Chapter 197 Ordinary People

New York, White House Estate.

Senator Brandt announced to the officers in front of him with a high spirits.

"Here, I am very honored to award this medal of valor to my good friend - Captain America!"

The results Steve achieved on the front line were not only a victory for the United States against the Axis of Evil, but also a very important political capital for Senator Brandt. To this end, he worked hard to publicize Captain America's deeds, turning him from a fantasy movie character into a real war hero.

"Captain America?"

"Captain, it's your turn to appear..."

The senator turned around, tried to maintain the expression on his face, and shouted.

"Sir, Captain America has left." After shouting a few times, the person who came out was not Steve as expected. Instead, it was a subordinate of the senator. He came to the senator and whispered: "It is said that... Went to the Strategic Sciences Department.”

"It seems that our hero has many more important things waiting for him."

Twitching the corners of his mouth and showing a forced smile, the senator looked at the officials who came to attend the ceremony and explained.

…

Brooklyn, in the secret base underneath the Strategic Science Department.

"One is on the Baltic Sea in Poland, and another..."

Steve was trying to remember what he had seen on the map in the Hydra base.

Although he successfully destroyed a Hydra base and rescued the prisoners of the 107th Legion, Steve knew very well that the Red Skull would not give up because of this. Judging from what he said to himself before, he has a powerful The powerful Red Skull must have a more sinister purpose.

"This is all the weapons factory information we know so far. However, according to Sergeant Bucky Barnes, Hydra has transported all its equipment to a place, and there is no information about this place on the map. "Looking at the location marked on the map, Steve frowned and said.

"On this point, Agent Carter has consulted with MI6 and has asked every allied country to search for the location of Hydra's headquarters." Colonel Phillips lowered his head and glanced at the map, then replied.

"What about us, sir?"

"We're going to give John Schmidt a showdown. How about it, Steve, if you can remember the location on the map, do you have the confidence to defeat Hydra?" Turning his head and looking at Steve, Phillip Colonel Si asked.

"Yes, sir!"

Looking back at the map, Steve replied without thinking.

"But I need a team."

"We've got great soldiers."

"With all due respect, sir, I have too..."

…

"Continued Cup!"

"Jim, you're drunk!"

"You're drunk and I'm not even drunk!"

After finally escaping from death on the frontline battlefield, the soldiers needed alcohol to relieve their tense emotions.

"Why do you keep looking at this mask."

Bucky drank a glass of beer and looked sideways at Dio beside him and the pale mask in his hand.

People from the strategic science department have studied the composition of this mask, and the answer is that there is nothing unusual about it. It is just an ordinary stone mask.

"This is just an ordinary mask. The staff in the research department have already said..."

"No, the researchers are wrong, this is not an ordinary mask." After interrupting Bucky, Dio glanced at the stone ghost mask in his hand again, but suddenly changed the topic and asked: "What do you think about war? "

"war?"

Dio's question made Bucky look stunned for a moment. He was just a sergeant, obeying orders to protect his family and country, and had never thought of going so far away.

"On the battlefield, as ordinary people, we are too fragile. Whether we are facing John Schmidt's death army or the weapons developed by Hydra, sometimes a flying bullet can easily take away our lives,

Therefore, I am very jealous of Steve. I trained hard, but he gained superhuman strength just by participating in an experiment. This opportunity should have been mine, if I could gain these powers..."

As Dio spoke, his eyes were always on the pale stone ghost face in his hand.

"..."

Dio's words silenced Bucky for a moment.

As a soldier who came off the battlefield, he is very aware of the cruelty of war. People die every day on the battlefield. The comrades who may have been chatting and laughing with you one moment have lost their voice the next moment.

After a long time, Bucky took a big gulp of beer and said: "At least we survived and successfully destroyed one of John Schmidt's bases and foiled his evil conspiracy. What's more, the power beyond human beings is not like this. It's easy to get, and we've all seen what John Schmidt looks like behind the mask, and honestly, I don't want to look like that."

"If you can't even make a decision about your own life, everything you say is empty talk." Dio looked at Bucky deeply and replied.

With these words behind him, Dio took the stone ghost face in his hand and left the tavern.

Bucky looked at his leaving figure, his thoughts spreading a little.

To be honest, Dio is not a very popular presence in the military camp. Although he is very good as a soldier, his indifferent personality and even selfish behavior have always made him somewhat incompatible with other soldiers. Even Gabe, the most lively and talkative person in the camp, would become quiet when meeting him.

"Why is Dio leaving again?"

"Leave him alone, he can't stay with us in the first place, and even more so since he got that mask."

"I heard that his mask was taken from the Hydra base. We have used weapons obtained from Hydra before. Do you think this mask really exists as he said? Some kind of mysterious power?”

"Do you really believe it?" Jim put down the empty wine glass in his hand, let out a big belch, and replied drunkenly: "If there really was some mysterious power, this mask wouldn't still be in his hand. It’s in there.”

"Right."

Hearing Jim's answer, the soldier couldn't help but nodded. Indeed, even the weapons they took from the Hydra base were taken away by people from the Strategic Science Department for research. If this mask is really like this It’s so awesome that it’s impossible to still have it in Dior’s hands.

Withdrawing his gaze, Jim shook his head and was about to go there, when he turned around and saw Steve walking in with his head held high.

"Hey, Captain!"

"Captain America is here~"

"Let's toast to the captain!"