Chapter 1026 Differences and Ghostly Opponents
Tony Stark took a deep breath and did not tell Pepper what was going on in Budapest outside the TV camera. Now Hungary has entered a state of martial law, almost all opposition parties have been thoroughly cleaned, and many unknown secret transactions have surfaced. For a moment, the influence of the Orban government has expanded unprecedentedly, and even reached the point where the constitution can be amended and implemented authoritarianism. In fact, many opposition parties were executed on the spot without trial, and the opposition parties who tried to escape from Hungary were also imprisoned under the joint pursuit of Latovinia and Hungary.
But those news were strictly blocked and only a few people could know that Tony Stark learned of this situation through the relationship between the Ministry of Defense, which completely fell into the abyss of pessimism. He knew that Salomon had extremely powerful military projection and beheading operations. The only thing he didn't understand was why Salomon was so anxious - the alien fleet was still a distance from the earth, and countries around the world still had time to cooperate. But if NATO started military operations, then no one in the world could stop Salomon from attacking the heads of countries and the powers of various financial groups in the world, completely putting Europe and even the United States in a terrible situation of disorganization.
"Congress asked the Avengers to stop him and buy time for NATO's military force, and then I could die," he said. "I know Salomon, and anyone who is in his way will die, even me. I... I have never seen him fight so much, and this is certainly not that simple."
The atmosphere in the Avengers base was very dull. Except for the personnel hired to provide basic peripheral services, other former S.H.E.L.D. agents who were more or less involved in intelligence work all felt the signs of the coming of storm. Twenty minutes ago, the Secretary of State's car drove into the Avengers base, and the Secret Service personnel replaced the security work of the Avengers agents. After that, some Avengers entered the conference room and have not come out yet. Even Agent Maria Hill, who was in charge of directing their operations, stood at the door with his arms in his arms, as if there was a nuclear bomb in the conference room that could explode at any time.
Any former S.H.E.L.D. agents who follow international news can almost guess the reason. These agents experienced the Hydra rebellion and were wanted by law enforcement across the United States. Finally, they were whitewashed after review. The current Avengers base is their only place to stay. No former S.H.E.D. agents hope that the organization will be disbanded, which will only put them in jail. They know the interrogation methods of the US intelligence agencies, and they have done similar things themselves. They all know that their anti-interrogation courses cannot provide any help.
"Where is Dr. Banner?" Steve Rogers sat on a black leather chair in a very modern minimalist style at the glass conference table. The participants had different expressions and they had their own thoughts. Not everyone was concerned about the purpose of the Secretary of State coming here.
Natasha Romanov, who rushed back from Europe, looked solemn and his brows were tightly tucked together. She knew the purpose of today's meeting, but she was more concerned about Europe - she always failed when she just grabbed the target's tail. She couldn't figure out why the target always escaped at critical moments. The only thing that could be confirmed was that the intelligence provider (Immortal City) did not leak because they were busy rebuilding Latovigna. Compared to that agreement, Natasha Romanov believed that the target would harm the Avengers more; Sam, a retired soldier nicknamed "Falcon", didn't understand what happened, and he was busy looking for a narrower one these days.
He did not intend to let others know about his embarrassing experience; Pitro Maximov was still sleepy. In the past few days, he received a series of communication bombings from his sister. His blood relatives asked him to leave the Avengers base quickly and tell him what would happen today. Although Pitro had some expectations about what would happen today, he still held an optimistic attitude that this matter would definitely be resolved peacefully; Colonel Roddy, the "Gears of War" had learned all the contents of the Sokovia Agreement from the Ministry of Defense and Tony Stark. He had a close contact with the military and firmly agreed to let the Avengers be under jurisdiction because he himself obeyed the orders of the Pentagon rather than the Avengers.
"General Ross, we have ample evidence that Dr. Banner's disappearance is related to you."
"I don't understand what you're talking about, and not to mention that today's meeting doesn't require a beast to participate. In addition, I'm now the Secretary of State and Executive Deputy Secretary of Defense, not a general, not just a general." Thaddeus E. Ross, wearing a business suit, completely abandoned the rude manner he had cultivated in the Army in the past, and even sprayed cologne perfume. "I'm on behalf of the White House and the Pentagon to negotiate with the Avengers."
"This is not negotiation, this is persecution." Steve Rogers glanced at Tony Stark, who was silent on the side, and the same silent vision. He held his arm and said to Thaddeus E. Ross, "You know our attitude."
"Do you need me to repeat it again? Sokovia, South Africa... The Avengers are the emergency plan of SHIELD. In the past, you and Nick Fury's command would not cause a catastrophe that you could not handle. Now without SHIELD, you can go wherever you want, and cause more trouble than to solve. The United Nations will not allow this to happen. The Avengers must be regulated. You can only act when the United Nations agrees that the Avengers are needed."
"You got one thing wrong, Ross." Steve Rogers raised his voice slightly, as if he was to say that to everyone. "Although I don't want to serve again, I don't object to the Avengers' control. What I object to is to accept the control of an untrustworthy government. I can imagine what will happen after the agreement is signed, where do you want to send the Avengers? Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia or Palestine? Do you want us to help the United States occupy oil fields, rob food, burn the fields of drug dealers who don't cooperate with the CIA, or to capture locals for biochemical experiments? I joined the army because I want to fight for justice, and these are not justice. Maybe you want to send us to Latovigna because of the death threat on TV?"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! "In just twenty-four hours, a large number of CIA agents in Hungary were arrested, and many research institutions invested by the US military were attacked, and a large number of personnel were seized. The FBI and Homeland Security also found that many domestic information security companies that have cooperated with the US military had suffered terrible terrorist attacks. You should have seen the rest on social media. At the same time, large-scale demonstrations broke out in many places in the country, and many people took to the streets to demand the US withdrawal of troops."
Thaddeus E. Ross came prepared. He used a projection device in the conference room to display the images taken by CIA agents in Hungary, as well as the FBI's investigation into the explosion site of the Information Security Company. Under external pressure, the country's machine operated in an extremely smooth manner, and many clues were put to the surface. Through the projection device, members of the Avengers could see the information of the personnel conducting the case, as well as how they committed the crime, how they prepared, how they obtained support and guidance.
These actions have a very strong style of CIA inciting rebellion abroad, but their techniques are more than one step higher. All the clues are as unpredictable as white feathers falling on the snow. At first glance, it is difficult to find out the rules. Whether it is the information on the Internet, the weapons obtained by offline executives, and the connections between them, all make the US intelligence department confused. The Bureau of Homeland Security and the FBI almost pinch the head of the CIA in the internal conference room and ask clearly, trying to figure out whether this is what the CIA agents did.
After the CIA repeatedly assured that this was not its own action, everyone felt a strong sense of crisis. An invisible ghost was wandering around the United States, transporting weapons, inciting people, and transporting funds with extremely professional means. The only clue that their intelligence agencies could find was some information flowing out of domestic servers, and the owner of the server had no idea what was going on.
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