Chapter 651:
"Agent Grant Ward, you know I told my friend about you and he became very interested in you. According to him you are much more interesting than even the Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes that I handed over to him." Kenichi said
"What! Seargent Bucky Barnes was Winter Soldier?" Coulson exclaimed in shock, as a history buff and Captain America fan how is possible for him to not know who Bucky Barnes is.
"Who is Bucky Barnes and Why are you comparing him with Ward?" asked Fitz while Grant Ward himself was trying to squeeze out from the circle to get away but Kenichi grabbed him by the shoulder to stop him from moving.
" James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes is a World War II veteran, former officer of the 107th Infantry Regiment and the best friend of Steve Rogers since childhood. Barnes had enlisted into the Army following the attack on Pearl Harbor and was assigned to the 107th in 1943. His unit was captured by HYDRA, where Barnes was injected with the Super Soldier Serum by Arnim Zola. Barnes was rescued by Rogers, who had become Captain America. Barnes and Rogers then formed the Howling Commandos to battle Red Skull's forces. However, during the attempt to finally capture Zola in the Austrian Alps, Barnes was caught up in the ambush and plummeted hundreds of feet. As no body was recovered, Barnes was presumed deceased and honored as a hero who died in service to his country." explained Agent Coulson
"So that's it but are you saying he is still alive? And he was the winter Soldier" Agent Hand asked as she had also heard about the ghost story of Winter Soldier the assassin whose assassination has stretched for decades.
Unbeknownst to his team, Barnes' enhanced abilities allowed him to survive the fall, albeit with the loss of his left arm. Once he was found by the Soviet Armed Forces and HYDRA, Barnes was brainwashed and armed with a new cybernetic arm in order to become their operative, known as the Winter Soldier. Over the next fifty years, he would eliminate anyone who posed any kind of threat to HYDRA, including Howard Stark and his wife, Maria. Between all assassination missions, Winter Soldier would be put back into a cryogenic stasis to ensure his longevity. In 2014, Winter Soldier was ordered by Alexander Pierce to kill Nick Fury, in order to ensure that all Pierce's schemes with Project Insight could go ahead. However, Winter Soldier was challenged by Steve Roger and I already knew about him so I captured him and sent him to my friend Niijima who is an expert of sort in Brainwashing." Kenichi explained
"Wait! You said your friend was more interested in Grant Ward then the Winter Soldier does that mean..." although Coulson didn't complete his sentence but everyone understood him mean and looked at Ward with eyes full of meaning.
"What are you talking about I am not brainwashed?" Grant said as he jerked his shoulder to get away from Kenichi's grip who let the guy go as he also wanted to see his acting.
"Sir, I have been with the team for more than 6 months. You know I am perfectly normal and not brainwashed at all." Grant Ward said.