James Buchanan Barnes, nicknamed Bucky, is Captain America's best friend, a member of the Allied Howling Commandos during World War II, and an elite soldier who has experienced hundreds of battles.
In the final battle with the Red Skull, Bucky unfortunately fell off a cliff and became the only "sacrificial" member of the Howling Commandos.
But few people know that Bucky did not actually die. He only lost one hand when he fell off the cliff. He fell into a dying state due to excessive blood loss. He was taken back by Hydra members and was forcibly brainwashed by Dr. Zola.
After transforming into a human body, Bucky became a weapon for Hydra.
Bucky was brainwashed and forgot all the precious memories of the past, leaving only the simple thinking ability of obeying orders and completing tasks.
The Winter Soldier connects all the plots in Captain America 2 and 3. It was precisely because the Winter Soldier was forced to order the killing of the Howards that it directly led to the break between Captain America and Iron Man.
Regardless of whether Bucky had any motives behind killing the Howards, Tony Stark, who accepts death, will definitely seek revenge from the Winter Soldier, and Steve Rogers will definitely stand up to protect his best friend.
A breakup is almost inevitable.
Lu Xiao cannot go back in time to eliminate the Winter Soldier's crimes. Sooner or later, what Bucky committed will explode one day.
The purpose of capturing the Winter Soldier is not to clear his name, but to complete the side tasks given by the system and to make some arrangements in advance for new side tasks that may be triggered in the future.
The side mission Shield and Snake requires eliminating the threat caused by the entanglement between SHIELD and Hydra. Simply put, it means destroying the North American branch of Hydra - the deeply parasitic SHIELD.
Besides "hail hydra", Hydra members also have a favorite saying.
"Cut off one head and more will grow."
Lu Xiao didn't believe in this deliberate pretense of depth. The members of Hydra were just hiding deeper and had more branches around the world.
As long as they can be found and eliminated one by one, Lu Xiao does not believe that Hydra can really multiply indefinitely.
As an underground organization, no matter how many members... or believers Hydra has secretly, they all need huge funds to complete their plans.
As long as Hydra's source of funding is cut off, the arrogant Hydra will turn into a shriveled Hydra.
The North American branch of Hydra is rooted in the United States, the world's largest economic power, and has the most abundant capital flow among all branches. As long as this largest head can be cut off, Hydra's power will be reduced by at least half.
The Winter Soldier was originally affiliated with the Soviet branch of Hydra. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the power of the local branch also plummeted, and it had no choice but to accept funding from the North American branch.
As the saying goes, to be soft on others, if you accept money from Alexander Pierce, you will naturally have to pay a corresponding price.
Temporarily handing over Hydra's super soldier Winter Soldier to the North American branch for use was the price the Soviet branch paid for it.
Lu Xiao discovered some problems while exploring the spirit of the Winter Soldier.
Due to being forcibly brainwashed many times, Bucky's memory and personality were locked in the deepest part of his spiritual world, and he appeared to the outside world as a ruthless Winter Soldier who only obeyed orders.
Lu Xiao didn't know the principle of Hydra's brainwashing technology, but it seemed that they had not completely eliminated the part of Bucky's personality.
In view of the unstable mental state of the Winter Soldier, Bucky spent most of his time in a state of frozen dormancy, except for important tasks that he had to be dispatched to complete. It was precisely because of this that he survived the decades after the end of World War II.
"Um……"
After understanding the Winter Soldier's mental state, Lu Xiao sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and fell into deep thought.
Now he has two choices. One is to pull Bucky's personality and memory out from the depths of the Winter Soldier's spiritual world and restore him to the Bucky Rogers is familiar with.
The second is to use the brainwashing technology of Hydra to implant a "Trojan horse" into the Winter Soldier's mental world like a matryoshka doll.
If you choose one, you have a high chance of gaining the friendship and gratitude of Steve Rogers, but you will lose an important chess piece inserted into the enemy.
After careful consideration, Lu Xiao decided to choose the second choice.
He used the thought manipulation ability of the Golden Apple of Eden to rewrite the Winter Soldier's already chaotic logical thinking as the first authority, lowering the priority of Hydra's orders.
Without the first priority order from Lu Xiao, the Winter Soldier will continue to follow Hydra's orders and will not let them get any clues.
But in fact, the Winter Soldier would secretly pass information on Hydra branches around the world to Lu Xiao without being aware of it.
After completing a series of mental transformation processes, Lu Xiao opened the portal and randomly threw the Winter Soldier into a woods on the outskirts of Washington, DC.
After regaining consciousness from the coma, the Winter Soldier had no memory of being captured before. He only remembered that he had a fight with Captain America and wasted some time.
After sorting out the information, the Winter Soldier accelerated back to the stronghold of Hydra's North American branch according to the last order obtained in the previous mission.
Lu Xiao, who was hiding behind the scenes, knew all of the Winter Soldier's whereabouts based on the spiritual seeds buried in his brain, and therefore successfully found the secret residence of Alexander Pierce, the leader of the North American branch of Hydra.
Alexander Pierce, Minister of the World Security Council and Nick Fury's most trusted ally.
The World Security Council is a special department established to supervise SHIELD. As the former director of SHIELD, Alexander Pierce "reluctantly" sat in this position at Fury's request to provide information for Fury's actions and plans.
Support and help.
Even the cunning Fury did not expect that the source of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s undercurrent turned out to be his old friend. Fury did not place suspicion on Pierce until he was assassinated by armed men of unknown origin.
The seeds had been planted, and Lu Xiao temporarily allowed the Winter Soldier to act according to Hydra's orders while he focused on how to invade Pierce's secret residence.
Like Fury, few people know the real location of Pierce, who was also an agent.
Out of confidence in the concealment of his mansion, Pierce arrogantly set the meeting place with the Winter Soldier in his own home.
The Tri-Curved Wing Building is almost completely taken over by low-level artificial intelligence developed by Iron Man. If you want to pass through the building, you must obtain the corresponding ID.
Alexander Pierce, as the leader of the North American branch of Hydra, secretly created a large number of anonymous IDs in order to facilitate the placement of his own people into the Tri-Wing Building.
These ID cards can bypass artificial intelligence inspections and allow Hydra's non-SHIELD personnel to smoothly enter the Tri-Wing Building in case of emergency.
During the day, Pierce needs to assume his apparent identity and go to the top of the Tri-Wing Building to argue with members of the World Security Council.
On the other hand, in order to destroy any clues that Fury might have left before his death, Pierce deliberately called Rogers, who had last contacted Fury, and asked him in a coercive tone whether Fury had revealed anything before his death.
Rogers was not a good liar, and the veteran Pierce saw the clues from his flashing words, and Captain America was put on his must-kill list.
When Rogers was making a fuss in the Three Wings Building, Lu Xiao had successfully sneaked into Pierce's secret residence and obtained several unnamed IDs from the basement.
"It's really not easy."
Lu Xiao sighed with emotion and stretched out his fingers to stroke the surface of the ID card. His photo and name were neatly filled in on the blank surface of the ID card.
"This is the trouble in the high-tech era. Many places require fingerprint or pupil identification, making it even more difficult to sneak into the fortress out of thin air."
After obtaining a legal ID, Lu Xiao's next action plan can be implemented smoothly.
However, before entering the Tri-Curve Wing Building openly and openly, he had to return to his temporary apartment and wait for a subsequent key event to be triggered.