The vice president in the conference room nodded in agreement at first, then exclaimed in shock, "Tony Stark?! How are you on this channel too?!"
"Of course, I'm answering the call of our great president~" Tony, still flying through the air, joked in an exceedingly flippant tone.
"Tony Stark! How many times have I told you?! Stop hacking into my channels whenever you feel like it! What makes you any different from terrorists?!"
The president roared, his face red and his neck bulging with veins.
Faced with the president's fierce condemnation, Tony merely replied lightly, "Then should I leave?"
In an instant, the president's private channel fell silent.
Several seconds passed before the president's slightly shaky voice came through, his rationality having returned. "Then again, America needs you."
"How is Leon...?" the president awkwardly inserted a greeting.
"He's fine, I guess. He's probably living a nice, comfortable country life with his little girlfriend right now," Tony replied casually.
"As long as he's still around, as long as he's still around." Hearing that, the president immediately relaxed, feeling reassured.
Since Tony had always kept a low profile, the president's understanding of the Avengers' strength was still stuck in the period of the Battle of New York.
So, in his eyes, as long as Captain America Leon was still on Earth, America would always have a last resort no matter what threat it faced.
"Tony, I'm not joking right now. This concerns America's dignity. As president, I ask that you move out immediately, find the Mandarin, and kill him!"
"And rescue the hostages while you're at it," the president added.
"Of course. I'm already here," Tony said lightly.
"Huh? What do you mean, you're already there?" The president froze and looked up at the real-time footage behind the countdown numbers on the