"Mr. Stark, are you saying you knew about Afterlife all along?" the female reporter asked solemnly into the camera.
Tony nodded without hesitation. "That's right! I heard about the Kree Empire and the Inhumans a long time ago. In fact, they're human just like us; they were merely forced to undergo alien modifications. Governments should not discriminate against, oppress, or exclude Inhumans, much less use them for experiments. That violates their personal rights and freedom."
"Then do you consider Inhumans dangerous?" The female reporter raised another highly sensitive question.
Although she had already been warned once, she was willing to risk it all for the ratings.
"Dangerous? Compared to Hydra's Project Insight, that enormous wormhole above New York, and the thousands upon thousands of alien troops, they are the very model of harmlessness. If S.H.I.E.L.D. and the International Security Council hadn't barged in recklessly, they might never have entered ordinary people's field of vision."
Tony Stark scoffed at that.
In his view, the Inhumans living in Afterlife were practically synonymous with being honest and law-abiding.
Otherwise, with their numbers and abilities, how could they have gone so long without ever engaging in any criminal activity?
At the very least, there was no evidence that they had been involved in anything related to theft or robbery.
"You mean... all these crises were caused by S.H.I.E.L.D. and the International Security Council?" The female reporter had clearly seized on a sensitive point.
For most Western journalists, steering conversations and creating conflict were required courses.
What was more, rumors had long circulated that the United Nations was preparing to introduce a binding act targeting the Avengers, to prevent another incident like Ultron from happening again.
It was foreseeable that, in the near future, the International Security Council would inevitably clash fiercely with Iron Man—the