I'm a magnetic field madman

The changes at the company's top management naturally triggered a reaction within the company.

The lower-level employees and heroes fled the company in a panic, while the security personnel tried to go up via the elevator but were unable to move due to the electromagnetic pulse!

In the end, only two people were able to go to the rescue.

boom!

As the wall behind Wu Nan was violently shattered, the wind pressure caused his coat to billow wildly from the top floor.

Wu Nan shook off the executive's corpse, his hands stained with blood, and turned away expressionlessly.

It's Homelander and Stormgirl.

The only ones who came to stop him were these two superheroes with the ability to fly.

"It's you? How the hell can you still be alive?!"

Homelander stared ferociously at the white-clad man before him, clenching his fists and roaring...

Bai Wunan ignored him and immediately used his ultimate battle step to approach Homelander the moment he appeared. His dark face and the three bright red shark tooth battle marks on his head made Homelander tremble instinctively.

And clearly, what followed made the people of the motherland feel pain all over their bodies.

"170,000 Horsepower Power - Sea Tiger Explosive Fist!!"

That was a terrifying punch! A Homelander who has been punched once would never want to be punched again!

In the last fight, Homelander took a punch like this, and the result was that the violent power raged within his body...

If it weren't for his body of steel and his extraordinary regenerative abilities, that punch might have killed Homelander right there!

And without a doubt, although this punch wouldn't kill him, Homelander would absolutely not want to take it.

The Homelander would never want to experience that excruciating pain, as if dozens of bombs had been shoved into his body, again.

So the moment Bai Wunan charged over, Homelander screamed and flew backward like a girl being raped, while Storm, who was standing to the side, wanted to attack, but she knew she was not qualified to go head-to-head with Sea Tiger.

Storm's abilities are similar to Homelander's, but only similar. Homelander is a perfect superhuman, while Storm's physical defenses and natural regeneration abilities are nowhere near Homelander's.

What is a wounding punch to Homelander would surely kill Storm!

So the instant Homelander retreated, Storm Girl also retreated without hesitation. But at that moment, Wu Nan suddenly changed his movements!

His right hand was shaped like a claw, and the magnetic force stirred up a large amount of material dust, which then exploded instantly, covering everything here.

It's the Thousand Leaf Invisibility Technique!

"Oh no, he's trying to escape!!"

Storm Girl screamed and unleashed scorching lightning from her hands, sweeping it towards the dust and matter before her...

However, it was only a momentary misjudgment. When they smashed the dust, Haihu was nowhere to be seen.

He had vanished without a trace, leaving the building along with a large group of Vought employees who screamed and ran out downstairs.

"Damn it, you piece of shit, you coward!!"

Homelander angrily smashed the building in front of him with his fist and roared furiously into the air... because he knew that he couldn't stop Haihu from escaping.

Because this bastard's superpowers are even more comprehensive than Homelander's... In the instant he fled, he must have concealed his skin color, body shape, and body temperature before disappearing into the crowd. Unless weapons of mass destruction are used, Homelander has absolutely no chance of catching him!

Homelander, who had just thought he had eliminated this major threat, was now filled with more fear than anger—because he had begun to feel afraid, and he no longer believed he could kill Sea Tiger.

This insane superpowered criminal has now recklessly done what his countrymen wanted to do but dared not. So what else can he do next?

"That bastard, he killed Edgar! He killed Medellín! What else can he do next? That fucking lunatic!"

The man's eyes were trembling; even as he swore and acted violently, he could not hide his obvious fear and cowardice.

He feared that Haihu's next retaliatory action would not only be directed at him...

That unbridled and reckless madman is more likely to actually destroy the Vought Corporation.

But what would he do if the Vought Company went bankrupt?

Seeing Homelander masking his fear with anger and venting, Storm's eyes flashed with a sharp light. Without hesitation, she reached out and pulled him into her arms, whispering...

"It's okay, you are the strongest hero, the most perfect superhuman, darling, we don't need to be afraid, there's absolutely no need to be afraid..."

"He can kill that old black guy, so can you, right? So we don't need to be afraid of anything."

Homelander stared blankly at Storm, then glanced at the collapsing Vought Tower, and looked down at the crowd scattering like maggots in a panic. An indescribable feeling lingered in his heart.

He was afraid of Edgar; Homelander had been terrified of the old man who had faced his threats without his heart pounding.

He was afraid of people he could easily strangle, but now he thought... why should he?

Homelander suddenly felt utterly ridiculous. Storm, meanwhile, held Homelander close, her eyes gleaming coldly, and whispered…

“Darling, do you know how people used to raise elephants? They would tie ropes to their legs when they were young, so that they couldn’t get free, and then gradually tighten the ropes over the years. Even when the elephants grew up, they couldn’t get free from the ropes that were relatively fragile to them.”

"Why? Because the elephant has grown up with the rope and has become accustomed to its presence, subconsciously believing that it cannot break free from it."

"But darling, are elephants really afraid of ropes? No, they aren't. They can break free with just a little effort. They just need to... believe in themselves."

Homelander stared blankly at Storm, and the woman who gave him a second sense of motherhood smiled slightly and continued softly...

"My dear, don't let anything institutionalize you. The only thing you must be certain of and believe in is yourself and your own strength..."

"Honey, just do what you think is right."

"The right thing..." Homelander murmured, head bowed, looking at his reflection in the glass.

What is it that the people of our motherland truly yearn for?

Respect? Adoration? Popularity? Or...love?

Perhaps all of these exist, but what the people of our motherland truly yearn for is definitely not these.

What he craved was just like the times he had to fake a smile to deceive the civilians, just like the times he secretly went out to destroy planes to release stress—

"The right thing, the most right thing in this country, is... freedom!"

The man's eyes lit up slightly; yes, he understood!

He should pursue freedom! He should pursue the most politically correct statement and practice in this country—pursue the great freedom!

Responsibility, popularity, none of that matters—pursuing freedom is what matters. This is America, and he represents the American spirit… therefore, his countrymen should be the freest thing ever!

It's even freer than that sea tiger thing!

"Yes! My dear, for freedom!" Storm laughed sharply, a maniacal laugh...

"For a free America, and even more so for our freedom!"

33. An Unchanged World

The Water Company is finished.

After Bai Wunan stormed into the top echelons of Vought Corporation and killed 43 executives, including President Edgar, problems arose in the company's upper management structure.

The board of directors still exists and continues to operate, and major shareholders, including numerous institutional companies, investment banks, and individuals, immediately paid close attention to the operational issues of Water Corporation.

But clearly they were unable to save Water Company.

The problem caused by the complete poaching of the senior management team is that the company has come to a standstill...

What's even more critical is the special nature of the confidentiality of information about the company's upper management by the executive group led by Edgar.

People who become senior executives are not necessarily intelligent, but they certainly have an informational advantage over lower-level employees.

Compared to intelligence, the advantage in information is the biggest difference that determines a person's status in any social group.

The downfall of these executives brought not only a shutdown, but also complete chaos and loss of information within the company.

Some people say that valuable information should be stored in a database and accessed at any time.

No, of course it's not that simple.

A company is a social entity, a collection of personnel structures. The larger the company, the closer it is to the form of society.

What do the executive group led by Edgar, who are at the top of this structure, want to do?

Of course, their primary concern is ensuring their own stable position within the group. Rather than the company's development or security, their first priority is to prevent their status from declining or being abandoned due to loss of value.

Even kindergarten children understand a very simple truth: the most important thing for an individual within a group is their irreplaceability.

And the executive team, in order to ensure their indispensability...

Within the company, they will firmly grasp resources from company operations to important data, ensuring their indispensability.

In reality, the failure of one or two senior executives is not a major issue; the group can still address the losses and problems caused by the irreplaceable nature of certain individuals. However, if the entire group fails simultaneously—

That means a large number of irreplaceable parts of the company have been destroyed.

From company business to product data, from intelligence on rival companies to evidence of crimes...

All these important things vanished along with Edgar and his executive team.

The enormous mess left behind was enough to leave the board of directors of Wot Corporation helpless.

Whether it's selecting new talent or promoting middle management, the huge gaps and chaos have made it impossible for them to save this chaotic company in a short period of time.

What happened next was another fatal blow to the heart of the Vought Corporation.

A large amount of dirt and evidence about Vought International's superheroes has been spread and made public online... and the deadly dirt and evidence are incredibly diverse and varied.

From the Homelander invasion of the Middle East and the massacre of civilians, to the facts surrounding Flight 37...

Then there's the evidence of the criminal pasts of various superheroes and how Vought International cleaned up their messes.

These damn scandals are enough to completely bring down the already crumbling Water Company.

If it were a well-established company like Woot, it might be able to leverage its decades of experience in the media industry to clear its name and conduct public relations... But in its current state of chaos, Woot is simply incapable of erasing this evidence.

Not to mention that the whistleblower behind it is obviously supported by a large company or organization.

Having obtained the evidence from Bai Wunan, Butcher directly contacted the FBI and some large companies that were direct competitors of Vought Corporation. Taking advantage of the internal power struggles within conglomerates, he exposed this intelligence piece by piece.

It gets more and more explosive and terrifying every day...

The direct result of this massive amount of negative news was large-scale riots and demonstrations, and direct attacks on the Vought Company.

As a result, Wotter's stock price fell below the offering price, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism several times. A large number of shareholders sold Wotter's stock, causing the stock price to plummet.

Now that things have come to this, the major shareholders of Water Corporation can no longer sit idly by.

They decisively abandoned their shares, without even considering shorting them—because they were certain that Water Corporation was doomed.

None of them wanted to be the ones to save a collapsing empire... because they were businessmen, and businessmen would never do anything foolishly heroic.

Moreover, rescuing a company with a bad reputation will only make their already terrible reputation even worse.

Because of the extensive evidence of the dark pasts of members of Congress that was exposed within Vought International, members of Congress who supported Vought International faced numerous troubles and even resigned from their posts. In the political arena, no one could help them.

Thus, the seemingly invincible and terrifying conglomerate, the Walter Corporation, crumbled.

It was like removing a block from a tall building; the chain reaction caused this tall but fragile fortress to collapse instantly.

Butcher and his team were naturally overjoyed at achieving their goal!

But their joy was short-lived, because... Homelander had disappeared.

"Damn it! You can't do this!"

Inside the hideout, Butcher was yelling angrily into a cell phone, his bearded face flushed red...

"We made a promise, you can't go back on your word, you can't..."

Before Butcher could finish his rant, the call was disconnected. Enraged, Butcher grabbed his phone and smashed it against the wall.

"We've been scammed, damn it, they're all in cahoots!"

"What's wrong?" Hughie leaned closer and asked cautiously, as it was the first time he had seen Butcher so out of sorts.

Butcher's expression shifted several times; clearly, the real reason he had broken down was something he couldn't reveal here.

Homelander's whereabouts are unknown, which means Butcher can no longer seek revenge on him for his wife's death...

Moreover, the "partner" on the other end of the phone also refused to continue working with Butcher.

Why? There's no why. Used toilet paper is not only worthless but also disgusting, so of course it should be thrown in the trash.

Of course, there are other issues besides these, and what truly unites everyone in this moment is—

“They refused to report on Compound V,” Butcher said grimly.