Chapter 186 Public Pressure, Tony's Plan
"Manhattan was attacked by superpowers, with the death toll as high as 443. Uncontrolled superpowers are destroying the country!" 》
——The New York Times
"Who Can Protect Us?" Iron Man? Here are 12 ways to die because of Iron Man! 》
——New York Morning Post
"Superpowers must be supervised, and national sovereignty must not be undermined!" 》
——New York Weekly
"During the Manhattan attack, Ghost Spider-Man and her team saved 327 people. She is a good neighbor to New Yorkers! 》
——Daily Bugle
"Captain America Steve Rogers said: We try to save as many people as possible, but sometimes we can't save everyone. But if we can't accept this, next time, maybe none of us can save it. 》
--Brooklyn Daily News
Of course, it’s not like there aren’t newspapers supporting the Avengers.
In terms of public opinion, there are even more people supporting the Avengers than opposing them.
It's just that the severely damaged New Yorkers need a channel to vent their fear, sadness, and pain.
They can no longer rationally view the right and wrong of this incident.
Therefore, all negative emotions were vented on the guardians.
Media people in other regions are much more sensible because the flames of war have not affected them.
Among them, the West Coast media in the United States, especially the Los Angeles Times, which is not at odds with New York, have made several headlines supporting the Avengers.
"Should good people be held at gunpoint?" If there were no superpowers to come forward, New York's losses at this time would be even more disastrous! 》
——Los Angeles Times
"Look at Paris, France and Wakanda, New Yorkers should be thankful! 》
——Los Angeles Times
"43966 and 433, comparing the two sets of death tolls, New Yorkers should thank the righteous superpowers"
——Los Angeles Times
Outskirts of New York, Avengers Tower.
Tony Stark and others, who returned to Earth from the dimension fragments, all came to the conference room except Loki.
After quickly browsing the newspapers that had been criticizing them in recent days, Tony and others' good mood for attending the celebration banquet in Asgard was completely wiped out.
Although, there are also many newspapers defending and supporting them.
But the happiness brought by good reviews is like taking a bite of honey, sweet but short-lived.
The pain caused by negative comments is like being cut by a sharp knife, it takes time to heal.
In the conference room, everyone fell into a long silence.
Tony sat alone away from the conference table, looking down at the picture in the New York morning newspaper of the 12 people who died because he failed to notice the attack in Manhattan, or failed to rescue him in time, and remained silent.
This silent atmosphere made the non-staff members Gwen, Wanda and Jia very uncomfortable.
Seeing this, Commander Maria Hill broke the silence:
"In any case, our battle plan this time was successful. We defeated the plan of Kull Bolson, the God of Fear, and we protected New York and even the entire earth."
"I still stick to my point of view. We have tried our best, we risked our lives to protect people, and we should not be blamed more. If someone is dissatisfied, they should blame the person who hurt them." The silence broke, Steve The husband also reiterated his point of view.
Gwen, Wanda and Jia Ya nodded in agreement.
The murderers were the apostles of the God of Fear, not the Lords of Heavenly Hammer, but them.
They will mourn the dead and feel guilty for those they were unable to save in time, but they should not be blamed.
"If we can do better, can we prevent this from happening?" Tony put down the New York Morning News in his hands and looked up at everyone in the conference room.
“We have absolutely no intelligence sources and we can only take action after it happens.
On March 12th, which happened to be Arbor Day, I discovered that damn hammer falling from the sky when I returned to New York.
On March 14, Steve and Bucky were attacked. Oh, sorry, Steve, I didn't mean to bring up your sadness.
On March 15, Wakanda was attacked, and on March 16, Paris, France was attacked. On March 20, Manhattan was attacked. "
Tony stood up, took out his phone and projected it on the wall.
“Let me count how many days have passed from March 12 to March 20. Nine days! For nine whole days, we did nothing but wait for something to happen.
If we were on the 12th and I had taken effective action after discovering the hammer, Bucky would not have died! If we had taken action on the 14th after Steve and Bucky were attacked, Wakanda would not have tens of thousands of casualties!
if we"
"That's enough, Tony!" Steve stopped Tony, who was getting more and more excited. "Tell me what you're going to do, Tony."
Tony was silent for a while, then slowly said:
“I plan to develop a more powerful artificial intelligence that can cooperate with satellites and various electronic devices around the world to achieve the effect of monitoring the world.
And, I can give this artificial match with Stark Iron Legion. In this way, if another enemy appears, we can detect it immediately and defeat him before he can cause damage.
We can be ‘preventers’ rather than ‘avengers’. "
Tony looked at Dr. Banner: "Dr. Banner, I need your help. I believe this artificial intelligence can help us better protect the peace of the earth."
"That. Tony, if you want to discuss the internal affairs of the Avengers, then I will leave first." Jiaya whispered.
She was not interested in Tony's plan.
Although she came to Earth at a young age, she was not an Earthling after all, but a Skrull.
In her plan, the Skrulls would not stay on Earth for a long time, but would go to other universes and find another suitable planet for life to live.
"Well, protecting the Earth is indeed too far away for an underage girl."
Tony shrugged and did not stop Jiaya from leaving.
This was a wonderful misunderstanding.
In Tony's view, the thin and small Jiaya was an underage girl.
Tony would not hire child labor unless he had to.
"Tony, if there is no place where I am needed, then I will leave first."
Seeing her best friend leave, Wanda also said goodbye. In this world, she is a wizard of Kamar-Taj, not a member of the Avengers.
"Okay." Tony also did not stop Wanda from leaving, but looked at Gwen, "What about you, Gwen, are you leaving too, or are you staying to listen to my plan?"
"I haven't shown up for a few days, and my partners are probably getting anxious. I won't stay to disturb your Avengers' internal meeting. Goodbye."
Gwen opened the window of the meeting room and jumped out.
For a moment, only the Avengers were left in the meeting room, and the rest had left.
Tony sorted out his thoughts and continued to talk about his plan.