Chapter 118: Homelander's Ambition for His Son
"Information about your family?" Susan chose to skip this topic, as it wasn't important at the moment. "How about this, let's first see if the clue is reliable."
Afterwards, Hughie told Susan everything about the smuggling ship in detail.
"You mean, a Super Terrorist smuggled into the United States via a Private Dock?" Susan instantly realized something was wrong. They had already passed and signed Vought's Military Bill; Vought had no reason to create trouble for themselves.
Recalling Madelyn Stillwell's confused expression in the Interrogation Room before her death, Susan was basically certain that Madelyn Stillwell had absolutely no knowledge of the Super Terrorist's existence.
But just as she finished speaking, in an instant, Susan's entire head exploded like a watermelon.
Mother's Milk, Frenchie, and Hughie were scared out of their wits. Mother's Milk quickly pulled out his gun, looked around, and roared loudly, "Quick, quick, get out of here."
"Holy shit! Holy shit!" Hughie repeated in panic.
Soon, the few of them got into the car. Immediately after, Mother's Milk floored the gas pedal, driving the car frantically to escape for their lives.
"What's going on?" Hughie panted heavily, still shaken.
"Who knows, oh shit." Mother's Milk didn't see any Vought pursuers through the rearview mirror.
Frenchie rubbed his face, forcing himself to calm down. "Fuck you, that was the deputy director of the CIA! Vought is absolutely insane, they actually implanted an explosive device in Susan's head. It looks like this explosive device is very special; it might have been detonated by a certain keyword."
As a weapon expert, Frenchie found it hard to imagine what kind of explosive device could be implanted in Susan's body without her knowing, and still have such astonishing power.
After the few of them returned to the Basement, Annie called Hughie. She had already found the person on the information according to the information Hughie had given her. "The person on the information is called Gecko," she said. "I once met him at Izzy the Wizard's charity event.
Because his superpower is like a gecko, possessing super strong regeneration ability, he is named Gecko. He has two jobs: one is serving as a test subject for Vought's Laboratory, and the other is satisfying some wealthy people with abusive tendencies, thereby earning a small amount of extra money.
I have already filmed those abuse videos and used them to threaten Gecko. Speaking of which, this was taught to me by that bastard Mr. Jervis, but that's not important. What's important is, he has already agreed to help us steal Compound V."
"Listen Starlight, we temporarily need to stop all operations. Vought is very dangerous, we must be more careful." Hughie finished speaking and hung up the phone. The fear in his heart still hadn't dissipated; the shadow of Susan being shot in the head constantly enveloped him, like a nightmare he couldn't shake off.
On the other end of the phone, Starlight looked at the hung-up phone in her hand in disbelief. She didn't understand what exactly had happened to cause such a huge change in Hughie.
"My God..." Just as Hughie was lost in thought, the Basement guard was thrown down from the stairs entrance.
Frenchie and the others, like startled birds, immediately grabbed their firearms and aimed at the Basement entrance.
As the sound of footsteps grew louder, an unexpected figure appeared before them. It was Billy, carrying luggage. He put down his luggage, spread his arms towards everyone, and said, "Hey, guys, what are you waiting for?"
Seeing Billy suddenly appear before him, Hughie couldn't help but smile.
"Bastard, how did you find us?" Frenchie punched Billy in the chest.
"Because I received your phone call."
Billy pulled him over, then patted his back. "Mate, nice to see you again."
Afterwards, the few of them started chatting. Frenchie and the others were more concerned about where Billy had been during this time, and if he was responsible for the matter with Madelyn Stillwell.
"I can't remember clearly, but I can guarantee that Madelyn Stillwell was already dead when I pressed the detonator button.
Besides that, I also saw Becca and her child. I just don't understand why, when I woke up again, I was in the Underground Parking Lot of a Restaurant." Billy took out the paper from his pocket. "This records the key information about that place. I wrote down everything I could remember."
"Wait, have you forgotten? This guy abandoned us back then, leaving us to die, and now he's pretending nothing happened?" Although Hughie was happy to see Billy return, he still found it hard to trust this guy who had once abandoned his companions without a second thought.
"Sorry, I'm very sorry about that. I thought you geniuses would have come up with a solution by now, but the fact proves you've done well. However, currently, only I can solve your trouble, which is also the purpose Frenchie called me over for."
Billy said in a deep voice.
"I am the leader of this team."
These words left Hughie speechless. Seeing this, Billy continued, "Frenchie told me about your matter on the phone. To be honest, I admire your action of injecting Compound V to save your companion, but the most crucial problem now is that we have to speed up solving the wanted warrant."
"Friendly reminder, it's Compound Six," Hughie said.
Billy shrugged. "Whatever, it sounds like the same thing anyway."
"How do you plan to solve it?" Mother's Milk asked.
"Mallory. With her background, it will be very easy to find the clues about the smuggler."
At the crucial moment, Billy found that his old superior was still useful.
The next day, Xia Shang, holding the speech manuscript, found Homelander.
"This is the speech manuscript for tomorrow's new hero press conference. You can take a look beforehand."
"Okay, got it." Homelander motioned for Xia Shang to put it aside.
"I heard your son is called Maverick Ryan, that's a good name. Is he a Supe too? When can you let him visit Vought and see Homelander's great deeds?" Xia Shang said with a smile after casually tossing the speech manuscript onto the table beside him.
"Of course, he is my son, naturally he is also a Supe." Homelander couldn't hide the smile on his face. Learning from the doctor, his son might be the first purely natural Supe, and he felt incredibly proud of this.
"Let me tell you a secret, my son is a true Supe, he has absolutely no relation to Compound V." Although he said it was a secret, Homelander's tone was quite proud.
Xia Shang showed an expression of thought. "As expected of your son, this is simply a miracle. I think Vought can start a new plan, the Superhero training program. At that time, we can select a batch of young Supes, let the public accompany and witness their growth. I believe this will definitely have a great market."
Homelander's curiosity was piqued by Xia Shang's words. "What do you mean?"
Xia Shang smiled and said, "Just like The Seven now, but you can understand it as a miniature version. If your son is excellent enough, I believe he will gain a lot of popularity, he can even help you increase your popularity. This is a pretty good selling point. However, the premise is that your son is as excellent as you."
"He will," Homelander said with certainty.
However, because he hadn't seen his son use his superpower, Homelander was still a bit insecure. But for the sake of his own pride, he couldn't possibly admit that his son would be weaker than other Supes, nor would he allow this situation to happen.
"Mr. Jervis, I often say you are a genius, and now I have to believe it. Let's go, I'll take you to meet Mawēilìkè, he will definitely bring you a surprise." Homelander, with a smiling face, patted Xia Shang's shoulder.
The two immediately walked out of Vought Tower, with Xia Shang driving his pickup truck, and drove towards the Villa where Becca lived.
(End of this chapter)