Some time later, Ivan Vanko, lying on the bed, slowly woke up, but his eyes were no longer defiant, only filled with fanatical devotion to HYDRA.
hail hydra!!
The first thing Ivan Vanko did after waking up was to pledge allegiance to HYDRA. Whitehall looked at Ivan, who was half-sitting on the bed, with satisfaction and congratulated him:
"Welcome to our ranks, Dr. Ivan."
"I will dedicate everything to the organization's grand ideals," Ivan Vanko said, looking at Whitehall with determined eyes.
The brainwashing was very successful. Whitehall sat on a chair at the foot of the bed and said to Ivan Vanko:
"The organization greatly needs your intelligence. Tell me, how can we combine individual armored suits with human modification?"
"That would require altering the organs of the test subjects, changing everything about them, and finally equipping them with an exoskeleton armor that they can never remove," Ivan Vanko blurted out everything he knew.
Seeing this, Whitehall was very pleased. He stood up and said to Ivan Vanko:
"Follow me. I will provide you with a place to realize your talents."
With that, Whitehall led Ivan Vanko out of the Villa and into HYDRA's largest experimental Base built in America.
Whitehall introduced Ivan Vanko to Dr. Stern and other scientists, adding another person to the brainwashed scientific team.
These scientists had no room for sentimentality. As soon as Ivan Vanko arrived at the experimental Base, he was pulled into research tasks.
At this moment, Whitehall's assistant, Sunil, walked over to him and whispered, "Dr., the test subject you requested has been sent over by Pierce."
"Good! I want to see him now!"
Whitehall's face lit up with joy, and then he strode briskly in another direction, not at all like an old man who had lived since World War II.
Soon, Whitehall saw a cryo-chamber. He directly wiped the frost off the chamber door with his hand, then saw the perfect physique inside.
"He truly is the last person to use the original Super Soldier Serum. This physique is even more beautiful than the enhanced humans created with the fourth-generation enhancement serum. His vitality hasn't diminished in decades. He is the best test subject besides Zero!"
Whitehall's gaze was like a lust-crazed fiend at a Victoria's Secret fashion show, even more covetous.
The original Super Soldier Serum, the prototype serum created by Dr. Erskine, most of which was used on Steve Rogers, ultimately created 'Captain America'.
Although Dr. Erskine was assassinated during the war, he still left behind a portion of the Super Soldier Serum, which, after some twists and turns, was finally injected into the man sealed in the cryo-chamber.
This man once had the codename 'Winter Soldier'. He was once a member of the Howling Commandos. Captain America would call him 'Bucky Barnes'.
Similar to his friend's fate, Bucky and Steve encountered an accident during a mission. Bucky fell from a moving train. The cold weather did not immediately kill Bucky; instead, it allowed him to wait for a group of people.
However, this group of people had no intention of reuniting Bucky with Steve, because they were HYDRA.
HYDRA imprisoned Bucky, brainwashed him, gave him a mechanical arm, and gave him a new name, 'Winter Soldier'.
As HYDRA's scientific technology grew stronger, the Winter Soldier's combat effectiveness became less important.
Properly utilized second-generation modified humans could absolutely overwhelm the Winter Soldier. Therefore, Whitehall requested Alexander Pierce to give him the Winter Soldier as a test subject. In return, Whitehall would provide Alexander Pierce with a complete team of third-generation modified humans.
"Dr., Mr. Pierce said you can use the Winter Soldier as you wish, but remember not to say certain specific words to him," Sunil reminded, looking at the email sent to him by Pierce's subordinate.
Hearing this, Whitehall became a little curious, "Interesting? What words?"
"Brooklyn, Comics, Steve, Howl—these are the forbidden words they mentioned. If the Winter Soldier hears them, he will temporarily lose control," Sunil said, looking at the file.
"Was the previous brainwashing surgery not thorough enough?" Whitehall asked.
"The Winter Soldier has undergone three brainwashing surgeries. Theoretically, he is a blank slate, but these keywords still make him uncontrollable," Sunil recited from the text.
Hearing this, Whitehall smiled slightly. He looked at the cryo-chamber and said brazenly to Bucky:
"What a touching friendship, Sergeant Bucky Barnes. Unfortunately, your good friend Steve Rogers has been killed by the people we sent out. The person who killed your friend thought he had eliminated a villain. Listen, what an interesting story, but unfortunately, you can't hear it."
In a place Whitehall could not see, Bucky, whose bodily functions were theoretically suspended, suddenly moved a finger, but the movement was too slight for Whitehall and his assistant to notice.
"Take him down and prepare for the modification surgery. Make him a modified human, just like Steve Rogers," Whitehall waved his hand, immediately deciding Bucky's future.
Sunil adjusted his glasses, operated on the tablet, and then asked Dr. Whitehall:
"Dr., what kind of modification surgery should we perform on the Winter Soldier?"
"Like his friend, choose the locust as the modification sample, and use him as the experimental platform for the third-generation modification surgery."
Ivan Vanko's Ark Reactor and exoskeleton armor? Add it!
Better materials than sub-Adamantium alloy? Add it!
Hulk blood? Add it!
It seems to be Strucker family's ancestral magic prosthetic limb? A slight modification and it can be added!
As long as it's new technology, it can be added!
...........
Meanwhile, at Three-Winged Carrier Headquarters
Former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Alexander Pierce was taking a very important call.
"Steve Rogers is dead?"
"Yes, we used the Avengers. Black Widow and Kamen Rider didn't know they executed the real Steve Rogers," Alexander Pierce said with trepidation.
The former S.H.I.E.L.D. Director's authority completely vanished before the You-Know-Who on the other end of the phone.
"Pierce, you've done very well," the You-Know-Who praised. "As for Black Widow and Kamen Rider, you must also find a way to eliminate them. You cannot let them realize the strangeness in this matter, understand?"
"Understood, Great Leader," Alexander Pierce said solemnly. "Do you have any other instructions?"
"Prepare to welcome the day our great ideal arrives. hail hydra!!"
"hail hydra!!"