[Zhongyingmei] She is such a sand sculpture netizen

As soon as Joanna said this, the entire conference room immediately fell into a strange silence.

In the meeting room, Steve and the others naturally knew the ability of "Tongue of Lies", but they never thought of relying on Tongue of Lies to overcome this difficulty.Rhodes and John, on the other hand, looked confused, as if they didn't know what fantasy topic everyone was talking about.

Steve was quiet for a while, and finally stood up holding the conference table: "Joanna, can we talk?"

Joanna raised her head slightly and looked at Steve: "Aren't we talking?"

Steve was very uncomfortable with Joanna's gesture of resistance, but he didn't say harsh words, he didn't even frown, he just tilted his head towards the door: "I mean, let's talk alone for a while .”

Joanna sat without moving, wondering what she was thinking.

Steve didn't persuade anymore, and left the conference table first.

Natasha and Tony exchanged glances and looked at Joanna worriedly.Joanna finally conceded defeat and stood up slowly.

When she left the conference table, Banner on the opposite side suddenly said, "That..."

Joanna stopped and looked at Banner in confusion.

"Would you like to... er... meditate for a while?"

Joanna couldn't help laughing, she shook her head and left the conference room.

Steve was standing in the corridor outside the meeting room. He didn't go far, just stood silently in front of the huge French windows in the corridor, quietly looking at New York City below.His back reminded Joanna of those lonely mages who guarded the city-state from afar in magical movies.

Although... the way Steve protects New York is not magic at all.

Joanna took a deep breath, walked over to Steve, and stood beside him.

"I'm sorry for all of this." Steve opened his mouth with a sincere apology, which made Joanna a little bit confused to continue the conversation.

Joanna lowered her head, looking at the bustling street below.

"Whether it's the last time or this time, I'm very sorry." Steve withdrew his gaze and looked slightly sideways at Joanna.

Joanna's face was extremely calm, as if none of this had anything to do with her: "But what do you know? Whether it's the last time or this time, it's not your fault."

Steve didn't answer, he was just wondering why Joanna wouldn't look at him.

There was no emotion on Joanna's face, as indifferent as if she didn't care about all of this.This was the first time Steve noticed that Joanna's expression was scary.When she looked at the bustling New York City at her feet, it was as if she was looking at a pile of rocks without any sense of beauty.

Thinking of Joanna's proposal in the conference room just now, Steve's heart sank, and he couldn't help but asked worriedly: "You just... were joking, right?"

"what?"

"Tongue of lies, you were joking when you said tongue of lies, right?"

Joanna was quiet for a moment, then asked back: "You don't want me to use the 'tongue of lies', do you?"

Steve didn't evade, and admitted generously: "Yes."

"why?"

why?

Steve froze for a moment, he didn't know how Joanna would ask such a question.Of course because, that's not right.Whether it was for the world or for Joanna, it was a wrong choice.He didn't want Joanna to choose to rely on that evil force in order to protect the Avengers.Just like he didn't want to see Joanna get into trouble and helpless because of "lying tongue".

The "tongue of lies" should never have existed.

This point has been the consensus of all.

Steve really couldn't figure out how Joanna would ask "why" at such a moment.

Joanna doesn't seem to mind Steve's silence.She nodded and just said "yes" vaguely.

Steve tried to stop Joanna, but Joanna turned and walked into the conference room before he could speak.The cry got stuck in Steve's throat, and finally died out inexplicably.

Walking into the conference room again, Joanna acted as if she had fully communicated with Steve and was persuaded by him.She no longer mentioned those proposals that everyone was not willing to hear, and she no longer said any weird and fantasy plans.

Joanna held the pen, lowered her head, and took notes seriously, thinking about the public relations plan.

After Joanna chose to go with the flow, the meeting went very well.Although Baji still felt that the Avengers couldn't afford to put the entire alliance in a passive position for him alone, the others showed a sense of loyalty of "we don't care, we don't admit to being cowardly".Even Rhodes has shown absolute maintenance of the alliance.

After everyone has established a basic coping attitude, the rest is how to deal with it.

The matter was provoked by "Century Weekly", and "Century Weekly" belongs to the scope of work of the public relations department.

Even though everyone knew that Joanna didn't quite agree with the meeting's decision, everyone had to force Joanna to agree, at least, before letting Joanna out of the PR department.

All eyes were on Joanna, but no one spoke.

Joanna stared at the notebook in front of her, knowing very well that everyone was waiting for her to say something.She closed the pen cap and raised her head: "If the White House is not so smart, they will formally issue an ultimatum to the Avengers, asking the Avengers to hand over Baji. Otherwise, they will... pursue the Avengers Responsibilities of the alliance. Maybe all the accounts they plan to put on the head of Baji will be put on the head of the Avengers."

Pietro pouted: "Tsk tsk tsk, politician."

Wanda glanced at her twin brother, and then asked, "What if they're not that smart?"

Joanna nodded: "Yes, if they're not that smart."

Pietro hurriedly asked: "What if they are smart?"

"If it's smart...they're not going to take any tough posturing and rhetoric. They're going to wait until the media blames them again and then make a symbolic call out to the Avengers. But they're not going to take any real steps. After going back and forth a few times...they'll admit to the media that they're incompetent. Said they couldn't force the Avengers to hand it over."

Pietro's good-looking eyebrows frowned: "You mean... let the media deal with us?"

Joanna finally looked at Pietro: "Yes, let the media deal with us."

Pietro's expression was as ugly as if he had swallowed a fly by mistake: "Even if that's the case, we won't give in and accept the agreement."

"At that time, they don't need us to accept the agreement." Tony couldn't stand it anymore, and couldn't help but interjected.

Wanda bit her lower lip: "Are they planning to completely destroy the Avengers?"

"It's okay to destroy what you can't get." Joanna shrugged. "I'm not surprised that the White House will have such a scumbag."

Steve's eyes were firm: "But even so, we will not give in."

Joanna watches Steve across a conference table.

Strong and unyielding Steve looks so handsome.More handsome than all the others in the room combined.

Joanna clearly knew that Steve's solitude would not bring victory to the Avengers, but at this moment, looking at Steve like this, she unexpectedly found that for a moment, she felt that the Avengers The league may or may not be able to come back.

This delusion, born entirely of Steve's adoration, didn't last long.It was as fast as a bullet fired.It's just that there was such a short, similar moment with Joanna, and they left soon.

Joanna is not a superhero, she has no superpowers.She couldn't hold on to such a short hope.But she could understand the despair after the hope disappeared.

Joanna looked at Steve and smiled slowly.

The meeting ended with "continue to wait and see the trend of public opinion and be ready to respond at any time".Until the moment the meeting ended, Joanna failed to propose the third plan.

No one can come up with option three.

Everyone is frustrated by this.

Everyone left the conference room one after another, except for Joanna and Steve.

The two were still sitting on one side of the wide conference table.

Joanna lowered her head, playing with her bracelet.Steve looked at Joanna calmly.

"Joanna, I know you want to persuade everyone to accept the agreement. But that is impossible."

Joanna sighed, raised her head, with an indifferent expression: "I know, everyone's attitude was very clear during the meeting just now."

"Joanna, I know those politicians better than you. They just want to take the Avengers for themselves and turn the Avengers into a second S.H.I.E.L.D. Once someone thinks they can control the Avengers , bad things happen.”

"I know." Joanna frowned, and after a brief pause, she lowered her head again, "I understand what you said. But Steve, do you really understand? You really understand What will we face?"

"I know this is going to be a tough fight..." Steve couldn't finish his sentence because he saw Joanna laughing across from him.A look of sarcasm.

"Are you serious? Steve? Do you think this is a tough fight? Do you think... we can fight each other? Do you think... you can fight each other? No, Steve, you can't. You can't fight at all. You can't do anything. This is not a difficult battle at all, it's just... one-sided tyranny. You don't have the ability to fight back. The Avengers are powerless to fight back." Joanna couldn't help shaking her head, The face was full of despair, "You didn't even see who the enemy of the Avengers is, how could you win?"