Chapter 23: Ambush
Outside the birdcage, a large number of troops were surrounding the Capitol Hill attachment. They analyzed the situation and tried to enter the Capitol through various methods.
Above the bird cage, several helicopters were also hovering, and countless news media planned to enter the bird cage before the army, trying to get first-hand information.
"The New York Times reported that today two men and one woman, a total of three mutants, attacked the Capitol, demanding direct dialogue with the president. After a simple communication, the access and exit of all personnel in the Capitol were restricted, with nearly a hundred senators and a large number of media staff restricting them. Their request was to give the mutants a legal identity. Now the White House is discussing an action plan for this incident. Please wait for subsequent reports in details."
Compared with helicopters in the sky, some large media are naturally more convenient, because they had arranged personnel to follow up because of previous meetings. Now they are in the birdcage, and Charles does not isolate information communication between inside and outside, so these media, which were originally just routine work, immediately stood on the front line of this incident.
"Mr. In my previous actions, even if you were attacked, you controlled the counterattack and did not take the initiative to attack. Why did you suddenly restrict the freedom of everyone? Are you planning to restrict the freedom of everyone from the beginning? Is your purpose really just for the rights and interests of mutants?"
The souls of media workers were powerful. After discovering that Charles' bird cage only restricted their freedom of entry and exit, but they were temporarily safe, they began to run to Charles who was moving towards the conference room and carried out their own interview work.
"Of course not. The first reason I restrict everyone's freedom is because I discovered the proximity of the state's army. When the result was not formally discussed, I did not intend to fight with the military. After all, this is an important place. I do not hope that the two sides will start a confrontation by force before the final result was discussed.
The second reason is because I want to let the US government understand that the reason why mutants are unwilling to resist the so-called mutant bill is just because we believe that the government can ensure our safety, not because we are afraid of government sanctions.
Powerful mutants do not exist in this world, but we have always thought we were still American citizens. But the facts I discovered told me that mutants are being enslaved, persecuted, and even offered rewards. These things tell me that I must speak. Before the government of my country does something devastating, I warn everyone not to think that mutants are really managed, and that we are on the weak side. If we continue to choose to ignore the mutant's problems, the final consequences may be huge."
When he heard that the media began to interview him, Charles was very happy to walk to all the shots and started his speech work.
"May I ask, what will be the consequences? Can you explain them in detail?" The media naturally followed up and asked Charles' question excitedly.
"The most direct consequence is the large-scale war between mutants and humans, which will be the sorrow of the entire human race, because this kind of battle will never end, and it can even be said to lead to self-destruction of humans." Charles looked at the media worker who asked the question and answered the question happily.
"How is such a serious consequence possible? As far as we know, the number of mutants is extremely rare, why do you think..." The reporter just now began to ask questions, and then a large number of men in black pushed them away. The White House had made a decision. They were ready to formally contact Charles and immediately arranged for people to drive away the media.'
Naturally, those media workers would not let such a big news run away from their hands and began to ask for follow-up interviews, but this request was once again brutally rejected. Just kidding, press freedom will not really exist in that country. Before the official results appear, no one wants to see the media's hype that wrong information is spreading.
"The White House hopes to talk to you alone." After driving away all the media, the leader in the black walked ahead of Charles and spoke.
"If you can't ask for it, lead the way." Charles said with a smile, letting the men in black lead the way.
"Charles, we need to be careful to prevent ambushing." Marcos tried to block such a private meeting, but was blocked by Lorna.
"You said this too late. We can only believe that he can do this well and take us away from here." Lorna said, looking at Charles's back.
The leader in black stopped when he seemed to have not heard the conversation between the three of them, and stopped when he stopped when he confirmed that nothing had happened around him.
Marcos and Lorna also noticed something was wrong with the man in black and immediately became alert.
"Is there anything wrong? Or are you leading the wrong way?" Charles asked with a naive look after the man in black stopped, as if he didn't notice the strange atmosphere at the scene.
Looking at Charles' innocent expression, and looking at the pre-made ambushers around him, there was indeed no one of them. Everything in front of him made the man in black finally understand one thing. The mutant in front of him was very powerful, so powerful that it was unreasonable.
"It's nothing, I'm just worried that I'll go too fast, let's continue to move forward." The man in black who discovered this immediately put away his emotions and led Charles and the other two forwards again.
"Wow, you're so calm. Don't you care about the safety of the people behind the wall? I really didn't expect that you are not only cold to mutants, but also to your own people." Charles asked with a smile after hearing the man in black.
"My job is to bring you to the president. As for other things, they are not my concern, please." The man in black didn't mind Charles' ridicule, calmly opened the door of the president's office, and invited Charles and the other two to enter.
Charles entered the presidential office again, and the decorations inside were still so familiar. Charles had come here several times in the past three months and six months, but it was boring and left like that.
Of course, there is still no one here now. Since they are planning to ambush Charles, they will naturally not really let the president wait here. The man in black just said, asking Charles to wait for a while, and left straight away.
"What the hell are you going to do?" Lorna asked after the man in black closed the door, looking straight into Charles' eyes.
"You should have guessed that the other party arranged an ambush, and I solved it casually." Charles also found a chair and sat down, answered the question irrelevantly.
Chapter completed!