Bucky opened the metal box, picked up a bag of Super Soldier Serum inside, and silently called out to the system in his mind.
"System, scan and disassemble the Super Soldier Serum."
At that moment, Howard's eyes widened again.
He saw that Bucky's left eye, its iris, glowed with a beautiful and mysterious blue light, while red and blue neon color blocks flashed continuously on the serum bag. Before long, that bag of Super Soldier Serum actually turned into a tattered IV bag!
"System prompt: Scanned and disassembled one bag of Super Soldier Serum, obtaining 15 common item components, 10 excellent item components, 3 rare item components, and one formula for "Super Soldier Serum";
Super Soldier Serum: Enhances the body, permanently increasing physical and reaction attributes by 1; Can be used once for every 6 points of physical attribute, effective below 20 points of attribute; Crafting Requirements: Crafting specialty talent "Ingenuity," 30 common components, 20 excellent components, 15 rare components."
Bucky nodded in satisfaction; this cybernetic system was indeed punk enough. Its cheating was completely unreasonable, even being able to disassemble serum into components, and it could also scan and generate recipes that the system could craft.
And the Super Soldier Serum was also very good. Although its effect was slightly inferior to that used by Captain America, Red Skull, or even his own body, it did not have the characteristic of Captain America and Red Skull that amplified mental personality, making the good more good and the evil more evil. It had absolutely no side effects, and with his 7 points of physical attribute, he could use it exactly once. If he disassembled all 5 bags of serum he had, it would be just enough to craft one bag.
However, disassembling the serum would exhaust his stored energy, so he would have to seek out an electric source again.
Bucky was slightly lost in thought here.
Howard couldn't help but exclaim, "You, what's going on with you!?"
Coming back to his senses, Bucky began to bluff:
"I don't know, perhaps some HYDRA experiment? You know they researched all sorts of strange things. Or perhaps, like when I regained consciousness, some unknown change occurred? You know, I've been brainwashed so many times, my memories are fragmented, I've forgotten too much, and there are too many memory fragments I can't distinguish. It's not easy to remember who you are."
He didn't plan to hide his abilities; as long as he kept using them, they would be known sooner or later. It was better to be open, make up a reason, and if he said it enough, over time, others would naturally believe it.
Moreover, Bucky deliberately showed it to Howard here.
"...That's truly amazing, what effect does this ability have?"
Howard was not particularly shocked. He knew more of the world's secrets than ordinary people who knew nothing. Captain America was not the only transcendent being; he knew that this world had many unknown mysterious powers. His scientist's research desire instantly took over his intelligence, looking as if he really wanted to study it.
It made Bucky feel that this guy was not much different from the crazy scientists of HYDRA.
"Not quite clear. It can disassemble things, and it can also craft things."
"What can you craft?" Howard asked curiously. If it was disassembling serum and crafting serum, what was the point?
Bucky directly showed him, with red and blue neon color blocks flashing in his hand. Then he made a remote control. It was the one he got when he first tried to use his ability, but it was not equipment, just miscellaneous items.
"Is this some kind of magical remote control? Can it control vehicles?" Howard's imagination ran wild.
Bucky nodded and said, "Uh-huh, you can guess since its crafting process is so magical. It... is just a regular air conditioner remote control, Philips."
Then why did you nod your head! Howard's face darkened. You're even worse than disassembling serum to make serum. You disassemble serum to make an air conditioner remote control. Is this ability of yours meant to liven up parties?
"Creating something out of nothing, isn't that magical enough? Well, in terms of practicality, it doesn't seem as magical as the shadow and light effects, but perhaps I haven't figured out its true use yet. Anyway, right now, all I can do is transform into a remote control."
Even when showing his abilities to Howard, Bucky didn't intend to say everything. He wanted to lower the other party's guard and pique their interest, little by little.
"My point is, since these serums were targeted by HYDRA, it's better to destroy them completely."
Bucky disassembled all five bags of serum, indicating that he had no other intentions, and also demonstrating his sincerity. He was showing his biggest secret to Howard.
"I had originally deciphered the serum's formula and replicated these serums, and I regretted it somewhat. I originally wanted to find a secret place to seal them away, so this is good."
No matter where Bucky took the serum, even if he used it himself.
Howard knew that Bucky himself had used the Super Soldier Serum, and such a statement was enough for him to temporarily accept it.
"So, mutual assistance?"
Bucky turned sideways, looked at Howard, and extended his right hand.
"...Okay, mutual assistance."
Howard looked at Bucky and extended his right hand as well. Their hands clasped together, and both couldn't help but smile, as if they had returned to that glorious era.
"So, where are we going?"
"Not far ahead, a pastoral villa of mine."
Howard said, then turned from the highway onto a branching dirt road.
Before long, the car stopped beside a wooden villa.
Looking at the villa by the lake, Bucky had a strange sense of déjà vu, then suddenly realized, could this be the villa where Nephew Tony would live in the future?
"Here? Your property, others can easily find it, right? Tell me, do you have an underground secret base here, and enough weapons?"
Howard was helping Maria out of the car. His gentle and virtuous wife was startled and somewhat listless along the way. When he heard Bucky's question, he answered as he walked:
"We want them to know where we are. As for the underground base… follow me."
There really is one? Seeing Howard's crooked smile, Bucky immediately perked up and quickly followed. The armory of the great inventor Howard Stark, and perhaps his strange inventions, would be well worth disassembling.