"Then let me ask another question, Mr. Stark. Do you know the Emperor of Latveria?"
The head of the FBI's Manhattan office in New York showed no hesitation despite Colonel Rhodes and the Air Force Security Forces' objections. He began listing a series of pieces of evidence, including a photograph someone had taken during the 2012 Chitauri invasion of New York, showing that man riding a pure white Pegasus. The next photograph showed the Emperor of Latveria riding the same pure white Pegasus into the UN Security Council.
Although the armor they wore was vastly different, it still proved that the mysterious knight had some connection to the Emperor of Latveria. The Avengers, who had once fought alongside that mysterious knight, certainly knew something.
Almost all the Avengers were now taking refuge in Latveria, further confirming the FBI's suspicions: the Avengers had been in contact with the Emperor of Latveria long ago. Ever since the Emperor of Latveria began posing a threat to the United States, intelligence agencies such as the CIA had spent enormous sums of money and manpower investigating him. Yet even now, much of the information remained shrouded in layers of fog.
Agents who tried to get close to the truth either received false information, had their operations halted due to political factors, or, worse, were betrayed and died unnatural deaths, with all the intelligence they had gathered vanishing without a trace. The CIA and FBI did not even know where the problem lay, yet they were still held accountable for Latverian agents moving freely within the United States. With the election approaching, political issues had also been brought to the forefront, such as the current president's intelligence budget, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s infestation by Hydra, and congressional corruption. The work progress of American intelligence agencies had already become a