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Chapter 139 Who exactly is the villain?

"So," Wonder Woman spoke up, thoughtfully tugging at the Lasso of Truth still attached to the giant duck on the toy man, "are we just going to let him go like this?"

"This is just a product of Toyman; he himself isn't here," Jaeger said. "Even if we dismantle this giant duck, Toyman will only lose a weapon."

This is also why the toy men dare to be so arrogant, even with Superman and Wonder Woman protecting them, they still dare to try and attack Lois.

After all, he only needs to operate his "toy" remotely and does not need to be present in person, so he is naturally not afraid of risks.

His toys are also very inexpensive to produce, so they can withstand such abuse.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone out of his way for two million dollars, since he could really make a profit.

"I see." Wonder Woman said thoughtfully. "But we can't just leave this thing alone, after all, it carries lethal weapons and is very dangerous."

"You mean—?" Jaeger suddenly had a bad feeling.

Wonder Woman gave Jaeger a meaningful look, and then answered with her actions.

The next second, she suddenly exerted force with her arm, grabbed the giant yellow duck that was tied up, first threw it into the air, and then slammed it hard to the ground!

"Bang!"

With a deafening roar, the giant rubber duck was smashed into a pile of scrap metal, its painted eyes staring at the three people besides Wonder Woman as if it had died with its eyes wide open, creating a truly horrifying scene.

Wonder Woman, however, nonchalantly retracted her Lasso of Truth and hung it around her waist: "That way, I don't have to worry."

Jaeger and his two companions: "————"

That's a really hardcore approach to handling things.

As it turns out, don't easily anger Wonder Woman —

The perspective shifts to the toy people.

Although Wonder Woman smashed his meticulously crafted toy duck, he can no longer see what's happening in the park area.

But it doesn't matter, since this matter is no longer his concern.

For the toy man, the more important thing now is obviously to take the huge sum of money he just received back to the toy house and continue his previous...

Toy development —

Such a large sum of money probably wasn't just received by him alone—who knows who that employee really is.

Or is it that the employee isn't just an individual, but represents a certain force, and has a conflict with the religious group that previously issued the trophy bounty? Is that why they're willing to go to such lengths to stop them?

The toy man was lost in thought when he unknowingly returned to his toy house.

Since his old toy house was blown up by Superman, Toyman moved his new base to the dock area and rented a warehouse.

On the surface, this warehouse is used to store toys.

But in reality, each of these toys has a hidden secret, and each one can become a deadly weapon—these are all inventions created by toy makers with painstaking effort.

But just as the toy man took out his key and opened the door...

A wisp of light-colored mist suddenly swept past him.

"?" The toy man suddenly felt a cool sensation on the back of his neck. He subconsciously turned around to look, but there was nothing behind him.

Is it an illusion? — The toy man squinted in confusion, and after a long while, hesitantly turned his head back.

The moment he turned around, "bang!"

With that sound, the toy figure, which was perfectly energetic just a second ago, collapsed to the ground the next.

Just after the toy man fell, a figure emerged from the shadows and walked to his side.

Its entire body was enveloped in swirling black and white mist, and it possessed a mouthful of interlocking sharp teeth. It was robust and tall, and looked capable of crushing two toy figures with one hand.

—It was a poisonous mist in its fully externalized form!

"Are you sure it's just a tiny bit of psychoactive toxin mixed into the mist that could drive someone insane or even cause them to fall into a coma on the spot? — The toy man looks like he's really dead."

Enveloped in the poisonous fog and manipulating Langdon's identity card, Jaeger looked at the unconscious toy man in front of him and asked the poisonous fog with some suspicion.

"That's true, not enough to kill. At most, it will leave the person disoriented for several hours after waking up, as if they've taken hallucinogenic drugs." Poison Mist was very confident in the poison he concocted; it was his specialty.

"But—Landon, why did you suddenly make me investigate the toy man's address, and even chase after him and take him down?" Poison Mist asked. "Didn't you already bribe him?"

"That's the problem," Jaeger said. "It's not just the toy men; all the villains we've bribed will have to go through the same process."

"Anyway, once they've taken our money, they can use Parrels Industries' custom backdoor program to track and hack into the networked devices used by these villains, and then find their real addresses."

"And the purpose of taking them down—" Jaeger paused, "was toxin fog. Remember I asked you to concoct a toxin that wouldn't threaten their lives, but would have recurring effects, causing excruciating pain each time it took hold?"

"I do remember—" Poison Mist looked at the toy man on the ground, "Do you want him to be poisoned by this again?"

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"That was just to take them out; this time, it's the real deal." Jaeger nodded. "Back to your question, the poison mist."

"You ask me why I bribed these villains, yet still came to poison them—"

"The answer is actually quite simple," Jaeger said, a malicious smile spreading across his face. "I don't want the villains to be able to spend this money so easily."

"Take Toy Man for example. If he takes the money, he will definitely develop more troublesome toy weapons. Even if they don't cause us any trouble, they will definitely cause a lot of trouble for Superman later on. The same applies to other villains."

"So to prevent them from spending that money on these things, we'll strike first," Jaeger said sincerely. "Think about it, once they're poisoned and the symptoms take effect, they'll definitely go to the hospital."

"In most American hospitals, once you're admitted, you'll quickly incur medical expenses."

"Besides, it's your poisonous mist. This kind of vague and elusive disease is more expensive to treat and doesn't yield much result—in addition, this poison can recur."

"So by simply using this poison, we can force the villains to spend money on treatment and also seriously affect their mood to cause trouble in Metropolis."

"In time, all the money they make from us will soon be spent on medical expenses, instead of dealing with Superman or investing in some evil scheme."

"Then, you can control the special toxic mist left on these villains to leave."

Jaeger finally finished explaining his plan and asked Poison Mist for his opinion: "So, what do you think of this plan?"

Poisonous Fog: "————"

After a long silence, Poison Mist finally spoke with difficulty: "Landon, I suddenly feel that you are actually a villain who has been overlooked—"

What kind of brain circuitry could come up with such a devilish method!

The villain who took the money not only had to suffer from the toxins from time to time and be forced to go to the hospital, but also had to spend the money he had worked so hard to earn (?) —

From Langdon's words, it seemed he wouldn't consider letting them go until all the money was spent.

So, who exactly is the villain?