking, you don't have to wait for whoever you find."

Natasha put her hand to her mouth and smiled.

Hawkeye clicked his tongue: "Well, it's best not to let me see him directly."

"What's wrong?" Steve had already come out, he looked at a group of people with complex expressions in the hall, confused, "Have you seen Tony?"

"What happened to Tony?" Natasha brushed her hair, "I just saw Iron Man go out."

"Okay," Steve didn't answer, repeating his own question, "What's wrong with Bucky? Tell me, Barton."

Before Hawkeye could speak, Banner handed the tablet to Steve: "You'd better read it yourself."

This is a surveillance video.

Hawkeye rubbed his chin: "I just went on a mission. Friedan brought it for you to see."

In the video is a fierce struggle, and the central figure of the video is a man wearing a black mask.

Soon Hawkeye is also in the video, and he manages to knock off that mask, revealing a pale but familiar face.

Barton was kicked hard and out of range of the camera.

The man with the exact same appearance seemed to want to attack, but couldn't control it, and knelt down.Then, his face began to distort, and then the corners of his eyes, nose, and mouth began to bleed, and his human hands convulsed. He couldn't hold it any longer, and a red light began to emit from the inside of his body.In the next second, the camera was blown up and the recording ended.

The tablet was dropped and exploded in mid-air.

Elsa's eyes were red, she gritted her teeth, the light source of the building began to flicker, and even the machines beside her began to tremble.

"Elsa, calm down—"

"My 'beep beep beep—' Hydra!"

Bang, the overhead lights blew up.