American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

Chapter 142 The Ten-Fist Sword (4000 words)

After the call connected, Natasha's voice came through before Roy could speak.

"Nick Fury was stabbed in Rogers' apartment last night and died from his injuries."

Upon hearing Natasha's words, Roy's mind quickly flashed through the plot of "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," and he frowned slightly.

If he remembers correctly, the plot of Captain America 2 takes place in 2014, not now.

Although the time was brought forward, he wasn't too surprised.

Because of him, many things have changed.

It's not particularly surprising that Nick Fury noticed something was wrong earlier than in the movie, which led to his assassination attempt by Hydra.

"You're calling now, it can't be just to tell me that Nick Fury has been killed, can it?" Roy said slowly.

Although he and Natasha had a good personal relationship, he wasn't a member of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Natasha had no reason to call him specifically to inform him that Nick Fury was dead.

In addition, unlike Natasha, he did not believe that Nick Fury was really dead.

If nothing unexpected happens, Nick Fury should have faked his death and escaped, just like in the movie.

Only in this way could he escape Hydra's surveillance, hide himself, and secretly investigate the Hydra spies hidden within S.H.I.E.L.D.

Natasha wasted no time and quickly replied, "This morning, Rogers went to see Pierce, but I don't know what they talked about."

"But after leaving Pierce's office, Rogers got into a fight with the special forces in the elevator, escaped S.H.I.E.L.D., and Pierce issued an arrest warrant for him."

"Before Nick Fury died, he handed a USB drive to Rogers."

"Rogers hid the USB drive in a hospital vending machine before returning to S.H.I.E.L.D. with the special forces."

"I secretly took out the USB drive and am now waiting for Rogers to come to the hospital."

"S.H.I.E.L.D. seems to be in serious trouble. If it's convenient for you, I'd like to ask for your help in resolving this crisis."

As soon as Natasha finished speaking, a new request appeared in Roy's field of vision.

[Commission: Stop Hydra's Insight Project]

[Status: Incomplete]

[Commissioned Reward: Ten-Fist Sword]

Roy wasn't surprised that Natasha asked for his help and that Natasha's request would be processed through the system's assessment.

After all, Hydra's Insight program is a major event that cannot be ignored in the cinematic universe.

However, he did not expect that the reward for this commission would be the Totsuka Sword.

Although he has now mastered Susanoo to its complete form, he is still very interested in the Totsuka Blade and the Yata Mirror.

The Totsuka Sword can seal the target it strikes into a dreamlike illusionary world.

The Yata Mirror can nullify energy attacks of any attribute and reflect all physical attacks.

"I can help, but I won't help for nothing. What kind of reward are you willing to offer?" Roy asked Natasha.

"What kind of compensation do you want?" Natasha countered.

Roy thought for a moment and slowly said, "After this is over, I want the obelisk, which is S.H.I.E.L.D.'s first 084 item."

"no problem."

Natasha agreed to Roy's terms without any hesitation.

She did not have the authority to give the obelisk to Roy.

However, after this crisis is resolved, whoever takes over as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. will not offend Roy for the sake of the obelisk.

"Okay, I'll be there in a bit."

After saying that, Roy hung up the phone, took off his pajamas, and changed into casual clothes.

After getting dressed, he left the bedroom and went to Peggy's room.

"What's wrong?" Peggy asked softly as she watched him approach, as she was "cramming" on 21st-century knowledge.

Like Roy, Peggy was also dressed casually at this time.

"Something's come up at S.H.I.E.L.D., and Natasha asked me for help. You should come too," Roy replied.

Although she didn't know what had happened at S.H.I.E.L.D., Peggy nodded immediately without any hesitation.

After intensive study, she not only learned what S.H.I.E.L.D. was, but also that she herself in this universe was one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.

In addition, she also knew that her counterpart in this universe was still alive and had not died.

However, she had no intention of meeting him.

One reason is that she doesn't want to see what she will look like when she's old.

On the other hand, they don't know what to say when they meet.

In that case, it's better not to meet.

Peggy turned off the computer, opened the drawer, took out the rings from inside, and put them on her hands.

Although both are ten-rings, the ten-ring she is wearing now is not from this universe, but from a parallel universe she previously existed in.

In the parallel universe where Peggy lived before, there were also the Wenwu and Ganhuan gangs.

After finding Wenwu, Roy didn't stand on ceremony and snatched the ring from Wenwu's hand, handing it over to Peggy.

As for the ten rings of this universe, he collected them back into the system space as a collectible.

After putting on her rings, Peggy immediately went to Roy.

Roy put his arm around Peggy's slender waist.

After locking onto Natasha's Flying Thunder God Technique, he didn't hesitate and decisively cast the Flying Thunder God Technique.

In the blink of an eye, he and Peggy were at a hospital in Washington, D.C., from their villa on New York’s Upper East Side.

To be precise, he came to stand before Natasha.

At this moment, Natasha was alone in the fire escape next to the vending machine, chewing gum she had bought from the vending machine.

Natasha was not surprised that Roy would teleport to her instantly.

However, upon seeing Paige next to Roy, she involuntarily widened her eyes and revealed an expression of disbelief.

Although she was recruited into S.H.I.E.L.D. after she became famous, as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D., she was no stranger to Peggy, one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.

They look way too alike!

Natasha first thought to herself, then asked Roy, "And who is this?"

"She is Peggy, Peggy Carter," Roy replied calmly.

"That joke isn't funny," Natasha continued.

Roy said slowly, "I'm not kidding you, she is Peggy, just not the Peggy from this universe."

Natasha immediately realized what was going on, frowning as she said, "You disappeared for more than half a year before, did you go to a parallel universe?"

Roy nodded.

Natasha calmed herself down and extended her right hand to Peggy: "Hello, Miss Carter, I am Natasha Romanoff. You can just call me Natasha."

Peggy shook hands with Natasha and replied, "You're Roy's friend, just call me Peggy."

Not long after arriving in this universe, she learned from Gwen that Natasha was Roy's card-playing partner.

Like Gwen, Peggy had no objection to Roy occasionally asking Natasha to play cards.

In her time, most powerful and influential men had mistresses.

Moreover, Natasha wasn't Roy's lover, but merely his card-playing buddy.

Even the younger Gwen could accept Roy's philandering, so she naturally wouldn't have any objections.

Time passes little by little.

Just a few minutes later, Rogers, wearing a hoodie and sweatpants, arrived at the hospital and went straight to the vending machine.

His expression changed immediately after he saw the USB drive disappear from the vending machine.

He didn't know what was on the USB drive, but he knew that its contents were extremely important.

Don't trust anyone!

When Nick Fury handed him the USB drive, he used his last strength to say those words.

Just as Rogers was wondering who had taken the USB drive, he saw three reflections in the glass of the vending machine.

After seeing one of the reflections clearly, he involuntarily gasped and turned around abruptly.

Peggy?

Rogers stared in disbelief at Peggy, who looked exactly like he remembered, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Just then, Roy spoke up, "This isn't a good place to talk."

Rogers took a deep breath, nodded, and followed Roy and the other two to the nearby fire escape.

Reluctantly turning his gaze away from Peggy, Rogers looked at Natasha and asked, "Where's the USB drive?"

He hadn't expected Roy and Peggy to be there too.

However, the moment he saw Natasha, he knew that Natasha had definitely taken the USB drive.

"It's safe," Natasha replied.

"Explain yourself clearly!" Rogers frowned.

Natasha didn't answer his question, but instead asked, "Who gave you the USB drive?"

"Why should I tell you?" Rogers continued.

"Nick Fury gave it to you, right? Why did he give it to you? What did he tell you?"

Natasha stared into Rogers' eyes and spoke quickly.

"What's on the USB drive?" Rogers didn't answer Natasha's question.

"I don't know," Natasha replied. "Stop lying!" Rogers' tone became serious.

"I really don't know, I'm just pretending to know everything," Natasha replied calmly.

Rogers glanced at Roy and Peggy, then continued asking Natasha, "Did you know that the pirates are all Fury's employees?"

Natasha's face showed a hint of surprise as she replied, "That makes sense. There's something wrong with that ship. Nick Fury wants to get on, and so do you."

Suppressing his anger, Rogers said in a deep voice, "I won't ask you a second time!"

Natasha completely disregarded Rogers's anger and said slowly, "I didn't know the pirates were hired by Nick Fury, but I know who killed him."

"Many intelligence agencies do not believe in his existence, and those who do believe in him call him the Winter Soldier."

"He has been identified as the perpetrator of more than 20 assassinations over the past 50 years."

Rogers frowned and said, "So you're saying this is a ghost story?"

"Five years ago, I was escorting a nuclear physicist out of the Middle East when someone shot out my tires near Odyssey."

"The vehicle lost control and plunged off the cliff. I escaped with the engineer."

"The Winter Soldier was there too. I stood in front of the Engineer, and the bullet went through my body and hit the Engineer—"

Natasha paused, pulled up her clothes to reveal a scar on her left hip, and continued, "Soviet bullets, no trajectory. Goodbye, bikini!"

"You'd look terrible in a bikini," Rogers teased Natasha.

"Tracking him is impossible; I've tried before."

"Like you said, it's a ghost story."

Natasha took a USB drive out of her pocket and handed it to Rogers.

"Let's see what he really wants this time."

After saying that, Rogers took the USB drive and turned to look at Roy.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked, "And this young lady is?"

"It's the one you're thinking of, she's Peggy, from a parallel universe," Roy replied.

The moment Rogers saw Peggy's face, he knew it had to be her.

However, he did not expect that Peggy had come to a parallel universe.

Although he didn't know why Roy was able to bring Peggy back from a parallel universe, he didn't ask further and slowly said, "Do you know who the Winter Soldier is?"

"I know." Roy nodded.

"Who is he?" Rogers continued to ask.

Roy replied calmly, "He's a Hydra assassin, and like you, he's also been injected with a serum that enhances his physical attributes."

"Besides, he's also your good friend."

My best friend?

Rogers looked at Roy with a puzzled expression.

"He's Bucky," Roy continued.

impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Bucky is dead!

Rogers stared at Roy and said quickly, "He can't be Bucky. Bucky died back then."

"He's not dead."

"After falling off the cliff, he was rescued by Hydra and transformed into a super soldier."

"To make it easier to control him, Hydra also brainwashed him."

As soon as Roy finished speaking, Natasha frowned and said, "The Winter Soldier is a Hydra assassin. Pierce ordered Rogers' capture, so Pierce—"

"You guessed right, Pierce is also a Hydra agent, and a high-ranking one at that."

"When S.H.I.E.L.D. was carrying out Operation Paperclip, Hydra had already begun infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D."

"The current S.H.I.E.L.D. is more like Snake Shield than S.H.I.E.L.D. "

Upon hearing his words, Natasha and Rogers' expressions turned extremely ugly.

Especially Rogers.

The biggest reason he became a well-known superhero was that he led the Howling Commandos to destroy Hydra.

However, Roy now tells him that Hydra has not only not been destroyed, but has also parasitized S.H.I.E.L.D. like a parasite, growing stronger by relying on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources.

For him, this news was no less terrible than Roy bringing back a young Peggy from a parallel universe.

Roy didn't say anything more. He took out the Tesseract from the system space and created a portal back to Avengers Tower.

After the portal was formed, he put his arm around Peggy's slender waist and led the way through the portal, returning to Avengers Tower.

Natasha and Rogers followed him back to Avengers Tower.

Inside a studio on the top floor of the building.

Natasha took the USB drive from Rogers and quickly said, "There's a Level 6 tracking and location program on the USB drive. Once we open it, S.H.I.E.L.D. will be able to pinpoint our location."

"How much time do we have?" Rogers asked.

Before Natasha could answer, Roy said, "This is the Avengers headquarters. Even if Pierce knew you were here, he would never dare to send anyone over."

In the movie, Natasha and Rogers had to race against time because it was just the two of them.

And now, not only Roy is at Avengers Tower, but Banner is too.

Even if Hydra were to swarm out, they wouldn't dare come to Avengers Tower to arrest people.

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