Bucky Barnes and Captain America were inseparable comrades who had faced life and death together. At the end of World War II, during an operation, Bucky lost his left arm, fell down a cliff, and was rescued by Hydra's secret scientific organization, X Division. After being brainwashed, he was transformed into the perfect assassin for the Cold War era—the Winter Soldier.
Hydra equipped him with a mechanical arm and injected him with an incomplete version of the Super Soldier Serum, granting him strength, speed, and reflexes far surpassing those of ordinary humans.
Leveraging Bucky's rapid learning and memory abilities, Hydra initiated the "Winter Soldier" program.
Bucky wasn't the only Winter Soldier.
Under Hydra's tutelage, twelve Winter Soldiers were trained concurrently. All of them had survived the injection of the incomplete Super Soldier Serum and undergone brutal training and brainwashing. They were proficient in assassination, skilled with a wide range of weapons and vehicles, and fluent in multiple languages, making them comparable to super-agents or assassins.
Each Winter Soldier was as formidable as Black Widow, and in combat, they were even more formidable.
Due to the incomplete nature of the Super Soldier Serum, the Winter Soldiers age at the same rate as normal humans. To ensure these meticulously trained warriors remain in peak condition, Hydra freezes them after each mission until the next operation.
The title "Winter Soldier" is not exclusive to Bucky Barnes; he is simply the most outstanding among them.
This mission includes five other Winter Soldiers: three men and two women, all slightly inferior to Bucky in skill. Each has a mental controller implanted in their brain, forcing them to obey like puppets.
The objective is to kidnap Bulma, transport her to Hydra's secret base, and seize the technology and vast wealth she controls.
Deploying six Winter Soldiers at once demonstrates Hydra's determination to succeed.
"How is Luthor managing things? They're even targeting us for kidnappings!" Emma, sensing the Winter Soldiers' memories, felt exasperated.
The first-generation White Queen has retired, and the Hellfire Club is now led by the second-generation White Queen, Emma.
Emma's Telepathy was second only to Professor X and Phoenix. She could easily sense the thoughts and memories of Winter Soldier Bucky and others.
Luthor had risen to become one of Hydra's three leaders, and the most powerful at that. It's said that over half of Hydra's members worldwide were under his control.
The highest-ranking officials in S.H.I.E.L.D. were his subordinates, a testament to his immense power.
Moreover, Luthor had successfully run for and won the U.S. presidency two years prior. Now, his direct involvement in Hydra's operations had diminished.
Luthor felt helpless about this. *Three years, then another three years, and the undercover agent became the big boss.*
He wanted to be a good person, but Han Shaoqing had never given him the chance.
If it weren't for his unwavering loyalty to Han Shaoqing, Luthor would probably have claimed Hydra was just a legitimate business enterprise the next time they met!
"This probably wasn't Luthor's order. Some subordinate must have acted on their own."
Hearing Emma's words, Bulma remained unfazed. She had survived numerous assassination attempts and kidnappings over the years and was long accustomed to such threats.
She had encountered Hydra agents before.
These fanatics, driven by extreme ideology, often took extreme measures.
Inside the business van in the rear, Winter Soldier Bucky, a man of few words and ruthless action, leaned out the right-side window, shouldering a launcher.
He planned to fire a miniature magnetic bomb under Bulma's car, flip it over, and abduct her.
The Winter Soldiers were lawless outlaws, unburdened by any moral restraints.
But just as Bucky was about to act, Emma's Telepathy destroyed the mental controller in his brain and immediately took control of him.
Bucky's eyes instantly changed. He swiveled the launcher's muzzle and pulled the trigger.
A disk-shaped magnetic bomb shot out and landed beneath the business van.
"Fuck!"
"Bucky's turned against us."
Seeing Bucky's sudden betrayal, the other Winter Soldiers' faces darkened.
Before they could react, the magnetic bomb under the van flashed twice and detonated.
*Boom!*
Amidst the deafening explosion and fiery blast, the business van was hurled four to five meters into the air. It spun twice mid-air before crashing back down.
Fortunately, the van had been specially modified by Hydra. The explosion didn't cause catastrophic damage, merely leaving the occupants dazed and disoriented.
Before the magnetic bomb detonated, Bucky had already leaped from the car. He rolled a few times before standing up, his consciousness returning. Memories flooded his mind, and with Emma's Telepathy, Bucky finally regained his memories.
"What... what have I done?!"
Images from his past flashed through his mind. Bucky remembered running with Captain America under the sunset—a symbol of his lost youth.
He recalled the agony of each forced brainwashing session as the Winter Soldier, fueling his hatred for Hydra.
Images of himself slaughtering innocent people haunted him, tormenting his soul.
But there was no time for contemplation. The Winter Soldiers in the business van, highly trained and only lightly injured, immediately exited the vehicle and opened fire on Bucky.
*Bang! Bang!*
Gunshots rang out, followed by another explosion, and the street erupted into chaos.
This was China, where even powerful toy guns were banned.
After the 1990s, shootings had become exceedingly rare.
Most people only see shootouts in movies.
"Are they filming a movie?"
"Bullshit! It's some foreigners going at it."
"Holy shit, no way! How did they bring guns into China?"
"Run! Don't go any closer."
***
The panicked crowd around them had no effect on the Winter Soldiers engaged in combat.
Though they didn't understand why Bucky, their commander for this mission, had turned against them, they followed orders and attacked.
As one of the elite Winter Soldiers, Bucky was a skilled marksman, but the others were far from pushovers.
Outnumbered five to one and facing overwhelming firepower, Bucky found himself in a perilous situation.
Seeing Bulma's car speeding away, the Winter Soldiers, prioritizing their mission, left two of their number to deal with Bucky. The remaining three seized two vehicles and resumed the chase, determined to complete their objective.
"They're really persistent," Bulma muttered.
She tapped her wristband twice, and a holographic display materialized before her, showing various energy weapons. With a light touch, the nanometallic alloy at the rear of the car rapidly assembled into the weapon of her choice.
"This is China. Let me handle this," Emma said.
She activated Telepathy again, controlling two of the Winter Soldiers and forcing them to crash their cars into each other, effortlessly neutralizing the pursuers.
To ordinary people, the Winter Soldiers were terrifying killers. But to Emma and Bulma, they were nothing more than pawns to be manipulated at will.
Life and death hung in the balance, resting entirely on their whims.
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