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Kevin's words were clearly more satisfying.
Homelander smiled, walked over and hugged Kevin, then turned to the crowd and said, "That's right, we shouldn't concern ourselves with Vought's affairs. We only need to do what we're supposed to do. Superheroes eliminating Super Villains, that's what we should be doing."
"Thank you, Homelander."
Kevin smiled and thanked Homelander for his support, then turned to the others: "Does anyone else have an opinion now?"
Shockwave silently raised his hand.
Kevin suddenly understood, looking at his leg encased in a cast, and said to him, "You don't have to go. Just stay here and provide us with information support."
His leg injury hadn't healed yet.
After all, his superpower offered no advantage in self-healing.
Although compared to ordinary people, Shockwave's healing ability was still strong, it wasn't enough for him to fully recover in just a few days.
Even the original A-Train would need at least half a month to recover from an injury.
Not to mention Shockwave.
The Seven having someone absent, unable to fight as a complete unit, was a minor issue. After all, Kevin, Homelander, and Stormfront were the main combat power.
The others could even stay behind.
After telling Shockwave to stay in The Seven's conference room, Kevin turned to the others again.
Fortunately, no one raised any objections this time.
Neither Maeve, who was dissatisfied with Vought, nor Stormfront, who always liked to oppose people, raised any objections to the joint decision of Kevin and Homelander.
Especially Stormfront.
For some reason, when she saw Kevin and Homelander embracing, a slightly unsettling smile appeared on her face.
It was as if a great-grandmother was watching two squabbling, obedient grandsons make up.
It gave Kevin goosebumps all over.
This guy wouldn't think that he and Homelander were now intimate, close brothers who could cooperate, would he?
No... she wouldn't be thinking of a threesome, would he?!
For some reason, certain indescribable images came to mind, and Kevin shivered violently, preventing himself from thinking further.
This kind of thing couldn't be thought about too much; the more he thought, the more terrifying it became.
After finally pulling his thoughts back, Kevin finally brought up the matter of the Super Villains.
He took out his tablet, imported the data from it onto the display screen in The Seven's conference room, and said, "Ahem, since everyone has no objections, let's discuss the intelligence on the Super Villains, starting with their location..."
...
The location Edgar provided was as if tailor-made for Kevin.
Because the Super Villains' base was located on a small island overseas.
The island was not large, with a total area of less than one square kilometer.
Most importantly, it was located at sea, which was Kevin's domain.
In fact, if the base wasn't relatively close to the center of the island, this eradication battle wouldn't even require anyone else; Kevin alone could handle everything.
Another troublesome point was that there wasn't just one Supe on this island.
Of course, since it was called the Supervillain Alliance, how could the number of Super Villains be small?
At the very least, it had to be comparable to The Seven.
According to Vought's satellite observations, besides the giant bear-like man who was headshotted and the black Supe killed by Stormfront, they had found at least five other Supes in the Supervillain Alliance on that island.
And there were also some people, whether Supe or ordinary, who had appeared on the island.
It was reasonable to assume these people were ordinary individuals responsible for providing living services to the Super Villains on the island.
Or perhaps they were simply their lackeys and accomplices.
Leaving aside why these Supes were able to silently establish such a large base here, at least The Seven had found the right place.
Now, they just needed to follow the traditional process and stage a show of Superheroes battling Super Villains, and this act would be a complete success.
If Compound V could be found in the base...
No, Compound V would definitely be found, then this act would truly be perfect.
Homelander and Stormfront could fly through the sky, and the three of them, including Maeve, would go from above.
Kevin, on the other hand, would control the water on the surface, wrapping around Annie and Black Noir, forming a second small team to head to the target location underwater.
It was unclear if Homelander had a competitive mindset, but they flew very fast in the sky. By the time Kevin arrived, they had already landed on the island and were waiting for Kevin and his team.
"Your speed still needs improvement, Deep."
After bringing Annie and Black Noir ashore, Homelander smiled and said to Kevin.
There wasn't much sarcasm in his words, but a hint of arrogance was subtly revealed.
Childish.
Kevin muttered to himself. Homelander's behavior of not letting go of any advantage to 'compete' with Kevin seemed very childish to Kevin.
However, Kevin wasn't angry. It was better for Homelander to oppose Kevin in these trivial matters than to truly fight him with real weapons.
Therefore, after Homelander finished speaking, Kevin smiled and echoed, "It has to be you, Homelander, your speed is just fast."
"..."
Homelander narrowed his eyes slightly.
Kevin's words sounded like praise, but why did they feel so strange?
"I say, boys, are your elementary school squabbles over? If they are, shouldn't we get down to business?"
Stormfront, who had been waiting on the side, rolled her eyes as she listened to Homelander and Kevin's outwardly smiling verbal sparring.
The two of them then looked at Stormfront.
Homelander's gaze towards Stormfront was still unfriendly. If they didn't need to cooperate this time, he probably would have already attacked Stormfront.
Kevin still wore a smile, turned towards the Supervillain Alliance base, and gestured to Homelander and Stormfront, "You are the protagonists of this 'performance', and you can fly, so you go first. We'll be right behind you."
Since they had already arrived on the island and were surrounded by sea, these Super Villains basically had no chance of escaping.
Kevin, on the other hand, was not in a hurry and could walk over slowly.
After Homelander and Stormfront finished the tiring work, Kevin would step in to finish up.
Homelander didn't think too much. He glanced at Stormfront, bent his legs, and flew into the sky, crashing into the Supervillain base's fortress with an extremely fierce posture.
Homelander's eagerness made Stormfront unable to help but shake her head.
She turned back and met Kevin's gaze, seemingly wanting to say something, but in the end, she said nothing. She released electricity from her hands and flew through the air towards the base to support Homelander.
After the two of them came Maeve and Black Noir.
They said nothing and walked towards the distant Super Villain base.
Kevin and Annie stayed behind, walking leisurely towards the distance as if on a picnic. During this time, Annie hesitantly asked Kevin, "Are we... going to kill them?"
"They must die."
Kevin replied, his voice devoid of any emotion.
"But... you know, Kevin, they might also be victims, just like... like Kimiko."
Annie thought of Kimiko.
She remembered Kimiko's appearance when she first met her.
If it weren't for Annie, if it weren't for Kevin, Kimiko would probably have become one of the Super Villains.
And as soon as she thought of Kimiko's experience, and then the origins of these Super Villains, Annie felt like she was doing something very evil.
Her sense of justice was preventing her from aiding and abetting evil.
Kevin saw Annie's wavering and hesitation.
He stopped, turned, and looked Annie directly in the eyes, saying seriously, "Annie, they are not like Kimiko."
"How are they different?"
"They killed innocent people."
"..."
"The people Kimiko hurt from beginning to end were the human traffickers who imprisoned her, or the people who attacked you. That's self-defense.
"But these people are different, Annie. Think about the innocent people who were crushed by the falling billboard that day, think about the pedestrians who were hit by a car in the mall that day, and you'll understand that they are not like Kimiko.
"They have become 'Super Villains'."
"But..."
"No buts, Annie!" Kevin forcefully cut off Annie's next words: "We have no right to forgive them for the people who died because of them. All we can do is send them to meet God."
Under Kevin's seemingly reasonable words, Annie finally stopped speaking.
Because Kevin was right.
Regardless of the Super Villains' past experiences, they didn't attack those who harmed them; instead, they killed innocent people who shouldn't have died.
Then they were villains.
They were targets that Superheroes should eradicate.
Annie had understood this point, and with Kevin's words, she reaffirmed her resolve.
"...I understand. I won't hold back then."
"That's right."
Kevin nodded in satisfaction.
Actually, Kevin wasn't really that righteous. It was just that Annie's personality was too righteous, and under Kevin's protection, she still retained light in her heart.
To prevent this light of justice from being extinguished, Kevin could only ramble on with some seemingly plausible grand theories.
After all, Kevin wasn't here with the idea of 'upholding justice'.
Eliminating the Supervillain Alliance, and eradicating this existence that could potentially threaten him, was Kevin's true goal.
Furthermore, if there were any valuable individuals to Exploit among them, Kevin wasn't entirely unwilling to spare their lives.
Anyway, with Cate around, wouldn't it be better to just capture them and brainwash them for his own use?
Killing them directly would be a real waste.
Provided there were indeed people useful to Kevin among them.
Kill a few, spare a few, and if he saw someone suitable, he would try to protect them under the guise of sending them to The Woods for research, and then have Cate responsible for memory wiping.
This was Kevin's decision.
After reassuring Annie, Kevin and Annie slowly arrived at the 'battlefield' where everyone was fighting.
This was a simple fortress converted from an abandoned construction site. It had been there for a while, but it looked like it had been well-repaired later, with concrete and metal surrounding it.
If it were intact, it would have looked like a decent, sturdy fortress.
But Homelander first broke through from the sky, directly smashing the outer concrete.
Stormfront followed closely, completely destroying the outer defensive works with lightning.
By the time Kevin and Annie arrived, the place had become a ruin comparable to a disaster scene. Several Supes with decent superpowers were battling Homelander and Stormfront, as well as Maeve and Black Noir, who had arrived later.
Homelander was entangled by a guy whose body was like rock. Stormfront was fighting a girl who could release wind blades and a guy whose body could stretch.
As for Maeve...
Just as Kevin looked over, he saw her entire body being sent flying backward as if hit by something, landing right at Kevin and Annie's feet.
Kevin blinked at the sight and asked kindly, "Maeve, are you okay?"
"Do I look okay?! Aren't you going to help?!"
"Hmm... I'm just about to..."
Just as Kevin was about to speak, he heard a violent rush of wind coming towards him.
Looking up, Kevin saw several giant rocks falling towards them like meteors.
And in front of them, an Asian man wearing a baseball cap was pointing his hands at them, unleashing his telekinesis.
"..."
Seeing this Asian man, Kevin's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Because if he wasn't mistaken, this Asian man in front of him should be Kimiko's brother.
Takeshi Miyashiro.
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