Terrible

Inside the small Manta Ray spacecraft, He-El stood in the command room, the buttons over his abdomen undone on his suit. He gazed at the blue sky visible through the front of the command room and took a sip of hot water from his cup.

A presidential election was a troublesome affair.

Once the presidential candidates had been chosen, the presidential campaign officially began.

This process generally lasted eight to nine weeks. During that time, the candidates spent enormous sums of money traveling across the country, waging advertising wars, delivering campaign speeches, meeting voters, holding press conferences, and participating in public debates.

In addition, the candidates explained their policy positions on domestic and foreign affairs through various means in order to win the voters' trust and secure their votes.

It was far from simple. In fact, it was exhausting.

These past days, He-El had been constantly traveling around the country, waging advertising campaigns, delivering speeches, meeting voters, holding press conferences, and participating in public debates. He had done everything a presidential candidate needed to do exceptionally well, while remaining in contact with S.H.I.E.L.D., though he had not met with everyone for some time.

On S.H.I.E.L.D.'s side, under the arrangements of Nick Fury and the others, they were monitoring the selection of electors and promptly using Mind Disruptors to protect them from Loki's Mind Control, ensuring that the electors retained their own will. Combined with He-El's campaigning ability, this would make the electors cast their votes for him.

Of course, even so, He-El did not consider it foolproof. Therefore, he added another layer of insurance.

"Vivian, how is the progress on the strong infrasound mental interference?" He-El asked after taking a large gulp of hot water to moisten his lips and throat.

"The new Strong Infrasound Reflector Panels are currently being