Verbal Sparring

The moment Nick Fury said this, everyone present fell silent.

The fact was right there: under the orders of the Security Council and the US Government, an F-35 under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s command had launched a nuclear bomb at Manhattan.

What could they say in rebuttal?

Arthur had expected this situation.

The Earth in the Marvel Universe—especially the factions in the earlier films—was mainly divided among S.H.I.E.L.D., the US Government, and the Security Council of the United Nations.

Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division.

The Homeland Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency was S.H.I.E.L.D.'s full name, commonly abbreviated as SHIELD.

During World War II, it was an intelligence agency established by the US Government and military, primarily to target *** and Hydra and protect the American homeland from harm.

But after World War II ended, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s authority gradually expanded from the American homeland to the entire globe.

To ensure the legality of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operations in other countries, the US Government and military leadership took the initiative and established the United Nations Security Council.

The Security Council's role was to supervise S.H.I.E.L.D.'s operations.

It was precisely because the Security Council was established that S.H.I.E.L.D. transformed from an organization subordinate to the US Government and military into an international agency that was, on the surface, "on equal footing" with the US Government and military.

As someone familiar with the Marvel plot, Arthur naturally knew this. He also knew that Nick Fury, the "Motherf***er," did not really give a damn about those high-ranking officials, politicians, and generals.

Even though S.H.I.E.L.D. had already been infiltrated by Hydra, on the surface it was still a security agency led by Nick Fury.

In The Avengers 1, Nick Fury had personally carried a rocket launcher and blasted an F-35 carrying a nuclear bomb so it could not