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Kevin could say with certainty that such a villainous alliance had never appeared in the overall plot of The Boys world.
On the contrary, apart from Vought, no other force could produce a well-known Supe organization.
The only one that was somewhat famous was The Church of the Collective, but the Supes who joined them were actually still under the jurisdiction of Vought.
They were all gathering places for Superheroes who were not highly valued by Vought, or who were no longer strongly cultivated by Vought for various reasons.
Key point: Superheroes.
No matter how dirty The Church of the Collective was internally, the Supes who joined them were all Superheroes.
Superheroes would not be Super Villains.
So, this Supervillain Alliance definitely had another origin.
As soon as Kevin finished speaking, Shockwave, who had come to the meeting with a cane, weakly raised his hand.
Kevin motioned for him to speak, and Shockwave immediately said:
...That Super... Super Villain who attacked me, he... he said when he defeated me that he wanted to establish a kingdom belonging to Supes... And our deaths would be their... their signal for gathering.
A kingdom of Supes?
Homelander sneered, "Just a bunch of clowns who don't dare to show their faces openly, and they dare to talk about establishing a kingdom of Supes?"
"What era is this? This villain's reason is too ancient…"
Listening to the information Shockwave provided, Kevin pinched the bridge of his nose and complained.
Originally, Kevin was somewhat uncertain about the origin of this Supervillain Alliance.
But as soon as he heard this reason, Kevin immediately confirmed that this was absolutely, absolutely Vought's doing.
Look: Super Villains with evil plans attack, The Seven are assaulted.
Then The Seven bravely engage in battle with the Supervillain Alliance, and after some special-effects-filled fights, The Seven narrowly win and develop team spirit.
What a perfect script for a movie.
Kevin could even foresee that Director Balk of Vought Pictures would definitely use this incident as a blueprint to write a hot new script.
Such a clichéd event made Kevin lose the desire to deal with it.
Too old-fashioned, no novelty.
But having said that, Kevin still inadvertently glanced at Stormfront.
However, he found that Stormfront was also looking at him, and when she saw Kevin's gaze, Stormfront showed a somewhat surprised expression.
And with Stormfront's current persona, she certainly wouldn't say nothing.
"Why are you looking at me? I know I'm very charming, but I'm sorry, I'm not interested in people who have girlfriends…"
Stormfront was indeed skilled at studying online trends; one sentence could stir up others' emotions.
Blood pressure-raising emotions.
Kevin's expression remained unchanged, and he said directly:
"Did the person who attacked you say anything?"
"No, as soon as I saw his disgusting, nauseating face, I directly zapped him into charcoal with lightning."
The one who attacked Stormfront was a black Supe.
Given Stormfront's level of aversion to other races, she certainly couldn't have shown mercy to the person who attacked her.
In fact, because there was a black person among the Super Villains who attacked everyone, Kevin even suspected that this matter had nothing to do with Stormfront.
The reason was simple.
Even if Stormfront was mass-producing Supes, she would absolutely not choose any race other than white people.
Especially black people.
So, was it really Edgar?
Kevin rubbed his forehead and turned to Maeve.
Maeve immediately replied, "The enemy who attacked me also said something similar; she also said we were traitors."
"She?"
"Yes, the one who attacked me was a girl who looked seventeen or eighteen. Her ability was very strange; she seemed to be able to release invisible blades."
Invisible blades…?
Kevin recalled the attack he encountered yesterday, the gap in the billboard that fell from the building, the cut was very neat and smooth, as if it had been cut by some sharp blade that could cut through iron like mud.
Perhaps the attacker who attacked Maeve today was the same one who attacked Kevin yesterday.
Kevin was thinking, and Maeve was still complaining:
"Thanks to her, my uniform is broken and is still being repaired."
"Then the one you're wearing now…"
"My old one."
"Oh, no wonder it looks a bit conservative."
Kevin and Maeve chatted, and the topic drifted a bit.
Homelander, sitting at the head of the table, was a bit impatient:
"Guys, can we talk about serious business? Starlight, did your attacker say anything?"
"He didn't say anything," Annie recalled, "He… was like a silent assassin, his only goal when he drove in was me."
That bear-like man's only target was Annie.
Moreover, his ability was very useful to Annie when she had no electricity or didn't have time to use her Starlight ability.
Two iron-like fists smashing down on her head, even Annie would surely be knocked out.
As for whether he could kill her, that would depend on whether that guy's fists were harder than Annie's skull.
"But he's also the only Supe we've 'captured alive' so far…"
"Villain!"
Homelander emphasized.
He was so insistent on the term Super Villain for some reason.
"Alright, alright, he's a Villain." Kevin rolled his eyes, not arguing with him, "Although his eyes are blind, his mouth isn't mute. I'll find a way to extract information from him."
"How will you do that?"
Maeve asked in confusion.
The guy who attacked Annie is currently being held in prison by the police on charges of endangering public safety, intentional assault, damaging others' property, and so on.
Although Superheroes have the power to deal with criminals independently, killing or arresting as they please.
However, the power to convict criminals who have been arrested still lies with the authorities.
Once a criminal is in prison, they are generally not taken over by Vought.
And even if Kevin interrogated him, that guy would definitely not speak.
Did Kevin have a way to make that guy talk?
"Of course I have my ways."
Kevin said with a smile, intending to end this temporary meeting of The Seven:
"Alright, let's stop discussing the specifics here for now. You all go back to your work, but try to be careful and don't get attacked by Super Villains again."
"You're just leaving?"
Seeing Kevin get up, Homelander frowned.
Kevin turned back to him:
"We have no information on these people, nor do we know their movements. Staying here won't yield any results, so it's better to disband and go do our own things first.
As long as we don't panic, they will eventually reveal themselves. Well, the premise is that we can survive their attacks."
As Kevin spoke, he inadvertently glanced at Shockwave, whose leg was broken.
He wondered if a broken leg was the fate of speedsters.
In the plot, A-Train had a broken leg, and now Shockwave also had a broken leg.
Speaking of other worlds, Quicksilver's leg was also broken, and Flash's leg also suffered severe injuries.
One can only say… this is probably a common weakness of speedsters.
The meeting ended, and Kevin left The Seven.
Annie, seeing that there was nothing else, also tentatively left The Seven's meeting room.
Homelander didn't say anything. Since she had Kevin's backing, even if Homelander wanted to assert his captain's authority and make her stay, he would have to consider Kevin's face.
After Annie left, among the remaining few, Stormfront finally spoke:
"So we're just going to sit here and stare? Why don't we discuss the movie? In fact, there are some parts of the new movie that I'm very dissatisfied with."
Stormfront said, shifting the topic to work.
And as Homelander listened to her speak, his blue eyes grew colder and colder.
He could accept Kevin speaking directly without his permission because Kevin was Vice President.
But Stormfront.
What was she, anyway?
"Wait, Kevin."
Inside the elevator, Annie called out to Kevin just before the elevator doors closed.
Kevin instinctively pressed the open door button, waiting for Annie to come over.
Only when Annie stepped inside did he let the elevator doors close.
"Is Kimiko alright?"
"She's fine, not injured."
"I'm asking about her mental state."
Kimiko had received psychological treatment, and her condition had finally started to improve. If she developed psychological problems again because of this incident, Kevin truly wouldn't be able to tolerate it.
"She's fine. She said she'd done similar things before. Compared to that… the rumors online are more concerning."
"Online? What are they saying?"
"They're saying Kimiko has the potential to be a Superhero, saying she's truly Deep's sister, very powerful… Most of it is positive, but there's also a small portion of negative comments. I'm worried Kimiko will overthink if she sees them."
There were many surveillance cameras in the mall. After this incident, the footage of Annie and Kimiko fighting the Super Villains was also posted online.
In this world where Superheroes are everywhere, Kimiko's bloody methods not only didn't make people dislike her, but instead attracted a group of fans.
Only a small number of people found Kimiko's methods too cruel.
"I understand. I'll have the PR department eliminate the negative comments later."
These were just minor issues. Vought's PR department was precisely for this, and Kevin was already Apprentice at using the PR department. Such a small matter of changing public opinion online was not worth mentioning.
After discussing Kimiko, Annie began to explain why she came to find Kevin.
She carefully surveyed the inside of the elevator, then looked up at the surveillance camera in the elevator, then turned her back to the camera, and very, very softly asked Kevin:
"…Is this incident related to the higher-ups?"
Annie was referring to the people on the 82nd floor.
Annie had already heard from Kevin that these people were creating Super Villains, so she suspected that this Supervillain Alliance might be related to them.
"I don't know."
Kevin's voice was normal, speaking the truth.
Annie looked puzzled: "You don't know either?"
"Yes, at least for this incident, I don't know."
"If they really did it, what are you going to do?"
Annie still remembered Kevin saying he would handle these matters, but she didn't know how Kevin would handle them.
Kevin fell silent, and the elevator instantly became quiet.
After a long while, when the elevator reached the first floor and stopped with a 'ding' sound, Kevin turned his head and said to Annie:
"I will fight back in my own way. I won't let you suffer any losses."
Anything done to Kevin was easy to talk about; Kevin was even happy to see these so-called Super Villains only targeting him.
Anyway, they couldn't break through Kevin's defenses.
But if Annie and Kimiko were also harmed because of this, Kevin absolutely could not forgive it.
After such a long time together, Kevin had long considered Annie and Kimiko as his family in the The Boys world.
And Kevin would not let go of anyone who harmed his family.
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