After Christmas, the pace of time quickly entered the new year.
As soon as 2012 has just entered, people in the United States have a new conversation in addition to soaring housing prices and the topic of Avengers and other superhero topics.
When the news was broadcast in the morning, the signal of the national radio and television network was suddenly hijacked by hackers.
The other side broadcasted a video that shocked the whole world in front of the United States.
In the minutes-long video, a terrorist named "Mandarin" publicly declared war on the United States!
"…39 hours ago, Ario Salim Air Force Base was attacked…"
"Yes, yes, I did it."
"An ancient military church full of women and children…"
"President Ellis, you have always refused to accept my education for you, but now you can only listen obediently."
"You know who I am, but you don't know where I am. You can never predict my arrival…"
How can the bigwigs of the Pentagon and the White House stand up to such arrogant provocations? !
At the President's order, the terrorist named "Mandarin" was immediately included in the first-level list and a global search was conducted.
That battle was much bigger than the previous one.
However, the results obtained are frustrating.
The American soldiers searched all over the Middle East and found nothing!
In order to express its position and let the people see determination to resolutely terrorize, the White House held a press conference.
At the press conference, President Ellis personally came forward and expressed to the public, he also introduced the army's anti-terrorist guardian-the steel patriot!
In fact, the so-called "Iron Patriot" is the War Machine controlled by Stark's friend, Rhodes.
For the White House and the military, this is a move that has to be played in order to save face.
Definitely, they have also thought about whether to invite the Avengers to get this clamoring terrorist.
However, after careful consideration, the White House and the Pentagon decided to abandon this tempting idea.
After all, everything must rely on the words of the Avengers, so how embarrassed their army and elites to continue to mix and disband directly!
What's more, the nature of this matter is not a matter under the jurisdiction of superhero, but a matter of national security…
There was a lot of trouble in this matter.
Even Leon, who stayed at home and was giving special training to Zheng Qi and Danny, received the news.
Leon, who personally played against Mandarin, knew that the "Mandarin" that appeared on the TV screen was not the real Mandarin, but Aldridge Killian was hiding his puppet in order to rule behind the scenes.
However, the appearance of this video reminds Leon of one thing, that is:
Killian is about to shoot Stark!
Perhaps it is because of his own way of doing things and being pushy; or because of his previous arrogance and offending too many people, Stark has been the Avengers who has suffered the most revenge since becoming Iron Man.
First, Opadry wanted to kill him and take away his company and status; then, the "whip" Ivan Vanke who avenged his father, messed up the fair, and even Little Chili almost got his lunch.
Not long ago, if Leon hadn't arrived in time, he might have been killed by the Maximoff twins.
Crisis again and again, in the final analysis, it was because of the pot he had buried before.
I have to say that karma is really evil…
Today's Stark has a completely new look. He is no longer the playboy before, and he no longer likes to make enemies everywhere.
However, Lyon, as a friend, will give him a chance and time to reform.
But will his enemies?
Will Killian?
The answer is actually very obvious.
What's more, Killian didn't want a simple apology, but Stark's life!
. . .
Like the previous crises, Lyon, who knew the future for a long time, couldn't run to Stark and suddenly said to him: "Hey, man, someone is going to fuck you, you have to be careful recently…"
In that case, you have to explain why you know, when the other party will come over and other issues.
In this way, it's too much trouble.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Leon felt that instead of waiting for Killian to come and attack Stark, it would be better to initiate an attack and fix this upcoming trouble for Stark!
As early as a few years ago, because of the assassination of Rumlow, he happened to discover that HYDRA was hooking up with AIM.
Since then, Leon has included Killian and AIM on the list of key concerns.
Leon knew very well that dealing with Killian cannot hide his identity like the last time he dealt with HYDRA, but must do it with great fanfare.
After all, Killian is not a fugitive criminal, and he can't come directly to check the water meter.
On the surface, he is the boss of a scientific research company and a good citizen who abides by the law.
It is impossible for Leon to take action until he has the evidence of the other party's crime.
However, Lyon already has a general idea of how to shoot.
This time, he didn't intend to solve Killian's affairs alone.
Avengers has been established for more than two years, and there are few opportunities for joint operations except for the First World War in New York.
On the one hand, there is no large-scale crisis that harms the planet and requires all the Avengers to be dispatched; on the other hand, it is also because of the nature of the Avengers team, which is just a temporary team.
Even superhero, Leon, Stark, Thor and others all have their own lives. It is impossible to get together every day, ready to maintain world peace…
And this time, in order to make the name Avengers more resounding and deepen the cohesion of the team, Leon intends to turn this crisis into an opportunity!
He intends to help Stark deal with the troubles, and at the same time to get some good feelings.
You know, Killian's men, but there are a group of super soldiers who have been injected with Extremis.
That battle can be regarded as a super villain, and it is barely worth letting the Avengers fight together.
Before the shot, it was natural to collect Killian's criminal evidence.
Only when they get conclusive evidence, can Leon and others make a fair move.
Thinking of this, Leon seemed to think of something, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, revealing a sly smile.
He took out his personal cell phone from his trouser pocket and pressed a series of numbers.
Soon, the call was connected.
On the other side of the phone, a slightly cool female voice came:
"Hey?"
"It's me, I need your help…"