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Posts about negative news about Homelander also topped the trending search list.

Even nine out of the top ten trending topics were about negative information about Homelander.

However, these trending topics were quickly taken down by Vought International's public relations efforts.

A very funny scene also appeared on the trending search list.

The number one trending topic: Starlight's bust size (3765 million views).

Second on the trending list: Queen Maeve's legs (3688 million views).

Third on the trending search list: The state of the locomotive (2766 million views).

......

The 10th trending topic: Let us commemorate the Invisible Man (1627 million views).

In an effort to suppress negative news about Homelander, Vought even brought the long-dead Invisible Man back to the top of the trending topics list.

As for the posts about Homelander's scandals...

The 1001st trending topic: Homelander sells Compound V to terrorists (1.89 million views).

The number 1002 on the trending search list: Homelander intimidates passengers of a crashed plane, telling them to wait to die inside the plane (3.67 million views).

In an instant, the internet was flooded with calls to save A-Zu, with all sorts of superheroes—active, retired, alive, and dead—taking turns trending on social media to divert attention from A-Zu's story.

However, the public is not entirely stupid. Even though Vought International quickly removed the trending topic, countless people still protested and called Homelander.

At 4:30 a.m., Edgar summoned the seven members of the superhero team, excluding Homelander, as well as Depp, who was about to join, to headquarters.

In his office, Edgar pointed to the lifeless body of the man lying on the floor and said:

“Someone broke into my office yesterday, and Xuanse was killed in the fight.”

He put on rubber gloves, reached into the dark belly, and pulled out a handful of nuts and peanut butter mixed with blood.

“The other side clearly knows Xuanse’s biggest weakness, so I think there’s a spy among us.”

Upon hearing this, Starlight first glanced at Depp, then at Queen Maeve.

She knew Depp had been in Edgar's office the night before, but Maeve knew that Blackie was allergic to nuts.

For a moment, her mind went blank, and she couldn't figure out who had killed Xuanse.

Edgar glanced around before finally fixing his gaze on Depp. He asked, "As a new member of the Seven, what are your thoughts on this?"

Depp paused for a moment, then said, "My opinion? I think this guy is being wasteful; these nuts are expensive!"

Edgar: "..."

Are you sick in the head?

Did I just hire the ultimate miser?

Oh well, what can you do when Depp is both handsome and capable?

So what if someone has a mental problem? Such people are actually easier for companies to control.

Depp, feigning ignorance, was inwardly laughing hysterically. "Would I tell you it was actually me who killed Xuanse with a herbal boxing style made of nuts and peanut butter?"

Edgar sighed and continued, "Of course, it's more likely that the Black Robe Detectives somehow learned of Xuanse's weakness and that's why they killed him."

"But none of that is the main point. The main point is that the negative public opinion surrounding Homelander is just too great, and the company is not sure if it can completely suppress it. That's why I didn't call him in. I don't want to see this guy go crazy in my office."

"The reason I called you here before he knew about this incident was very simple."

"If the Homelander goes berserk tomorrow because he can't accept the reality of his plummeting approval rating, I need you all to work together to subdue him, understand?"

Upon hearing Edgar's words, everyone present immediately understood that the Vought Corporation was prepared to abandon Homelander.

Depp, Starlight, and Queen Maeve smiled and said in unison:

"I completely understand!"

When Ah Zu woke up, he was surprised to find that his approval rating had dropped by ten percentage points and was still declining.

"What the hell is going on? How dare these brainless bastards oppose me?"

This was completely unacceptable to him, and he immediately felt extremely irritable.

He got dressed and immediately flew to the Water Company building to find out what was going on.

At the entrance of the building, Homelander had just landed when an old lady passing by threw a rotten egg at his face.

"Go to hell, you hypocritical scum!"

Just as the man was about to explode, another rotten egg flew over.

He reached out and grabbed it, but the egg shattered in his palm.

"You're not a hero, you're a devil, a ruthless killer!"

The man from the motherland forced a smile, his lips pursed, and he looked ready to explode.

At that moment, a hand was placed on his shoulder.

Chapter 137 Rampage of Azu [4200+ words, please subscribe! Waaaaaah!]

Homelander turned around and saw that the person behind him was none other than Edgar.

"Let's go back to the company first, don't lose your temper with civilians here."

Upon seeing Edgar, Homelander suppressed his anger and, gritting his teeth, followed him into the Vought Tower.

This time, it was Depp looking at Homelander and Edgar through the glass on the rooftop.

"Ah Zu is still not impulsive enough!" Depp said with some annoyance.

He had assumed that Homelander would go berserk and start a massacre after being hit with two eggs.

When the time comes, I, Starlight Maeve, and others will go to stop them, and the people will definitely see the true colors of Homelanders.

In this way, the system's task can be completed 100% of the time.

This is also the reason for Depp's actions these past few days.

His goal was not to defeat Homelander or destroy Vought, but to complete the system's mission and gain Homelander's abilities.

Otherwise, Depp would have stopped hanging out with these guys a long time ago.

Depp had no interest in either the Black Robe Squad, Homelander, or Vought.

Depp doesn't care about the life or death of anyone in this world because he doesn't know them.

If there were no system rewards to tempt me, why wouldn't I just go to a tourist destination and have a good time for a few days?

Unfortunately, Homelander was too wary of Edgar and didn't dare to reveal his true nature on the spot.

However, it's not a big problem; Depp has further plans.

As soon as Edgar and Homelander walked into the office, the other seven members of the group immediately tensed up.

They were prepared to join forces and subdue Homelander immediately should negotiations with him break down.

Using the listening devices previously placed in Edgar's office, Depp easily overheard their conversation.

"Tsk tsk tsk, how can you be so spineless, Anzu?"

"Edgar is truly a cunning and shrewd old fox."

Seeing that Homelander's emotions gradually calmed down after Edgar's persuasion.

Depp made a quick decision to give them a little help.

He had already placed a concentrated toxic gas of fear in Edgar's office, where the central air conditioning unit released it.

The fear gas modified by Depp is no longer pale yellow, but a colorless and odorless gas.

The toxic fumes of fear drifted into Edgar's office through the airflow from the central air conditioning system.

It is a colorless and odorless gas that even native Chinese people cannot detect in advance.

Edgar was the first to be affected the moment the poison gas entered his body.

His worst fears were laid bare before him: Homelander suddenly went berserk, launching an indiscriminate heat ray attack on him and the Vought International.

At first, he was able to calmly and respectfully threaten and verbally attack the illusion of his homelanders in front of him.

"You'd better stop your stupid acts of destruction, Homelander!"

"If you continue like this, the Water Corporation has a hundred ways to ruin your reputation!"

"Do you think that without the packaging, promotion, and protection that Walter Reed provides for you, you would still be loved by everyone like you are now?"

"Homelander, that's enough, stop fooling around!"

Homelander stared blankly as Edgar dodged and rambled on, his anger rising instantly.

Damn it, you old bastard, how dare you threaten me!

So all those nice things you said to me just to tease me?

"Edgar, are you playing me?"

What Edgar saw in Homelander's questioning was...

"Die, Edgar!"

Upon hearing his homelander's words and seeing the heat radiating from his eyes, Edgar instantly lost all his composure and elegance.

He scrambled behind the sofa in a panic and ran towards the door like a madman, yelling into his phone as he ran: "Now! Immediately! Fire Homelander and stop glorifying him! Put all his dirt on him at the top of the trending topics!"

When the people of the motherland heard this, they were furious.

This time, he really said, "Edgar, you're asking for it!"

In the eyes of the Homelander, the heat rays condensed, and the crimson, high-temperature rays shot directly towards the fleeing Edgar.

At this critical moment, Queen Maeve rushed out from the side.

She first tried to withstand the heat rays with her own body, but eventually realized that her body couldn't hold out for long, so she switched to using her specially made wristbands to block them.

At this moment, the fear gas that Homelander had inhaled also began to take effect, and he saw what he feared most.

At this moment, in Homelander's eyes, he was no longer in the Water Company building, but in a square.