Strictly speaking, a team of heroes like the Fantastic Four does not have a true leader.
After all, everyone's status is the same, and no one's status is higher than others.
But as long as it is a team, issues of voice and leadership will inevitably arise.
Mr. Fantastic Reed may not have the idea of becoming a leader, but among the Fantastic Four, his leadership ability is higher than that of Jonathan.
It's actually normal for this to happen.
Because Jonathan is indeed a bit too unreliable.
Before awakening his super powers, Jonathan was not a peaceful guy.
Not to mention Mr. Fantastic Reed and Stone Ben, even his own sister, the invisible woman Susan, is a headache for him.
In a team of four people, three of them thought he was unreliable.
Then his status in the team can be imagined.
Although Jonathan has a more bohemian personality, he is not stupid.
Like those reporters, he immediately understood the meaning of Russell's words.
this……
Jonathan did not expect that Russell would not give him any face.
If the cameraman in front of him wasn't still taking pictures of them crazily, Jonathan would have been unable to keep the smile on his face.
Although these reporters didn't know what kind of relationship there was between Russell and Jonathan, Russell's answer made them keenly aware of the odor of the incompatibility between the two of them.
After answering the reporter's questions, Russell ignored Jonathan, who looked a little embarrassed, and shot his tentacles towards the building next to him.
Then, under the watchful eyes of Jonathan and reporters, he left the scene swinging his tentacles.
Looking at Russell's disappearing back, Jonathan felt like a clown now.
After Russell left, he had no intention of continuing to deal with these reporters. Flames erupted from his body, transformed into a flaming man, rose into the sky, and quickly disappeared.
These little episodes between Russell and Jonathan undoubtedly made the news headlines the next day.
After all, this is the first meeting between the two old and new superheroes.
Russell didn't take this episode seriously at all.
Two more days passed.
The first Zaku mass-produced armor was finally born.
No. 3 and Peter did not disappoint Russell and successfully controlled the cost within 20 million US dollars.
After personally testing the shrunken version of the Zaku armor, Russell made a call to the Republican senator.
The product has been released, and it’s time to meet and chat with these military bosses.
In an estate in the suburbs of New York.
Under the introduction of the senator, Russell successfully met three US military bosses, the lowest of whom were major generals.
Among these three military bosses, Russell was surprised to find that he actually knew one of them.
General Ross!
Looking at General Ross wearing the uniform of a lieutenant general in the US Air Force, several names quickly flashed through Russell's mind.
Bruce Banner, Betty Ross, Emile Blonsky...
I don’t know if Bruce Banner in this world has mutated. I’ll have to find a chance to investigate after I return.
Although many names and thoughts flashed through his mind, Russell's expression did not change at all, as if he didn't know who General Ross was at all, he shook hands with them.
After a while of polite greetings, Russell did not waste everyone's time and handed the already prepared Zaku armor information to General Ross and the other three.
General Ross is very interested in super soldiers though.
But what he was interested in were super soldiers like Captain America, not high-tech individual combat armors like the Zaku Armor.
But even so, he still carefully browsed the Zaku armor information handed over by Russell.
Although General Ross didn't have much interest, the other two generals were very interested in Zaku Armor.
"Isn't the price of your armor a bit too high?"
One of the army major generals named Jack said to Russell.
"General Jack, whether it's expensive or cheap depends on what weapon you compare it with."
"The Jericho missile is also very expensive, but the military still likes it, doesn't it?"
The price of 120 million does seem a bit expensive, but Russell is not worried about this problem at all.
In the absence of similar competing products, unless the military can develop its own armor.
Otherwise, even if the price of the Zaku Armor is a bit high, the military will have no choice but to purchase it from him.
"The power of the Jericho missile has been proven in actual combat, but your armor currently only has data on paper."
General Jack continued.
"General, what you are saying is a bit wrong. There is no actual combat proof. It is just because the production of the armor has just started."
"General, if you are interested, I can provide armor for actual combat testing at any time."
Russell replied calmly.
Although he was full of confidence in the Zaku Armor, General Jack still didn't believe it until he saw the results of the actual combat test.
He has seen too much data on paper and in theory.
When some military industrial companies are trying to obtain military orders, they also say that they can produce star destroyer cannons.
Although no decision was made immediately, General Jack and others still gave Russell a chance to prove the armor.
They want to conduct actual combat tests on the Zaku armor at the military's testing site.
Russell did not refuse their arrangement.
Military orders are not that easy to get!
Without letting them see the actual effect, no matter how powerful he claims the Zaku Armor is, he still won't be able to get an order from the military.
After agreeing on a time for the actual test, Russell left the study and planned to return to the laboratory.
However, as soon as he arrived in the hall, General Ross, who had not spoken much before, suddenly came to him.
"General, do you have a problem with me?"
“Let’s chat in the tasting room.”
Although this is the senator's estate, as General Ross, there is no problem at all in borrowing the senator's wine tasting room.
In the tasting room.
Russell and General Russell sat opposite each other.
"General, why don't you just say it if you have something to say?"
"I'm not very interested in your Zaku armor, but I'm very interested in you."
General Ross looked at Russell with a serious expression and said slowly.
"Uh...General, I don't like men!" Russell said with a frown.
After hearing what he said, General Ross almost spit out the red wine in his mouth.
"you……"
After putting down the wine glass in his hand, General Ross looked at Russell seriously and said again: "I don't like men either!"
General Ross retorted righteously.
"You and I are the only two here, and I won't go around in circles with you."
"I know your identity in the underground world very well."
"I have a plan here, and I need special people like you to join it."
Although General Ross did not say it clearly, Russell could roughly guess what his so-called special plan was.
Don’t you just want a team of super soldiers like Captain America? It’s not hard to guess at all!
"General, you may have misunderstood."
"Just because I sell weapons to the military does not mean that I want to become a weapon for the military. These are two completely different things."