The Deep's sexual harassment of Starlight is a famous scene in The Boys, and Fang Yuan naturally wouldn't miss it.
In The Boys comic original, this scene was even more explosive, with Homelander, Black Noir, and Invisible Man taking turns sexually harassing her.
They didn't even include The Deep.
The TV series version could be said to have fulfilled The Deep's dream.
Of course, with Fang Yuan present this time, The Deep not only didn't fulfill his dream, but he almost died of fright.
He wasn't afraid of Fang Yuan, because Fang Yuan hadn't shown much Superhuman ability so far. The Deep was afraid of Homelander behind Fang Yuan.
If Fang Yuan was unhappy with him and went to complain to Homelander, then what he had just done—threatening Starlight verbally—might very well happen to him!
"I... I don't know..." The Deep quickly pulled up his pants and then incoherently began to explain to Fang Yuan.
"Save those words for Starlight." Fang Yuan snorted coldly and left with Starlight.
Of course, he wasn't angry; he was just putting on a show for Starlight.
After all, Starlight hadn't suffered any loss.
However, for Starlight, Fang Yuan was like a ray of light saving her. After this incident, Starlight dared not trust anyone in Vought Corporation except Fang Yuan.
Thus, a World where only The Deep was hurt was achieved.
In the following days, The Deep would hide far away whenever he saw Starlight, not daring to look her in the eye. Even when the two of them were filming crime-fighting operations together, The Deep was timid and submissive.
Starlight also saw the true face of Vought Corporation: fighting crime was fake, filming promotional videos was real. She thought she was here to be a Superhero and incidentally a star, but she didn't expect being a star to be the main job.
Back in her small town, Starlight would still go out to fight crime herself. After joining The Seven, although her attention skyrocketed like a Rocket, the sense of satisfaction she got was much less.
Whenever Starlight doubted her life, Fang Yuan would comfort her in time, which made Starlight's favorability towards Fang Yuan rapidly increase.
However, Starlight was in a period of rapid fan growth, so Fang Yuan's focus was not on her.
Because he had another target to promote—Kimiko.
Fang Yuan valued Kimiko's Superhuman abilities, so he naturally wanted to find a way to boost her fame. In The Boys World, what could be faster than joining The Seven?
Take Starlight as an example. Starlight had been fighting crime in Des Moines for many years. After exhibiting Superhuman abilities at a young age, she began to use them to help others.
But what truly made her famous were various talent shows; her Superhero career brought her negligible fame.
It wasn't until she joined The Seven this time that Starlight instantly became a sensation. This shows the importance of channels.
So Fang Yuan's goal was to get Kimiko to join The Seven!
However, just like his own entry into The Seven, Kimiko also had two obstacles—Vice President Madelyn and President Stan.
Stan actually didn't get too involved with The Seven's affairs; he would accept anything as long as the reason was plausible.
But Madelyn would certainly not allow an Asian, someone from a terrorist organization, to join The Seven. Moreover, as the Vice President in charge of Superheroes, she was also a major obstacle to Fang Yuan's control of Vought Corporation.
So Fang Yuan's goal was to get Madelyn out of the picture; Stan could wait.
Because for such key figures, directly eliminating them is the most wasteful act. Fang Yuan seeks to gain more value while eliminating them.
Like his good sister-in-law, Salvador.
However, Fang Yuan had just said he wouldn't cause trouble for Vought Corporation, so he naturally had to keep his promise.
Bad deeds, well, Black King had to do them. Fang Yuan was non-stick.
After failing to capture Lamplighter, MIB and CIA both went quiet for a period.
MIB was mainly looking for its next target, while the CIA began its internal investigation.
Although the previous intelligence leak wasn't due to a spy, the problem was actually more serious—discussing mission targets casually during a mission? And in the presence of Superhumans?
This reflected the alarming quality of the CIA Agents. Deputy Director Susan carried out an emergency internal rectification, determined to prevent such situations from happening again.
In this situation, Billy Butcher began to act on his own again. His target was Homelander, and of course, it would be even better if he could deal with other undeserving Superheroes. So Butcher volunteered himself to Black King and joined The Boys.
However, Butcher did not become a formal member. All members of The Boys were Superhumans, and for an ordinary person like him to join would be too conspicuous and easily targeted.
His reason for joining was to gain more intelligence support to find opportunities to deal with Superhumans.
So, Fang Yuan, no, Black King, gave him this opportunity.
"compound v?"
"These Superhumans are artificial creations, what the hell?"
After learning about compound v from Black King, Butcher immediately swore.
For decades, Vought Corporation had been promoting the idea that the emergence of Superhumans was a divine gift, and this concept was deeply ingrained in people's minds. But unexpectedly, everything was a Vought Corporation conspiracy?
"Did you tell the CIA?" Butcher asked.
Black King shook his head: "No, because MIB hasn't found any evidence—the physical compound v."
Actually, compound v, having been distributed by Homelander to various radical organizations, was no longer secretive, but it still hadn't been discovered, which truly had a bit of a halo around it.
It would be no problem for Fang Yuan to find it, but what kind of Black King would he be if he did everything himself?
If he didn't toy with the protagonists in the myriad Worlds, wouldn't it be a wasted trip?
"Although the Vought Corporation chips in The Boys members have all been removed, Vought Corporation is constantly monitoring them, so MIB has no chance to investigate compound v," Black King said.
"Understood, I'll figure it out!" Butcher nodded.
He was very proactive, now that he knew this top-tier Vought Corporation scandal, he was full of drive.
Black King was very satisfied with his spirit: "I will provide the funds you need; you just need to find compound v."
"Okay!"
Butcher agreed firmly, then began to think of a plan.
The importance of compound v was self-evident. Butcher guessed that Vought Corporation would certainly guard it strictly, after all, normal people wouldn't imagine some big fool throwing this stuff around everywhere.
So he couldn't do it alone. Butcher decided to gather his teammates.
The most suitable people he could find were naturally his two former teammates.
Frenchie and Mothers Milk.
Every protagonist team always needs a technical expert, and Frenchie, the Frenchman, fills this role. He is a hacker, chef, chemist, and bomber, with extensive research in how to deal with Superhumans, but he is rather emotional.
Mothers Milk is a muscular black man who can always remain rational and is the best binder for the team. Although he often clashes with Butcher, he is an extremely competent second-in-command.
These two had originally parted ways with Butcher, especially Mothers Milk, who had already married and had a daughter, but they were still re-recruited by Butcher.
Although there were still conflicts and estrangements between Mothers Milk and Frenchie, Butcher made them put aside their differences.
In this team, Butcher always had a kind of bastard leadership.
"compound v? I knew Vought Corporation was no good. No wonder all Superhumans are controlled by them." Frenchie grumbled with a pout.
"Is this information reliable?" Mothers Milk verified again.
Butcher was very sure: "No problem, Black King of MIB told me personally."
"Then we need to choose a very suitable breakthrough point," Mothers Milk fell into deliberation.
Vought Corporation has many Superheroes, but certainly only a few would know about compound v.
"If we go to great lengths to kidnap a Superhero and then find out they don't know anything, it'll be a wasted effort," Frenchie also nodded in agreement.
"Exactly, so we must find the person most likely to know about this!"
Billy Butcher sneered and threw a photo at them.
In the picture, a pair of black-rimmed glasses floated in mid-air.
"Invisible Man?"
Mothers Milk immediately cried out.
"Directly confront The Seven? Are you serious?"
He looked at Butcher as if he were looking at a madman.
Oh no, not as if.
Mothers Milk clearly knew what kind of person Butcher was; that bastard was a lunatic.
Butcher, however, was confident: "That's right, it's Invisible Man."
He tapped his finger heavily on the photo, head held high, looking pleased.
"I got an idea from Black King that will definitely lure Invisible Man out," he said.
Mothers Milk frowned and asked, "How do we do it?"
Butcher stared at him and smiled.
The second week, Mothers Milk, accompanied by seven or eight black people with sorrowful faces, arrived at Vought Headquarters.
"The Deep must apologize!"
"Hold The Deep accountable!"
Mothers Milk also shouted a few times, but after seeing the surrounding security, especially the camera positions, he huddled closer to the crowd.
"What happened?" Starlight, who had just returned from an external engagement, ran into them and asked.
Ashley, who was beside her, glanced at them and replied, "Last week, The Deep went to rescue some dolphins, but he capsized a fishing boat, killing two people. These are the victims' families."
"It wasn't a big deal originally, but someone posted it online."
After speaking, she quickly pulled Starlight away from the crowd: "Don't get involved in The Deep's mess."
That's right, Butcher's plan was to have Mothers Milk blend in with these victims' families, come to Vought Headquarters, and then proceed with the next step of the plan.
With intelligence provided by MIB, these victims' families from Superhero operations were not difficult to find. The only time-consuming part was that they specifically chose a black family.
This made it easier for Mothers Milk to blend in and also convenient for him to disguise himself.
After all, among a group of black people, Mothers Milk had a natural defense.
A racial halo, one might say.
Vought Corporation brought the victims' families to the conference room, mainly to discuss compensation matters. Vought Corporation had ample experience with such situations: give the victims' families a sum of money, and then Vice President Madelyn and the Superhero involved would make a phony explanation on TV, shrugging off responsibility, and it would be over.
However, Mothers Milk took the opportunity to place a listening device under the conference room table.
As this group of black people left Vought Headquarters, the listening device was already gone, and Fang Yuan clearly perceived an invisible person following Mothers Milk.
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