2064 Arguing for the Sake of It, the Avengers’ Internal Affairs

Luke didn't pay much attention to the aftermath of the Lagos incident.

Whether it was those who exposed scandals, splashed dirty water, or stirred up public opinion, the Bat Squad had never been idle in dealing with them.

In the early years, Luke would suppress and retaliate, but in the last few years, his thinking had changed.

Humans were very complicated creatures. It was unrealistic for everyone to be of the same mind.

In the past, the dissemination of information could still be controlled and people were easily duped.

With the advent of cell phones, however, everybody wanted to voice their opinion.

Among them were many people who didn't care about the truth, and went against it purely for the sake of arguing.

Their basic philosophy was… to oppose everything.

So, Luke now targeted those comments which attacked superheroes through a new strategy of comprehensive surveillance.

Those who liked to jump out and stir up public opinion had to remember that if they jumped too much, they would be served with a super scandal and a prison sentence.

Letting these guys who liked to stir up public opinion become targets of public opinion themselves could be considered the classic case of giving them a taste of their own medicine.

When it came to dirt, nobody in the world knew more than Luke.

He didn't reveal everything because it was unnecessary.

Instead, Luke would rather keep most of the small fry alive to deal with the higher-ups.

Nobody cared if the small fry stank or not.

Only when bigshots were smelly would the public be happy.

The Avengers were facing a similar situation this time.

In the last few years, the Justice League had started to keep a low profile. Many crises were either resolved beforehand or the distinctive suits weren't deployed.

This way, the Avengers, whose personal style had always been to go all out, were more famous than the Justice League.

With the Justice League keeping a low profile, there was no way to slander them, so people could only target the Avengers.

The Avengers had a lot of fans and also a lot of anti-fans.

Compared with the Justice League, whose real identities couldn't be verified, the Avengers had too many weaknesses, which made it easier for the American government to intervene.

Perhaps it was because of the many alien invasions and attempts to destroy Earth that the higher-ups in many countries felt a sense of crisis.

They urgently needed to control some of the power and the mature spaceship technology that the Avengers had.

In the future, in an emergency, commanding the Avengers and taking a spaceship to leave Earth for the time being would be a good choice.

After years of the higher-ups laying low, this storm was finally brewing.

So long as the Avengers didn't completely retire, these people who wanted to reap benefits from them would take action sooner or later. They had just been waiting for a reason to step forward.

The casualties in the Lagos incident were all civilians, which could be used to attack the Avengers.

The Avengers had gotten over 30 people killed, even if it was in order to save hundreds of people on the ground.

The civilians who had died this time were just props for the higher-ups in Europe and America.

Luke simply had Alfred boot up his laptop. Whoever was the happiest in this matter would suffer once the furor died down.

…

A week later, Selina read the news. "Are we really not going to do anything?"

The main characters in the news were Steve, Sam, Bucky, and… the Wakandan prince, T'Challa.

The protagonists were handcuffed and sent to prison.

Luke shook his head. "This isn't a small matter."

Director Selina snorted disdainfully. "Isn't it because of those rats in high places?"

Luke said, "It's good to give them a chance to vent. Otherwise, who knows what else they'll do."

Director Selina was confused. "Why didn't you deal with them before this?"

"Because anyone who is unhappy with superheroes will automatically get involved. Taking care of a few people won't stop this," said Luke darkly.

Selina frowned. "Is it wrong for us to protect ordinary people?"

Luke couldn't help but laugh. "That's right. As long as you appear in front of them, everything you do is wrong."

This was human nature, just like night and day.

A person couldn't live forever in the dark, nor could they stay in the light forever.

After a long time, even vampires would yearn to bask in the sun — provided that they didn't turn to dust.

Whether you liked the dark or the light was a matter of preference. However, once you could only choose one or the other, it became a deprivation of your freedom to choose.

Europe and America loved to advocate freedom the most, and many people liked to go against the mainstream.

This had nothing to do with right or wrong, and was all about arguing for the sake of it.

…

In the next few days, Director Selina paid close attention to how the scene unfolded. At the same time, she ordered the PDD and the Justice League not to interfere.

That was because this matter was clearly causing an internal conflict among the Avengers.

Luke had already given the order for Wanda and Pietro to come back when he sensed the first signs of it.

Tony had been a little unhappy, but didn't say anything in the end.

While it looked like Luke was undermining the Avengers for the time being, it was also his way of expressing that he wouldn't interfere in their internal affairs.

The Justice League's stance was as firm as ever – if they interfered, wouldn't that make the Avengers' problem even bigger?

Even though he knew that he couldn't hide anything from Luke, the tycoon didn't want to be watched up close — this guy would definitely take a lot of videos and use them to mock him later.

Damn it, Tony still had a black eye right now. If his entire face was captured on camera, that would be embarrassing!