Tony had been staying in Stark Towers in New York recently.
"Sir, the piece of news that you mentioned has appeared," Jarvis reminded him.
Tony, who was searching for information, stopped and rubbed his forehead. "Let's take a look."
A virtual screen appeared, and on it was a studio. Three hosts and a guest were arguing about something.
"Batman and his companions protected us. They fought those monsters," said a male host excitedly, as if he wanted to stand up.
The female guest in her forties, on the other hand, burst into tears. "Protected? My son is dead, and my daughter is lying in the hospital. They didn't die at the hands of the monsters you mentioned, but were crushed by the collapsed wall. Then, the man in armor left without looking at my children. "
The male host was stunned for a moment, but he still shook his head. "It was just collateral damage during the rescue process. It wasn't intentional. Can superheroes predict the future? "
The female guest said, "But he just left like that. He didn't even try to help my children. He just left them screaming under the wall."
The other female host also looked sympathetic. "That's really unfortunate. Maybe he was just careless."
The female guest asked, "Why? Is their help a gift? I can't refuse, and I have to thank them for my dead son? "
The male host said, "It was an emergency. That superhero might not have noticed your child's situation."
The female guest said, "Nonsense. I begged him to save my child, but he just left as if he didn't hear me. I swear, I asked for help, but he didn't listen. "
At that point, she broke down and was in pain.
In the studio, the two female hosts quickly comforted her with sad expressions.
The male host looked awkward, as if he had nothing to say.
Tony narrowed his eyes and looked at the farce on the screen. He suddenly said, "Jarvis, check this woman's situation."
In less than thirty seconds, Jarvis replied, "Her situation is basically true. Her six-year-old son died, and her three-year-old daughter suffered a head injury. The injuries recorded in the medical records are basically the same as what she said. "
Pondering for a moment, Tony asked, "What about her account? Did she receive any sudden increases? "
Jarvis: "No. But the day before yesterday, a charity fund started paying for her daughter's extra treatment. She even made an appointment with the best neurosurgeon in New York to perform surgery on her daughter. "
Tony: "What about the foundation?"
Jarvis said, "It's a foundation that has been in operation for many years. This time, there are 37 victims' families that they are sponsoring. There's nothing unusual about it."
Tony shook his head inwardly. It was too easy to tamper with this kind of thing.
As long as he said some persuasive words at the right time, the angry and sorrowful mother would do the rest.
This mother was not a professional actress. She was just an ordinary white-collar worker.
And her performance on television … was flawless.
No matter how many reasons she had, no one could deny that she had just lost her son, and her daughter was seriously injured and lying in the hospital.
Tony heaved a sigh of relief. "This preparation is very meticulous. The people they chose are really suitable."
What hurts the most? The truth.
As long as what the female guest said was the truth, she would naturally be the victim and the weak.
No matter what Batman's supporters say, a large portion of them will sympathize with her.
Just like the three hosts, some of them would express sympathy and then keep quiet about Batman.
Some would argue, but then feel that they had gone too far.
Tony thought for a moment, then sent Batman a message: There's news. Are you sure you want to keep quiet as planned?
A moment later, Batman replied with a "yes" and no other response.
Tony curled his lip. "Pretending to be cool again. Maybe you're hiding at home scratching your head right now."
That being said, he didn't care about public opinion anymore, and started to act according to his plan.
Apart from helping with the foundation, Luke didn't ask Tony to participate in any other specific operations. He just told him not to act too early to avoid alerting the enemy.
That was what he meant by acting on their own.
Luke couldn't be bothered to fabricate a motive for his actions. Tony also had his own thoughts, and there was no need to force him to work together.
It wasn't a wonderful feeling to work together with a tycoon who habitually wanted to be the boss.
While Tony was cursing Batman, Luke actually wasn't that troubled.
Batman's predicament would always be directed at the Batman character.
Luke would take it seriously, but he definitely wouldn't accept some "moral judgment."
The superhero that the female guest was talking about was Angel.
After the news came out, he had asked Angel about the situation.
Generally speaking, the female guest was right.
But whether she really didn't know or was deliberately hiding it, she missed a lot of key details in her description.
For example, she didn't mention that Angel had smashed through the wall in a fight with the Experimentals. When she entered the house, she was still entangled with two Experimentals until she fought her way out of the room.
Thus, her request for help couldn't be taken into account at all.
Angel couldn't be blamed for that.
Luke's order was to kill as many Experimentals as possible, not to help the citizens.
Angel wasn't in her normal state. When she was under Luke's control, she didn't have high EQ.
Luke couldn't order her to help the citizens at any time, which would conflict with his order to kill the Experimentals, and he wouldn't be able to do either.
Secondly, the Experimentals were already next door to the female guest.
If Angel hadn't appeared to kill the Experimentals, it was hard to say if their family would have been the next victim.
This wasn't because Angel had been careless.
Luke had instilled in her various safety rules that included paying attention to the safety of civilians.
But the Experimentals had chosen the battlefield that night, and it wasn't up to Luke and Selina's will.
Unless Luke and Selina watched as the Experimentals killed everyone in the building before coming out, this would definitely happen as long as they entered the building to save people.
As the saying went, the more you did, the more mistakes you made.
If Luke and Selina had chosen not to show up, it wouldn't have been Luke's fault even if the family died, and no one would have come out to cause trouble.
Luke was already mentally prepared for this. Tony thought that Luke would be depressed because he was overthinking things.
That was human nature.
Some people were noble, while others were despicable.
Some people knew how to repay kindness, while others were ungrateful.
Some people were reasonable, while others were self-centered.
As long as you experienced enough, sooner or later, you would meet a certain kind of person, which had nothing to do with whether society was good or bad.
All kinds of people made up society. It didn't matter who you were disappointed in or satisfied with.
Luke had never taken Batman fans seriously, because he knew too well how unreliable they were.
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