Coulson simply watched General Ross storm out.
The objective had been achieved.
He didn't need to worry that General Ross wouldn't pass on the information he had just revealed. If he put his mind to it, he had plenty of ways to get this information to the World Security Council.
If Ross reported it himself, he could still gain some benefits for himself.
It seemed he would soon see Fury looking spirited again. Coulson stood up.
He still had a lot of work to do.
Shen He didn't pay much attention when he received Coulson's report a little later.
This whole plan was a conspiracy in the open. Even if the World Security Council believed Fury and Chaldea were colluding, they wouldn't dare to make things too obvious, so they could only re-employ Fury.
However, based on their usual behavior, this suppression wouldn't end just yet.
In fact, everything was just as Shen He had predicted.
After General Ross left, he used those photos revealing "the truth about Chaldea's strength," along with important information about "former S.H.I.E.L.D. members," to get what he had always dreamed of from the World Security Council: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s technology and a large sum of money.
This included Quinjet technology, aircraft carrier technology, and a whole series of advanced technologies.
In the past, these were all weapons of mass destruction that only S.H.I.E.L.D. could possess.
And after the World Security Council got those photos...
"Re-employ Fury."
"Agreed, but his rights need to be restricted."
"Agreed, we must obtain Loki."
"We can use this as a condition for summoning him. Fury is a man with a guilty conscience; he has no choice."
"First, we try to pressure them with public opinion. Since Chaldea considers itself a protector like Asgard, there is room for negotiation. Besides information, we also need to gain more power that we can control."
The last member of the World Security Council's words received unanimous approval from everyone.
They were people standing at the top of the world's power pyramid, possessing vast funds that no other financial group could match. However, this has already begun to change since the arrival of one outsider after another.
Insufficient strength is always the biggest shortcoming.
Shen He didn't know what decisions the World Security Council made.
Fury hadn't sent any messages.
But the public outcry in society was growing more and more intense.
After all, who knew if their friends and family had already been controlled by Loki? They didn't even know if they themselves would be controlled. Furthermore, the government claimed that they had a way to save everyone, but they were rejected when they negotiated with Chaldea to transfer Loki.
This was completely putting Chaldea on the rack.
People wouldn't question whether the government really had a solution; they would only blame Chaldea.
However, Chaldea wasn't entirely without a counterattack. Or rather, remaining silent in this situation was itself a huge blow to their reputation.
The virtual reality company, as early as the day after capturing Loki, announced information about Loki's mental control and self-verification methods to the world.
Using modern medical questionnaires for depression, suicidal tendencies, and the like, they could detect a second personality caused by mental control.
Chaldea even provided a set of psychological evaluation tests that far surpassed the level of modern medicine. These were provided by Doctor Quata, and the accuracy of the diagnoses was extremely high.
It had to be said that this indeed effectively alleviated people's panic.
Especially with the help of public relations, case after case came out to prove the effectiveness of this method. Even many of the world's leading medical experts began to publicly marvel at the effect of this psychological evaluation test.
"This test is far more comprehensive and effective than existing depression diagnosis schemes," said Kenneth Emerson, a Nobel Prize winner in medicine.
"Its promotion will maximize the improvement of the increasingly serious suicide tendencies in modern society," said Clay Colby, a famous youth mental health philanthropist.
"I can't express in words how I felt when I saw it. Its creator is undoubtedly the world's top psychiatrist, without exception!" said Jeremiah Berty, a famous psychiatrist.
The exclamations from well-known figures from all walks of life diverted people's attention to a certain extent.
Compared to official statements, Chaldea, which presented an effective solution, temporarily recovered its reputation.
However, even as people's panic eased, Shen He didn't breathe a sigh of relief.
He knew very well that in terms of public opinion, Chaldea couldn't compare to a functioning state apparatus.
There were too many ways to manipulate public opinion.
The result was as Shen He had predicted.
It was only on the fourth day after capturing Loki that a piece of news ignited people's anger once more.
In a school located in the Manhattan area of New York, a girl nearly sixteen years old jumped to her death from a building nearly a hundred meters tall, leaving no last words.
This was originally a very common occurrence; over thirty thousand people committed suicide in the United States every year.
Teenagers accounted for the largest number.
But at this particular moment, coupled with the deliberately misleading official investigation results, everyone was convinced that the girl had been controlled by Loki.
"Psychological evaluations might be useful, but they can't stop people from committing suicide!"
Such calls swept across the nation.
The media also released the girl's evaluation test, which clearly showed a significant suicidal tendency. Even with the school assigning special teachers to watch over her, the girl still found a chance to commit suicide.
This couldn't be entirely blamed on the school, because the psychological evaluations showed that hundreds of students within the school had suicidal tendencies.
On the same day, one suicide case after another was made public, all of them labeled as "murdered."
The truth was no longer important; the profuse blood had torn apart people's sanity.
In an instant, more and more people across the United States took to the streets, waving flags and holding demonstrations demanding Loki's trial and severe punishment.
Even in the Guardians' most active area, Manhattan, people had begun to voice their protests in various ways.
Within just four days, a storm of public opinion had completely formed.
Shen He sat in the seemingly calm company headquarters, and could still hear the shouts coming from the gate.
"He, Stark Industries has also been surrounded." Tony was sitting in front of him. "In one day, the company evaporated over 16 billion USD. The other shareholders are going crazy, and Pepper is being driven mad by them."
At its peak, Stark Industries' market capitalization exceeded 200 billion USD.
Actually, this wasn't high. In Shen He's previous world, Apple's market capitalization even reached a trillion USD at one point.
And this wasn't all Tony's money. Although he was a major shareholder, his net worth hadn't yet exceeded 100 billion USD.
"If those shareholders don't have faith in Stark Industries, buy their shares," Shen He reminded him.
"I'm already on it," Tony didn't need Shen He to remind him.
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