The extraordinary life of a certain American comic.

Chapter 199 He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world
Night falls slowly.

Normally, at this time, the sentries at the Sentinel Special Service Building would have gone off work one after another.

But not today.

Because there are too many wizards registering here.

Even though Debbie brought the twelve information sentinels outside to the hall for support, the hall was still crowded with wizards.

Locke, who was looking down from the railing on the second floor, was a little surprised at the crowded scene below.

"Didn't they say there are no wizards in New York City?"

"You are really committing evil, Dolan Church."

Because Locke did not expect that this group of wizards would respond so quickly, so that the Sentinel Laboratory, which had just received the notice and had not yet been mentally prepared, was now working overtime to customize the wizards' exclusive positioning identification documents.

Register one in the hall, and the Sentinel Laboratory will immediately customize one on site after receiving the data.

The sentry in the laboratory, the machine that makes certificates is almost smoking.

Therefore, the reason why most of the wizards who registered downstairs did not choose to leave was that they were waiting for their own exclusive positioning identification documents.

at this time.

Emilia, who was sent to help with work in the Sentinel Laboratory, came over in a hurry.

"Boss, it's not good."

"what happened?"

"The sentinels at the Sentinel Lab are threatening to go on strike."

"strike?"

Locke was puzzled: "In total, there are only about 400 IDs left, that shouldn't be the case."

Emilia shook her head and said, "We do have more than 400, but New York SHIELD just sent us nearly 500 pieces of data that we need to enter and make identity documents."

Locke raised an eyebrow.

"SHIELD? Are they going to the wizards over there too?"

"Of course she went. Chloe went to our SHIELD to input information."

Natasha's voice came from behind. After she finished speaking, she moved her wrists a little tiredly: "There are still some at the scene. Commander Hand just wanted to send someone to urge your progress. I took this opportunity and ran away quickly."

Hearing this, Emilia looked at Natasha and said with a wry smile: "Then you may have to wait a long time."

Natasha asked curiously, "I don't remember that during the last vampire operation, we purchased another identity information manufacturing machine?"

"broken."

"So fast?"

"They are all smoking. There are only three of them. Now only two of Stark's machines are still working while smoking."

"The broken one..."

"Hammer Industries."

"Hammer?"

Natasha was slightly stunned: "Didn't Hammer Industries go bankrupt?"

Emilia shook her head: "I don't know. Anyway, I can't find an engineer to repair it."

Locke, who was standing nearby, happened to know about this matter. He sighed and said, "Hammer Industries is not bankrupt. Justin Hammer is dead, and Hammer Industries is now run by his daughter Justine Hammer. Someone in the military is still attached to us and knows that we want to buy it, so he used his connections to sell it to us."

Natasha frowned and said, "The military lost face because of the Iron Armor incident, and there are still people who still remember the old friendship?"

Locke shrugged, "Justin Hammer is dead after all. Once he dies, those people in the military can live. Now he only has one daughter, and he is still selling assets to survive. It is normal for some people to miss the old times."

The federal government is inhumane?

Ah.

The federation is too sentimental.

"What should we do now? There are more than 500 wizards crowded over there. They won't leave unless they get their IDs."

“…Emilia.”

"Boss."

Locke thought for a moment, looked at Emilia and said, "Go back and tell the people at the Sentinel Lab to overcome the difficulties. Then, I will give them 500,000 US dollars as a bonus."

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

strike?

As long as the pay is high, there is no such thing as someone not wanting to work.

Emilia's eyes lit up and she nodded. Just as she was about to turn around and leave, she seemed to have thought of something and looked at Locke again: "But Boss, even with the bonus, there are only two machines. The machine is already smoking."

Locke frowned.

next second.

He seemed to have thought of something.

Locke walked to the guardrail and shouted to Debbie who was also helping with registration below: "Debbie!"

Debbie, who was busy, looked up when she heard the voice.

"Boss?"

"Last time you said that Stark Industries CEO Pepper Potts called you?"

"Correct."

"The phone call came in."

"it is good."

A few days ago, he sold the first mutant immunity order since he took office.

It was Pepper Potts who came to buy it.

But he didn't buy it for himself, but for a family relative.

Locke didn't care. He was not directly involved in this matter. It was Debbie who told him about it afterwards.

soon.

Debbie sent over the private number that Pepper Potts had left behind.

Locke hit him directly.

The call was quickly connected at a hilltop mansion in Malibu, Los Angeles. "This is Pepper Potts, who is this?"

"Locke Underwood, Deputy Director of Operation Sentinel, New York State."

"Director Underwood."

Pepper on the other end of the phone was distracted for a moment, then put on the kind of smile that society expected of her and greeted her warmly.

Locke didn't call to chat, so he got straight to the point: "I know Stark Industries has a certificate production factory in Jersey City, and I would like to borrow it temporarily."

It is not cost-effective to buy a machine, it is more cost-effective to borrow it.

Pepper Potts was stunned at first, then smiled and said, "Of course, but can I ask why?"

Locke smiled and said, "Of course, but I'm not sure if Ms. Potts really wants to know."

Pepper Potts smiled and said, "I still don't know. I'll call the production factory."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

After hanging up the phone, Pepper Potts thought for a moment, then walked down the stairs to the basement studio where Tony Stark was still immersed in the development of his Iron Man suit.

After Locke hung up the phone, he said to Emilia, "You heard it. Let the deputy director of Sentinel Labs take a group of people to Jersey City to make the identity permit sent by SHIELD."

Emilia nodded and turned away.

After Emilia left, Natasha looked at Locke curiously, "Why did you suddenly think of borrowing the machine from Stark Industries?"

Locke did not hide it from Natasha and said directly: "The machine was produced by them. Who else should I look for if not them? Besides, Pepper Potts just bought a mutant exemption certificate from me some time ago. It just so happens that this is it."

Natasha nodded in understanding.

"So that's it."

"if not?"

Locke glanced at Natasha and said, "If we really squeeze them all together, with so many wizards here and you there, and only two machines, they will probably be scrapped."

By then, five hundred thousand US dollars won’t be enough to stop it.

Well known.

The purchase price of a heated toilet for the military is 800,000 yuan, not to mention a sophisticated ID card manufacturing machine.

Natasha echoed, and the topic turned to the full house of wizards tonight.

"I never thought there were so many wizards hiding in New York City."

"Yes."

"If we had known there were so many wizards here, we wouldn't have had to leave the city."

"..."

Locke didn't respond.

Because according to Natasha, if he had not left the city at that time, he probably would not have found the thief who stole his power.

Natasha gritted her teeth when she talked about this.

"The Dolan Church deserves to die."

"Yes."

Locke agreed with this statement, and then couldn't help but smile: "Look at the bright side, thanks to the oppression of the Dolan Church, otherwise, our joint action this time would not have been able to gain such active cooperation from the wizard community."

Think about the last time the vampires joined forces.

People have to throw more than others.

There is also a big gap between extraordinary creatures.

The more proactive and positive the wizards are right now, the more it feels like the vampires are simply ungrateful.

We don't ask you to do anything. We just want you to come here to register and carry a positioning identification document with you.

Look at that wizard, he refuses to leave even after he has done everything, and won’t leave until you get the identity document.

Look at those vampires again.

I don’t know what is good or bad!

Locke looked down and saw a wizard who insisted on waiting here instead of mailing his registration. After registering, he turned around and walked towards the waiting area where many wizards had gathered. "Look, what is this called? He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."

Sentinel Shield only wants the privacy of these wizards and monitor their location.

But the Dolan Church really wants to kill them.

and so……

The wizards voted with their feet and chose Sentinels and Aegis, showing with practical actions that they would rather give up their privacy than be ruled by the Church of Dolan.

Natasha nodded.

"By the way, has Debbie put the Dolan Church under surveillance?"

"of course."

Locke said with some pride: "When it comes to magic, Debbie is no match for them, but when it comes to technology, they can't beat Debbie even if they are combined."

Debbie not only monitored the Dolan Church's headquarters building from a 360-degree angle, but also hacked into the building's surveillance system from inside to outside.

And because of the use of technology and Debbie's superb skills, the wizards of Dolan's Church who had been meeting in the afternoon would never have imagined that Debbie was also watching their meeting remotely.

"The people from Dolan's church are still in a meeting. We caught them off guard."

"We're still in a meeting. We've been going on for the whole afternoon."

"It's still open. It's said that in one afternoon, five calls were made to the Vatican, and all were rejected."

"This is being treated as an abandoned child."

"The Vatican also..."

"Jingle Bell!"

Locke looked at the incoming call from the combat command center on his phone and raised his eyebrows.

"Hey."

"Sir, the Dolan Church has taken action."

"..."

(End of this chapter)