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His plan involved not walking away. It was only because T'Challa followed Steve and Bucky, and stopped Zemo from committing suicide, that Zemo is still alive.

That, in turn, was because Zemo had no idea that T'Challa existed, or that killing the ruler of a tiny, inconsequential African country could have had any unforeseen ramifications. This also argues very strongly that Black Panther was unknown outside of Wakanda before this time, at least in the MCU, since otherwise Zemo probably would have picked a different day to bomb the UN.
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Yes I know, I said as much. But given the level of scheming he was acting on I don't think it would be unreasonable for him to have a backup plan for if he survived.