Lake and General Ross's Relationship (Happy Valentine's Day!!)

Was Allen the Secretary of State for the White House?

Hmph.

Let alone the Secretary of State, even if the President angered General Ross, Ross, one of the giants of the military, would dare to confront him head-on.

What's the Secretary of State?

Including the President, to put it bluntly, they are just temporary workers, responsible for taking the blame. What is the military? The military are the civil servants. When it comes to who is the master of this country, the military would only dare to say they are second if capital claimed to be first.

Allen left with a rather unpleasant expression on his face.

Nick Fury glanced at Lake, then turned and left with the Secretary of State.

Why stay any longer?

General Ross had clearly decided to protect Lake and go against them, and there was no longer any chance for negotiation. Therefore, instead of submitting and compromising with the military, it would be better to find a way to make the FBI admit it was a work error and not someone impersonating them.

The former would be to downplay the incident.

The latter...

That would be a problem.

If the military was determined and dealt with him directly according to military law, Nick Fury estimated that he wouldn't be able to see Phil Coulson and a few other capable agents anymore.

Damn it.

What was Lake's background? Hadn't they investigated it clearly? Why would General Ross protect Lake so fiercely?

Nick Fury couldn't figure this out even as he got into the car and left Quantico Base. Moreover, he was escorted away from the base by a squad of soldiers without even meeting Phil Coulson this time.

In Ross's office.

Lake stood by the window, watching Nick Fury and the Justice Department leave dejectedly. He curled his lips. It was just about pulling strings, as if he didn't have any.

Initially...

Lake had intended to go all out and fight S.H.I.E.L.D. to the death if they dared to make a move against him.

But.

Lake suddenly thought of a problem.

This Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, although written as S.H.I.E.L.D., was actually read as Hydra. If he made a move, it would be more like fighting Hydra to the death than S.H.I.E.L.D. to the death.

Moreover, Lake pondered, if he destroyed S.H.I.E.L.D., it would be equivalent to destroying Hydra. In a way, wouldn't he become the executioner of S.H.I.E.L.D., helping them destroy Hydra?

Why?

Lake was a reasonable person. He killed whoever provoked him. But if the one provoking him was S.H.I.E.L.D. and not Hydra, then Hydra suffering such a disaster for no reason was also very tragic.

So Lake decided to hold back. He had no enmity with Hydra, and he had even had a business interaction with Hydra, although not directly. Hydra had paid generously and hadn't done anything extra. They had tried to recruit Lake once, and when Lake refused, they just smiled and expressed hope for future cooperation.

Look.

In the end, the future S.H.I.E.L.D. suddenly rose to a high position, and the leader was a dark-skinned person with no background of his own ethnicity.

What is this called?

A wolf from Zhongshan, arrogant when successful?

The most important point was that he was a person full of persecution complex and arrogance, using the most boastful words to establish the most cowardly organization, the Avengers.

Look at Nick's slogan for establishing the Avengers?

He wanted to tell the entire universe that even if we couldn't defeat them, they still had the ability to inflict heavy damage on those who invaded Earth, hence the Avengers were formed.

Damn it.

If you inflict the greatest damage on them, the battlefield is still on Earth. How could you say that?

Lake couldn't fathom his thought process. However, after thinking for ten days and ten nights, perhaps it had something to do with his skin color. After all, dark skin had no history. Perhaps he felt that spitting in the owner's food was a heavy blow.

Lake thought to himself.

"Heartbreak again?"

"..."

General Ross, who didn't care at all about confronting the Secretary of Defense and Nick Fury, looked at Lake, who had snapped back to attention by the window, and shook his head. "How long did this one last?"

Lake said, "I came here for refuge. They wanted to arrest me."

General Ross chuckled, "I know you well enough. You came here because you were heartbroken first, and then they tried to arrest you. If you hadn't been heartbroken, would you have come to me?"

Lake didn't speak.

Alright.

He and General Ross did have some other connections.

After all, if it was just about seeing his potential, General Ross would have protected him, but he wouldn't have protected him so fiercely, as if tearing his face apart.

Uh...

As for the specific relationship between him and General Ross.

Let's put it this way.

Lake was an orphan, but there were no orphanages. The USA doesn't have orphanages; it's all foster care.

So…

Seeing that Lake had stopped talking, General Ross was too lazy to press further. He directly took his car keys from his drawer and tossed them to Lake, saying, "Go home tonight and pick up your sister from school. Karen really wants to see you."

Lake took the keys, opened his mouth, then gave General Ross a salute before turning and leaving.

Alright.

Yes.

After Lake was born in this life, he was sent to a foster family around the age of five. His adoptive parents were Ross and his wife, Karen, who were right in front of him.

Mm.

At the time, Lake also thought it was just a case of the same name, but he eventually gave up struggling.

And then…

Karen gave birth to Ross and Karen's daughter, Betty. Karen almost died from hemorrhage. Ten-year-old Lake made a wish and reversed Karen's fate.

After all, he had lived there for five years. Although Lake never changed how he addressed them, it didn't stop Karen from taking care of him. Lake felt it was what he should do.

And then…

Lake grew up as expected. After graduating high school at sixteen, partly due to his past life's memories and partly due to his awakened cheat system, he refused Ross's offer to pay for his university tuition. He moved out of the Ross's home and chose to join the military to earn money while being able to attend university for free later.

General Ross did not stop Lake's decision.

In fact, Ross was very happy. After all, Ross came from a military family, and Lake's choice to join the military was a correct and very pleasing thing to him.

Lake changed his surname that year and joined the army. Ross also found someone to help revise Lake's records, which was why S.H.I.E.L.D. couldn't detect anything.

Alright.

Lake's young age and direct promotion back then were partly due to his outstanding abilities, but undeniably, seventy percent of it was due to pulling strings.

Perhaps…

This was something General Ross thought of on the fly after changing Lake's surname according to Lake's request.

After that?

Lake was planning to leave the army and go to university. General Ross was almost driven mad at the time, because given Lake's performance, it was very possible for him to become the youngest general in the USA.

However, Karen supported Lake's decision.

So…

Before getting married, Karen, whose surname was Rockefeller, defeated Ross, whose surname was Ross and who came from a military family!