Marvel Administrative Officer

Chapter 135 Dirty Politics

At seven o'clock in the evening, after several hours of long meetings, Jack walked out of the city hall wearily...

Just when Jack was about to get into the car, Congressman Lucas chased him and stopped him:
"Can I have a few words alone?"

Jack nodded. Lucas is currently his important political ally. It is normal for the two to communicate from time to time.

So the two came to the cafe not far in front of the city hall...

"Jack, your proposal today is a little reckless, you should discuss it with me in advance..." Lucas accused him as soon as he sat down.

Jack doesn't know why:
"I just proposed to increase the budget for the police! As you can see, the current law and order situation in New York... or the whole of the United States is not optimistic. The increase in the budget for the police is to protect our safety!"

Facing Jack's explanation, Lucas showed a contemptuous smile:

"Jack, I must remind you! You live in Long Island, and I live in the Star Building... We will never lack protection! The extra funds go to the police department, it is just a waste!"

Jack now understood what Lucas meant, and he asked calmly:

"You have other plans for this budget?"

Lucas sipped his coffee,
"Street lighting in Upper Manhattan needs maintenance..."

Ha, uptown Manhattan?

All the Wall Street elites live there, will they lack street lights?
Jack already fully understood what Lucas meant, he stood up and slowly buttoned his suit, and then asked softly:

"Did anyone ever tell you you're a jerk?"

……

Jack who walked out of the cafe was not very angry. This is the true face of the United States, so why be angry, but Jack had to consider changing a partner...

Getting into Mark's car, Jack went straight to the 45th Precinct.

Although he has obtained the right to form a rapid response force, Jack has not yet settled on the address of the headquarters... let alone the prison,

So after Frank captured the gang of armed thugs alive, he could only temporarily borrow the prison cell of the 45th Precinct for custody...

In the 45th inning…

Director George is chatting with Frank, the former has a bleak face...

Speaking of which, he was recommended by Jack as the bureau chief, so he couldn't refuse Jack's request, but all of this was troublesome in the end!
"Frank, tell me the truth, how long are they going to stay here?" George asked with a wry smile.

Frank slumped back and asked:

"Someone already put pressure on you?"

George nodded, "FBI, CIA, they are very interested in these people..."

Frank smiled contemptuously:
"a bunch of idiots."

George is helpless, he is a policeman with a sense of justice, but he is also the director now, so the way of thinking about problems can no longer be as simple as before.

Theoretically, there is no subordinate relationship in the American police... The federal police are not qualified to command the New York police...

But that's just theory!

Today you beg me, tomorrow I beg you, this is common among the police, George can't cut himself off from the whole system!

As for why these bigwigs care so much about these armed thugs, it's just because of fighting for merit...

The reputation of the Quick Response Force is not well known. It is normal for the FBI and CIA to want to gain some benefits... If it is changed to S.H.I.E.L.D., I am afraid they will stay away.

Amid awkward silence between George and Frank, Jack walks into the office...

"The armed mob has been caught, why do you have such an expression?"

Jack looked at the embarrassed two and asked in puzzlement.

Frank chuckled: "Someone is going to take the credit."

Jack was speechless, he really didn't treat himself as a dish!
"George, record all the people who came to test, and I will have a good chat with their superiors."

Director George smiled bitterly:
"You better let me, the little bureau chief, go! I'll go to the prison room and have a look, you guys talk..."

Looking at George who fled in embarrassment, Jack secretly thought that he was bored. George was an upright and reliable person before, but now he has become a slippery one.

But that's politics!

Without worrying about George, Jack pulled a chair and sat down, then asked:
"Can you find Stryker's location?"

"Kano is working hard, but I don't think there is much hope. He won't easily reveal his position..." Frank replied.

Jack chuckled, "That's not necessarily true, maybe Kano can make another miracle..."

Frank did not refute, but raised a little doubt:
"Do you think Stryker's actions are strange this time?"

"Where?" Jack asked.

"According to what you said before, although he hates mutants deeply... His goal has always been to eliminate all mutants... Don't you think it's a bit petty for Stryker to engage in bomb attacks?"

Jack thought about it carefully, what Frank said made a lot of sense...

Look at Stryker's previous actions...Assassinate the president and blame the mutants, and then use the professor's ability to kill all mutants.

How high-end and high-end this action is, now... attacking a support club with only three mutants,

This gap is indeed a bit big...

It doesn't look like Stryker's handwriting.

"Do you suspect that there is someone else behind the scenes?"

Frank sneered and replied: "Mr. Murdoch, I am a veteran, not a detective..."

Jack was speechless, you didn't bring up this topic...

Although he complained endlessly in his heart, Jack still didn't confront Frank head-on.

The Punisher is famous far and wide, but Jack still has a little taboo.

However, Frank's words reminded Jack that with the dramatic changes in the plot, after Jack lost his "prophetic ability", he really needed the help of a think tank.
The villains in this universe are all guys with strange brain circuits and amazing IQs, and Jack knows that he is no more than a middle man, and if he really uses his brain, he might not be able to defeat those perverts!
But finding a think tank is a matter for the future, and Jack has to solve the immediate troubles.

"Frank, whoever is behind Stryker, I need you to get him back first..."

"That's a big problem, Jack..."

Jack chuckled, although it was a difficult problem, Frank did not refuse.

While Jack lashes out at those who want credit for being greedy like hyenas, Lucas for being scumbag, and George for being slick... But Jack needs credit, too!
Grab the Strykers... that's a good start for the Rapid Response Force...

This is very important to Jack.

After negotiating with Frank, Jack left the 45th Precinct and took the new X-Men with him. Under the current situation, they are temporarily useless...

With this group of teenagers moving in, the originally empty Long Island Manor became unlivable again.

In desperation, Jack had to ask Tony to borrow the house...

Tony, who was crazy, was recuperating at this time. He moved back to Long Island immediately after knowing the excitement of Long Island. His house was next door to Jack!

Now it's completely lively!
DJ, beauty, alcohol...

The number of police calls in the Long Island Manor skyrocketed!
But the police have nothing to do with Tony...

Tony is so rich!

Jack has nothing to do with the crazy Tony, he can only prohibit the new X-Men teenagers from touching alcohol, and he will let the rest...

Although Tony is very nonsense, he also contributed his old house in the suburbs of New York as the base of the rapid reaction force,

This can be regarded as helping Jack a lot.

(End of this chapter)