421. Joint press conference
Although this recognizer can only identify Skrulls within a hundred meters, it is a huge improvement over being able to search for Skrulls through data analysis.
With this identifier, the Avengers and Konoha intelligence departments finally no longer have to compare the massive data of those suspected targets to analyze whether they have been replaced by the Skrulls.
"Well done!"
Everyone in the room picked up the identifier and started to operate it, and then expressed their approval of Tony's work.
Tony may not be the most powerful superhero in the Avengers, but he is definitely the most irreplaceable presence in the Avengers.
Without Tony's open-minded brain, the Avengers would never have gotten to this point.
"I've taken the recognizer! However, if you have time, you can try to upgrade, the recognition range of 100 meters is still a little too small. ”
"No problem! I'll let you know as soon as a new version is developed. ”
After receiving Tony's reply, Rog opened the portal to his office and returned to Konoha with the ten sets of identifiers belonging to Konoha .
"Hinata, arrange for someone to send the identifier out, it's time to surprise these Skruls."
Rog commanded at Hinata.
"Okay!"
It didn't take long for two Konoha staff members in black uniforms to come to Rog's office and take out the identifier on the table.
The problem of how to identify the Skrulls is solved, and the next step is naturally to capture and kill.
However, now Rog still has no plans to make a move, and unless Daisy and they find the Super Skrull, he will not have any plans to do it himself.
Capturing ordinary Skrulls was no challenge for him at all.
With all this time, he might as well clear a few more Kree Empire games.
Under Hinata's arrangement, the recognizer invented by Tony was quickly delivered to Daisy and others who were out on the road.
With the identifier, Konoha and Avengers' operational efficiency has been significantly improved.
In just three days, the number of Skrulls captured and killed reached more than twenty.
The names on the suspected list are also decreasing at a considerable rate.
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"My lord, the joint press conference will start in half an hour."
Hinata awakens Rog, who is addicted to the game.
"Got it!"
Despite some reluctance, Rogge quit the ongoing Kree Empire game and removed the game helmet he was wearing.
At this time, a week has passed since Tony delivered the recognizer.
In this week, Konoha and the Avengers achieved brilliant results.
Thirty-six Skrulls were captured alive and forty-three Skrulls were killed.
Under the joint attack of Konoha and the Avengers, the Skrulls who were active in the two cities of Washington and New York were wiped out.
Even the Skrulls, disguised as government workers, were not spared.
At the beginning, the White House and the military also expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of Konoha and the Avengers to arrest government workers.
But when they received a few Skrull corpses, they obediently shut up.
Because of the existence of these Skrulls, the White House and the military began an unprecedented internal investigation.
Even the suggestion of a joint press conference was euphemistically put forward by the White House and the military.
But even if they didn't mention it, Tony had already made the decision to hold a press conference.
In the past six months, the Avengers have carried an unknown number of black pots, and the public's support has reached a record low.
Now that there is ample evidence, it is time to wash away these slanders.
Rogge had no problem with Tony's decision to hold a press conference.
However, they disagreed on what to do with the Skrulls who were captured alive.
Tony's idea was to show the Skrulls alive at the press conference, put the witnesses directly in front of the people, and then put the Skrulls in a tightly guarded secret prison.
Tony's idea can't be said to be wrong.
After all, within the United States, there are states that do not even have the death penalty.
Moreover, this approach is also in line with the humanitarian supremacy that the United States has always preached.
However, Rogge has a different view on this.
Like people showing the existence of these Skrulls, there's no problem with that.
After the Battle of New York, people all over the world know that there are other intelligent life in the universe.
Now that there are Zetarians, it's not particularly strange that there are so many Skruls.
What really divides them is the decision to imprison the Skrulls.
Tony prefers to keep the Skrulls in a tight jail, while Rogge prefers to kill them outright.
Keep these Skruls, maybe something will happen in the future, so it's better to kill them directly, and it's a hundred.
None of them convinced the other, so there was this joint press conference.
These Skrulls will be displayed directly at the joint press conference.
At the same time, they will announce a three-day secret ballot on the spot.
As long as you are a U.S. citizen with legal status, you can log on to the dedicated website to vote.
The outcome of the vote will also determine the final outcome of these Skruls.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, at the Avengers headquarters in the suburbs of New York, the joint press conference was held on time.
Tony, as the main speaker of the press conference, was standing on the stage to give a detailed introduction to the abilities of the Skrulls and the harm caused by the Skrulls.
However, even if he asked the staff to bring a few untransformed Skrulls to the stage, the reporters on the scene did not react much.
Looking at the somewhat deserted scene, Tony seemed to realize something.
Once the impression has deteriorated, it is difficult to undo it.
Even if people knew that the Skrulls had disguised themselves as superheroes, they wouldn't change their minds significantly.
Because once they change their minds, it means that they have to admit that they are stupid and admit that they have done wrong before.
It's like "The King's New Clothes", even though they know it's true, they will never admit it.
Rogge had anticipated this before the launch had even begun.
But instead of reminding Tony, he intended to let Tony feel it for himself.
Although Tony has experienced some pain, he still overestimates human nature.
As Rogge expected, the climax of the conference came when Tony announced that he had voted to decide the fate of the Skrulls.
"What right do the Avengers and Konoha have to decide the fate of these Skruls?"
"Although they are aliens, they are also life. Even if it is a trial, they can only be judged by law! ”
"Although the Skrulls have the ability to shapeshift, you don't have enough evidence to prove it, and the so-called evidence you provide is all your words!"
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The reporters in the audience said one after another, directly pointing the finger at the Avengers and Konoha.
The reporters, who had no interest in Tony's evidence before, now stood on the moral high ground and began to refute it with righteous words.
Looking at these reporters who suddenly became excited, Tony was stunned for a moment.
Then he looked at Rogge, who was sitting on his right.