the lord of all monsters

Chapter 281 Extra Story [-]: Captain America and the Clown
Sitting in the office of the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Steve couldn't help but smile a little, as if he was pleased with the results of his efforts.

That smile is very special.

Although it looks like a bright smile, it just makes people feel uncomfortable, just like the fake smile of a clown in a circus.

"No, you promised me not to do this!"

A voice sounded in Captain America's mind, which belonged to the original soul of this body, the personality of Steve Rogers.

At this moment he was yelling loudly, berating the Joker for betraying their agreement.

The clown still had that half-smile, looking at Steve Rogers deep in his soul:
"Oh? What did I do?"

"You used despicable means to force Nick Fury away, and you took the seat of Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

"Then tell me, what despicable means did I use?"

"..."

Steve was speechless for a moment.

It was indeed difficult for him to resist the demonized soul of the clown, and he was unable to drive him out of his body. Even because of his disappointment with the United States at that time, he escaped from his heart and voluntarily gave up the dominance of his body.

However, Steve still loves this country and the people here, and he is always watching the clown's every move to prevent him from doing bad things with his body.

However, no.

Steve never found out that the Joker did anything bad, and he played Captain America so well that he didn't even arouse anyone's suspicions.

Fighting crime, giving speeches, reassuring people, seeing Carter twice a week...

Sometimes even Steve himself has to admit that the Joker is even better than himself in many ways.

He understands the great influence of Captain America better than himself, and he also knows how to use his influence to achieve some goals.

Most of the time, Steve still retains the thinking of a soldier. He knows how to fight alone, and he also knows how to lead a small team.

But the clown, a genius criminal from the bottom, can grasp people's hearts keenly, and naturally think about problems from a higher position.

This is also the reason why Steve worked more and had a more righteous mind before, but he was always a soldier, while the clown was able to be promoted to the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. in a short period of time.

There are some things in this world, not how much you pay, how much you can get in return.

Society usually does not reward those who obey the rules. On the contrary, sometimes the more successful competition is who can be more unruly within a reasonable range.

The clown is such a genius who is good at controlling people's hearts and knows how to walk on the edge of the law.

At the same time, what I want to say is that many of his actions in a violent organization like S.H.I.E.L.D. itself are on the verge of the law.

If fighting crime is a game, SHIELD itself is equivalent to being both a referee and a player. In many actions, it is not so harmless and abides by justice.

Of course, this is not to say that S.H.I.E.L.D. is inherently a den of thieves who use violence to control violence, but to combat crime, especially major crimes, dangerous goods smuggling, and extraordinary crimes. Many current laws do not apply.

For example:

There is information that someone plans to implement a vampire cult sacrifice, but he has not implemented it now. The religion is also a legal religion, and normal activities are performed regularly every week.

Excuse me, what should I do at this time?
Because after all, he planned to implement it, but it has not yet been implemented. According to the existing law, it does not constitute a crime, but you know that he will do so.

And if he really waits until he starts to act, it is likely to cause irreparable consequences and a large number of casualties.

When faced with such a situation, the SHIELD will generally take action directly, arresting the person first, then torture them severely, and use Veritaserum to force him to confess his criminal plan and sign a pledge.

Finally, follow the explanation, look for evidence, and change the conclusion for the whole matter.

But this is also prone to an obvious problem, that is, unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

All previous actions were based on accurate intelligence and the suspect's potential criminal behavior.

But what if the intelligence goes wrong?

The whole act of protecting citizens turns into persecuting citizens.

Sudden arrest for no reason, and then tortured into tricks, if in the era of the Snake and Shield Bureau, they would even forge evidence to cover up their mistakes in work.

The victim will suffer unjust injustice and die. At the same time, a happy family will be destroyed once, and his family will bear the stigma of the criminal's family for life.

Even with the destruction of Hydra, the situation has improved, but the problem is still serious.

An ordinary person is inexplicably arrested, then strictly interrogated, and even given Veritaserum, which will leave a lifelong shadow on an ordinary person's heart.

The most terrifying thing is that for S.H.I.E.L.D., this is an unsolvable problem.

When the clown faced this problem, his choice was very simple:
Grab it first and then talk.

Because he believes in the intelligence capabilities of S.H.I.E.L.D., this is also an expression of trust in his colleagues, and it is easy to gain the favor of intelligence workers.

And as a criminal, the clown has a better understanding of the criminal's psychology, and the success rate of his actions is very high.

To be honest, if it is a general criminal activity, it will not be paid attention to by S.H.I.E.L.D. Therefore, under normal circumstances, the probability of intelligence errors is not high.

Relatively speaking, Steve's behavior of adhering to justice may not be suitable.

In fact, it does.

Since the clown became the captain of the United States, the work efficiency of the team led by him has been greatly improved, and he has won unanimous praise from SHIELD.

Even if there are occasional sporadic errors in intelligence, the Joker will use Captain America's influence to make a public apology, admit his work mistakes, and make up for them.

While the victim has been wronged, he can also get a high amount of compensation, and there is a public apology from "Captain America", and the general anger will disappear.

And this kind of attitude of knowing mistakes and being able to correct them, not only did not affect the reputation of Captain America, but it will further improve it.

Therefore, those colleagues in the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau who have been with Captain America day and night are not unaware of some changes in him.

But they all saw it as a good change.

Even Nick Fury himself believes that the US team is more adapted to this era.

After all, now is no longer the "black and white" era, and there is a big devil named "Hitler" who wants to defeat it.

The present era is "gray".

Justice and evil are intertwined in it.

The boundary between crime and law is also blurring.

(End of this chapter)