In Coulson's view, Luo Xia had subdued the Mutants through political maneuvering. After all, S.H.I.E.L.D. was part of the United States' bureaucratic system, and the people inside were more or less influenced by bureaucratic thinking.
Mutual checks and balances, exchanges of interests—agents had to understand such things in order to investigate related cases. Perhaps because he had seen too much of it, someone like Nick Fury never saw anyone as entirely good, viewing everyone through a suspicious, scrutinizing gaze.
Even Tony, Howard's son, had been observed for a long time before Fury allowed him to join the Avengers.
Though there probably were no Avengers anymore. There was only the Forgivers Alliance, so green it was painful to look at.
But if someone asked Luo Xia directly, he would probably consider such questions a complete waste of time.
An exchange of interests? Did giving the pitiful Mutants somewhere to settle count as an exchange of interests?
As for so-called political maneuvering, it no longer held much meaning in Luo Xia's eyes.
From the very beginning, Luo Xia's sights had already extended beyond Earth, toward the stars and the sea.
All the problems on Earth would be crushed to dust beneath alien warships and extraterrestrial weapons when humanity encountered alien civilizations.
Votes, money, and the like were not worth mentioning in the face of a global war of extermination.
That was why Luo Xia could not be bothered with such things. Otherwise, he would have changed his face and run for President of the United States long ago. It was not as though that would have been difficult.
Before the great war arrived, the only thing that truly mattered was power—absolute military might. It was not enough merely to struggle on under alien attack; they had to fight and win, even rise