Chapter 291 What Kind of Idiots Are Leading This World?
"Good news, good news! The results of the Sheffield trial are out!"
Skye's surprised voice attracted the attention of everyone in the lounge, and everyone cast interested glances at him.
Today, it is already one month after the Libyan nuclear mission ended, and the temperature in Washington has begun to drop as winter approaches, so the members of the investigation team who are not on mission have basically gathered in the lounge.
"Oh? What did you say?"
Mester kicked off his foot, and the swivel chair sitting under his butt immediately moved a little distance to Skye's side.
"Wait a minute, let me take a look... After investigation, Lieutenant General Sheffield was suspected of leaking state secrets and other serious crimes. After trial by the Supreme Court, Sheffield was sentenced to 250 years and 4 months in prison..."
After hearing Skye's retelling, all the members in the lounge frowned.
"Why is it the Supreme Court? Shouldn't he be directly handed over to a military court for trial? And why is the charge of leaking state secrets? What about nuclear bombs? How do nuclear bombs count?"
Simmons, who is younger, is a little confused. Although she knows that this is indeed the case in American law, such obvious cover-up behavior is really difficult for her to accept.
"It should be the pressure from the Security Council. Sheffield is still useful to them. Instead of letting him die, it is better to find another way to keep him alive. Just watch, Sheffield will be released on bail soon."
Leni, who had been listening attentively, was not much surprised by this. Sheffield had made so much money for the Security Council, and even if he was caught in the end, he would not admit that the Security Council was behind it. There was no reason for the Security Council to do such a thing. It's a stupid thing to kill a donkey.
And I think that for the Security Council, this Sheffield may be particularly useful, at least more obedient than General Ross. It is obviously better to keep him than to execute him directly.
"A nest of snakes and rats!"
Skye angrily took a bite of the apple on hand. After being around Leni for a long time, she naturally began to have a disgusting attitude towards the Security Council.
If SHIELD hadn't completely obeyed the Security Council's orders, Skye might have actually agreed to Tony Stark joining Stark Technology.
Of course, Leni still accounts for a large part of the main reason for this.
"This is politics. Sheffield would rather die than tell the truth to the Security Council. I'm afraid he already knew that the Security Council would protect him. As for the Security Council, I guess I was afraid that some evidence would still be left in Sheffield's hands, so I let him They decided to make a big deal out of it.”
Melinda, who was sitting opposite Leni, took a sip of coffee and still didn't take her eyes away from the thick French document in her hand.
"I guess the latter is more likely."
"What about the nuclear bomb? Can such a big thing be suppressed?"
Fitz rubbed his chin. He was good at scientific research, but when it came to politics, he knew nine out of ten and knew nothing about it.
"Didn't you see that it was not mentioned in the announcement? I am afraid that the fact that the nuclear bomb is fake will be announced in the future, and then it will be brushed off and never mentioned again."
Skye curled her lips, and after some suggestions from Leni and Melinda, she finally guessed the usual routines of those guys in the Security Council.
Anyway, Kadzo has been executed and the local situation has stabilized. People will only care about whether peace is restored in Libya, whether the war is over, and who owns the resources...
As for the nuclear bomb? Now, the announcement is coming.
"It has been verified that the so-called nuclear weapon in Libya is actually a Tomahawk missile disguised as a nuclear bomb. It does not have nuclear strike capabilities. The specific origin of the missile is still under investigation..."
Meister took Skye's mouse and clicked on the announcement, repeating the above content, and was immediately disgusted by the shameless behavior of the Security Council.
"It's hard to imagine what kind of idiots this world is being led by..."
Leni did not hear the flaw in Mestre's words, and just took it as the contemporary young people's contempt for the superstructure.
"The Security Council is the Security Council, and the country is the country. Many countries are not like this, but we are special. The country and the Security Council often wear the same pants."
Leni glanced at the clock on the wall, then stood up and stretched.
"Okay, let him let nature take its course regarding Sheffield. Even if something happens, it won't be too late to find a solution. Now I'm going to New York. Does anyone want to come with me?"
Hearing this, Skye was the first to raise his hand. In order to let Leni see her urgency, Skye even held the apple in her hand directly to her mouth and raised both hands high together.
To be honest, Skye has been busy since late autumn. In addition to research and training every day, he has hardly left SHIELD headquarters once.
Moreover, even Coulson rarely came over these days, and there were surprisingly few temporary tasks. Skye was almost suffocating.
"I know, I count you, what about you? Do you want to go together?"
Leni noticed that Mester's eyes were also looking forward to it, so she took the initiative to ask.
Mester looked at Skye, then at Fitz and Simmons, and finally sighed helplessly.
"Next time, the experiment of the optical camouflage system is very important recently. I have to continue to improve this system with Fitz and the others, so I won't be with you. But please bring me a bottle of Chanel N5. I haven't been going out for a while. , I’m almost running out…”
After hearing this, Skye patted Mestre's shoulder comfortingly, and then took off the gagged apple.
"Don't worry, I will bring you a gift!"
Seeing that the others didn't intend to go out, Leni didn't force it and simply left the lounge with Skye.
But what the two of them didn't notice was that there was something strange in Mester's eyes when he looked at the two of them leaving.
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Skye followed Leni to the underground garage of S.H.I.E.L.D. At first, she thought Leni was going to continue driving the Chevrolet SUV they drove during the mission, but she never thought that Leni was heading in another direction.
"What are you doing standing around? I don't want to drive such a big thing."
Leni reached out and took out the car keys from the warehouse, waking up a pearl white supercar in front of her.
Skye stared blankly at the movements of Leni's hands, her eyes widening in disbelief.
"Oh my God, you got a new car?"
"To be precise, this car was actually given to me by Audi."
Leni walked to the driver's seat and reached out to open the door. Seeing that Skye was still there in a daze, she couldn't help but feel a little funny.
"What are you still doing? Get in the car?"
"Oh, oh! My God, what are you talking about? This new R8 was given to you by Audi?"
After regaining consciousness, Skye quickly walked to the passenger side and opened the door. While looking at the supercar with envious eyes, he still asked in an incredible tone:
"Have you also become their spokesperson?"
Leni signaled the other party to fasten their seat belts, and then pressed a button to control the rear seat motor to retract the R8's soft top.
"No. In fact, this is actually thanks to Tony. Because of his relationship, Audi and Stark Technology have reached some cooperation.
So every year when they released a new model, they would provide Tony with a new car for free, and I just took the chance. "
Press the start button, and the V10 engine of this new soft-top convertible version of the Audi R8 immediately bursts out with a pleasant roar.
"Wuhu!"
Skye cheered excitedly, and then followed Leni's example, taking out her sunglasses and putting them on.
With the roar of the engine, the two left SHIELD headquarters and headed towards New York...