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This lawsuit has now been accepted by the Houston District Court.
As soon as the news of the lawsuit was released, it immediately aroused heated discussions among the people. Even the public was divided into two factions.
One faction naturally supported the prosecution of the victims. The reason was simple. People always sympathized with the weak. Those people did not make any mistakes. They just watched the game honestly. Then the Fantastic Four suddenly appeared and made them suffer unimaginable disasters.
Although they knew that the Fantastic Four were fake, they ignored it. Or it is true that some people believed that it was fake, but they didn't care. But some people also asked, who can prove that the Fantastic Four on that day were fake?
Of course, those who think so are indeed a little darker in their minds, but this suspicion is reasonable. Unless evidence is produced!
But it is difficult to obtain evidence. After all, it is difficult for the superheroes who were arrested with the Fantastic Four to prove it to them. After all, most superheroes will not disclose their true identities. If they do not disclose their identities when testifying, then the evidence will be invalid. Even if some superheroes don't care much about their identities being exposed, they still have to face various accusations. After all, who can prove that your testimony is correct?
They were not arrested together, and further, the opposing lawyers even reasonably suspected that the Fantastic Four who were with them at the time must be the real ones?
Don't underestimate the ability of lawyers to find loopholes.
And this step is precisely the most difficult to prove. After all, if the superheroes who were locked up with them could really recognize the Skrulls... they would not be arrested.
The law is a logical and evidence-based thing. As long as the suspicions raised by the opposing lawyers are reasonable and logical, they may be accepted by the court and the jury. Even if the whole world knows that the Houston tragedy was caused by the fake Fantastic Four, but the same thing is - where is the evidence!
But there are also quite a few people who think that this prosecution itself is a naked atrocity!
As mentioned above, the whole world believes that the tragedy was caused by the Skrulls pretending to be the Fantastic Four, but a group of people ignored this fact and prosecuted according to the law!
If this is not an atrocity, what is it?
If the Fantastic Four really lose the case, how can there be justice?
Which is more important, the law or justice?
Actually, everyone is a little fierce in words, but in fact, they don't care much.
Because it doesn't concern their interests, everyone is just talking nonsense.
In fact, Richards doesn't care.
He won't feel happy if he wins. After all, people died, and he himself does not need to be responsible.
If he loses, it's okay. At most, he will have to pay some money.
It seems that these people are aggressive, but in fact, unless the US government wants to stand against all superheroes, it is absolutely impossible to impose a terrible punishment. At most, it is a fine of several hundred million.
He can afford it!
He doesn't even need the help of Stark and Wayne Consortium, he can handle the fine himself.
Although he will be a little unhappy, he can accept it.
He does good things differently from the Human Torch. The Human Torch likes others to cheer for him and enjoys the public's attention. Richards doesn't do good things because of these things... but he is willing and able to do so.
He even regards this as a sport or hobby. He always thinks that his main job is a scientist.
So when everyone thought Richards was overwhelmed by the lawsuit, he himself didn't care about it at all.
"Richard! What are you thinking? Why did you say that?!"
"The Invisible Woman's character is quite similar to Pepper's. She is responsible for all the work that Richards is not interested in...including public relations. (In fact, before the movie came out, Iron Man's popularity was not as good as the Fantastic Four. It can even be said that Iron Man is a second- or third-tier superhero. It's just that Marvel didn't have popular heroes at the time, such as the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, so they had no choice but to choose Iron Man.)
Susan actually had a plan for the current situation.
According to her and the public relations team's plan, they only need to express regret, and then out of humanitarianism, take out a sum of money, and this public opinion crisis can be completely overcome. After all, the facts are there. It was not them who caused the tragedy, but the aliens who were on their faces. They themselves are already in danger and have been locked up on Mars. As long as they have a better attitude and take out a sum of money, everything will be perfectly solved.
Even if someone is relentless, it's just their greed.
After all, they have paid, what else do they want?
Although this idea may be very rebellious in China, after all, human life is more important than anything else. But in a capitalist society, human life is also a resource that can be quantified!
They were irresponsible in the first place, and they gave money. If they bring this up again, they will break the socially accepted rules of "no second trial for the same case" and "paying for work".
I paid, and you accepted it.
Then this matter is over, and it can't be brought up again.
The matter is over.
Their public opinion crisis is over.
But the problem is that Richards's outrageous remarks made things troublesome all of a sudden!
"I'm just telling the facts! Susan. We are not wrong." Richards didn't even put down the work in his hands, but just said indifferently.
"I know, I know. We are not wrong, but public opinion is not right or wrong!" Susan looked at her boyfriend helplessly... She likes his personality, the kind that is fascinated. But sometimes it's really a headache.
"I know you can solve it, right?" Richards looked at his girlfriend with a smile.
"Can you tell me why you are doing this?" Susan felt that Richards did it on purpose.
Richards put down his work and looked at Susan seriously: "Susan, how long has it been since you cared about Jonathan?"
"Jonathan?" Susan was a little stunned, why did she mention her brother?
But when she talked about her brother, Susan immediately wanted to get angry again.
"By the way! And Jonathan! He does the same, I asked him to be honest! But he still went to the bar to drink! He was even photographed!"
Susan doted on her brother and was annoyed at the same time.
Because she was orphaned at a young age and the two siblings depended on each other for life, Susan had always been afraid that Jonathan would be harmed. In order to make up for the loss of her parents, Susan's love and care for Jonathan reached the point of doting.
And Jonathan also developed his unruly and independent personality.
When Richards heard Susan's complaint, he suddenly realized that he seemed...to take up too much of Susan's time.
Since Susan followed him, the focus of Susan's life has shifted to him, so that she cares a lot less about Jonathan... But this is normal, as she grows up.
But this still makes Richards feel a little guilty.
"Susan, can't you see that Jonathan's mood is very wrong? He used to just mess around, but not to this level." Richards said.
Susan was surprised, she didn't understand.
"What's wrong with Jonathan?"
Richards said: "You protected him so well that he always had a childish streak. Public opinion has seriously affected him. Jonathan... isn't as strong as you think!"
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In fact, Richards always felt that Jonathan was just a child before he grew up.
But Susan...what should I say?
Doting on him too much.
Whatever Jonathan wanted, she was satisfied.
She insisted on taking Jonathan with her when she went to space. To form the Fantastic Four, Susan must bring him with her. Jonathan caused so much trouble, and it was Susan who had to deal with it!
Fortunately, Jonathan is just a little mischievous and is a kind-hearted child, otherwise he would definitely be a playboy.
But Susan never seemed to notice this, she just wiped his butt and gave him the best. But it has been a long time since he paid attention to Jonathan's real thoughts.
It's like parents who are busy with their careers, thinking that they are giving their children the best, and that everything will be fine.
"You said..." Susan was a little surprised and a little...unbelievable.
"Yes, if I admitted my mistake on our behalf at that time...even if it was verbal, it would be more harmful to Jonathan. He is a kind boy. He feels guilty about the disaster. Your idea may be good for public opinion, but For Jonathan, it just made his guilt worse."
"That's why you changed the speech on the spur of the moment?"
It was as if Susan was meeting her boyfriend for the first time.
Richards was a little helpless: "I just don't like these things, it doesn't mean I don't understand. I thought you could see something was wrong with Jonathan."
Susan also thought at this time that before the press conference, Jonathan was indeed not in a good mood.
But at that time, Susan thought Jonathan was having trouble again.
So I didn't care.
Jonathan is actually very similar to Tony, rebellious on the surface, but actually sensitive and fragile on the inside.
Susan: "I...I..."
Then he turned around and ran away.
Went to find Jonathan.
She actually couldn't see it as clearly as Richards. It was in vain that she always thought she understood human nature better than Richards, but in the end, she didn't even notice that her brother had a mental problem!
…
Just when news about the Fantastic Four was hot.
Inside the secret base on Skull Island.
Nick Fury was outside a heavily protected operating room, watching a group of Monarch scientists perform a very cyberpunk surgery!
"Director...are you really going to do this? You know, she betrayed the earth!" Newt Gisele, the chief scientist of the Monarch Organization, said hesitantly next to Nick Fury.
Nick Fury turned his head and looked at Newt Gisele. If it were before, he would never have bothered to explain to him. After all, the director's strength is there, and you just need to follow orders. But it doesn't work now. A phoenix is worse than a chicken. Carol has caused too much damage to him.
His reputation was not what it once was.
So he had to explain: "I know, so I'm going to resurrect her!"
Newt Gisele opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Nick Fury then said: "As a weapon!"
He put his hand on the glass window, looked at Carol's body during the operation, and said with a little melancholy: "I used to think that Carol was the most powerful trump card on earth, and the Avenger...it was me back then. The plan based on her suggestion, I have high hopes for her! Do you know why I was so confident that I could lead you to defeat those Titans?"
Newt Gisele doesn't know the answer yet.
"Because of her?"
"Yeah. You also saw that battle. You should be able to understand how strong she is." Nick Fury sighed: "But I didn't expect that she has been away from the earth for so many years, and I don't know what she has gone through. But it doesn’t matter, I use it as a weapon!”
Inside the surgery, Carol's body was being repaired. The Monarch Organization also replaced the parts that could not be repaired with the most advanced mechanical prostheses, such as her eyeballs, which were replaced by mechanical eyes, and her broken arm was also installed with a mechanical arm of the same type as the Winter Soldier.
"You mean..."
"Can we repair her brain?" Nick Fury asked a seemingly irrelevant question.
"Maybe... I can't say for sure." Newt Gisele said embarrassedly: "We have never seen this situation. Logically, her brain should have exploded into pieces long ago, but the energy in her body protected most of the brain tissue and even kept it active. This situation is impossible to happen to earthlings, and we have no other cases to compare. Now we are repairing her brain, but no one knows what it will become after the repair."
Carol's body is indeed extremely valuable, and this woman's body is completely out of the scope of human beings.
However, Nick Fury does not find it strange.
SHIELD has kept a corpse of a Kree. Although the Kree is dead, he is still alive in a sense. His cell activity is far higher than that of Earthlings. SHIELD scientists also extracted gh325 from his cells. This substance can regenerate human cells and achieve the purpose of resurrecting people!
Carol contains the genes of the Kree.
But the brain is too mysterious. Anything can happen.
"Then erase all her memories and control her with our technology! Let her become our weapon! In this way, it can be regarded as worthy of my expectations of her-let her become the most powerful trump card on Earth!" Nick Fury looked at Newt Gisele and said, "Besides, haven't you been worried about the driving energy of the mechanical Titan before? What do you think of her?"
Newt Gisele stared at Nick Fury with his eyes wide open!
For the first time, he felt that their director's big head was not only able to think of those conspiracies. This idea... is really genius!
Newt Gisele immediately thought of the energy that had exploded from Carol!
What's even more amazing is that this woman absorbs and controls energy in any form. She can focus this energy on other abilities, such as her photon energy, the strong light explosion ignited from her fingertips, and the energy radiates in all directions. She can also surround herself with an energy field to avoid most attacks, and absorb the surrounding gravity to increase her strength. At the same time, it also proves that her ability to absorb all forms of energy can increase energy emission.
She is a super energy source that can absorb external energy at all times and then use it!
And it is safe, pollution-free, low maintenance cost, and sufficient!
With various benefits, it can be said to be a perfect energy source!
"Can it be done?" Nick Fury asked.
"Totally feasible! We can even make her the control system of the mechanical Titan! Well, the only trouble now is how to solve the problem of controlling her. I must study this carefully with other colleagues..."
Newt Gisele immediately fell into a scientific research frenzy, and he began to think of various solutions.
"That's good." Nick Fury did not disturb Newt Gisele, but looked at Carol who was undergoing repair surgery.
He forced himself to cheer up, he knew that this was his last fight!
If...
No!
It will definitely succeed!
Nick Fury himself didn't know that his mentality seemed to have changed after each blow.
From protecting the earth to proving himself, proving that only he can protect the earth!
It looks similar.
But in fact, the things inside are already a world apart!