American comics: Something is wrong with this superhero world

Chapter 116 Revenge for Xiao Xian

An unprecedented rally was underway on the streets of New York, with fans in the crowd, wearing all kinds of souvenirs and clothing representing Xiao Xian, in tears.

Between the high-rise buildings, huge electronic screens played the footage that Xiao Xian had filmed in the past in a loop. His handsome face made fans obsessed with him.

Superman was wearing a new battle suit with his cape cut in half, symbolizing his deep mourning for Xiao Xian. He was suspended in the air, looking at the densely packed fans of Xiao Xian below, who were crying their hearts out, much more so than his own fans. Even the most hardcore of his own fans were only at an upper-middle level.

Looking at these fanatical fans, Superman couldn't help but feel a little jealous of Xiao Xian, but then he thought, Xiao Xian is dead anyway, why should he be jealous of a dead person?
Landing on the platform set up by the staff, Superman picked up the microphone and said

"Thank you very much for coming to say farewell to my good brother Xiao Xian today."

"Superman!" Hearing Superman's voice, some fans looked at Superman and shouted "Revenge for Xiao Xian!"

"Revenge! Revenge! Revenge!" The fans' voices quickly unified and shouted at Superman.

"I know that everyone is very sad and eager to avenge Xiao Xian. Believe me, I am just as eager to avenge Xiao Xian as everyone else. He is one of my best brothers." Superman said according to the pre-prepared words, and did not forget to add some improvisations.

"If I ever encounter the monster that killed Xiao Xian, I will mercilessly burn it to ashes with my thermal vision!"

"Superman!!!" Many supporters in the audience shouted along with the rhythm, "You are a real superhero."

"Mr. Superman, if you can avenge Xiao Xian, I will become your fan, and I will get all my friends and family to support you!"

A young female fan said to Superman excitedly. Her eyes were full of tears and her emotions seemed very appropriate. If Daredevil were here, he would recognize that this was one of the female agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

"Thank you for your enthusiasm, but SHIELD's secret base is SHIELD's top secret. Unless SHIELD requests it, I don't know the location and I don't have the authority to go there." Superman pretended to be helpless and continued according to the script.

"And I believe that with the strength of SHIELD, they will be able to properly handle this incident. They are a professional agency that handles bizarre events, spending hundreds of billions of dollars on military expenditures every year. With superhero teams like the Avengers, they will definitely be able to defeat the bizarre events."

"No~" Many fans showed disappointed expressions when they heard this. Isn't this just waiting for an official statement?

"We will be fans of whoever avenges Xiao Xian!" a female fan shouted, "Our 'Xiao Xian is my husband' fan club, 380,000 members jointly promise that whoever avenges Xiao Xian will be our second most popular idol after Xiao Xian for the rest of our lives!"

"Our 'Xiao Xian I Want to Give Birth to You' fan club is the same! 680,000 fans signed a joint letter! We will never regret it!"

"And our 'Xiao Xian is the most handsome' fan club has three million fans!"

"And us."

For a while, similar voices were heard one after another, and even gave Superman a feeling that whoever avenged Xiao Xian would inherit Xiao Xian's fan base. "Look! A female SHIELD agent has revealed the location of the secret base! She is calling on fans who are capable to avenge Xiao Xian!" Suddenly, a fan exclaimed, and happened to see a short video. In the video, a female agent looked at the camera and said:
"I know this is against S.H.I.E.L.D.'s rules and regulations, and I also know that S.H.I.E.L.D. will send people to eliminate the monster in no time, but I really don't want to wait even a second! Because that monster killed my idol, Xiao Xian! So I thought about it and made a decision that violated S.H.I.E.L.D.'s rules, to disclose the location of the secret base and call on capable superheroes to avenge Xiao Xian!"

As if it was a pre-planned plan, many fans took out their mobile phones and clicked on the video to show it to people around them.

"The location is indeed public, but I..." Superman was thinking of following Bruce's backup plan and refusing to go to fight the weirdness on the grounds that he must abide by the law and cannot enter the secret base of SHIELD without SHIELD's invitation. A female fan burst into joy and shouted

"Hahaha~ That's great. The Hulk is on his way to the secret base. According to insiders, the Hulk is a perfect match for that monster. He will definitely be able to avenge Xiao Xian."

"Really? That's great. If the Hulk can defeat that monster and avenge Xiao Xian, from now on, my whole family and I will be fans of the Hulk."

"The Hulk is so strong! Love it~ Love it, I'm going to vote for the Hulk on the most popular superhero list right now!"

"Ahem~" Upon hearing this, Superman immediately had the illusion that if he didn't go there, someone else would snatch the head away. But when he thought about it carefully, it was just a weird thing, which would disgust him at most. It couldn't really hurt him anyway. At worst, he could go to Paradise Island again and ask Diana to help him get rid of it.

The key is to avenge Xiao Xian, because that is the one who can inherit Xiao Xian's fans! Although Xiao Xian's fighting ability is nothing in his eyes, the fighting ability of Xiao Xian's fans is many times stronger than his own fans.

There are a lot of people online who dare to criticize me, but there are very few who dare to criticize Xiao Xian. Xiao Xian's fans are good at opening boxes. Not only do they criticize people fiercely online, they also initiate offline confrontations.

For the sake of so many powerful fans, it is not unacceptable to be disgusted a little. Generally speaking, ordinary weirdness is not so easy to disgust oneself. The last one was just a rare exception.

Thinking of this, Superman said to his fans:

"Since the location of the secret base has been made public, I can't ignore the weirdo who hurt my good brother!" Superman slowly rose into the air and shouted to the fans in the audience.
"Please rest assured, I will definitely defeat the monster and avenge Xiao Xian!"

"Superman!~Superman!~Superman!~"

The fans in the audience cheered upon seeing this. Although they were fans of Xiao Xian, they also knew that Xiao Xian was an idol-type superhero, mainly because he was handsome, while Superman was a powerful superhero, who was always ranked first in the superhero combat power rankings.

There was actually nothing wrong with Bruce's rhetoric. He even guessed SHIELD's plan to disclose its secret base and had thought of a countermeasure.

As long as SHIELD doesn't take the initiative to invite Superman, he will have an excuse not to go. If SHIELD takes the initiative to ask Superman for help, it will prove that they are unable to fight against the monsters. Not only will it damage their reputation, but it will also show that they are not worthy of so much funding every year. Next year, the Eye will be able to take a large sum of funding from SHIELD, and then the benefits to Wayne Group and Superman will definitely not be small.

But not everyone is a rational person who makes decisions based on maximizing benefits. Although Superman has a super brain, he still lost himself in the calls of "handsome boy" from his fans.

(End of this chapter)