Chapter 47: Designation of Survivors
A designated survivor is a deliberately absent Cabinet member who is deliberately placed when the President of the United States and other senior leaders of other countries gather to ensure that after the death of the President, the Vice President, the Congressional Leader, and members of the Cabinet, a ministerial-level official can become the acting President of the United States of America under the Presidential Succession Act.
After replying to Peter's message, Belle grabbed Mark Usher, the White House chief of staff next to her.
"Secretary of Energy, Louis Williams, where is he? Why didn't you see him? ”
Usher couldn't hide the shock in his heart, he couldn't figure out what kind of madness this girl had, how dare she treat a senior White House official so rudely.
"Watch your manners, Miss!" Usher whispered, trying not to attract the attention of those present, "This is the scene of the State of the Union address, you calm me down!" ”
"I'll ask you one last time, where is Louis Williams, and if you don't say it, don't blame me for directly invading your brain!"
"You didn't have the right to know, he's the designated survivor tonight."
"Damn it!" Belle cursed, ignoring Usher's completely stunned state, and continued: "The coast of Virginia has been attacked by Hydra, the Seventh Fleet has been completely destroyed, and the Avengers are fighting, we should immediately terminate the speech and protect the president to retreat to safety immediately." ”
"Since the invasion took place at sea, there has been no news from the media yet, but it won't be long before that. Retreat now, and still keep everything in order, once the news spreads, it will cause total chaos. You'll arrange the exactly, but tell me first, and specify where the survivors are hidden. ”
After all, Usher was a man who had seen strong winds and waves, and the news of the total destruction of the Seventh Fleet did make his heart tremble, but he still kept a cool head, and his body barely supported himself and did not fall directly to the ground.
"Are you worried about losing all the lives here? Is this possible? ”
"It's not that simple, and if I'm right, ensuring that the Minister of Energy is the designated survivor is the most critical step in this attack, right?" Belle spoke her wildest conjectures.
According to Peter's intelligence, the Hydra that attacked the Seventh Fleet was not a machine, but a life. As you can see from the video, the snakeheads are exactly the same as the metal snakeheads that Peter found in New York, which are typical mechanical creations. No amount of technology can transform mechanical creations into life. It's magic, it's God, it's the devil's handiwork.
Before the rally, there were large-scale terrorist attacks in London, Berlin, Istanbul, Tokyo, Sydney, Cape Town and Rio de Janeiro. The selection of these most famous cities on each continent to launch the attack now seems to be more like some kind of blood sacrifice than to cause chaos, and the sacrificed lives are transformed into the lives of snakes through miraculous magical rituals, bringing these mechanical creations to life. And choosing a coastal city is nothing more than to facilitate the quiet transfer of these snakeheads from the sea.
Seven cities, counting New York, where snakeheads were discovered before, are eight, plus Los Angeles, where Doctor Strange discovered the anomaly, is exactly nine, and it fills the vacancy in North America.
When the New York snakehead was discovered, the book "Sanxuan" was still in the hands of the Secretary of Energy. Since Hydra has had such a plan for a long time and has put it into practice, Louis Williams, who holds the most crucial part, must be the man of Hydra!
"If what I think is right, then there are still two blood sacrifice rituals missing, at least one is missing, this hydra's life is incomplete after all, and it is impossible to exert all its strength." In order to convince Usher of herself, she said her mind completely, "That strange snake could have moved quietly and launched a surprise attack directly near Washington through the Chesapeake Bay." The reason why he took the initiative in Virginia was probably to divert the tiger away from the mountain and lure the Avengers away, so that it would be easier to implement the plan. And they need to ensure the right distance, because ......"
Syllable!
The heavy wooden door of the House hall was kicked open from the outside.
"I'm really sorry, I'm going to trouble you all today, let's all die here!"
Amora exuded a strong killing intent, but she was still full of charm, and the two congressional police officers closest to the door didn't want to fight back at all, but looked at her stupidly, and almost knelt down and licked it.
"Everybody's down! Men don't even look at her! Sharon Carter shouted as hard as she could, and she pulled out her gun and rushed forward.
FBI Director Emily Pantis was also quick to react, and while it wasn't clear what was going on, Sharon's prompt, combined with the reactions of the two Capitol cops, made it clear to her that the intruder was devastating to all men.
Director Pantis, who was already an agent, followed in Sharon's footsteps, and at the same time did not forget to kick the Secret Service Director Nathan Green next to him to prevent him from being controlled as well.
An intruder dressed strangely kicked open the door and entered in a grand manner, coupled with a domineering line, which directly plunged the audience into chaos. Although Sharon had tried her best to prompt her, not everyone had brought her brains. There are always people who do not believe in evil, who think they are wise, who mess with themselves, and as long as there is one such person, they can stir up the situation and chaos, and there is definitely more than one such person in the council hall at this time.
In front of Sharon and Director Pantis, two Amora personal guards, made up of male guards, parliamentarians, and congressional staff, blocked their way.
"It's going to be a good show this time."
Gaspar Sitwell followed, standing beside Amora, staring sinisterly at the people in the room, many of whom were his old acquaintances.
"Lord Amora, between the ceremonies, you don't mind if I solve a few minor troubles first, do you?"
"Quick fix." Amora said disapprerovingly.
Hitwell hadn't used a gun since evolving into a Desperate Virus modified, preferring the exhilarations of strangling his enemies with his bare hands. He aimed at his first target, an old colleague, an old subordinate, and the Supreme Commander of S.H.I.E.L.D., Sharon Carter.
He made a leap to Sharon, and by the way he knocked out one of the nearest councillors, the unlucky man who screamed because Hitwell had suddenly landed next to him.
"Agent Carter, long time no see."
He was responded to by two gunshots, one in the forehead and one in the heart.
"I still like to do such futile stupid things."
Hitwell didn't care, and his broken body was quickly restored.
"How do you know if you're stupid if you don't try?"
Sharon put away her gun, set up her fighting stance, and saw the opportunity for Hitwell's unpreparedness, stepped forward quickly, and landed a left hook in an upset attack.
Hitwell didn't even think about blocking it, he just took a punch so hard that he didn't move.
Emily Pantis stepped over to help and kicked Hitwell in the calf.
He still didn't move.
"Pantis, I didn't expect you to be here, it seems that you have been promoted?"
"I didn't expect you bastard to be alive."
Pantis and Sharon each took a few steps back and re-positioned themselves without flinching at all.
"I didn't expect that myself." Hitwell smiled and said, "It is said that good people do not live long, but disasters live for a thousand years." Since you all say I'm a bad person, I'm going to outlive you! ”
He took the initiative and seemed to step in front of Pantis in just one step, punching the latter in the lower abdomen. Pantis was beaten and vomited blood, bowed and flew up, flying several meters away before falling to the ground.
Before Sharon could take a look, one of Hitwell's hands was grabbed by the throat, her feet off the ground, and she struggled desperately, trying to break Hitwell's hand. But those five fingers were like steel made of steel, and no matter how much she struggled, they didn't let go in the slightest. She kicked Heatwell's body, but in a way that was almost suffocating, the kicks were powerless, and Heatwell could withstand her left hook unaffected, and naturally didn't care about the tickling kick.
"It's all said, in vain."
Just as Sharon was about to be choked to death, Belle suddenly appeared in front of Heatwell and easily cut off Heatwell's arm with [Rachel].
"Whether it's in vain or not, it's better than standing still. The person who stuck a bunch of needles in me last time was you, right? ”
……
The moment Amora rushed in, Belle's first instinct was to immediately cover the president's retreat, and not let the most powerful man in the world become Amora's subordinate.
She teleported to the president and knocked him down, thinking he had been attacked. Born in a military force, he raised his hand and was about to fight back, and his fist was almost hit Belle's head, when he realized that it was Belle trying to save him, and he made a silent gesture at him.
"Terrorist, Hydra, don't make a sound." Belle spoke silently, and the president could tell it by the movement of her lips.
"My wife!" The president said the same thing.
"I know, you hide here first, don't come out."
Belle turned around, glanced at the Vice President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who were sitting behind the President, and motioned for the two to hide behind their chairs and not come out.
"You can only go with a female agent when she comes, and any man who tries to take you away will fight to the death!"
After she said this, she happened to see Heatwell choking Sharon's neck, so she immediately teleported over and rescued Sharon.
"Gaspar Hitwell, you seem to have been bald before, didn't you?" Belle said, still holding Rachel's left hand pointing at Hitwell to attract his attention, and with her right hand behind her back, she gestured to Sharon and Pantis, pointing in the direction of the president.
"It's an evolutionary advantage." Hitwell brushed his hair, "I haven't been able to kill you and that little spider, it looks like I can do it myself today." ”
"Your Asgardian friends and robot thugs can't do it, and you dare to say you do it yourself?"
"Being able to develop a robot means that we have mastered your weaknesses, since we know that you are here, how can there be no targeted measures!"
He had indeed specially prepared, Hitwell's physical fitness had been greatly improved, and he had specially practiced the same combat skills as the T-X robot, just so that he could get rid of this scourge with his own hands today.
But just when he was thinking about how to make a move, he felt a flower in front of his eyes, and Belle's figure seemed to blur for a moment. Hitwell thought he might have looked away, and scratched his head in confusion.
"! What about my hair? ”
Not only did he not touch his hair, but he even smelled a smell of burnt protein.
Belle shook her thunderous left hand at him, "You're welcome, I won't take your money today, just pay it back with my life." ”
[Singularity Blast] accurately hit Hitwell, this bullet could not hurt the slightest bit of the desperate virus transformer, the last high-level backbone of the Hydra, was finally sucked into the black hole, and all traces in this world were erased.
Amora also saw this, she didn't expect that the carefully prepared Hitwell would be killed so easily.
"Don't be in a daze, you'll be next!"
In the last second, Belle was still some distance away from Amora, and after saying this, she teleported behind Amora, and [Rachel] rushed towards the heart of the enchanting witch without hesitation!