How did it go? Was it smooth?"
It was evening when Hughie saw Billy again. Billy was waiting for him in the car!
"It should have gone smoothly. I successfully placed the item you gave me under the conference table in their meeting room!"
Hughie was still a bit nervous even after getting into the car. After taking a few deep breaths, he replied to Billy!
"Nice job, Hughie!"
Billy encouraged Hughie. It was the first time he had ever acknowledged Hughie!
"My part is over now, right? The FBI can find evidence of their crimes, bring them to justice, and clear my girlfriend's name, right?"
Hughie's mood had mostly calmed down by now. He did all of this for his girlfriend. It was ironic that, even now, he still thought Billy was working for the FBI!
"Yes, your part is over. You can rest assured and leave it to me!"
Billy was a man who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. Deceiving an unimportant person was commonplace for him. All the talk about getting justice for Hughie's girlfriend was just him stringing Hughie along. His only goal was to use Hughie to place the bug in the Seven's office!
Billy's ultimate goal was to find evidence of the Seven's crimes, then expose them to the public, and bring down the hated Super Seven and Vought International.
Of course, Billy's hatred for the Seven and Vought International had a reason. His wife had disappeared a few years ago, and her fate was still unknown. There was evidence that her disappearance was linked to Homelander, the leader of the Seven.
Everything Billy did was to uncover the truth behind his wife's disappearance!
Finally, Billy dropped Hughie off at his workplace and drove away. They both thought they would never cross paths again.
However...
Meanwhile, in Madelyn's office, Madelyn had thought about it all day and finally compromised. She picked up the phone and dialed a number!
"Hello, Ms. Madelyn, do you have good news for me?"
A voice came from the other end of the phone, it was the politician who had discussed cooperation with Madelyn last night.
"Sir, after discussion among our senior management, we believe that the people of your city urgently need their own superhero. Based on humanitarian principles, we can lower the price to 230 million! Do you find that acceptable?"
Madelyn listened to the other party's unhurried tone. After taking a deep breath, she calmly said these words, implying that they had compromised. There was no other way; if the Compound V incident were exposed, it would cause immeasurable damage to Vought International!
"230 million? That price is reasonable! Then, I wish us a pleasant cooperation!"
The politician on the other end immediately agreed to the price. Vought International had already given them a lot of face by making such a big concession. He didn't want to push them too hard!
"Alright, it's settled then. I wish you a smooth flight tonight!"
Madelyn deliberately emphasized her tone, but the politician on the other side clearly didn't notice, only thinking Madelyn was wishing him a smooth private plane flight tonight! He said goodbye and hung up the phone!
Outside, a figure staring at a painting on the wall showed a thoughtful expression... Li Yue's entire day was truly indescribable. He finally experienced the life of an internet celebrity from his previous life. He spent the entire day filming his promotional video.
However, Li Yue had no experience acting in front of a camera. Normally, when he wasn't facing the camera, all his movements were natural. But once filming officially began, when the cameraman aimed the camera at him, even someone as thick-skinned as Li Yue felt a bit at a loss.
After a whole day of hassle, Li Yue finally completed the filming of his promotional video!
Li Yue felt that doing this kind of thing was more tiring than being a real superhero! Of course, it wasn't physical fatigue, but mental exhaustion! Li Yue experienced for the first time what it was like to shoot a single scene hundreds of times!
However, when Li Yue returned home, he thought about being able to act with Homelander tomorrow and how his strength would slowly grow. He was still very motivated.
During the day, in an unmanned corner, he had secretly and carefully sensed his current strength. Although he only had one-tenth of Homelander's power, this had already greatly shocked Li Yue.
His strength and physical toughness could no longer be precisely measured; he could easily lift any object he encountered! When he used his right hand, transformed into an Adamantium alloy blade, to cut his untransformed body, it didn't even leave a scratch!
He also tested his x-ray vision. As set in the show, Li Yue could basically see through all objects and metals, including lead! Since he hadn't found any zinc material, he didn't know if he was like Homelander, only unable to see through zinc material!
With the heat vision ability, Li Yue could clearly feel the huge gap between himself and Homelander's main body. Because Li Yue's full-power heat vision was very thin, although the temperature was equally high.
Moreover, it required a few seconds to charge, completely unlike Homelander, who could kill anyone with a glare!
Similarly, Li Yue finally possessed the iconic ability of flight. Although he didn't know the exact principle that allowed him to fly, he had tried it and could easily float several meters in the air! And he had a feeling that he could easily break the sound barrier and reach several times the speed of sound.
Unfortunately, he had no chance to experiment, because he had a special tracking chip from Vought International. This was Vought International's way of protecting, or rather, monitoring, its superheroes!
If Li Yue wanted to stay with Vought International, he couldn't remove this chip without authorization. So Li Yue's dream of free flight would have to wait a while longer!
However, as long as he could gain all of Homelander's power, these were all trivial matters to Li Yue!
...At night, a private jet was flying fast and steadily in the sky. Inside, it was none other than the politician who had negotiated with Madelyn. And on the plane was his child, a young boy only a few years old.
The little boy's biggest hobby was Vought International's superheroes! And among them, his favorite was Homelander, the leader of the Seven!
"Dad, look, what's that outside?"
The little boy, bored during the flight, couldn't help but look around, but suddenly noticed a blurry figure outside the plane window, which made him shout instantly!
"Honey, what's wrong?"
The politician seemed to dote on his son, asking with concern!
"Dad, it looks like Homelander outside. Is he here to see us off?"
The little boy innocently asked his dad, because his dad had once said that he was good friends with superheroes and had even brought back their signed photos for him!
"What is he doing here?"
The politician was startled and hurriedly looked out the window.
He only saw a figure maintaining the same flight speed as the plane. When he looked at him, the figure turned his face, and it was Homelander.
Then, just as the politician felt something was wrong! That person's eyes glowed red, and two red beams of light shot directly at him!
Boom!!!
The plane exploded directly, everyone was annihilated, and only a figure whose eyes gradually faded from crimson remained in the air, a slight smile appearing on his face!