Chapter 1406: Don’t You Know about Hydra?
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Tony was one of the key figures in America.
If he hadn’t become Iron Man, he would naturally stand on a completely different side from superheroes.
This had nothing to do with justice, but with politics.
Whoever had power had to fight for their own interests.
If they wanted to seize power and climb higher, they would be met with a ruthless counterattack.
Since ancient times, countless heroes, emperors, and leaders had fallen to this sort of counterattack, not to mention that Luke and the others were purely illegal “vigilantes” who had no interests at all.
Luke raised his gla.s.s and took a sip, before he sighed darkly. “Touching the ‘power’ of justice is a superhero’s curse.”
He had only seen the first Avengers movie in his previous life, so he didn’t know about the civil war which happened after that.
But it was only a matter of time.
How could those at the top of the country’s hierarchy, who had always held aloft the cudgel of “justice” to hammer people around the world, allow a “righteous” vigilante group to climb above them?
They would attack the superheroes for their “illegal enforcement” of the law, as well as the extra damages they incurred.
Luke knew very well that some superheroes didn’t pay attention to individual civilian casualties, but he didn’t discriminate against them.
Were the extra damages caused by a superhero’s righteous actions worse than the government’s behavior of triggering war in an originally peaceful nation and causing the deaths of millions of civilians?
Superheroes who used their abilities for good instead of becoming supervillains already had far more moral integrity than most people.
What right did people who triggered war for the sake of benefits have to condemn a bunch of “vigilantes” who weren’t paid for what they did?
Also, there were people in the world who couldn’t do anything themselves but liked to shoot off their mouths and nitpick anyone who did good, and felt immensely proud of themselves for it.
These types of idiots were also the easiest to be led around by the nose and turned into the front line in an attack on superheroes.
In Luke’s previous life, even online trolls were paid for what they did. These brainless people, on the other hand, danced to someone else’s tune and didn’t even get paid for it.
Whoever they tore down, they just thought they were very awesome.
Little did they know that they were like chamber pots in the eyes of bigshots: Sometimes, they were indispensable, but when they weren’t being used, the bigshots couldn’t wait for them to die a little further away.
Luke had seen too many such people in his previous life.
There would be no shortage of brainless people like these in this life either.
He had always believed that there was no shortage of idiots in any world, even in the Marvel universe.
He hadn’t expected the attack by the test subjects, and the debut of the superhero team was naturally unexpected.
But things didn’t always go according to plan.
Batman, the number one hero and Dark Knight, had to face these things.
Only after being tempered by fire would Batman truly s.h.i.+ne and become the irreplaceable beacon of superheroes.
He had already thought of this before, and had been thinking about it since the attack by the test subjects last night.
The system’s definition of justice inevitably clashed with the “justice” of the American ruling cla.s.s.
Since he had no plans of going into politics, he naturally had to find his own way to make the world adapt to him.
Daddy System wouldn’t have given him so many cheats for nothing!
Tony and Natasha felt chills run down their spines.
No matter how beautiful America made itself out to be, the happiness of this colossus was built on exploiting the entire world.
Justice was the grounds which the government used to exploit other nations.
The person in front of them was practically synonymous with justice.
In the end, Batman would either clash with the American government or he would become the government’s dog.
His words proved one simple fact: his and the government’s conflicting views were irreconcilable.
Natasha, who had come with a purpose, suddenly realized that it would probably be very difficult to complete this a.s.signment.
She silently added more labels to Luke: Suspected individualist and liberal supporter.
Looking at their expressions, Luke smiled. “Don’t worry, I’m actually a pacifist, provided the other party doesn’t provoke me.”
Tony and Natasha couldn’t be bothered to deal with such hypocritical words.
Did Luke not know why business was booming for New York’s orthopedics departments, and why the prices of illegal drugs had been increasing for months?
Luke shook his head regretfully. “Fine, but someone will definitely come after me this time. You can observe it for yourselves.”
Saying that, he looked at Natasha and chuckled. “And that applies only to you and not the rest of s.h.i.+ELD.”
Hearing the implied meaning in his laugh, Natasha finally frowned. “You don’t seem very happy with s.h.i.+ELD?”
Luke poured more wine for himself and Tony. This time, he wasn’t in a hurry to drink. Instead, he swirled the wine in his gla.s.s. “Natalia, you’re also from s.h.i.+ELD, but aren’t you sitting here now? However, there are some people in s.h.i.+ELD who really aren’t happy with me.”
Natasha’s face didn’t change. “Who?”
She had a feeling that her director might have already been blacklisted by this person.
That was because the director always looked very unhappy when he talked about Batman.
Luke continued to play with his gla.s.s. “Don’t worry, it’s not Director Fury. We have a common enemy in this regard.”
Natasha: “Huh?”
Nick Fury was now in charge of s.h.i.+ELD. He was mistrustful and crafty, smart and shameless.
The only people who could be called his enemies were probably colleagues who wanted to replace him.
There was currently no one in s.h.i.+ELD who had the qualifications or popularity to challenge Nick Fury.
As for the position of director, that was even more ridiculous.
In a secret and aggressive organization like s.h.i.+ELD, which wielded tremendous power, the real power was distributed among various branch leaders, such as the leaders of various bases or heads of individual projects.
These experienced old foxes with numerous connections could hoodwink the higher-ups at s.h.i.+ELD who were unfamiliar with how things worked internally without them knowing at all.
To put it bluntly, even Nick Fury couldn’t verify how much these old agents were hiding.
Luke raised his cup and dropped a huge piece of news almost carelessly. “Probably an enemy like Hydra.”
Natasha and Tony both paused before they said in unison, “Hydra?”
Luke took a sip of his wine. “That’s right. Don’t you know?”
The two of them looked at each other, then looked at him. They cursed inwardly. n.o.body said anything. How would they know?!
Tony, who was more familiar with Luke, couldn’t help but ask, “Wasn’t Hydra destroyed in World War II? My father partic.i.p.ated in that operation and confirmed the death of their leader, Red Skull, Johann Schmidt.”