Superhero Damage Control [Comprehensive]

The sound of sandbags being punched by heavy punches came from Titan's training room. Lucy was wearing a bunt sportswear and kept punching with boxing gloves. A fine layer of sweat formed on her skin.Since last week, she has been dragged by Bucky to the training room for physical training with them. Although Lucy has repeatedly emphasized that she does not want to participate in any rescue operations in the future, she just sits in the rear with a coffee cup and signs. Key said that the next time she wanted to punch Tony, she couldn't just swing a chair and scare everyone away. That kind of crazy primitive attack method was neither beautiful nor valuable, and she had to learn some boxing skills.

So Lucy was moved.

And training with Captain America is not boring at all, after all, her next move largely revolves around Captain America.

"The name Titan Entertainment is a bit silly. It is different from Titan itself. It sounds overwhelming and clumsy. Don't you think there is a problem with the combination of Titan and Entertainment?" Lucy pointed out Bucky punched her, and Bucky helped her hold the sandbag, motioning her to continue.

Bucky retorts, "As if Universal doesn't sound overwhelming. I think Titan Entertainment is fine." He watches Lucy punch and points out her problem, "You're not pushing your waist the right way."

He went around behind Lucy, held her waist, and touched a certain position: "Use force here."

Lucy adjusted her posture. Every time she punched, she felt that Bucky's palm was tightly attached to her body, but the continuous training for three hours also made her feel very boring: "When can I Learn something else, I want to learn wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Kimura Suo, etc. I watched videos and taught myself a little bit, and I can also learn Tai Chi..."

Lucy made a cloudy hand motion, turned around and pushed Bucky, who didn't budge.

Lucy: ...

This scene is really embarrassing.

Bucky held Lucy's hand: "That's not how Tai Chi is done." He made the same movement, sliding down Lucy's arm to her shoulder, and Lucy didn't even see what happened. , she didn't feel any pain, she just felt a soft force push her, and then she fell to the ground on all fours.

Lucy: ...

Can anyone tell her when Bucky learned Tai Chi?Meditation out of a frozen 50-year period?

Bucky stretched out his hand towards her, trying to pull her up. Lucy saw the opportunity, grabbed his hand, and kicked his foot on his stomach. Bucky was overturned by her, and then Lucy pulled him He also threw himself on Bucky, put his hands on both sides of his ears, and rode on him.

Bucky raised his eyebrows: "Who is your teacher?"

Lucy wiped her sweat with a smile: "If you are self-taught, if you must have a teacher...Do youtube video bloggers count? What is this trick called, abduction? Stake?"

Bucky patted her on the side and taunted her back, "Call me an angry tortoise."

Lucy laughed when she realized that she was indeed in the position of an egg-laying turtle.At this time, Tony knocked on the door, attracting the attention of two people. He had a towel around his neck, his hair was wet, and the reactor was still shining faintly on his chest.Lucy was sure that if Tony walked out with such a swagger, half the women in New York City would be overwhelmed.

Tony pointed at the two with a flirtatious voice: "Are you guys developing some new pose?"

"It's called Angry Turtle," said Lucy and Bucky in unison.

Lucy got up from Bucky, stood up on her knees, took the bottle of water Tony threw her, and took two sips: "Our training time is not over yet. What's the matter?"

"You guys need to watch TV, Captain America is in trouble."

There was a sense of "what should come will come" in Tony's tone. As a system that has been blamed all the year round, he has always regarded troubles as commonplace.

Lucy rushed back to the office and turned on the TV, and the military spokesman, General Lane—if Lucy remembers correctly, he was Louis Lane's father.Evidently, his daughter's gift of eloquence was entirely inherited from her father.General Lane's answer to the reporter's question can be said to be strictly guarded and leak-free.

"General, does the military really owe Captain America's wages? If Captain America is owed wages, then is the salary system for soldiers in our country not perfect, and how many soldiers have not been paid?"

"First of all, I want to explain that the military's salary system has always been sound and transparent. We will submit reports to the Pentagon every month, and two copies will be sent to the White House and Congress. Everything is well documented, but Captain America's situation is somewhat It's complicated, but the military has been discussing a solution."

"Does the solution need to be discussed for nearly a year? According to a data on the Internet, Captain America may be owed up to 300 million U.S. dollars in wages. If you count the promotion and publicity made by the U.S. military with his image during this period, there is Maybe this number will reach tens of millions." A reporter looked at the reminder card in his hand and said loudly, and he was echoed by some people.

"This is a good question. I saw the data on the Internet. What is circulated on the Internet is that there is a lack of empirical evidence and a real understanding of the salary system, and many variables are not taken into account. For example, our country stipulates that soldiers who are serving To be eligible to receive salary, while Captain Barnes, although he has been in our military service system for nearly 70 years, his real service time is less than ten years."

There was a commotion among the reporters.

General Lane was obviously well prepared. He took out a chart, and the camera reporter immediately pointed the lens on the chart. Almost all the people watching the live TV broadcast across the country saw it.

Lucy finds herself completely underestimating the brazenness of the American military.But to be precise, Captain America's splitting with the military on TV was too heroic. Now the military is still a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water, but Lucy has always believed that under the influence of the president, the military may Play it low-key, maybe play a little dirty tricks, but that's okay, as long as an agreement is reached in private, it's better for everyone.However, Lucy didn't expect that the other party also chose to go on TV.

General Lane explained the chart: "James Buchanan Barnes was paid normally during his tenure as a sergeant. Then he was declared dead by the Strategic Science Corps during a mission. Since then, he has not Afterwards, the Strategic Science Corps discovered that Barnes had been controlled by the Soviets, so they rescued him. After returning to the United States, Barnes' record of crashing and death was cancelled, and he was promoted to captain at the same time, but he has been active for a long time. For a short period of time, he disappeared because he privately participated in the search and rescue operation for Captain Rogers. Until last year, Captain Bucky did not serve in the army."

This is very clear, it’s okay to ask for wages, we only pay you for the few years you were sober.Lucy's eyes were wide open. If General Lane was not his opponent, she would almost applaud him. The logic is rigorous and impeccable.Such a reply was obviously a suggestion from the military's lawyers, and the other party was not a vegetarian either.

"Furthermore, according to the service contract signed by Captain Barnes in 1941, his service period was four years, and he did not renew his contract after that. However, because of the age, we considered the relationship between the loss of documents in the middle, which can be counted as an automatic service for Barnes. Captain Ernes renews his contract."

What this means is that you signed the contract for four years, so what you do later will be for nothing, so in theory, we should not pay you for the years you worked during the Cold War.Based on the fact that you have worked hard for the country after all, we can barely compensate you humanely.

Lucy was speechless.

Tony and Lucy looked at Bucky together, and Bucky had a blank expression of "I'm legally blind and I don't know what's going on".

The discussion among the reporters became louder, and General Lane continued: "After he wakes up, although he is indeed within the Army system in terms of identity, he can completely report on his own, but as far as we know, he and Roddy of the Army The colonel has established a solid friendship. If he really wants to come back, he can just ask Colonel Roddy to bring a word, but he didn't. Instead, he gave full cooperation to the tasks assigned by SHIELD. Based on personal respect for Captain America , We did not delve into this matter. But if Barnes has complaints because of this, we can also think that Captain Barnes is suspected of evading military service. Based on this, the Ministry of National Defense must renegotiate how to verify his salary."

Tony was dumbfounded, and it took him a long time to find a suitable description: "This old man is amazing."

Another question from the reporter: "Then the military has used the image of Captain America without authorization for military propaganda even during non-service periods. Shouldn't this be a considerable fee for the use of Captain America's image?"

General Lane raised the corner of his mouth, which looked like a sneer, and Lucy felt that things were going to be serious.

Sure enough, General Ryan said calmly: "The military has always used the image of the first-generation Captain America, Steve Rogers. Although there were some excellent soldiers who performed their duties during the disappearance of Captain Rogers, the military In our eyes, Captain America has always been Steve Rogers. We believe that there are indeed some salary loopholes in the military. We decided to generate a fund for the 70-year use of Captain America’s image and invest it in the Smithsonian U.S. History exhibit at the Captain's Museum."

"My God! Shameless!" Lucy yelled, she couldn't take it anymore, she almost threw something on the TV, Ari was right, the military really tore their skin, exhausted Obviously, Ari underestimated the determination of the military. Now the military not only refuses to pay Bucky Barnes, but even wants to deprive him of the title of Captain America.

Lucy lifted the broken hair on her forehead, supported her head, and started to walk around the room. She began to think about how to deal with this situation. Ari was right. She might need a personal crisis publicist from Captain America. Titans don’t have enough staff. .Unexpectedly, the bigger bomb was yet to come. General Lane dropped the last bomb. "The Smithsonian's Captain America Museum honors veterans who have passed away, and since Captain Barnes is still alive, we don't think he fits in the halls of heroes."

Fuck!

Lucy finally couldn't help but yelled out, and when she yelled out, she found that Tony had yelled the same word as her.Immediately afterwards, the phone on Lucy's desk rang, and Louis' voice came out of the phone stutteringly: "Lucy, don't be angry, I will have a good talk with my father, he can't do this."

"You're so fucking right, he can't do this, Louis, let me calm down for a while, I don't want to anger you, but I can't take it anymore." Lucy hung up the phone immediately, her wrist hurt, her hand The injectable drug on the ring was missing one space, and she was now used to using drugs to control her emotions, and she no longer even asked about Stark's scientific research progress.

"I'm fucking going to break all contracts with the military!" Tony cursed, "I'm going to develop defensive weapons for every weapon of mass destruction purchased by the military, and then sell them all over the world! [-]% off!"

"This group of villains. They can't do this. They not only deny your achievements, but even deprive you of your reputation. We must fight back." Lucy repeated over and over again.

Tony kicked up a chair, and then realized he wasn't wearing the Iron Man suit, and he hugged his feet and screamed in pain.It took a while for Lucy and Tony to realize that they hadn't waited for Bucky's reaction.

Bucky stared blankly at the TV. The reporters had become a mess and were scrambling to ask questions. General Lane was still explaining something, but he couldn't listen anymore. He slowly raised his hand and turned off the TV with a tired and tired expression. Sad, what had been holding him up was slowly crumbling, and he was about to be dragged down.

"Bucky, we'll get it back for you." Lucy stepped forward to hold his hand, and so did Tony, and the three of them piled their hands together, feeling stronger than ever.

And Bucky just smirked erratically, pulled out his hand, leaving the two of them with a lonely back, as if dragging two shot puts on their feet, and slowly left the office.

Lucy's phone rang again, and it was Ari calling.

While talking on the phone, Ari threw a tennis ball against the wall, and the ball bounced back and forth on the floor, the wall, and his hands: "I told you what, the military will definitely discredit him."

"Ari, I don't care about the attitude of the military anymore." Lucy said coldly, "I want to know the attitude of the media."

Ari held the ball that bounced into his hand and held it tightly. He smiled confidently: "The attitude of the media is in our hands."