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Chapter 597 Walter is finished

Vogelbaum knew a great deal about the laboratory and provided many details, which the CIA did not have time to verify. However, the medical records left in the sage forest basically confirmed the credibility of his testimony.

But he was indeed just a researcher. He had an extremely detailed understanding of Compound 5, but knew little about the other dirty tricks of the Vought Corporation. He later gave a more detailed explanation of Compound 5 and the Vought laboratories in New York and around the world, but that was about it.

So after Vogbaum's interrogation segment, everyone saw him being led out of the interrogation room, and then about five minutes later, Edgar was brought in.

He knew a great deal about Walter, and he was also aware that Walter's fate was sealed. The most crucial secrets had been thoroughly investigated by Superman and his team, so he confessed them very readily.

Of course, this decisiveness was probably some kind of deal that had already been agreed upon with the CIA, but the exact details were unknown—anyway, after reading this, Clark secretly decided to go to the CIA headquarters to ask about it later.

Hopefully, Susan Reiner's answer won't disappoint, or he'll be very disappointed.

In the video, Edgar begins to confess.

"Newman. Really? You even found out about her."

“That makes sense. You took care of both Ryan and Storm at the same time, so how could you not have found out about Newman?”

“She is an orphan I adopted, not my biological daughter—have you heard of the Red River Home? I adopted her there and have raised her as my own daughter ever since. Many people think I am all alone and can't find my weakness. They don't know that I even have a granddaughter.”

"Red River is a superhuman orphanage that houses imperfect test subjects—that is, disabled superhuman orphans."

"They are not necessarily completely disabled, but they are mostly young children whose abilities are too useless or too dangerous. Of course, those with physical disabilities or psychological problems will also be sent here. In short, they are basically superpowered orphans who were abandoned by their parents, or superpowered orphans who accidentally killed their father or mother at birth."

"My original intention in establishing this organization was not specifically to cultivate spies like Newman, but simply to manage these superpowered orphans—everything related to Compound V is important. Even abilities whose potential was not discovered at the time may undergo qualitative changes after adulthood, not to mention those children who are psychologically and physically disabled, but whose abilities are already quite strong."

"The reason why there are almost no superpowered criminals in New York and the world is because Vought's control is strict enough. We definitely don't want to create a major enemy for ourselves unintentionally. Unfortunately, it seems that there are still loopholes, which have given Superman many superpowered allies."

"Is Compound 5 for sale? Is that even a question? Water is a pharmaceutical company, not a star company. Besides, we don't need test subjects and data. We just don't sell the formula."

“Many people want to buy these things, and their sources are very diverse. Many people choose to pay 50% of the price with their experimental records and data, otherwise they simply cannot afford Compound No. 5.”

"Animal experiments are underway, but there hasn't been much progress so far. My son-in-law is in charge of this part, Samir. He's the successor to Vogbaum after his retirement. He's very smart; otherwise, Newman wouldn't have taken a liking to him."

“I don’t regret my decades at Water. The only regret I have is that I shouldn’t have let Newman get involved in the company’s affairs, and I shouldn’t have let her be with Samir. As a result, I’ve dragged them all into this.”

Edgar said a lot in the interrogation room, basically everything he could say, and it was all of great importance. He even had a long list in his head, but the CIA hadn't put it in—but Ma Zhaodi dug the list out of the CIA's computer in just half a minute.

He looked up the names on his phone and couldn't help but stare in disbelief. If the CIA dared to arrest everyone on that list tonight, the US government and Wall Street would be paralyzed tomorrow.

"Can the CIA handle something this big?"

Becca couldn't help but say something.

“Unlikely.” The butcher answered calmly, a particularly sarcastic smile on his face, but not much anger. He had been in the CIA for so long and had seen too much of this kind of dirty work; he had long since lost any of his so-called American idealism.

He looked like a rough man, but he actually worked in an administrative role in Waterley back then, so he was familiar with some of the names that Ma Zhaodi was investigating. He replied, "At least we can't arrest them all. It'll probably be the same as before: let go of some of the less important ones, and protect some of the more important ones."

Her already dark complexion turned even darker: "Damn it, how did America become like this?"

Ma Zhaodi didn't reply, but turned to look at Clark and saw him sighing wearily, but still didn't say anything.

As a Kryptonian, he has always avoided directly participating in or interfering in the politics of any country on Earth, but having grown up in the United States, this situation still disappoints him.

“Don’t be angry,” he comforted. “At least Edgar himself can’t escape the sanctions. I can roughly guess what his agreement with the CIA is.”

Kimiko, standing nearby, curiously typed, "What is it?"

“It must be Newman,” Ma Zhaodi replied. “Otherwise, he wouldn’t have so readily confessed about his daughter and son-in-law. To him, these two should be his most important family members. If he hadn’t gotten a pardon agreement or something from the CIA, keeping quiet might have given them some time to escape.”

"Then he's a good father."

The butcher, slightly agitated by the words, couldn't help but turn and glance at Kimiko, feeling as if the words were directed at him.

He had no feelings for Ryan to begin with; after all, Ryan was the son of a Homelander. In fact, what he wanted to do most right now was to return Ryan to the country so that he and Becca could rebuild their life together.

Unfortunately, Becca disagreed. Ryan was her own flesh and blood, and she didn't want to abandon the child to a department like the CIA under any circumstances.

However, Ma Zhaodi felt that the butcher still had some potential to become a good father. He specifically talked to the butcher and told him that the psychological trauma of his childhood might serve as a negative example for him in raising his children. He should pay attention to his parenting methods and personality development, so that he would at least not raise his children to be antisocial.

At this moment, the videotape abruptly stopped.

"Is this the end?"

Franky, who was watching with great interest, was somewhat disappointed: "Didn't they also arrest Madeline? Why isn't there a part about her interrogation?"

"All she could explain were some execution details; how could the general direction be any different from Edgar's?"

Ma Zhaodi shrugged.

These two videos are sufficient for now.

Walter is finished.

(End of this chapter)