Marvel Book of Magical Events

General Hale initially thought that the young man who was close to Stephanie Malik had something to do with the Malik family, and that Gideon Malik brought him here just to expand his connections. This kind of thing is very common. The marriage between established political families and plutocrats is as common as the marriage between New Money and poor European nobles in the last century. What's more, this is Washington, and every politician has huge industrial support behind the scenes. The tendency of plutocrats behind the scenes Determined the decisions of politicians, and even gave birth to a street dedicated to accommodate lobbyists.

She kept smiling and nodded to the young man as a greeting.

She was already a high-ranking four-star general in the Ministry of National Defense, so there was no need to be too enthusiastic about a stranger unless the person the Malik family was interacting with changed to that man. At present, it seems that there is no such possibility. The old guy Gideon Malik is getting younger and younger now. There are rumors that it is the result of rejuvenation surgery.

When Gideon Malik proposed the next conversation at the Malik family estate in Washington, General Hale agreed naturally. It is not surprising that there is some intersection between the four-star general and the former Security Council president. Even if the Department of Homeland Security pursues it, it can be called a "personal interaction due to national security" and it is not a big problem. It wasn't until she was asked to put her mobile phone in the Faraday bag when she got into the stretch bulletproof limousine, and the young man was vaguely in the lead in the car, that General Hale felt something was wrong.

The car had started now and it was too late to leave.

"What's going on, Gideon?" General Hale asked calmly, holding onto Ruby's hand tightly. Stephanie Malik still sat next to the young man, acting more like a secretary than a companion. "I need an explanation."

"If you can't do it, I can't explain it," Gideon Malik said quietly. He has undergone rejuvenation surgery in the Eternal City, and a blood filter is built into his body to ensure blood health. This is only an initial physical strengthening measure, and there will be follow-up customized services such as stem cell cloning and organ cloning. Everything is to ensure that he Able to live over a hundred years. The old Hydra glanced at the man sitting opposite him and General Hale, then glanced at his daughter, and finally turned to General Hale and said, "You always wanted to see him, and now he Here he is. He has something to say to you, so you must listen."

"You can't let me betray the United States." Although he was full of complaints, General Hale still did it. As a Hydra without a backer, she is well aware of the ruthlessness, selfishness and pragmatism of the conservative Hydra. It is said that Dr. Whitehall only has his brain left, and there is nothing that the top leaders of Hydra cannot do. . "Even if our people occupy many important positions, there are some things we can't do. We were almost exposed when we covered up the USS Bush aircraft carrier." She said, "I can only cover up some of the F35 salvage numbers, that's all. "

"What we want is not that simple, General Hale." The young man's smile was very warm, making the nervous General Hale relax a little. She didn't notice the strange expression on her daughter who was sitting next to her. Even when she held Ruby's hand too hard, Ruby didn't react. "Let me ask you a question, do you think the interests of the human race or the United States are more important?"

"There is no doubt that it is the human race." General Hale looked around, "Why do you ask this question?"

"You will become the savior of the human race, General Hale." Although the young man's voice was low, it was extremely infectious. "This is your destined moment of glory. No one on this earth is more important than you now. .You need to know something and this will help you."

General Hale is naturally not one of those Ivy League interns in the White House who are easy to coax, but the weight of what he says is different from that of politicians or civil servants who can only use one mouth to coax interns. He is the most powerful human being known to date. Homeland Security The Bureau determined that he had the ability to fight Thor. He also possesses powerful technological capabilities, some of which the CIA and the Pentagon tried to obtain as research material, but all to no avail. In addition, a year ago she used a machine made according to SHIELD's secret blueprint to contact aliens. Those aliens also called her the savior of mankind, as if this term was certified by aliens. It became real, and General Hale immediately used his powerful imagination to make up for some unreasonable things.

"I think I'm ready to receive explosive intelligence." Although he was still a little wary, General Hale changed his attitude slightly. The aliens contacted through the device warned her that an extremely large alien fleet was approaching the Earth and planned to kill the entire planet's humans and then take the Earth as their own. The man in front of her once issued a warning to the entire world, and the content was almost the same as what the aliens said. It could be said that it was precisely because of the latter's words that she chose to believe what those alien councils said. "But are you sure you want to announce it here?"

"Of course not, we'll talk about it later when we get to the manor." The young man glanced at Stephanie Malik, who immediately took out the gift box placed aside and handed it to General Hale. "We must establish a good relationship before this, only in this way will it be conducive to our long-term cooperation." He said, "So we must solve some difficult problems for you."

General Hale would not turn down the gift because it was a 15% stake in a real estate company acquired by Blackstone Group and a 2% stake in Lockheed Martin. The former's annual dividends are higher than what General Hale has been able to earn from the Silicon Valley venture capital investments he has conducted in recent years, and the latter means that she can smoothly enter the military-industrial complex as a manager. You must know that not every four-star general can successfully enter the political and business revolving door of large companies. Many four-star generals have served as managers of real estate in a certain place after retirement, and then have become unknown since then. That is not consistent. General Hale planned an extremely ambitious future for himself and his daughter.

The former was money, the latter was power, and General Hale could not refuse such a gift.

As for how the Malik family and the Emperor of Latvinia obtained these things, and how the Emperor of Latvinia entered the White House, she did not want to pursue it. When that man led the army to parachute into the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Pentagon and the United Nations Face has been lost long ago. Even if this situation represents a problem with the United States' prevention and control system, even if this is a function that she, a four-star general, must undertake - whether she joins Hydra or gives birth to Ruby, she has no choice. She was born a Hydra, not an American, because she, like Ruby, was a product of Dr. Whitehall's eugenics program, and she was willing to do anything to climb up Hydra's strict hierarchy. But at the same time, she is also an idealistic person, which is the quality that the emperor appreciates most. Whether her ideal of giving everything for mankind comes from selfish desires or some noble feelings, the emperor does not care. Compared to other politicians, General Hale has done his job extremely well.

and her ambition, a quality the emperor admired. Seeing General Hale expressing satisfaction and gratitude for the gift, the smile on the emperor's face became gentler. "I believe that our cooperation will satisfy both parties." The emperor took the wine glass from Stephanie Malik and raised the glass to General Hale, "for our cooperation."

"And the future of mankind." General Hale also took the wine glass, and then took the glass of wine from Ruby's hand very skillfully, because she was not yet 21 years old. She added, "This is the most important thing. The security of the human race is the basis of our cooperation."

"I am really amazed by your sense of responsibility." The emperor nodded and said, "You will see another gift at the manor. I think Mr. Gideon Malik has a say in this. Only a healthy body can Taking on greater responsibilities is the most important gift.”

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