Pierce ended the call—it was not unexpected that Fury would suspect HYDRA. In fact, after the scepter was stolen, Fury had mentioned this possibility, which was why he had sent the Winter Soldier to participate in the assassination operation.
Since he was already suspected, he could bring out more power to influence the World, but he hadn't expected the situation to fall to the worst possible outcome: the Winter Soldier had been captured.
However, this was not unrecoverable. The blame for the Winter Soldier could still be pinned on HYDRA—let Fury investigate; perhaps he could really find out some things he didn't know?
Fury sat in his office, motionless for a long time.
To be honest, deep down he still had a thought: that Harry was the real HYDRA, that the scene he saw that day was just Harry acting, and even the interrogation of those HYDRA members was problematic.
But Osborn's real rise began when Harry Osborn bought back the stock and then created nuclear fusion with Dr. Otto.
Before that, they were almost acquired by Exploration Aerospace, had been ambushed by Kingpin, and even refused an invitation from the NSA, ending up in a very miserable state because of the authorities.
But according to the deepening of Fury's investigation, HYDRA's power was not small; at the very least, it wouldn't let its own research department be attacked by Kingpin.
On the contrary, that attack by Kingpin was full of suspicious points, looking more like the side that had the support of behind-the-scenes forces.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was not trustworthy.
But fortunately, he was now starting to gradually gain the advantage. Now it was time to find out exactly where HYDRA's tentacles had reached. In the worst-case scenario, S.H.I.E.L.D. might disappear because of this.
"H.A.M.M.E.R., is it? Osborn really knows how to name things," Fury muttered to himself.
In front of an old-fashioned house, Harry waited for Steve, who had come to visit Peggy Carter.
"Hello, Captain." Harry greeted Steve.
"Osborn? Hello, what are you doing here?" Steve's expression was somewhat surprised.
"The same as you, visiting an old senior." Harry shrugged. As one of the costs of using Captain America's commercial value, he had to provide some medical treatment for Peggy Carter.
This former powerhouse had turned into a frail old woman with the passing of time, and she even needed someone to help her with her daily life.
Even with Osborn's medical care, she had developed a certain degree of Alzheimer's disease.
One second she was still talking to Steve about their battlefield experiences, telling Captain America that he had saved the World, and the next second she was greatly surprised by Steve's appearance again.
"You're still alive!" Peggy's voice sounded as if she were seeing the returned Steve for the very first time.
"Yes, I'm back." Steve smiled sadly; this was the I-don't-know-how-many-th time he had answered this question for Peggy.
"Why did you wait so long to come back—" Peggy stroked Steve's face, as if confirming that the person in front of her was not an illusion.
For Steve, upon waking up, the woman who was waiting for him to dance was already frail, and after just a few sentences of conversation, she was about to fall into a deep sleep again.
Watching Peggy fall into a deep sleep, Steve remained silent.
Harry took out an injection and said, "Captain, if you don't mind, can you make some room for me?"
"What is that?" Steve asked.
"Ms. Carter's brain is too weak, and her central nervous system has undergone degenerative decay, but Osborn happens to have a method to improve this condition." Harry said, and was about to inject the medicine into Peggy.
Steve instinctively grabbed Harry's hand, but quickly let go under Harry's gaze.
This question could be answered with a little thought: How could Harry Osborn walk into Peggy Carter's house so openly and inject her with poison in front of Captain America?
Steve said apologetically, "Sorry, reflex action."
Harry shrugged indifferently:
"This is an activity enhancer; it can probably make this lady 10-20 years younger. You can pay back that dance you owe this lady."
Steve looked at Carter, then at the medicine in Harry's hand, and asked a question: "How much does this cost?"
"50 million U.S. dollars." Harry said indifferently.
Because of inflation, the price of this thing on the market had also risen very quickly—after all, it was only sold to the rich at this stage.
Steve swallowed secretly—as a World War II "time traveler," 50 million was much more shocking to him than it would be to a modern person.
"I guess your medical care agreement doesn't include this kind of medicine, right?"
"Well, this is just a little compensation for a war hero."
For Peggy, the authorities had already paid for this, but for Steve, it was completely free.
It was better to be as gentle as possible with Captain America; the optimal solution was to have him return and serve again.
Putting away the injection, Harry said, "Captain, I hope you can go out more. Although the World is very different now, it is also more colorful."
The best-case scenario would be for him to fall in love again and start a family—for example, Peggy's niece, Sharon Carter, would be quite suitable.
"By the way, Captain, there is one more thing I want to tell you, which you might be interested in." Harry took a stack of documents out of his briefcase.
"On the day my father was attacked, the attackers detonated a type of explosive with great power. I compared it with the archives left by the SSR in the country and found that the inventor of this bomb was Howard Stark.
However, the enemy stole the technology and the physical object, and reverse-engineered it."
Another familiar name; Howard's name aroused a little interest in Steve, and he took the file from Harry's hand.
Harry continued, "However, in the end, through the efforts of Ms. Carter, this type of explosive should have been completely destroyed—that's what the archives record.
I thought you might be interested in what your old friends did after you turned into an ice cube."
Steve took a rough look, raised his head, and said, "And help you find clues about the mastermind by the way?"
Harry admitted it generously: "That's exactly it."
The mastermind was not just Osborn's problem; it also had to do with Steve's good brother, Bucky.
Steve thought for a moment and accepted the information: "I'll see what I can do. Also, thank you for the treatment."
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