New York at night.

The damage caused by those monsters has been restored, and even the power lines have been repaired. Invisibly, the city government has been saved a lot of money. But the dead cannot come back.

The major hospitals in New York have long been overcrowded, but there are not even enough doctors and nurses. There is no other way. Tony has to let the production line in his factory continue to expedite the production of drones. At the same time, he also uses his combat drones a little bit.

He modified it and acted as a caregiver. The search and rescue series of drones he developed saved many lives in this sudden disaster, but he didn't seem very happy about it.

Tony Stark was sitting on the top of his building. He was not wearing a helmet, looking at the night in front of him and stroking his bald head in silence. Rhodes was sitting next to him, and the two men were sharing a Burger King meal.

Tony picked up the double cheeseburger that he had put aside and was almost cold, and took a big bite.

"Sir, Miss Pepper has arrived downstairs." Jarvis's voice came from the helmet he put aside. After hearing it, Rhodes glanced at him, jumped down and flew away with a gloating smirk.

Already.

"..." Tony was silent, eating his burger bite after bite, until the footsteps of high-heeled shoes behind him got closer and closer. He stood up, and turned his back to Pepper with some confusion and said to her: "

Cough, listen, Pepper. I..."

The woman interrupted his words, wrapped a pair of hands around his cold metal armor, and hugged him. Tony lowered his head, and he saw that the clasped hands turned white from too much force. The armor on the hands was lifted.

Yes, he patted Pepper's cold hand, turned around, pulled her close to his arms, and kissed her gently.

"Ouch!"

It should have been a beautiful scene, but he let out a cry of pain. Pepper broke away from his arms, took a few steps back and pulled back her hair. The night fell, and Tony couldn't see her face, but

There was a smile in her voice: "Who asked you to stick out your tongue? Tony Stark? I haven't forgiven you yet!"

"Hey, baby, no. This, this is just a normal physiological reaction. You see, I was imprisoned by those damn blue aliens in outer space for so long..." He covered his mouth and slurred.

It became more convenient, and Pepper finally couldn't help it anymore. She laughed out loud, walked closer, and gave Tony a hug again.

Tony hugged her wordlessly, feeling her trembling and the tears dripping down his hands. He said softly: "It's so good to see you, Virginia Pepper Potts."

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In front of the New York City Police Department.

A large group of reporters surrounded the place with their guns and cannons, and the TV station's live broadcast truck surrounded the place. But there was only one person standing on the podium in front of the police station.

He was wearing a blood-stained blue police uniform shirt, with his right hand hanging on his chest and wrapped in white cloth.

Someone soon recognized him. It was the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, George Stacey.

After all the reporters sat down in front of the prepared stools, Director Stacey knocked on the microphone.

He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He just took off his police cap with his left hand, revealing his gray hair. The old man, who had been a policeman all his life, took a deep breath and said hoarsely.

: "I want to apologize to all those who lost family members in this disaster. The NYPD was supposed to protect you, but we were attacked right at the onset of the disaster and we couldn't spare any personnel. Over the past few hours

Here, more than 40% of the police officers died in the line of duty."

He was silent for a while and then continued: "After tonight, I will resign."

Before the reporters could digest the news, Stacey continued: "But, before that, I have a question that I have to ask federal officials. Why haven't we seen anything from the beginning of the disaster to now?"

Incoming support? As far as I know, there are three garrison points near New York, and it only takes them forty minutes to drive here."

"Right now, hospitals in New York City are overcrowded, and doctors are mostly treating people with injuries. We are experiencing a shortage of medical supplies, a shortage of manpower, and even medical workers themselves are patients. And the federal government still hasn't given us anything.

assistance. I would like to ask, is New York no longer considered a part of the Union in their eyes?"

After saying this, he closed his mouth and stood there like a silent statue. The flashes and cameras of various cameras were pointed at his face, and the angry expression on the old man's face was clearly visible.

"I also have a question to ask the Federation!" Another person shouted loudly from the audience. He was wearing a dusty suit, his hair was messy, and there was blood on his forehead. He limped onto the podium,

Said: "I am the current mayor of New York City, Hobson Harlan."

The flashlight flashed even more crazily.

Hobson and Director Stacey looked at each other, he nodded, then held the microphone and said: "I want to ask the federal government here. Please listen, all the people watching this live broadcast in front of the TV, I

I'm not asking as a mayor. I'm asking as a citizen of New York City, a citizen of the United States."

"Why was there no support as soon as the disaster occurred? Aren't our annual military expenditures the largest in the world? We have raised so many troops and are firing bullets abroad all day long, but now we don't get any help when we need support at home?

"

"That's my first question."

"Second question, why is there still no material assistance yet? I have not seen doctors supporting the situation, I have not seen disaster relief materials, and there is not even a spokesperson from the White House saying that we will make a decision on this as soon as possible."

He showed a big middle finger to the camera: "I have been calling people in the Washington office from the moment the disaster started, you bastards! I made no less than twenty calls! You didn't answer any of them.

!Children of the Beach!”

As if he was not relieved, he simply hammered the podium hard, and the force of the shock caused the microphone to buzz. Hobson roared, and later some good people made statistics. During his fifteen-minute speech, he was

In front of a national audience, he used more than 120 slang words included in the Oxford dictionary to denounce the incompetence and corruption of the federal government.

At the end of his speech, he said something that made the reporters at the scene almost crazy: "If the federal government is not going to help us, then we will no longer pay taxes and other responsibilities. I will contact the governor,

Initiate a vote in the state. Hundreds of years ago, we joined this federation one by one and became a part of it. But now, it has become not what we ideally want. So, we apply
Chapter completed!