10:07 p.m.
An emergency meeting at the White House in America.
The emergency alert that had just been sounded was revoked. Tony Stark, hovering in the air, watched the footage JARVIS had obtained by infiltrating the network.
When Nick Fury took the stage to speak, it was practically like watching a traitor stand before Judgment.
Just looking at him made Tony feel embarrassed for him. But after Nick Fury finished speaking, Captain America appeared.
Everything changed in an instant.
The icy solemn expressions all turned warm and welcoming. The president in particular nearly wept as he walked over and embraced Captain America with deep emotion.
Only one of our own could be relied upon. And who could be more reliable than Captain America? As long as Captain America was with the Avengers.
We could agree to the previous terms.
But the Avengers headquarters had to be located in New York, somewhere everyone could see. They could not operate in secret.
Furthermore, they had to help the United States maintain order and protect the world. Protecting the world and the universe had always been the United States' mission and duty.
Amid the frantic acting and bargaining, nearly everything was settled in a single night.
The only issue was that the Avengers would have to adopt a council system, with major matters decided by vote.
The Avengers' captain could only be an honorary position.
S.H.I.E.L.D. would be abolished, its departments split apart and reformed as subordinate departments of the Avengers, responsible for logistics and managing abilities in every area.
The gentlemen of Congress were no fools. They immediately cut ties with S.H.I.E.L.D. and directly transferred anything useful into the Avengers.
As for all those concealed, unexposable, outrage-inducing matters, had we done them?
Those had obviously been done by the evil Hydra. They