Chapter 54 Do You Want to Join the Team of Seven?

Orange soda.

It doesn't sound like there's anything special about it, and the bottle of orange soda in Shockwave's hand is also ordinary.

It's just like the ordinary soda you can see everywhere on the roadside.

But Kevin knows that this thing is closely related to a church in the black robe world.

That church is called the 'Gathering Church'.

It is the second large organization with many superhuman beings besides the Vought Group.

They don't seem to be affiliated with the Vought Group, and there are many superheroes and superhuman beings in the gathering.

In the plot of the second part, the gathering church can participate in the recommendation and appointment of members of the Seven.

In the original book, Shenhai and Locomotive were expelled from the Seven one after another, and were spotted and recruited by this church, so they promised to give the two a chance to return to the Seven.

Even Locomotive really returned to the Seven because of this.

As for Shenhai, although he broke up with the gathering in the end, he lived quite well in the gathering, and was even given a wife by the gathering.

When Shen Hai left the gathering, his wife followed him. She was devoted to Shen Hai.

If Shen Hai hadn't insisted that his girlfriend have a threesome with him and Octopus, the wife assigned by the gathering might not have left him in the end...

Well, let's get back to the point.

In short, this church seems to be a very powerful existence.

Although the organization's boss was shot in the head at the end of the second season, the church was leaderless, resulting in a low appearance rate in the third season.

But if nothing unexpected happens, they should be seen in the fourth season.

It's just that Kevin won't have the chance to see the fourth season.

He went through the information about the gathering church in his mind, and in reality, not even a second had passed.

In Shockwave's eyes, Kevin just paused for a moment, then reached out and took the orange soda he gave him.

"Thank you."

Kevin took the soda politely and put it aside, without any intention of drinking it.

After all, who knows what's in this orange soda.

There are many superhumans in the Jizhong Church. What if someone is good at putting hypnotic substances in drinks? Wouldn't Kevin be caught on the spot?

Before this, Kevin had never paid much attention to the Jizhong Church, and he had never even thought about it.

After all, this church originally only took action against those frustrated superheroes, such as Hawk Shooter who was originally frozen, and Deep Sea and Locomotive who later withdrew from the Seven.

Kevin's career is now booming, and normally it is unlikely that he would deal with the Jizhong Church.

But he didn't expect that the shock wave he was about to contact was related to this church.

Thinking of this, Kevin looked up at the bearded white man in front of him and looked at him carefully.

There was not much information about Shock Wave in the original book.

It was just said that this guy had the same speed as Locomotive, and then he died tragically in the second season.

From beginning to end, it seemed that he didn't even have a line, just an ordinary passerby.

Unexpectedly, is he also a member of the Jizhong Church?

Is this the reason why Newman chose to blow his head off?

"Um, Mr. Deep Sea...? Aren't you going to talk about business?"

Perhaps Kevin thought for a long time this time, Shockwave waited for a while and couldn't help asking.

Kevin came back to his senses instantly:

"Oh, yes, it's business, I heard you want to join the Seven?"

"Of course! The Seven, who doesn't want to join! But... I don't have a chance anymore."

Shockwave shouted excitedly at first, and then sighed helplessly.

Now that the death of the Invisible Man has not been announced, the Seven seems to be full of members.

Without anyone having a scandal and no one retiring voluntarily, this most famous star group on the planet today has no room for outsiders to join.

Even if there is, it is basically selected from Godolkin University.

Another more crucial point is that Shockwave's ability is extreme speed, and there is already a speedster in the Seven.

In order to avoid overlapping positioning, Shockwave must wait until the locomotive retires even if he can join the Seven.

The last game was actually a good opportunity.

But... Locomotive won.

Locomotive won, and Shockwave completely lost the chance to join the Seven-Man Team.

Shockwave sighed and said, but Kevin smiled slightly when he heard this:

"Who said you don't have a chance?"

"Huh?"

Shockwave looked up in confusion.

Kevin pushed the orange soda a little further away and stopped looking at it.

At this moment, Shockwave's identity didn't matter, even if he was really a member of the Gathering Church, it would not be a big deal for Kevin.

After all, the president of the Gathering Church was headshot by the headshot girl Newman, and the Gathering Church would eventually be leaderless. As long as he didn't join this organization and just contacted their members, Kevin felt that there was no big problem.

Now the important thing is to let Shockwave replace Locomotive and cut off one of the powerful arms of Homelander.

Kevin thought to himself and said to Shockwave:

"Just kick Lokomotiv out, isn't that enough?"

"But... I've already lost the match with Lokomotiv..."

"That's true, but what if Lokomotiv took stimulants?"

"What?!"

Shockwave was shocked when he heard that. He stood up subconsciously and looked at Kevin with wide eyes in disbelief.

It's not uncommon for superhumans to take drugs in the inner circle.

In fact, even Shockwave himself would take some drugs that are not so harmful to the body to make himself excited.

But there was a drug test for the match that day! There were also people from the Sports Association to conduct the fair. If Lokomotiv really took drugs, how did he hide it from the Sports Association's drug test?

"It's unbelievable?"

"Lokomotiv... he really..."

Shockwave still didn't believe it. It's not that he didn't believe Lokomotiv took drugs, but he didn't believe that Lokomotiv could hide it from the drug test.

In fact, Shockwave's idea was not wrong. Normal stimulants, even if injected by a superhuman, would not escape drug detection.

But what Locomotive absorbed was not a regular stimulant.

It was Compound No. 5.

Since this thing was injected into the superhuman body, it has become a part of the superhuman, just like blood.

How could a normal drug test detect Compound No. 5?

Locomotive dared to inject Compound No. 5 into himself that day, probably because of this, so he was fearless.

"It's true, I can tell you for sure, but unfortunately, we can't find evidence."

Kevin leaned back, leaned on the sofa in the private room, and said slowly.

Shockwave, who became a little excited because he knew that Locomotive took drugs, also calmed down at this moment.

"…Without evidence, why are you telling me all this?"

"Although there is no evidence, the reporters recorded the scenes before and after the locomotive entered the field that day. If you compare them carefully, you can see that the locomotive's state before and after the game is different."

"This cannot be used as evidence..."

"That's right, but this can give you a reason to play another game with the locomotive."

Kevin finally expressed his thoughts.

It's not easy to get the evidence on the locomotive. Even if it can be taken out, the Water Group will definitely not let the evidence leak out.

This has nothing to do with the identity of the locomotive, but this matter involves compound No. 5.

The Water Group will not make the news of this potion public now.

But without evidence, there is no way to target the locomotive?

The answer is of course no.

Don't forget that the seven-man team is a public figure, and everyone in the seven-man team is a superstar in the eyes of the public.

Because of their fame, their every move, even an unintentional word, will be picked out by people with ulterior motives with a magnifying glass.

For superstars, sometimes, some things don't need evidence at all.

Regardless of whether the matter of Lokomotiv taking drugs is true or false, as long as this matter is on the hot search, Lokomotiv must prove himself.

The way to prove himself is also very simple.

Another match with Shockwave. If Lokomotiv can continue to defeat Shockwave, no matter what kind of rumors will be broken, and the public relations team of the Water Group can also wipe out the black material of Lokomotiv more smoothly.

But on the other hand, if Lokomotiv loses...

The audience doesn't care whether you have evidence or not, they just want to see what they want to see.

Big news like Lokomotiv's drug competition is much more interesting than looking for evidence.

"This is your chance, Shockwave."

Kevin gently guided Shockwave.

Shockwave sat on the sofa in a daze, his fist on his knees clenched tightly, and the blue veins on the back of his hand could be vaguely seen.

After a long while, Shockwave loosened his fist and looked up and asked:

"Then... what should I do? Go directly to Lokomotiv to compete?"

"That won't work, of course. Before that, you need to stir up this topic online, and... the time of the competition will be decided by me."

"Why?"

"Shockwave, if you want to join the Seven, don't keep asking why. Just do whatever I say."

Kevin leaned forward and looked directly at Shockwave.

The reason why Kevin had to decide the time of the competition was also very simple.

Calculating the time in the original book, Lokomotiv should have suffered from a heart attack in the past two months.