While Nick Fury was speaking, Billy Butcher had already opened the folder and discovered that it contained a stack of personnel files marked [Top Secret].
The first page featured the legendary first superhuman created by [Vought International], also known as the most powerful [Soldier Boy] in history!!
Billy Butcher frowned and said impatiently, "What's the meaning of showing us the file of this old guy who's been dead for decades?"
Sigh, no wonder you guys can't get rid of Homelander.
You're really dumb as hell!
A hint of disappointment flashed in Nick Fury's eyes, but he patiently continued:
"I believe you still remember how [Vought International] publicly announced the cause of [Soldier Boy]'s death, right?"
"Of course."
Although Billy Butcher was a little confused, he still recited the relevant cause of death.
"He was preventing a nuclear leak in [Ohio] when he was directly buried under the collapsed nuclear facility reactor, around 1984..."
"But in my opinion, that excuse is too damn clumsy.
I don't believe that such a powerful guy would die there so easily."
"Well, you guessed right."
Nick Fury nodded noncommittally, then pointed to the file in his hand with his chin, "See what it says above?"
Billy Butcher felt that his patience was about to be exhausted by the black riddle-maker in front of him, but he still carefully looked at the column related to the cause of death in the file.
"Huh?
[BCL Red]? What the hell is that?"
A mysterious smile appeared on Nick Fury's face, "If you choose to believe this document, then... it is said that the real situation is that this thing called [BCL Red] killed [Soldier Boy]!"
"But no one knows exactly what it is yet, maybe some kind of weapon, maybe some kind of special bullet, etc..."
"It can't be a weapon, otherwise it would have to be at least a nuclear bomb level."
Billy Butcher shook his head, pointing to the data on the file:
"After all, the data above shows that [Soldier Boy] is so powerful, like..."
Billy Butcher's words suddenly stopped.
As if he had thought of something, he suddenly raised his head to look at Nick Fury opposite him.
He finally knew the real purpose of this black guy coming to the hospital to find them.
Frenchie, Hughie, and others gathered around with confused faces, stretching their necks to check the contents of the file, trying to figure out what the two were talking about.
"If you can find this weapon, or find out what it is..."
Nick Fury slowly stood up, his voice cold, "Then maybe you can use it to get rid of that damn scum Homelander!!"
Billy Butcher was overjoyed, but his face was still full of vigilance, "Provided it really exists."
Then he inadvertently flipped through a photo in the file of [Soldier Boy] and all the members of [Payback], and couldn't help but curse, "These scumbags!"
"Although I agree with your statement, the clues about [BCL Red] are likely to be on them."
Nick Fury pointed to two of the figures, and said:
"[Crimson Countess] was [Soldier Boy]'s lover, and [Gunpowder] was his deputy... If there is anyone in this world who knows best how [Soldier Boy] died, then I think it must be the two of them."
"Wait a minute."
Billy Butcher shook the file in his hand, stared at Nick Fury's one eye, and asked in a deep voice, "Who exactly are you?"
"If these top-secret files are all true, then I'm afraid even the [Department of Defense] can't easily get them, so why did you show them to us so easily?"
"What exactly is your purpose?"
"We won't do anything until we figure out your background and these questions!"
Billy Butcher wasn't a fool either.
The fact that the other party was so eager to send the method to eliminate Homelander into their hands clearly meant that their motives were impure.
Although it could almost rule out the possibility of Homelander "fishing for law enforcement."
But that didn't mean that they would be foolishly used as guns by others!
Especially when there was no trust between the two parties.
"Who I am is not important."
Nick Fury seemed to have expected the other party to have such questions, and said directly: "What's important is... I want Homelander to die!!"
"Sorry, that reason doesn't move me."
Billy Butcher was not satisfied with this answer, and questioned with a fierce look:
"Also... what makes you think that we will obediently follow your wishes to find [BCL Red] and then deal with Homelander?"
"Do you still have a choice?"
Nick Fury said in an extremely tough tone:
"Right now, Homelander's reputation is at its peak.
The director of the [CIA], Grace Mallory, who is hiding behind you, doesn't dare to provide you with any substantial help at all."
Then, he took out four fluorescent green potions from his pocket and placed them on the chair.
"These are [Vought International]'s latest product, [Temporary Compound V], which can provide users with superpowers for 24 hours after injection."
"If you want to capture those two members of [Payback], you need the help of this thing..."
Finally, before turning around to leave, he reminded all the members of [The Boys] in an unquestionable tone, "This is your only chance to kill Homelander, you better not screw it up for me."
"I'll only give you one month.
During this period, I will help solve [Starlight]'s medical expenses, but if you fail to complete the task by then, then you can wait to die with her!"
After saying that, he left directly without giving Billy Butcher and others a chance to speak.
"Butcher, what should we do next?"
"That guy is clearly trying to use us!"
"You don't really want to listen to him and use these bullshit superpower serums, do you?"
Frenchie and the others all looked at Billy Butcher worriedly, who sighed helplessly, "That bastard is right, we have no choice at all now."
"Homelander has been shining in those supernatural events recently.
I think it won't be long before people completely forget the evil deeds he committed in the past... So, the time left for us is running out."
"But don't worry, I won't force everyone to use this thing.
It's enough to have one superhuman me!!"
While speaking, Billy Butcher had already picked up the four [Temporary Compound V] from the chair and held them in his hand.
Originally, he was the person in this world who hated [Compound V] the most.
But now, in order to avenge the "killing of his wife and taking his son", he had to rely on the power of [Compound V] in turn.
How ironic is this?
How cruel is this!
"Please give me one."
Hughie Campbell looked at [Starlight] on the hospital bed and said in an extremely firm tone, "No matter what, I will never give up on her."
...
At the same time, in the corridor.
Maria Hill quickly caught up with Nick Fury and asked with some doubts, "Sir, why didn't you just tell them the location where [Soldier Boy] is being held?"
"Wouldn't that save more time?"
Hearing this, Nick Fury immediately showed a sly sneer, "I don't want others to associate these idiots with []."
"But... if they can really successfully eliminate Homelander in the end, then I don't mind recruiting them into []."
"Oh, by the way, find a way to dig out the coordinates of that planet from Eddie Brock's mouth as soon as possible, we don't have much time left."
Maria Hill: "Yes!"
...
A few days later.
It was the end of the month settlement day again.
Karl entered the [Warp] on time at 0:00.
First, according to the usual practice, he directly announced the final [Renown Value] obtained by the four peddlers this month.
Among them, Slaanesh won the "sales champion" of this month's KPI assessment with million [Renown Value], overwhelmingly surpassing the other three without any suspense!
There was no way, Azu's performance this month was really too dazzling.
So much so that the chosen ones of the others were simply out of reach!
Next, Karl rewarded the four peddlers according to their different performance completion.
Slaanesh Space: cubic meters + 3234 ordinary souls + 50 demon souls (special action reward)
Khorne Space: cubic meters + 50 demon souls (special action reward)
Nurgle Space: 262 cubic meters + 50 demon souls (special action reward)
Tzeentch Space: cubic meters + 50 demon souls (special action reward)
While distributing the rewards, Karl noticed that Nurgle, whose performance had been at the bottom every month, seemed to have ushered in a very good performance increase this month.
Presumably, his chosen one, Albert Wesker, with the secret help of [Umbrella Pharmaceuticals], has successfully gained a foothold in [Africa] and launched relevant experiments on the new virus.
Considering the base population of the Mo people there, maybe Nurgle will be able to win his first sales champion in his career in a short time.
What a promising future!
After distributing the rewards, Karl first glanced at the ancient parchment scroll with the [Undying Trait] suspended in mid-air, and then turned his attention to Khorne, who was good at interrogation, and asked:
"How is it, has that vampire explained the origin of that page of [Darkhold Fragment]?"
"He said everything."
Khorne nodded noncommittally, "But I'm afraid you'll be disappointed this time, Boss, because this coward doesn't know any useful information at all."
Then Khorne told the news he got from Varnae.
Roughly, after [Atlantis] sank, Varnae joined a heretical cult called [Dark Followers].
This cult was founded by Thulsa Doom, an evil wizard who worshiped [Chthon], the god of the underworld.
It aims to collect all the [Darkhold Fragments] scattered around the world and use them to awaken the "sleeping" dark god.
However, in this process, Thulsa Doom was accidentally killed by King Kull [Conqueror Kull, ancestor of Conan the Barbarian], and the wizards of the [Dark Followers Cult] also died miserably in the subsequent pursuit.
At that time, Varnae, who was seriously injured, decided to use the power in the [Darkhold] in advance in order to gain the power to fight King Kull.
However.
Under a series of coincidences, he was turned into the first vampire on Earth by the black magic spell in the [Darkhold], the so-called "progenitor of vampires."
At the same time, he also obtained the recognition of the [Undying Trait], possessing the Bug-level ability of immortality, and relying on this power, he successfully defeated King Kull who was chasing after him!
Later... it was thousands of years later, Varnae, tired of his long life, prepared to grant the [Undying Trait] to Dracula.
And a few days ago, Lilith summoned Varnae from the [Hell Dimension] to help recover some of the lengthy and tasteless processes of Dracula's [Undying Trait].
Huh?
Karl's eyes suddenly lit up.
He keenly screened out the most important part from the words just now.
"Use the [Darkhold] to awaken the sleeping dark god... Could this be referring to [Chthon]?"
"Things seem to be getting more and more chaotic... no, they are getting more and more interesting!"
Previously, Karl's understanding of the [Darkhold] was limited to the level in [Doctor Strange 2], where Wanda used the [Black Magic] on it to "travel" through the [Multiverse] to find her son.
But now it seems that in addition to the powerful [Black Magic], consciousness traversing the multiverse, and the [Undying Trait], these three known effects.
The [Darkhold] seems to be the key to "summoning" [Ancient Gods]!
It's just that Karl can't determine yet whether the "awakening" that Varnae said refers to summoning?
Or the literal meaning of waking up the sleeping [Ancient God]...
Although the meanings seem to be similar, the reality is very different.
The former shows that the summoned [Ancient God] comes from outside the Earth, either from other dimensions or from other universes!
The latter shows that there are [Ancient Gods] sleeping inside the Earth... or some kind of consciousness closely related to them.
Karl naturally hopes that the answer is the former.
Because if it is the latter, then it is really a bit too outrageous!
He can't even imagine what kind of devastating scene humanity will usher in after an [Ancient God] as strong as Chthon personally descends on Earth.
At that time, I really don't know if the Ancient One and the three Sanctuaries can still hold on?
Presumably the answer is mostly no!
In Karl's view, unless the [Trinity of Vishanti] personally appears.
Otherwise, no one on Earth can stop Chthon!
Just then, Tzeentch, who was beside him, suddenly spoke up, "Boss, I discovered something interesting while stripping that demon's consciousness."
Karl was immediately intrigued. "Tell me about it."
