How the Good and the Villain Saved Each Other

Loki stood with his hands in his pockets in front of the main entrance of the Avengers Building, calmly watching a Rolls Royce slowly come to a stop under the protection of four military Hummers, then the door was opened, and a man in an iron gray suit The middle-aged man stepped out of the car, his appearance was very ordinary, only his tall nose was remarkable, and he was slightly fat, but he had a calm and capable temperament, which made people trust him, but Loki Keenly smell the cunning hidden in the bottom from these surfaces - the cunning of politicians.

"Welcome to the Avengers Building, Mr. Secretary of State—" The evil god stretched out his hand, and greeted him elegantly and enthusiastically. He is a veteran of hypocrisy and deception, and there is no trace of falsehood in doing this.

"Thank you, Mr. Sharp," the other party shook back reluctantly, with a smile on his face but obviously not very interested, "I thought I could see everyone today, and I even brought a whole dozen cards to replace my little one. Nephew for an autograph—he's especially fond of Captain America."

"There are not many kids who are so old-fashioned nowadays, and most of them prefer Iron Man." Loki teased, raised his hand and made a "please" gesture, leading his guests to the special elevator for Avengers, "Recently, the world is still As always, it's not very peaceful, the members of the alliance are either on missions, or they are preparing to go on missions. But you can see Captain America in a moment, he is discussing the next mission's combat plan with the new members, in the conference room next to us .”

The elevator stopped steadily on the top floor, and Loki led the Secretary of State into a conference room surrounded by glass curtain walls. In the room, there was an upright round solid wood long conference table and four leather chairs.

Two tall security personnel responsible for the security of the Secretary of State dutifully inspected the entire conference room inside and out, focusing on the adjacent conference room—the two conference rooms share the same glass curtain wall, and the top block They can see each other without lowering the board. Among them, Captain America, the national idol in civilian clothes, is discussing something with a strange man.

"There's no need to worry," Loki explained with a smile, "That's one of the new members of the alliance, and it's not a potential threat."

The Secretary of State nodded to the security personnel, and the two left the meeting room after receiving instructions, and stood guard outside the door instead.At this point, the representatives of the Avengers and the government finally sat down at the long table and began to confront each other.

"I really miss the three-curved wing building of Aegis," the Secretary of State started the topic casually, "the best thing there is the elevator, maybe not as fast as yours, but standing inside can overlook the whole city through the glass The view of the Potomac River."

Loki sneered secretly in his heart.

"What a coincidence, the captain also said before that he likes the elevator in S.H.I.E.L.D." He imitated the other party's casual tone as if talking about the weather, "Hydra was there on Pierce's order. Besiege him, ten or so people beat him, guess what? He put everyone on the ground, and then directly smashed through the elevator glass and jumped out of the tenth floor, unscathed. Sounds exciting enough, isn't it ?Maybe you can go back and tell your little nephew, he'll love it."

The Secretary of State frowned. "It sounds brilliant, but I have to say that it is one thing to eliminate the black apples in the government, and it is another thing to destroy an entire institution."

"The captain's actions are indeed too radical, but there is a reason for it." Loki explained calmly, "I heard that the US government has begun to reorganize SHIELD. Let me remind you in good faith that you have to do it after the screening of personnel." You just have to be more careful.”

"Thank you for the reminder, but the government has its own review standards and procedures. What the Avengers should do is to accept supervision and management instead of meddling in the internal affairs of the government," the Secretary of State replied, polite and superior, "similar to the Romanov The government does not want to hear what the agents said on Capitol Hill again, and any intimidation or threat will be seen as standing against the U.S. government, and the Avengers must be aware of this."

"We don't intend to intimidate or threaten anyone, let alone stand against the government," Loki replied slowly, without the trepidation that the Secretary of State wanted to hear, "Although the Avengers are heroes, most of them are just Ordinary people, they can sacrifice their lives to protect the earth at critical moments, but that doesn't mean they should be treated as lambs to be slaughtered at other times."

"A lamb waiting to be slaughtered?" The Secretary of State snorted coldly. "It's just supervision. This is too alarmist."

Loki was noncommittal, but raised his finger and pointed to the conference room next to him: "Do you know him?"

The Secretary of State squinted his eyes and looked at the Winter Soldier for a while, then slowly shook his head: "The new guy? I don't think you have submitted his materials to the government." Before he came, he had done his homework, but he only knew that the Avengers had recently recruited a very American veterans entered the league, but looking at the color of the man opposite, it was obviously not.

"And do you know James Buchanan Barnes?" Loki continued.

"This name does sound familiar." The Secretary of State replied cautiously, quickly speculating on the other party's intentions but still had no clue.

"It seems that you are not a fan of Captain America, and you haven't even visited the touring exhibition of the Smithsonian Museum." Loki smiled tolerantly, but his tone was somewhat regretful, "James Buchan Nan Barnes was a World War II veteran, a key member of the Howling Commandos, Captain America's best friend growing up, and a martyr who died for his country."

"Oh, I'm sorry," the Secretary of State said immediately, but Loki couldn't hear even a trace of sincerity from his tone. "Every soldier is worth remembering. They have paid a lot for this country."

The evil god snorted softly: "Really? As far as I know, the US government's treatment of retired soldiers can only be regarded as mediocre—"

"Mr. Sharp," the Secretary of State leaned back in his chair and knocked on the table, interrupting Loki, "if this is one of the issues we have to discuss today, then I don't think I have enough time. "

"Well, since Mr. Secretary of State is in a hurry, let me make a long story short," Rocky shrugged, and pointed his thumb at Bucky who was chatting with Steve in the conference room next to him, "He is our World War II veteran James Bucky. Sergeant Farns, also the Hydra killer who is wanted by the government, Winter Soldier."

The complacency that the situation was under control quickly disappeared from the Secretary of State's face. He obviously knew who the Winter Soldier was, and leaned forward uncomfortably: "I don't quite understand what you mean—"

Rocky smacked his lips: "The whole thing is mechanically complicated. Simply put, in 1945, Sergeant Barnes unfortunately fell off a cliff while the US government was arresting the Hydra criminal, and was discovered by the Soviets and brainwashed into a After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, he was resold to Hydra. Pierce sent him to assassinate Captain America in order to make the "Insight Project" go smoothly. The captain recognized his old friend. After all the dust settled Then took him to Avengers Tower."

The Secretary of State frowned and cursed the incompetence of the intelligence gathering department. Such important information was not mentioned in the briefing, and he hated unexpected situations, which would disrupt his overall plan.

"What evidence do you have that the Winter Soldier and Sergeant Barnes are the same person?" he asked.

"We don't need to prove it," Loki smiled leisurely, "because the U.S. government has long known that they are the same person."

The Secretary of State opened his mouth. He really wanted to deny that the government knew nothing about this matter, but he didn't dare to guarantee it. Besides, judging from the attitude of the other party, he probably had the relevant evidence. As expected——

"Nick Fury, the former director of S.H.I.E.L.D., has personally admitted that he knew about this," Loki said eloquently, with his fingers gracefully crossed on the table, "and we have indeed learned from Ms. Romanov's previously disclosed S.H.I.E.L.D. The files of the Winter Soldier were found in encrypted files, which clearly identified him as James Buchanan Barnes, a martyr of World War II."

"No matter who he used to be, the Winter Soldier is a wanted criminal who committed multiple assassinations. The Avengers should hand him over to the government in accordance with American law." The Secretary of State has obviously become impatient, "I came here holding Friendly and sincere, trying to reconnect the Avengers and the government, but you've got to get tangled up in some small issues—"

"So you think Sergeant Barnes's problem is just an insignificant little problem?" Loki sneered, "You are wrong, Mr. Secretary of State, you are very wrong, what happened to Sergeant Barnes made all the Avengers see clearly The true face of the government."

The Secretary of State pulled his face down. The man in front of him was just a dirty former black market arms dealer who barely squeezed into the management of the Avengers by climbing Stark's bed. What qualifications does he have to speak to state officials in this tone: " Mr Sharp, I don't want to hear any more scaremongering today."

"Yeah, I don't feel pain when the fire burns on other people." Loki's eyes suddenly became sharp, as if they were unsheathed with a cold light, which made the Secretary of State shiver. The government in the 90s of the last century already knew that their former combat hero was transformed into a humanoid weapon. Now it is the 21st century. What have you done? Have you inquired about his whereabouts? Have you made repeated plans and are determined to do whatever it takes? To get him out of the den? You guys have done nothing, fucking nothing, for 20+ years, and that's the most chilling part. To the government, the so-called heroes are nothing more than a tool, you guys Maximize the use of us and squeeze the last drop of oil from us, but once we are useless, we will be abandoned without hesitation. This is why the Avengers plan to become a private organization and completely separate from the government. Who Will you be willing to cooperate with a bastard like you?"

He suddenly stood up from the chair and approached the Secretary of State step by step. The latter was shocked by his sudden aggressiveness, swallowed nervously, clutched the armrest with both hands, and leaned back desperately: "Pay attention to your attitude, Sharp Sir, please—"

"If you want to take Sergeant Barnes away and try him through legal procedures, then the trial will be done." Loki whispered in the Secretary of State's ear with a hissing sound similar to that of a snake, "but we will ask for the public The entire trial process, let the American people take a good look at how their government has betrayed their heroes, and of course the Battle of New York-I remember someone once suggested that if the alien fleet cannot be repelled, then go to A nuclear warhead was dropped in the center of New York, and the original words were, 'The American people have an obligation to die for America'."

The Secretary of State widened his eyes all of a sudden: "You...how did you know...you can't know...you are just..."

"You haven't realized how terrifying Hydra is, sir," Loki patted the other party's shoulder lightly, not so much to appease, as to mock, "They are everywhere, even by your side. People are lurking, you must know that among the Hydra materials we have seized recently, there is no shortage of your voice and smile."

After all, he is a high-level government official, and his panic only lasted for a moment. The Secretary of State quickly regained his composure, staring at Loki with gray-blue eyes: "What do you want?"

"What I want is nothing more than simple," Cthulhu replied. "We hope that the government can give poor Sergeant Barnes a legal status. That's all. Compared with what this country owes him, it is too insignificant."

The Secretary of State gave a mock nod. "I'll have my advisers verify the situation, but the Winter Soldier is still a criminal, and the government can't compromise on that."

loki sighed

"Look, you always talk about your sincerity, but when it comes to critical moments, you are so stingy." He shook his head sadly, "I used to be a black-market munitions business. It's actually very simple to do our job. Whoever pays the most will sell the high-end weapons to whoever, as for those who can only play tricks but can't pay the price, absolutely ignore them, because it is a waste of time."

"If you think this meeting is a waste of time, then let's stop here." The Secretary of State stood up proudly and fastened the last button of his suit. He didn't want to make any wrong promises when the situation was unclear.

Loki was still sitting on the chair, showing no intention of getting up to see off the guests.

"Dear Secretary of State," he said with a smile on his face, looking like a child with malicious intentions, "the general election will be held at the end of this year. Whether you win the Republican Party or the Democratic Party, you cannot continue to sit in this position. If I publish your past remarks, what will happen to the angry people? At that time, you will not have such elite personal protection around you. Second-rate security guards put on a show, they won't really work hard for you for such a small salary."