Chapter 307 Should you leave or stay (please subscribe for full order!)
In addition to manipulating public opinion on the Internet, Russell actually has another option, which is to cast a large-scale psychic magic.
For example, like Doctor Strange, in order to help Spider-Man hide his true identity, he cast a global amnesia spell.
Although this is very difficult for ordinary mages, Russell is confident that he can achieve similar effects to Doctor Strange.
Of course, the premise of all this is that his magic teacher Gu Yi agrees to do this.
Otherwise, Ancient One might break his magic at any time.
After giving instructions to No. 3, Russell left the study and came to the training room again.
He has taken action now, and the rest depends on how the authorities and SHIELD handle it.
After arriving in the training room, without saying a word, he once again started the boring magic transformation and continued to add moves to his solar power.
After waiting in front of the Zhenglian headquarters gate for more than half an hour, Black Widow Natasha returned to the car with a look of helplessness and drove towards the SHIELD New York branch, which was almost in ruins.
Although she has not met Russell, she already knows Russell's decision.
Time passes little by little.
More than an hour after Natasha drove away, a team of heavily armed New York police officers arrived at the gate of the Zhenglian headquarters.
They did not enter the Zhenglian headquarters, but set up a cordon in front of the gate of the Zhenglian headquarters.
As soon as they set up the cordon, a large number of reporters rushed over.
Then, they stopped them one by one.
Although Russell is currently doing boring magic transformation work in the training room, he received the report from No. 3 immediately and knew what happened in front of the headquarters gate.
However, he now paid no attention to the plans of the police and reporters outside.
As long as they didn't force their way in, he didn't bother to care about them.
More importantly, everything that happened in front of the gate was part of his plan.
In other words, this was directed by him.
It wasn't until Kara, wearing the Supergirl uniform, returned to Zhenglian headquarters that Russell left the training room and called Kara to the study room before she had time to change.
When Kara came to the study, he briefly asked Kara about the Hawaiian Islands.
Then, a new task was assigned to Kara.
"Are you sure you want to do this?"
Kara, who was wearing a blue skirt and midriff-baring top, asked with some confusion.
"certainly!"
Russell said with a smile.
The new task he assigned to Kara was very simple, which was to ask Kara to go to the Octopus Headquarters and then hold a press conference with Diana.
As for the content of the press conference, Zhenglian officially declared war on S.H.I.E.L.D.
The reason why Carla is asked to go to Diana to hold a press conference together is because Diana is now the person in charge of Zhenglian.
Only by allowing Diana to attend the press conference can it be proved that this is Zhenglian's decision and not Cara's personal decision.
"Sister Diana may not agree."
Kara frowned and said.
"Don't worry, I told Diana about this last night and she won't object to it."
Russell said calmly.
"Okay! Since you have made arrangements, let me go over there."
After saying that, Kara stood up and planned to go to the Octopus Monster headquarters building immediately.
However, just when she was about to reach the study balcony, she suddenly turned around, looked at Russell, and asked doubtfully: "Why do you want me to do this? Wouldn't it be better for you to do it yourself?"
"Of course I can do it myself, but I'm not the one who just destroyed the US military base in the Hawaiian Islands."
"I let you go, on the one hand, because you destroyed the US military base in the Hawaiian Islands, and on the other hand, because you are a woman."
"People are instinctively more attracted to women than men."
Russell quickly explained.
Although what he said made sense, Kara's intuition told her that this was not what Russell really thought.
However, she did not continue to ask further, and went straight to the balcony of the study room and flew towards the octopus monster headquarters building.
When Kara left, Russell took out the hanging ring from the system space and cast the portal magic.
Soon, the shining golden portal appeared in front of him.
When the portal was formed, he walked straight in without any hesitation.
The parlor of the New York Temple.
As soon as Russell walked out of the portal, he saw the Supreme Mage Ancient One who was making tea.
"Here you go, sit down!"
Gu Yi looked up at him and said slowly.
"Um!"
Russell simply replied and came to sit in front of Gu Yi.
"You are really not restless at all. You just returned to Earth and you caused such a big scene."
Gu Yi shook his head helplessly.
"I've been bullied to this extent. It would be too cowardly for me to do nothing."
"Besides, if I were someone who didn't dare to fight back when being bullied, teacher, you wouldn't accept me as a student."
Although Ancient One's words sounded like a rebuke, Russell knew that Ancient One was just reminding him not to go too far.
If Gu Yi really wanted to rebuke him, she would not sit in the living room making tea now, but would go directly to Zhenglian headquarters to find him.
"This is a matter in the real world. Logically speaking, I shouldn't interfere too much."
"But I want to know, did you have to kill her?"
As Gu Yi said this, he gave Russell a cup of steaming honey tea.
"Teacher, you have used the time stone to see my future, so there is no need to continue asking questions like this."
Russell picked up the tea cup in front of him and took a sip.
"Her abilities are very good. When protecting the world, she can contribute a lot."
"If you kill her, the responsibilities that originally belonged to her will fall on you."
"Are you really going to take up this responsibility?"
Gu Yi continued to ask.
"I won't say whether I can shoulder this responsibility or not. All I know is that I am an Earthling."
"If someone wants to take advantage of the earth, I will never sit idly by and ignore it."
Russell said with a smile.
"Since you have already realized this, I won't stop you."
"Now that you have awakened the power of the sun, I hope you can always stick to your heart and never become an evil god that harms the world."
Gu Yi said slowly.
"Compared to being a god, I prefer to be a human being."
Russell said with a serious face.
After seeing his current expression, Gu Yi smiled and shook his head without saying anything.
After drinking the tea made by Gu Yi, Russell cast the portal magic and returned to the study at Zhenglian headquarters.
Half an hour later, he saw on television a press conference attended by Diana and Carla.
Although the real purpose is to completely defeat SHIELD and turn SHIELD into a historical term, at the press conference, Diana and Kara still used some very just reasons.
For example, S.H.I.E.L.D. colludes with alien terrorist forces.
Of course, smart people will know that this is an excuse as soon as they hear it.
But now that Zhenglian has just demonstrated its strength, the reporters at the press conference wisely chose to remain silent.
The United States has always been a country that fears power but not morality.
Compared with other countries, the United States has only a short history of two to three hundred years and is a country of immigrants. It has never had the so-called national cohesion.
Although Americans are also patriotic, what they love is the United States, which is the most powerful country on earth.
If the United States no longer has its current status, those patriotic Americans will immediately become citizens of other countries.
Zhenglian's actions today not only made American officials clearly aware of Zhenglian's strength, but also let these Americans know a very important thing, that is, Zhenglian is far more powerful than they imagined.
More importantly, Zheng Lian showed a crazy side that he had never shown before.
With its headquarters in New York, it launched a strong attack on the New York branch of S.H.I.E.L.D., and also sent people to destroy the U.S. military base in the Hawaiian Islands.
Zhenglian has proved with practical actions that Zhenglian is not afraid of any organization.
Although Zheng Lian has been silently enduring it for the past six months, but now, everyone can see that Zheng Lian no longer wants to endure it.
After the press conference was held in the Octopus Monster Headquarters Building, Diana and Kara did not stay in the Octopus Monster Headquarters Building and returned to the Zhenglian Headquarters immediately.
When they returned to Zhenglian headquarters, Russell called everyone into the living room.
Even Gwen and Peter were called over in advance by him.
"You know better than me what Zhenglian has been through in the past six months. After all, you have been staying in New York."
"At this time, there is no need for me to keep hiding it from you."
"When Zhenglian was first established, I really planned to build Zhenglian into a superhero team that protects the world and others."
"But the plan couldn't keep up with the changes. I later did some things, such as killing some of the leaders of Hydra and becoming the current master of Hydra."
"You may have seen the press conference held by Diana and Carla just now, so I'm not afraid to tell you directly now."
"From today on, Zhenglian will no longer be a pure superhero team, but will become a private force that is not controlled by any country or organization."
"The once notorious Hydra will also become a subordinate organization of Zhenglian from today on."
"To put it simply, the Zhenglian Association has become an anarchic organization in the true sense. I have all of you single-handedly joined the Zhenglian Association. I now give you a chance to choose."
"If you want to withdraw from Zhenglian, I will not stop you."
"But one thing I must make clear to you is that as the Zhenglian, an anarchic and free organization, there is a high chance that it will face all-out attacks from the government and the military. If you stay, there is a high probability that you will become a person hated by the American Federation.
exist."
"So, you can think carefully about whether to leave or stay."
Russell rarely spoke to them in such a serious tone.
But now that Zhenglian is about to go into full-scale war with SHIELD and even the American government, he needs to make it clear to them in advance.
"Zhenglian is Hulk's home. Hulk will not go anywhere. Hulk must stay!"
As soon as Russell finished speaking, Hulk stood up and said angrily.
After saying that, he picked up the metal wine bucket at hand and poured tons and tons of wine into his mouth, as if he wanted to live and die with Zhenglian.
When Hulk finished his statement, Kara followed up and said: "I'm the same as Hulk. Apart from Zhenglian, I have nowhere else to go, so I'll stay too."
Kara said with a serious face.
Then, he came and sat down next to Russell.
After starting with Hulk and Kara, Skye, Wanda, and Pietro also began to express their opinions.
Although they were different from Hulk Kara, they didn't have much favorable impressions of the American officials and SHIELD, so they decisively chose to stay.
In the end, only Gwen and Peter were left speechless.
Russell did not rush them and waited patiently for their answers.
They are the only two native-born Americans in Zhenglian.
Regardless of the environment they grew up in or the education they received, they all have a pretty good impression of American officials.
More importantly, unlike Hulk Kara and others who are basically alone, their family and friends are all Americans.
Letting them completely become enemies of the United States is not a decision they can make immediately.
After seeing their expressions, Russell said slowly: "None of your true identities have been exposed. As long as you don't show your super powers in front of others in the future, you don't need to worry about being recognized."
"It will be easier for you to return to ordinary people's lives than it is for us, but once you choose to stay, American officials and SHIELD will definitely use every means to investigate your true identity."
"When the time comes, it won't be so easy for you to be ordinary people again."
Russell actually had no idea whether to keep Peter and Gwen.
From his personal point of view, of course he hopes they stay.
But this is not something he can decide.
Peter needs to take care of his beautiful aunt May, and Gwen also has parents to take care of.
After hearing Russell's words, both Peter and Gwen frowned, showing tangled expressions.
After more than a minute of silence, Gwen took the lead and said: "I'll stay."
As soon as Gwen finished speaking, Peter followed up and said: "I will stay too, and I will take the initiative to tell May that I am Spider-Man, and I don't want to keep hiding it from her."
"Can!"
Russell nodded and said.
Gwen and Peter both chose to stay, and he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although the members of the Zhenglian still include Grendel and Godzilla, they are different. Even if they want to withdraw from the Zhenglian, no country dares to accept them.
More importantly, Russell will not give the two of them a chance to withdraw from Zhenglian.
"Since everyone agrees to stay, I can safely let you carry out the final plan."
"Next, what you have to do is to stay at the Zhenglian headquarters and wait for my return."
"If someone wants to break into the Zhenglian headquarters, you should know what to do without me telling you."
When he finished speaking, Diana immediately asked: "Do you want to face SHIELD and the official alone?"
"Things turned out the way they did now because I left the earth for a period of time."
"In this case, of course I have to clean up this mess by myself."