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279 Before the crisis

The international situation has its inertia. Although Xiao's influence no longer exists, the threat of war has not disappeared because of this and is still brewing and fermenting--this is the consequence of years of Cold War confrontation and propaganda. Whether it is due to internal tough demands or to maintain the trust between allies in the same camp, neither side dares to show weakness easily. If the United States and the Soviet Union are regarded as two angry giants, then they have now mobilized all their forces, stared at each other, and their blood was rippling, waiting for a suitable opportunity to break out the largest war frenzy.

"The Soviets have transported the warheads to Cuba, and their ships have a week left to land. When their ships arrive, we can place the fleet on this line." In the Pentagon War Room, a general is explaining the plan for the president and senior military officials.

According to the Ministry of Defense's idea, 68 air squadrons and 8 aircraft carriers will soon set out to guard a huge fleet of 90 warships. From Florida to Puerto Ricob, it will form an arc to block the Cuban waters. At the same time, the missile forces are all on high alert and are ready to be launched at any time. Not only in Florida and neighboring states in the south, the United States will also assemble the largest landing troops after the war to prepare for war, and bases around the world are also on alert to fight a global nuclear war.

"If they cross this line," the president said decisively at the map. "That is to declare war on the United States, and then we have no choice but to make a retaliatory nuclear response. Pass?"

He asked the military and political leaders here. At this time, they were the representatives of all Americans.

No surprises, the plan was approved by all.

In a circle of arms, the free-spirited bald eagle grabbed the sharp arrow determined to defend itself with its left claw, and the sharp arrows faintly flashed with a cold light.

During this anxious moment, people held their breath and waited for the dialogue between the two superpowers. New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington... In the big cities on the east coast, the rich have begun to quietly leave the prosperous city and live in remote areas. The land prices in the remote suburbs have soared, and brave young people use enlistment to express their love for the country. Just like the scene that happened during the war before, there was a long queue in front of the recruitment station again.

At this moment, the fate of the world seemed to be coming to an end quickly. The people of every country understood that nuclear winter is not far from mankind. Except for the wild foreign lands completely isolated from the outside world. Almost everyone in the civilized world is paying attention to the archipelago in the northern Caribbean. Only a few people can foresee the trend in advance and be able to calmly display their plans in chaos.

Among them, Eric and Howard are the most prepared people. While the outside world is still confused about the future of mankind, they have already come to the rooftop of Howard's luxury building, surrounded by a group of beautiful girls, lying in bathrobes on the beach chair under the parasol to drink juice.

Unlike Howard, whom Eric first met when he arrived in this era, the gentleman's appearance had a subtle change at this time, and time seemed to pause slightly on him. Then a magical reversal occurred. In just a few weeks, he had recovered from his appearance in 1943. Perhaps a little more mature than that, but he could no longer be described as the word "old".

The change in appearance also changed his mentality, the rigid and indifferent stereotyped image disappeared, and the old playboy picked up his hobby of being flirting with the flowers again.

But today is obviously not a suitable time. Although the sun is rarely so bright, unfortunately, the girls are not in the state.

"Seeing the sad look of the girls, my heart was broken. If we told them that the war would not break out, humans could still live in the world well. Do you think they would rush towards me with emotion?" Howard said whimsically. He was venting his resentment. In the face of his fragile life, money suddenly lost its magic. Due to life, the girls came, but they did not have the imagination of flattery. They all hid aside listlessly, pricked up their ears to listen to the latest news from the radio.

The mood is understandable, and no one can blame them for this, so Howard can only complain a few times.

"Good idea, you can try it. Maybe they won't treat you as a scared ghost." Eric sarcastically sarcastically, narrowing his eyes to enjoy the warm and dry autumn wind.

Howard rolled his eyes and signaled his butler Jarvis to lead the woman away to avoid hearing the secret conversation between the two.

"Those things have been arranged, and half of the seventeen properties under my name have been processed. My assets will continue to shrink in the next week. This is all to raise enough funds as soon as possible to sell them out at a low price. Are you sure I won't become a pauper, right?"

Worries are inevitable. In order to gain the best interests in this turmoil, Howard made full use of the agents under S.H.E.L.D. to help him cover up his business. With Eric as his backing and Carter's reserved support, the reorganized S.H.E.L.D. was almost turned into his own private secret agency by him.

"Of course." Eric replied lazily. "Page's property is also handed over to you, and there is nothing to worry about. Now it seems that he has suffered losses when he is in a hurry, but as long as the situation worsens, real estate prices will plummet, and wealthy neighbors will rush to evacuate the suburbs. The waiters may hold on to the pressure to find speculative opportunities, but as long as the big baby lands, their will will completely collapse, and you can recover your property like you buy discounted items in a discount store."

"Those strange friends are really reliable?" Howard refers to Charles and Magneto.

"It won't be worse than a combative general." Eric comforted him.

"Then you also need your large toy toy to be gentle. Don't scare all the poor agents away." Howard diandian headed and then planned it enthusiastically. "You can appropriately push down some buildings, including buildings that I have purchased insurance, and there are black people gathering places in Harlem. I have also had some unsuccessful investments there. The niggers always hinder the company's further development. Obadi has complained about this many times. This time I can get them together. If you are not satisfied, they can march to protest against the monster's tail. There are Wall Street. Maybe I can take the opportunity to buy back stocks and strengthen the company's voice. The most important dian----" Speaking of this, he suddenly stopped and came over to stare at the faces of his allies.

"What?" Eric reluctantly released the straw.

"Help me help me and get rid of Roxen Oil and Trask Industry. Their headquarters buildings are not far from here. The promotional color pages often describe it as follows: it is only a softball distance from the coastline. To be honest, I would be happy to sit at my own home and watch these annoying guys completely collapse." Howard was full of malicious intentions towards his new and old competitors, and Eric, who had the same interests, naturally had no objection to his ideas.

Needless to say, Roxen, Stark's old rival. The disabled scientist will be recruited by Eric in the future after being hit by him continuously. However, the use of this dwarf has been basically exhausted, and it doesn't matter whether it will exist in the future.

If he had just been exiled to a strange space and time, Eric would not dare to make too many changes, but after traveling through the long river of time and space, he had accumulated enough knowledge and a new world was waving to him.

Abandoning Strange, who exiled himself, Eric should not exist now. He should stay in the original era, rather than staying in the past to change history.

It's a space-time paradox, a logical error, but it just happened - Eric is still playing with conspiracy with Howard in this era, rather than ding up the documents in his office in Manhattan, which is the best proof.

Now that Eric has seen the impact on the long river of time, he is no longer satisfied with being an insignificant stone. When he falls into the river, he can only splash a string of water. Instead, he wants to transform into a giant rock and use the power of the main god to profoundly change the direction of the river.

No matter how the new world is rejected, Eric will deeply portray his mark.

He squinted his eyes and looked at the sky. The bright light purple galaxy seemed to appear in front of him again. Next, he was no longer a passerby.

Bitting the straw, Eric slowly tasted the juice and chatted casually with Howard next to him.

Now everything is arranged, just wait for this time to pass.

"It would be great if this kind of thing happened a few times a year." Howard looked forward infinitely during the boring waiting, but Eric did not make a sound. Time passed, until the long-awaited news on the radio arrived as scheduled.

"This is Hamilton, Bermuda. Recently, some strange traces have appeared here." The radio sounded with some dialect accents. "Not long ago, the local miners discovered radioactive sacs. They were very excited and thought they had found a precious uranium deposit, so they mobilized large machinery here. However, the bottom of the valley suddenly collapsed last night, and all the machinery fell into a very deep underground cave. When they came in the morning, the workers found some huge footprints next to the cave. We don't know what this is, it was a prank by our competitors, or the nest of some prehistoric monsters accidentally opened..."

On the radio, the broadcaster talked about news that had nothing to do with the current most important Cuban crisis. It is conceivable that the audience would only regard this as a curious incident to adjust emotions, but it won't take long to find another nightmare that replaces the conflict in the country.

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