Chapter 27 – Winston
[July 1943: Based on your previous hypothesis, you exposed the Vampire Monkey to Vita Ray radiation. The experiment was a success—the monkey survived the injection of the Super Soldier Serum. Its strength and agility increased drastically, its body grew to nearly two meters tall, and, most surprisingly, its intelligence surged as well. The symptoms of bloodlust disappeared, and within a short time, it even learned human language well enough to hold brief conversations. You named it Winston. It sees you as its father and is fiercely loyal to you.]
[August 1943: Winston's intelligence grew rapidly. Perhaps the claim that the Super Soldier Serum can raise brain usage to 100% was true. Within just a month, it had fully mastered human language and could converse with you fluently. It even began assisting you with experiments. With its help, you finally made up your mind to inject yourself with the Super Soldier Serum.]
[September 1943: After exposure to the Vita Ray, you administered the injection and survived. The results were dramatic. Tests showed that your strength and agility had tripled, with even more room for improvement. Your mind had never been sharper. You took a Mensa IQ test and scored 168—8 points higher than Einstein. Astonishingly, Winston scored 170.]
[November 1943: With Winston's assistance, you further refined the Super Soldier Serum. At 30% dilution, it reached the point where it could be directly injected. You locked the highest-quality sample in a safe. (You obtained the item: Super Soldier Serum.)]
[Late November 1943: The leaders of the Soviet Union, the United States, and the United Kingdom held a conference in Tehran, the capital of Iran. The resulting Tehran Declaration announced plans to eliminate Nazi Germany, with the three nations agreeing to cooperate toward post-war peace. Captain America finally left his days of selling war bonds behind and headed to the European front. As a key figure in Rebirth Project and the most renowned scientist of the day, you were also summoned to join the Strategic Scientific Reserve and head to the front lines.]
[December 1943: You took Winston with you to the European front and introduced him as your assistant. His presence caused some panic at first, but the kind and intelligent Winston quickly won everyone over. Just two weeks later, his combat abilities had already surpassed Captain America's, and it was only natural that he joined the Howling Commandos under Steve Rogers.]
[January 1944 – August 1944: After the Strategic Scientific Reserve joined the battlefield, German forces began retreating on several fronts. Without the Tesseract, even Red Skull and HYDRA couldn't stop the Howling Commandos' advance. Your exceptional combat skills and leadership made you stand out on the battlefield, and you gradually assumed command of the Strategic Scientific Reserve.]
[September 1944 – March 1945: Under your command, the Strategic Scientific Reserve successfully captured Arnim Zola, HYDRA's chief scientist and mastermind. Using Zola's intelligence, you repeatedly thwarted HYDRA's plans. During the war, you came to understand through Steve Rogers that human intelligence and courage could overcome any limit. A deep friendship formed between you.]
[May 8, 1945: Thanks to the efforts of countless brave individuals, Germany surrendered. On August 6 and 9, the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japan announced its unconditional surrender, bringing an end to World War II.]
[November 1945: You witnessed the marriage of Steve Rogers and Peggy Carter. As a wedding gift, you gave them two vials of serum that could slow aging.]
[December 1945: The Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One, appeared before you, warning that your actions had created a divergence in the multiverse and new parallel universes had formed. All you could do was chuckle—what else could you do?]
[1945–1946: You and Winston became household names in America. After returning home, you helped establish the Strategic Scientific Reserve's secret headquarters and renamed the organization to the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division. You became its first director, but in truth, it operated as a one-man show. Some began referring to the organization as S.T.A.R.S. (Legend +1).]
[1947–1948: In the post-war period, you grew even closer to Albert Einstein. With the lure of the Tesseract and the anti-aging serum, he agreed to join your efforts. Together, you began secret research on the Cube. Meanwhile, your company, Starlight, grew rapidly, particularly in the field of integrated circuits. Under your leadership, industry giants John Bardeen and Brattain worked on CMOS technology. Today, over 95% of integrated circuit chips are based on CMOS.]
[1949: At your invitation, Dr. Zola also joined the Tesseract research team. With him, yourself, Einstein, and excluding Howard Stark, the world's four greatest minds were now working together.]
[1952: Your research on the Tesseract finally yielded results. You extracted an isotope from the Cube—an incredibly powerful energy source with limitless potential. It would one day be used by Iron Man to replace palladium in his arc reactor. Unfortunately, the current technology couldn't yet synthesize this element—not even a time traveler like you could make it happen. For now, it had to be shelved.]
[1953: You built a library beside your mansion. No matter how busy you were, you always made time to read.]
[1953–1960: Over these years, you registered more than 140 patents, including groundbreaking inventions such as the personal computer. Starlight's scale had already far surpassed Stark Industries.]
[1961: After five years of hard work, you, Einstein, and Winston built the first Arc Reactor. Its energy output reached 2 billion joules per second. It could power Starlight's energy needs and would later serve as the core for Iron Man's suit.]
[1968: Your 1941 invention of the transistor earned you a Nobel Prize in Physics.]
[1970: You stepped down as director of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, appointing Steve Rogers as your successor. Though reluctant, he accepted the role.]
[1972: You began stepping back from day-to-day operations at Starlight, though you still held 85% of the company's shares.]
[1975: Despite the anti-aging serum, your friend Einstein passed away. Even so, he had lived a remarkably long life.]
[1983: You resumed efforts to synthesize the Tesseract isotope, though it would be a long and difficult process in this era of limited technology. That same year, Dr. Zola approached you with a request—to become a vampire in order to extend his life. You granted it.]
[1999: Your old friend and rival, Howard Stark, passed away. His 29-year-old son, Tony Stark, took over Stark Industries. You sensed that a new and chaotic era was on the horizon.]
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