232. Psychological Assessment (4th Update)

The day after Tom Cooper was rescued, Goofy took him to Baxter Tower.

Given that he killed four kidnappers on an interstate highway with an ability, he now needs to do a psychological evaluation.

In fact, Tom's mental state has not been good for the past two days, and on the way he told Goofy that he woke up from nightmares several times last night.

Whether it's a superpowered person or an ordinary person, whether it's self-defense or active aggression, killing four people suddenly is never a wonderful experience, and if not handled properly, then this matter can even ruin Tom Cooper's life.

Susan Storm arranges for Tom to conduct the assessment, while Reed Richards takes care of Goofy.

"I've heard about Tom, it's really very thrilling, if it wasn't for the NYPD's timely discovery, Tom might have been transported to some secret base by now." Reed Road.

"That's right, it's actually thanks to the Superpower Registration Act that we can protect the superpowers in time." High Flying Road.

"By the way, have the kidnappers been identified?" Reid asked.

"It's hard to know for sure." Goofy frowned, "That explosion destroyed a lot of evidence. ”

Ben Graeme, the "Stone Man", also came over to join in the chat, and the big guy was worried about Tom's affairs.

"Officer Goofy, why is Tom Cooper being targeted by these kidnappers? Could it be that his registration led to the leakage of his personal information? ”

Gao Fei shook his head: "It's unlikely, Tom completed the registration last Friday, and the data was updated to the system on the weekend, but he was kidnapped this Monday - even if the kidnappers are well-informed, the preparation time will not be so short." ”

Ben still couldn't put his mind at ease: "But after the implementation of the "Superpower Registration Act", the information of all the superpowers in New York has been entered, in case this information falls into the wrong hands, then ......"

Reid couldn't help but laugh.

"Oh, my Ben, don't you think that those bad guys with ulterior motives can only rely on us to get information about superpowers, do you? If the superpowers don't come to us to register, then the bad guys will never know they exist? ”

Reed looked at Ben helplessly, and the latter looked embarrassed.

"Please, Ben, if the bad guys are so lazy and just waiting to pick up the ready-made bargains, then we don't need to fight them at all, the bad guys themselves will be exterminated......" Reed shrugged.

Ben scratched his huge head, and he knew Reed was right.

Gao Fei also nodded and said: "Yes, Ben, if someone plots against the superpower, then regardless of whether the superpower is registered or not, they will have a way to obtain the information of the superpower......"

This sentence is not Gao Fei's words, in fact, the Divine Shield Bureau has been recording information about superpowers since Captain Marvel appeared twenty years ago (see the first episode of the first season of the American TV series "S.H.I.E.L.D.").

It's just that S.H.I.E.L.D. collected it secretly, without the consent of the superpowered person himself, nor under the supervision of other departments.

By the time Tony Stark revealed his Iron Man identity, S.H.I.E.L.D. had already entered most of the world's superpowers into the database (Iron Man 2, Tony and Fury in the background of the big computer screen when they talked).

Not to mention Hydra's insight plan, not to mention that you are a superpower who hides your identity, even a potential superpower who has not yet obtained the ability can find out for you (Doctor Strange)......

It can be seen that the bad guys don't care about the existence of the "Superpower Registration Act" at all, and they themselves have a way to obtain information about superpowers.

On the contrary, groups that really want to protect the superpowers have a hard time getting their information.

Gao Fei patted Ben on the shoulder: "Ben, the benefits of the registration decree to the superpowered are far greater than the harm, because the bad guys can use any means to obtain the information of the superpowers, but formal organizations like us like the NYPD that want to protect the superpowers cannot obtain the information of the superpowers through illegal means......"

"This leads to an asymmetry of information, where the bad guys know everything about the superpowers, and the good guys don't know anything about the superpowers......"

"It's like Tom's situation, if Tom hadn't registered, we in the NYPD would have seen him just as an ordinary citizen, and then the bad guys kidnapped him and used his abilities to do evil, and we in the NYPD were still in the dark, thinking that all this was just an ordinary kidnapping......"

Ben finally got it.

"Then it looks better to sign up."

"Yes, it's always better to know than to know nothing, and we need to be proactive and not reactive. Superpowers and ordinary people can only coexist harmoniously when they understand each other, and concealing and hiding each other can only lead to estrangement and misunderstanding......"

"It's like Officer Goofy and Professor Lizard, why do the people support Officer Goofy and fear Professor Lizard? Because everyone knows Officer Goofy, knows that he is a native of Brooklyn, and knows that he has a funny uncle and lovely daughter......"

"But you don't know anything about Professor Lizard, and suddenly a scaly monster appears on the street, and even if he stands there and does nothing, it will be terrifying - fear comes from the unknown."

Reed said solemnly, then turned on a screen next to him, "Look at this." ”

Goofy and Ben looked across the screen, only to see a vast desert appear on the screen.

"It's ...... Mexico? Ben asked in surprise.

"New Mexico, our borders." Reed Road.

At this time, the picture turned, and I saw a miniature crater in the desert, and in the center of the crater, there was a hammer with a simple shape.

"It's a ...... Hammer?! Ben looked curious, "What do you mean?" ”

Reed shrugged: "I don't understand either, but it is said that the hammer appeared with the crater, and nearby residents claim to have witnessed the hammer fall from the sky and smashed out of the crater in the desert......"

"And weird enough, this hammer can't be picked up at all, no matter how strong a man is, or how powerful a machine is, it can't move it in the slightest."

"It can't be!" Ben looked incredulous, "A hammer is a hammer, can it still grow on the ground?" Besides, if you dig up the sand that supports it underneath it, it won't move! It can't just float in thin air, can it? ”

"This ......" Reed had nothing to say, why didn't anyone on the scene come up with this strange idea?

At this point, the camera zooms in on a small town in New Mexico called Old Bridge, where a steel machine is wreaking havoc in the streets, spewing scorching flames from its skull......

"My God! This is the footage of some magic movie, right? Ben asked, dumbfounded.

Goofy knew what was going on - the fire-breathing steel machine was Odin's armor, the "Destroyer".

Far away in New Mexico, the plot of "Thor" is progressing step by step, Thor was deposed by Odin and fell to the world, robbing Thor's power, and Thor's younger brother Loki took advantage of Odin's sleep to send the destroyer to assassinate Thor and seek Thor's inheritance......

Goofy sighed, it seems that from now on, the general public will have to adapt not only to a world full of superpowers, but also to a world where aliens can visit at any time.

Reed Richards is equally aware of this.

"As you can see, the world is becoming more and more dangerous, and what we should do is to be proactive in preventing disasters from happening, rather than reacting to them, right?"

"Concealing the truth of the disaster and ignoring the existence of superpowers...... Such negative behaviour will not save the world that has changed. ”

"What we need to do is understand what's going on and act accordingly."