Chapter 507: Undercurrents are surging
"So, General, do you mean that under the system of modern society, Canada has been invaded by a mysterious organization called the SCP Foundation in such a humiliating way, and forcibly occupied a military base that originally belonged to us?!"
At the Parliament Building in Ottawa, Canada, lawmakers from rival political parties stretched their necks like roosters in battle, staring at the general in front of them and asking loudly.
"Mr. Councillor, the SCP Foundation is not a ...... on this point"
Inside the Capitol, the general took a deep breath, trying to ease the stiff expression on his face and opened his mouth to make a defense.
"I don't need your explanation, I just need an answer, tell the general if what I said is true!"
Interrupting the general's explanation with a wave of his hand, the opposition lawmakers asked the new Prime Minister Justin with a serious expression after scanning his gaze over the general's seat.
In fact, for opposition legislators, they don't care what happens inside the military base, whether it's the SCP Foundation or the giant monster that the general calls like a myth. In any case, even if something does go wrong in the end, it will be the current ruling party and the current Prime Minister Justin who will need to face it.
What he cares about is to use the events in front of him to undermine Prime Minister Justin's prestige and accumulate enough political energy for himself.
"Damn councillors, these rat-eyed guys!"
The threat posed by the Lord to Canada is imminent, but these damned politicians still have the leisure to hold a so-called parliamentary vote in the Capitol.
The general kept cursing in his heart to the councillors in the building behind him, but on the surface he had to continue to respond according to the parliamentary process: "Yes, the facts you said do exist, Mr. Councillor, but ......"
"Okay, thank you, General, for your honest answer."
Interrupting the general's words again, and getting the answer he wanted, the opposition congressman immediately made a triumphant expression and motioned for the general to go back.
Faced with the fact that the parliamentarians obviously used themselves as political cash machines, the general's heart was full of fire, but he had to swallow his anger and go back again.
"As far as I know, General, why didn't you strike back at the first moment the military base was occupied, but allowed this SCP Foundation to take possession of the military buildings belonging to the sacred territory of Canada, and I have the right to suspect that you may have been derelict in your duties?"
However, before the general could return to his position, one of the councillors stood up and asked his own questions.
What happened inside the Reichstag made the general feel exhausted, and facing a barrage of questions was more difficult for him than a war.
Struggling to calm his emotions, the general stood up again and replied: "Impossible, Mr. Councillor, in fact I gave the order to fight back as soon as the base was occupied, but the power of the SCP Foundation was stronger than I thought, not only did they create a dense fog that was invisible to the naked eye throughout the base, but they also built a high wall inside the base to isolate all exploration in just a few hours. ”
"According to you, General, this SCP Foundation is an organization with extraordinary power similar to the Avengers?"
"So to speak, Mr. Councillor."
"So, tell me General, what caused this Avengers-like super organization to appear in Canada?"
“……”
The opposition lawmaker's questioning clearly hit the heart of the whole issue, and it was clear that the other party was prepared.
In the face of this soul questioning, the general's expression obviously froze, and his gaze made contact with Prime Minister Justin behind him imperceptibly, and finally chose to remain silent.
"I can't say anything about that on the matter, Mr. Councillor."
"Very well, in fact, even if you don't say it, General, I understand that as far as I know, the culprit for all this is our Prime Minister, Mr. Justin, because our Prime Minister tried to use that huge creature that appeared in the North Atlantic to create his own super soldier, which led to everything happening, I don't know if what I said is true, General?"
"I'm sorry, no comment, Mr. Councillor."
Faced with the aggressive attitude of the parliamentarians, the general had to choose silence again.
"Good."
However, apparently, the general did not know that his actions had indirectly turned out to be a favorable answer for the parliamentarians.
"Actually, Mr. Speaker."
Seeing that the situation was developing in an increasingly unfavorable direction under the guidance of the opposition party, Prime Minister Justin had to stand up and answer: "The truth is not what the parliamentarian said, I have no idea what is happening on the military base, and I think that instead of continuing to dwell on this issue, the most important thing for Canada to do now is to think about how to deal with the threat of the SCP Foundation and the giant monster that occupies the military base." ”
"Okay, then follow what the Prime Minister said."
After nearly three hours of verbal debate, the speaker of the Capitol apparently believed that such a practice had fully demonstrated the model of 'democracy', so he was silent for a moment and immediately made his own judgment: "Next, a vote will be held according to the initiative of the opposition party, and all parliamentarians will start the voting agenda." ”
Seeing that the farce at the Capitol was finally over, there was not the slightest expression of joy on the general's face.
Because he knew that the next vote would be held all night.
The precious time that Daddy has gained by sealing the Lord will be wiped out in Canada's so-called 'democratic' vote.
Faced with such a result, Prime Minister Justin was also very helpless.
In fact, he did not fail to think of bypassing the National Assembly directly by means of an emergency order, but his idea was responded to by the opposition party that was preparing for it as soon as it came to life.
It is precisely because of the relationship between the [Holy Lord] that the Prime Minister Justin has lost the most crucial reason to convince the parliament, and finally has to vote for 'democracy' under pressure from the opposition parties.
Wasting the most critical time in parliament.
"It's over, it's all over."
In the Capitol, the general looked at the politicians who were taking care of their own voting agendas, and there was a look of helplessness on his unsmiling face.
Now, he can only pin everything on the SCP Foundation that occupies the military base, hoping that everything will really succeed in containing the giant monster as [Dominic Butch] said.
……
"Your mission this time has really brought us a huge 'surprise', captain!"
New York, inside the Avengers Tower.
In the face of the information brought back by Steve and Natasha, the expressions of Tony and the others were obviously not very good.
Even though they were prepared for such an outcome, Steve's message was still far beyond Tony's preparation.
"In other words, there are only three days left, and we will see a behemoth [Holy Lord] that is more than 100 meters long raging in Canada?"
Taking a deep breath and gathering his thoughts, Banner pushed the glasses off his face and spoke.
"In fact, there are no more than three days."
Raising an eyebrow, Natasha corrected the time in Banner's mouth.
"Maybe we should look at all this from a more optimistic perspective."
Seeing that the atmosphere in the Avengers Building was a little solemn, Falcon couldn't help but soothe and said: "If the information said by the captain is correct, the SCP Foundation has also started the containment of the [Holy Lord], maybe the final result is that the Foundation has successfully contained the [Holy Lord], and we don't need to help." ”
"If things do go the way you say, that's the best thing to do."
Hearing Falcon's analysis, Nick Fury, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., who had been silent, swept over the people in the Avengers Building with his only remaining single eye, and made a vague reminder: "However, I always think that things will not be so simple. ”
Nick Fury trusts his instincts, and it was his instincts that allowed him to survive the crisis and avoid the worst of the planet decades ago.
It was also because of that experience that Nick Fury became what he is today.
"Nick Fury is right."
His eyes lingered on the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., although he didn't agree with many of Nick Fury's practices, but this time he was obviously in line with the other party's position: "We can't put all our hopes on the SCP Foundation, especially from the description of the Foundation's containment expert Long, the Foundation's containment process is not all smooth sailing, on the contrary, they often fall into crisis because of containment missions." ”
"Besides, we're Avengers, guys."
Inside the Avengers Building, Tony's gaze swept over the Avengers and slowly spoke: "Protecting the earth is our mission. ”
In order to deal with the crisis brought about by the [Holy Lord], Tony could have started to prepare as early as the time of the [Charm] event, and Ultron was part of his plan, although from a certain point of view, Tony hoped that his preparation would never be used, but obviously, this hope had been disappointed.
"Everyone, though I don't want to disturb your time for unity......"
Just as the Avengers are mentally preparing for the battle that may be coming.
In front of the computer, Agent Hill, who had been working silently, spoke up and interrupted.
"However, I have a few things to tell you."
"Report the news, Agent."
Hearing Agent Hill's report, Nick Fury subconsciously returned to his identity as director of S.H.I.E.L.D. director.
"First of all, with regard to the Canadian part, I don't think there is any need to be hopeful about it."
Taking over Nick Fury's order, Agent Hill first mentioned the reaction of the Canadian side, where the incident took place: "According to the current development of the situation, Ottawa is conducting a congressional vote on whether to launch a military strike against the SCP Foundation that occupies the military base, and according to Ottawa's traditional practice, this voting process will last all night, which means that even if the Canadian side makes a move, it will not happen until the next day." ”
"What an efficient council decision."
Tony was obviously not too surprised by the Canadian reaction, shrugged his shoulders and said mockingly.
"On the other hand, the White House seems to have known the information about the SCP Foundation and the [Holy Lord] in the Canadian base, and is measuring whether the [Holy Lord] will cause damage to the United States, and if so, the White House will directly use military means to launch a long-range strike on the [Holy Lord] located in the Canadian base, and even the one in the White House has made it clear that there is no shortage of nuclear weapons in the means he will use!"
The news about the White House brought by Agent Hill obviously put a lot of pressure on the Avengers.
From what they know about the White House, if the Lord does show a threat to the United States, the topic of nuclear weapons is no joke.
After all, for the United States, it doesn't matter how many people are sacrificed as long as it is not a war on its own soil, and those who died have no votes anyway.
"Please tell the White House that the Avengers will not let this happen, we will try to solve everything, and I hope that Mr. President will remain calm and restrained."
Faced with the overreaction of the White House, Steve immediately opened his mouth and gave his position through Agent Hill.
Nodding his head and relaying Steve's position as the Avengers to the White House, Agent Hill opened his mouth to deliver his last and most important message.
"Finally, there is another message from a military base in Canada, that is, from the military base occupied by the Foundation, which is the information transmitted by Mr. Long."
With Agent Hill's voice, she reached out and pressed the button on her keyboard, and a picture of the inside of the military base was projected before the Avengers' eyes.
"This is?!"
Looking at the photo in front of him, the first to react were Steve and Natasha, who had infiltrated the base.
In their eyes, on the base that had been turned into ruins by the battle of the Holy Lord, a brand-new building was erected on top of it, surrounding the Holy Lord who had turned into a stone statue, and a large number of personnel in research uniforms were studying the Holy Lord around the building.
"Judging from Mr. Long's information, it seems that the Foundation has begun to try to contain the [Holy Lord], and they are trying to use the power of the [Containment] to deprive the [Holy Lord] of the power of the most critical [Rat Charm] in the body. If the containment process goes well, the Foundation will strip the [Rat Charm] and then contain the sealed stone statue of the [Holy Lord] directly into the Foundation, in order to prevent it from breaking free from the seal again. ”
"Well, it looks like I'm right, maybe it really doesn't need the Avengers to make a move to solve all this."
Inside the Avengers Building, Falcon looked at the news from [Uncle Long], and then raised his eyebrows and said with a smile on his face.