"Bucky! He's from HYDRA!" Sam yelled.
Bucky was also surprised, and he immediately charged with his vibranium arm.
Klang!
His mechanical arm hit the shield. The powerful shockwave pushed Bucky back. Although vibranium absorbed kinetic energy, his body weight wasn't enough to withstand the impact. He was sent flying. Kurohane then caught Sam's kick, a kick that sent Proxima Midnight flying in Avengers: Infinity War. He imitated the Hulk's moves, swung Sam, and then slammed him hard into the ground!
BAM!
Fortunately, the ground was soft. Sam wasn't seriously injured, but he didn't have the superhero serum. The shock from the impact was enough to leave him unable to move.
Kurohane released Sam's ankle and rubbed his sweat-free forehead. "Oh my god. It's a good thing I'm a little stronger than you guys, otherwise, I could have died at the hands of you two!"
Sam and Bucky could only lie on the ground, speechless. "This is so annoying!"
Feeling the power of the Phoenix in his body cheering, Kurohane grinned. "Don't you two have any brains? Just attacking without knowing anything? Just because I'm holding a shield with a HYDRA logo, I'm a HYDRA agent?"
"Then... then who are you?" Sam asked. He couldn't move.
"I used to be a HYDRA agent, infiltrating S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Then where did you get that vibranium shield?"
"I found it in a warehouse, Steve Rogers, the former captain of HYDRA, is dead..."
"You're full of crap! I will never allow you to insult Steve!" Bucky tried to get up, grabbed a tree with his vibranium arm, and smashed it toward Kurohane, not caring if it would hit Sam. The action had already become his instinct as the Winter Soldier.
But a black energy ball appeared in Kurohane's hand. He pressed it against the tree trunk, and the trunk instantly turned to ash in the air.
Sam and Bucky were shocked. They thought Kurohane was just a close-range fighter. But now he looked like a wizard on the level of Strange!
"To be honest, you two can't win. Instead of fighting, let's have a good chat." Kurohane put away his shield to show he had no ill will. "The shield does belong to Steve, the captain of HYDRA, but I never said Steve from this universe was the captain of HYDRA."
"You're not from our universe?" Bucky looked at him strangely. He knew there were people who could travel through time, like the Avengers who went to the past through the Quantum Realm.
"Yes, I'm certainly not from your universe. But I'm very familiar with your world. Because of the Avengers' arbitrary actions, they took the Infinity Stones from my world. That's why my universe is different from the main timeline."
"So your world was destroyed? Are you here for revenge?" Sam asked.
Kurohane sneered. "If I had bad intentions, I wouldn't have just made you immobile. With the power I used just now, if I had used more, you would have been minced meat!"
Bucky and Sam remembered the moment they were slammed. They realized Kurohane's strength was just right, just enough to incapacitate them without harming them. This proved two things. First, Kurohane had no ill intentions. Second, his power was far above theirs.
"So, what are you actually doing here?"
"My world's timeline was changed, and I got a power that ordinary people can't have. With great power comes great responsibility. So I came to save your universe," Kurohane said. He explained about the chaotic spatial fluctuations and the collision of parallel universes. If there was anything strange, it would definitely be the Falcon and Winter Soldier duo who would get involved.
The two were silent. Their mission was only to track down the super soldier serum. Kurohane now brought a much bigger crisis. This was not something they could handle. "Sorry, we really don't have the ability to handle this," Sam said in embarrassment.
"No, no, I don't expect you to help," Kurohane replied in a casual tone. His words felt like a knife stab. "To be honest, I'm not optimistic about your mission this time. You two will definitely fail." The second knife appeared.
"But I agree with you, that guy named John Walker, I don't think he can be Captain America. Your vision is correct." This time it wasn't a knife, they felt better.
"But Steve's vision is much better than yours! Sam! You are the best candidate to be the new Captain America! And don't listen to Bucky, if you have the serum, you'd better take it quickly! Otherwise, you'll regret it later!"
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