In a house in Washington, D.C.
Warm afternoon sunlight streamed through the clean windows, casting a shadow on the floor. The air was filled with the faint aroma of tea and old books. An elderly woman, her hair white and her face wrinkled, yet her youthful elegance still visible, sat quietly on a sofa. Next to her sat an equally white-haired, yet still upright, elderly man.
Although he is old, the perseverance from a century ago still flashes in his blue eyes occasionally.
Yes, they are Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers.
On the TV screen, the hearing that shocked the world today on Capitol Hill was being played in a loop.
Henry Stark's young, cold face and his resounding declarations resonated with the world again and again.
"Hydra... Bucky..."
Steve looked at the screen, his weathered eyes filled with mixed emotions.
There was shock, sadness, and confusion that he himself was not even aware of.
He experienced the final battle and chose to go back to the past, walking through the long and peaceful decades with the love of his life. He thought that the wars and responsibilities that belonged to Captain America had long been away from him with the passage of time.
But now, when that familiar name was mentioned again in this way, he found that some things had always been engraved in his bones and had never disappeared.
"We all know that what he said is true," Peggy spoke slowly. Her voice was a little hoarse due to age, but still clear and powerful.
As one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D., she knew better than anyone how much darkness and filth lay hidden behind that covered-up history.
"I know," Steve whispered, his hands unconsciously clenching.
Peggy turned her head and looked at him, her eyes seeming to see through his inner struggle.
"What do you want to do, Steve?" she asked softly.
Steve was silent.
He wanted to say something, to say that Bucky was innocent and that he was just a manipulated weapon.
I want to say that the Stark brothers' methods are too extreme, and they are pushing the world into a new abyss.
He even had a momentary urge to stop them.
But in the end, he just turned into a long sigh.
Peggy looked at him quietly, then slowly placed her wrinkled hand on his.
"Let them go. You've already stopped Tony once, and you've done your best for Bucky. Steve, you're Captain America." Her voice was soft, but like a needle, it accurately pierced the last bit of hesitation in his heart.
"Do you want to stop it again?"
"Have you forgotten the Civil War?"
Steve's body stiffened suddenly.
The past that had long been buried deep in his memory suddenly flooded into his mind.
He thought of the irreparable break between him and Tony.
He remembered the time he and Bucky teamed up against him.
He looked into Peggy's worried eyes and finally smiled bitterly.
"I didn't think of stopping it again." He shook his head slowly, with only fatigue and relief in his eyes.
"Perhaps this is Bucky's fate."
"Trial of the Century: The Stark Brothers Openly Challenge the American Judicial System!"
On that day, Henry Stark's remarks at the Congressional hearing and his three cold-blooded executions in front of the whole world shook the world like an earthquake.
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All news media, all social networks, and all TV channels are discussing this huge event that changed the course of world history 24 hours a day.
Some people are afraid.
Some people are questioning it.
Some people are angry.
But more people, especially ordinary people living at the bottom of society who have long lost faith in the government and the so-called order, are cheering enthusiastically.
They don't care about laws or order.
They only saw a god powerful enough to ignore all rules.
It has come.
Moreover, he declared war on this already corrupt world.
In a short period of time, the number of fans of Henry Stark, the Superman, began to grow exponentially around the world.
The happiest thing is that Stark Industries recently opened a new Superman and Iron Man copyright and portrait agency.
Everyone knows that they are going to sell like crazy in the coming period!!
And on the other side of the world, at the centre of the storm.
Malibu beach house, underground laboratory.
These two protagonists, who are being scrutinized by the whole world, are enjoying their celebration banquet around the holographic data model projection as if nothing had happened.
Tony and Henry have returned to the villa.
Two double cheeseburgers and two ice-cold Cokes.
"I have to say, your cooking skills are as bad as ever." Henry took a big bite of the hamburger and complained incoherently to the robot wearing golden and red Armor who was clumsily trying to pour him a Coke.
"Hey! Don't you dare say that to Benben!" Tony immediately defended him and snatched the half-spilled Coke from Benben's mechanical claws.
"He just has a unique personal perspective on artistic creation. And I have to remind you that the junk food you are eating now was bought for you by him with great effort. I think you should say thank you to him."
Basic respect."
As he spoke, he took a sip of the cloyingly sweet drink with a look of disgust, then put the cup down and looked at Henry.
"When do we start? Today?"
"What else?" Henry said matter-of-factly, taking another big bite of his burger.
"Should we keep them here and wait for them to turn Stark Industries' Christmas party into Hydra's annual meeting?"
"Okay." Tony shrugged.
"I wanted to show you something better," Tony shrugged.
"Oh? Really?" Henry glanced at him.
"Are you going to send each of them a stern letter from their lawyer, warning them not to do bad things again?"
"Not in that silly way, of course, but with the final model I just showed you."
Tony rolled his eyes, but he quickly became excited. He loved moments like these, where he could demonstrate his wisdom beyond his time. Instead of showing off his database like he had before, he snapped his fingers, and the lights in the entire lab dimmed instantly.
"Jarvis."
The next second, a neural network model composed of light blue veins instantly unfolded in mid-air in the laboratory.
The core of this model is a constantly rotating simulated earth, and around the earth, countless thin lines connect thousands of nodes. These nodes represent servers, satellites, surveillance cameras, and even personal mobile devices.
The entire model looks like a spider web that wraps around the earth and emits a faint glow.
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