Chapter 240: Acquiring Stark Industries
S.H.I.E.L.D. indeed held immense power, and at times employed necessary means.
Yet it also depended on whom they encountered; this was the territory of the United States, and S.H.I.E.L.D. was, to put it bluntly, an outsider. Fooled heads of small countries were one thing, but true powerholders could slap them in the face twice right in front of everyone, and the people of S.H.I.E.L.D. would not dare make a peep.
Karn had no idea what madness had seized the people of S.H.I.E.L.D., yet if S.H.I.E.L.D. genuinely dared to make a move against him and Betty, Thaddeus Ross would truly dispatch air force and army units to seal the S.H.I.E.L.D. personnel inside New York State.
The next step would be placing S.H.I.E.L.D. under surveillance on the grounds of spying on military secrets, followed by restricting their authority and ultimately deporting or arresting them.
Agent Hill and her peers had not thought through the consequences either; they mostly overlooked the fact that Betty was the middle liaison for the military's Super Soldier Program, and if super soldiers from the Umbrella Military Security Company were not by her side, the military would have sent personnel to protect him.
"What are those bastards at S.H.I.E.L.D. planning? Daring to make a move against you two, I see they've forgotten who runs the United States."
As Thaddeus Ross placed his own botched culinary creation onto the dining table, he grumbled curses about S.H.I.E.L.D., having already made up his mind to speak with an old friend tomorrow and teach this so-called Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division a lesson.
Karn frowned slightly as he poked at a sea bass that had been baked to the point of mutation, simultaneously explaining: "They might have lost their minds and started running into walls