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Chapter 116 - One Man Takes Down a Base

The Base commander's prediction was spot on. In just a few minutes, the combat personnel he'd dispatched were basically crippled, utterly defeated.

"Seal the Base! Seal the Base!"

The commander made the decisive order.

Boom!

Captain America immediately saw the incredibly thick Gate in front of him begin to close, accompanied by the force of a thunderclap.

Captain America was anxious and charged towards the Gate.

Tut-tut-tut! Tut-tut-tut!

However, several volleys of bullets immediately poured down from the front, forcibly blocking Captain America.

But Captain America wasn't just anyone. At that crucial moment, he fiercely hurled his Shield.

The Shield arced beautifully through the air, lodging firmly between the two Gates with a clang.

Swoosh! Captain America then reached out, summoning the hammer he'd tossed somewhere, and flung it again.

Bang! A combatant was immediately knocked to the ground by Captain America. Then, using Batman's Cape for cover, he quickly advanced, reaching another combatant.

He kicked the guy, sending him flying.

He really did fly, slamming hard into the wall and completely blacking out.

Bang, bang, bang! Next, with a few more swings of the hammer, all the combatants outside who were blocking Captain America were taken care of.

After doing all of this, Captain America pulled out his Shield and strode through the gap in the Gate and into the Base.

The Base's armed forces were basically crippled by Captain America at this point. He could advance through the Base without any real opposition.

Bang! "Argh!"

But at this moment, a scream and the muffled sound of something colliding rang out.

Captain America's spirits lifted, and he immediately charged towards the source of the sounds.

He saw a man with long hair, choking another combatant, lifting the person up, and pressing them hard against the wall.

Without a doubt, it was Winter Soldier Bucky, Captain America's target for this mission.

And the man was the Base commander.

"D-don't…"

The commander managed to force out this indistinct sound.

"Bucky, stop!"

Captain America immediately called out to Bucky.

Hearing the voice, Bucky turned his head sharply, his eyes as sharp as a hawk's, and fixed them on Captain America's face.

"Who is Bucky?"

Bucky casually tossed the person he was holding aside, then walked towards Captain America step by step.

"Bucky, don't you recognize me? It's me, Rogers!" Captain America called out to Bucky, trying to awaken Bucky's memory.

"What does that have to do with me?" Bucky said coldly.

Then he charged directly at Captain America, swinging his Metal Arm, and slammed it hard at Captain America.

Captain America brought his Shield up, and Bucky's fist slammed into it, producing a long, echoing metallic clang.

"Bucky, I don't want to fight you, but I have to bring you back. Sorry," Captain America said to Bucky.

Then, with a side kick, he landed a blow on Bucky's chest.

Bucky was kicked backward.

But Bucky wasn't ordinary, and immediately charged back at Captain America. Captain America shook his head helplessly and had to fight Bucky.

The two of them began to trade blows.

Meanwhile, Black Widow landed the Quinjet on the ground, leading the entire Tactical Squad to advance into the Base.

They saw enemy combatants lying all over the ground, dead, injured, or unconscious, all of them having lost their ability to fight.

Not a single mishap.

"Captain did all this? In such a short amount of time?"

The Tactical Squad was stunned, unable to believe their eyes.

How long had it been since Captain America "jumped out of the plane"?

This was too exaggerated!

"Captain, we've arrived. How's your situation?"

Black Widow was calm, swaggering towards the Base while asking Captain America on the comms.

"I've found Bucky, but I need a little more time." Captain America's voice immediately replied.

"Hurry, drones detected an armed force heading your way. They'll arrive in about ten minutes!"

"Before that, you'd better sort everything out!"

At this moment, Nick Fury's voice also sounded in the comms channel.

"Understood, sir!"

Black Widow responded, quickly leading her team to take control of the Base immediately.

Copying data, collecting evidence, and so on; all the usual procedures.

Unfortunately, Hydra wasn't a pushover. When Black Widow's team occupied the Base, all the relevant personnel, such as the researchers inside, had already been killed.

That was precisely the cleanup procedure Pierce had mentioned.

The relevant data was also being destroyed. How much could be salvaged depended on luck.

"Bucky, I'm sorry!"

Hearing the urgency of the situation, Captain America finally stopped holding back against Bucky. With a wave of his hand, Mjolnir whizzed back into his grasp.

Clomp, clomp, clomp!

At this moment, Bucky was charging towards Captain America. However, Captain America flung Mjolnir towards him.

Mjolnir flew directly out, like a meteorite from the sky, and slammed heavily into Bucky's chest.

Bang!

A dull collision echoed, and Bucky's massive frame was sent flying backwards by Captain America's attack.

He slammed hard into a wall behind him, causing a large dent to appear in the wall.

Bucky's face immediately showed a look of shock. This guy in front of him was actually so powerful?

However, Bucky wasn't the type to give up. After struggling to get back on his feet, he charged towards Captain America again.

"Bucky, you'll have to forgive me for this later," Captain America murmured, and swung another blow.

BOOM!

Poor Bucky was once again sent flying by Captain America, and this time he was completely unconscious, unable to get back up.

Captain America slung his Shield behind him, hung his Mjolnir at his waist, and picked up the unconscious Bucky, walking out of the Base.

"Romanoff, mission accomplished!"

Captain America called out to Black Widow.

"Everyone, begin the retreat! Begin the retreat!"

Black Widow immediately issued the order to everyone on the communication channel, and the Tactical Squad began to quickly wrap things up, leaving the Base in an orderly fashion.

Then, Black Widow pressed a button.

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

A violent explosion erupted, and this secret Hydra Base was reduced to ruins in the earth-shattering flames and tremors.

Afterwards.

Black Widow and the others systematically retreated back into the Quinjet, taking a few unconscious combatants from outside the Base with them before taking off.

It wasn't until their aircraft had ascended that a line of black Tactical Squad vehicles, trailing a cloud of dust, screeched to a halt in front of the Base ruins, which were still billowing smoke.

The doors opened, and armed personnel emerged one after another.

However, they could only watch the Quinjet in the sky grow smaller, unable to do anything else.

"Sir, we're too late!"

A leader-like figure reported to Pierce.

"Shit!"

Pierce in the office couldn't help but curse.

The losses this time were just too great.

But that wasn't the most frustrating part.

The most frustrating thing was that Pierce still couldn't figure out where they'd gone wrong, to be caught so off guard by the enemy.

"Rumlow, Mars, you two come meet me immediately, go to Meeting Point 5!"

Pierce immediately gave orders to Crossbones and another special forces operative.

About an hour later, the three of them met in a very ordinary, unremarkable house.

"Mission report!"

After Pierce saw Crossbones and the other man, he immediately gave them orders.

"Sir, after receiving your orders, I immediately completed the handover with Rumlow, but by the time we arrived at the Base, it was already too late."

"The Base was destroyed, and they left in a Quinjet."

A burly man with a slicked-back hairstyle and a full beard reported to Pierce.

"Sir, from Captain America's assault on the Base to their destruction of the Base and departure, it only took a mere thirty-four minutes!"

Crossbones spoke in a low voice, his voice still laced with disbelief. "Thirty-four minutes! We didn't even have time to send reinforcements! It was only Captain America!"

The atmosphere at the scene was somewhat heavy. No one had ever imagined that Captain America's individual combat ability could be so terrifying.

That battle of Captain America's could be said to have refreshed Pierce and Crossbones' worldview.

"Have we accounted for everyone?" Pierce asked after a moment of silence, his expression serious.

"We have. Five people are missing, all combat personnel," Mars replied grimly. "They were probably captured."

Pierce's face immediately darkened. He had revealed himself in that Base many times.

Although the combat personnel were highly trained and wouldn't easily give up information, it was still a huge risk.

"Has the cleanup procedure been initiated?" Pierce asked again.

"It has. Non-combat personnel were killed immediately, and related materials were destroyed. But they were too fast. We're not sure if the cleanup procedure was completed."

Pierce's expression darkened slightly. This wasn't good news.

"Sir, the Quinjet that attacked our Base belongs to S.H.I.E.L.D. Things aren't looking good, " Crossbones said to Pierce with a serious expression. "Once those people fall into Nick Fury's hands…"

"Then we'd better make sure this doesn't happen," Pierce interrupted Crossbones.

"Activate all our networks. Eliminate those five people immediately. I want them silenced before they can say a word!"

"Rumlow, you handle this personally. Contact me immediately for any necessary authorizations. Don't give Nick Fury too much time."

"Nick Fury is the most outstanding agent I've ever seen. Once you give him time, he'll uncover all our secrets."

At this point, Pierce shook his head, negating his own statement, "No, Nick Fury has already uncovered our secrets. The question is, how much has he uncovered!"

"Also, spare no expense in investigating how the Base was exposed!"

"Understood, sir!"

Mars and Crossbones replied in unison.

"Sir, if the worst happens, and Nick Fury really has information he shouldn't, what should we do?"

Crossbones followed up, staring intently at Pierce.

"Of course, we do what we, Hydra, should do, Rumlow." Pierce said meaningfully to Crossbones.

While Pierce and the others were meeting privately, Captain America and the others had already met up with Bucky, the five Hydra combatants, and Nick Fury.

However, the meeting place wasn't S.H.I.E.L.D., but a secret Base that Nick Fury had prepared separately.

Now that S.H.I.E.L.D. had been infiltrated by Hydra, Nick Fury didn't dare to use S.H.I.E.L.D.'s resources lightly, especially when dealing with Hydra.

The five combatants were treated and detained immediately.

Bucky, the enhanced individual, was also imprisoned in a specially designed cell. His hands and feet were tightly bound with restraints to prevent any escape.

Everything was proceeding systematically.

"Romanoff, you're in charge of this Base!"

Nick Fury instructed Black Widow, showing his regard for these Hydra agents. "Notify me immediately when those guys wake up."

"Understood, sir!" Black Widow replied firmly.

Nick Fury nodded and then left the secret Base.

Several hours later, Black Widow sent word that the Hydra captives had all woken up and were ready for interrogation.

Nick Fury, having arranged his other matters, hurried over immediately and began questioning the Hydra agents.

The results were as expected; those combatants were tight-lipped, not revealing any information.

Nick Fury also had to return empty-handed.

This couldn't be rushed; it could only be left to Black Widow to slowly interrogate them.

Nick Fury had complete faith in Black Widow. She was an all-around excellent agent, and he believed she would get results if given time.

Nick Fury himself temporarily returned to S.H.I.E.L.D.

He handed over the relevant materials from the Hydra secret Base, where Black Widow had brought the prisoners out, to the technical department's confidants for analysis.

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