Chapter 298: I Have a Better Candidate

Lighthouse Nation, White House.

Vice president...... No, it's time to call Mr. President, first mournfully observing a three-minute silence for his predecessor, and then triumphant...... Well, continue to mourn the convening of today's extraordinary meeting -

A fleet commander who is at war with the X-Men arrives that their attack on the mutants has not had the desired effect, and that two warships have been killed by a hairy bear's missile.

Well, it doesn't matter.

Importantly, mutant leader Professor X claims that the president ...... Ahem, the death of the former president is Shaw's conspiracy to achieve his ambition of world domination by provoking a war between ordinary people and mutants, so that mutants have to take refuge in him.

Professor X emphasized that most of their mutants are great good people, please discern the "Imperial Army" and don't do regrets that make relatives and enemies happy!

In order to prove this, they are willing to bring their own dry food, and exert the spirit of a tool man who is not afraid of sacrifice and no reward, and arrest Xiao and Xiao's men and hand them over to the Lighthouse Country to deal with.

Anyway, that's what it means.

"Tell me, tell me, what is your opinion?" Mr. President sat down and asked his staff and military representatives.

"Declaring war on mutants is an established decision that cannot be shaken!"

"Yes, Mr. President, a hasty reversal of previous policies will make the public question your ability and courage."

"Seconded! It doesn't matter if the mutant is good or bad, the important thing is that Sebastian Shaw has become a role model, and dealing with him alone is not enough to dispel the fear of the populace. Now it's just Shaw and his men, who can guarantee that there won't be more Shaw? ”

"Mutants are a powerful weapon that must not be left unchecked! We can allow the population to have rifles, but they are never allowed to have nuclear bombs! Moreover, the rifle is controllable, but the mutation is random and chaotic! ”

“……”

The staff offered their advice, and most of them were against recruiting the X-Men, because recruiting them meant acquiescing to the existence of mutants, and mutants are uncontrollable.

No one can guarantee that after Sebastian Shaw is captured, there will be more careerists and extremists.

Or, because some mutants are not doing well, they will find trouble with the government, or even just be laughed at, scolded by, or greened, and take revenge on society.

It's all possible.

What's more, mutants have a myriad of abilities, and the thought of Professor X's telepathy makes everyone feel like they're in a nutshell, insecure.

They can tolerate physical runs, but they don't tolerate mental runs.

The higher the status, the more so!

However, the representatives of the military had a different opinion: "Everyone, mutants are also human beings, or mutated from humans, and declaring war on mutants is tantamount to starting a civil war, which is cannibalism and injustice!" ”

"Perhaps, mutants are also humans, but that was before the mutation, and after the mutation, they became hidden dangers and tumors, just like cancer cells, which need to be destroyed! Chemotherapy is painful, but it is necessary and necessary to return society to health! Some staff members argued.

"The problem is that chemotherapy may not cure you, but it may kill you!"

"No, chemotherapy doesn't have to die, if you don't have chemotherapy and let the cancer cells spread, you will definitely die!"

“……”

The military representative was so choked that he couldn't speak, and after a long time, he said with difficulty: "I can't tell you, you are right." But now the problem is that our attack didn't work! Yes, alas, we can't beat the mutants! ”

If it had been possible, he would never have said these words.

Since the end of World War II, the army of the Great Lighthouse Country has been invincible except for the fear of the woolly bear and the deflated in the East, and can fight whoever it wants!

But mutants...... The soldiers of the lighthouse country are peace-loving, and for this kind of unnecessary war, they will not fight if they can.

The crowd was silent.

Some staff members were unwilling to say: "With so much money allocated to you every year, you actually told us that you can't beat it?" ”

Military representative: "Our imaginary enemy, who has always been the armies of other countries, is not these freak mutants!" We didn't even know that mutants would exist! Now suddenly let's fight with them, how?

Before we went to war, they knew our plan; As soon as we launched the missile, the missile was controlled by them. You say, how to fight! ”

The staff was speechless.

Only then did Mr. President knock on the table and ask again: "Are you sure that we are no match for mutants?" ”

"Yes, I'm sure! At least for now, we are no match for them, unless someone develops a specialized weapon, such as ......"

"Like what?"

"Sentinel robots!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, and the previous staff member couldn't wait to interject: "What a joke! If I'm not mistaken, Sentinels are something from a comic, and you guys are pinning your hopes on it, ridiculous, ridiculous! ”

The military representative looked at him: "What's ridiculous!" Sentinels are ridiculous, but what about Professor X and Magneto, they are also from the comics, isn't it even more ridiculous? ”

Staff: "......"

After winning the staff, the military representative turned his head back to the president: "Mr. President, X-Men is by no means as simple as a comic, and the Sentinel Robot is just a comic. We've talked to cIa about this and they know better! ”

PRESIDENT: "cIa? Didn't cIa say that mutants don't exist? I'm preparing to reappoint their chief and deputy director, what can they know? ”

The military representative explained: "The X-Men are attached to cIa, they are the agency that knows the most about mutants......"

"So, they deliberately misled the White House before? Could it be that they have been infiltrated by woolly bears? "It's no wonder that the president has a big brain, but in the context of the Cold War, throwing the pot to the woolly bear is already a basic operation.

Military representative: "......"

Embarrassing, embarrassing with a capital letter!

This time cIa was too bad, if it weren't for the fact that the original director happened to be an alumnus with him, and Laurent was a fig leaf, he wouldn't have spoken for the other party.

With his help, Director cIa finally entered the conference room: "Mr. President, Yu Yan, the author of "X-Men", is also a mutant, and he is a member of the X-Men. He has said to the other members that his ability is prophecy, and the storyline of "X-Men" is the future. That is to say......"

Speaking of this, he paused deliberately before continuing: "Sentinel robots are also real, we can really research this weapon in the future!" ”

"But, in X-Men, the Sentinels seem to be out of control?" The president was hesitant.

The director nodded: "Yes, in the comics, the sentry is indeed out of control, but the sentry is just a weapon, just like a nuclear bomb, a nuclear bomb can also destroy mankind, but as long as we don't press the button, it is safe and reliable!"

Speaking of which, we would also like to thank the author of X-Men for letting us know that the Sentinel could get out of control. Now that we know in advance, it's natural to plan ahead and incorporate prevention and control measures into our design. ”

"That's right!"

The president thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, Sentinels were created by humans, and there was no reason why humans would let history repeat itself when they knew it would get out of control.

Moreover, the destruction of human beings is in the future, but dealing with mutants is what needs to be done now, just like ordinary artificial intelligence, there are countless movies in Hollywood that are about mechanical rebellion and destruction of human beings, but human beings have always made courageous progress in the development and cultivation of artificial intelligence.

The future is to the future, and the present is to the present!

Now the question is: how long will it take them to develop the first generation of aircraft to counterbalance the mutants?

Also, who can take on this responsibility?

Bolivar Trask?

"No, no, Dr. Trask is good, but at this time he doesn't know much about mutants and can only join the project as an ordinary researcher, not a director. I have a better candidate than him. ”

"Who?"

"Moira!"