The Metropolitan on Fifth Avenue, near the corner of the Havilin slums.
Moira Adams, wearing sunglasses and holding an umbrella, looked left and right, then got into a black Bentley.
"To Haveling Slums."
Moira said to the driver with a serious expression.
"But, sir, your safety in the slums at night is not guaranteed, and these are extraordinary times."
The bodyguard who also served as the driver said to Moira: "I think you need to think carefully about this."
Moira, who was over fifty and had a very British style in her every move, took off her sunglasses and said, "If those things hiding in the dark can terrify me to the point of hiding in my house and trembling, then their goal has been achieved. You know, Andre, I am a fighter who is not easily defeated."
Moira is the helmsman of Metropolis Xinfei Energy Group. As one of the new energy companies with the highest market value in Metropolis, Xinfei Group has a broad market in solar power generation and nano-thermoelectric material power generation, and has close cooperation with Star City's Quinn Group.
"I know about the assassination of Lionel of the Luther family, but it was nothing more than a despicable act of terror. Those perpetrators wanted to scare me, but I'm not the incompetent Lionel. I heard that he exiled his son and arrogantly considered himself Caesar. Unfortunately, his ability is far inferior to his ambition."
Moira looked out the window at the slums and laughed at Lex's father.
Several Bentleys serving as escorts slowly glided behind.
"As the richest and most prosperous city in the United States, this place is completely different from the bright and glamorous metropolis. Look at all this electronic waste and the huge amount of polyvinyl chloride that has turned this place into a living hell."
Looking out at the slum streets, almost completely filled with garbage, Moira sighed, "The people here walk on garbage dumps, completely devoid of joy in life. They can only rummage through the trash for food. Long-term exposure to chemical influences has caused a certain degree of mutation in their bodies, resulting in terrifying mutants. On the other side of the bustling metropolis lies this extremely dark existence. This place is even more terrifying than Gotham!"
As he sighed, the black Bentley slid onto a street.
Moira even sees a "faceless man" on the street.
Because his entire face was hit by bullets, and his bones were deformed due to long-term consumption of food contaminated by chemicals, the "Faceless Man"'s face looks horrible.
"That's why, Andre, I decided to demolish this place and build a thermal power plant."
Moira expressed her "mercy," saying, "If the slums disappear, then hell disappears, right?"
Andre, who was concentrating on driving the car, was about to answer when suddenly a dark shadow appeared in front of the car.
Andre immediately stepped on the brakes.
Crash!
At the same time, the car glass was shattered and a silver light rushed in front of him.
Andre only felt his neck getting hot, and then blood spurted out from his neck.
He fell down on the seat, making a "ho ho" sound from his mouth.
In his blurry vision, he saw a man in a black uniform and an owl-shaped hood standing in front of him.
Moira, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, had not yet reacted to the fact that her bodyguard was killed instantly when a smoke bomb was thrown into the car.
It's not an ordinary smoke bomb, but one that sprays out small amounts of gray smoke.
"Ahem!"
Moira coughed and opened the car door, stumbling out.
But he immediately felt dizzy and fell to the ground with a bang after taking only two steps.
He shook his head, trying to regain consciousness, and looked around.
His bodyguards were fighting an enemy dressed as an owl.
But the owlman, who was agile and armed, soon put the bodyguards at a disadvantage.
The fighting bodyguards soon fell down like himself, covering their throats and coughing, and were then dealt with by the owl man.
"cough"
Moira covered her throat and coughed up a mouthful of phlegm. Her head felt heavier, as if a heavy lead block was tied to it.
The vision gradually became distorted, and everything observed by the vision began to change.
Raising his head, he looked towards the "Faceless Man" hiding near the street corner.
But he found that the hideous "Faceless Man" was walking towards him!
His whole body was emitting a dark and obscure light, his limbs were twisted and magnified countless times, and his faceless and terrifying face kept collapsing and twisting.
It was as if the "black hole" was twisted into a human form, with boundless fear and power emanating from it.
"Oh! Good heavens!"
He screamed in terror and crawled, trying desperately to hide backwards.
With a bang, it hit someone's leg.
Terrified, he looked up to find a humanoid owl bathed in darkness.
The owl exuded murderous and terrifying aura, its black light trembling like ripples, and its eyes emitting orange-red light, like the god of death coming in the dark night.
Moira's heart was filled with fear, and her sanity finally collapsed, and she fell to the ground twitching.
At the same time.
Parliament of Owls.
The Speaker, who was presiding over the meeting, had heard from his men that "Moira had been eliminated."
"One more person has been removed from the 'Clear Plan List'. The death knell has rung, and the next bird trial is about to begin! So, my fellow owls, tell me, who will be the next bird?"
The Speaker asked the aristocratic men and women in the parliament.
"Lex Luthor!"
Everyone said Lex's name in unison.
The Speaker nodded, "Lex Luthor has been chosen as the bird to be hunted by the Owl. Death will descend upon him tomorrow night. We must not allow him to repeat Lionel Luthor's mistakes and easily escape the hands of the Council."
After announcing to the members of the parliament that Lex would be the next target to be eliminated, the black-robed speaker continued, "Also, the parliament's 'Black Light' production must be stepped up."
"Black Light" is a poison used by the Owl Council that has a strong hallucinogenic effect and causes irreversible damage to the brain. It can make the poisoned person feel fear and see terrifying things surrounded by black hole-like light.
This is a poison modified by the Council of Owls based on Jonathan Crane's "Fear Gas" circulating on the black market.
Due to the addition of venom developed by the Council of Owls, it is more powerful than the original "fear gas".
Now, due to the arrest of Jonathan Klein, the production of "Black Light" poison has gradually decreased, so the Speaker urged the Owl members responsible for the production of "Black Light" to step up the research and development of pharmaceuticals.
"And the most important thing is about the divine punisher who challenged the parliament—Homelander."
The Speaker said one last thing, "Continue to investigate his identity. Don't let him escape justice. If we discover his identity, we must use all our strength to eliminate him. To this end, we can even use our trump card!"