Chapter 225 Behind the prosperity is blood and sweat!

Hearing Steve's emotion, Bucky said with a sigh on his face: "World peace? Maybe only the Umbrella Company can achieve it."

"To be honest, our chances of winning this war with the Skrulls are not high."

"Fury believes that in the future it is likely to evolve into a situation where humans and Skrulls jointly occupy the earth."

Hearing Fury's predictions about the future, Captain America frowned and said:

"Nonsense! If Fury hadn't been passively resisting the Umbrella Company, the situation wouldn't have developed to where it is today."

Bucky heard the words and echoed: "Fury just worries too much. If he had acted recklessly when the protective umbrella was still weak, the situation today might be very different."

Captain America said in a deep voice: "Don't regret the past, take the time to rest, the road to New York is still far away."

Afterwards, no one in the pickup truck continued to talk, only the low roar of the car engine.

After driving for five hours and covering 300 kilometers, Captain America and others finally arrived in Poughkeepsie, New York, at 4 p.m.

As soon as they entered this area, they discovered that the tall buildings on both sides of the road almost had signs of human activity.

This area is significantly more popular than other places in the United States.

Captain America and others could even see many ragged homeless people on the sidewalks on both sides of the street.

You must know that there are not many living creatures in New Jersey, let alone homeless people.

The prosperity of the Poughkeepsie area is obviously based on the strong deterrent power of the umbrella company.

Captain America, who came to this conclusion, cursed with sadness in his heart, "This damn world!"

The convoy of pickup trucks weaved through the busy streets of Poughkeepsie before finally stopping in front of a half-collapsed apartment building.

Captain America put on a simple disguise, wearing a peaked cap and black sportswear. After getting out of the car, he looked around.

"It's safe. Let's use this place as a temporary camp and find out the situation in this area first."

Bucky also wore a low-key gray jacket. He glanced at the half-collapsed apartment building and reminded:

"This is Umbrella's territory. Fury often sends agents here. We can get some basic information from them."

The agents in the other pickup trucks all changed into ordinary clothes as a cover. After getting out of the truck, they quickly walked towards the collapsed apartment building.

After confirming that there was no threat, the agents cleared the debris and debris in the apartment building to make room for a rest camp.

While taking out the satellite phone, he began to contact the Avengers' intelligence personnel in the area and asked them to send some basic supplies.

Seeing that these guys were all busy, Captain America said to Bucky: "These guys are all-rounders, they can set up the temporary camp, and we can go out for a walk?"

Hearing this, Bucky was slightly excited and said: "I just saw a bar on the road. As long as there is a boxing match, the winner will not only get 100 grams of gold bars, but also free drinks."

Captain America looked a little surprised and joked: "I guess this is all underground black boxing. I heard that there are even superpowers among the defenders. Are you sure you want to fight?"

It was already night, and in the slightly cold wind, the hazy moonlight stretched the two people's backs longer and longer.

The two chatted casually as they walked along the curb of the ruined apartment building toward the bustling night market in central Poughkeepsie.

"Didn't you say that you want to raise a fund to fund follow-up activities? This kind of boxing betting match is the most suitable for us."

"And this is a serious job. If you want to make money in today's world, apart from boxing matches, I can't think of any other way to make money quickly."

"As far as I know, this kind of boxing betting match is controlled by gangs. It's okay to make a quick buck. If you do it frequently, you might be targeted."

"It would be better to have someone to keep an eye on. If we kill those gang members, we might be able to extract more money."

"Bucky, I have a bottom line and will not do such rogue things like fishing for law enforcement."

"Steve, most of the people in this area have had blood on their hands to some extent. Are you still pedantic enough to want to reason with them?"

"I just don't want to use side tactics. Many times the bottom line is breached, and it's difficult to make up for it."

"How can we make money without some tricks? No, there are people from the Osborne Group over there who are recruiting volunteers for human experiments. How about we sign up?"

Hearing that the Osborn Group was recruiting volunteers, Captain America paused and said solemnly: "Does the Osborn Group still want to do what the Green Goblin did?"

Bucky stopped and said, "Isn't this obvious? In this world, any force with some capital will engage in private militia."

The two stopped on the side of the street.

Looking across the street, there were more than twenty armed mercenaries setting up an open-air stall, with two high-power searchlights providing bright light.

A sign recruiting paid volunteers was also erected around the stall.

There were about two to three hundred ragged homeless people queuing up for consultation and medical examinations.

Two doctors sent by the Osborne Group sat behind a few simple tables and took blood samples and tests with expressionless faces.

There were five or six female nurses nearby to help, allowing the homeless man to check various items before trying out the equipment.

Under the eager gazes of the surrounding mercenaries and the dark muzzles of their guns.

No one dared to cause trouble or take advantage of the female nurse.

Because those who dared to stretch out their evil hands have turned into corpses, lying on the street more than ten meters away.

Bucky looked at the female nurses in white coats across the street with interest and couldn't help but whistle a few times.

"Tsk tsk. That blond girl is not bad, she has a standard body shape."

Although these female nurses look ordinary, Bucky has never even held a girl's hand since he escaped from Hydra's mind control.

Now he sees that it's a woman, not to mention average-looking, even if it's a sow, he's ready to make a move.

Captain America shook his head and laughed: "It seems that after you got rid of the mind control, you became the same person you were before. I remember that you liked to go to bars to pick up girls."

Bucky couldn't help but rub his hands. In the cold night, it was like a fire was burning in his heart.

"You've been standing there for so long. You don't just want to take a look, right?"

As the person who knows Captain America best, Bucky can tell at a glance that he has ideas about the Osborn Group.

Captain America stared at the opposite side and said with a gradually serious tone: "I plan to get rid of the Osborne Group, so that I can have start-up funds."

Bucky looked surprised: "Aren't you a moral freak? You have often condemned Tony and the others before for this kind of robbing the rich and giving to the poor."

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Captain America shook his head and explained: "Who told you that I have mysophobia? I just don't want to be a wanton law enforcer."

Bucky smiled contemptuously, "You mean the process should be correct? Let the police catch the bad guys, the courts try the bad guys, and then the prisons lock up the bad guys?"

Captain America sighed and explained: "During that time, Tony and the others just rashly robbed the rich and gave to the poor after a simple investigation."

"Let's not say whether they will hurt innocent people, but they often rob the property and leave the mess behind."

"You must know that although many consortium forces have done a lot of bad things, the safe zones and shelters they established have at least stabilized order."

"When these consortium forces find that their wealth has disappeared, they will definitely guess that the Avengers did it."

"They don't dare to retaliate against the Avengers, but they will definitely make more money crazily."

"As a result, it is the ordinary people who are unlucky in the end, and the conglomerate forces squeeze ordinary people to death."

"In the end, the insensitive ordinary people were forced to a desperate end. Some of the brave ones starved to death, while the brave ones turned to crime."

"So, I have always been disgusted with Tony and the others who only rob money and don't care about the subsequent actions."

Bucky's expression became even more disdainful as he said, "You are too naive. According to you, it would be better to be the biggest gang leader."

"Like Kingpin, the underworld emperor in this area, he set rules and scraped the oil and grease at every level, so that the people at the bottom could barely survive, but they had to be squeezed by the upper-level managers all day long."

"Do you think this is right? Do you want the Avengers to become the underworld emperors of the world? Or are you just an idealist?"

Captain America was stunned by the question and replied gloomily: "To be honest, the prosperity of this area is not even comparable to that of Europe!"

"Sometimes I feel that the leaders of European countries are useless. They can't even do things that a gang leader can do well."

Bucky shook his head and said: "This kind of social management problem is very complicated. You only see the prosperity of this area, but you don't see the cruelty behind it."

"You must know that behind prosperity is blood and sweat..."

"What's more, there are at most a few million people in this area, and there are hundreds of millions in Europe. The difficulty of management is naturally different."

"I remember that you were also a leader. When the Revenge Army almost occupied the entire United States, didn't you encounter management troubles at the beginning?"

Captain America was stunned and replied: "In the beginning, I left management matters to people I trusted. I just need to know how to fight."

Bucky sneered and said, "No wonder you would ask such innocent questions. You must know that the easiest thing to do bad things in troubled times is compassion. Think about it yourself."

At this time, the people from the Osborne Group across the street seemed to be preparing to leave.

The tall and muscular mercenaries held guns and directed more than a hundred volunteers to get on the military transport truck.

Seeing this scene, Captain America's face turned serious, "Okay, I don't want to discuss social issues anymore."

"Follow them later and find Osborne's base camp. Remember to notify the dozens of agents and prepare to clean up the battlefield."

"Okay." Bucky took out a walkie-talkie from his jacket pocket and informed the temporary camp.

Ten minutes later, Cap and Bucky 'borrowed' a motorcycle under the cover of night.

Follow Osborne's five military transport trucks all the way to the outskirts of Poughkeepsie.

The Osborne Group transformed a large abandoned farm into a crude camp for human experimentation.

After the two of them watched the military truck drive into the iron gate of the farm, Bucky raised his eyebrows and said:

"At most, this is just a stronghold of the Osborne Group. Should we attack directly or continue to do what we do next?"