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[Frog] Chapter 250: Bucky Regains His Memories, Hydra Falls
🕑 Added 2024-12-31 16:14:47 +0000 UTCCaptain America let out a grunt as he collided with Bucky. The two powerful figures clashed like bulls locking horns, their bodies straining against each other.
Both were sent flying from the impact, only to lunge forward again, grappling fiercely. Captain America's immense strength forced Bucky to rely on his left arm, the only part of him capable of matching Steve’s power. As Captain America threw a punch, Bucky caught it with his mechanical arm.
Unbeknownst to Captain America, Bucky’s arm was equipped with an electric discharge function. The moment their hands connected, a jolt of electricity surged through Steve’s body, causing his arm muscles to spasm. But with sheer willpower, Captain America refused to let go of Bucky’s hand.
Bucky, astonished by Steve's resilience, delivered a mid-air kick to his chest, freeing his arm from Steve’s grip.
The two men stood facing each other, their breathing heavy, as the sound of the console behind Bucky signaled that the analysis was complete.
“What is that?” Steve demanded.
Bucky smirked coldly. “The Insight Program is finished. Soon, the helicarrier will unleash high-intensity molecular rays to eliminate every single one of them.”
Steve roared in anger and charged at Bucky. Time was running out—he had to stop him at any cost.
The helicarrier began to rotate as the forward hatch opened, revealing a circular device—the helicarrier’s deadliest weapon. It was even equipped with a nuclear warhead.
Bucky smashed the console with a single punch, extinguishing Steve’s last hope.
“Why are you doing this?!” Steve shouted, pinning Bucky to the ground. As they grappled, Steve noticed that Bucky’s mechanical arm was detachable. Seizing the opportunity, he used all his strength to remove the arm.
Bucky offered no resistance. His final directive from Pierce had been to carry out the Insight Program. Now that it was complete, he awaited his next command. But no new orders came. The absence of instructions triggered a sharp pain in Bucky’s mind.
Meanwhile, the helicarrier's hatch continued to open, and the nuclear warhead was being loaded into the launch chamber.
Steve tied Bucky up and rushed to the console in desperation, but even if the helicarrier were undamaged, he couldn’t stop the launch. The nuclear warhead’s blast radius was too vast—it would annihilate all of New York.
There was nowhere to escape.
Steve sank to the ground, defeated, his mind drifting to memories of the past.
Suddenly, Alan appeared beside the helicarrier. He had arrived at the S.H.I.E.L.D. base only to find the helicarrier gone, now floating in the depths of the upper atmosphere.
“This is… the Insight Program?”
Sensing the presence of the nuclear warhead, Alan recalled the scene from the Marvel Cinematic Universe where Tony Stark had sacrificed himself by carrying a missile into space. Though it was a fictional memory, it filled Alan with a heroic resolve.
Without hesitation, Alan sped toward the helicarrier, his figure like a flash of lightning.
As the nuclear missile detached from the launch chamber, a dark streak descended from the sky. Everyone on the ground saw the missile streaking downward like a line drawn between heaven and earth. Suddenly, a golden light appeared below it.
“Emperor!”
“That’s the Emperor!”
People caught sight of Alan’s figure. The two dark lines in the sky converged as Alan intercepted the missile and soared toward the atmosphere, carrying it with him. His speed increased, transforming him into a golden meteor launched from Earth into space.
Once far from Earth, the nuclear warhead exploded. People on the ground watched as countless rings spread across the sky, scattering the clouds.
Earth remained unharmed.
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