svetikya Chapter 79 Action
Chapter 79 Action
Chapter 79 Action
He was panting heavily until the violent energy in his chest subsided somewhat before Butcher had a chance to look around.
After confirming that there were no other witnesses nearby, they hurriedly drove away.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Hughie arrived at the Red River Welfare Home.
Although he initially tried to disguise himself as an insider at the Vought Corporation, his identity was quickly exposed, revealing that he worked for the Bureau of Superhuman Affairs.
Fortunately, he has another identity.
Faced with the orphanage director's order to leave, Hughie quickly explained, "Actually, Starlight sent me here."
"You know, we've been dating for a long time, so we want a child."
"However, the doctor said there was something wrong with my body and I couldn't have my own children."
"So, she told me about the situation here and wanted to adopt one."
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"However, you know, both she and I want to keep this a secret and don't want anyone else to know."
"After all, when it comes to having children, what matters is love, not publicity."
The dean was touched by the sincerity in Hughie's eyes and led him to the computer: "Don't worry, I will keep it a secret."
"To be honest, we would be very happy to welcome a child from a family with your circumstances."
"You know, the children here all have superpowers. If one of their adoptive parents is a superhuman, it can greatly reduce the chances of injury or death."
"What kind of child are you looking to adopt? A boy or a girl? Do you have any racial requirements?"
As she spoke, she opened the files inside the welfare home and displayed the children's situations one by one.
"Haha, we don't have too many requirements in this regard, as long as it looks good to us." Hughie said, subtly plugging a USB drive into the computer case.
The hacking program inside the USB drive automatically infiltrated the computer and copied all the data inside.
As Hughie unplugged the USB drive, he breathed a sigh of relief.
After dealing with the dean for a while, he finally took his leave.
Back home, he and Starlight found Newman's childhood information on a USB drive, except that she wasn't called by her current name back then, but rather "Nadia".
Looking at the folder named "Nadia," filled with photos of corpses with blown-out heads and videos of her being adopted by Stan Edgar, the two exchanged bewildered glances.
"So, Newman is actually Edgar's adopted daughter?" Starlight's eyes widened. "So—"
"So the Superhuman Affairs Bureau is actually under Vought's control! Fuck! What have I been busy with all this time?!" Hughie couldn't contain his resentment and burst out with curses.
"I thought I was fighting Walter the right way, but it was all a lie! It was all a waste of time!"
He was breathing heavily, as if he couldn't catch his breath, and it took a while for his chest to calm down again.
Turning to look at the starlight, Hughie's expression suddenly hardened, as if he had made a firm decision: "It's time to go find Butcher."
After meeting, Hughie and Butcher revealed what they had discovered to each other.
"So, now we need to go find Colonel Mallory and ask him about the soldier boy?" Hughie understood somewhat after hearing the information Butcher had gathered.
"That's right. As long as we can find out from her what the weapon that killed the soldier boy was all about, then we can deal with both Homelander and Newman." Butcher nodded with a smile.
Grace Mallory can be considered a retired CIA employee.
Although she no longer holds any position, her network and influence are extraordinary.
Previously, it was through Colonel Mallory that they handed over key witnesses to Newman, which enabled the hearing against Vought Corporation and Compound V to proceed smoothly.
However, it now appears that all of this was actually under the control of the Water Group, and their efforts were completely in vain.
"Let's go find her and get to the bottom of this."
Butcher glanced at his teammates and walked out of the office first.
After driving at high speed for nearly two hours, the group stopped in front of a villa in the woods.
Meanwhile, Grace Mallory was already standing at the door waiting for them.
Butcher, Hughie, Breastfeeding, French, and Kimiko followed Mallory into the villa and sat down in a very elegantly decorated room.
After hearing Butcher's account of Newman's situation, Mallory paced back and forth in the room, her mind in turmoil: "It was my decision to make Newman the director of the Bureau of Transhuman Affairs."
"I tried desperately to save her when she was attacked at the hearing."
"It turns out that it was all a staged performance!"
Even with her composure, she couldn't help but utter a curse at this moment.
However, being a CIA veteran, after venting her emotions, she immediately got to the heart of the matter: "Tell me, I really want to know how you plan to deal with her."
Butcher and Hughie exchanged a glance and shrugged. "That depends on how much of what you saw at Nigel's can tell us."
"Nigella? I've never been there," Mallory denied, looking puzzled.
"Oh? Really?" Butcher's face had a "you'll see if I believe you" look on it.
"But someone told me you were the head of the Blood Debt Repayment Squad there! The soldier boy died because of that secret operation."
Mallory shook his head: "Whatever you've heard, it's all false."
"Oh, I see." Butcher grinned maliciously. "So, if I were to release that booklet in your office safe, the one with information on agents from all over the world, what do you think your men and their families would think?"
Mallory's face immediately contorted with rage as he strode up to Butcher: "By doing this, you'll cause the deaths of dozens of innocent people who have no connection to this!"
Butcher shrugged. "You don't think I care, do you? If you really think so, then I can only regret that after all these years you still don't understand me."
Hearing Butcher's shameless words, Mallory stared at him for several seconds before finally sighing helplessly, "That incident with Nigel the Gourmet was a long time ago."
"But if I tell you, I'll likely be dealt with for leaking information."
Butcher smiled nonchalantly, his face saying, "I've got you cornered." "But if you don't tell me, all your agents will die."
"Colonel, you didn't want this to happen, did you?"
Mallory looked at Butcher's scoundrel-like face and finally shook his head: "OK, I'll talk."
"Our operation in Niger was part of a larger covert operation during the Cold War."
"At the end of 1984, we were preparing to launch a major offensive against the Russians."
"Therefore, the top leaders, with their unparalleled wisdom, cooperated with the Vought Corporation and sent the Blood Debt Repayment Team."
"That group of people were all hilarious, undisciplined, and difficult to manage. They often made a lot of noise just to have fun."
"Especially that insect-man, he's like he doesn't have a brain, he just blatantly flies into the sky in broad daylight."
"Ultimately, they successfully exposed our base, drawing the enemy's attack."
"The most powerful superhero team? That's a load of crap."
"No matter how brave and strong they usually talk about, when the enemy's offensive comes, apart from the soldier boy who still has the rationality to fight back, everyone else is frightened by the artillery fire on the battlefield and begins to indiscriminately attack everyone nearby."
"I personally witnessed many of my soldiers being killed by these 'own men'!"
"Later, I was accidentally knocked unconscious by a rocket launcher."
"When I woke up, my men had suffered heavy casualties."
"Even those who pay for their blood debts are the same."
"The insectoid was killed instantly by a missile, and the twin siblings Xuanse, Mind Storm, Gunpowder, and Bomb were also injured to varying degrees."
"Just then, Countess Crimson ran over and told me that the soldier boy had been killed."
She said she saw the Russians kill the soldier boy with some kind of gun or weapon and take his body away.
Mallory looked at Butcher, Hughie, and the others with a sorrowful expression: "That day, 116 of my men died, and Walter did not bear any legal responsibility."
"From that day on, I made up my mind that I would make them pay the price!"
Butcher and the others exchanged glances: "So that's how it is. Then where did the Russians take those weapons that could kill soldier boys?"
Mallory shook his head: "You should be very clear about the international situation at that time. It's difficult for me to find any useful information. I'm sorry, that's all I know."
Butcher glanced at Hughie, then stood up. "Excuse me, Colonel, we'll be leaving now."
Inside a church.
Inside the secret room, Li Yuan examined the documents on the table one by one.
After glancing through them all, he casually tossed them onto the table, looked at Carol Mannheim standing quietly not far away, and suddenly asked out of the blue, "How is it?"
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Upon hearing this, the middle-aged or elderly woman, a high-ranking church official, immediately became alert and hurriedly replied, "According to a sample survey conducted by our internal research department, the public's acceptance of your miracle of being an angel descended to earth has now reached—"
She listed a number of data points one by one, while observing Li Yuan's expression as she spoke.
"Hmm, not bad."
When she heard Li Yuan utter those words, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and a look of joy appeared on her face.
However, her expression changed drastically again immediately afterward.
Because Li Yuan immediately followed up that statement with, "But that's not enough."
Upon hearing this, Carol's body trembled almost uncontrollably, and even her voice trembled: "You're right, we haven't done enough—"
"I hope that when that day comes, I will see at least 100,000 or more —" Li Yuan's voice reached Carol's ears.
However, when she mustered up the courage to look towards where Li Yuan was, she found that there was no one there anymore.
At a military base.
Li Yuan, dressed in full battle gear, looked at the ten soldiers lined up in front of him.
These men were all tall and strong, of both black and white, and it was clear at a glance that they were all battle-hardened special forces elites. Their overwhelming aura of elite skill was almost impossible to conceal.
Li Yuan's gaze swept over their faces one by one, and he nodded: "You are all elite soldiers from your respective units, transferred here from your original units for the same purpose!"
"You should have already signed the relevant agreements before you met me, so I don't need to say anything more."
As the first beneficiaries of the "Super Soldier" program, from now on, your codenames will be Super Soldier One, Super Soldier Two—and so on!
He glanced once more at the ten soldiers lined up in a row: "Did you all remember?"
"Understood!" the ten soldiers answered in unison.
"I can't hear you!" Li Yuan suddenly roared, "You're too quiet! You think you can be a super soldier if you speak so softly?!"
"Answer me one more time, did you get it?!"
"Got it!!" the ten soldiers shouted in unison.
"Very good." Li Yuan nodded and looked at the soldier at the front of the line. "Super Soldier Number One, step forward." "Yes, sir!" The white soldier stepped forward without hesitation.
"The rest of you, listen to my command, step back ten meters!" Li Yuan's gaze swept over the other soldiers.
After the other nine people retreated to a sufficient distance as instructed, Li Yuan picked up the black briefcase at his feet and walked to Super Soldier No. 1.
He held the bottom of the suitcase with one hand and opened the lid with the other, taking out a metal injection gun.
At the barrel of the injection gun, you can see a transparent glass tube installed inside, filled with a clear green liquid.
"I don't think I need to teach you how to use it, right?"
"No need, sir!"
Hearing the white soldier's confident reply, Li Yuan nodded and handed him the injection gun: "Super Soldier One, listen to my command, administer the injection!"
Without hesitation, the white soldier pointed the injection gun at his own neck and pulled the trigger.
With a soft click, the green drug in the gun barrel was injected into his body at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Li Yuan could even see a golden light shining through the vein into which the medicine was injected, clearly visible through the skin.
Li Yuan retrieved the injection gun from Super Soldier One and placed it back in the black briefcase. He looked him up and down and asked with concern, "How do you feel?"
Super Soldier One clenched his fist: "It seems... there's nothing strange about it?"
Li Yuan nodded and pointed to a pile of exercise equipment next to him: "Go try it."
Super Soldier No. 1 obeyed the order, walked over, and picked up a dumbbell according to his usual training intensity.
He quickly noticed the difference!
The dumbbells that felt heavy and weighty before now feel light and airy, as if they were hollow.
He immediately put down the dumbbell and picked up a heavier one.
But it still feels too light!
He kept changing weights, and kept changing weights, until he could lift a 500-kilogram barbell with one hand. At that moment, he seemed to finally feel the changes in his body, and an excited expression immediately appeared on his face: "Sir, I can feel it!"
Upon hearing this, Li Yuan's expression shifted: "Shall we try it out?"
Super Soldier One dropped the heavy barbell that was incredibly heavy for an ordinary person, gritted his teeth, and seemed to be exerting all his strength, as if he was about to unleash something terrifying.
"ah"
Finally, after about seven or eight seconds, he suddenly let out a loud roar, and then his whole body suddenly turned black!
The black color has a metallic sheen, giving it a very heavy feel at first glance.
"Holy crap, how did I turn into mud?!" Super Soldier Number One was startled when he saw his current appearance in the mirror.
Fortunately, he swallowed back the words he was about to say.
Li Yuan walked to his side, stretched out a finger and tapped on his arm, the "clanging" sound like tapping on a metal plate.
"Try it with a knife." After thinking for a moment, Li Yuan gave the order again.
Super Soldier One hesitated for a moment, then pulled out the dagger strapped to his waist and slashed his arm.
Immediately, a metallic scraping sound rang out where the blade met the arm.
After the slash, Super Soldier One's arm was completely unharmed, without even a scratch.
Seeing this, Li Yuan gave the order again: "Harder! Chop harder, don't hesitate!"
Super Soldier One gritted his teeth, raised the dagger high, and swung it down sharply at his own arm.
He wasn't simply following orders; rather, after the previous experiments, he had considerable confidence in his current physical condition, which is why he acted so decisively.
when!
The dagger struck, and a loud clang of metal clashing rang out.
Looking at the results, the arm was still completely intact, without a single mark!
As for the dagger, it snapped in two instantly, with the tip flying several meters backward before embedding itself in the ground.
"Very good, go over there and experiment with your superpowers." Li Yuan pointed to the open space on the other side.
Then, he opened his mouth and shouted, "Super Soldier 2!"
"Here, sir!" Super Soldier No. 2, who had previously been pushed back ten meters away, immediately jogged up to him.
Li Yuan took out a brand new syringe from the briefcase and handed it to him: "Inject!"
puff!
Having witnessed the transformation of Super Soldier One, Super Soldier Two did not hesitate to raise his gun to his own neck and pull the trigger.
The temporary compound No. 5 inside the gun barrel immediately flowed into his blood vessels, leaving golden streaks wherever it passed.
Soon, Super Soldier 2 realized he had superpowers.
At the same time, Li Yuan saw the blue light shining in his eyes and immediately shouted, "Super Soldier Two, look down at the ground and don't move!"
"Yes, sir!" Super Soldier No. 2 had just done so when blue lasers shot out from his eyes, quickly burning two small, charred pits into the ground.
"Ah—" The discomfort in his eyes made Super Soldier 2 shout out loud.
Clearly, there are differences between superpowers.
When Super Soldier One unleashed his superpowers, I didn't feel anything.
When it came to him, his eyes felt quite uncomfortable during his first laser eye treatment.
Fortunately, he kept Li Yuan's orders in mind and kept his head down without shaking it.
After about seven or eight seconds, his eyes seemed to adjust to the sensation, and the discomfort gradually subsided.
He closed his eyes and stopped releasing the laser. When he opened his eyes again two or three seconds later, he had returned to normal.
Clearly, he has now gained complete control over his superpowers.
Li Yuan patted him on the shoulder: "OK, now you go over there too. If you feel like you can't control your laser eyes, quickly turn your head to where no one is!"
"Yes, sir!" Super Soldier 2 replied and jogged over to Super Soldier 1's side.
Li Yuan then shouted again, "Super Soldier Number Three!"
"Here, sir!" Super Soldier No. 3 immediately ran over.
After repeating the exact same process as the previous two, Super Soldier No. 3 quickly mastered his superpowers.
brush!
In an instant, he flashed across the distance of seven or eight meters.
"Instant teleportation? Or just high speed?" Li Yuan's eyes widened slightly.
Super Soldier No. 3's superpower is described as teleportation, yet it leaves obvious afterimages; it's described as pure speed, yet it doesn't generate any noticeable strong winds.
"Alright, you go over there too." Li Yuan didn't delve into it further and pointed to the positions of the two people in front of him.
Next up is Super Soldier No. 4, whose superpowers can barely be considered superhuman physical abilities.
It increased physical strength, power, and speed, but the increase wasn't significant.
Super Soldier No. 5's superpower is making his hair grow longer.
Super Soldier 6's superpowers are a flawed version of "Rubber Man," as he can only extend his two arms, while the rest of his body is unable to do so.
Super Soldier No. 7's superpower is to release flames from his hands, but he can neither control the shape of the flames nor their power, and he also has no fire resistance.
Super Soldier No. 8's superpower is telekinesis controlled by his hands, but he struggles to lift even the lightest dumbbell from a distance of ten meters.
Super Soldier Nine's superpower is to release electricity, and he can also absorb nearby electricity.
Super Soldier 10's superpower is to change his body shape and appearance, but he can only transform into a human, and the size difference cannot be too great.
Overall, none of these super soldiers possessed particularly powerful abilities.
Even Super Soldier 1, Super Soldier 2, Super Soldier 3, and Super Soldier 9, who seem pretty good, have all sorts of flaws in their superpowers.
However, this is normal.
After all, whether it's the superheroes in today's society or the superhuman students at Godotkin University, most people's superpowers aren't actually that strong.
Ultimately, only a minority of things are truly practical.
Of these ten soldiers injected with the temporary compound No. 5, it's already considered very lucky that a few of them will awaken superpowers with decent strength.
"Alright, everyone gather!" Li Yuan clapped his hands.
Ten super soldiers immediately ran over and lined up in front of him again.
Li Yuan slowly turned his head, met their eyes one by one, and then said, "Next, let's move on to the practical combat phase!"
new York.
The doorbell rang crisply. Congresswoman Newman, director of the Bureau of Superhuman Affairs, paused slightly, glanced through the peephole, and then opened the door: "What brings you here?"
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