After yelling, Benjamin calmed down. No matter what, things have happened, and they must deal with the aftermath and look to the future.
"How are the rest of Team X doing...?"
"Darwin...oh, that's Oman." An official reported.
"Okay, I know their code names." Benjamin waved his hand impatiently for him to continue.
"Darwin is in a very bad situation now, not only physically, but also mentally. His current psychological condition is very bad. After he is out of danger, we will arrange psychological counseling as soon as possible. As for the beast... he was lucky at that time He was not there, so he was intact, but he was also very stimulated... You have to understand that they were civilians before and they were not mentally prepared for this."
Benjamin took a deep breath, then smiled bitterly: "Well...at least we are not completely wiped out."
Then he shook his head, not intending to talk about this topic again: "What about our Punisher?"
"Frank...his psychological quality has passed the test, but he seems very angry now and wants to find those terrorists." The official said immediately.
"Don't let him have problems! He is very important!" Benjamin said immediately.
At this moment, another official suddenly said hesitantly: "About those corpses of Team X... we..."
Benjamin immediately looked over sternly, with a very surprised look on his face.
"Do you want to make a fuss about the corpses of those warriors? Who gave you the courage?" President Benjamin covered his head: "Get out! You are fired! And Judy, remember the next time the White House recruits people. , remind me, let the HR department prepare the intelligence test! I don’t want idiots among my staff!”
The official was dragged out by the president's security in a state of shame.
Strictly speaking, even the President of the United States is not qualified to insult a person's personality in this way, not to mention that the person who can walk into this office at this time will not be simple regardless of his identity or background.
But no one in the room stood up to speak for this person, and no one accused the president of being too hurtful.
Because times have changed!
Look at the outside world, there are things happening every day that you couldn't even imagine before!
People with super powers are no longer a legend now. Super villains and superheroes have long been fighting in major cities. Gods, demons, monsters, vampires and even aliens have all appeared. If you still do things with the same old thinking... Haha, honestly, this idiot should take a break early. Don't go out of your way to cause trouble.
And put this question in the present moment.
It has been proven that there is a mutant terrorist organization that is malicious to humans, and the other party has the ability to raid any location in the world.
Under such circumstances, someone actually proposed to use the corpses of mutants close to the government who had died in the war to make a fuss... How stupid is this!
It's too late for them to win over those mutants now!
Acting like that idiot will only make other mutants more hostile to the federal government!
Are you planning to give that terrorist organization a boost?
Now is a critical period to win over mutants!
So everyone thinks this guy has a hole in his mind.
Of course, maybe this guy has his own purpose, but no matter what the purpose is, this is not the time to mess around!
This kind of person must be killed!
Otherwise, the subsequent problems will be serious.
After the idiot goes out, everyone present will understand what the general direction is, even if they have various reasons in their hearts to be against mutants. It’s like do the top officials of the federal government really like Nico? No! On the contrary, most of the senior management are disgusted with Nico and even think that they are redundant. But for the sake of profit, they can become the vanguard to protect Nick's power.
Nothing but interests.
Just like now.
"The corpses of those warriors must be properly buried and buried with state funeral standards! We must let the mutants who pay attention to us understand the federal attitude! Well, downplay their mutant identities to prevent those messy organizations from inexplicably Run out and cause trouble."
Doesn’t Benjamin want to study mutants?
certainly! No national leader will let this power go unchecked. But that also depends on the timing. Besides, is there less research on mutants? After all these years, who has researched anything? If that's the case, why do you want to make it so ugly? Many things can actually be done in more beautiful ways and still achieve the goal.
In short, there are many methods, why choose the simplest and crudest one? Even if it takes a little more effort! It doesn't cost much.
"The next step is to replenish Team X's personnel. I hope you already have backup candidates."
Normally, a president would not pay attention to such specific things. There are so many things waiting for him to do. Now that Benjamin has spoken, it shows the seriousness of the matter.
"Yes... we already have backup candidates, and we decided to second the strength of the Shadow Bureau to defend Washington."
"No!" Benjamin said dissatisfied. As a force directly under the Federation, it is of course no problem for the Shadow Bureau to defend the Special Zone, but if the Shadow Bureau's power is allowed to shrink, it means that all their initial investment will be in vain!
This is Benjamin's political achievement. He plans to separate any part of this power during his term, and cannot allow SHIELD to dominate. If the Shadow Bureau shrinks, won't his work be in vain? Birds leave their voices behind, and people leave their names behind. Every president hopes to leave some noteworthy political achievements during his term of office.
Benjamin is no exception.
"But the threat of the Hellfire Club is right around the corner. In a short time, we..."
The fate of Xin Guadanzi is right in front of him. Even if he recruits a new batch of potential mutants, it will be of no use. Are you going to ask for help again?
Why did they form their own superpower team? Not just to avoid this embarrassment.
Benjamin thought about it and finally made up his mind.
"I'll do it." He said and opened the drawer directly and took out his personal phone.
Then dial.
The result...is a busy signal.
Benjamin was a little embarrassed, so many people were watching!
So I changed my phone number. This was the person's office phone number.
This time someone answered, it was a female voice.
The secretary answered.
I heard that the president was very polite, but the other party still reluctantly told Benjamin that the director was not here.
But the other party still gave the director the number of the housekeeper.
The president made an awkward third call.
This time someone picked up.
The butler was polite but told him it would take two minutes.
Benjamin felt his face burning. Damn it, he was the president looking for someone, but he couldn't find the right person three times, and he was still waiting on the other side!
But what can he do?
This is not the time to lose your temper.
After a while, the other party called me.
"Kay! You bastard! What the hell are you doing?! Why are you just picking up the phone now?!" Benjamin roared in a low voice immediately after answering the call.
Kai was confused over there: "Of course I have my own things to do. I'm not your secretary. I need to be on call 24 hours a day."
Benjamin also knew that he was a little reactive to the country, but... so many people were watching.
"Okay, no need to explain. I need your help!"
"Help?" Kai asked curiously, "What help?"
"You know about the previous attack on the Pentagon, right?"
"I know, Frank asked me for help, but I'm in New York and won't be able to make it for a while. So I asked a friend of mine to come over."
Kai said honestly. As for saying that the friend was Hannibal, he didn't mention it, and Benjamin also didn't say it in a tacit understanding. Everyone knows that if there is a chance, the federal government will definitely seize Hannibal. On this point, no matter how good the relationship between Benjamin and Kai is, it will not change. After all, the big bosses who can influence the situation in the federation are not young. .
If you can restore your youth... you may not be able to do anything.
In other words, Kai himself has a strong foundation, and most people don't dare to pay attention to him. Otherwise, Kai would have been arrested and tortured by those old folks.
"Well...Team X suffered heavy losses...So, I need to help introduce some trustworthy people to reorganize Team The words are sincere.
Unfortunately, Kai was unmoved. Just kidding, who is Benjamin? president! To put it bluntly, he is also a politician. Only those who can believe what he says are ghosts.
"Sorry, Benjamin, I can't help you."
"you……"
"Yes, I know a lot of similar people, but Benjamin... you are the federal government! You know, your reputation in the eyes of such people is not good... well, it should be said to be very bad. After all, these Over the years, you have established some inhumane mutant research projects. Those mutants did not become anti-government elements, not because they were patriotic, but because they could not afford to offend you. Now you want them to work for you... …That’s unconvincing, Ben.”
Kai didn't hide it, he told the truth.
"I know, we did have some misunderstandings with the mutants before." Look, this is a politician who treats mutants as guinea pigs for study. Others can call it a small misunderstanding without changing their expressions. "But I am setting out to change this reality, so we need more mutant brothers to join our cause. We can reach consensus on some aspects and change the reality that mutants are discriminated against."
He was obviously asking for help, but he said it as if he was thinking about them.
"It's useless for you to tell me this, Ben. I am not a mutant, and I am not in the same circle as them. I can be friends with them, but it is impossible to change their views. Even in the eyes of more mutants, I am the government My lackeys, they are even less likely to believe me." Kai was silent for a while before saying.
He wasn't lying, mutants themselves had their own circles, and they were usually very broken and secretive. For example, Logan never knew Charles. In order to hide themselves, these mutants usually do not reveal the fact that they are mutants. Unless the mutation characteristics are extremely obvious, it will indeed take a lot of effort to find the mutants.
This also makes their circle extremely exclusive. Not to mention trusting Kai as a police officer, and even Captain America, don't even think about being trusted casually.
Kai didn't think there was anything wrong with Benjamin using mutants.
After all, isn’t that what the world is like? The most tragic thing is that it has no use value.
Although most of what Benjamin said is nonsense, one thing is true. If you want to change the status quo of mutants, you really need to rely on the government. Emotionally, Kai is happy to see mutants join the so-called Project X.
But the problem is that it really doesn't matter if he says it.
After all, the few mutants he knew, not to mention Logan and Tank, lived in seclusion in pursuit of peace, so Kai had no reason to disturb them.
Psylocke and Bishop were living a happy life in Los Angeles, and they made guest appearances as superheroes from time to time, helping Barry fight criminals.
There seems to be no reason to do anything under the nose of the federal government.
As for contacting other mutants through them... come on. Again, they didn't trust Kai.
At this moment, a call came in.
Coincidentally, the call came from Logan.
"Wait a minute, I'll take a call."
Benjamin almost spat out a mouthful of old blood, "Please, boss, I am the president!" Give me some face.
But Kai didn't care about this. He directly transferred the line to Logan's phone and left Benjamin aside.
When he heard the busy signal to pause the call, Benjamin wanted to hang up directly. But after thinking about it, I still waited patiently. He doesn't lack patience either. After all, according to what Kai said, on the mutant side, their federal government is in a very bad situation. If things continue like this, the Hellfire Club might actually be able to pull out a mutant resistance army.
That’s when the fun is great. Don't forget that the federal government was not destroyed at the hands of aliens, but ended because of the civil war.
"Logan? Why do you have time to call me?"
Kai and Logan both have each other's phone numbers, but they are not little girls who like to talk on the phone. They basically don't contact each other. It is enough for everyone to understand some things. The friendship between real men does not need those messy things to maintain.
"Frank called me." Logan was still the same as before, not saying much. "I know what happened."
"So?" How old is Logan? Naturally, it is impossible for him to ruin his life just because of his passion. Kai didn't quite understand what Logan meant.
"Frank wants me to help him."
"Huh?" Kai was stunned. Frank actually asked for reinforcements? How rare.
But Kai quickly reacted and Logan called him...Does he want to go out?
"You want to help him? Think clearly, Logan, it's not easy for you to live a peaceful life now." In today's information-rich society, once exposed, it will be difficult to go back to that peaceful life.
"Keira...that Emma is suspected to be Keira's sister." Wolverine was silent for a moment and then said.
"Who?" Kai Zhen didn't remember who Emma was, but Kai La did know that she was the undercover agent assigned to Logan by Stryker. As a result, by some strange combination of circumstances, the two really fell in love. But because Stryker threatened Keira with her sister, Keira had no choice but to give in. But later Stryker was killed by Kai and Logan. Then the lovers finally get married.
However, Keira's sister has never been found, but it is certain that Keira's sister had escaped from Stryker at that time.
But Kay forgot her sister's name.
"Kyla's sister, a rare multi-power mutant who can transform into diamond form, is also a telepath. It just so happened that the woman who had the same ability among the attackers yesterday, Keira suspected, was her sister Emma .”
"Uh... Okay, I probably understand what you mean. Have you thought about it?" Based on Kai's understanding of Logan, he would indeed not stand idly by in this situation. Maybe Logan has experienced all kinds of things in the world, but the love and affection in his heart still hasn't changed.
"By the way, Tank... also wants to come out and do some exercise."
"Fake! Why is he joining in the fun?" The reason why Tank came out was simpler. Frank and Logan were both his friends! That's why Kai was angry, you're showing your loyalty at this time and you're going to do it! Isn’t it good to live your own life well? ! !
"That's it! I'll trouble you next!"
The phone has been hung up!
"Fake! Tank! You bastard!" Finally came the voice of that bastard Tank!
This is to kill first and then show off, and you specifically want him to deal with the aftermath.
He understood what Tank meant. This guy just wanted to be able to wander around without exposing Guardian Town, and still be able to return to his old life after wandering around.
What a beautiful thought!
But... in this increasingly dangerous world, it doesn't matter if they come out.
As said before, mutants need to integrate into the world.
After sighing, Kai saw that Benjamin was still alive, so he said directly: "Ben... I have two friends who are willing to help, but there are conditions."
Since the federal government wants them to contribute, how can it not contribute anything?
Kai will naturally help to fight for the conditions that should be fought for.
