The live broadcast signal was interrupted, and the screen was white, just like the faces of these powerful people in the tactical command room.

The vice president spat out a sentence from between his teeth: "This damn madman..."

In front of hundreds of millions of humans around the world, the blatant beheading of a serving bald eagle major general, even those terrorists whose brain capacity is close to the cave man on the top of the mountain would not dare to do so.

The unprecedented crisis situation left the "elite" people present speechless, looking at each other and not daring to come out.

What does Magneto want? What does he mean by turning himself in? What are we going to do?

The silence was finally broken, and if there was room for others to protect themselves, then His Excellency the President, who was the number one leader of the Bald Eagle, had no way out.

Either way, the problem always needs to be faced.

"Have you found the live streaming address?" The president asked hoarsely.

"No," the Defense Department official bitterly replied, "all the intelligence services are doing their best, but the other side is withdrawing as fast as he is invading - in front of the other side, our cyber technicians are like monkeys crouching in front of a keyboard." ”

The president rubbed his aching brows, looked at the bureaucrats with gloomy faces and didn't say a word, and sighed, "Do you have any suggestions?" ”

"We should immediately declare that this is all terrorist disinformation and call for the whole country to be put on combat readiness." A stocky secretary of homeland security said solemnly, "This is a blatant war, a declaration of war by mutant terrorists against the Union." ”

"You can't do that." Secretary of State Walter interrupted the Secretary of Homeland Security's eloquent remarks and said indifferently: "Think about it with your toes, would such a difficult plan as hacking the X-weapon military base, planning the live broadcast process, and hacking the screens of networked devices around the world be something that a mutant old man who only knows about bombing attacks can come up with?" ”

"What do you mean?" The Secretary of Homeland Security asked with a frown.

"I just want to say that Magneto definitely has a whole team behind him to help him come up with ideas and make plans." Walter said indifferently: "And according to Magneto's self-surrender, it is likely that he is not the leader of this team, and there is someone else behind the scenes." ”

"Could that be Professor Charles, who runs Xavier's Academy for gifted children?" A bureaucrat who knew a thing or two about the world of the Transcendent asked, "When the intelligence department arrived at that academy, all the faculty, staff, and students inside were evacuated, and there was not a single one left. ”

"It's hard to say." The Secretary of State took a deep breath, the cool smell of a fast-acting freshener filling his mouth, "Charles Francis Xavier is no better than Magneto, he is a doctor of psychology, a capitalist, a politician, a promoter of peace and equality. It has long maintained good relations with the Federation. He's not going to do this kind of thing that is aimed at the federal system.

If I'm not mistaken, the real mastermind behind the scenes needs the power of the X-Men, and there is no need for a highly prestigious mutant to dictate to him, since Magneto can be thrown out as cannon fodder, then Professor Charles is either set up or kidnapped and imprisoned. ”

Speaking of which, the hearts of the bureaucrats in the tactical command room sank. Obviously, the mutant forces that have been twisted into a rope are more terrifying than a single terrorist.

The other side will definitely not be willing to make such a big fight, and no matter what the White House's countermeasures are, they need to take into account the other party's next move.

The vice president coughed, frowned, and said, "Whatever they want, as long as the ears, eyes and mouthpieces are in our hands, there is still a way out."

The Mutant Brotherhood has long been listed as a terrorist organization in our country, as long as we seize the time to contact the media and increase the publicity....."

"It's useless." Secretary of State Walter shook his head and said indifferently: "Since the other party can hold the world's networked devices hostage once, they can hold the world's networked devices hostage a second, a third, and a fourth time.

It is simply impossible to suppress the other party from the perspective of public opinion. ”

Walter's repeated rejection of other people's opinions naturally aroused dissatisfaction, and a certain thin interior minister slapped the table, frowned, and asked, "Then what do you say to do?" ”

"My opinion is very simple, first of all, compile the speech as soon as possible, make a national speech on TV, acknowledge the existence of the X weapon program, and maintain a non-negative attitude towards what Magneto has revealed."

The secretary of state said coldly: "Second, seize the time to sort out the materials and arrange the list of people involved, but do not announce it to the public, and pick some weighty things to give to the people." ”

Walter's unsubtle lines are as sharp as the blade of a sword. There are no hints, no euphemisms, no compromises, and His Excellency the Secretary of State at this time is more courageous than those soldiers.

This straightforward way of speaking made everyone twist their bodies as if they were on their backs, avoiding Walter's vicious eyes without a trace of emotion,

"Again, contact the media and let them do their job well, not too flattering and explicit, and not too truthful to the truth. In short, keep the people in a state of anger but not outburst, disappointment but not despair of the federal government.

People will only see what they want to see, and in the first propaganda war we lost. But we have most of the eyes, ears and mouthpieces, and as long as we keep an eye on the more authoritative mainstreams and set a higher threshold on the channels for Americans to obtain information, we can generally stabilize the situation. ”

Walter clenched his fists fiercely, slammed them on the table, and judged, "All we can do is make amends." ”

Just then, a secretary hurried in and announced the news out of breath.

"Our surveillance equipment captured that Magneto was driving through the New York City interior, and the direction of the trip should be the New York Police Department headquarters."

Did he really turn himself in?

Everyone in the room looked at each other, and the superpowered criminals who did not play according to the routine, the elite class who were good at playing power tricks, said that they could not play this game.

The Secretary of State sighed, stood up, and said to Bald Eagle, "Your Excellency, I have requested to go to New York and meet with Magneto. ”

His Excellency the President, who was pretending to be calm, frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Walter, what do you want to do?" ”

The Secretary of State laughed miserably: "Magneto is just a pawn, and the mastermind behind this show is probably having bigger plans."

This global live broadcast is not just a terrorist attack-style deterrence, threat and even smear. Rather, it should be considered a political event.

If I'm not mistaken, the impasse in front of us is just an appetizer prepared for us by the man behind the scenes. ”