From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

"Criminal Investigation Team?"

Madeline laughed at herself and said, "John, without the full support of the Pentagon and the New York Police Department, how could they have locked on Soldier Boy in advance? Have you ever thought about this question?"

"Uh..." The Homelander couldn't answer for a while.

The core members of Vought immediately guessed that this was the intelligence that Soldier Boy deliberately exposed to the investigation team, and it was obviously a trap.

Not long ago, Soldier Boy registered accounts on major social platforms and video websites, and then added drainage tags such as " # Superhero", " # Vought International", " # Blood Debt Blood Pay", and uploaded a ten-minute video.

The Soldier Boy in the video has long hair and a beard, wearing a classic green ink-colored battle suit from the 1980s, with a cold expression, and began to narrate in a low tone.

"He" first admitted that he was an out-and-out bastard and should be tried by law, but he should not be a victim of betrayal by Vought International, the US government and his former teammates.

While narrating himself, he interspersed videos of experiments conducted on "him" by former Soviet scientists.

In the middle of the video, Soldier Boy once again released a hot topic, saying that "his" former teammates were not as glamorous as they were on the screen, and everything was a hypocritical illusion.

At this point, the video will also be interspersed with a large number of mosaic images, showing the public the "Herogasm" held by Water every year.

Soldier Boy will add a few words at the right time, such as the scenes of smoking, rape, and killing at the party, until the end of the video.

Within ten minutes after uploading, the number of views of the video quickly exceeded one million, and soared to 60 million an hour later, almost instantly spreading around the world.

Many people who were harmed by the "vigilante" actions of superheroes, or netizens who witnessed the violence of superheroes, cooperated with each other and left messages under the video, making the popularity continue to rise.

If it were in the past, Water's public relations team would have begun to put pressure on major platforms to remove all related videos, and then issued a clarification announcement and pursued the legal responsibility of the rumor maker.

"Unfortunately," Soldier Boy also attached a document link in the video introduction on various platforms, revealing many inside stories of Water International in detail.

So far, the public has not only lost trust in Water International, but is also furious.

Many citizens in southern cities in the United States have spontaneously formed civilian armed forces to attack all assets under Water International.

The outside is in chaos and the stock price has collapsed.

The internal military is also unstable. Stan Edgar and all members of the board of directors collectively lost contact early this morning.

Without too much speculation, Madeline and the remaining backbone of the company know that they are facing a well-prepared enemy "ambush", and the current situation is almost unsolvable.

The worst thing is that the enemy behind the scenes who controls everything has exposed Water and CIA's infiltration against Russia on the Internet, which directly led to the tense situation in Washington and Moscow.

Water has already aroused public anger.

But the group of people in the criminal investigation team actually locked the location of the "culprit" Soldier Boy earlier than the military and the police.

If this is not a trap, what else can it be?

Homelander's reaction was relatively slow, but he also understood the meaning of Madeline's self-mockery.

Now, his thinking is relatively simple and straightforward. He believes that as long as the source of the problem of the soldier boy is solved, there will be a chance to turn the tide and save the company from danger, becoming a hero in everyone's mind.

At this time, Madeline stood up and said, "John, you stay, everyone else go out."

Seeing this, the remaining backbones had to put down their work and walked out.

When the automatic induction door closed again, the conference room fell into silence, leaving only Homelander, who looked confused and at a loss, and Madeline, who unbuttoned her collar.

Madeline approached Homelander, who was getting more and more nervous, and then raised her left hand to gently stroke his cheek, while her right hand wandered over his body, and said in a dazed tone:

"John, are you willing to do anything for me?"

"Of course." Homelander swallowed his saliva.

Hearing this, Madeline hooked her left arm around Homelander's neck, quickly closing the distance between the two, and changed the subject: "Then go and kill the soldier boy, and then kill all the guys who stand in your way, leaving no one behind, so that people all over the world know who you are and how powerful your ability is."

"I..." Homelander hesitated.

To be honest, he had been forced to watch the experimental data of the soldier boy since he was a child, and was influenced by various movies and TV series, so that Homelander was still full of awe and fear of the soldier boy in his heart.

Secondly, he was considering "killing them all", was it a bit too much?

"What's wrong? Don't you want to?" Madeline pretended to be disappointed and distanced herself from Homelander.

"No...no, I'll go now!"

Seemingly determined, Homelander no longer hesitated and entangled, and immediately turned around and left the meeting room.

After a while, the afterimage of Homelander's fast flight flashed from the left side of the French window and soon disappeared.

"Huh!"

After confirming that Homelander was really far away, Madeline breathed a sigh of relief and fell directly into the chair, her hands shaking uncontrollably.

Madeline knew clearly the consequences of doing so, but Walter, no, she had no choice. The only person she could rely on and use was Homelander.

Because once Walter falls, as the actual planner of the kidnapping, threats and murders, Madeline will be doomed forever, and the best outcome is death.

She doesn't want to die, and she is unwilling to accept it. Since the board of directors no longer exists, and she has become the only senior executive of Walter, it is better to let Homelander take the opportunity of killing the soldier boy to exert force and deterrence.

In this way, there may be a glimmer of hope.

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Soon.

There is an island called Gardners on the edge of Manhattan, about 120 kilometers away.

Because it is not the peak of the tourist season, and it is currently closed, there should be only a dozen people on duty on Gardners Island.

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However, Homelander, who was suspended in the air, frowned.

Because in the past few seconds, he flew around the island twice, but failed to find any human figures.

There is only a heat source in the warehouse on the south side of the island.

The staff on duty should have been deliberately sent away, and he was considering whether to go or not.

However, thinking that he would most likely get Madeline's "reward" later, Homelander no longer hesitated and rushed directly to the warehouse.

Boom! !

In an instant, the ceiling was easily penetrated by Homelander, and he stood in this dusty and dimly lit warehouse.

At the same time, he also saw the soldier boy holding a heavy shield and showing no emotion.