American comics: From Hogwarts to God on Earth

Chapter 330 The Locomotive of Despair

The locomotive's fist slammed into Rune's stomach. The force of that punch was enough to penetrate three fingers of concrete, let alone a human.

Boom!

A tremendous sound rang out, and the locomotive felt its fist go numb. Its attack had hit, without a doubt, but the feel was off. Normally, it should have made a "plop" sound, followed by blood and flesh splattering everywhere.

So he looked at his fist, part of which was already embedded in the layers of flesh of the other person, but the problem was, he felt that these things did not feel like flesh, but rather like—steel?

He certainly didn't know what he was facing. This punch was essentially aimed at the runes' magic, and it was extremely difficult to penetrate such dark magic with pure physical damage. Even Clark couldn't guarantee it. Let alone the Locomotive.

Therefore, the train engine was stunned by what he saw. His core ability is extremely fast movement. In battle, he can quickly dodge and attack. However, relying too much on this ability has caused the train engine to neglect combat training. As a result, he is not good at close combat, which is why he made the fatal mistake of being stunned in battle.

"this one?"

Rune glanced down at his opponent's fist and asked disdainfully, but his words were clearly bullying. Few had ever fought Rune in close combat, but those who had were all extremely powerful, such as Clark and Itrigan—

Compared to an enemy of this caliber, the locomotive is as weak as an infant.

Rune reached back and easily grasped the locomotive's wrist.

"What! How could you—how could you possibly—." The locomotive twisted its fists desperately, even using super speed to attack Rune with its other fist, trying to break free from the other's restraints. However, this was destined to be in vain, as the other's strength and defense were beyond its imagination.

Rune, however, looked directly into the other's eyes and saw what the locomotive had done.

That's right, Judgment Day occurred before Hughie's girlfriend was killed by the train, so the train didn't kill the poor woman as in the original storyline, but that doesn't mean he didn't do anything wrong.

"When you easily killed those ordinary people, did you ever think about today?" Rune said softly, and his words made Locomotive's pupils shrink.

"You—you are still a heart."

Before the train engine could finish speaking, Rune suddenly grabbed the black man and slammed him to the ground like the Hulk slammed Loki. The train engine didn't have any Ice Giant blood, so it only took one blow to render the man unable to resist.

With a loud crash, the asphalt road cracked, and the locomotive's spine shattered with a teeth-grinding sound from the impact, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

The locomotive cried out in terror, because he felt he had lost control of his body from the neck down; in other words, he was paralyzed.

If Rune hadn't continued, at least Locomotive could have survived thanks to his special physique, but unfortunately, Rune had no intention of letting this scum live.

In the African American community, many prominent Black people would donate a portion of their income to their fellow citizens or support the development of the Black community. However, Locomotive did not do this and even killed fellow citizens from the same community multiple times simply because they had spoken ill of him. These actions were suppressed by the Vought Corporation before Judgment Day, let alone after Judgment Day.

In addition, he indulged in all sorts of vices, including eating, drinking, and gambling. Sometimes he would even kill people to wipe out debts. Not to mention, in order to maintain his status, he also killed several superhumans who also possessed super speed.

So Rune grabbed the locomotive by the neck with one hand, lifted it up, and then slammed it down again. This time there was no scream. The locomotive's head was smashed directly into the asphalt road, and blood kept seeping from the hole. Its body, still wearing its combat suit, twitched continuously, but eventually it went limp and left this noisy world of fame and fortune for good.

Rune stood up. Most of the police officers at the scene were so frightened by the brutal scene that they were paralyzed on the ground and dared not move. Some police officers turned their eyes to the Invisible Man, but they were also shocked by the limp uniform lying on the ground. The Invisible Man, a famous hero who was once a member of the Seven and is now one of the captains of the Super Patrol, had now fled without a fight.

This scene made them even more desperate.

Unbeknownst to the police, the Invisible Man was hiding in a corner of the police station lobby, drenched in cold sweat. He had only ever disliked the train engine, so when he saw it charge forward, he hadn't followed. Little did he know that this would save his life!

He had just witnessed the train's horrific state and knew he was no match for the monster. But the Invisible Man was also well aware of his advantage—if he simply removed his uniform and remained still, he had a good chance of survival.

As for what to do with the police, if Rune didn't kill them, the Invisible Man wouldn't mind doing it himself; he cherished his reputation. But what he didn't know was that against Rune, this simple optical invisibility was utterly useless.

Rune strode into the police station and shouted, "Come out here, you peeping tom! I've smelled you everywhere!"

Under the Invisible Man's clenched teeth and resentful gaze, Rune didn't kill a single policeman, while the other man's words continued to assault his pitiful pride. Logically speaking, although the Invisible Man played the role of a tool in both the Seven and the Super Boys, as the superhuman with almost the highest power, he would never lack women. For example, Joseph's former team of superhumans had two of the Invisible Man's beautiful mistresses.

However, he still maintained the habit of voyeurism, partly because the Invisible Man was extremely insecure and socially awkward from a young age, and the act of voyeurism made him feel that he was the dominant one in this morbid relationship.

Unfortunately, Rune's sarcasm was extremely damaging to someone as insecure as the Invisible Man.

Soon, Rune walked up to the Invisible Man and said as he walked, "Oh, look, who would have thought that a former member of the Seven would be a perverted lesbian who likes to peep in the toilet."

The invisible man at Rune's feet didn't dare to breathe. He covered his nose, staring at Rune with fear and anger. Then, Rune stopped in front of the invisible man. The invisible man felt his heart skip a beat. What made him even more desperate was Rune's next words: "Aha, found you!"