"Ah... Boom!!!"
【Soldier Boy】 let out a painful scream, and an extremely strong energy shock erupted from his chest, directly blasting towards the building in front of him...
...
At the same time.
【Vought International】.
"No, Homelander, you can't be serious about letting those two damn street heroes join our 【Seven】? Don't you understand the consequences of doing so?"
In the office, 【Queen Maeve】 looked at Homelander with disbelief, and couldn't help but question loudly:
"I think you should know better than anyone that their superpowers don't come from 【Compound V】...
That means the methods 【Vought International】 used to control its superheroes in the past are useless to them.
If they are undercover agents sent by some organization or media, then after seeing the true operating mode of 【The Seven】, it will cause a fatal blow to the entire 【Vought International】!!"
Although 【Queen Maeve】 was right, her fierce words still frightened the new CEO, Ashley Barrett, causing her to tremble all over.
It is worth mentioning that after Homelander used Stan Edgar's adopted daughter—【Congresswoman】 and head of the 【Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs】, 【Head-Popper】 Victoria Neuman to drive him down, he let his original little follower take over his position and sit in the CEO's seat.
After all, Homelander wasn't stupid enough to push himself to the forefront, but everyone in 【Vought International】 knows that the person who really has the power to give orders... is still Homelander.
And Ashley Barrett is just a puppet he pushed to the front to pretend.
However, what Ashley Barrett didn't know was that since 【Queen Maeve】 witnessed Homelander using mysterious power to defeat the seven vampire demons in the 【Seven-City Vampire Crisis】, she voluntarily surrendered to Homelander in order to obtain the same power... To be precise, she became a believer of the 【Slaanesh Cult】 established by Homelander—【Heaven and earth, I alone am supreme】!!
So even though her words are very激烈 right now, Homelander, who is sitting in the boss's chair opposite her, still doesn't care, and there is not even a trace of anger on his face.
What's more, he knows very well that what 【Queen Maeve】 just said is the truth.
But knowing is one thing, and doing is another!
Although Spider-Woman initially rejected Homelander's invitation, he didn't feel angry because of it, but rather admired her straightforwardness and her courage to reject him.
Because whether it is within 【Vought International】 or in 【The Seven】, except for 【Queen Maeve】 who occasionally dares to raise different opinions to Homelander, no one else even has the courage to resist his orders.
At first, Homelander quite enjoyed this feeling of "one-man rule", but gradually he became annoyed and irritated.
After all, what he really needs is a group of subordinates with their own opinions, not a group of useless licking dogs who only follow orders...
Especially when he was almost put into "cold storage" by former CEO Stan Edgar some time ago, if it hadn't been for 【The Sage】's timely appearance and helped him find a way to break the situation, I'm afraid he would have been snowed by 【Vought International】 now.
It was from that time that Homelander truly realized that he must find several members of 【The Seven】 who dare to "contradict" him at critical moments, and have independent thinking abilities, and can help him make correct decisions.
And the super popular "Spider-Woman" just happens to meet his expectations.
As for the Lizardman she mentioned on the phone, who must join with her... uh, Homelander will just treat it as an additional condition for inviting Spider-Woman to join.
Thinking of this, Homelander waved his hand to 【Queen Maeve】, who was a little excited, and said with certainty:
"Don't be so excited, you can rest assured about this, I have always been very accurate in judging people... Spider-Woman will definitely not do that!"
Accurate my ass!
【Queen Maeve】 rolled her eyes immediately, but didn't say anything more.
Ever since she learned from Homelander that the mysterious power that could kill "demons" came from a god called 【Slaanesh】, her focus has gradually shifted from 【The Seven】 and 【Vought International】 to how to make herself stronger!
Because only by becoming stronger can she have the opportunity to defeat Homelander, this bastard, and thus obtain the life she wants.
Now that Homelander doesn't listen to persuasion and insists on introducing those two unstable street heroes, she simply doesn't bother to care.
Let him do whatever he wants, one day he will suffer the consequences!
At that time, 【Queen Maeve】 will definitely be the first to jump out and kick him when he's down!
"By the way, Ashley, you can contact Spider-Woman later to confirm the time for her to officially join 【The Seven】, and then arrange for me to appear with her in front of the public..."
After thinking about it, Homelander added: "Also, you should collect information carefully recently, it's best to find a sensational supernatural event like the 【A-Space Group】 resisting the demon invasion in front of the 【Empire State Building】 a few weeks ago, or a 'big' event like saving the president a week ago that can cause a huge sensation, and then we can solve it together... I guarantee, it will definitely explode the entire network at once!!"
After tasting the super dividends of traffic and wide attention brought by the 【Seven-City Vampire Crisis】, Homelander has long been unable to raise any interest in ordinary violent incidents and crimes.
If you want to do it, do it big, otherwise don't do it!
And a week ago, Homelander missed the grand battle in front of the 【Empire State Building】 because he went to another state to attend an important live award ceremony.
This once made him feel annoyed and regretful, but even if he was in 【New York】 at the time, it is estimated that the 【Department of Defense】 and General Ross would definitely not approve his action request.
"Okay, sir, I'll do it right away..."
Ashley Barrett silently wrote down all the things Homelander told her in her notebook, and just as she was about to leave the office to issue orders, her phone suddenly rang.
"Hello, it's me... What did you say?!"
Ashley Barrett's voice suddenly raised several degrees, which immediately caused Homelander to look sideways with some dissatisfaction.
"What happened, panicking, don't forget that your current identity is the CEO... I warn you, you better not do anything stupid that makes me regret issuing this order, otherwise you know what the consequences will be!!"
"I... I understand, sir."
Recalling the former colleague who was headshot in front of her, Ashley Barrett's body trembled subconsciously, and then she suppressed the fear in her heart and reported:
"But I think you must take a look at this sudden incident now..."
While speaking, she had already picked up the remote control to turn on the TV and tuned to the special program of 【The Daily Bugle】.
Before Homelander could ask, J. Jonah Jameson's rough voice came from the TV.
"Dear viewers, just now, an unprovoked explosion was unexpectedly staged in 【Manhattan·Uptown】, as of now, it has been confirmed by people familiar with the matter that at least 19 people died on the spot in this attack, a building was reduced to ruins, and corresponding rescue and excavation operations are still continuing..."
"In addition, according to the New York Police Department and the 【Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs】, this explosion was caused by an unknown superhuman thug, but the authorities have not announced more information about this superhuman thug..."
While J. Jonah Jameson was explaining, the TV also played a not-so-high-definition surveillance footage.
In the picture, a burly but very sloppy middle-aged man who looks like a tramp first bends down with a painful expression for some reason, but the next second, an extremely violent energy shock is released from his chest, and the picture is suddenly shrouded in a white light, and then it stops abruptly.
But I don't know if the authorities don't want to reveal too much information to the outside world now, so although this surveillance footage captured the other party's figure and the course of the incident, there was no frontal image of the male super-powered person in the picture.
And J. Jonah Jameson, after a slight pause, began to reveal the news officially.
"However, according to another person familiar with the matter who does not want to reveal his name, this superhuman thug who caused the explosion is likely to be the one who was announced by 【Vought International】 in the 【Ohio】 nuclear leak incident in 1984 as being permanently buried under the reactor due to the collapse of the nuclear facility—the former captain of the 【Payback】 team, 【Soldier Boy】..."
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Next, J. Jonah Jameson introduced 【Soldier Boy】's past in detail, but at this time Homelander had already fallen into a daze caused by some complex emotions, and he didn't hear what he said later at all.
It wasn't until 【Queen Maeve】 repeated the same paragraph in his ear over and over again that his consciousness was pulled back.
"Fu*k? Homelander, did you hear what I was saying?"
"Sorry, what?"
Homelander asked belatedly, 【Queen Maeve】 stared at him with a strange expression, and repeated what she had just said patiently.
"I said... we need to deal with this emergency immediately, after all, 【Soldier Boy】 used to be the most famous super-powered person under 【Vought International】, although I don't know how he 'came back to life', but if we don't solve this huge hidden danger in time, I'm afraid 【Vought International】's stock price will directly fall through the floor tomorrow morning!!"
Homelander acted as if he had turned a deaf ear, and after a few seconds of愣怔 he responded, "Oh yes, of course, we will definitely handle it well, so..."
Homelander took a deep breath, and then, as if he had regained his spirits, he said to Ashley Barrett with a determined expression:
"Immediately book all the time slots for Sunday's programs, tell the public that they don't need to worry about this... uh, I mean they have nothing to worry about, yes, no problem at all, everything is under our control."
What else could Ashley Barrett say?
Of course, she flattered him as always, "Sir, this is very smart, it's a super great idea."
Good your mother!
【Queen Maeve】 couldn't stand the mentally retarded interaction between this master and servant, and immediately stood up from the sofa, and said speechlessly:
"Homelander, are you listening to me seriously, we don't have time to delay now, we must seize the time to solve this troublesome guy!!"
Who would have thought that this time Homelander seemed to be irritated by her attitude, and grabbed her chin, and warned her fiercely:
"Pay attention to your fucking tone, don't think that you can be so presumptuous in front of me just because you joined my cult... you don't know what that guy means at all!"
"Re... sorry."
【Queen Maeve】 suddenly realized, squeezed out a fake smile on her face, and explained earnestly:
"I just... I mean... don't you think that finding him and solving this problem is the best time for you and Spider-Woman to take joint action for the first time?"
"Hmm?"
Homelander was stunned when he heard the words, and then the expression on his face gradually eased, and he said hesitantly: "You mean..."
"That's right."
Before Homelander could finish speaking, 【Queen Maeve】 interrupted: "After 【Soldier Boy】's identity is revealed by 【The Daily Bugle】, I believe it won't be long before it will attract widespread attention and huge panic, you and Spider-Wo... ah no, we can completely find him before 【Soldier Boy】 is targeted by the 【Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs】 or other organizations... kill him, so that you will once again be regarded by the world as the savior who saved 【New York】!"
There is no doubt that 【Queen Maeve】's words hit Homelander's soft spot.
The reason why he was stunned just now was partly because he unexpectedly saw his "genetic father" whom he had never met, and a莫名其妙 sense of belonging arose in his heart.
And this news was also accidentally discovered by him when he overthrew Stan Edgar and looked through the top secrets of 【Vought International】 about himself.
This caused a great shock to Homelander.
After all, from childhood to adulthood, he had always thought that he was a "lonely man" with both parents dead.
I didn't expect that he was deliberately created by 【Vought International】 using 【Soldier Boy】's genetic material?
If this had happened in the past, then after Homelander knew this news, he would definitely launch an inhuman massacre within 【Vought International】!
Because he couldn't tolerate such deception, and the truth of his "birth"!!
However, for Homelander, who now has higher pursuits, this news only surprised him...
