American comics start with asking Iron Man a question.

It is possible to face one's own death directly.

Hawkeye Barton then turned his attention back to the big screen and, along with the others, began to focus on the questions.

"The Red Room, what kind of organization is that?" Tony Stark couldn't help but ask first, adding, "That's a really strange name."

“Natasha, you don’t have to say it if you don’t want to,” Hawkeye Barton immediately said to Black Widow.

Patton knew that the Red Room was a shadow that Black Widow didn't want to mention.

“It’s alright, Barton!” After a moment’s thought, Black Widow decided to reveal her little-known and less-than-honorable past.

Since joining S.H.I.E.L.D., given Black Widow's seniority, rank, and contributions, she could have been promoted to commander long ago instead of constantly being on the front lines.

Black Widow still chose this life of living on the brink of death, all in order to atone for her past sins.

Now, she can face her past with equanimity.

"The Red House is a secret organization affiliated with the former Soviet Union. They collect many war orphans and train them into highly professional assassins!"

"I am one of the assassins trained by the Red House."

"Because my blood-stained hands attracted the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D., they sent Barton to eliminate me, but Barton changed his mind."

"He convinced Nick Fury to let me join S.H.I.E.L.D., which allowed me to start a completely new life."

Black Widow gave a brief introduction to the Red Room organization and also mentioned her own past, which was quite surprising to everyone.

No one expected that Black Widow had such a little-known past and such a special bond with Patton.

Therefore, the special relationship between Black Widow and Patton is not hard to understand.

"So, this is a secret assassin organization that has existed since the former Soviet Union?" Dr. Banner was slightly taken aback.

If that's the case, then this red house is far too dangerous.

"The Red Room organization has been destroyed." Hawkeye Barton said to Dr. Banner with a serious expression, as well as to everyone else.

"Natasha's pledge to join S.H.I.E.L.D. was to destroy the Red Room. We blew up the Red Room's base and killed their leader, Drekoff!"

“I killed Drekoff myself,” Black Widow added at this point.

"So, their base was blown up, the person in charge is dead, and therefore the Red Room was destroyed?" Tony Stark shrugged, expressing skepticism. "Am I the only one who thought of Hydra?"

Hydra is a living example of what not to do.

S.H.I.E.L.D. confidently claimed that Hydra had been destroyed, but what happened?

Hydra not only failed to destroy it, but also corrupted and infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. beyond recognition.

With such an example before him, Tony Stark dared not believe that the Red Room would also perish.

“Stark, this is different.”

After a moment of contemplation, Black Widow shook her head. "The reason Hydra left no trace is because they had cover within S.H.I.E.L.D.! It's because they infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D."

"The reason they infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. is because S.H.I.E.L.D. implemented a stupid 'Paperclip' plan!"

"Therefore, this case of Hydra is just an isolated incident and it will not happen again."

"After the Red Room was destroyed, S.H.I.E.L.D. found no trace of it for so many years. They have been destroyed! There is no mistake."

“That’s right, Stark, you’re being too sensitive,” Hawkeye Barton said to Tony Stark.

Unfortunately, Black Widow and Hawkeye Barton's thinking was too limited. They could never have imagined that the new base after the Red House was destroyed had been hidden in the clouds all along.

In the sky!

Even if S.H.I.E.L.D. were incredibly powerful, they couldn't possibly have discovered it.

"I was just raising a reasonable question, that's all. Whether you take it or not is your business." Tony Stark shrugged and didn't say anything more.

"Let's rule out option A for now and look at the other options," Captain America said from the side.

He also felt that it was already a miracle that such an example of Hydra had occurred even once, and that it would have been impossible if it weren't for Project Paperclip.

The likelihood of the Red Room, like Hydra, being perfectly hidden under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s nose is extremely low.

Otherwise, S.H.I.E.L.D. would be far too useless.

"To sacrifice oneself to obtain the Mind Stone?" Captain America looked at this option and thought of something.

"Thor, the Mind Stone, is it one of the six Infinity Stones?" Captain America glanced at Thor and asked.

“That’s right, this is one of the six Infinity Stones, possessing mental power.” Thor nodded.

"Option B describes an operation to seize the Mind Stone, in which I decided to sacrifice myself... We know nothing about this operation, not even a single clue or detail."

Black Widow shrugged. "So this option can't be analyzed for the time being."

On this point, everyone generally agreed, and their attention once again turned to option C.

"The Age of Ultron? This should be the war that took place in Sokovia, where the Avengers and Vision fought together against Vision."

Captain America made a judgment immediately.

“Since it’s an ‘epoch,’ it must have been a large-scale battle, so I also think it was that battle.” Tony Stark nodded in agreement.

“Whether Ultron is the robot we suspect it is or not, this is a brutal and difficult war in which anyone can be sacrificed,” Hawkeye Barton said from the side.

"So option C is possible?" Thor said, glancing at everyone.

“That’s right, I could die in any operation, including the ‘Operation Insight’ in option D,” Black Widow nodded and said.

"Without knowing any details, we cannot make any judgments about these actions."

Black Widow is right; whether it's a major battle or a small operation, there are countless possibilities.

In complete darkness, no one can make any judgment.

"No, I think we can rule out the Age of Ultron!" After a moment of contemplation, Captain America seemed to remember something.

"The Sokovia Accords!" Captain America then uttered these words heavily.

Many people at the scene had their eyes light up. They weren't stupid; after being pointed at by Captain America, they quickly realized what was going on.

“We previously speculated that the Sokovia Accords occurred after the Avengers’ battle against Ultron, and that battle was very likely the beginning of the Ultron era.”

Captain America continued speaking to everyone.

"Moreover, we previously speculated that the root cause of the heroes' civil war was because the captain signed the Sokovia Accords!"

"Romanov participated in that battle!"

Tony Stark added.

"In other words, Romanov didn't die at all during the War of the Age of Ultron!" Thor summarized everyone's words.

Everyone felt a surge of excitement; if that were the case, then the Age of Ultron could indeed be ruled out.

Of course, this inference is not rigorous, and no one can be sure whether the "agreement" mentioned in the Heroes Civil War is the Sokovia Agreement.

The conclusion that we can draw at this point is that it is very likely, and that's all.

Even so, when it comes to answering questions, the mere existence of a possibility is often enough.

"Guys, let's give it our all! There's only one option left. We just need to choose between D and B."

"We're just one step away from solving this problem!"

Tony Stark then clapped his hands and addressed the crowd.

In fact, Tony Stark didn't even need to say anything; everyone had their eyes glued to option D, trying to figure out if they could deduce anything.

"'Project Insight,' what is that?" Dr. Banner couldn't help but ask curiously from the side.

"That was a Hydra plan."

Captain America solemnly explained to Dr. Banner, "Romanov, another guy, and I will stop this plan someday in the future."

Then, the relevant video information was briefly introduced to everyone.

"Besides these, Captain, is there anything else you can provide? We know nothing about this plan except that we need to 'enter the space carrier'!"

Dr. Banner stared at Captain America and asked.

"That's all we know. The quiz system hasn't given us any other clues about the plan."

Captain America shook his head.

The scene fell silent for the time being. As of now, all that was known was that the plan might be related to a space carrier; nothing else was known.

There's simply no way to begin, and no way to conduct any analysis.

"Captain, is it just you, Romanov, and 'the other guy'? Are these three people?" Hawkeye Patton pondered for a moment, his expression shifting slightly, as if he had caught something.

“That’s right, it was just the three of us.” Black Widow nodded solemnly. “From the moment we captured Sitwell to the Winter Soldier’s assassination attempt on us, it was just the three of us throughout the entire process.”

“This isn’t right, no, or rather, this is right,” Hawkeye Barton said, his eyes gleaming.

"What do you mean by 'not right' yet 'right'? Barton, please explain yourself more clearly." Thor asked Barton with a serious expression.

"Although we don't quite understand what this Insight Project is yet, Captain, you mentioned that we need to use Sitwell to infiltrate the space carrier!"

Hawkeye Barton pointed out incisively, "This is entering a space carrier! What you did back then was completely against S.H.I.E.L.D. procedures."

"For an operation like this that involves infiltrating a mothership, S.H.I.E.L.D. would make meticulous preparations in advance, including the deployment of rapid reaction forces, logistical support, and possibly even the personal command of Director Fury."

"But what about you? You seem to have nothing."

"Otherwise, Captain, you wouldn't have made the decision to use Sitwell to infiltrate the mothership. That decision was absolutely terrible, like child's play."

“Barton, you’re right.” After Barton’s reminder, Black Widow nodded. “At that time, we were indeed acting alone, without any support from S.H.I.E.L.D.”

This is still obvious.

The childish method of getting aboard the space carrier—taking a very important Hydra spy out without any protection, and not even contacting command center for backup when attacked by Winter Soldier en route…

Captain America and Black Widow were indeed conducting their operations outside of the S.H.I.E.L.D. system.

"So, in other words, S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't actually involved in the operation to sabotage Project Insight; it was just Captain America, Romanoff, and the other two?"

Tony Stark astutely grasped the implication of their conversation: "So option D itself is wrong. It's not 'S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operation to sabotage Project Insight.' This operation wasn't S.H.I.E.L.D.'s at all!"

“Yes, that’s exactly what I was saying. Something’s not right about this operation.” Hawkeye Barton nodded.

But that wasn't all; he continued to talk at length.

“Remember the ‘Hail Hydra’ footage? Sitwell died on his way to sabotage Project Insight, so ‘Hail Hydra’ happened before that.”