He would continue to follow his convictions and protect the people of the United States and all humanity around the world, but he would no longer be a tool in the hands of politicians. Even those in power, the politicians, and the forces under their control, such as the FBI, would become tools in his hands, helping him achieve his goal of protecting the world.
Of course, he still could not completely control them. For now, he could only make use of the FBI's power to a certain extent, while putting on a show of cooperation with those people on the surface.
But he believed that one day, all of this would change!
He had absolute confidence in that, because he was not fighting alone. Behind him stood S.H.I.E.L.D. and Chen Mo!
Although Daniel had been very courteous to him over the phone just now and had answered every question, David knew perfectly well that Daniel wished he would run into Iron Man and be killed by Iron Man during the arrest.
That way, he could eliminate David, a major threat close at hand, while pinning a serious crime on Iron Man and giving them a legitimate excuse to deal with him.
Daniel's calculations were indeed quite shrewd, and the military's plan to begin the arrest from Iron Man's real identity was also very sound. Unfortunately, their plan had been doomed to fail from the very beginning.
As for trying to seize the Iron Man suit, David could only say they were dreaming!
Leaving aside Chen Mo's astonishing strength, their entire line of investigation was wrong. Trying to find Iron Man based on the fact that he could fly a commercial airliner? They would have better luck finding a needle in a haystack.
David had not expected that the phone