Therefore, outsiders had no idea that such a highly developed nation even existed in this world. It was precisely because of this conservative, isolationist mindset that Black Panther's sworn enemy was born—and that mortal enemy was his own cousin, Killmonger.
The meeting began. Blaine sat there with a bag of potato chips in one hand and a carton of milk in the other, completely treating the event like a movie.
Just as the King of Wakanda was about to read the agreement aloud, T'Challa—Prince of Wakanda, the Black Panther—seemed to sense something wrong. He suddenly lunged toward his father, who was speaking to the cameras.
Boom—
A deafening explosion erupted. The entire building shook several times. Someone had actually detonated a bomb under these circumstances.
"No, no, no—Father!"
Amid the shattered remains of the podium, the King of Wakanda lay motionless on the ground. Just like that, he was gone.
T'Challa collapsed over his father's body, sobbing uncontrollably. Blood soaked his father's robes and stained his own body as well.
In Blaine's villa, the television screen shook violently before cutting to black.
"Hm? It's gone?" Blaine said with dissatisfaction as he dumped the last of the potato chips into his mouth.
It might have been because Bucky's technique wasn't clean enough—he had been caught on a surveillance camera in an underground parking garage near the press conference site.
In an instant, news outlets and newspapers everywhere exploded with coverage of the bombing. Regardless of how the U.S. government tried to handle it, this was an incident that had captured the attention of the entire world.
At the same time, T'Challa, burning with vengeance for his father, donned the Black Panther suit.
It was worth mentioning just how extraordinary that suit was. Aside from Blaine's Hunter suit, it could be considered the most valuable piece of equipment in existence.
Setting aside Wakanda's overall technological level, the fact that the Black Panther suit was entirely made of vibranium alone was enough to shock the world. Forget Tony or Fury—even Blaine himself had never seen that much vibranium. Vision's body probably wasn't worth as much as that suit.
While the world's attention was fixed on the Winter Soldier, Blaine continued training at home, completely unmoved by the undercurrent of impending civil war.
No one had asked him to intervene, and Blaine was perfectly content to remain a spectator. Although the Sokovia Accords targeted the Avengers, Blaine knew very well that this was also a kind of accusation.
After all, the global meeting Blaine had faced weeks earlier had caused worldwide panic. The Bounty Hunter's strength was too unpredictable—ordinary people couldn't grasp the severity of it, and governments at the highest levels had been left deeply embarrassed.
After all, it felt like only yesterday that a Bounty Hunter had assassinated a vice president right in front of the president. Yet instead of pointing fingers at Bounty Hunters, the blame had somehow been redirected toward the Avengers by those in power.
Naturally, as a time traveler, Blaine knew that even if he didn't push the plot forward himself, the Avengers' civil war would erupt sooner or later. And all of it stemmed from one person—not Blaine, but Zemo.
Under intense scrutiny from the U.S. government, special forces were relentlessly tracking down the Winter Soldier.
Perhaps because of the bond between old comrades, Captain America managed to find Bucky before the special forces and the Black Panther did.
But the two barely had time to reminisce about the past and their lost youth before special forces and police stormed in.
Bang, bang, bang—
Rat-a-tat-tat—
Eee—
Because the Winter Soldier was considered an extreme threat, the moment the special forces entered, they opened fire without giving Captain America any chance to explain.
Fortunately, with his shield in hand, Captain America blocked most of the bullets and managed to cover Bucky's escape.
Unfortunately, the moment Bucky reached the balcony, he ran straight into the Black Panther, who had been following him. The two immediately clashed.
Bucky had no intention of getting entangled. He leapt away, fleeing at full speed, even hijacking a motorcycle along the way. T'Challa, of course, refused to give up and pursued him relentlessly.
Everything that was happening now played through Blaine's mind like a movie. Knowing the Civil War plot, he didn't bother paying attention. None of this had anything to do with him.
As for Captain America and Bucky, they should have been apprehended later by the arriving Iron Patriot. After all, this was a special period. Because Captain America had once again caused trouble and dragged Falcon and others into it, the government showed "leniency" by merely confiscating their equipment.
Blaine couldn't help complaining inwardly about Bucky. From the moment he reappeared, the guy had been chased by Captain America, hunted by the Black Panther, and pursued by special forces nonstop. This was practically a lifelong marathon.
After Bucky was detained, Tony naturally went to find Captain America. Because of Pepper, Tony had already signed the Sokovia Accords, and he wanted Steve to do the same.
But when Captain America learned that Scarlet Witch and the others were being temporarily imprisoned for refusing to sign, he rejected Tony once again.
The next morning, while Blaine was sleeping in, another incident erupted at S.H.I.E.L.D.
Zemo, disguised as a doctor, had infiltrated the interrogation room and used some unknown high-tech device to paralyze the entire facility's power system.
Even worse, Zemo somehow managed to decipher the Winter Soldier manual. With a single command, he unlocked Bucky's conditioning completely.
The newly freed Winter Soldier went on a rampage through S.H.I.E.L.D. Lacking their equipment, Captain America, Natasha, and the others were badly beaten. If not for Tony's portable Mark armor arriving in time, Natasha might have been strangled to death by Bucky.
In the end, they still failed to stop him.
On the rooftop, a helicopter carrying Bucky prepared to escape. When Captain America rushed out and saw the comrade he had struggled so hard to find, how could he let him go so easily? He had already felt like a burden to everyone—he couldn't allow Bucky to disappear again.
Captain America charged forward, grabbing the helicopter's landing gear with one hand and the building's railing with the other, intending to hold the helicopter back by sheer force.
The pilot must have been terrified. Seeing Captain America's inhuman strength, he immediately pushed the engine to full power, increasing the horsepower to its limit.
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