Whether it is true or not, it is still necessary to investigate Hydra. I always feel that they are planning something in secret." Nick Fury said.
He always felt that it was strange that Hydra could remain so calm and secretive after accumulating power for seventy years.
"What the hell is in the trunk of my father's car?" Tony Stark asked.
Everyone was also confused. Obviously, as the Winter Soldier, every thawing and freezing of Bucky would cost a considerable price, and there should be losses.
Normal missions do not require waking up Bucky the Winter Soldier.
To be honest, considering the age of Howard and his wife at the time, they could have been killed by sending any special forces personnel without alerting anyone, and there was no need for Bucky to do it himself.
This mission must be foolproof. Getting that box of things is the key, and killing Howard Stark is just a side job.
"Since the Winter Soldier is under the orders of Hydra, that means Hydra has been paying attention to my father's research. My father has a cooperative relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D., and I remember there is some cooperation in weapons research." Tony Stark asked.
"Yes," Nick Fury said.
The reason why SHIELD's technology is so far ahead of the outside world is not only because it absorbed Hydra's technology, but also because it obtained technology from aliens, and of course it also cooperated with some famous scientists.
Among them is Howard Stark, among them is Hank Pym.
They are all the best among them.
"Then this thing should also be a project that my father and your SHIELD are working on together. Otherwise, Hydra would not have known about it, let alone accurately find my father, kill him on the road and fake it as a car accident." Tony Stark analyzed.
Although there is no very accurate evidence, they are not police officers. They certainly don't need evidence to solve the case. Suspicion is enough.
"The key is, what project?" Black Widow Natasha asked. "What project is worth Hydra going to such great lengths to kill people and rob?"
Everyone was also a little surprised. Generally speaking, even if Howard Stark developed some new weapons, it would not be worth it for Hydra to take the risk of being exposed to kill him.
It doesn't make sense!
"What was my father and S.H.I.E.L.D. working on at the time, Fury?" Tony Stark asked. "I have a feeling that the stolen item might be important."
Nick Fury's face was full of solemnity and confusion. He ran through all the projects that S.H.I.E.L.D. had collaborated on with Howard Stark in his mind, but neither the time nor the importance matched.
"Don't even think about it. If it was Hydra, they wouldn't have left any evidence," Black Widow Natasha said. "We've already confirmed that Hydra infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. very early on, and they were already high up there. If they were trying to cover it up, Fury, who was only a mid-level official at the time, wouldn't have known about it. In other words, Fury had no authority at the time, so they had plenty of time to erase this information without alerting anyone."
Nick Fury's brows relaxed, as if this could indeed explain why he knew nothing about this matter.
"Super Soldier Serum, it's Super Soldier Serum." Captain America Rogers suddenly said, "The color of that liquid reminds me of Super Soldier Serum!"
"Why do you say that?" Tony Stark asked quickly, regardless of the anger in his heart.
Captain America Rogers paused, then said, "The Super Soldier Serum Project was originally a Hydra project. The first person to be injected with the Super Soldier Serum was the later famous Red Skull, and I was the second one. Because Dr. Erkins, who was responsible for developing the Super Soldier Serum at the time, fled to the United States, he successfully produced three doses. In the end, only one was successfully injected, and the final product was mine. The other two doses were directly damaged, and Dr. Erkins was beaten to death on the spot.
Although attempts were made to replicate it later, they all failed. Your father, Howard Stark, once served as Dr. Erkins' assistant and knew some things about the formula of the super soldier serum. If there is anyone in the world who can restore the super soldier serum, it can only be your father.
I imagine SHIELD tried to restore the Super Soldier Serum after the war, didn't they?"
Although Captain America Rogers was asking, his tone was very firm.
Based on his understanding of the American bureaucracy, this is basically a done deal.
Faced with Captain America Rogers' questioning, Nick Fury could only nod and say, "There are indeed related research plans within S.H.I.E.L.D., but they haven't been going smoothly. There haven't been any results in the past few decades. But if that's the case, it seems that a large amount of research funds did disappear for a period of time, but there's no information about the related research projects at all. Even those with my authority can't find it."
Nick Fury suddenly remembered that this was indeed the case.
But he had never thought about it in this way before. For a mysterious organization like S.H.I.E.L.D., similar things often happen. Funds are missing, projects are unclear, and they may even be deliberately erased by the previous person.
Even he had done something similar before, so I never thought about it in that way.
With his keen sense, if he knew the existence of this project and knew that Howard Stark was in charge of the super soldier serum, he would have discovered the problem long ago.
The person in charge died suddenly and the project development failed. It would be strange if there was nothing fishy about this!
Especially now that we know that Hydra has infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D., everything becomes clear.
Although the confidentiality level of the super soldier serum development project was extremely high and it should have been impossible to leak it, if there was Hydra among the top executives of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the time, then there would be no need to keep it secret.
The entire SHIELD is one-way transparent to Hydra, and Howard Stark's research progress has probably always been within Hydra's attention.
But now think about it, the project and large amounts of funds that disappeared during that time most likely went into Howard Stark's hands, and the project was most likely the Super Soldier Serum.
With this analysis, many mysteries are instantly solved, including why Hydra killed Howard Stark. After all, Howard Stark was almost no threat to Hydra at that time. It is normal for Hydra to want to kill Howard Stark, but the only abnormality is that since Hydra has infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. to that extent, they could have had the opportunity to kill Howard Stark a long time ago. Why didn't they do it earlier and had to wait until then to do it?
Now everyone understands it because the super soldier serum was produced at that time.
Once it is completed, Hydra will immediately jump out and reap the final results. The reason why they must kill Howard Stark is to cut off the possibility of S.H.I.E.L.D. developing the super soldier serum again in the future.
"It's actually like this!" Tony Stark's heart was boiling with murderous intent. If he was angry towards the Winter Soldier Bucky and disappointed and angry towards Captain America, then towards Hydra, it was naked murderous intent.
Although he originally wanted to kill Hydra, it was out of a superhero's sense of justice. However, now, he is left with only endless murderous intent.
Not only did Hydra pretend to be S.H.I.E.L.D. and secretly order his father to research the super soldier serum, but after the research was successful, it immediately sent people to kill his father.
Even the most evil capitalists can't do such a evil thing. The capitalists would cry when they see it.
"Yes, that should be the case. Bucky is just a knife. Even if he is not there, there will be other Winter Soldiers, or maybe Hydra's special forces team. Your father didn't know that he was being monitored by Hydra back then, otherwise he wouldn't be so negligent about security issues!" Nick Fury said.
Howard Stark was already an old man at that time. Such a big capitalist actually drove around with his wife.
It's because they didn't know about the existence of Hydra that they thought the United States had been peaceful for a long time.
This is quite similar to Tony Stark now, who also likes to wander around without a security team.
If Happy could be considered a security guard, then that would be correct.
"But I think the only lucky thing is that Hydra probably hasn't replicated the Super Soldier Serum!"
Black Widow Natasha said, "After all, although they have samples, they are useless. If they have reproduced the super soldier serum, then according to Hydra's usual style of operation, how many super soldiers can they create in these decades? In other words, those Winter Soldiers?"
Everyone nodded. This was a very reasonable guess. According to their understanding of Hydra, if they really obtained the formula of the super soldier serum, the consequences would not be like this.
There won't just be five Winter Soldiers, there could be tens of thousands.
Although it may be impossible to produce only this many due to funding constraints, hundreds or thousands are still possible.
"It seems that the old man may have some safety awareness and did not write the formula outside." Tony Stark muttered to himself.
"If that's the case, many things can be explained, such as why Hydra must kill your father. After all, if they can easily obtain all the research data, then they can use your father's talents to continue their research!" Nick Fury said.