Shang-Chi and Wesley were taken by Stark to a relatively safe apartment building.
The first floor was packed with people who had fled the streets to seek shelter. Even the wealthy residents living on the upper floors of the luxury building had started coming downstairs as soon as Iron Man arrived with two formidable fighters...
Wesley sprawled in a chair offered to him by the building's Black doorman, a man in his sixties.
President Ellis and the others, still hovering in the sky, used the Helicarrier's cannons to painstakingly deal with the Rampaging Beasts in the sparsely populated areas around Chicago...
With the help of three reporters he'd brought along, the president—who had an exceptionally keen political instinct—used footage from the Helicarrier to broadcast the devastation in Chicago across the United States.
He was securing his chances at reelection...
Earlier, Thor, Hulk, and JJ had held off the Rampaging Beasts in Chicago's densely populated areas. The Helicarrier had bombarded the uninhabited zones—or the areas where they pretended not to see anyone—and taken out a large number of the beasts.
Although he'd ordered the bombing of his own country, President Ellis believed he could win some sympathy.
He'd broadcast the devastation in Chicago to households across the country so that when he was "forced" to bomb the city center, he'd have an excuse that would at least let him leave office with some dignity...
When Shang-Chi and Wesley had been in danger just now, he'd nearly ordered a bombing to cover their escape!
Fortunately, Steve had arrived in time, allowing his presidency to continue a little longer.
Ellis understood perfectly well that, compared to those civilians, Shang-Chi and Wesley's lives mattered more.
It wasn't a political calculation. Whether he bombed that area or let the Rampaging Beasts tear it apart, the