American comics: From the black robes to becoming the ultimate Doomsday

As the TV channel switched, Pei Yuan's gaze sharpened when the image of a Black man flashed across his screen before he switched back to the original view.

The scene features high-ranking executives from the Vought Corporation, with the main character being the black man in the blue uniform, who is none other than A-Train from The Seven.

"My deepest condolences go to Robin Waters' family. I was chasing a bank robber when she unfortunately walked into the middle of the road, and I... I couldn't..."

The sound from the video was transmitted through the speakers, and Pei Yuan curled his lips indifferently.

Just like what happened at the Sage's Forest Center before, the Vought Group has always been adept at turning black into white.

It's said that Robin was standing in the middle of the road, but he was actually on the side of the road. Even so, he was still hit by the drug-addicted locomotive and turned into a bloody mess.

Despite being called an apology, this is just another PR stunt presented in a formulaic way.

Pei Yuan didn't care about that; what he cared about was time.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Butcher will soon approach Hughie because of Robin's boyfriend status, thus drawing out the invisible man who was following Hughie.

That will be his chance to kill the Invisible Man.

Chapter 17 [Mr. Butcher, you don't want this either...]

Butcher's location isn't easy to find, but Hughie, one of the main characters, is.

After Pei Yuan gave Harris a few key points, and considering the incident of the train hitting people, it was easy to find the location of the audio shop.

There was no one in the audio shop at that moment; the other party was not in the shop.

Pei Yuan wasn't in a hurry. It seemed that Hughie was currently in contact with Butcher, who was posing as a member of the FBI.

At this moment, Butcher is leading Hughie to the superhuman's inner bar, tearing away the veil of hypocrisy behind those superheroes.

Seeing those shocking images and lewd, absurd scenes, this kind, cowardly, ordinary resident of New York State experienced a profound shock to his worldview.

He used to be a fan of superhero merchandise and a loyal fan of A-Train from The Seven, even collecting limited edition A-Train models.

However, the image of his girlfriend Robin being struck by a train and killed without her body being intact, leaving only two severed arms, still haunts his nightmares.

Ironically, the other party is still distorting the truth, showing no remorse whatsoever, and even shifting the blame onto Robin.

Hughie began to misunderstand, to become angry, and the things he firmly believed in began to crumble.

Now, as Hughie leads him to see the other side of those so-called superheroes, all his past experiences completely collapse.

"Oh, these damn hypocrites!" Hughie couldn't help but curse in disbelief.

Butcher was pleased with Hughie's reaction; he enjoyed exposing the true nature of superheroes in front of others.

Let those people know that what they yearn for is not a superhero at all.

Because of this, the world will have one less fool who blindly follows television.

Superheroes, ha...

There are no superheroes in this world, only a bunch of damned freaks and scum who shouldn't exist in this world.

Butcher firmly believed this.

After a friendly chat with the bar staff, Butcher led Hughie to the monitoring room.

Ask him to bring up the footage of the locomotive in the compartment last night. However, when he saw the locomotive in the compartment jokingly talking about Robin's death with his friends and laughing, anger filled Hughie's chest.

He didn't understand why those people would do that.

They don't understand how someone could kill another person, yet they act as if they'd just killed an insect, showing absolutely no sympathy or remorse.

“They…are they all like that? Even Homelander?” Hughie’s mind was being constantly shaken, and he couldn’t help but ask the question.

"Homelander is an exception. He doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, and has never been here. He's practically a saint!"

Butcher shrugged in response to Hughie's question, led Hughie to another room, and then placed a stack of police records from the day the locomotive crashed in front of Hughie.

When Hughie, seething with anger, asked him what he needed to do, Butcher revealed his true colors.

Butcher made him accept hush money from the Water Group, but required him to go to the Water Group building and for the Locomotive to be present in person when the agreement was signed.

Taking advantage of the situation, Butcher planted a listening device in the conference room, wanting to find out what those superheroes were up to.

At this moment, under Butcher's patient persuasion, Hughie willingly became a pawn in Butcher's game against the superheroes.

Meanwhile, Pei Yuan was also waiting for them to make their move.

Pei Yuan's goal is very clear.

He takes the blame, while they continue to shoulder the responsibility.

For the next few days, disguised Pei Yuan waited at the same time every day in the coffee shop across from the audio equipment store, where there were no security cameras.

The original plot was already perfect compared to Pei Yuan's. With Hughie and Butcher working together, they stunned the Invisible Man with electricity, then found his weakness and blew him to pieces from the inside.

All he needed to do was change positions at the crucial moment when he killed the invisible man.

The two moved swiftly, and when they saw Hughie go out one day, be sent back by Butcher in the evening, and then be ruthlessly abandoned by him, their excited expressions disappeared.

Pei Yuan understood that the famous scene was about to unfold.

Pei Yuan, who was not too far away, could see the door of the video store across the street suddenly open, as if it had been blown open by the wind, and then Hughie inside put on a perfect pantomime.

Across the street, Butcher, with a full beard, was in a black car, intently watching the commotion inside the audio equipment store, a savage grin spreading across his face.

He never expected the bug Hughie had planted in Vought Tower to be of any use against those superheroes.

Hughie's performance was like that of a rookie, and only he himself was unaware of it.

Butcher's goal was clear: if it worked, great; if not, he'd see if he could lure out some damn guys.

But thankfully, his plan is working perfectly.

Butcher easily understood from Hughie's performance without any props in the audio store that the Invisible Man had discovered the bugging device and thus approached Hughie.

"So... I'm going to destroy you..."

Once the timing was right, Butcher stepped on the gas, and the black car beneath him sped off like a raging beast.

boom!

A tremendous sound erupted!

The fragile glass of the audio shop shattered, and Butcher's black car crashed into it, slamming hard into the air in front of Hughie.

His judgment was correct.

His car crashed into an invisible object, which was then sent flying. Based on the shelves that the invisible man knocked over, the landing point of the invisible man could be found.

"Shit, are you trying to murder me?!"

Hughie, who narrowly avoided being hit by the black car, lost control and roared at Butcher in the car.

If he hadn't dodged quickly, he probably would have been sent flying like that invisible man by Butcher.

Butcher ignored him, took out a crowbar from the car, located the invisible man, and started swinging it at him.

The ensuing fight was uneventful, as the opponent was able to become invisible.

Even someone as invisible as Butcher, whose skin is impervious to bullets and blades, is clearly outmatched in combat among ordinary people.

In the end, Hughie had a flash of inspiration and remembered seeing the Invisible Man's previous television interviews and the skin material he mentioned.

They directly used the broken section of the wire to shove it into the invisible man's buttocks.

A burst of lightning and a white buttocks leaped, proving that the invisible man's skin was not immune to electricity, and he was immediately stunned by the shock.

The attack happened suddenly and unexpectedly.

Having lost the ability to think, Hughie mechanically followed Butcher as he moved the invisible man's body into the trunk of the car.

Before Butcher returned to the driver's seat, an Asian youth with an East Asian face blocked his way and waved his phone at him.

The image on the screen was a picture of him and Hughie carrying the bloodstained invisible man.

“I’ve taken all the photos since you walked in, Mr. Butcher. You don’t want the New York Times to see these sensational images tomorrow, do you…”

Chapter 18 [The Miraculous Mr. Dongfang]

As a former member of the FBI's Black Ops unit, Butcher was accustomed to using tactics such as extortion and other rule-breaking methods.

And it's something they're used to doing.

However, even someone as worldly-wise as him never expected that someone would try to blackmail him.

This gave him a strange sense of irony.

When Butcher saw the photo in the hand of the unfamiliar Asian youth, he was stunned for a moment, and then slowly looked at the other person's face.

His thick beard twitched, and a ferocious smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Oh, fuck, so you're blackmailing me? Do you even know what you're doing? Blackmailing an FBI agent? If I were you, I'd better hand over my phone!"

Pei Yuan smiled indifferently, "Should we add a 'former' before the 'Federal Investigator' you mentioned?"

Hughie's brain was still malfunctioning, and he had no extra capacity to think. Hearing this, he paused in confusion, then looked at Butcher in disbelief.

"Former? What do you mean? So you're not an FBI agent anymore?"

Hughie began to reminisce about his conversation with Butcher and suddenly felt annoyed.