Chapter 126 It’s Time for the ‘Hero’ to Appear

"…We now have reason to suspect that all the superhumans in the world are created by the Vought Group..."

Cut the table.

"What is the Vought Group doing? Do they think they are gods? Are they creating a new species?"

Cut the table.

"Superheroes, super villains, they are all the same, they are all the Vought Group..."

Cut the table.

"Oh, you ask me what I think about this? What I want to say is that it is so cool to have such a potion that gives people superpowers! I..."

In the meeting room of the Seven Team, Maeve impatiently turned off the TV and threw the remote control aside.

She sat down in her seat, rubbing her hair with both hands, with a painful expression.

In the Seven Team, Maeve is one of the few people who does not know about Compound No. 5.

Even if she has accepted the status quo and decided to "go along with the Vought Group", she never knew that her superpowers were brought by Compound No. 5.

So when she knows the truth now, Maeve can't accept this fact at all.

She was trained as a hero from childhood to adulthood, and received various combat training every day. She thought she could enter the Vought Group and become a hero, but in the end, she had to face reality and accept everything in the Vought Group.

After drifting in a daze for so long, Maeve has accepted the status quo.

But now someone suddenly told her that she was not born like this, and she could actually live an ordinary life.

How could Maeve not fall into confusion?

She didn't even want to think about anything now, forget her current identity, forget her homeland, and forget about the Vought Group and the Seven.

Leave the Seven and go to her ex-girlfriend to talk about her feelings at the moment.

But... leaving the Seven is not that simple.

And Maeve left her girlfriend without saying a word, and has not contacted her girlfriend until now. Can she be forgiven if she contacts her now?

Maeve thought about this, and her thoughts were in a mess.

At this moment, she heard footsteps.

Xingguang walked in from outside, holding a cup of milk tea. Although her expression was a little heavy, it was mixed with some inexplicable joy.

Maeve didn't think much about it. When she saw Xingguang coming over, she quickly restrained her expression at the moment and turned her eyes to the side.

She thought that this would prevent Xingguang from seeing her predicament, but she didn't expect that Xingguang was more sensitive than she thought.

"Maeve, are you okay?"

"It's okay."

Maeve didn't want to talk to Xingguang more, but when she noticed that Xingguang didn't seem to be as confused as she was, she couldn't help asking:

"... You already knew about the news, right?"

It stands to reason that this is impossible.

Xingguang, as a newcomer who has been in the team for less than a year, how could she know such a secret thing.

But who let Xingguang have a good boyfriend.

Even Maeve was a little jealous when she mentioned this. Why didn't she have such a boyfriend to protect her when she first joined the company?

Instead, it was with that bastard Homelander...

While Maeve was still thinking, Starlight was already sitting next to her, and said sincerely:

"Kevin told me. Actually, I've known about this for a long time, but... but because this matter is too important, I can't tell anyone."

"Hmm."

Maeve snorted and didn't want to talk.

And Starlight, seeing that Maeve was once her idol, couldn't help but comfort her:

"When I first heard the news, I was as sad and angry as you. I even went to my mother to ask about the situation, and now... my mother and I have..."

At this point, Starlight paused.

She and her mother are no longer in contact now, or she doesn't want to contact her mother until her mother really realizes her mistakes.

But these are not suitable to be told to Maeve.

Therefore, after a little thought, Xingguang skipped this paragraph and continued:

"... What I want to say is that I understand your feelings, really."

"Why did you come to me to talk about this? Or do you think I will be like you, a little girl, hiding in the corner and crying because of such a small matter?"

Maeve's words are still so sharp.

She is like a hedgehog, wrapping herself in sharp barbs, not wanting anyone to get close.

Except for the "companion" she identified.

"No, why do you think so? I mean... we can be companions, and you also want to be companions with us, right? In order to... to deal with Walter."

"?"

A question mark appeared above Maeve's head.

She seemed to find it hard to believe that this sentence was said by Xingguang.

After all, Xingguang's boyfriend is the senior vice president of Walter Group. What does this position represent? I believe that Xingguang, who is with Shenhai, knows it very well.

But now Xingguang said that he wanted to deal with Walter?

She planned to deal with her boyfriend?

Maeve couldn't understand what Xingguang was thinking.

Before this, Maeve did have the idea of ​​cooperating with Shenhai. She thought Shenhai was someone who could work with her to deal with the Homelanders.

But when Shenhai became the vice president and lived in peace with the Homelanders, Maeve knew that she had misjudged him.

No matter how Shenhai behaved recently, everything he did was only for his own benefit.

Becoming the vice president and cooperating with the Homelanders were all for his "money prospects".

It was even more impossible for him to go with Maeve to deal with the Homelanders.

Because of this, Maeve had never come into contact with Shenhai during this period, and even stayed away from him and Xingguang to avoid being caught by the Homelanders.

She didn't want to be hurt again.

"I think I shouldn't have disturbed you two?"

When Xingguang was about to say something, someone else came to the door.

The Homelanders, who had gone to some unknown place, appeared at the door of the conference room and stood there looking at Maeve and Xingguang.

It seemed that he had been standing here for a long time.

Hearing what the Homelanders said, Xingguang immediately closed his mouth and turned his eyes a little panicked.

She asked Maeve with her eyes when Homelander came over and whether she heard the conversation between the two.

Seeing Maeve gently shaking her head, Starlight was slightly relieved and turned to face Homelander:

"Hey, Captain, good afternoon?"

"Good afternoon... Maeve, what's wrong with you?"

Homelander asked Maeve as soon as she came in.

Maeve turned her eyes to the side and said casually:

"I just heard some bad news and I'm depressed. Starlight happened to come here and enlighten me."

"Bad news? What news?"

"... Don't you know? Where did you go?"

Maeve was surprised.

The things mentioned in the news have spread all over the world. Even if they haven't spread all over the world, they have spread all over America.

But Homelander seemed to know nothing about it.

Where did he go?

Homelander frowned slightly.

He just went to the apartment of Dr. Vogelbaum, who raised him.

Mainly to ask about Rebecca.

Because neither of them turned on the TV and kept talking about Rebecca's "story", Homelander didn't know about Compound No. 5.

Until now.

Seeing Maeve and Starlight looking at him in surprise, Homelander was about to ask what happened.

But then the members who entered the meeting room of the Seven Team one after another made Homelander shut up again.

All the members of the Seven Team gathered, so something big must have happened.

Homelander knew that even if he didn't say it, someone who came next would tell him.

...

"Oh, everyone is here? That's good."

When Kevin came back from the 82nd floor, he saw that everyone was gathered in the meeting room of the Seven Team and nodded slightly.

Maeve and Starlight had stayed in the Seven Team.

Except for Homelander, whose whereabouts were unknown, everyone else was called back by Kevin.

Kevin originally thought he had to wait for Homelander for a while, but when he came to the meeting room, he saw that the other six people except himself had gathered together.

Kevin didn't have to bother looking for Homelander.

"Since everyone is here, I'll say a few words. I'm sure everyone knows that Compound No. 5 has been announced. I think everyone here should know what Compound No. 5 is, right?"

Kevin didn't sit down, but stood in front of everyone and asked.

Everyone, including Storm, who was always "straightforward", didn't speak, which was considered to be tacitly agreeing with Kevin's statement.

Kevin nodded and continued:

"Very good, then I won't say much. In short, Compound No. 5 is the foundation of the Water Group, and we all rely on the big ship "Water".

"If Water falls, our interests will also be damaged, so no matter what, we can't let this matter ferment... The above is Mr. Edgar's original words. "

"Fuck Edgar."

Homelander cursed.

Knowing the death of his wife and "son", Homelander is now very irritable, and he said bluntly:

"Just tell me what you think. "

Kevin and Homelander looked at each other:

"The Walter ship cannot be sunk yet. It just so happens that a super villain alliance has recently occupied the public's attention, and what's even more coincidental is that the Crime Analysis Department has found the headquarters of this super villain alliance through some 'clues'.

"So what we have to do next is very simple, find them, eliminate them, and then let the world know that Compound No. 5 is not important. What's important is that Walter still has superheroes and can still protect them..."

"I said, screw Walter!"

Homelander interrupted Kevin before Kevin finished speaking.

He stood up and pointed at Kevin and said:

"You, and we, are together! Not those useless people on the 82nd floor who only know how to hide behind and point fingers! What does the Vought Group have to do with us? Who cares about their life or death?"

"I agree with this." Maeve rarely echoed Homelander's words, "We don't have to clean up the mess for Vought Group."

"Okay."

Seeing the reactions of the crowd, Kevin knew that he had said the wrong thing.

In front of him were not those Vought executives on the 82nd floor who only knew how to listen to good words, but a group of superhumans "created" by Compound No. 5.

Kevin shouldn't talk about this from Vought's perspective.

He should stand with them as Homelander said.

"Then I'll say it another way." Kevin looked at everyone with a sincere look, "No matter what Vought is like, super villains are our enemies. Don't forget that they declared war on us some time ago. That was a provocation to us.

"And heroes, defeating villains, this is something that children know in fairy tales, so... do I need to continue? Companions? It's time for the superheroes who protect this world to appear. "

Kevin said, staring at Homelander.

It seemed that the only 'superhero' he was talking about was Homelander.