I'm a magnetic field madman

Homelander's eyes blazed with fiery crimson rays, Storm's hands gathered power...

Xuanse had already grabbed two children and used them as hostages to threaten Wu Nan.

Escape? Absolutely not. Surrender? Wu Nan would never entrust his fate and the lives of others to such a bunch of scum!

"You bastards are no longer human!"

Bai Wunan roared, filled with rage, as surging power gathered in his fist...

The flashing arcs of electricity stirred the dust beneath his feet as Bai Wunan, driven by the instinct of rage, propelled himself forward!

"Nonsense—since you want to die, then prepare to go to hell!"

"190,000 Horsepower Power - Sea Tiger Explosive Fist!!"

Facing that blinding gaze, the furious warrior channeled his anger and hatred into a surge of power, charging towards the Homelander!

War! War! War!

Fight until the world turns upside down, fight until we create a new world!

29. Public opinion, utterly nonsensical 9/10

"He's just a child..."

"But he also has superpowers..."

"Are you crazy, Butcher? He...we."

Wu Nan's consciousness was extremely hazy. As his thoughts struggled to process, he heard these voices and conversations.

What happened? What on earth happened? What happened...?

Wu Nan couldn't remember what had happened; his mind was a hazy, confused mess, with only a buzzing echo.

So he struggled to get up, and with each step he took... that power, like a dried-up spring, slowly resurfaced within him.

Clang, clang...

Such a sound came from his heavy, restrained body, and Wu Nan opened his heavy eyelids...

What he saw was his body being tightly bound by layers upon layers of iron chains.

Before him stood four men and one woman. Their expressions were filled with extreme terror and fear as Wu Nan moved.

Wu Nan frowned, then with a slight exertion of his arms, he easily broke free from the iron chains!

"Eat!!"

With a low growl, he used the little strength he had left to break free from the iron chains... Amidst the fallen steel, Bai Wunan frowned as he looked at the people in front of him.

However, what he needs to focus on more now is probably his own problems.

Because of the loss of consciousness and the depletion of his strength, Wu Nan's body reverted to its original small size, and his body was no longer able to support his father's coat.

"Who are you?" Wu Nan asked in a hoarse voice. He didn't have time to pay attention to these things now; his poor health made him feel extremely insecure...

He needed rest, food, and to recover from his injuries and weakness. But first and foremost, he had to ensure his own safety.

These guys didn't seem to intend to kill him; at least, Wu Nan didn't sense any excessive killing intent.

However, the act of tying up a ten-year-old stranger with iron chains can hardly be described as kind.

“I am William Billy Butcher, and they are my teammates.”

The burly man with the thick beard, after his initial wariness, quickly regained his composure and looked at the child in front of him, saying in a deep voice...

"Before we introduce ourselves, I must make one point clear—we mean you no harm. We only did this to ensure our own safety, because even if you are unconscious, those...electric arcs on your body are very unsafe."

Wu Nan didn't speak, but simply nodded slightly. Although he didn't say anything, it was still a way of expressing his goodwill.

Relieved to have received a response, Butcher looked at Bai Wunan and continued...

"It's so good that you're willing to listen to our explanation. And Haihu, do you remember how you ended up here?"

Wu Nan fell silent, his head bowed as he tried to recall the images in his mind...

He pieced together the fragmented memories that had been shattered by his serious injuries and fainting spells.

Yes, he remembers how he got there.

That day, he used himself as bait to lure the Seven into a trap, but he didn't expect that in addition to Homelander, Storm, whose strength was not much inferior to Homelander, would also jump out.

Moreover, compared to Homelander, Storm is more mature and ruthless...

And they completely disregarded using innocent bystanders as shields and bait to weaken Wu Nan's strength.

And Wu Nan, because he was concerned about ordinary people, ultimately lost to these two scoundrels...

Thinking of this, Wu Nan's face grew increasingly gloomy. A strong, unpleasant feeling of nausea and irritability made him want to kill someone!

"It seems you've remembered," Butcher said in a deep voice.

“Listen, Sea Tiger—before you introduce yourself, we can only call you by the name Vought Corporation. I don’t know what your purpose is in opposing Vought Corporation, but we all have the same goal.”

"We want the Seven dead! We want that son of a bitch Homelander turned into a pile of dog shit! And Vought International, we'd be happy to see it collapse!"

"So, my friend, we can cooperate and do something big together!"

"Hey, Butcher, are you crazy?" a young man nearby exclaimed excitedly.

"Didn't you see he's just a child? We..."

“Hughie, even if he really is a child, he’s done more and better than any of us!” Butcher interrupted Hughie, speaking coldly…

"We spent so much time and effort to kill the Invisible Man... but he's already killed the Deep Sea, A-Train, and Queen Maeve! His mobility is far superior to ours!"

"Or are you saying, Hughie, that you think you've avenged the train's death and are planning to leave us?"

"I……"

Hughie looked at Butcher, whose face was gradually contorting with rage, with embarrassment... and he was indeed having thoughts of backing down.

However, he never managed to say the words of retreat.

Some things, once done, cannot be undone. They've already killed the Invisible Man and are on Vought's kill list. And if he were to actually quit, the first person to kill him would undoubtedly be the Butcher right in front of them.

“Okay.” Seeing that Hughie had stopped speaking, Butcher nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Wu Nan…

"So, Haihu, what's your answer?"

"Cooperate? Why should I cooperate with you?"

Although he met a like-minded "companion," Takeo was surprisingly calm.

Perhaps it was because of the terrible situation that he had to think carefully... or perhaps it was because he was isolated and helpless after being thrown into this strange world.

Wu Nan's mental growth rate is quite fast.

Although he couldn't read minds, Wu Nan sensed that the people in front of him weren't lying—they seemed to share the same enemy: the Seven and Vought Corporation.

However, having a common enemy is not a reason for cooperation. To Wu Nan, these ordinary people are a burden. If he cannot offer equal terms for cooperation, Wu Nan will never join forces with them.

“If your target is Vought Corporation, then we have a lot of valuable intelligence here,” Butcher said quietly, glancing at his companion.

"For example, the origins of those super freaks, the matter of Compound V..."

Wu Nan narrowed his eyes slightly, and then Butcher began to tell a story.

The story of the origins of the Water Company.

Originally, Vought was an arms company that sold substandard weapons to soldiers during World War II and the Vietnam War, making a fortune through its partners in Congress.

But it wasn't until a defeat in the Vietnam War that their inferior M20 rifles led to the beheading of 1000 soldiers by the Vietnamese, their heads impaled on the sabers of their rifles...

Such a scandal, coupled with their encounter with President Kennedy, who opposed the Vietnam War at the time, caused Vought's stock price to plummet and nearly bankrupt them.

But the Vought International disappeared for three years, and when they reappeared, it was with "Homelander".

A meteorite that crashed on an Ohio farm, a well-known origin story, the birth of Homelander, a story that couldn't be told in America.

The media at the time accepted this ridiculous origin story like dogs and cooperated with Vought International in their propaganda efforts... In reality, Homelander's so-called origin story was nothing but a complete hoax.

In fact, this guy who was trying so hard to cosplay as the Son of Krypton was a complete Earthling, and was just an experimental subject.

Compound 5, a product of the Nazi scientist Dr. Vogbaum, was part of the Super Aryan Project. This compound could grant people random superpowers—but of course, it also came with great risks.

During World War II, the Wotler Company received the defection of Dr. Vogbaum...

He then used Compound 5 and the large sums of money he had earned during the war to begin researching superhumans... and eventually obtained Homelander, a rare and irreplaceable creation.

While Vought International couldn't replicate a second superhuman as perfect as Homelander, they mass-produced a batch of inexpensive superhumans using Compound Five and formed a series of superhero groups such as The Seven, The Avengers, Teen Keith, and the G-Men.

After experiencing failures in almost every industry, the Walter Company finally found its calling – the entertainment industry.

So they relied on a superhero group to enter the entertainment industry, save the company from bankruptcy, and eventually create the behemoth that is Vought International today.

Behind all this lies the result of Vought International's use of vaccines and experiments on children... The so-called origin of superheroes is nothing more than lucky children sold by their parents to be used in experiments.

“Sea Tiger, listen, I know you might find it hard to accept that your abilities come from such nonsense, but that's the truth,” Butcher said, spreading his hands.

"And Water Corporation is not without rivals, Lockheed, General Electric, Raytheon, in short, a bunch of shitty dead businessmen!"

Vought International has always wanted to bring its super soldiers into the traditional arms market, and these giants are Vought International's enemies.

"So even though Vought International's media empire seems to have all the power, we still have a chance to fight back—Sea Tiger, work with us to expose these problems at Vought International, and let those shitty superheroes be plastered all over the walls!"

When he got to the exciting part, the butcher's eyes lit up, and he cursed repeatedly... as if he could already see these damn superheroes dying miserably!

But Wu Nan remained unmoved. He simply frowned and said in a hoarse voice...

"Nonsense..."

"what?"

"I say, whether it's Vought Corporation or you guys, you're all fucking idiots!" Frustrated, Wu Nan stood up, once again using his magnetic field power to transform himself into the "Sea Tiger," staring coldly at the butcher before him...

"Public opinion? Tradition? Public sentiment? Is this the kind of nonsense you expect to use to change the world?"

Wu Nan is very young, but that doesn't mean he's stupid. Compared to his second brother, who admires strength, and his eldest brother, who loves freedom, Wu Nan's innate intelligence makes it easier for him to understand these things.

Because he understood this, he was able to give an answer—public opinion and such are all based on the defense.

"Power, destruction, conquest, and changing the world are things that you freedom-and-democracy advocates fear to even talk about," Wu Nan said, his brow furrowed.

"Public opinion might cause the company's stock price to drop, but so what? What's the point?"

"Vought International will be finished, and those shitty superheroes will disappear!" Butcher growled.

"Go to hell, what kind of dream are you having?" Wu Nan almost laughed in anger as he mocked.

"Even if Vought International is gone, there will be any other company out there, or even the government! As long as Compound V exists, there will be plenty of similar things. They've just changed the name; nothing else has changed!"

Wu Nan was disappointed because these people who wanted to cooperate with him turned out to be such naive fools.

Their thinking can no longer be described as stupid or foolish.

"Then what do you suggest we do!" Butcher growled, almost exploding.

"It's very simple." Wu Nan took a deep breath and said expressionlessly...

"Let's address the problem at its root."

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30. The righteous hero shoos the sea tiger man~

Vought International, Compound V, superheroes...

These things are the common enemy of Wu Nan and the Black Robe Guard.

But as Wu Nan said, it's wishful thinking to try to destroy these things by relying on public opinion.

Capital never sleeps, and those who pursue profit will never stop just because the pioneers have fallen.

The moment those who came before fell, they became nourishment for those who came after.

The monsters that rise from the corpses in pursuit of profit are only more terrifying and incomprehensibly ugly.

Takeo's mission is to change the world, and he realizes that his goal is to resolve the strange effects of Compound V—or rather, to try to address the true contradictions of the world's future.

Honestly, Wu Nan didn't think what he did was anything "righteous".

Because if these super-powered freaks created by Compound V are factors of social instability—then what is a magnetic field powerhouse like him in his own world?