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Chapter 577 Someone always has to step on the gas.

Speaking of the undercover agent, the Invisible Man, he was definitely an unexpected surprise for Ma Zhaodi.

At first, Ma Zhaodi didn't think of developing him into a very important intelligence source—the reason was simple: although he wasn't like Homelander or A-Train in the Vought Seven who committed murder and arson, he himself didn't really have any heroic spirit. He seemed to care about his family, but he could ask Vought to move his family at any time.

Untrustworthy, difficult to control, unreliable, and like the Deep Sea, he engages in rogue behavior—that was Ma Zhaodi's impression of him.

That impression was indeed correct.

The Invisible Man was certainly not loyal to Ma Chaodi. After being threatened with his family and microbombs, and then publicly humiliated by Superman and Maeve, he both hated and feared these villains who wanted to oppose Wot. So he was constantly thinking about how to break free from their control—this deep thought probably lasted for, well, several days.

However, times have changed. Ever since Ma Zhaodi started targeting Vought, the situation has changed too quickly. The Invisible Man cleverly sensed that things had changed. It wasn't until Superman landed the plane on the high seas and then knocked Homelander to the ground, leaving him in a hospital bed to this day, that the Invisible Man's heart immediately tipped in favor of Ma Zhaodi.

It wasn't that he was afraid of being beaten to a pulp by Superman's iron fist after Vought's downfall; it was mainly that he suddenly awakened to the sense of justice within himself and wanted to contribute to the cause of true heroes.

After Madeline was taken away for investigation, a sense of unease spread throughout the Walter Company from top to bottom. Barrett was overwhelmed with problems, and Edgar began to step in as a stabilizing force. He had already begun to have some initial thoughts about the future of Walter.

Therefore, when he received Edgar's message this morning and got into the car carrying him and the soldier boy, the Invisible Man was naturally pleasantly surprised, not because he was valued by his boss, but because he felt that he could finally give Ma Zhaodi an even more important pledge of loyalty.

After all, he had already been following Edgar and had revealed his information to Ma Zhaodi. Although he didn't know who was in those three places or what their purpose was, he was certain that they were very important locations to Edgar. In other words, he had betrayed Walter, this wrecked ship that had been submerged, very badly.

You can choose not to do something, but if you're going to do it, you have to do it thoroughly. A transparent person understands this principle very well.

Of course, for him, the reasons for doing so seemed sufficient, but in reality, Ma Zhaodi's "villainous affinity" had an immeasurable influence on him. Subtly, under the pressure of the powerful aura of the soldier boy, he still chose Ma Zhaodi's side at lightning speed.

But in Edgar's eyes, the Invisible Man's image became believable enough—because of Superman, Maeve, and Starlight, the four of them became very suspicious, leaving only five of the eight trustworthy members, and Deep Sea even left directly, which made him seem somewhat credible, but definitely unusable.

Whoever is at odds with Superman and Maeve is relatively safer and more trustworthy. Homelander was crippled, Storm disappeared, and if Soldier Boy is brought in, Blackie will have to be sacrificed, leaving only A-Train and Invisible Man.

Edgar's problem now isn't whether he wants to use the Invisible Man, but which few strong and familiar heroes he can find to carry the team—can he temporarily replace some from the bottom? Perhaps, but he needs someone available right now.

"I thought we would make some progress with Vogbaum first, but it turned out that the Invisible Man became the MVP."

Looking at the text messages in his email, Ma Zhaodi couldn't help but sigh, "When a behemoth starts to decline, someone always needs to sit in the driver's seat and step on the gas."

"You mean the brakes, right?" the breast milk reminded her. "The accelerator only accelerates."

"Well, judging from the current situation, Edgar, who is sitting in the driver's seat, probably couldn't distinguish between the accelerator and the brake."

Ma Zhaodi shrugged: "Alright, enough talk, I need to get going."

"Again, it's just you alone?" "The Soldier Boy is here too. I'm afraid you'll get blown to bits by his laser cannon—oh, speaking of which, we already have two superpowered individuals. We can try playing our cards."

“Then Kenji and I will go with you.” Kimiko typed rapidly on her phone; she was already quite proficient at it—in fact, she had begun to gradually learn to type English words.

Kenji thought for a moment and said, "As long as it's about dealing with Walter, I'll go with you."

"What's the point of coming with me if I'm not coming with you?"

Ma Zhaodi said, "The Invisible Man said that Soldier Boy seems to be heading for his old teammates and is now planning to kill Xuanse. In other words, there may only be a few veteran heroes left."

"Gunpowder, Countess Scarlet, Mind Storm, Bomb Twins," the Butcher rattled off. "I know these people. You want us to find them?"

"Yes—I'll tell you on the way."

Ma Zhaodi rushed out the door, only to hear the voice coming from the butcher's phone again, which made him grit his teeth in annoyance.

Amid the roar of motorcycles, Ma Zhaodi's voice continued: "I just checked. Gunpowder is now cooperating with the gun association, selling gun safety concepts to children all day long, and even designed a children's rifle; Countess Scarlet opened a theater, re-enacting classic WWII plays all day long, and even making a cameo appearance herself, and business is booming."

"so what?"

"The security cameras near Gunpowder's house captured Congressman Newman, who was wearing a mask and hat, passing by. His cell phone signal was also frozen at his house, so he is most likely dead. The Scarlet Countess's cell phone signal disappeared after the news was broadcast on TV. If she is not dead, she must have run away."

The breast milk raised an eyebrow.

"So the soldier boy really intends to kill all his old comrades? Why would he do that?"

“It’s not certain whether we should kill them all, but it’s never wrong to be prepared in advance.” Ma Zhaodi’s voice: “Psychic Storm and Bomb Twins haven’t been so high-profile in recent years, but they’ve still made a fortune. As a result, their cell phone signals disappeared along with them—so they really did all run away.”

"If we can find one or two of them, they might cooperate with us," Franky's eyes grew brighter. "Just hiding one would be the most convincing witness, and they could drag the Soldier Boys' current glorious image down with them."

"But they've all run away, and we can't find them. How can we rescue them?"

“The cat will go with you—it used to be a hunting cat for a long time, and its tracking ability in the jungle is even better than mine (master level). I will send you the information about Gemini and the last location where it disappeared.”

"Meow (That has to be me)!"

(End of this chapter)