The Legendary Life of an American Superhero

State of the Union address, AKA, jobs report!

Ok.

It's the same thing as the company's internal monthly summary, quarterly summary, or annual summary, except that because it is the summary made by the president, it is equipped with a high-end and atmospheric name.

But at the end of the day...

What he particularly likes is just a work report.

Basically, at the beginning of each year, Mr. President faces a lot of congressional gentlemen, explaining his work last year and this year's work to them.

From a certain point of view, there is no doubt that this is another proof that the federal president is nothing but a high-end wage earner.

After all, have you ever seen a personal boss do a wrap-up report?

no.

Originally, according to the plan, this year's work report should be completed in January, but the aliens are coming soon, and the president at the time also felt that he was re-elected, so there was no need to go to Congress to laugh with the gentlemen , simply being a little willful, and directly postponed with reasons.

But not now.

The alien's plan will not start before November, the satanic president's plan fell through.

Nor can it be considered a failure.

Maybe President Satan deliberately kept a hand at that time. If President Satan can convince the gentlemen in Congress and let the gentlemen agree that Hydra has been resurrected, then he still has a chance.

But Lake felt that the hope was not great.

After all, President Satan is a psychopath, and frankly speaking, he does not have the eloquence of Jia next week.

but……

After Lake learned about this matter from Karen, he didn't think about interfering in anything. After all, Lake already knew the ending of this story.

Now that you know it, why bother?

Of course there is another reason.

That is, Lake also wants to see what Alexander Pierce said, he left a button before his death, this so-called button that can kill him when pressed is buried with him.

Therefore, President Satan is still alive today, and he should be grateful to Alexander Pierce.

Alexander aroused Lake's curiosity, and this was the only reason why the Satanic President was still alive today.

"State of the Union..."

There was such a big explosion in Washington DC, and Betty, who came home these days, bit the cucumber in her hand, heard this sentence, and immediately looked at Lake: "Brother, will you and mom be the survivors this year? "

Lake was slightly taken aback: "Me? How is it possible."

"Why is it impossible?"

Betty blinked: "Aren't you the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security? Everyone has been saying that these days, that official minister is a puppet, and you are the real minister with real power."

Lake and Karen took a look, then laughed, and looked at Betty: "Thank you, but even if it's a puppet minister, it's still a minister. The minister of Homeland Security is a member of the cabinet, and the deputy minister is not, even if I am the real power , but the rules are there."

Designated Survivor.

Another insurance method of the Federation, the purpose is to prevent an extreme situation, after the Federation is boiled over in one pot, when there is no leader, a cabinet member can take office in time.

Moreover, not just anyone can be the designated survivor, he has very strict conditions.

First of all, you must be born in the federation. After all, the president of the federation can't let an outsider get the upper hand inexplicably.

Secondly, you must be over 35 years old and have lived in the Federation for more than 14 years. Although the Federation has many talents, in the final analysis, people still think that only those who are over 35 years old can take on important responsibilities.

And that's not all.

After these two conditions are met, the designated survivor will not be selected casually. He will be selected from the federal cabinet, that is, the list of seventeen people on the presidential succession list.

The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security is on the list of seventeen people, ranking... the last!

The Minister of Education is also among them, ranking...fifteen!

Betty's eyes lit up, and she looked at Karen with a faint smile on her lips: "Mom?"

Karen looked at Betty with a smile: "Why?"

Betty said, "Is that really you?"

Lake also looked at Karen.

Karen smiled and shrugged: "Mr. President delivered a State of the Union address. The theme this time is war and terrorist attacks. Maybe because of this, he made me a survivor."

Lake raised an eyebrow.

Betty leaned closer to Karen: "Then can I go with you tomorrow, I will protect you."

Lake smiled: "You should first experience the treatment of the president."

Designating survivors as the backup of the federal president can be said to be a spare tire president. When designated survivors go out, they can enjoy presidential-level security protection and take special vehicles.

and!

When assigning survivors to go out, she will also be accompanied by a military attache carrying a nuclear suitcase, just in case!

But this is basically empty shelf.

First.

The Designated Survivor cannot be designated casually. After all, the Designated Survivor does not exist all three hundred and sixty-five days a year. He will only come out at a specific time.

Like tomorrow's State of the Union address to Congress.

Once the session of Congress is over, the moment Mr. President returns to the White Palace, the survivors are laid off.

Then the problem comes.

According to the rules, during the State of the Union address, designated survivors are escorted to an undisclosed location, and will be terminated until the designated survivor's mission is over.

Since it was a secret escort, it was naturally impossible to swagger.

Therefore, enjoying the treatment of the president cannot be taken seriously.

Karen listened to Betty's request with an indifferent expression, pointing to the two men in the family: "Of course, it's just right, you can drink coffee and eat pizza with me at a secret place tomorrow."

Betty blinked and looked at Thaddeus Ross and Lake.

General Ross laughed and said, "Don't look at me, I'm going to the Pentagon tomorrow for the thirteenth pre-war meeting, and I don't have time to go there."

Lake also smiled and said: "Don't look at me, I also have something to do. I still need to find a reason for the explosion report on San Fei's side. Think about it carefully, how to get over it."

This incident certainly cannot be classified as a terrorist attack.

Lake will not let this happen, but in the past few days, the source of the explosion has been found. The cause of the explosion is that the San Fei decoration does not exist in the battleship manufacturing layer, which is used to drive the battleship. The explosion reaction of the two large energy sources that lifted off, and only in this way, the explosion that day could be so huge.

After all, it is an early palladium element reactor, and it was not authorized by Stark Industries, and it was directly manufactured by itself. This is a terrorist attack, you can only say that it deserves what it deserves, but the timing of his explosion is so subtle.

Betty seemed a little disappointed. Even if she couldn't enjoy the treatment of the president, at least, on the way to the secret location, she took the special car of the president.

but……

Betty didn't want to be locked up in a secret place, as if she had lost her personal freedom.

"Brother~"

"Climb away!"

"You... hum!"

"..."

Since he was a child, Lake was not interested in Betty's acting like a baby. If Karen asked for Lake to accompany him, Lake would definitely not say anything, but since Karen didn't ask, Lake would definitely avoid it if he could.

and……

If this time, President Satan intends to let Karen go to Congress to participate in the meeting, Lake may be worried that this guy is planning to play some kind of snake-skin operation, but President Satan directly appointed Karen as the designated survivor. I didn't feel that this guy was planning to do something secretly.

The reason is very simple.

The satanic president chose Karen as the designated survivor just under the pretense that he wanted to expel Karen from Congress, so that his big plan of fooling Congress would not be destroyed by any external interference.

so.

President Satan is doing bad things, but this kind of badness, Lake doesn't think it's that bad.

the next day.

When Lake came to the Homeland Security Building, he met the puppet Minister Jean.

Gene looked at Lake with a hesitant expression.

after awhile.

The puppet Minister Jean looked at the results of the investigation report sent by Lake, and finally couldn't help but look at Lake: "Mr. Edwin, today's State of the Union address..."

If he is persuaded by President Satan today, then he is in the wrong line.

Lake interrupted directly with a smile: "Minister Jean, let me ask you the simplest question."

Gene frowned slightly: "You say."

Lake sat upright on the sofa and looked at the puppet Minister Jean with a smile on his face: "This is a very simple question. Tell me, who do you think is the switch button for this war?"

Yes.

That's why Lai Keming knew what President Satan was planning, but he didn't panic at all.

You can start your wartime plan, but do you think that there is no time limit for starting a wartime plan, do you open it whenever you want?

Where is Lao Tzu pressing the switch of war?

When I say fight, the Kirita outside will come in to fight. I say no to fight, unless Odin tore off his disguise for many years and ends up directly. Otherwise, every alien can fight in Lake’s Midgar Mess about morality.

The puppet minister Jean was slightly taken aback.

correct.

Minister Jean couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, nodded, and said, that's good.

Lake looked at the puppet minister Jean with a smile: "So...do you have any other questions?"

The smog in Minister Jean's heart dissipated, and the reaction has been passively lying down. He is lying down. Why don't he find a comfortable place to lie down, so he shook his head and said with a smile: "No!"

afternoon.

The Department of Homeland Security once again held a press conference on the explosion of Sanfei Decoration.

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