At the same time, after Tony handed over the follow-up to the airport battle, he received a file from Knight.
Looking at the information, it introduced a Sokovia special forces colonel named Herbert Zemo.
He had killed a psychiatrist, then pretended to be the doctor to get in touch with the arrested Bucky.
There was also the entire process of the man driving off, putting on Bucky's facial mask, and planting the explosives outside the United Nations.
Finally, there were North Pole coordinates, which indicated that it used to be the Hydra base where the Winter Soldiers were manufactured.
When Tony saw this, he immediately took off and headed straight for the North Pole.
While he was in the air, he sent a communication link to Knight.
A moment later, the communication connected, and Tony asked, "You knew all along. Why didn't you tell me in advance?"
Luke said calmly, "Will you stop fighting if I tell you?"
Tony opened his mouth, but realized that he had nothing to say.
The root cause of the Avengers' split this time was a disagreement on the basic route, and external pressure was just a catalyst.
The same thing happened to the Bat Squad, because no one from the top to the bottom wanted to deal with the authorities.
Looking at the tycoon's aggrieved expression, Luke sighed. "If I had to take a side, everyone on my side would've sided with Steve, so I didn't show up."
Tony was even more speechless when he heard that.
The essence of the Sokovia Accords was that superheroes were required to accept official leadership, which was completely at odds with Knight's basic principles.
As the chief superhero of the "anti-official leader," Knight would be going easy on Tony if he didn't help Steve.
At that time, Tony would become one of the "very few" superheroes.
In many cases, "very few" were equivalent to traitors.
The authorities and bystanders weren't the only ones paying attention to the Avengers' split this time.
PDD, the Justice Alliance, New SHIELD, and Afterlife, which had a large number of extraordinary members, were the silent majority.
The Dark Knight had already made it clear that he wouldn't get involved, and the others who wanted to take advantage of the situation to stir up trouble didn't have the chance.
The leaders of the various agencies had also reached an agreement with Knight in private to restrain their subordinates from getting involved.
At the same time, they were keeping a close eye on their internal affairs.
Those who jumped out after the leader had given the order weren't necessarily bad people, but they were definitely unstable factors.
Arrangements must be made for such personnel, whether it was a transfer or a transfer. In short, they must not be given the opportunity to enter the leadership and create internal conflicts.
Even if Tony lost this time, at most, he would be labeled as someone who "failed in his bid to become the leader of the Revival Alliance". He would not be labeled as a sinner who "caused a great schism among the superhumans".
It could be said that, in order to help his "technology manufacturing machine," Luke had already done his best to limit the Avengers to internal matters.
However, he had no idea what the final outcome would be. He could only hope that the arrogant young master could walk out on his own.
Looking at Tony's gloomy expression, Luke sighed inwardly. "You'd better come quickly. It's best if you and Steve can talk things out in person."
Tony didn't realize the meaning behind these words. He just casually hummed and hung up the communication.
Could it be that I really did something wrong? He wanted it so badly. Why else wouldn't Bruce support me?
For a moment, the thought of retirement that he had been suppressing for the past two years surfaced again.
He was now approaching fifty years old. He had a wife and a daughter. When he had nothing to do, he could still study alien technology.
The Justice Alliance and the New S.H.I.E.L.D. were gradually growing, and the Avengers didn't need to shoulder all the pressure on their own shoulders.
It seemed that he really had to talk to Steve calmly. If that didn't work, the Avengers could only learn from the Justice Alliance and go into semi-stealth mode.
With his thoughts in a mess, Tony landed at the entrance of the base.
Looking at the Quinjet parked not far from the entrance, he knew that he was in the right place.
Entering through the open iron gate of the base, he saw Steve and Bucky, who were stealthily advancing ahead.
Tony lightly knocked on his armor, which made a very subtle clinking sound.
Steve and Bucky turned their heads in unison, and when they saw that it was him, they were a little surprised.
Tony opened his visor and slowly walked over. "Knight sent me some information. I know that Barnes was framed by Herbert Zemo."
The two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, fighting with Tony was a very troublesome matter.
It was difficult to break his defense, and he couldn't kill him ruthlessly. It would be best if he could clear up the misunderstanding.
Tony didn't pay much attention to Bucky. He didn't have a good impression of the guy. He just looked at Steve. "After we catch Zemo, I want to talk to you alone."
Steve nodded. "Okay."
After a few simple words, Tony and Steve, old comrades, returned to the front line and quickly made their way into the base.
Behind them, Luke looked at a Wakanda fighter jet that was rapidly descending in the southern sky, and couldn't help but shake his head as he walked into the base.
Non-Chief T 'Challa had also arrived.
T 'Chaka, the father of the Wakandan prince, had gone to the United Nations to speak because of the death of eight Wakandan citizens in the Grass incident.
Just in time for the big explosion that Zemo had caused to frame Bucky, T 'Chaka had suffered a severe head injury and almost died on the spot.
Natasha, who was present, knew about some of Tony's private deals with Wakanda, and immediately used a small dose of Life One to save T 'Chaka's life.
However, the old king's brain had suffered some irreversible damage. Although he wasn't paralyzed, he would have to retire early.
Naturally, T 'Challa wasn't willing to let go of the murderer who had almost killed his father, so he chased after Bucky, who had been framed, for a few rounds before joining Tony's team to fight at Berlin Airport.
Now, naturally, Luke had sent him the truth in the name of a knight.
It was a suitable choice to leave Zemo to Tchara.
This time, Natasha had saved the old king of Wakanda, and Luke had given the murderer to T 'Challa in exchange for removing the Mind Gem from the Vision's head.
Wakanda was still in seclusion. Without these two favors, it would definitely be another year or two before they could retrieve the gem.
Luke didn't want to waste time like this. It was better to use favors.
While he was thinking, Tony and the other two had already met up with Zemo.
Unlike what they had imagined, Zemo didn't have any intention of activating the hibernating winter soldiers in this base at all. Instead, he directly blew up the heads of the hibernating winter soldiers.
He stood behind the observation window and openly revealed the reason why he had framed Bucky.
Zemo's family was one of the unlucky ones.
During the Sokovia incident, his home outside the city hadn't collapsed, but it had been affected when the Altron scattered the robots in the end. His father, wife, and daughter had all died.
Zemo wasn't a schemer. He was just a living dead who had no hope of survival other than revenge.
And he had come for Bucky because Bucky had enough secrets to split the Avengers.
As Zemo played a video from December 16, 1991, at 7 p.m., Tony's expression gradually changed.
Looking at the blurry mosaic of a car crashing heavily on the side of the road, he felt a sense of familiarity that came from the depths of his memory.
When he saw a white-haired old man struggle to open the car door and climb out of the driver's seat, Tony suddenly remembered everything — this was a video of his parents dying in a car accident.
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