A crossover movie viewing experience, kicking off Marvel's Endgame.

Captain Rogers, true to his super-soldier experience, instinctively executed a backflip in the air, successfully avoiding being spun around and knocked down by the Winter Soldier. However, the Winter Soldier did manage to disarm him.

Upon landing, Captain Rogers immediately unleashed a powerful punch at the Winter Soldier, but the Winter Soldier parried it with his usual blocking technique, the punch striking the shield precisely.

369: He didn't kill me; he cares about me.

After the Winter Soldier blocked Captain Rogers' attack with his shield, he took a half-step back, spun around, and punched Captain Rogers, who was about to attack again.

[Then, with a swift retraction of his fist, he unleashed a second punch. The Winter Soldier's two consecutive, fierce attacks forced Captain Rogers to retreat repeatedly. Following this, the Winter Soldier used his shield to slam into Captain Rogers' chest. Already off balance from the Winter Soldier's attacks, Captain Rogers was knocked backward and fell to the ground.]

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[Captain Rogers, who had fallen backward to the ground, rolled over to create distance between himself and the Winter Soldier. He looked at the Winter Soldier in front of him, who was holding his shield and striking a pose—his usual blocking stance, perfectly suited for a counter-attack.]

Captain Rogers charged at the Winter Soldier again. Seeing Captain Rogers charging, the Winter Soldier hurled his shield at him. The Winter Soldier, whose strength was no less than Captain Rogers', threw his shield with considerable force.

Captain Rogers, well aware of the shield's power, quickly dodged. The shield grazed his body and flew backwards. Captain Rogers could even feel the sharp wind pressure created as the shield sliced ​​through the air. After passing him, the shield slammed deep into the car behind.

Captain Rogers glanced back briefly before continuing his charge towards the Winter Soldier. Going back for his shield at this point was tantamount to death, as it would expose his back to the enemy.

The Winter Soldier, seeing Captain Rogers running towards him, also drew a dagger, twirled it a few times, and then gripped the hilt with a reverse grip.

Captain Rogers, engaged in close combat with the Winter Soldier, was also suffering greatly. The Winter Soldier had a metal arm in one hand and a dagger in the other. Faced with the Winter Soldier's rapid and relentless attacks, Captain Rogers could only dodge and parry to keep up with the Winter Soldier.

After pushing Captain Rogers away, the Winter Soldier swiftly switched the hand gripping his sword and launched a three-pronged attack, but Captain Rogers dodged each strike. Seizing an opportunity, Captain Rogers punched the Winter Soldier in the face, then jumped up and kicked him in the chest.

The Winter Soldier, kicked, couldn't stop himself and stumbled backward, crashing into a car that had come to a stop behind him.

"Wow, that's amazing. It's different from simple fighting techniques."

"Captain Rogers and the Winter Soldier's parrying skills also incorporate a great deal of their combat experience."

"One is a 'ghost' assassin who has been around for over fifty years, and the other is an old-fashioned battlefield veteran. Both of them can be said to be extremely experienced in combat."

As Baki Hanma watched the scene of Captain Rogers and the Winter Soldier fighting on the screen, he thought to himself.

Although these two may not be as physically capable as him, their combat experience is far more extensive than anyone Baki Hanma has ever faced.

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"If we're even a little bit slower, we'll all die."

Natsuki Subaru watched Captain Rogers and the Winter Soldier fighting fiercely on the light screen and said, "Although I'm a complete novice, I don't really understand what's going on and I'm not clear on the essence of it."

But as the saying goes, laymen watch the spectacle, while experts see the details.

Even though he was an amateur, Natsuki Subaru didn't need to know much about it; he could tell just by how exciting it was. The thought that he, like Captain Rogers, was listed as a threat to Hydra made him excited. He wrapped himself in the blanket and tossed and turned in bed like a maggot.

Natsuki Subaru seemed to have already envisioned his moment of glory.

Captain Rogers, seeing the Winter Soldier still in a daze, showed no mercy and swiftly charged towards him, delivering a powerful knee strike to the Winter Soldier's chest. The force was so great that it dented the car door behind the Winter Soldier.

[Logically, this blow should have been enough to kill an ordinary person on the spot, but the Winter Soldier acted as if nothing had happened. He raised his hand and threw several punches at Captain Rogers' face. Captain Rogers seized the opportunity, tucking the Winter Soldier's arm under his armpit, then grabbed his collar and slammed him to the ground.]

[But unexpectedly, the Winter Soldier, who had gotten up, grabbed his neck with a metal arm. Captain Rogers immediately felt an extremely uncomfortable suffocating sensation and the coldness of that metal arm. Captain Rogers gripped the metal arm with both hands, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't budge it.]

[For some reason, whether it was the cat-and-mouse game of cat and mouse or something else, the Winter Soldier simply threw Captain Rogers out instead of strangling him.]

"Why didn't you strangle Rogers?!"

On the surface, Fujiwara Koichi was drinking tea without any apparent sign of anything amiss, but inwardly he was furious at Winter Soldier's baffling actions. He could only keep these thoughts to himself, because if he said them out loud, his good days would be over.

The Winter Soldier leaped onto the car in front of Captain Rogers, then jumped down, his metal arm aimed at Captain Rogers' head. The Winter Soldier's strength, combined with the momentum of his leap, made this punch enough to smash Captain Rogers' skull.

Fortunately, Captain Rogers reacted quickly and dodged. Looking at the concrete road shattered by the Winter Soldier, Captain Rogers felt a lingering fear; he had almost died.

[Bang!]

Captain Rogers grappled with the Winter Soldier who had caught up with him, but due to his equipment, he was no match for the Winter Soldier with his metal arm. The metal arm was not only painful but also incredibly powerful, and Captain Rogers was sent flying, crashing into a car.

The Winter Soldier drew his dagger, first kicking Captain Rogers, who was about to get up, back down, then thrusting the dagger at Captain Rogers, who immediately crossed his arms to block.

"Squeak!"

[The Winter Soldier's dagger, guided by Captain Rogers, plunged into the car. The ensuing struggle between the two left long scratches on the vehicle.]

[The instant the knife slashed out of the car, Captain Rogers also grabbed the Winter Soldier from behind.]

370: Shinji Matou: You think you're called Buggy?!

Captain Rogers executed a bridge throw, which effectively restrained the Winter Soldier briefly, buying him time. During this time, Captain Rogers also managed to pull the shield that the Winter Soldier had thrown out and was wedged in the vehicle.

With his shield, Captain Rogers had overcome the equipment gap with the Winter Soldier. He fought the Winter Soldier with less difficulty and less caution. Seizing an opportunity, Captain Rogers threw the Winter Soldier away, and in doing so, successfully ripped off the Winter Soldier's combat mask.

[Captain Rogers was momentarily stunned by the sight of the Winter Soldier's true face beneath his battle mask, as if he were trapped in an illusion. The person he saw seemed unreal, something that shouldn't be there, yet Captain Rogers felt a genuine joy and happiness upon seeing that face.]

[Because the Winter Soldier's true face beneath his battle mask was none other than Bucky Barnes, Captain Rogers' childhood friend and best buddy—a hero who should have been sacrificed, a person who shouldn't be here.]

However, when the Winter Soldier looked at Captain Rogers, he felt no familiarity whatsoever, only cold hostility.

"Bucky?"

Captain Rogers looked at the person in front of him with disbelief and spoke.

"Who the hell is Bucky?"

When Captain Rogers questioned Bucky, the Winter Soldier responded simply and bluntly, then drew his gun, ready to shoot the still-shocked Captain Rogers.

"So you're Bucky, huh?"

[Falcon Shinji Matou, who flew in from behind, also kicked Bucky Barnes, knocking him to the ground. Having just released Ghivia, Matou hadn't heard Captain Rogers' question but had heard Bucky's words, so he shouted as he kicked him.]

Although Shinji Matou, the Falcon, wasn't as strong as Captain Rogers and the others who had been enhanced, speed was power, and Shinji Matou, the Falcon, was incredibly fast in flight. Therefore, this kick was quite powerful, sending Bucky Barnes flying a great distance, rolling dozens of times on the ground before finally coming to a stop.

Captain Rogers couldn't muster any fighting spirit towards Bucky Barnes, but just because Captain Rogers didn't mean Bucky didn't feel the same way didn't. After being kicked over by Shinji Matou, Bucky got up and continued to draw his gun, ready to "feed" Captain Rogers some peanuts (a Chinese idiom for sabotaging him), but upon seeing the people behind Captain Rogers, he immediately ran away.

Just as Captain Rogers was wondering why Bucky was running away, a grenade launcher grazed past him, startling him. Turning around, he saw Gigi Hadid supporting Vermouth, holding the same assault rifle Bucky had been carrying.

When Captain Rogers tried to find Bucky Barnes again, he was nowhere to be seen; all he could see was the innocent little car that had been blown up by a grenade launcher.

"Hachiman guessed it right."

Kazuma Sato looked at Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, on the screen, and it turned out to be exactly as Hachiman Hikigaya had guessed. Bucky Barnes, the only casualty in Captain Rogers' squad, had not actually died, but had been captured by Hydra and brainwashed and strengthened into a killing machine.

"Captain Rogers must be furious if he found out that his childhood friend Bucky Barnes didn't actually die but was captured by Hydra."

Kirito looked at the incredulous expression on Captain Rogers' face when he saw Bucky the Winter Soldier on the screen and said...

"Hey, do you think Hydra is indirectly giving Captain Rogers a huge gift?"

"Look at Captain Rogers, waking up in this era, he's practically all alone."

"And what Hydra did was bring in Bucky Barnes, Captain Rogers' very close friend, and he's even younger than Captain Rogers, not an older version like Peggy Carter."

Hachiman Hikigaya and the others were shocked by Zhuge Cong's remarks. What a powerful thought process he had! Was he trying to whitewash Bucky's actions of brainwashing the Winter Soldier from Hydra?

"It does seem to make some sense."

Kazuma Sato spoke up, and he even found it quite interesting, as it resembled a plot from a novel he had recently read, something like "Reinforcement for the Future Plan," except here it was Captain Rogers' Reinforcement for the Future Plan. Kazuma Sato found it amusing.

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"A deafening roar from the sky, watch my dazzling entrance, achieving the perfect rescue."

Shinji Matou was overjoyed to see himself in the light screen. This whole thing was all thanks to him. First, he got kicked over by Bucky the Winter Soldier, and then his subordinate, Givya the Hundred Demons, drove Bucky away with a single shot.

"You're here to save the day?!"

"You've completely ruined Bucky and Rogers' reunion."

Rin Tohsaka looked at Shinji Matou's ecstatic expression and said something, but Shinji Matou disagreed with Rin's words.

"What do you mean by a reunion scene? Bucky has no one on his mind right now, only the mission. Didn't you see he was pulling out his gun, ready to take down Captain Rogers?"

"That's not necessarily true. Maybe Bucky will remember Rogers at the last minute. After all, when Bucky had the chance to strangle Captain Rogers earlier, didn't he just throw Captain Rogers out?"

"Doesn't this just show that Bucky still has feelings for Rogers?"

Rin Tohsaka also brought up the scene where Bucky the Winter Soldier choked Rogers.

"Maybe Bucky just wanted to have some fun and thought he had the game in the bag."

Shinji Matou immediately retorted.

"Hahaha, just playing around. You yourself said that Bucky the Winter Soldier only has the mission on his mind. How could he risk mission failure to play around? Bucky the Winter Soldier, who has carried out so many missions, will definitely be very cautious."

As Shirou Emiya watched Shinji Matou and Rin Tohsaka arguing, only one thought crossed his mind: if the two of them were both on the light screen, would they just start fighting?

[By this time, because the commotion caused by Captain Rogers and his group was so great, the police arrived at the scene just as they were finishing up, and police cars from all directions surrounded Captain Rogers and his four companions.]

[Shinji Matou, the Falcon, couldn't bring that many people, and Captain Rogers also discovered that a large number of S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel had infiltrated the police force.]

371: Scorpion, you want to be Ultron?!

"Put down your shield, kneel on the ground, Captain."

Led by Nobuyuki Crossbones, the SHIELD special forces, along with the armed police, completely surrounded Captain Rogers and his four companions. Crossbones, the leader, pointed his gun at Captain Rogers, threatening him. From his utterly impolite tone, it was clear that he would immediately shoot and kill Captain Rogers and his team if they disobeyed.

"Kneel on the ground! Kneel down now! Kneel down!"

Other Hydra members disguised as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents also spoke up, clearly finding it very satisfying to threaten Captain Rogers and force him to kneel.

After all, ever since Captain Rogers thwarted Hydra's plan to rule the world and even killed their then-boss, Red Skull, Hydra had designated him as their number one enemy.