Don't worry. Since we're here, we'll definitely solve this problem successfully! What's the current situation? How many criminals are there? Please tell me in detail!"
Homelander asked the police officer who greeted them with a smile.
"There are at least ten criminals, all armed with guns, and some of them have bombs strapped to their bodies with remote controls. If they press it, it will explode, and the power of the bomb is enough to kill all the hostages in the bank!"
The police officer answered Homelander's question.
"Alright, I understand. Leave it to us."
"Also, have your men step back a bit to avoid any accidental situations!"
Homelander said with his signature fake smile and confidence. Li Yue just followed behind him, not saying a word.
"Okay, I understand. I'll go tell them to step back right away!"
The police officer replied, then turned and instructed his subordinates.
The police officers who received the order all moved dozens of meters away from the bank.
Homelander grabbed Li Yue and instantly rushed towards the bank.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Li Yue found himself and Homelander already inside the bank, in an empty room. This speed was much faster than A-Train's.
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"There are a total of twelve criminals inside. I'll leave them to you, no problem, right? After you deal with them, you'll have rescued dozens of hostages, and your popularity will increase significantly. I believe in a while, you won't need to act with me like this anymore!"
Homelander directly activated his x-ray vision, looked into the bank lobby, and told Li Yue about the situation inside, but he had no intention of taking action himself.
Instead, he told Li Yue the positions of these criminals and let him deal with them! And he stated, "I'm doing all this for your rapid increase in popularity!"
Li Yue was speechless after hearing Homelander's words. "I really don't need that popularity. My real goal is just to follow you!"
"Okay, I understand. Leave it to me!"
Unfortunately, Li Yue couldn't say these things to Homelander, nor could he refuse his "kindness," so he could only reluctantly agree to Homelander's suggestion!
...At this moment, Li Yue didn't just walk in like before, because there were dozens of hostages inside. If he swaggered in, the criminals would most likely press the remote control in their hands directly, dying with these hostages!
So, Li Yue first activated his Thor state, with silver electric arcs flashing around him, and then controlled the electric arcs on his body to gather in his right palm.
The silver electric arc, like a small snake, constantly moved in Li Yue's palm, as if it had its own consciousness!
In order to kill these dozen criminals in one blow, Li Yue also used his x-ray vision to carefully observe the situation in the lobby. Of course, Homelander did not notice Li Yue's abnormality!
In the lobby, dozens of hostages were herded into an open area, squatting with their hands on their heads! Several armed figures stood around, watching the hostages, and a few others were gathered together, discussing something!
All these criminals wore demon masks, only revealing their eyes, making their faces completely unidentifiable. However, for Li Yue, who had x-ray vision, masks or no masks made no difference! But Li Yue didn't recognize any of these faces.
"Boss, we're really unlucky. We didn't expect the police to arrive so quickly and surround the place! What should we do?"
At this moment, one of the criminals was speaking in a frustrated tone!
"Damn it, what are you afraid of? We have so many hostages in our hands. Those police wouldn't dare to rush in directly!"
A figure holding a remote control cursed.
"But, Boss, what if the police notify The Seven? If Homelander comes, we definitely won't escape!"
"Hmph,
If he comes, I'll detonate the bomb, and we'll all die together!"
It's unclear where that criminal got his confidence, still thinking he'd have a chance to detonate the bomb in front of Homelander!
...Hearing this, Li Yue was too lazy to listen to the criminals' nonsense. The figure holding the remote control happened to be the closest to Li Yue's position!
Li Yue seized the opportunity, his figure moved, and he instantly appeared in the lobby, in front of the person holding the remote control and strapped with bombs. The criminal only felt a blur before his eyes, and then saw a fist the size of a sandbag getting closer and closer to him!
Li Yue didn't hold back and punched him directly in the head. The man fell down. There was no scene of brains splattering; Li Yue wasn't that cruel.
However, Li Yue didn't know if the man was alive or dead. To incapacitate him in one blow, Li Yue had used a bit too much force!
After doing all this, Li Yue didn't stop. He waved his right hand at a criminal, and the silver snake-like lightning in his hand instantly shot out, directly hitting an armed criminal. The silver lightning, as if alive, accurately zapped to the next criminal!
Thump, thump, thump!!!
More than a dozen thuds of bodies falling to the ground sounded consecutively. The dozen criminals almost simultaneously fell to the ground, unconscious.
After a full dozen seconds, the hostages in the lobby slowly recovered and couldn't help but look at Li Yue's figure.
"Alright, everyone has been rescued! You can all get up now!"
Li Yue said with a smile to the group of hostages squatting on the ground.
"Who needs an Asian guy like you to save us! We want Homelander to save us, we want Queen Maeve!"
However, very quickly, Li Yue's smile froze on his face, because an untimely voice came from among the group of hostages!
Li Yue looked over and saw that it was a young white man speaking!
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, we don't need an Asian person to rescue us. We want Homelander. Get out of here quickly and tell Homelander to save us!"
"Get out, get out, get out..."
Suddenly, several more white youths stood up from the crowd, seemingly with the person who spoke earlier, and simultaneously shouted for Li Yue to get out!
Li Yue's mood at this moment was like he had been screwed over. "Who the hell wants to save you guys!"
"Get out! Get out! Get out!"
The voices grew louder and louder. It turned out that several more hostages had joined their condemnation! To be honest, this kind of situation, where he saved others only to be verbally abused, made the anger in Li Yue's heart uncontrollably grow!
Li Yue clenched his fists tightly, barely holding back the urge to kill them!
Just as he was about to lose control, he noticed a figure running towards him, and at the same time, a clear voice came. And it was in Chinese, which he was familiar with!
"Big brother, don't be unhappy. I'll treat you to a lollipop."
Li Yue looked down and saw a little girl, only a few years old, standing in front of him, raising her small head, her two big eyes blinking as she looked at him! In her small hand, she held an unwrapped lollipop, trying her best to lift it and offer it to him.
Unfortunately, her height was very limited, no matter how hard she tried, she could only reach Li Yue's waist!