Han Yu patted Ultron on the shoulder, signaling him to follow, then headed straight for the place he remembered — Zola's secret hideout.
Finally, behind a bookshelf, they found a concealed door.
Ultron chuckled the moment he saw it."In a place already this hidden, they still built another door? They might as well put up a sign saying, 'There's something shady in here.'"
Han Yu couldn't help but smile. "You're not wrong," he thought. In that era, though, this kind of hidden door might actually have gone unnoticed — after all, they were commenting on it now with the perspective of people from the future.
He pushed the door open, revealing an elevator that led underground.No doubt, this was Zola's hideout.
They stepped inside, and as soon as the elevator doors opened at the bottom, a metal fist came crashing toward Han Yu's face.
"How dare you attack my boss!"
Ultron reacted instantly, catching the fist mid-air and countering with a kick that sent the attacker flying — giving the two of them room to step out.
Their assailant was a man clad in black tactical gear. A mask covered the lower half of his face, and even his eyes were smeared with dark paint. In broad daylight, it would've been impossible to recognize him.
"Hahaha! Didn't see that coming, did you?"Zola's voice boomed from a nearby computer. "This one's a surprise I prepared for you — he's not someone you'll find easy to deal with!"
Outside the elevator was a spacious room filled with computer equipment. Though ancient by modern standards, back then this would've been state-of-the-art.
"Huh… him?"
Han Yu's eyes lit up slightly when he saw the man with the metal arm. He wasn't unfamiliar with that iconic limb — it belonged to none other than the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes, Captain America's long-lost friend!
"So you dare attack us? Guess you're just asking for it. I'll make sure you regret that," Ultron said irritably, rolling his shoulders as if warming up.
Just as he was about to charge in, Han Yu's calm voice sounded beside him:
"Don't kill the one with the metal arm. Just subdue him."
"Understood."
Ultron didn't question him. In front of outsiders, he followed Han Yu's orders without hesitation.
"Oh, you like hand-to-hand combat, huh?" Ultron sneered. "Then I'll give you more than enough of it!"
He chose the simplest tactic — brute force. No fancy tricks, just overwhelming power.
With a stomp that left a deep footprint in the floor, Ultron launched himself at the Winter Soldier. His right hand morphed into a blade, slicing through the air toward Bucky's neck with a deadly whistle.
Bucky's battle instincts were razor sharp. He didn't panic — his metal arm shot up to block the strike.But the force behind Ultron's blow shocked him.
What strength! This isn't human power!
The sheer impact disrupted Bucky's stance and momentarily severed the neural link to his mechanical arm — something that had never happened before.
Ultron didn't give him time to recover.In that brief moment of shock, his other fist came crashing down into Bucky's abdomen.
Bucky's expression changed instantly — his body flew backward as if hit by a freight train, smashing through several computers before slamming into the floor.
It felt like his internal organs had all shifted out of place.He coughed violently, trying to stand, but every slight movement sent waves of pain shooting through his body. His abdomen throbbed so fiercely that he couldn't even rise.
Watching the defeated Winter Soldier on the ground, Ultron flexed his wrist and sighed, disappointed."Seriously? That's it? This is the Winter Soldier? I didn't even get a proper warm-up!"
Zola was utterly dumbfounded.He knew Bucky's strength — after all, he was the one who personally oversaw his transformation.
"Impossible! This can't be happening!"
Zola's digital voice roared in disbelief. The Winter Soldier was his last hope. There was no one else left to save him now. He had placed everything on Bucky — and Bucky had lost. Completely.
The Winter Soldier had carried out countless covert missions for Hydra. He was a super-soldier just like Captain America, and with his metal arm, his strength surpassed Steve Rogers.Someone like that shouldn't have been flattened by a single punch!
But Zola's data was decades out of date.He knew of Ultron, yes — but only as an event in history, not as a being.
He knew Ultron was mechanical, but he had no idea what kind of mechanical being he'd become.He assumed Ultron and the Winter Soldier were somewhat equal — both part metal, both enhanced.
He couldn't have been more wrong.
Ultron's current body was composed almost entirely of Uru metal.Forget Bucky's single prosthetic arm — even if he had ten of them and fought for a full day, he wouldn't leave a scratch.
"Sigh… and I thought this might be a real fight." Ultron shrugged. "Turns out you're all bark, no bite. Boring."
Without another word, he conjured a glowing green rope from his Lantern ring, binding the Winter Soldier tightly before tossing him toward Han Yu.Then he turned his attention to downloading Zola's data.
Zola, frantic, tried to send a command to Hydra — to launch missiles and obliterate the site.But his signals went nowhere.
A system built seventy years ago was no match for Ultron's current tech.
Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier struggled on the floor, but no matter how he twisted, the glowing rope didn't loosen in the slightest.
"Sergeant Barnes," Han Yu crouched beside him, watching him thrash like a tied-up shrimp. "Do you know who you really are?"
"I am the Winter Soldier. I will kill you!"
Bucky's voice was cold and mechanical, his body straining uselessly against the restraints.
"Wow," Han Yu said with mild amusement. "Hydra's brainwashing is pretty solid. You don't even flinch at your own name. Maybe it's a face issue?"
As he said that, a green glow shimmered over his face — his features morphing until Captain America's visage stared back.
"How about now?" he said dramatically. "Do you recognize me, Bucky? It's me — Steve."
At the sight of that familiar face, confusion flickered across the Winter Soldier's expression. His voice trembled slightly.
"Steve… that name… sounds familiar… I think I know that person… I think I know you…"
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