Chapter 192 Steve Rogers and the Balance of Power
That evening, at the press conference site of the New York branch of Stark Technology——
Many mainstream media invited to the press conference gathered at the press conference venue of Stark Company. Many journalists who knew each other were gathering in groups to discuss what happened today.
After an afternoon of brewing, many netizens began to turn their attention from Lainie Stark to the man suspected to be Captain America.
If it was just a resemblance in appearance, it would be fine, but the temperament of the other party is definitely not something that ordinary people can imitate.
Coupled with the deliberate guidance of some people, Captain America, a term that has been away from the American people for many years, has returned to people's vision again.
Does Captain America really exist? Are the photos in the museum real or actors?
Is that man the real Captain America, or an actor used by the government to fabricate a heroic character?
A series of questions such as these were raised again by many historical nihilists. The topic of Captain America overshadowed Lainie's scandal for a while and topped the hot search list.
"Laini, is it really as Tony said?"
Pepper looked at Lainie with suspicion. She heard from Tony that Lainie was going to hold a press conference and said that Lainie was going to make her relationship public. This really scared her.
Laini rolled her eyes and glared at Tony who was indifferent.
"Don't listen to that bastard. That person is Steve Rogers himself."
"Really? But it doesn't matter. He is only sixty or seventy years older than you. I support you..."
Tony's bad mouth came up and continued to make fun of Lainie.
However, before he finished speaking, Lainie took out a hand cannon and put it in his face. With a gloomy face and gritted teeth, she said fiercely:
"Do you want to die?"
Tony didn't care at all. He smiled and stretched out his hand to move the muzzle of the cannon on his face.
Then he made a zipper gesture on his mouth to indicate that he would not speak.
After glaring at this guy, Lainie looked at Roddy.
"You go up and start the conversation later. Do what you did before. Just say that the military has important news to announce to everyone."
Laini told the three people about the general situation and said that she would use the military as an excuse to announce Rogers' return to the public.
"Wait a minute, did Director Fury agree to you doing this?"
Chili was a little confused. Shouldn't SHIELD hide Rogers' identity? Would Nick Fury agree to Lainie's messing around?
Laini took out her phone and showed it to everyone present, but there was nothing on the screen.
Several people didn't understand what Lainie meant. Tony frowned and urged:
"Don't keep us in suspense. Hurry up!"
Laini also cared about this guy "unauthorized unsealing". After showing the phone, she put it back in the warehouse.
"That guy didn't call, which means he agreed!"
Everyone was stunned. What the hell is going on?
Lainie smiled confidently. She knew very well why Egghead didn't stop her from doing this.
In fact, the reason was very simple, because Egghead himself also planned to publicly put Captain America on the map.
The biggest reason was the popular superhero next to Lainie - Iron Man Tony Stark.
He was so ostentatious that people began to worship him, admire him, and regard him as the new savior, and even wanted to establish a religion for him!
This was not what Nick Fury wanted to see, so he tried to win over Lainie to offset Tony's influence.
Unexpectedly, Lainie's appearance was completely counterproductive.
The expected balance was not achieved, and even because of the relationship between the two, the degree of ostentation of the two people actually developed further.
Even more tragically, due to Lainie's unique ability, voices began to emerge within SHIELD hoping that Lainie could replace Nick Fury, and it was getting more and more intense.
Under internal and external troubles, Nick Fury has always hoped to find a way to break the deadlock.
084 Skye is a good choice, but she is still young and poses no threat to Lainie.
Moreover, Lainie brought Skye back to SHIELD herself, so Nick Fury could not intervene, so he could only give up for the time being.
But the appearance of Steve Rogers gave Nick Fury hope again.
Whether it is identity, temperament, spiritual accomplishment, or popular base and historical significance, Captain America is obviously ten streets ahead of Iron Man.
And with the relationship that Steve Rogers is a friend of the veterans of SHIELD, he can also suppress Lainie's momentum under his own operation.
In this way, Nick Fury can solve the two major internal and external hidden dangers with a general. Isn't it a good thing for him?
I'm afraid that as soon as Lainie's press conference is over today, Nick Fury will start to promote the external process of recalling Captain America.
More importantly, Nick Fury does not intend to let Lainie always hold the administrative power of the Avengers. He doesn't think Lainie can be a good leader of a team.
In the future, Rogers will become the Avenger chosen by the Director of SHIELD, and he will use this to check and balance Lainie and limit her power.
With such a double benefit, Nick Fury's face is full of smiles, how could he stop Lainie from holding a press conference?
But he didn't expect that Lainie, who always did things without thinking and on impulse, actually saw through his arrangement.
Lainie realized something was wrong when the other party gave her the important task of reviving Captain America.
Instead of asking Coulson to take responsibility, she found herself who was at odds with him. Isn't this obviously a thankless task for herself?
"Since you, the egg-head, can do the first day, don't blame me for doing the fifteenth."
"You let me take responsibility, then I will take responsibility for you to the end!"
A sneer appeared on the corner of Lainie's mouth, and Skye shuddered at the side, thinking that some people might be in trouble.
Seeing that Rhodes had finished the opening on the podium, Lainie straightened her clothes and slowly stepped onto the podium.
"Thank you all for coming to support us. As Colonel Rhodes said before, today's events were very unexpected and dramatic. After some discussion, we decided to disclose the truth of the matter to everyone!"
Lainie went straight to the point without any twists and turns. She didn't have Tony's top-notch ability to perform on the spot.
"Due to what happened this afternoon, I need to first declare to everyone that I am not in a relationship, let alone have a boyfriend."
The media in the audience did not take it seriously. Who knows about this kind of thing? Although what happened during the day was obviously groundless, who knows the specific situation?
It is not uncommon for people to say they are not in a relationship but get married secretly.
They did not come here to hear gossip about Lainie. Who of those who can appear here has not been arranged by Stark Company?
They know very well what to say and what to ask.
"Then I need to announce that my rumored boyfriend is actually Captain America..."
As soon as this was said, many reporters in the audience raised their recorders, fearing that they would miss a word.
"Let's not mention the word rumored boyfriend, just his true identity."
Laini deliberately kept it a secret. She just wanted to whet the appetite of these guys in the audience. After all, there were two live cameras.
"His name is... Steve Rogers!"
Boom!
A group of reporters raised their arms with shining eyes, like hungry wolves smelling meat, and rushed to ask questions.
Rhodey pointed to an official media, which was a media friend that had been arranged long ago.
"Ms. Lainie, is the Steve Rogers you are talking about the Mr. Rogers who participated in World War II?"
"Yes!"
Lainie naturally gave a positive answer to the expected question.
For a while, there was an uproar in the audience. Some people had previously speculated whether the so-called Captain America was a plastic surgery or an imitator.
But now looking at Lainie's appearance, that person should be Captain America himself.
But...how is this possible?
"Miss Lainie, as far as I know, Mr. Steve Rogers was born on July 4, 1918, and disappeared on March 5, 1945, when he was 27 years old.
If he could live to this day, he should be 93 years old, but the Mr. Steve Rogers you mentioned in the photo is still young, which is simply unbelievable."
It was also an expected question. Lainie nodded and asked the other party to sit down, and then slowly spoke.
"This is what I will talk about next. The specific reason needs to be traced back to 1945..."
Laini slowly told the story of Captain America's crash into the Arctic when he was driving a fighter plane. This part of the content is also recorded in the Captain America Memorial Hall.
"As of June this year, Stark Technology, the military, and the Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency have conducted further investigations in the Arctic.
And on the afternoon of July 19, they successfully found the fighter plane hidden under the ice cap, and Steve Rogers frozen under the ice..."