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While he was fighting on the front lines, his wife became pregnant. Any British soldier with a brain would know what was going on. After asking around among the neighbors, he understood everything.

Some people with better relationships might be able to tolerate it, but most people definitely wouldn't.

"Hehe, just wait and see, this is only the beginning. Before long, the British will be in even more pain!" Josie said with a slight smile.

Josie also has no liking for the country that is the biggest troublemaker in human history—of course, he also has no sense of belonging to the United States or Austria.

But now, as one of the heads of Hydra and a member of the vested interests of the American financial group, it is only natural for Josie to create trouble for these two old-established powers.

This is also one of his main purposes for returning to Europe this time.

As for how to create trouble for these two countries, we'll naturally have to rely on the adorable bear on the other side of the German wall.

What is the German Wall?

It is, of course, the dividing line between the Allied-occupied territory and the Soviet-occupied territory.

The Berlin Wall from the original timeline no longer exists in this world because the European war ended without the Yalta Conference. Therefore, the Soviet Union, which stormed Berlin alone, also refuses to share Berlin with the Allies in this timeline.

Therefore, there is only one wall in the world that divides Germany in two – although it is called a wall, it is actually just a military demarcation line.

In addition, there was Bavaria, which was stolen by Austria.

The Allied occupation zone in Germany was much smaller than in the original timeline, especially the occupation zones allocated to Britain and France, which were smaller than Bavaria.

It's no wonder that the two countries are unhappy with Austria.

"When the leader takes action, it must be something extraordinary!" Upon hearing Josie's words, Herberman promptly offered a flattering remark.

Josie simply smiled and didn't say anything more. Just then, he caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye.

"Stop the car up ahead!" Josie ordered.

Without hesitation, the driver slowly brought the car to a stop.

Then Josie opened the door and got out of the car, walking towards the slightly melancholy figure standing on the side of the street.

The figure showed a slight hint of surprise when he saw Josie getting out of the car.

“Ms. Carter, it’s been a long time!” Josie greeted her.

That's right, the person Josie saw was Peggy Carter, whom he hadn't seen in a long time. This was also the first time he had seen Carter since Captain America went missing.

“Long time no see, Mr. Kahn. I didn’t expect to see you here. I heard you had returned to the United States!” Peggy Carter greeted him with a slight smile.

Although both are American billionaires, Carter clearly had a better impression of Josie, who had almost no scandals, compared to Howard Stark, who led a dissolute life—even though she and Howard were considered good friends.

“Yes, I went back and stayed for two months, spending time with my fiancée and two kids, and celebrating Christmas. I just arrived in London today!” Josie nodded.

Although Carter's figure could easily arouse Josie's fantasies, it was just that—fantasies. This woman was not so easy to control, and Josie didn't want to become a snake's head that would be chopped off because she couldn't control her lower body.

Therefore, there's nothing to hide about family matters; in fact, this side is more likely to leave a good impression on the other party—as the leader of Hydra, if he wants to infiltrate S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future, he will inevitably have to deal with one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"What? You have a child?" Carter was also very surprised to hear Josie's words.

As a military personnel who had also investigated Josie, she knew that while she wasn't very familiar with Josie's family situation, she was aware of her youth.

A 17-year-old billionaire has a child at such a young age, and he seems to have a very harmonious relationship with his fiancée.

Then compare that to the unreliable Howard Stark.

Just as Josie had predicted, Carter did indeed develop a positive image of valuing family.

"By the way, where are you headed?" Josie asked Carter.

“I just came from my brother’s house and am heading home, but apparently it’s not so easy to hail a taxi these days!” Carter said, shrugging as he looked down at the street.

“If there’s nothing else, how about we grab a bite to eat? Don’t get me wrong, I just happen to have something I want to talk to you about… well, about Steve!” Josie invited.

Two in one

Chapter 113 Key

A dozen minutes later, in the restaurant of the Ritz Hotel in London, Josie and Peggy Carter sat down facing each other.

The Ritz Hotel is considered one of the most upscale hotels in London at that time. It was built in 1904 and has a sister hotel in Paris with the same name.

However, both hotels now actually belong to Josie.

In addition to these two hotels, Josie is also acquiring high-end hotels in major cities in Europe and America, preparing to build a high-end international hotel chain group.

Firstly, this could be a good business in itself, and secondly, it could serve as intelligence stations that Josie had established around the world.

Of course, this is something Josie should keep to herself; there's no need to show off in front of Carter right now.

“Speaking of which, I haven’t thanked you for Bucky yet!” After settling down and ordering some food, Carter thanked Josie, “Bucky was probably the person Steve cared about most in the world, so Steve was always bothered by Bucky’s fall off the cliff. It’s just a pity that he will never see it.”

“There’s nothing to thank me for. Not only are Steve and I friends, but Bucky himself is our hero. As an American, this is what I should do!” Josie waved her hand and said.

“That’s true, after all, you are the compatriots!” Carter chuckled slightly upon hearing this. She then remembered that Josh, Steve, and Bucky, the three Americans, were the compatriots, while she, the Englishman, was the foreigner.

“And if we’re talking about the person Steve cares about most in this world, it might have been Bucky before, but now I think we have to add someone else!” Josie said with a knowing smile.

Carter smiled slightly but didn't speak. She naturally understood what Josie meant, but what was the point of saying these things now? The person was already gone.

"By the way, you said you wanted to talk to me about something related to Steve, what is it?" Carter asked, changing the subject.

“Ah, look at my memory, it’s really nothing big… it’s just this!” Josie reached into her pocket as if to take something out, but actually took an envelope from the system’s inventory and handed it to Carter.

"What is this?" Carter took it with some surprise, and when he opened it, he found a key inside.

“This is the key to Steve’s apartment in Brooklyn, New York!” Josh said.

"What? The key to Steve's apartment? How could that be?" Carter was very surprised.

“The reason is simple. This apartment was originally rented. Although Steve paid the full rent when he joined the army, after the news of his sacrifice reached the United States, the landlord used his name to prepare to auction it off at a high price. I happened to know about this, so I simply bought the whole building!” Josie explained casually. “Originally, I was going to give the keys to Bucky, but I ran into you on the street today, so I thought it might be good to give them to you!”

Josie wasn't lying to Carter when she said those things.

In her past life, Josie had read a lot of American comic book fanfiction, which often mentioned Captain America waking up and going back to his old mansion in New York to live, and so on.

However, judging from the beginning of Captain America 2, we can see that Captain America actually lives in Washington, D.C. ... Of course, it's also possible that he moved to Washington, D.C. after the events of Avengers 1.

However, it was with this thought in mind that Josh made a point of inquiring about the location of this legendary former US team residence during his previous trip to the council meeting, intending to go and take a look.

Although it sounds strange for a Hydra head to visit the former home of the Hydra Buster, Josie actually did it.

However, the information he received from Blackwater's henchmen revealed that the apartment had actually been rented since Captain America's parents' time.

Although Captain America's father was a World War I hero who died from mustard gas poisoning, Captain America greatly admired his father, which was one of the reasons why Captain America was determined to join the army.

However, after Josie learned more, she realized that while Captain America's father, Joseph Rogers, did indeed sacrifice himself, calling him a hero was pure nonsense.

Captain America's parents were Irish immigrants who came to the United States at the beginning of World War I.

Their life trajectory is actually very similar to that of Vito's parents; they both belonged to the extremely poor and had no money to buy a house.

Joseph, like Vito's father, could only do manual labor at the bottom of society to support his family, and even joined the local Irish gang.

However, as Steve's mother became pregnant, in order to earn more money and provide a slightly better living environment for the unborn Steve, she risked enlisting in the army...

When the U.S. military entered World War I, it was already late in the war, and the U.S. was just there to pick up the scraps. The entire country's army numbered only 300,000.

So four million were temporarily conscripted and sent to the front lines without much training.

Joseph arrived in Europe at the beginning of 2018, and then went to the battlefield for the first time in May. He was killed by mustard gas after firing only a few shots. Then in July, Captain America was born as his posthumous child.

If a soldier who is involved in organized crime, is an alcoholic, joined the army simply for money, and has no merit can be called a war hero, then that heroism is far too cheap.

Captain America's mother also idealized his father's image in order to create a role model for him.

All Joseph Rogers did was leave Captain America and his mother a sum of money as compensation.

But what Steve Rogers probably never knew was that the compensation money never actually reached his mother's hands.

Why? Because the US government defaulted on its debts.

Not only did they renege on the pensions of a large number of fallen soldiers, they also tried to renege on the wages of American soldiers from World War I... The wages of American soldiers from World War I were never paid after the war, which led to the famous "Pension March" incident when the Great Depression arrived!

In 1932, tens of thousands of World War I veterans marched to the Capitol to demand unpaid wages, but were met with a brutal crackdown by active-duty U.S. troops, resulting in the deaths of several veterans and two children (family members of the veterans), and injuries to thousands.

After it was all over, the US government still labeled these veterans who participated in the march as "red criminals."

However, there's an interesting story behind this.

Among the officers who led the suppression at the time were three prominent figures from World War II: Eisenhower, MacArthur, and Patton.

Eisenhower and Patton were relatively cautious in this matter and did not resort to violence at first.

However, the highest-ranking officer among the three at the time was not Eisenhower, but MacArthur.

Meanwhile, MacArthur was also the hardliner. He disregarded President Hoover's orders and forced Eisenhower and Patton to lead a violent crackdown on the marching veterans.

Quite coincidentally, among the marchers at the time was a rather special World War II veteran.

This person was Truman, the first US president after World War II.

The president was also a World War I veteran and a company commander.

So when the protests for unpaid wages took place, Truman, who was then a judge in Jackson County, Missouri, also participated with a group of his comrades.

As a result, he was nearly run over by tanks commanded by Michael Arthur in front of the Capitol.

In other words, the seeds of discord between Michael Arthur and Truman were sown at that time.

It was precisely because of the US government's default on its debts that Captain America was raised entirely by his mother, who worked alone.