This was probably not going to be a pleasant meeting.
Avengers Headquarters seemed like somewhere that did not belong on Midgard. While the outside world was still using video calls, they were already using virtual projections.
That was nothing remarkable, though. Military technology had always been several generations ahead of civilian technology.
Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross was discussing the New York Incident with Rhodey.
The military's skepticism about the alien invasion had kept them from scrambling fighter jets to destroy the spaceship when they should have acted immediately.
This had once again sparked public protests against the government.
In a country like the United States, protests seemed to have become routine.
Some people had even proposed making Captain America president.
Of course, in the super heroic age, that idea was not entirely without foundation.
The politicians had also keenly realized that people with extraordinary abilities were threatening the secure positions of powerless men like themselves.
As far as Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross was concerned, there were currently two particularly uncontrollable parties in the United States.
One was Steve Rogers.
The hero who had once embodied the American spirit had been discarded and sent to Wakanda to stand trial.
And Wakanda had clearly chosen to pay lip service while doing as it pleased.
Steve had not been imprisoned at all, and even his trial had been held behind closed doors.
The other was a family.
The Wicks.
Watson's defiance during their last encounter had already displeased the future president of the United States.
And now the even worse member of the Wick family had arrived.
John Wick.
Neither father nor son was easy to deal with. The most obvious difference was that Watson might have some reservations.
John truly had none.
Ross had already experienced his habit of doing