Chapter 196

"Is this... Mr. John Stillman?"

Howard, who has been in and out of the Pentagon for many years and occasionally attended the White House banquet, recognized the man in the picture at a glance.

The opposite is John Stillman, the right-hand man around the president and chief of staff of the White House.

The seat he sat in, known as the "second president" and "White House gatekeeper", can be said to be one of the politicians closest to the power center of Washington, D.C.

"Who's the other guy? He's a man - is there something wrong with Stillman's sexual orientation? That's big news!"

Howard always has a great talent for turning everything into the lower body.

"But in politics, it should be nothing. As far as I know, Hoover of the FBI, he is still bisexual."

"Luke, you know, those high-ranking and powerful people who claim to be high-class people are actually very low-class."

"Please don't pick yourself out when you satirize them with mean language."

Glancing at Howard, who was getting off the subject, Luke got up, went to the wine cabinet and took out a high-grade whisky from Stark's house.

"As the boss of stark industry and a veteran arms tycoon... Howard, don't forget that you are also a member of the upper class society full of obscene people."

"And, to some extent, you are still the backbone!"

Dangdang!

The ice hit the wall of the cup and made a crisp sound.

Amber liquid is injected and ripples in circles.

"Would you like a drink?"

Luke turned and asked.

"You can really do business by entertaining me with my collection! No wonder those people in the budget committee have a headache when they see you!"

Howard's mouth was unforgiving, but his body was honest. He reached for the whisky.

"Then again, why did you notice Stillman?"

Iron man's father has some doubts. In his impression, lieutenant general Superman is not very interested in politics, especially politicians playing with power.

Otherwise, the president showed his solicitation intention before, and he didn't have to refuse so quickly.

Luke took a sip of the cold liquid, his eyes flashed and whispered, "according to the six dimensional space theory, the distance between you and any stranger you want to contact will not exceed six people."

"In other words, in theory, you can know every stranger in the world through at most six middlemen."

Howard narrowed his eyes and said, "it sounds like a bullshit, but it's really interesting. Its logical trap is that no one knows who the six strangers are. They lack the conditions to specify the target, so they can be forced to go round."

He raised his chin and made a comment.

"Howard, why do you always miss the point?"

Luke shook his head helplessly, pointed to another man in the picture and said, "I just want to say that if you want to explore a person's real identity and political position, you can start with his social circle. Who he knows and has a close relationship with, to some extent, represents his class and position."

"John Stillman appears to be the president's confidant, the gatekeeper of the White House and the No. 2 figure of Washington's privileges, but he secretly met a vampire and they stayed for a long time."

"Vampire?"

Howard's voice rose a few degrees.

He was impressed by this.

"Yes. According to the investigation of s.h.i.e.l.d., the person who met with Stillman was called gaitaro."

Luke pushed the information on the table and said meaningfully: "Archduke Dracula's pure blood descendant is also one of the powers of the vampire Council in North America."

"It may sound incredible, but those nocturnal creatures who walk in the dark and dare not face the sun have a social system and power structure similar to human beings."

"The vampire Council, probably equivalent to the cabinet of the White House, has great power and can mobilize family resources at any time."

"The White House chief of staff colluded with the vampire parliament..."

Under Howard's fine products, he seems to feel a little taste.

"I heard you say before that vampires claim to be immortal species. In their view, humans may only be a short part of a long life."

"So, does Stillman want to live longer?"

After thinking about it, the most tempting chip of vampires to mankind is only the legendary immortality.

Everyone is afraid of death and hopes that cruel time can show mercy to himself.

"Not all right. Vampires also age, but much slower than humans, far from immortality."

Luke corrected Howard's misconception and then continued: "as for Steelman's private contact with the vampire Council, I began to think, like you, that it was an exchange of interests."

"But with the in-depth investigation of s.h.i.e.l.l.d. agents, I found that it was not that simple."

Speaking of this, Luke paused, looked at Howard who was intrigued, smiled and asked, "have you ever heard of 'ha GUI clan'?"

"Is it some kind of underground group that worships vampires?"

Howard thought for a few seconds and combined the literal meaning to give the correct answer.

"The predecessor is indeed true. Humans are very complex creatures. Sometimes they need a specific image as a spiritual support."

Luke raised his glass, stared at the amber liquid and said faintly, "the more empty the heart is, the more spiritual support is needed - but this is only a belief within the normal range, belonging to personal freedom, there is no problem."

"But when it comes to worship, that's another matter."

"There are money worship, male organ worship and the most common idol worship in the world - all kinds of."

"People always like to attach a strong desire, or need, to something specific."

"The HA ghost clan is a group of people who pursue immortality, immortality, young body and fresh vitality. Later, they slowly developed into vampires, worship vampires, want to become vampires, and even think they are slaves of vampires. Human beings are low-level creatures."

"Oh, pathetic shortsighted fellow."

Howard looked contemptuous.

With his insight and pride, naturally he doesn't look like these guys.

To be more precise, he thought that because his heart was not strong enough, he gave up self thinking and handed over the power to others - all of which can be classified as fools.

Of course——

Except for personal belief, it's not worship.

Howard himself is not a devout Christian.

"I didn't expect Stillman to be a ghost and secretly worship vampires. He graduated from Duke University's law school. I thought he should be more rational than normal people."

"Don't label people casually. Before I met you, I thought MIT's genius was probably a bookworm who was not close to women. I also thought scientists were always serious and stereotyped."

Luke's retort left Howard speechless.

He tried bailing's mean tongue and put it in front of the other party, which seemed to have no effect.

"After I left Washington, D.C., Stillman began to contact the vampire Council. Before that, he didn't show any abnormality."

Luke opened the information of the vampire parliament gaitaro. The content was relatively simple, not as detailed as the White House chief of staff John Stillman.

From this point, we can see that the agents and agents of the Divine Shield bureau may be OK in the face of ordinary people.

But dealing with vampires is not enough.

"In fact, it's not just Stillman. From the information I have at hand and the results of the survey, one third of the members of Congress may be ha GUI or have close contacts with them."

Luke told a shocking fact.

This is equal to the upper layer of the pyramid of state power, which is almost penetrated by vampires.

Howard, aware of the seriousness, finally restrained his cynical and frivolous expression.

"Vampires in North America seem to be developing better than Europe."

He took a sip of whisky and said in doubt.

"The situation on both sides is different. The pure blood descendants of Archduke Dracula know more about unity. They have close ties with human society, while the situation in Europe is chaotic."

Luke briefly introduced two sentences.

"In addition, the attack of New York sanctuary on dark creatures is not strong, which gives the vampire Council a chance to survive."

Over the years, pure blood descendants have made considerable penetration into business and politics.

At its peak, half of the top executives of the large financial institutions on Wall Street were members of the Hagu clan.

Therefore, Wall Street elites are called "vampires".

Literally, it's true.

"Howard, remember the conqueror Kang I mentioned?"

Close the information at hand, Luke's eyes flashed a sharp light.

Howard, sitting opposite, frowned and asked, "the guy who can travel through time and space and pretend to be historical celebrities everywhere?"

"That's right. At first I thought that if the conqueror Kang wanted to choose a leader with high status and great power, he would probably focus on the Soviet Union."

Luke tapped his finger on the side of the glass and whispered, "if he did, it might not be a problem to turn himself into the Kremlin, even if he wanted to provoke World War III."

"However, after I returned to New York and Washington, D.C., I saw the chief of staff colluding with the vampire Parliament and the reclusive President... I couldn't help but think of another idea."

"Suppose the conqueror Kang was not in the Soviet Union, but -- in the White House?"