Chapter 130: Only One Step Away From the Goal

The incident caused by Compound No. 5 was easily resolved by the Water Group.

But similarly, the Super Villain Alliance created by Edgar had to be pushed to the front and solved by the Seven-Man Team in order to calm the turmoil caused by Compound No. 5.

Overall, Kevin did not lose anything.

Edgar lost the Super Villain Alliance he cultivated.

However, Edgar did not seem to care so much about this matter.

As the big boss who had been hiding behind the scenes, he stepped to the front for the first time and, according to the "evidence" given by Kevin in front of the camera, pushed everything to Madeline, who was already dead.

Edgar himself and most of the group's senior executives were not aware of this matter.

Including Kevin, who now took over as the senior vice president of the Water Group, he was also unaware of this matter.

It doesn't matter whether the public will believe Edgar's words, what matters is that he can convince those collaborators with the Water Group.

Fortunately, these collaborators believed it.

The government also believed it.

Or the current situation makes them have to believe it.

Because of the existence of the Super Villain League, the government has to put all its hopes on superheroes.

Yes, the Super Villain League has indeed been solved by the Seven Team.

But with this introduction, who knows if another superhero league will appear again in society?

There are many superhumans with rubbish superpowers. There are also many superhumans who have not received relevant education since childhood, have been inexplicably injected with Compound No. 5, and then inexplicably have special abilities, but have become orphans for some reasons.

These superhumans originally did not know where their abilities came from, and thought that their existence was just a joke from God.

But if they knew that they could have no superpowers and could have been ordinary people, what would these superhumans do?

The answer is to unite and defeat their enemies.

For example, this Super Villain League.

It is estimated that only a small number of superhumans here were arranged by Edgar.

More superhumans, such as Kenji Miyashiro, were attracted to the Super Villain League and joined on their own initiative.

There will be many such people, and even if the super villain alliance disappears, they will still appear.

It can be predicted that superheroes will be really busy in the future.

Because there will be more criminals with superpowers, and a large part of them are superhumans, and the military and police cannot deal with them.

For example, those superhumans with super defense, bullets cannot penetrate their bodies, and missiles cannot be used in urban areas.

These people can only be dealt with by superheroes.

Now it is the government that needs the Water Group to continue to exist, rather than the Water Group begging them to let superheroes join in.

So even if many people know that Compound No. 5 comes from the Water Group, what Edgar said about having nothing to do with him is bullshit.

But they can only pinch their noses and admit it.

What else can they do?

If the Water Group is really brought down, will those superhumans from the Water Group be used by the government?

Obviously not, they may even become new super villains!

This is exactly what the government is worried about, and it is also the reason why the Water Group has increased its power.

"And I came here to solve this matter."

In a bar belonging to the CIA, Kevin said to the current deputy director of the CIA.

The current deputy director of the CIA is an elderly woman. She was also the deputy director of the CIA before Susan. After Susan's death, facing the mess that no one took over, she chose to return.

Her name is Grace Mallory, Butcher's guide and Edgar's old friend.

Now, Kevin is talking to her face to face.

Next to Mallory is Billy, the butcher who is responsible for the introduction.

Kevin smiled and told them why he came to meet them.

Butcher sneered:

"Shit, because of your operations, the reputation of the Water Group has soared, and the government has to rely on the Water Group. Is this what you said about bringing down Water?"

"Butcher, I never said that I want to bring down Water."

Kevin looked at Butcher expressionlessly.

That's right, he has never said that he wants to bring down the Water Group.

Cooperating with Butcher is to deal with enemies within the Water Group.

And dealing with enemies within the group does not conflict with deepening the group's reputation now.

Butcher frowned and was about to speak, but Mallory stopped him and said to Kevin:

"It can be seen that the turmoil in Compound No. 5 will subside quickly, which is within your expectations, so what do you plan to do?"

"Simple, I will control Water."

"You?"

Mallory frowned and stared at Kevin suspiciously.

"Don't believe it?"

"According to the intelligence we have obtained, your current shareholding in the Water Group is not high, at least compared to Madeline Stillwell."

"Shares are not important, at least for now. I can let Edgar hand over the control of the Water Group to me. At that time, I will be the acting CEO, and I will completely change Water."

Kevin stated his purpose.

But Mallory still didn't believe it:

"What are you going to do? If you have a way to deal with Edgar, you would have done it a long time ago. Why do you have to wait until now?"

"Because Edgar hadn't crossed the line at that time, now... he has crossed the line."

Kevin explained softly.

Edgar and Kevin didn't get along before, but at least they would maintain superficial peace.

The two of them are good to each other, and no one will cross that line.

But this time Edgar created a super villain alliance and attacked Kevin and Annie at the same time, which has touched Kevin's bottom line.

Kevin knows what Edgar wants to do.

He just wanted to create an enemy for Kevin and distract Kevin's attention.

If Kevin didn't know Newman, the Sage Center, or the plot, Kevin might really believe that these super villains were formed spontaneously.

But it's a pity.

Kevin has watched the TV series.

He deeply understands that any unreasonable things in this world cannot escape the connection with Walter.

Kevin doesn't need to be very smart, he just needs to read the original book and know the information in the original book, then what Edgar did is transparent in Kevin's eyes.

Since he knew that these things were done by Edgar, Kevin didn't need to save face for him.

After the super villain incident and the handling of Compound No. 5, Kevin's name has been deeply imprinted in the hearts of every senior executive of the Walter Group.

At this time, if Edgar has a problem with his body, it is reasonable for him to choose a group agent.

And who else can be the identity of this group agent except Kevin, who has both fame and means at this stage?

Who else dares to compete with Kevin, a superhuman?

Kevin's voice was neither light nor heavy, but Mallory and Butcher did not dare to ignore what Kevin said.

If...if Kevin can really control the Vought Group and make the Vought Group obedient, then they can cooperate with Kevin.

But the question is, what does Kevin want them to do?

Mallory thought for a while and asked Kevin this question:

"If you can really control the Vought Group, what do you want us to do?"

"Restrict superheroes."

"What?"

Mallory thought she didn't hear clearly.

Kevin repeated: "Restrict superheroes, Ms. Mallory, don't you think superheroes have too much power now?"

Unlike the Marvel world and the DC world, in the black robe world, this world dominated by superhumans and the Vought Group, the power and status of superheroes are infinitely magnified.

They can kill people at will without taking any responsibility, and they can use their identities to force others to do things they don't want to do.

No one can blame them, even if they become super villains, the public relations team of the Vought Group will take action.

Perhaps there are some superheroes who have their own bottom line and sense of justice, such as Maeve and Starlight.

But more superheroes are bad-tempered and ambitious bastards like Homelander and Storm.

If the power of these superheroes is allowed to grow, it won't be long before the ideal superhuman kingdom of Storm will take shape.

The struggle between humans and superhumans will start because of them.

After Kevin took control of the Vought Group, although he could suppress these superhumans with rules, this required gradual progress, and he couldn't let all superhumans resist him.

At this time, a suitable target that they could target was needed.

The Black Robe Squad and the CIA behind them were just the right targets.

Mallory was worthy of being an old fox who had been the deputy director for many years. She saw Kevin's purpose at once.

"You want to... use us to propose corresponding regulations for superheroes, so that you can control them more easily?"

"That's about it."

"Very interesting."

Mallory narrowed her eyes slightly.

She didn't care whether Kevin used them as targets, she only cared whether doing so could curb the madness of the Water Group.

So after thinking about it, Mallory asked again:

"What are you going to do, Water? Let me make it clear in advance that if you want to control the Water Group, then Compound No. 5 must be banned. This is the condition we put forward, but you and I know that Water will not let anyone destroy their greatest source of profit."

"This involves some business secrets, Ms. Mallory."

Kevin smiled slightly and said:

"But I can assure you that as long as I completely control Walter and complete Walter's transformation, Compound No. 5 will no longer be on the market, and I will try to eliminate the existence of superhumans. This is the promise I can give you."

The Black Robe World has now been regarded as Kevin's own backyard.

And Kevin does not want his backyard to give birth to a threat to himself.

After fully controlling Walter, Kevin's next step is to control Homelander and Storm. If they don't obey, Kevin will find a way to get rid of them.

Then think of a gentle way to make the superhumans in this world disappear little by little.

But before that, Kevin needs to completely control Walter Group.

Now he is only one step away from this goal.

Thanks to 'Bull Slaughter Warrior', '彡 Immortal Boy', 'Crazy Good', 'Seven Night Spots', 'God's Name is Really Hard to Pick', 'Blue Watermelon', 'Let You Go This Time', 'Mirror of Trance', 'It's My Heart', 'Thousand-Year-Old Funny', 'Farewell' for the rewards.

Thanks to ‘New Martian’ and ‘A Nightmare Called Reality’ for the reward of 100 Qidian coins, thank you.