Chapter 17: Negotiations

"I don't understand, why do we need compensation, we didn't do anything to you, right?" General Talbot looked at Charles with a funny face, and asked, they admitted defeat before they could make a move, no, it should be said that they gave up before the war between the two sides began, does this require any compensation?

"Just because you didn't do it doesn't mean you didn't plan to do it, it's not that you didn't plan to do anything to me, right, and I haven't forgotten that your General Ross once came to me to warn me that if I didn't do what you asked, you would do something against me, such as making me completely unemployed, and taking Lalar.

Now you don't think you can fight, you don't want to fight, and then tell me, let's live in peace, it's not okay, because I've been threatened by you and I'm unhappy, and I want someone to be unhappy with me, like you, or you have a way to make me happy. ”

Charles straightened his posture and began to negotiate with General Talbot, since he had already shown his strength in front of the military, but he couldn't eliminate them, then Charles naturally had to get some benefits from the military, otherwise who would pay for the labor costs he worked so hard to go to space to put satellites, and his labor force would be so cheap.

"What are the consequences of your displeasure, can you tell me in advance? Talbot looked at Charles with a smile and asked what punishment Charles would receive if he did not agree to Charles' demand for compensation.

Since Charles felt that when General Ross threatened him, it was the beginning of the battle, and now this time is the end of the battle, Charles has won in this battle, then General Talbot no longer said that there is no dispute if there is no battle, and defeat is defeat, and this defeat also lets the military know what kind of existence Charles is, and also makes the future plan change in time, and at the same time they have no substantial losses, except for the displeasure in Charles's mouth, but if they are not happy, they are not happy, can Charles kill them if he is not happy?

"Don't whip us with the truth, if any of us are so bad, your whipping will be a good way to help us identify the moths among us, and you will be more than welcome to do so. ”

Talbot's first sentence said that Charles's approach to those capitalists cannot threaten him, because he may have been at fault in the past, but as long as his current purpose is for the country, then the military will not punish his current self for his past mistakes, maybe the military has people who are afraid of Charles, but sorry, those people are also people that the military wants to find out and kick away, if Charles is willing to carry a whip to beat the military leaders one by one, he Talbot will definitely applaud.

"Of course, you can also kill us directly, or destroy our satellite reconnaissance system in space, but you are not actually dealing with the military, but declaring war with the United States, the military and this country are inseparable, and you don't want to have a head-on conflict with this country so you run into space to put those satellites, and then tell us that you control space. In that case, how can you threaten us with this. “

Talbot's second sentence makes it clear that Charles cannot target them with physical destruction or other threats, because such means are a declaration of war, and no one in the country will agree with Charles's approach, unless Charles intends to rule or destroy the country outright.

"It's true that now we can't threaten you, no, we have never been able to threaten you, it's just that we didn't want to in the past, and now we don't dare, but in the same way, you can't threaten us, but you are better than us, you don't dare, but you don't want to, am I right?"

Talbot's face darkened a little after seeing what Charles said to him, and he understood that he had indeed said that Charles did not plan to start a war with the military, but Talbot was worried that Charles would be angry by what he said, and began to ease the relationship between the two sides, but the tone was still so tough, and there seemed to be no taste of accommodation.

"Charles, we can stop holding Wondergirl accountable for helping Rogers, and we won't hold you accountable for occupying the orbit of a military satellite that should have belonged to us, but again, I hope you don't threaten us with such things as being unhappy, after all, you can't do anything bad to us, can you?"

"So, let's forget the past and live in peace, what do you think?"

General Talbot saw that Charles had been silent by what he said, and began to try to reach a peace agreement with Charles, of course, in this agreement, the military no longer held Charles and Laura accountable, and Charles naturally could no longer hold the military responsible, after all, the military only verbally threatened Charles, and Laura really helped the fugitive Steve Rogers, and from a legal point of view, Charles took advantage.

"I'm afraid not, I said, your fault is to upset me, not to hold Laura responsible. Charles looked at Talbot's hand of friendship and opened his mouth to refuse, which made Talbot very puzzled, could Charles have any other means to threaten himself?

"General, from the very beginning of this matter, I did not intend to help Laura evade responsibility, but actively prepared to help you do something to make you let Laura go, and I can understand that you came to make a deal with me, because in my opinion, you are avoiding the risk of fighting with me, which is a kind of concession, but you actually threatened me, which is the source of my unhappiness.

Because since you dare to threaten me, then in your eyes I should be a relatively strong weakling, in this case, if you want to violate the law and I trade, this is not a concession, this is a choice you make for the sake of interests, to a certain extent, your choice has been above the country and the law, and I have always considered myself a part of this country, you are standing on my head, and I hate very much that there is something on my head that restricts me, especially this thing has its own will, I said it clearly enough?”

Charles didn't say how he threatened the military, but told the military why he was angry, well, this was not the main willingness of Charles to feel uncomfortable at all, but since Charles said that this was the reason, then Talbot had to admit this reason.

"You are indeed shameless enough to come up with such a reason to accuse us, but I still hope that you really have a patriotic heart, I don't want to refute your words, okay, what compensation are you going to want, say it first, we won't agree if it's too much, even if I think I can agree. ”

After listening to Charles's reasoning, Talbot reluctantly accepted Charles's point that the military had planned to show favoritism, and then no longer discussed with Charles whether he should pay compensation, but asked Charles what compensation he wanted, Talbot was very curious, Charles even said this shameless reason, what benefits he wanted from the military.

"Oh, my request is simple, just let Barton and Sam the Falcon out, after all, they are only helping the great Captain America, at most they are only a crime of hiding fugitives, and they are not worth being locked up at sea, and both of them have a phobia of the sea, you guys, it's too cruel. ”

Hearing that Talbot began to agree to compensation, Charles thought about it in his mind, and found that the military really didn't have anything he wanted, and if he asked for money, he would be laughed off by the other party, so to speak, the money printing machine was his family, unless Charles wanted a number that could destroy the American economic system, otherwise they would be very happy to do it.

In the end, Charles could only think that since the other party chose to threaten himself because he wanted the Devil Fruit in Charles's hand, then he chose to rescue the two Devil Fruit Abilities in the other party's hands, they would be very unhappy, and as long as they could make the other party unhappy, Charles could come out of the shadow of being threatened, and at the same time, Charles also said in his heart, don't just come out and wave the poor ghosts.