The Death Knell

Explosions, fires, hot air currents.

The entire neighborhood instantly turned into a sea of ​​flames.

The Torchbearer escaped from the underground, and the sealed can turned into a super bomb.

The doctor did a little trick, but he couldn't stop the government from taking away his 'child'. After all, the project funds came from the government, and the ownership of the 'product' naturally also belonged to the government.

The doctor regarded the Torchman as his own child. He felt that the Torchman was too lonely underground, so he left him a special earphone that could transmit sound through skull vibrations, so that he could talk to the synthetic person outside.

These days, the doctor told him many things about the outside world, the people outside, and the situation of the world.

The torchbearer also has human wisdom, he is just mentally immature.

After knowing this, he wanted to go out and see with his own eyes everything the doctor described.

It was so beautiful, with animals, plants, blue sky and white clouds, he wanted to see it.

His self-awareness revived as his understanding of the world grew.

Including the doctor himself and Lao Luo in the White House, they did not realize that the ability of this synthetic man was not actually fire, but radiated energy.

Flames and high temperatures are just external manifestations of energy. After all, having your whole body on fire will not allow you to fly in the sky.

The synthetic man knew that there was power hidden in his body. This power could allow him to leave this dark place, so he did not hesitate and used it immediately.

When powerful energy bursts out in a confined space, this neighborhood is naturally unlucky. It is like a ground-penetrating bomb with a cement projectile outside.

Large pieces of debris and burning sparks swept through everything around them like a firestorm, and buildings with a radius of several kilometers were instantly destroyed.

The torch bearer escapes.

He looked at the crying and dead people around him, feeling a little confused and at a loss.

Everything around him was red, and above him there was darkness.

It was nothing like what the doctor told him.

Those people groaned in pain and looked at him with eyes full of disgust and fear. He never thought that he would have such an impact on the outside.

He escaped, turning into a shooting star and escaping directionlessly across the sky.

The doctor never taught him what to do in this situation. The earphones had been damaged by the flames. He could only follow the subconscious reaction and avoid people's sight.

............

A few minutes later, Dr. Holloway drove to the site of the explosion.

He couldn't sleep at all.

The two revolvers were picked up and put down. A special sense of mission made him want to seek justice, but the real life held him back.

Just when he hesitated, there was an explosion outside the window. He turned his head and found that the sky outside was dyed red with flames.

His sense of mission as a doctor made him immediately grab his coat and drive to the place where the disaster occurred.

He was stunned by what happened.

Corpses, mutilations, fire.

The entire street seemed to have been bombed, and the people who were still alive were also in panic. In the cold night filled with choking smoke, they screamed helplessly. This kind of shouting was different from what he had heard before.

In the past, people who needed his help would lie quietly on the hospital bed, and a nurse would tell him the situation.

"Doctor, please start. The patient has acute internal bleeding and is losing blood pressure and pulse. We have used such and such medicine..."

But it's different now. People who need help are rolling around in the filth by themselves, screaming and speaking very simply.

"Help!"

Dr. Holloway threw off his coat, rolled up his shirt sleeves, and rushed toward the fire.

His expression became determined and calm as he crossed the wreckage and fire, broke through the smoke blockade, and looked for those in need of help.

He rescued people who were trapped by collapsed buildings, gave first aid to people poisoned by smoke, and helped a mother and daughter fight off gangsters who came to take advantage of the situation.

His father was once the warden of the New York State Penitentiary, where some prisoners who wanted to please the warden taught the young Holloway how to fight. He admired the heroes of the West and was very interested in fighting skills.

But he didn't need his father to repay these prisoners. He could do it at a young age. He studied the laws of the time and the prisoners' files, and soon helped the wrongly accused prisoners get out of prison, and also responded to those who had objections. The conviction was appealed.

He is actually a talented lawyer and detective, which was revealed much earlier than his medical talent.

The prisoners loved him and called him the 'little avenging angel' because he actually helped them get their sentences reduced.

But now, he has not fought with anyone for more than 20 years. He still suffered some minor injuries from dealing with a few gangsters, and a knife cut his ribs.

He didn't know how much time had passed, but he knew that he couldn't stop. Fatigue and pain were nothing. He understood that this was just a normal reaction of the body.

At dawn, the smoke and fighting made him extremely embarrassed, and his shirt turned into a beggar's outfit, but people were saved.

Not all of them, but he tried his best.

And the people who survived called him a hero.

After the National Guard took over the scene, he said goodbye and returned to his home.

With the smell of fireworks all over his body, he stepped on the gorgeous carpet with his dirty feet and walked straight into the study. He picked up the wooden box left by the Two-Gunner and took out the mask. He had made up his mind.

.............................

The next day's newspaper, as expected by Su Ming, had news about Captain America on the front page.

Steve was originally a private, but after a successful experiment, he was promoted to captain. He had no command authority, just a title.

From now on, he is Captain America.

However, Steve was in a very depressed mood at this time.

Dr. Erskine was kidnapped and all the serum disappeared. Even if he became a super soldier, he was still escaped by Deathstroke. What the hell is that little glowing ball?

He analyzed his opponent. There was only one eye on Deathstroke's mask, indicating that he might be missing an eye, so Steve was a little suspicious of Mr. Wilson at the first moment.

But soon he fell into guilt. There were so many people missing one eye in New York. Even the beggars on the streets were missing one eye. There were also many one-eyed cyclops among the sailors.

This is true in New York alone, but what about the entire United States? Even Deathstroke might not be American, and it's very possible that one eye was missing from the mask on purpose to mislead others.

What's more, Mr. Wilson is a saint blessed by God. His ageless appearance is proof of this. Everything he has done in the past shows that he is a good person. Both he and Bucky owe him a lot.

Steve felt deeply guilty for doubting him, asking God for forgiveness while silently blaming himself.

The next time you see Mr. Wilson, you must admit that you doubted him and apologize to him seriously, otherwise God will not be able to tolerate it.

In addition, he was depressed because he could not go to the battlefield, and even Peggy's comfort did not make him feel better.

Because he knew that the purpose of the experiment had failed, Colonel Philip would not let him go to the battlefield.

Philip and the military certainly thought so.

What they need is an army of super soldiers, preferably a hundred thousand or a million people, and Steve is just the first test subject.

With this army, the United States can defeat the mustache, defeat the little Japan, defeat any enemy on the earth, and let the United States have only one voice in the world.

But now this dream is shattered.

Steve is only one person, and his demonstrated abilities are not enough to determine the direction of a war involving millions of people.

The military's plan would not stop because of a setback, so the SSS project was shelved and they began to prepare the '2 Weapon' plan, which was probably to strengthen humans through ancient Indian magic.

But this has nothing to do with the Strategic Science Corps, and Steve will be put on hold indefinitely like other experimental products.

If Steve was not a person, but a gun or something, they would put him in a box with a secret number and pile it into a warehouse in Washington to keep it forever.

There is also Deathstroke, there is no clue at all. Every time he appeared in the past, he seemed to suddenly appear in the city and then disappear instantly.

Deathstroke is indeed a fully formed super soldier, but it also proves from another aspect that his performance does not have the ability to influence a war.

Maybe the SSS plan was wrong from the beginning, and the United States should not compete with Germany on it.

Steve's request to go to the battlefield was rejected by Colonel Philip, and he was immediately at a loss, but at this time Senator Brandt, who had an extremely strong desire to survive, appeared.

In order to get rid of the political influence of his involvement with German spies, he needs Captain America to stand up and sell war bonds initiated by him to contribute to the country. This is a good way to clear his name.

But within a few days of the sale, an old man with a Russian-like name came to him with a large team of lawyers. On behalf of Wilson Enterprises, they declared his and the New York State government's infringement, and produced a full set of legal documents and lawyer's letters.

"What do you want?" The congressman was helpless. This was his last resort to save his political life.

The old man smiled and touched his hair: "Simple, let's discuss how to jointly promote Captain America and Wilson products..."