I'm a magnetic field madman

"They have most likely obtained the synthesis formula for Compound 5...that's why they refuse to help us reveal the truth about Compound 5!"

"Wait—why are they doing this? Aren't they competitors with Vought?" Hughie asked, his face filled with astonishment.

“They are competitors, but Water Corporation is finished, and they’re about to start doing business,” Butcher said coldly.

Yes, those who cooperated with Butcher were either the FBI or companies hostile to Vought...

But now that Vought International has collapsed, these partners have no reason to continue working with them.

The huge market share that was vacated after the collapse of Walter Reed was so tempting.

Not only do they not intend to expose the truth about Compound 5, they even plan to start their own business with Vought Corporation!

And it is foreseeable that what those military-industrial complexes are going to do will be even more terrifying than Vought Corporation!

Vought, which originally only dealt with the media and entertainment industry, already had the power to experiment on children and allow the military-industrial complex to obtain Compound V. They will only do more heinous things!

What they're trying to train isn't superheroes, but a large number of super soldiers!

So what exactly did Butcher and his team achieve after doing all that?

If you bring down one Wot Corporation, a hundred more will rise up?

Hughie looked disappointed and sad; they began to doubt whether everything they had done had any meaning.

Or rather, everything they did was just as Haihu said—trying to change the world through public opinion and words is ultimately just a delusional fantasy.

But what can they do now? The Boys, mere mortals against superheroes?

But aside from manipulating public opinion, they are nothing more than a group of criminals who use illegal means to achieve their own goals.

"Nonsense—this is unacceptable! I cannot accept this outcome!"

Butcher growled as he shoved Hughie aside and staggered into the room deep inside the base.

"It seems you understand now."

As if he had anticipated all of this, Wu Nan sat cross-legged in the center of the room, looking at Butcher who had barged in, and calmly said...

Ever since killing Edgar and destroying the Vought Corporation, Takeo has locked himself in his room until now.

He was thinking, he was learning, he was trying to find different answers and paths.

But in the end, all his thoughts and plans were rejected by him personally. Because all his thinking and calculations ultimately led to something nonsensical.

The Water Corporation will not be destroyed; it will simply change its name, legal entity, and management.

The superheroes and the research on Compound V will continue... This country, this world, will not change.

Edgar was right. What difference would killing them make? The world would remain the same, and nothing would change.

Wu Nan's failure to complete his mission, and his continued confinement in this world, is the best proof of that. But at this point, he no longer wants to think about completing the mission.

He began to seriously consider how to permanently change the course of the world, what the true conflicts of this world were, and how he should change them—

"I don't want to understand anything, I just want that son of a bitch, Homelander, dead!" Butcher growled.

"And all superhumans, they are all a menace, all problems, and should not exist!"

“Everything that exists must have its reason,” Wu Nan said quietly, his demeanor nothing like that of a ten-year-old child…

Because once a person starts thinking, they can no longer live in a state of confusion.

When children realize the power and change they bear, they will grow up quickly.

"Superpowered individuals, their existence is a reality. And this problem has always existed, but when it exists, no one wants it to be solved; they just want it to be delayed indefinitely..."

“What do you want to do? We’ll do everything we can to help you,” Butcher said hoarsely.

“I don’t need your cooperation anymore, and you can’t help me now.” Wu Nan slowly stood up, transformed back into his Sea Tiger form, and put on his father’s coat…

But Wu Nan could never become his father.

Haihu is like a wild, untamed wind, while Bai Wunan cannot control his own destiny. Changing the world is not difficult for the strong, but accepting the consequences of their changes with a clear conscience is not an easy thing.

Bai Wunan, he just couldn't do whatever he wanted like his father.

Because he is a responsible person, unlike his father, who keeps talking about the environment... but that's just an excuse for him to get what he wants.

He wants to change the world and push it in a better direction as much as possible.

Because if he could, Bai Wunan wanted to be a person with a clear conscience.

"Where are you going?" Butcher looked at Wu Nan, a strange sense of panic suddenly rising in his heart...

"The White House," Wu Nan said softly.

"Since the problem is destined to be unsolvable peacefully, let's detonate it before it becomes irreversible."

34. The Growth of a Martial Man

Kobo with the Unbound

Bai Wujie, who was watching the martial arts performance from afar, smiled gently as he looked at his adopted son, who had made up his mind to head to the White House...

In his view, Wu Nan's "performance" was not good. There were too many things he should have done but did not, too many benefits he should have received but did not fight for, and too many things he should have changed but did not change.

If we were to rate his performance, I would give him a maximum of four out of ten.

However, considering the abilities of a 10-year-old child, Wu Nan undoubtedly did an excellent job. Bai Wujie had no doubt that, under the same conditions, Wu Nan would have done a much better job than his two older brothers...

Because Wu Nan is actually more mature than his two older brothers—psychologically speaking.

Perhaps this is what is meant by "a poor man's child learns to be independent early." Living in an environment that forces one to move forward, Wu Nan is growing at an astonishing speed. Wu Nan himself is a person who can adapt quickly and thus change and improve.

So, what has Wu Nan grown up in?

"Yeah, what exactly has Bai Wunan grown up in?"

Bai Wujie poured himself a full glass of red wine and muttered to himself...

Could it be that he's learned to kill? That's never been difficult. For someone with a strong magnetic field, learning to kill is as easy as learning to make instant noodles. Having mastered magnetic field power, killing is a natural progression.

There's no strong person who can't handle something this simple—killing. It's just talk, how difficult it sounds...

But when you possess immense power and can take someone's life with just a thought—that power becomes increasingly lightweight.

The stronger you are, the lighter the weight of life will feel to you.

The feeling of killing a chicken with a knife when you are still an ordinary person... is probably more profound than the feeling of killing tens of thousands of people with a wave of your hand when you become a powerful person.

Has he learned to be decisive and ruthless? Of course not. Bai Wunan doesn't have that kind of decisiveness yet. His actions are very slow and indecisive. At least in Bai Wujie's view, he has missed too many opportunities simply because of his own morality and hesitation.

But this is not a bad thing. If Bai Wunan could quickly become someone who would stop at nothing to achieve his goals, then he would no longer be Bai Wunan... but just an ordinary, eccentric magnetic field guy.

Bai Wunan's growth came from learning to find the root cause of things. To analyze the essence of a problem and then think about it.

Yes, Bai Wunan's true growth came from learning to think for himself and to think independently about complex problems.

This invaluable experience is a kind of progress that no school or individual could provide him with.

What are the real problems and contradictions within this world, this world of "The Boys"?

It is a conflict between two groups: "superpowered individuals" and "ordinary people".

This is a very simplistic and commonplace answer. In other words, most of the world's problems can be categorized as conflicts between societies and classes.

Even in Bai Wujie's world, doesn't this problem exist?

The world of Bai Wujie also presents such contradictions and problems: replacing superpowered individuals with magnetic field madmen while ordinary people remain ordinary.

However, this was never the main problem, because the issue was quickly resolved.

Because the "magnetic field madman" is superior to ordinary people in every way... the problem quickly ended with the complete surrender of the ordinary population.

Absolute violence directly solves all the problems.

Then the problem naturally turned into an internal issue among the lunatics.

The problem with The Boys is, of course, the conflict between a group of incomplete lunatics and a group of ordinary people.

Wu Nan saw the problem, and his thinking was the same as that of most magnetic field experts, including Bai Wujie—the final answer he came to was still to use violence.

Because there is no other way to solve the problem besides violence...

Any conflicting issue, when brought to the ultimate conclusion, can only be resolved through violence.

Violence is so abhorrent, yet it is the ultimate solution to most problems.

Understanding this principle is not difficult, but the key is how to, after understanding this principle, strive to find other ways or reduce the frequency of using violence.

This is what distinguishes the strong from the madman.

For a madman who hates troublesome and complicated things...

Once they understand this, they will quickly categorize all problems as requiring brute force.

Those wise and powerful individuals, like hell itself, will begin to seek methods other than violence whenever possible.

Just like solving a problem, a madman tends to directly eliminate the person who raised the problem, while a wise and strong person will think about how to cleverly solve the problem using their own force.

“Wu Nan is undoubtedly that kind of person.” Bai Wujie took a sip of red wine and chuckled softly…

"Although his approach was crude and his thinking was reckless... in any case, he had begun to think and had begun to try to solve complex problems in his own way."

"However, my actions are still putting pressure on Wu Nan. I wonder if you think this approach is appropriate?"

Bai Wujie seemed to be talking to himself, but there was no doubt that he was communicating with a powerful being.

The great power did not answer, but the lack of response itself was the answer.

Bai Wujie's lips curled up slightly, because he was now certain that he could "educate" Wu Nan as he pleased.

Next, Bai Wujie will continue to educate Wu Nan in this way.

Throw him into dangerous situations to force him to think and put pressure on him.

However, Bai Wujie believed that Wu Nan would never follow the path he had taken in his previous life.

This time, as an educator, Bai Wujie will not use any morality or requirements to constrain Wu Nan. He will put all the problems in front of him and let him solve them with his own wisdom and thought.

Whether he achieves justice, succumbs to evil, or chooses his own path, he will always be an independent individual, a truly unique Bai Wunan!

"Superpowered individuals are the future of humanity, a new kind of human. We are the choice of natural evolution, the destined masters of the Earth's future, and we will surely rule over those lowly and inferior ordinary people!"

Outside Washington, D.C., lies a secret Vought Corporation headquarters that was once a popular spot for Vought's superheroes to party... but now, this circular hall has been transformed into a stage for speeches.

The man speaking eloquently on stage is none other than Homelander, once the strongest superhero!

Of course, that's all in the past now.

With the collapse of Vought International and the leak of numerous scandals involving Vought's superheroes... Homelander is no longer the American icon he once was.

At least 30% of the huge pile of dirt on superheroes that Edgar had was about Homelander, including his Oedipus complex, his love of breast milk, and a series of other dark histories, which Butcher had already exposed.

Nowadays, people from the motherland are just a joke on American internet!

Everyone is mocking Homelander as an immature giant baby, despising his character, and angrily demanding that Congress arrest and execute Homelander as an apology!

And what about the people of Homeland?

He's gone mad.

With the collapse of Vought International and the exposure of his dark past, the last thread of reason that held the nation together has been completely snapped. This former hope of America has now become a complete madman!

Or perhaps, having completely shed his idol image, Patriot has finally returned to his true self.

And right now, at this very moment, all the superheroes gathered in this hall are infamous because of the dark history revealed by Vought International.

Undoubtedly, their superpowers are both stable and powerful enough. While they can't compare to Homelander, each of them is a true super soldier!

Of course, these people who are used to showing off in the spotlight are not qualified soldiers at all.

But the Homelander doesn't need many qualified soldiers; what he needs is an attitude, an attitude he demonstrates!

Yes, Homelander knows he can no longer be a hero.

Since I can't be a hero, I'll become the biggest villain.

"We are a new kind of human being, the masters of the Earth! Ordinary people are jealous of us, and those disgusting bastards use so-called money and popularity as collars to bind us!"

Homelander, waving his hands and roaring, had completely abandoned the American boy persona that Vought International had created for him. In his frenzy, Homelander had developed his own unique charm.

"But damn it, why should we listen to that shit? Why should we listen to that trash?"

"Humans should fear us, they should submit to us! We have surpassed those mortals, they should kneel before us as they kneel before God!"