Chapter 45: Your Invisibility Seems Useless
Xia Shang didn't have to wait too long.
The next day, they drove to the entrance of Vought Tower. In the car, Billy installed a miniature bug on the back of Hughie's phone case. Just like that, Hughie carried the bug to the security gate, using a smile to hide his inner nervousness.
The first time he passed through the security gate, the alarm sounded.
"Sir, could you please take everything out of your pockets?" the black security guard said.
Hughie returned and placed everything from his pockets onto the tray in front of the black security guard, then successfully passed through the security gate.
The black security guard casually checked Hughie's items before returning everything to him.
Seeing this, Hughie breathed a sigh of relief, said thank you, and went into the Superhero Meeting Room.
From a distance, Xia Shang took it all in.
If he wasn't mistaken, Hughie should take out the bug in the Women's Restroom next, but due to his excessive nervousness, he would walk into the Women's Restroom and drop the bug outside. However, what he didn't know was that there was a Pervert who had been invisible and peeping in the Women's Restroom for years.
Half an hour later, Hughie left Vought Tower with a normal expression.
"Translucent has quite a bit of patience," Xia Shang said, holding a cup of cola and patrolling the first-floor area.
About five hours later, Xia Shang finally sensed Translucent's signal leaving the Building.
"Buddy, I'm off duty. The rest of the security guard work is up to you," Xia Shang greeted a white security guard at the entrance.
"No problem. Have a good evening."
...
Walking out of Vought Tower, Xia Shang changed into the clothes he had prepared beforehand and transformed into Yuuji's appearance.
He held his phone and followed behind Translucent, simultaneously analyzing the other party's superpower.
About ten minutes later, the panel successfully displayed the message that the analysis was complete.
[Talent Skill: Carbon Superlattice]
[Fusion Condition: Kill Translucent within three minutes]
[After fusion, the player can transform their skin into Carbon Superlattice material, possessing extremely strong defense, and can also bend light to achieve invisibility. In addition, the player's physique will receive a slight enhancement.]
A very good talent skill. Unfortunately, based on its performance in the source material, the flaw of this ability seems to be its fear of electrical attacks.
However, based on Xia Shang's guess, after he fused this talent, the lethality of Homelander's Laser Eyes would be reduced to a minimum for him. After all, laser is also a type of light and can also be bent or even reflected.
Of course, the premise is that the laser's energy is within the carbon skin's tolerance range; otherwise, the laser eyes can still penetrate the reflective surface.
Soon, Translucent walked into the Multimedia Store where Hughie worked.
"Who are you?" a voice suddenly rang out.
This startled the distracted Hughie. He frantically looked around but saw no one.
"Fuck, what the hell!" Hughie jumped up from his seat, suspecting he was hallucinating.
"Right in front of you, you bastard! Did you think I wouldn't find this thing?" Saying this, Translucent took out the bug that Hughie had placed under The Seven's Meeting Room table.
Immediately after, he threw the bug onto the table in front of Hughie, then picked up the work badge hanging on Hughie's chest.
"Hughie." Before Hughie could react, Translucent punched him in the face, then dragged him out from behind the counter.
"Yo, lively crowd. Buddy, are you doing a performance without props?"
Xia Shang pushed the door open and walked in.
"Fuck you, get out if you don't want to die!" Translucent cursed at Xia Shang.
"Translucent? The Pervert who likes to peep in the Women's Restroom."
Xia Shang took a few steps forward and covered Translucent's face with one hand. He leaned into Translucent's ear and whispered, "Your invisibility seems useless."
The enraged Translucent tried to resist, but tentacles instantly shot out from Xia Shang's palm, piercing into his nasal cavity, and then completely shredded his brain.
"Some human organs are really fragile," Xia Shang said, shaking off Translucent's corpse and wiping his palm, which was covered in blood and brain matter, on Hughie's clothes.
As Translucent completely died, his corpse gradually became visible in the air. His death was extremely gruesome; blood mixed with other colored semi-liquid substances slowly flowed out of his nostrils.
[Congratulations player, you have killed a major character from the source material, gaining 800 fantasy value.]
"He... he's dead." Hughie's pupils widened suddenly. He looked at Xia Shang and took a few steps back in terror.
"You, who are you? You killed Translucent."
"Does it matter who I am? I just did what you wanted to do. Keep up the good work, I'll be watching you from behind."
Xia Shang smiled and waved his hand, closing the door for him as he left.
Hughie stared at the body on the ground, frozen in place, not knowing what to do. At this moment, countless questions filled his mind. How did that person kill Translucent? Why did that person kill Translucent? How did that person know what he had done? Why did that person encourage him to keep going...
A flood of questions enveloped him. Hughie felt as if he had just stepped into one trap, only to immediately step into an even bigger one.
Boom! A black car suddenly crashed through the glass and rushed towards Hughie, nearly hitting him.
"Shit, are you trying to murder me?" The still-shaken Hughie roared at Billy in the car.
"What happened? How is Translucent dead?"
He had seen Hughie being beaten from a distance just now, so he quickly got in the car, ready to save Hughie.
Therefore, he hadn't seen Xia Shang who entered afterward.
"How the hell should I know! That guy just came in, covered Translucent's face with one hand, and when he moved his hand away, Translucent was dead! What the hell, didn't the TV say Translucent had impenetrable defense? That's total bullshit."
Billy ignored the helplessly raging Hughie beside him and instead squatted in front of Translucent's corpse, examining the wound.
After about ten seconds, his expression was solemn. "Translucent's skin defense is very strong, but his internal body is no different from an ordinary human. If I'm not mistaken, the other party must have instantly destroyed Translucent's brain through some means."
Billy stood up and asked in a heavy tone, "Did the other party say anything?"
"Let me think." Hughie frowned and began to recall.
"The other party said Translucent was a Pervert who liked to peep in the Women's Restroom, and that they knew what we were doing, and even encouraged me to keep going."
"Looking at it this way, the other party is at least on our side and is very familiar with Translucent. It's possible they are a superhero under Vought International," Billy analyzed calmly. "Things don't seem too bad for now, but I don't know why they didn't reveal themselves."
"Forget it, don't worry about that for now. Dealing with the corpse is urgent. We've really gotten ourselves into big trouble this time."
(End of Chapter)