Chapter 262: Three Things Worth Mentioning
In the meeting for several days in a row, in addition to watching the disputes of several representatives at the round table and the "performance" of the representatives of S.H.I.E.L.D., these are the three things that can make the atmosphere of the meeting not too dull.
Let's start with the second thing. The formation of the death squad is actually planned by the Punisher and the Ghost Rider from the first day they arrived at F&P's territory. Even these two have long been not just planning, but acting. Previously, when various forces, large and small, were running for the position of Round Table and Commander, these two also came into contact with people who met their requirements one after another. The two of them have reached a common intention with a number of people in private, and these people have two things in common. First of all, they are all scattered people and do not belong to any power organization; Secondly, they have all done bad things more than once, and they all had criminal records not long ago.
You can imagine how that team was assembled. To paraphrase the Punisher's words at one of the "recruitments": "I know who you are, and you should know who I am." If you don't agree to join our death squad, I'll visit you afterwards. ”
Of course, this kind of "visit" will not be welcomed, but it is important to know that the Punisher and the Ghost Rider are "notorious" in the underworld and in the world where those people are active. It's not a good thing to be targeted by them. As for the Punisher and the Ghost Rider, that kind of person should be executed in the first place, but since he participated in this meeting to save the earth and proved that he had a little thought, it was better to join the death squad. If you are still alive afterwards, the previous crimes will disappear; If he died, he would not be held accountable.
Now that I think about it, it was probably from the very beginning when the American team launched the call-up that the Punisher had this kind of plan. Otherwise, with his vicious and hateful personality, it would be impossible to stay with hundreds of supervillains without making a move. And the Evil Ghost Rider, it is estimated that he hit it off with the Punisher. So they co-directed such a good play.
By now, the Punisher and the Ghost Rider had pulled together a team of more than twenty people through this method. During this period, there were unwilling supervillains who complained to F&P and other organizers. However, the Punisher and Ghost Rider did not use any action against others, and they did not openly threaten others, so the complaint had to be dismissed. However, there are some outsiders who feel very happy after knowing about this, including Iron Man of the Avengers. The maverick couldn't even wait to get acquainted with the Punisher, and unexpectedly ended up being shut up. That's a fun story.
Not many people knew about it. The Punisher and Ghost Riders also intend to be brought up publicly when the coalition is officially formed. But when it was decided that S.H.I.E.L.D. would have a special squad to work behind enemy lines, the Punishers couldn't sit still - it overlapped with their death squads. If it was all for the betterment of the coalition, the Punisher would have to cancel the formation of the death squad. But the punishers have another plan. So after thinking about it for a short time, the Punisher and the Ghost Rider came up with the idea of working with S.H.I.E.L.D. to disrupt the enemy's rear.
For this idea, of course, S.H.I.E.L.D. is in favor of it. After all, it takes the pressure off them. The representatives of the round table on the stage were rarely divided into three factions. One side believes that there is no need for that at all. After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. has already formed an army of its own, and another team will affect the strength of the large army, which is not conducive to a head-on war with the fire giants and gnomes. One side thought that the idea was feasible and should be expanded to about fifty people. It is best to divide into several death squads, fight on multiple fronts, and destroy on multiple fronts. As for the last party. They also thought it was a good idea, but the number should be reduced to ten to fifteen. The size of the party should be reduced so that it can move quickly and make it easier to sneak in and hide.
Eventually, the plan proposed by the Punisher and Ghost Rider was put on hold for the time being. It is true that the pros and cons of forming a death squad outweigh the disadvantages, but some of the details are still up for debate.
And then there's the third thing.
After several days of meetings, although the coalition forces have not yet begun to formally form, the general framework has been almost built after many disputes and repeated discussions. Therefore, the choice of the commander was also put on the agenda. These days, there has been a lot of canvassing for people who are interested in competing for this position. Probably because of this situation. The men at the round table decided to speed up the process - to adjourn the meeting for one day, and then to proceed with the announcement of the list of candidates and the election of the commander by the plenary vote at the next day. For elections. Generally speaking, after knowing who the candidates are, the person with the ballot has a period of time to think about who they should vote for. Not now, just vote after knowing the candidates, which is also weird.
However, through canvassing these days, everyone almost knows who the candidates will be, so no one is holding on to this unreasonableness.
Other than that. To become a candidate, the conditions have changed slightly. First of all, the seven delegates at the round table, their companions could not run. Other than that, everyone else can. Secondly. Those who aspire to run and meet the previous conditions need to be nominated by four other forces or two representatives of the round table, or they can be jointly supported by twenty loose people. And the original condition is that any two forces or ten scattered people who are not the forces they represent, the threshold is raised, but it is only a little bit. Twenty or ten is really no different from a total of more than 800 scattered people. And the other change -- to use some people's jokingly speaking, it was made by the delegates at the round table to make their presence visible.
Finally, first of all, on behalf of the Mutant Brotherhood and some others, the Demonic Girl demanded that all the power groups represented by the Vengeance Alliance, X Academy, Freedom and Peace, and even all those involved in the formation of the coalition, jointly urge the Pentagon to release Magneto.
As soon as this matter was raised by Raven, it caused an uproar in the venue.
This is the N+1st time Magneto has been locked up. He had escaped N times before, and this time the Pentagon had spent a lot of money to find two companies, AIM and Cybertech, to redesign the plastic prison with super security measures, and a group of guards wearing special equipment to guard it. Inside and out, there are a total of twenty layers of defense, which is claimed to be impregnable. Raven had done a lot of preparation before, but even if he had found out the general structure of the prison, he didn't find a chance to start. It can be said that if the Pentagon does not change its mind and take the initiative to release it, even if the Avengers are all dispatched, they may not be able to bring Magneto out. And the Pentagon has also released that if the mutant brotherhood makes any more changes, they don't mind tearing up the agreement with Professor X and directly gassing Magneto!
In fact, strictly speaking, Magneto can't be considered a supervillain. But some of his actions have repeatedly threatened the lives of ordinary people. And not one or two, but three, four, or even five digits. So for the Pentagon to propose the release of Magneto, the idea itself is courageous -- the courage not to be ridiculed.
But one thing is certain, if Magneto enters the war, it will definitely be a huge help to the coalition forces. Fire giants aside, the gnomes who are still left in the western highlands of Australia have a lot of metal parts in the machinery they use. Unless they have the means to increase magnetic inertia or simply isolate magnetic induction, Magneto alone will be able to fight most of the gnomes.
With these in mind, the day before the decision to vote for the commander was changed to a three-day recess, and Professor X had already left the F&P headquarters with Team America and Iron Man Tony Stark, who had a huge influence in the American civil and business circles, respectively, and returned to the United States to negotiate with the Pentagon. (To be continued......)