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Chapter 325 Butcher's Reasoning

Upon returning from the Vought Building, the police chief assigned the task to Butcher and several other teams. Logically, Butcher, an ordinary person, shouldn't be involved in this kind of case, but the police chief had long disliked that bastard.

However, Butcher saw this as a good opportunity. Although he still doubted Emily's words, he had carefully reviewed Joseph's file and the surveillance footage from the area in recent days at the police station. His training as a former federal agent had also given him a keen sense of Joseph's motives.

"Look, every time you come out you're trying to hide something, right?" He narrowed his eyes. "But you seem to have forgotten that you always like to eat at restaurants, where the security cameras are much clearer—."

Sure enough, after fast-forwarding, he saw Joseph's bruised and bloodshot eyes in the surveillance footage from a few days ago. Bullying within the team—how interesting! A cowardly man, accumulating terrible anger under prolonged oppression, then one day, boom!

It exploded with a loud bang, and it was quite powerful!

Butcher felt happy just thinking about it; he wished he could transform into that fat Joseph and kill those damn superpowered people all over again.

Perhaps he could use Joseph to kill as many other superhumans as possible.

Just as he was about to review all the nearby surveillance footage from the day of the incident, Emily showed up. Butcher pretended not to see her approach, but Emily wouldn't allow him to ignore her. She put her hand on Butcher's shoulder and whispered, "Hey, you know your situation, right?"

Butcher rolled his eyes, then sighed. "Oh? A young chick trying to boss around a federal agent, how amusing!"

"Enough!" Emily was angry. She had come all this way specifically to warn Butcher for his safety, but instead of gratitude, she received only sarcasm.

Butcher gave Emily a wary look, then said coldly, "Hmm, it seems the superhuman bastard in sheep's clothing has exposed her hypocrisy, hasn't she?"

As he spoke, he deliberately placed his hands on his head, making the shape of goat horns.

"You're just waiting to die." Emily's face also turned cold. "You're clearly the smartest member of the entire police department, but the smarter you are, the closer you are to death. Joseph is really dangerous—"

But having obtained crucial information, Butcher completely ignored Emily. He shut down his computer, stood up, and continued to act as if he didn't care. This attitude infuriated Emily. She couldn't understand why there were always people who didn't cherish their own lives.

Emily was unaware that Butcher had already become a monster, even before Judgment Day. After Homelander abducted his wife, Butcher had already fallen into a morbid hatred for superpowered individuals, and after that incident, his hatred intensified—

This hatred has become the reason he lives.

Emily watched Butcher leave the police station, her heart filled with anger, when a police officer who had witnessed the whole thing patted her on the shoulder.

"Don't be angry, kid," the officer said kindly. "Butcher isn't targeting you. He's like that with everyone. Since Judgment Day, when two of his friends died, things before the war were too complicated. I couldn't even find out the names of this agent's friends. Butcher hid it very well."

Hearing this, Emily pursed her lips and nodded.

Although the entire city of New Hope was now shrouded in turmoil due to the massacre, Rune was busy in another world.

"When can I take that test you mentioned?" Clark ran to Rune's side. For the past few days, he had been repeating this question over and over again. Saving Starlight and Queen Maeve had made him incredibly happy, and he was even more efficient when doing farm work. It was just tough on Rune.

"I've only been back a few minutes and you've already asked this question several times—" Rune wanted to roll his eyes, but in the end he said, "Listen, the test is in the next few days, but I need to prepare the testing room for you and try to eliminate some external factors."

The testing ground is naturally the entire city of New Hope. However, if Homelander and Superman were to fight, it could cause extremely terrible losses. The former would not care about the casualties of ordinary people, but the latter might be hampered as a result. In addition, Rune would also need to eliminate some of Homelander's subordinates.

This is both to prevent them from interfering with the examination and to prevent the infiltration of Terminators like the T-1000 among these superhumans, who might interfere with the final battle between me and the mastermind behind the scenes at a crucial moment.

Even after seeing the robot that resembled Ultron, Rune still didn't believe that Ultron was the mastermind. However, he was almost certain that there was an organization of supervillains among the Forsaken, and Rune hoped to use this opportunity to figure out the factions among the Forsaken.

Since supervillains can unite, superheroes will also form teams. Identifying who is the enemy and who is the friend is a crucial issue at this stage.

Perhaps we could ask Professor X, who was once a forgotten person?

Without hesitation, Rune told Raven and Clark that he was going to enter the Pocket Universe and head straight for Xavier's Academy of Geniuses in that universe.

Just like Iron Man, Professor X, with the help of other heroes, rebuilt the iconic building that belongs to the X-Men.

Professor X was originally a reclusive billionaire, but Rune doesn't care about money; he only cares about resources. So, unfortunately, Professor X ended up penniless. Furthermore, the planet's surface is relatively compact, meaning the new university's area can't be as vast as before.

When Rune arrived at the academy gates, he encountered Wolverine, who was wandering around. He looked like he hadn't groomed himself in a long time, with thick hair growing on his face.

"Hey Logan, you need to shave!" Rune reminded him. Wolverine turned around, about to spit the cigar in his mouth onto the ground, but then, remembering that each cigar was one less to smoke, he extinguished it with his finger and carefully hid it away.

"Why are you here?"

Rune shrugged: "I need to speak with Professor X."

"He's lecturing in the college, in the largest classroom on the third floor," Logan described Professor X's location in detail, though he seemed a little hesitant.

It's not easy to discern hesitation from someone whose face is half hairy, but fortunately, Rune has the ability to passively sense emotions.

"Is there anything else?"

Logan rubbed his hands together sheepishly. "Could you—could you bring me some cigars next time you come?"