"Captain, it's your turn for this question. If you have made a judgment, you can answer," Nick Fury said to Captain America while glancing at the big screen.
"I choose A, Nick Fury!"
Captain America didn't hesitate too much. After a brief moment of contemplation, he gave his answer.
"[INCORRECT ANSWER!]"
But immediately after, the system's prompt made everyone present freeze.
The answer wasn't A?
"[RESPONDENT STEVE ROGERS WILL BE PUNISHED BY THE REMOVAL OF HIS SHOOTING PROFICIENCY. EXECUTION IMMINENT!]"
With this system prompt, Captain America suddenly felt as if something was missing from his body.
He carefully recalled and found that all his knowledge related to shooting had completely disappeared.
He couldn't recall it anymore.
"This… it actually happened?"
After carefully sifting through his memories, Captain America's face showed extreme shock.
If he had harbored some doubts about the quiz system before, now there wasn't even a tiny bit left.
Instantly erasing specific memories from a person's mind—this was something only God could do!
Iron Man and Nick Fury were both veterans of the quiz and were not surprised by Captain America's punishment, nor did they pay much attention.
Instead, they continued to focus on the question.
"Clearly, we must have missed some crucial points. What could they be?" Nick Fury, his single eye fixed on the big screen, began to ponder.
"We must have overlooked something." Iron Man also fell into deep thought, replaying his previous reasoning.
"Nick Fury, your analysis just now sounded fine, but it seems to apply to any high-level assassination agent."
"But the Winter Soldier, he's not just a high-level agent; he's also a super soldier! We didn't consider the Winter Soldier's identity."
"Besides that, have we missed anything else?"
At this point, Iron Man looked at Nick Fury, who was deep in thought and added, "According to Romanoff, the Winter Soldier has been active for fifty years."
"Active for fifty years..." Iron Man murmured a few times, then his eyes suddenly lit up. "Nick Fury, doesn't that mean the Winter Soldier is from the same era as the Captain?"
Although the Winter Soldier was masked, not all of his face was covered; the part above his nose was exposed.
He also had a head of glossy black long hair.
His apparent age looked to be around thirty or forty, and combined with Black Widow's words, it wasn't difficult to deduce the Winter Soldier's approximate age.
"A super soldier, from the same era as the Captain. Nick Fury, you're in intelligence; can you piece together any useful information?" Iron Man asked Nick Fury seriously.
"We can try to go through it from the beginning," Nick Fury nodded, his face serious.
"Based on our previous analysis, to get information on the Winter Soldier, we would inevitably have to confront the organization behind him."
"And because of that, at first, we all thought the answer was me, but there's another situation we didn't consider."
"I'm just a commander!"
"The people who actually carry out the mission wouldn't be me, and considering the Winter Soldier is a super soldier, it's highly likely I would also deploy super soldiers."
Iron Man and Captain America were both quick-witted individuals. When Nick Fury spoke to this point, they already understood what he meant.
"So... Captain America, or me, would be the ones on the front lines carrying out the mission! We enhanced individuals are meant to deal with the Winter Soldier."
"And to counter us enhanced individuals, the other side would definitely send out the Winter Soldier, so there's a high probability that we would directly engage with the Winter Soldier."
Iron Man took over Nick Fury's words and continued to elaborate. After reaching this point, he glanced at Nick Fury and Captain America. "Then what? Defeated and captured the Winter Soldier? Interrogated him about his identity?"
"It's almost impossible to get someone like the Winter Soldier to talk," Captain America shook his head.
"What's more, the Winter Soldier might not even be captured," Iron Man shrugged, looking helpless. "So, we've hit a dead end again."
"The possibility of getting him to talk is, of course, slim, and the Winter Soldier might not necessarily be captured. However, Captain, you are from the same era as the Winter Soldier!"
Nick Fury suddenly remembered something and said with sparkling eyes.
"So?"
"So... whether or not the Winter Soldier is defeated isn't important. What's important is that during the encounter with the Winter Soldier, Captain, you discovered some clues unique to your era."
"Then, Captain, you used those clues to eventually deduce the Winter Soldier's identity."
Holy cow!
This was truly a forced but clever explanation.
Iron Man and Captain America were stunned, and they couldn't help but admire Nick Fury. He truly lived up to his reputation as the head of an intelligence agency; his imagination was indeed remarkable.
Although this deduction sounded a bit too coincidental, it also had to be said that it was logically sound.
Moreover, it took into account all of the Winter Soldier's key "tags," and from this perspective, it was even more reliable than the first deduction.
After all, the first deduction was not comprehensive, only considering the Winter Soldier's high-level agent tag and overlooking the super soldier and era background tags.
"So... the answer to this question is actually B?" Captain America hesitated, looking at Nick Fury, then at Iron Man.
"As of now, do we have any other options?" Iron Man was quite open-minded.
Although option B sounded a bit coincidental, it was at least derived from analysis and had a certain degree of rationality.
"So, who's going to answer?" Nick Fury also glanced at the two, seeking their opinions.
"You analyzed this question, and we've already completed one round, so why don't you answer, Nick Fury?" Iron Man suggested.
Captain America naturally had no objection to this.
"I choose B, Captain America!"
Nick Fury didn't stand on ceremony and stated his answer to the big screen.
"[CORRECT ANSWER!]"
Immediately after, the sound of the quiz system echoed through the scene.