Benjamin looked at the cabinet staff quarreling and evading each other, his face was extremely calm, he even made himself a cup of coffee, and then turned to look out the window.
Ah...life...is really fucked!
Want to resign.
What will you do after you retire? Publish a book? Hmm, good idea.
Benjamin Sher is already very Buddhist. His tenure has been too troubled and there is nothing to excite him now. There are fairy tales and aliens. What else will appear? Isn't it natural?
Soon Nick Fury walked in, and everyone looked at him. Except the president.
The president was still looking out the window.
Others also took note of the president's performance.
"Mr. President," the staff member called softly.
"Oh? Are you done arguing?" Benjamin turned around and looked at everyone. As for Nick Fury, he couldn't even take another look. The president was very dissatisfied with SHIELD, very dissatisfied! Once again, SHIELD
The bureau did nothing. No warning, no report, no explanation.
Benjamin doesn't even know what position SHIELD is in the American system.
Just tell me, what is the purpose of SHIELD?
Nick Fury looks ugly. The reason why he appears here is naturally not to make the president look bad on him. His original plan is to appear in the White House as a savior and make the president submissive.
Yes, that's what Nick really thinks. At this moment, SHIELD should use its own strength.
But unfortunately, the president seems to be even more dissatisfied with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Everyone is really confused about the president's statement.
"You have been arguing for a long time. What are you arguing about?"
"We are...discussing whether to launch a diplomatic assault or declare war." The female defense minister said a little awkwardly.
The current White House cabinet is divided into two factions. One faction prefers diplomatic methods, and this faction is headed by the Secretary of State. By the way, the Secretary of State is a left-wing political staffer. He has always been interested in topics such as environmental protection, and is actively promoting it in the United States.
The main promoter of issues such as new energy, energy conservation and emission reduction, and the Secretary of State is in charge of diplomacy, so he can understand the anger of the Atlanteans, and believes that they can negotiate with Atlantis and other diplomatic means.
to achieve the purpose.
Atlantis is angry at them for polluting the ocean, so they can give in.
This itself is a topic of concern to many people.
However, a group of people headed by the Minister of Defense believed that the war had already begun, and they were just talking about it! Just start the war!
If the navy is gone, will they admit defeat?
They also have nuclear warheads!
It’s impossible to admit defeat!
"Oh, did you get the result of your quarrel?" President Benjamin suddenly felt a sense of detachment at this time.
A bunch of idiots, how can you do good politics with a bunch of insects like you!
Then, without waiting for them to speak, he said: "You said you want diplomacy, okay, tell me first, how to do it? Which of you will go diving in the deep sea?"
Just kidding, if the Atlanteans were in the shallow sea, they wouldn't have been discovered just now.
Deep sea... Haha, the diving depth of mankind's most advanced submarines is only that deep.
in addition……
"Also, do any of you know where Atlantis is?"
A group of people looked at each other.
Then President Benjamin looked at the female Minister of Defense: "You too, in a war, you have to know where the enemy is, right? Or do you plan to use fishing nets to catch them?"
The group of people looked at each other again.
The female Minister of Defense immediately said: "We can wait for them to come to land and then use..."
Benjamin looked at her helplessly.
That look was like looking at an idiot.
"Do others need to come to land? Others only need to prevent us from even a single ship entering the sea, and our economy will completely collapse!"
The United States has been screwed by their capitalists. Deindustrialization looks great, but in fact it is a self-destruction. Except for a few heavy industries, all other industries in the United States have been relocated. Do you know why the military-industrial complex is so awesome?
Do you think it’s just because the military-industrial complex has money?
Of course this is one aspect, but the real reason is that military-industrial enterprises are not allowed to relocate abroad! This means that military-industrial enterprises represent a large number of jobs! All industries in the United States are degrading, and the once-proud automobiles
Industrial formation has declined, various light industries have disappeared, and many low-end industrial products also need to be imported. Only the military industry is booming. Politicians may be able to ignore the monetary lobbying of those military industry companies, but they cannot refuse votes.
Here, whoever can bring more jobs and reduce unemployment will get votes.
Without these, there are no votes.
In this case, who would not give dignity to the military-industrial complex?
After all, others have grasped the key points. This is also the reason why the military-industrial complex has an increasing influence on American politics after World War II.
Deindustrialization has led to the need to import light industry and low-end industrial products in the United States!
Without these cheap goods, the cost of living for Americans will increase rapidly. Coupled with problems in shipping, this will inevitably lead to large-scale business closures or layoffs, and an increase in unemployment.
The cost of living is rising and the unemployment rate is rising.
Naturally leads to various social problems!
The key is that the U.S. political system still has no good solution, because the government cannot interfere with the market!
This is fatal.
If the economy is ruined, social unrest will follow.
And then... nothing more.
There is no perfect society in this world, and the U.S. government is also full of all kinds of contradictions, racial contradictions, and contradictions between rich and poor. When the economy is good, these can naturally cover up the past, but once there is an economic problem, no contradiction will turn into a big problem.
Contradictions, not to mention that the United States can never be said to have no contradictions. On the contrary, it has great contradictions!
Seeing that his staff were silent, Benjamin shook his head.
Do these people really not understand this?
No!
They understand very well!
But they didn't know what to do at all, so they were arguing. They couldn't let themselves appear helpless.
It's a bad idea, but it's an idea.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Okay, let's listen to what our rare guest has to say. Nick Fury."
Benjamin was too lazy to say anything, but said directly to Nick Fury: "Let's see what our SHIELD is hiding from us."
Nick Fury's heart skipped a beat, and he realized that he had made a very stupid mistake.
He still handled the matter according to SHIELD's way of doing things.
What is the form and style of SHIELD?
Mysticism of course!
In other words, he did not notify the White House or Congress at all.
It was nothing before, now...
"us……"
"I'm not going to listen to sophistry and tell me the things I care about!" Benjamin said impatiently.
Nick opened his mouth, and finally told everyone present what he knew.
You can't hide this thing either.
"Ha!" The president laughed when he heard this: "I, the President of the United States, there was an invasion of Atlantis in my land, and I didn't even know about it! The news I got was that it was a tsunami.
!I just issued a statement of silence yesterday... Now you tell me that your SHIELD has known for a long time that the Atlanteans were going to invade, but you just didn't say anything! And then you just sat back and watched those attacks happen... Falk!
"
President, you're swearing.
Nick Fury immediately added: "The reason why we chose to deal with it secretly is to prevent the situation from expanding and causing unnecessary panic.
"See, this is our SHIELD!" The president looked at the two whips and the officials who had lobbied the president not to severely punish SHIELD.
But he didn't say anything, and instead looked at Nick Fury.
"So, I should thank SHIELD for doing me such a big favor?"
Nick shut up.
"I don't want to be held accountable now, tell me what you are going to do!"
Nick Fury hesitated for a while before he revealed the plan of Mela and others.
The president didn't want to talk anymore.
He instinctively resisted this plan... and pinned the safety of billions of people on a brutal duel?
Farke!
"Tell me, where is Kai?" The president was too lazy to say anything. He decided to lie down. Anyway, the previous major incidents were solved by superheroes. This time, he was too lazy to act like a monster. He might as well do it again.
Nick Fury immediately understood what the president meant: "Mr. President, please believe in our SHIELD, we can..."
"You can be so stupid! Tell me, Director Fury! What on earth did your SHIELD do?!! My country spent so much money! But what did your SHIELD do?!! The battle in Los Angeles, you have nothing
As! In the Battle of New York, you dropped a nuclear bomb on the mainland! Now...you tell you that it can be solved? Maybe those superheroes can't solve it, but what the heck, they don't have to spend money! Others work voluntarily!!!"
Those present finally understood what the president meant.
He's going to take the blame!
Although this time it is really a natural and man-made disaster and has nothing to do with the president and the government. But the problem is that the people will not care about this. They need to vent.
If the president doesn't want to step down in despair, then he must set a target!
A scapegoat!
then……
Nick Fury also understands.
Damn it, they originally planned to be the savior, but in the blink of an eye they turned into the scapegoat!
"Mr. President, please give me some time, we can solve this matter!" To save yourself, you must save yourself!
"How to solve it?" Benjamin said coldly.
"We have access to Atlantis!"
The president raised his eyebrows.
I got angry again, Nima, there is indeed something you are hiding from me!
But thinking of the urgency of the matter, he held back his anger: "How long?"
"Three days!"
Nick Fury wants to delay it for a little longer, but is there any way?
He is just fooling around!
Where did he get the channel?
He just hoped that Arthur would succeed and then fooled him.
Of course, he still has a trump card, but he doesn't know if it's too late.
Just now, he pressed an old-fashioned pager.
At the same time, on the other side of the universe, a woman flying in the universe suddenly received the message, and then turned around and flew towards the earth.
"I'll give you three days!"
…
"The center of the earth hides the sea..." Kai finally learned the name of this inner earth world from Atlanna. Looking at the naming rules, he knew that this was a name given by the people of Atlantis. At the same time, Kai also knew
How did Atlanna come in in the first place? She was sacrificed to the Trench Clan, but the Trench Clan did not kill her, but threw her into a bottomless seabed cavity, and then a burst of out-of-control distortion
, she came here.
"What the hell is going on here?"
Atlanna was a little embarrassed: "I don't know either. I only move around the seaside. It's too dangerous here. There are all kinds of monsters on the land. And in the sea... there's Karasen."
Otherwise, Atlanna would be unlucky.
Let alone land, it is indeed very dangerous. Even if you see a creature as big as a flying snake, you are in danger of being hunted, not to mention that Atlanna is alone. What is even more unfortunate is that she cannot move freely in the sea.
Because this sea area is Karason's territory! Because of the existence of this giant beast, this sea area is relatively safe. Outside of here, there are activities of various monsters. Atlanna has tried to break out several times.
, the result... I was left hanging several times without being able to explain it.
So she was trapped here.
"Karasen?" Kai tilted his head, as if he had heard this name somewhere.
Soon Kai remembered: "Ken Kraken?"
Sea monster legends basically exist in every civilization, and they are all different, but Kai knows that some are true. For example, Karason.
Legend has it that a long time ago, a giant ocean beast that was said to be 10,000 meters long harmed humans everywhere and attacked cities near the sea.
In the age of myth, Poseidon, the god of the sea, conquered this giant beast and killed it. He used its corpse to build a continent.
It's Atlantis.
Afterwards, countless sea monsters were born from the flesh and blood of this giant beast.
Later, the king of Atlantis used the artifact trident given by Poseidon to subdue the largest sea monster, Karason. He bound it in the deep sea and imprisoned it forever. It was not allowed to destroy
The kingdom of Poseidon.
And Karason’s other title is the Kraken.
In fact, Kai has never seen this monster before.
"This thing actually exists?"
"Yes. Not only does it exist, it also occupies the most precious treasure of Atlantis - Neptune's Trident!"
It turns out that there is an Atlantis ruins under this sea area. It is impossible to determine the era when the ruins were built. But according to the information Atlanna has collected from the ruins over the years, the last Atlantis
The emperor slept in the ruins with Neptune's Trident.
Atlanna naturally thought about getting the artifact Trident, because she also learned from the ruins that if she wanted to leave the center of the earth and hide in the sea, she must get the Neptune Trident!
Unfortunately, Karason stopped her.
"You say...can I get that trident?"
Kai thought something was wrong. He knew Poseidon very well.
But Atlanna shook her head with a wry smile: "The Neptune Trident will only recognize the bloodline of the King of Atlantis. This is an artifact given to us by Poseidon."
"This is not simple. After I get it, can't I give it to you?"
"It's not that simple." After saying that, Atlanna took Kai into the cave and came to the pool at the deepest part of the cave. "This is the entrance to the place where the late king sleeps. If you don't believe it, you can try it."
