Stark Tower in New York, where Tony has been staying recently.
"Sir, the news you mentioned needs attention has appeared." Jarvis reminded.
Tony, who was looking up information, stopped and rubbed his forehead: "Let's put it out and have a look."
A virtual light screen appeared, showing a studio on which three hosts and a guest were arguing about something.
"Batman and his companions protected us. They fought those monsters." A male host said excitedly, as if he wanted to stand up.
The female guest in her forties burst into tears: "Protect? My son died and my daughter is in the hospital. They didn't die at the hands of the monsters you mentioned, but were crushed by the collapsed walls. Then, the man in armor left without even looking at my children."
The male host was stunned for a moment, but still shook his head: "This is just unavoidable collateral damage during the rescue process, it was not intentional. Can superheroes predict the future?"
Female guest: "But he just left like that, without even trying to help my children, leaving them lying under the wall screaming."
Another female host also expressed sympathy: "This is so unfortunate. Maybe it was just an accident."
Female guest: "Why? Is their help a gift? I can't refuse. I have to say thank you to them for my dead son?"
Male host: "The situation was urgent at the time, so the superhero might not have noticed your child's condition?"
Female guest: "Nonsense, I begged for help, begged him to save my child, but he seemed not to hear me and just left. I swear, I begged for help, but he didn't listen."
At this point, she broke down and became distressed.
In the studio, the two female hosts hurried to comfort him, their faces filled with sadness.
The male host looked embarrassed and seemed speechless.
Tony narrowed his eyes, watching the farce on the screen, and suddenly said: "Jarvis, check the situation of this woman."
In less than thirty seconds, Jarvis replied: "Her situation is basically true. The six-year-old son died and the three-year-old daughter suffered a head injury. The injuries recorded in the medical records are basically consistent with her experience."
Tony hesitated for a moment: "What about her account? Is there any sudden increase in funds?"
Jarvis: "No. But the day before yesterday a charity fund started to pay for her daughter's additional treatment costs. She also made an appointment with the best brain surgeon in New York to perform surgery on her daughter."
Tony: "What about the foundation?"
Jarvis: "It's a foundation that has been operating for many years. This time, they funded 37 families of victims. There's nothing unusual about it."
Tony shook his head in his heart: It's too easy to cheat on something like this.
Just give some encouraging words at the right time and this angry and sad mother will do the rest.
This mother is not a professional actress, she is just an ordinary white-collar worker.
And her performance on TV is... impeccable.
No matter how many reasons there are, no one can deny that she had just lost her son and her daughter was seriously injured and lying in the hospital.
Tony exhaled: "The preparations were very detailed, and the people chosen are really suitable."
What hurts most? The truth.
As long as what the female guest says is true, she is naturally a victim and a weak person.
No matter what Batman's supporters say, there will always be a large portion of them who sympathize with her.
Just like the attitudes of the three hosts, some would express sympathy and then keep silent about Batman.
Some will argue, but then feel they have gone too far.
Tony thought for a moment and sent a message to Batman: There is news out, are you sure you want to keep silent as planned
After a moment, Batman came back with a "OK" and no other response.
Tony pouted: "Pretending to be cool again, maybe you're hiding at home scratching your head right now."
Having said that, he no longer cared about public opinion, but started to act according to his plan.
Apart from helping with the foundation, Luke did not ask Tony to participate in other specific actions, but just asked him not to act too early to avoid alerting the enemy.
This is what it means to act individually.
Luke was too lazy to fabricate the motives for his actions to Tony, and Tony also had his own little thoughts, so there was no need to force them to fit in.
It is definitely not a pleasant feeling to act with a young man who habitually wants to be the boss.
Luke wasn't actually that bothered when Tony was criticizing Batman.
Batman’s dilemma is always with the Batman alias.
Luke will take it seriously, but he will definitely not accept any "moral judgment."
The superhero that the female guest was talking about was Angel.
After the news came out, he also asked Angel about the situation at that time.
Generally speaking, what the female guest said is correct.
But I don’t know whether she really didn’t know or was deliberately concealing it, because there are many key details missing in the plot she described.
For example, she didn't mention that Angel broke through the wall during a fight with the experimental subjects, and when she entered this house, she was entangled with two experimental subjects until they were fought out of the room.
Therefore, Angel, who was fighting, could not take care of her request for help.
This can't be blamed on Angel.
Luke's orders were to kill as many experimental subjects as possible, rather than to help the citizens with all their strength.
Angel is not in her normal state. She is under Luke's control and her emotional intelligence is not that high.
Luke couldn't order her to rescue citizens at any time, as this would conflict greatly with the order to kill the experimental subjects, resulting in neither task being done well.
Secondly, the experimental subject was already sitting next to the female guest at the time.
If Angel had not appeared to kill the experimental subject, it is unknown whether their family would be the next victim.
This didn't happen because Angel was careless.
Among the various safety rules that Luke instilled in her, one was to pay attention to the safety of civilians.
But the battlefield that night was chosen by the experimental subjects and was not subject to the will of Luke and the others.
Unless Luke and his companions watched these experimental subjects kill everyone in the building and then came out, this would be the inevitable result if they entered the building to rescue people.
As the saying goes, the more you do, the more mistakes you make; doing nothing makes no mistakes.
If Luke and the others chose not to show up, then if the whole family died it would not be any of Luke and the others' business, and no one would be alive to come out and cause this.
Luke was prepared for this kind of thing. Tony thought he would be depressed, but he was overthinking it.
That's human nature.
Some are noble, while others are despicable.
Some people are grateful and repay favors, while others are ungrateful.
Some people are reasonable, while others are self-centered.
As long as you have more experience, you will meet a certain type of person sooner or later, regardless of whether the society is good or bad.
Society is made up of all kinds of people, and it doesn't matter who you are disappointed in or who you are satisfied with.
Luke never takes Batman fans seriously because he knows too well how unreliable fans are.