Days as a Spiritual Mentor in American Comics-Chapter 4600 - 3680: Problems of the Magic Academy (Part 2)

"That's true," Nick nodded and said, "If Batman wants to send his child over, he'll definitely come. If he really comes, he won't leave easily, at least not without turning our place upside down. Then I really won't have an explanation for Congress."

"I know it's a very risky decision," Strange said, "But if it succeeds, once the situation stabilizes, it will greatly benefit us. If each Earth has a magical defense network, it can significantly reduce their risk of external attacks, and also give them more capacity to help each other."

"They'll owe us, and we'll become the leaders among them. The leader of a cross-universe Human Alliance has tremendous power; I don't need to say more, right? If not for this, why would I be running around tirelessly?"

"Steven makes a good point," Professor X said, "Danger and opportunity are proportional. Bringing students and parents from different universes does pose certain risks, but if the kids receive education here, making our universe their alma mater, they'll naturally have an emotional leaning towards us. And they won't sit idly by if anything happens in the future."

"No, we need to think long-term," Stark said, "If we want to become the leaders of all the universes' humans, we can't just think about our own benefits, nor can we manipulate emotions. We must sincerely consider other universes, or rather the human race across the Multiverse. Only with such courage can we be worthy of this leadership."

"Starting with magic will definitely be a good attempt," Strange continued, "We have something other universes don't have, which is a very heavy bargaining chip. The key to changing the situation is in our hands, which means we can negotiate terms with them."

"And Batman's terms will definitely include coming over," Nick spread his hands, "I don't need to say it, you all know how curious they are about our universe. They absolutely, inevitably want to come, and stay here. Such a big thing, Congress must be informed."

"It's too late to talk about this, they already know, and they clearly oppose it. Otherwise, that senator wouldn't have raised any environmental issues. They're expressing their objections," Steve said.

"I'd like to know why we should care about those politicians," Stark said, "We can just build a castle there, what can they do to us?"

The others collectively shook their heads. Nick said, "It might sound ridiculous, but I still need to emphasize: it's not the country that needs superheroes, but superheroes that need the country. The main residents of Earth are the countless ordinary people, and the existence of the government is to manage these ordinary people. This is the best method currently available."

"If there were no countries, would we have to deal with external cosmic matters, make technological breakthroughs, and figure out how to manage billions of people all at once? Can you do it?"

"Since we can't, we need to maintain the status quo, letting national governments manage ordinary people. This frees us from endless administrative management hell, allowing us more energy to do other things. This doesn't change because of how well or badly a particular country's government performs."

"Since we need governments, we can't completely ignore their opinions either. Because to some extent, they reflect the opinions of ordinary people. Like Loki said, if we say we want to bring people from other universes here for a big mix, at least 90% of ordinary people wouldn't agree."

"We're not necessarily restrained by Congress's politicians, rather we must thoroughly consider the opinions of the vast majority of ordinary people within Earth's primary civilization. Politicians have their own interests, but for the sake of votes, they'll occasionally reflect public opinion." freēwēbnovel.com

"Occasionally?"

"Yes, very occasionally. It happened just this time."

Stark sighed, clearly having nothing further to say. Nick continued, "This isn't the kind of thing like an air transport system or Mercury construction that can immediately reflect human development and benefit ordinary people. A magical school educating a generation takes at least ten years. The so-called Human Alliance is even less visible."

"This could potentially cause severe turmoil, but no short-term returns are visible. Most politicians and ordinary people don't like such things. In fact, neither do I, because investments come with risks. A generation's time is enough for many unexpected events to happen."

"What's China saying about this?"

"Currently no news, I think they might be discussing," Nick sighed, "In my opinion, they might opt for a more moderate approach, such as putting the magical school on another planet."

"Can't that work?" Steve asked.

"Of course not. We need the magical school to be protected by the magical defense network. If we throw the magical school far away, isn't that essentially saying we don't want students to receive the protection of the magical defense network? Wouldn't that ruin our reputation?"

"What opinion does Asgard have?" Steve asked Loki.

"We originally thought you just wanted to establish a magical school within the Nine Major Kingdoms. We didn't expect you were aiming to establish a Multiverse magical school. I must say, that's a big leap. Considering the Nine Major Kingdoms' territorial defense needs, Thor may not agree to this radical plan."

"Your wording doesn't need to be so cautious; he definitely won't agree," Stark sighed, "The crux is, Earth is within the Nine Major Kingdoms, so if anything happens here, he would be responsible for cleaning up the mess. Even just thinking about it makes my head ache for him."

"After all, we are not the old Asgard; we can't just punch everyone entering the Nine Major Kingdoms. There are too many diplomatic complexities involved here, and it gives me a headache too."

"Doctor Schiller, Doctor Schiller! Schiller?!" Nick shouted across the screen to him and asked, "Why aren't you speaking?"

"I said, I'm looking at environmental documents," Schiller said without raising his head, "I just have a feeling these several testing agencies aren't reliable, the data seems a bit odd."

"You can understand that? Didn't think you knew geology."

"No, I don't. Just that I know that at the same time and sample point, testing the underground water for the same mineral content can't simultaneously yield 6.6 and 9.6. At least my eyesight is normal."

"Stop looking at those useless reports," Nick said, "Environmental issues can be big or small. Testing agencies will always provide the data that the units request them to issue... Okay, apparently you don't want to handle this matter. Let's figure out a solution ourselves."