Chapter 853: Double Monthly Votes Have Begun! Please Vote!!!

The situation at SHIELD has become very bad, but on the surface it is very stable. No one knows what is brewing. However, in Washington, they are not doing nothing. On the contrary, there is a surging undercurrent in secret. SHIELD itself has not moved much, but various lobbyists have begun to move among various politicians. Although this political storm has not been exposed, the storm inside is not less.

In addition, some strange trends have begun to appear in public opinion. For example, when a reporter interviewed the family members of the victims, he consciously directed the responsibility of the war to the superheroes, such as saying that if the superheroes were not fighting there, there would be no victims.

The implication is to pass the blame and divert attention. After all, some people really died because of the aftermath of the battle.

This certainly caused some turmoil. Those who lost their minds because of the death of their relatives said some inappropriate words under such inducement. It is not incomprehensible. After all, there are not many people who can truly remain objective and fair in that environment.

But don't think that the public is really stupid. If there were no superheroes... New York would only be more miserable, or even fall directly. Therefore, such remarks are only popular among some weirdo nitpickers, and most people can still look at it rationally.

Moreover, this has caused dissatisfaction among another group.

Superhero fans.

Fans' craziness is not an isolated case these days, not to mention that most superheroes have a positive image, so superhero fans are very loud on the Internet. Many superhero fans firmly believe that these people are false accusers instructed by the authorities. In addition, many grassroots people are extremely disgusted with the official launch of nuclear weapons. After all, the only place in the United States that is more important than Manhattan is probably the Special Administrative Region. If they can order Manhattan to be bombed at will this time, then the authorities will never mind involving their own city next time.

So public opinion actually formed a wave of counterattacks, causing the TV station that fabricated such news to become the target of public criticism, and the White House was shot again!

The White House spokesman had to issue a statement, highly praising the achievements of those who fought on the front line in the Battle of New York.

Although there was no mention of superhero-related words in the entire statement, sober people could still see that the White House was deforming to explain that this matter had nothing to do with the White House.

But these have nothing to do with New York now. At least in New York, the support rate of superheroes is absolutely astonishing.

A week after the disaster, New York City held a large rally to commemorate the victims. Just near the Stark Building, the Stark Building and more than a dozen surrounding buildings together constitute the Rock Center Plaza, and the Stark Building is the core part of this plaza.

But now the plaza has completely turned into a vegetable field, the concrete floor on the surface has been blown up, and there is a big pit in the center, which was caused by the crash of a Raptor fighter.

This is the key point of the New York War. All disasters started and ended here. The space gate was opened here, and countless Chitauri troops appeared from here and began to kill New Yorkers wantonly. The space gate was closed here again, which represents many deaths and the luck of the survivors. It witnessed the birth of tragedy and also represents the unyielding struggle of mankind.

The New York government took the plane from the US military and asked local artists in New York to make a monument directly with its wreckage. That is, a huge marble base was added, and then the wreckage of the plane was placed inside, and a pilot statue was placed in the wreckage. The four sides of the base were densely engraved with the names of the police and soldiers who died in the line of duty.

It is impossible for the New York City government to publicly erect a monument for superheroes. But many people still subconsciously regard it as a tribute to those heroes.

So this place has become a very normal but a little strange place - a memorial site.

Wreaths, notes, gadgets, and white candles filled the shallow pit and even spread outside the shallow pit. The municipal department brought in a white metal frame for people to place wreaths and other memorial items. Because there are too many of these things, even if there is a metal frame, it has to be taken away by a large truck every day until it is filled with various things the next day. Since the evening of the day when the war ended, people have come here in an endless stream, and candles are lit all night.

More people, with different expressions. Some of them cried loudly, some sobbed quietly, and some shed tears silently. Others who cursed, said nothing, danced, and banged their heads on the ground often appeared. They may have come here to pay tribute to their loved ones or friends. Many people were still injured, but they looked lost. They stood far away in front of the shallow pit for a moment, then turned and left.

Today's rally was organized by the city government, and the mayor will give a speech.

The mayor of New York is a person who can grasp the emotions of the people very well. His speech was not long, and there was no impassioned speech, only deep mourning and sadness.

So how to describe the atmosphere on the scene?

It was definitely not lively, but it was definitely sensational.

There was no applause or cheering, only nostalgic silence and candles in their hands.

Tony frowned, standing on the circular platform, looking at the candles below.

Although the young master looks free and unrestrained, he is actually a delicate person and very sensitive.

When the TV broadcast the scene of victims blaming superheroes, he was not comfortable. It was not because he was disgusted with those people, but because he felt... he had not done enough!

It is hard to imagine that the eldest son is such a saintly person.

But this is indeed him.

With such thoughts rolling, he asked Jarvis to call Pepper: "Has the establishment of the Disaster Control Bureau been completed?"

The Stark Group actively participated in the aftermath of the New York War, and the company's shareholders all supported it. It was not because these capitalists suddenly talked about conscience, but because the location of this incident was really embarrassing, right on the Stark Building!

If it is not handled properly, it will affect the image of the group at any time. If the image is bad, the stock price will naturally not be good. If the stock price is not good, these grandsons will lose money.

This is not allowed by them. Actively participating in the aftermath does not cost much money and can have a good reputation. Why not do it?

Anyway, the wool comes from the sheep, and it can be recovered from the stock market in the end.

However, this is not the Stark Group's business alone. After all, such a large scale of aftermath is impossible to bear even with the financial resources of the Stark Group. This is a matter for the whole United States, and it does not need to be borne by the Stark Group alone. But having more money can eventually take care of more people at the bottom of society, which is good for both the people and the superheroes. Money can't solve all problems, but it can solve most of them. Money can't bring back lost lives, but it can make life a little better for the living.

Pepper was very busy, and she obviously said a few words to the people next to her before answering: "Not so fast. But within a month at most, the main structure will be completed, and I will basically have nothing to do."

The Disaster Control Bureau is a department jointly established by the Stark Group, the New York government, the federal government, and the military. It is a department specifically used to deal with and deal with the remaining items of the Chitauri. After all, the Chitauri left a lot of things, and those things are still dangerous.

If it doesn't flow into the civilian population, who knows what will happen.

Moreover, the remaining Chitauri weapons and vehicles, as well as biological weapons, have extremely high research value, and some of them can even greatly promote the entire human technological level, so these things must be handled with extreme caution.

Tony frowned: "It's impossible for those Chitauri's things to stay there for a month."

Pepper: "The New York government will temporarily outsource the cleaning, collection and transportation business. Once the Disaster Control Bureau is established, it will be handed over."

Tony nodded: "Well...Pepper..."

"Well?" Pepper felt that Tony had something to say.

"It's okay, when will you be back?"

"Tony!" Pepper emphasized his tone. Tony was obviously busy. "I don't want you to hide anything from me!"

"Nothing, just an idea. It's not mature. I'll discuss it with you when I think about it."

"What idea?"

"I plan to listen to Kai's opinion first."

"Okay. Don't do anything stupid."

...

Kai is even busier here. Don't think that he can lie in the office and rest without patrolmen. All kinds of trivial things are enough to keep him busy.

There is no way. There are a large number of police officers in various districts. Everyone wants to do two people. George was directly seconded by the headquarters. Because he has high affinity and often appears on camera, the public relations department has already seconded him to use his expertise.

George himself was helpless about this. He had been a policeman for his whole life and had always been on the front line. His strengths were investigating cases and catching thieves, but he ended up going to the public relations department.

So Kai had to do many things in the 15th Precinct himself.

This made Kai very uncomfortable.

"Hey, are you okay?" So when he received Tony's call, Kai was very impatient.

"No, I'm sober. I realize that humans have their limits. I..."

"So you don't plan to be a human anymore?" Kai interrupted impatiently.

"No, I mean, why don't we use the power of technology?"

"No, no, I don't want a robot crisis to happen in the human world one day. So you be honest!"

Kai was not interested in Tony's so-called solution at all. This guy was really bold and planned to create an intelligent mechanical army to help them maintain world peace. In his vision, this robot army could monitor the entire earth through a large number of satellites. If there was a situation at any location, his intelligent mechanical army would arrive as quickly as possible.

It sounded great, and Kai also believed that Tony had this ability. But how could the world be so taken for granted?

"Don't think artificial intelligence is bad just because of those movies and novels. I'm doing this for the safety of mankind!"

"Bullshit! Human safety is actually handed over to a group of thinking robots?" Kai sneered at this, but to be honest, the movie Terminator still left a deep impression on Kai. "And have you considered the consequences?"

"What consequences?"

"Are you crazy? You created a mechanical army! Haven't you considered the opinion of the federal government?"

A private person owns an entire mechanical army! What does that mean?

That means that as long as that person is unhappy, it may turn into a disaster at any time. No one can allow a private person to have such a powerful force. Even countries controlled by capitalists are the same.

"I think we can talk about it. As long as we are determined to do it, there are always more solutions than problems."

"Haha, what should the federal government do if it wants to control this mechanical army? Give it or not? Give it? With the nature of those bastards in the federal government, do you believe that this thing will appear on the battlefield immediately? If not, haha, it will be more fun!"

Never overestimate the integrity of politicians, this is what Kai has always believed.

"But I am doing this for the world..."

"Don't be ridiculous! Don't you think your tone is the same as SHIELD? You are doing this for the world, the world belongs to you?"

"I just... I think we can do better..." Tony said dejectedly: "I saw the victims, we could have saved them."

Kai finally knew what was wrong with this guy. He had a second-year syndrome.

"So you think you're a god? You mean, when we were totally unprepared and an entire interstellar fleet invaded, you saved everyone and not a single person died? Are you sick? You feel guilty for saving people?"

"I mean, we should..."

"Nothing is supposed to be. If you're talking about what you should do, you should stay away from them like those rich guys. That's what you should do! Man, you're a hero, not a god. No one can save everyone. There's no such thing as perfection."

"So we should ignore the victims?" Tony is a stubborn person and can't listen to what he says. This kid must be mentally ill.

"Kid, reality is not those special dramas performed in suits, where monsters come, cities are destroyed, and no one dies. That's only the plot of children's dramas. Reality is cruel. If you continue to maintain this mentality, my advice to you is... give up the identity of Iron Man and return to being a hateful rich man. Because this mentality will only ruin you."

"But..."

"No buts! Tony, you are too arrogant, so arrogant that you think you can put the whole world under your control!" Kai said seriously. "It is the Chitauri who killed people, not you. You are a hero! You can't torture yourself with other people's mistakes, that's stupid! I suggest you take a good rest for a while, find a psychologist to treat your illness, and then consider whether you have the strong heart to continue the work of Iron Man. If you can't do it, don't feel ashamed. There are 99.99% of people in this world who are like you. It's not shameful!"

"I... Is this idea really that bad?"

"It's terrible! No one would like to have someone monitoring their head anytime and anywhere!"