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All members of The Seven were dispatched, but this time Kevin did not allow Vought's TV station to follow, nor did he call any other TV stations.
It was simply The Seven going out to deal with Stormfront.
There were two reasons for this: Firstly, Stormfront was not like the Supervillains they had dealt with before; they didn't understand the purpose of publicity and didn't know what the TV stations were doing there.
Furthermore, the TV stations were far away, and they had to deal with The Seven, so it was impossible for them to be distracted by destroying the TV station's helicopters.
But Stormfront was different.
She was best at manipulating public opinion, including the recent period of public discourse, which Stormfront had been secretly trying to guide.
However, with her no longer holding real power at Vought, her attempts to guide public opinion online had little effect and did not achieve the desired outcome.
But this absolutely did not mean that Stormfront was weak in this regard; on the contrary, it was because Vought, led by Kevin, and its public relations team were too strong that Stormfront had no power to retaliate.
Therefore, Stormfront knew how to deal with online public opinion and understood the reason for TV station filming.
To seize the right to speak, she might do two things: The first was to loudly declare in front of the cameras that she was not wrong, and that Vought was slandering her.
This was to manipulate public opinion.
In fact, Stormfront had said similar things in a live broadcast before this, and she was supported by many fans who demanded that Stormfront be cleared.
The second reason for not allowing TV stations to come was that Kevin was worried that if Stormfront found that manipulating public opinion was not working, she would simply destroy all channels that could spread public opinion.
That is, the cameras brought by the TV stations and the corresponding signal relay equipment.
It might even directly threaten the personal safety of TV reporters.
Besides this reason, Kevin didn't bring the TV station for another personal reason: what he planned to do next could not be broadcast by the TV station.
The Boys were coming soon, and Kevin couldn't let The Boys appear on television.
"I… I found Stormfront's trace."
Arriving at the place where Stormfront disappeared, Robert, the Tek Knight specially brought by Kevin, quickly found Stormfront's trace.
He pointed across the flat wasteland in the distance:
"It's in that direction."
"Hmm, thank you for your hard work."
Kevin cast an approving glance at Robert, then shifted his gaze to the others.
Noticing Kevin's gaze, Shockwave instantly disappeared from his spot and ran towards the direction Robert pointed, and in just a few seconds, his figure became a small black dot on the wasteland.
Homelander remained silent, flying into the sky, closely following Shockwave, while the remaining few slowly made their way towards that direction.
Kevin followed behind the remaining three, looking at Annie's back, contemplating whether to let Annie make a move later.
After the incident of Hughie's enhancement, the serum made by Banner had been confirmed to have no side effects, and Kevin also took the opportunity to inject Annie with the enhancement serum last night, further strengthening Annie's abilities.
And Annie's abilities also showed very obvious changes.
Firstly, her own ability, which originally required electricity around her to be used, changed to being able to automatically store electrical energy for use when needed.
Although she still couldn't glow on her own, this was already a significant improvement.
It's just that this ability consumes a lot of power; every time she wants to use a big move, it probably requires a long period of charging.
Secondly, there was an improvement in physical ability, with a sufficient increase in physique; originally, Kevin could easily 'abuse' Annie every night.
But after her abilities improved, Annie almost drained Kevin dry last night…
This once again proved the classic saying that there are only oxen that die from exhaustion, but no land that is over-plowed.
Finally, there were some less important enhancements.
Annie's figure had changed slightly, growing towards a more perfect direction.
Although it was not obvious yet, Kevin, who was very familiar with Annie's body, could feel that certain parts of her had grown.
Therefore, Kevin began to consider whether Annie should be the vanguard against Stormfront today.
This would allow Annie to gain combat experience while also testing her enhanced abilities.
While he was contemplating, everyone had already arrived at the location Robert had confirmed.
This place, which should have been an empty flat ground with nothing, now had a large hole melted into its surface by Homelander's heat vision, revealing a unique hidden space below.
Homelander and Shockwave were not here; they must have gone down to find Stormfront.
Kevin glanced at Robert beside him and said to him:
"You can go now."
"Okay! Sir, you… and the others, please be careful."
Hearing that he could leave, Robert felt as if he had been granted a great pardon; he symbolically reminded Kevin, then scurried back without even looking back.
Compared to the Supes present, Robert's physical fitness was not considered strong.
Although he was indeed stronger than ordinary people, he definitely couldn't withstand Stormfront's lightning.
Moreover, he wasn't a combat-type Supe to begin with; staying here would only make him cannon fodder.
However, because Kevin was here, Robert, even if he was truly terrified, dared not speak to Kevin and could only endure it.
Now that Kevin allowed him to leave, Robert naturally seized the opportunity to run away as quickly as possible.
Robert also knew that his decisive departure might displease his boss.
But between settling accounts with his boss later and risking his life by staying here, Robert could still distinguish.
Watching Robert run away, Kevin rolled his eyes.
He ignored the guy who was called a 'Knight' but had no chivalry at all, and turned to the people beside him, saying:
"This is it, let's go down."
With that, Kevin was the first to jump into the hole and enter the facility below.
The others followed closely behind.
…
While Kevin was slowly making his way over, Shockwave, who ran the fastest, had already found the entrance and burst in, meeting Stormfront at the very center of the facility.
However, just as he saw Stormfront, before he could react, a burst of purple electricity shot out from Stormfront's hand!
Crackling—
Bang!!
Shockwave, who rushed in the fastest, was hit by the purple electricity, his figure like a broken kite, crashing into the inner wall of the facility with a speed no less than when he arrived.
The wall was damaged, and Shockwave's figure disappeared behind the wall.
Seeing this, Stormfront continued to attack; her eyes filled with the color of lightning, and she held purple electricity in both hands, radiating it towards the hole behind.
Amidst the crackling of electricity, a smell of scorching gradually wafted over, and only when she detected a hint of burnt flesh did Stormfront stop the electric shock.
"With only this much skill, you dare to rush to the front."
Stormfront spat, expressing disdain for Shockwave, who had rushed in first.
A guy who got lucky and entered The Seven, a person who hasn't had any decent achievements since joining the team; in terms of combat ability, he's probably even worse than the deceased A-Train.
What good is being fast if you have no combat awareness? You're just cannon fodder to be instantly killed.
Ignoring Shockwave, who had already lost his combat ability, Stormfront took two steps forward and turned to look at the entrance that Shockwave had just opened.
There, Homelander descended gracefully, landing in front of Stormfront.
"What? You want to capture me and bring me back? To curry favor with Kevin?"
Seeing Homelander, Stormfront raised an eyebrow and asked.
Homelander tilted his head, slowly approached Stormfront, then turned to look at Shockwave, who had been blasted into the wall by Stormfront, and said:
"I just want to ask, when you said you would help me before, was it true?"
"Heh, you only think of asking me for help at a time like this? Don't you think it's a bit late? Kevin has already succeeded; he successfully kicked me out of The Seven and exposed my past to everyone! I can't help you anymore!"
As Stormfront said this, her expression distorted.
Forced into such a predicament, she recalled past events and gradually understood everything.
Kevin was not on anyone's side from the beginning.
He removed Edgar simply because Edgar tried to control him and wouldn't give him a chance to rise.
As for establishing a Super Hero Association, it was merely because he wanted to control all Supes more thoroughly.
As for reducing the number of Supes.
That was probably because he believed too many Supes would threaten him, so he had to do it.
Stormfront had understood that Kevin disliked anyone who could threaten him.
This was almost identical to Homelander, and the other party was even more extreme than Homelander, because he personally destroyed the very soil from which Supes were born!
And now, Stormfront was being targeted by Kevin also because she might pose a threat to Kevin, so before Stormfront could make a move, Kevin directly acted against her.
Actually, Stormfront originally had no intention of dealing with Kevin, because she felt that no matter what Kevin did, he was the strongest among Supes, a Supe who could continuously evolve.
He represented the future of Supes.
Even if Kevin did something that almost destroyed Supes, Stormfront still felt that she might still have a chance to persuade him to come back.
But now…
None of this mattered anymore.
Homelander nodded, half-understanding, and turned his head to look at the device behind Stormfront, pointing at the somewhat antique-looking instrument, he asked:
"What are you doing now? And what is that behind you?"
"If I tell you, will you stop me?"
"That depends on what you're planning to do."
Homelander tilted his head back, hands on his hips, striking a standard hero pose.
Stormfront, seeing this, chuckled; she pointed to the antique device behind her and said:
"War. I wasn't planning to use it now, but now I have no choice but to use it."
"War?"
"Yes, war between Supes and humans!"
Stormfront turned to look at the device behind her, "This is Vought… not Vought's Vought, but my former husband, what he prepared for establishing a Supe kingdom, a launch silo full of viruses.
"It's filled with degraded Compound V, and some… other things. Once I activate it, the biological weapons loaded with viruses inside will fly to the nearest city, and then… detonate in the sky."
"What will happen?"
"At first, nothing will happen. People will study normally, work normally, and do their usual things, but slowly, when enough people are infected, some of them will mutate, and some will even die."
"And only Supes will have a certain degree of resistance to the virus."
As Stormfront spoke, her smile became distorted:
"I originally didn't want to be so radical, and even decided never to activate it, but now there's no other way. Kevin doesn't agree with me establishing a Supe kingdom, so I'll do it myself!
"He wants to protect those humans, doesn't he? I'd like to see what he'll do when everyone is infected with the virus and only Supes can survive!"
Hearing Stormfront to this point, Homelander finally understood what she wanted to do:
"You plan to exterminate… humanity?"
"I just intend to let the world know that this world belongs to us! It belongs to you! Homelander!! What I said before still holds true; you are the most excellent being among us. As long as you are willing to help me, I will make you a god."
Stormfront paused for a moment, gazing at Homelander, and said word by word:
"A true god!"
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