Chapter 232: The Stamford Incident
When Jing and others arrived at the scene of the Stafford explosion, it was already a mess, and a large number of medical personnel and firefighters were busy nervously.
"They should have informed us. Fastball and his new band knew they weren't the other side's opponent, and now at least tens of millions of people across the country had seen their footage, and the photographers had uploaded backups, which for unknown reasons were quickly circulated online. "Seeing the scene in front of me, even Kyoichi felt very powerless for a while. Things are going well, but there are always stupid guys who come to ruin the good picture.
"It doesn't matter who spread it anymore. The head of the Federal Emergency Management Center said that the number of casualties has exceeded a thousand, and that at least six hundred of them have already lost their precious lives because of this stupid reality show. Even Tony, the playboy, couldn't help but look very heavy at this moment, and the area where the incident happened happened to be close to a school and a residential building. That's the lives of hundreds of innocent civilians, and just because of the stupidity of these people who claim to be capable of the new warband, they lose everything in an instant.
"Uh, Iron Man, Fantastic Mage, excuse me," a firefighter walked over with some trepidation.
"How can we help?"
Seeing that the magical mage was so approachable, the firefighter seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and he pointed to a pile of rubble next to him, "It's there, the detector shows signs of life five meters underground, but the excavator can't get in now, so I wonder if I can please you... ”
"No problem." Jing nodded, "Hand of the High Mage!" ”
A pair of energy giant hands with a diameter of three meters appeared out of thin air, and then directly moved the piles of rubble to the open space next to them, and Hulk and others and the X-Men who rushed to the scene also reached out and used their own strength to carry out rescue work, maybe there are more people waiting for rescue under these collapsed ruins.
In the next few days, the whole thing was fermenting at an unprecedented rate, and it seemed that there was a mysterious hand behind it, constantly pushing him, and people everywhere were discussing this matter, because this incident happened in Stamford, so they called it the Stamford incident.
"Ban all superheroes? That's absolutely impossible. Especially when there are more and more supercriminals, and we are also facing the threat of an alien invasion. But I think it's reasonable to train them and give them government office. "CNN Radio.
"Let's say the fastball, the so-called leader of the new warband, although we don't want to slander the dead, but this kid doesn't even know the name of the president of the United States." New york times.
"Their threat is even greater than that of C4, but they are unrestrained, shouldn't they be tested before they are allowed to fight crime?" CBS Radio.
"Maybe it's time to introduce a registration bill for superheroes." NBC Radio.
The situation continued to deteriorate until even the Avengers Tower received a handwritten letter from the President of the United States.
Jing's eyes narrowed, "So, we have to be employed in the United States and serve in the government by name, otherwise we will receive a summons from the court?" "If things do get to this point, then he'll be forced to use some of his powers, and maybe get some sort of cooperation with Dr. X, after all, the X-Men are in this sequence, and they seem to be in a worse situation.
"No, Kyo." Tony shook his head, "The fact that you're not among them, you, Thor, Doctor Strange, Dr. X, and a handful of others, are among the superhumans they hope to be able to reach a compromise." After witnessing the cruelty, Tony stayed up all night until he received a summons from the President of the United States and handed him this material, and although he was an Avenger, he was now the messenger of the President of the United States.
"I don't want to get involved in these things, what I should deal with is the evil gods and demons of those outer latitudes, especially after the retirement of the Ancient One Master, this is my responsibility." The one who spoke was a rather elegant middle-aged man dressed like a magician, he was Doctor Strange, when Loki opened the monster portal to the atrium before, he spent a lot of mana to close it, and actively ran to lead the superheroes of New York to deal with the monster soldiers who came out of the remaining portals, and stopped the destruction of the other party at the first time, Jing heard about him more than once in the mouths of Spider-Man and others. Later, Jing spent half a day in New York to find each other's residence, a place called the Supreme Sanctuary, because the two are both mages and superheroes, but they have completely different spell power systems, so both of them are very interested in the differences in each other's spells, and they have become good friends.
"And what about Sue? What about Johnny? And what about my employees Max and William? Kyo sent out a barrage of inquiries, these were his people, and he didn't want their identities to be exposed.
Tony's face was embarrassed, "I'm sorry, Kyo, but actually I. . . ”
However, before Tony could finish speaking, Janet the Waspman had already jumped up, and she threw the file aside, "What are you kidding?" And pensions and annual leave? What the hell are they trying to do to turn us all into civil servants in the office? ”
"I think they're trying to shut us down, Wasp." The shiny black man shook his frozen Coke disdainfully, he was Luke Cage of the Defenders. Because of the relationship between Fantastic Mage Kyo and Daredevil, the relationship between the Defenders and the Avengers is very good, especially after Thunderbolt and Electro helped save Erica who was attacked by the Japanese Hand some time ago, the grateful Daredevil needless to say, the emotional Luke Cage and the iron fist with a yellow bandana next to him also often come to the Avengers Mansion, because Daredevil and Luke Cage have one thing in common, their girlfriends have been saved by the Avengers, and in this era of national hero worshipThey are also heroes in New York and even in the United States.
"No, Luke, what's so bad about this to legalize us, to train me, and to be more accountable to the public?"
Looking at Tony, who was a little excited, Thunderbolt's face couldn't help but change a little, "So, Tony, you joined them?" ”
"That's right, Johnny." Tony nodded without hesitation, "The Stamford incident has sobered me up, like I suddenly woke up from a hangover." ”
"I can't believe my ears!" At this time, a black man dressed like a bird next to the Electric King jumped up, he was a member of the American Air Force personally recruited into the Avengers by the American team, and he had an inflatable backpack developed by the American Air Force, his nickname was Falcon.
Falcon roared excitedly, "Many of you here know that I am a member of the Air Force, but I still have to say that masks are not just a tradition, and we can't let them turn us into super cops." ”
"Yes, man, I agree with you very much," a slightly mischievous voice suddenly came from the ceiling, and Kyoshi knew it must be a spider without looking up.
The little spider in the red and blue plaid suit fell neatly, "If they force everyone to work for Uncle Sam, I guess a large number of superheroes will wash their hands." ”
Tony spread his hands, "Oh please, the secrecy of my identity is not that important, my identity has been public since the beginning, but there have been no serious problems so far. ”
"Really? Tony, do you really think so? Kyo looked at his friend, "Whip, Doctor Octopus, Ion, and the recent Crimson Mecha, how many times have you counted?" "A few days ago, a Russian super-criminal who had made himself an enlarged red Iron Man suit attacked the Stark Tower, and if it weren't for the help of Wolverine and the Beast from the passing X-Men, I don't know how many people would have been injured or even killed.
"Well, does anyone think we're all a little too excited right now," Ant-Man Hank tried to reassure everyone, "It's not officially enacted yet, and even Mr. President just gave us a letter of intent, didn't he?" ”
"No, Hank, it's been planned for a long time." Daredevil, who had been hiding silently in the corner, suddenly spoke, his girlfriend Erica was currently recuperating due to the attack of the Hand Ninjas, so she did not come, "The Stamford incident was just the last straw that broke the camel's back, they had expected it, and it was fermenting too quickly, there was not only one hand pushing behind it, there were many hands." And now, if we don't handle it well, our yes will be completely finished, and I can smell the conspiracy in the air. ”