Chapter 353: To Compromise or Not (Part 2)
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Natasha, who had just gone out, walked in from outside the door and said to a few people.
"Let's go and meet the Secretary of State and see what he has to say. Ding Yi got up from the sofa and walked towards the conference room.
Behind him, the others also got up one after another, and followed one by one with heavy faces.
......
In a small conference room, the Avengers were seated, and even Tony's good brother, Colonel Rhodes, who drove the Iron Patriot, was also sitting here at the moment.
Colonel Rhodes appeared here as a diplomat of the Avengers, he was responsible for the bridge between the outside world and the Avengers, and he would also be involved in the contact of some missions.
Ding Yi found a seat on the side and sat down, intending to listen to what the secretary of state in front of him was going to say.
On the other side, Tony sat alone in a corner, looking absent-minded.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, the Secretary of State also spoke: "I am glad to see that several gentlemen and ladies can attend this meeting, especially Mr. Ding Yi, I hope it does not disturb your private time." β
"You're so polite. Ding Yi smiled at him and said.
The other party smiled back, followed by a straight face, and said, "Five years ago, I had a heart attack and passed out after playing golf. As a result, it became the greatest blessing of my life. Because after 13 hours of surgery and triple bypass, I found something that forty years in the military had not taught me, vision!"
The secretary of state is eloquent, and Americans like to use this kind of storytelling as a starting point for negotiations, especially those that happen to them, and perhaps it makes them feel proud.
"The whole world owes the Avengers a favor that is difficult to repay. "You fought for us, you protected us, and risked your lives," the secretary said. β
"While there are many who see you as heroes of justice, there are also those who ...... Prefer to use the word 'vigilantes'. β
Vigilante?
This is generally used to describe people who have good intentions, but do not follow the rules or even ignore them.
And most of these people were sent to prison.
Obviously, after all the foreshadowing, the Secretary of State finally got down to business.
"Which word would you use, Mr. Secretary?" asked Natasha suddenly.
"How's 'danger'?" the Secretary of State said almost without hesitation, but the answer was uncomfortable to hear.
"How would you describe a group of superpowers stationed in the United States? They habitually ignore the borders of sovereign states, where they go, what they do? β
"And to be honest, these people don't seem to care about the consequences for them either. β
The expression on the Secretary of State's face changed from a smile at the beginning to a gloomy one, as if angry as if he was indifferent.
He took a look and turned on the screen in the conference room with the remote control in his hand.
On the screen, a map of the world is displayed, with several dots flashing yellow.
"New York. He said in a nonchalant tone and opened a video.
The video shows the Battle of New York a few years ago, when the Zetarians invaded, the Avengers were officially formed for the first time, and they joined forces to fight against the aliens who tried to enslave humanity.
However, instead of showing the Avengers heroically fighting the aliens, the video shows a scene of the Hulk jumping between several buildings, smashing falling steel concrete on the photographer.
This scene made the avengers present frown.
This is not a good sign.
After that, the secretary showed several more videos of images of the battles for Washington and Sokovia. And, of course, the most recent one, the footage of the Lagos bombing.
Especially in the battle of Sokovia, when the Avengers had tried their best to save many people, there were still many people who did not escape and died in that place.
"Alright, that's enough, turn it off. Steve said with a complicated look in his eyes.
The secretary of state glanced at him, then reached out and took a thick book from the assistant next to him and placed it on the conference table.
"Over the past four years, your actions have been unsupervised and unsupervised, and governments around the world can no longer tolerate this. β
"But we have a solution. The secretary of state shoved the book in front of Wanda and said, "The Sokovia Agreement, ratified by 117 nations, states that the Avengers are no longer a private organization, but will operate under the supervision of a United Nations team." Moreover, it is up to this group to decide whether or not to act. β
The fox's tail is finally revealed.
Ding Yi sat for a long time, watching the scene in front of him develop.
"The Avengers were formed to make the world safer, and I feel like we did. Steve's voice rang out, and his words revealed his own resistance to the so-called agreement.
At this time, the secretary of state, who happened to walk beside him, heard it and couldn't help asking, "Captain, do you know where Thor and Banner are now?"
Hearing him mention the names of the two, Steve looked up at him.
"If I lose two 30-megaton nuclear weapons, there will definitely be consequences. The Secretary of State said in a non-conscriptive manner.
Steve looked at him and didn't speak.
The secretary seemed to feel that he had the upper hand and continued to say as he went: "Compromise, reassure, that's how the world works." Believe me, that's the middle ground. β
What should be said and what should be done, the purpose of his coming here today has been achieved.
The Secretary of State looked at these people in front of him, and he didn't like them from the bottom of his heart.
Because they are all unstable factors, and with them, a lot of things can get troublesome.
"In three days, the United Nations will convene a meeting in Vienna to discuss the agreement. The Secretary of State put away his belongings and said, "I hope to see you there." Of course, and Mr. Ding Yi, you are also welcome to attend the hearing. β
Ding Yi shrugged, the reason why this guy called him today. First, he was involved in the Lagos incident, and second, I am afraid that it was also a warning.
Look at such a powerful Avengers, they all have ways to sanction them, unless you Ding Yi want to become a super criminal that everyone shouts and beats, or give me obedient obedience, don't make trouble everywhere.
Ding Yi understood what the other party meant, but he didn't take it to heart.
In this world, no one can order him to do anything.
......
in the living room.
The Secretary of State is gone, and now only the Avengers and Ding Yi are left here.
They are now debating whether to sign it.
Some agreed to sign, others disagreed.
Colonel Rhodes must have supported the signing, and Tony, who had gone through so many things and had no longer been as unruly as he used to be, decided to agree to sign this time.
Maybe it was the successive blows that hurt this man's fragile heart a little. If it had been Tony in the past, he would never have made such a choice.
In addition, Natasha also agreed to sign, but she only decided to consider the result of refusal, not out of sincere desire to sign.
Compared to the three of them, whether it is Steve or Wanda, they are resisting this kind of behavior from the bottom of their hearts.
Watching them arguing with each other, Ding Yi leaned back against the soft sofa and sat on the side to watch the excitement.
Maybe it was the unscrupulous schadenfreude expression on Ding Yi's face that was a bit too hateful, no, the few people who happened to be arguing in full swing suddenly pointed the finger at him.
"Ding Yi, tell me your opinion. The falcon suddenly changed his words, looked at Ding Yi, who was watching the excitement, and said.
"You ask me?" Ding Yi pointed to himself.
Falcon nodded, looking at him with a 'who the hell are you rooting for' expression.
Not only him, but everyone else also looked at him at this time.
Angry Falcon Sam glanced at Sam the Falcon, followed by Ding Yi's face, and said, "First of all, I need to ask you a few questions. β
A few people nodded.
"The Battle of New York, if you participated, wouldn't the Zetarians invade the earth?" Ding Yi asked.
"It's impossible, they want to invade the earth first, and then we have to resist. Natasha shook her head.
"And what about the triggers, why did the Zetarians come to invade the Earth?" Ding Yi asked again.
Several of the people present who had experienced that incident thought for a moment, and then listened to Steve's words: "It's the Cosmic Rubik's Cube, which attracted the Zetarians to Earth. And Loki, but at the end of the day, the ultimate source is the Cosmic Rubik's Cube. β
"That's right!" Ding Yi snapped his fingers and said, "You see, even without you, the Zetarians would still invade the earth. And if it weren't for the Tony Awards, the nuclear bomb would have gone into space, and I'm afraid the whole of New York would have disappeared by now. β
"If that nuclear bomb explodes, how many people will die?"
"Who gave the order to launch the nuclear bomb?"
"Who is the Cosmic Cube who is constantly researching and trying to control this power?"
Ding Yi asked three questions in succession, which made many people present frown.
He didn't listen to their answers, but said directly: "It's the US government, it's those in power." β
"They don't care at all about how many people die from your actions, human lives are not worth much in their eyes. They could have ordered the bomb to be dropped on New York, and they could have ordered it to be done all over the world. β
"And you are involved in this as rescuers. Don't look at how many people died, you have to think so, if you didn't participate, how many people would have died? Is it less than if you were involved? β
"By the same token, the Washington incident is not your fault. β
Ding Yi saw a slight change in the eyes of many people, and couldn't help but continue: "I know that many of you feel guilty in your hearts, and you feel that you killed those people. But didn't you think that without you, more people would die!"
"Don't be naΓ―ve, what peace agreement, what supervision. It's all a faΓ§ade, they just need to take your power into their hands and become a dog that can be released to bite people. β
Ding Yi's words are hard to hear, but they are indeed right. (To be continued.) )