Chapter 215: Public Opinion Is Boiling, and the Bill Is Rejected

The situation developed much faster than expected. In less than ten minutes, a large number of police cars surrounded the Water Building. Several well-equipped SWAT teams, wearing goggles and holding assault rifles, took the best combat position and aimed their guns at the door of the Water Building as if facing a great enemy.

In this operation, considering the special strength of the Water Group, the director of the New York Police Department reported it to the higher authorities and finally called the Ministry of Defense.

After learning the seriousness of the matter, the US Department of Defense immediately contacted the Joint Operations Command under the jurisdiction of the department and ordered them to immediately dispatch special forces to the Water headquarters in the central area of ​​Manhattan to prevent the battle that could occur at any time.

At the same time, the CIA was also contacted to ask them to send someone to communicate with Water and strive for a peaceful solution.

"Shit! I should have arrested that bastard Edgar and shot him! Look at the Water Group he manages, it only causes trouble for me every day." After hanging up the phone, Defense Minister Bob angrily slammed the table. Seeing Bob in a rage, the staff who came to report on their work were frightened into silence.

It was the first time he saw Minister Bob get so angry.

"I knew that the Water Group was not trustworthy. It was a group of bastards. Their behavior must be regulated!" Bob calmed himself down by taking a deep breath. He lowered his head and pulled out a few documents from the table. These were the cooperation orders between the Water Group and the Department of Defense and the Immigration Bureau.

The order stated that the U.S. Department of Defense and other departments would purchase a large amount of Compound No. 5 from Water at a price of five million per unit every year, and the total amount of the transaction was as high as 100 billion US dollars.

"Please contact Ms. Victoria for me and tell her that the Minister of Defense wants to see her." Bob picked up the pen and drew a slash on the document where he should have signed. Obviously, the order contract in his hand has been invalidated. If he signs the purchase order with Walter at this time, the U.S. Department of Defense and even the entire U.S. government will be criticized by the outside world.

Bob can't afford to lose face, and he also hates Edgar who made him lose face.

"Member of the committee, Ms. Victoria?" The staff confirmed before leaving to avoid making a mistake.

"That's right." The incident with Ryan made Bob determined to supervise the superhumans and not let them continue to run rampant and act recklessly in the United States. As for who will manage this matter, Victoria, who has been criticizing the Walter Group for many years, is undoubtedly the best candidate.

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On the other side.

The Walter Building has been in a mess. Looking at the police outside who are on high alert, how can the Walter employees still have the heart to work?

"The current situation is very serious. The social impact caused by Ryan is the worst since the establishment of Walter. Facing the upcoming public opinion, I have no choice!" Edgar said in a deep voice in the conference room.

At this time, Ryan was huddled up and shivering. He buried his head in the cloak of the Homelander like a frightened deer.

"What do you mean? You want me to hand Ryan over?" The Homelander said with a sullen face.

"Do you have a better way?"

Edgar raised his eyelids slightly, glanced at Ryan next to Homelander, and then sneered: "Your son killed people in the street. Not to mention me, even you can't protect him. You should be thankful that he is only ten years old and is still within the protection of minors. Otherwise, based on the crimes he committed, he would be shot several times. Of course, New York State has abolished the death penalty, so he will most likely be sentenced to life imprisonment."

"As for whether it will be a hundred years or two hundred years, it depends on how the court decides."

To be honest, he is in a very bad mood now. Billy's parents and eighteen generations of relatives have been greeted by Edgar one by one.

If I had known that Ryan would cause such a big disaster, I might as well let him stay with Billy.

"Ryan is my son. Do you know when my birthday is? December 25th! The day Jesus was born!" Homelander stood up suddenly and swept his angry eyes across everyone's faces. His voice was extremely low, like a lion about to go crazy.

"That's just the birthday chosen for you by the marketing department."

Edgar crossed his fingers on the table and looked at Homelander expressionlessly.

"You want to protect Ryan, do you know what the consequences of doing so are?" Edgar said in a bad tone: "This means that you will lose the support of the people, lose the admiration of thousands of people, and lose everything you have now. If you choose to give up Ryan now, Walter can still explain to the outside world that Ryan has made extreme actions because he has not had fatherly love for a long time.

This may still retain some of your popularity, not enough to plummet to the bottom."

His words pierced Homelander's heart like a steel needle.

If Homelander is asked to give up everything he has now, it would be better to kill him. After a moment of silence, Homelander sat down dejectedly, with a trace of pain and guilt in his eyes.

"I am Homelander..." When Homelander mentioned his name, he had lost his confidence.

"Jervis, tell me what you think."

Edgar looked at Xia Shang, who had been silent all the time.

"My opinion is basically the same as Mr. Edgar's. Giving up Ryan temporarily is obviously the best option at the moment." Xia Shang said calmly.

"Father, does Mr. Jervis mean that I will be sent to prison?" He asked Ryan in a low voice.

Homelander didn't even dare to look him in the eye. This feeling was terrible.

"I'm here, it won't happen." Homelander forced a confident smile, and at the same time, his inner emotions were suppressed to the extreme.

Bang, bang, bang! !

Ashley, who looked nervous, knocked on the door, walked to Edgar's side, and whispered: "Mr. Edgar, now there are countless netizens on the Internet condemning Water Company, saying that we have released a devil. Not only that, Water International's stock price has plummeted after opening, and it feels like it will soon fall to the price of a few days ago."

You know, there is no limit to the decline of US stocks, and it is not impossible to bottom out in a short time.

Beep, beep! ! It's raining all night, and Edgar's phone rang at this moment.

Edgar, with a gloomy face, picked up the phone, stood in front of the French window, and looked down at the police with guns and live ammunition below. He could guess that the person who called him was either from the Water board of directors or the US government.

Sure enough, when he answered the phone, Mallory's voice came from the other end.

"Mr. Edgar, long time no see." There is no doubt that Mallory was in a very happy mood. She originally thought that after the hearing, no one could stop the legalization of Compound No. 5, but it turned out that sometimes accidents come so unexpectedly and suddenly.

There is one more chapter, ha