243. Chapter 243: Warning Appears! The Boys Gather Again?
"Whether it's Stormfront's Lightning or Homelander's Heat Vision, they are all filmed live.
Perhaps people are now more inclined towards this filming technique."
"Mr. Jervis, your humility is admirable. I must say, you are not only an excellent Leader but also an extremely excellent Scriptwriter. I hope you can provide more wonderful Scripts for future Supe movies," the female Reporter said with a smile.
"Of course, I will do my best."
After the interview, the Superheroes went On Stage one after another, standing in front of the movie poster, accepting the baptism of flashbulbs. At the same time, Hughie and Starlight also arrived at the publicity event. Senator Neuman came with them. It was said that due to the outstanding performance of the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs in the past year, they had gained the appreciation of the gentleman in the White House, and that gentleman was preparing to promote Victoria Neuman.
"Help me check, is my tie straight?" Hughie wore a well-fitting Suit, looking much more upright.
"No problem."
Starlight adjusted his collar for him, and then the two walked hand in hand towards On Stage.
Their intimate appearance caused the Reporters present to turn their cameras. On Stage, Homelander, who had been smiling broadly, immediately darkened his Complexion. Looking at the smug Hughie, a hint of anger couldn't help but rise in his eyes. Since Starlight returned to The Seven, her Popularity had risen instead of falling, even surpassing him, Homelander. This made him very unhappy! He wished he could shoot Heat Vision and cut the couple before him to shreds.
"Starlight, look this way!"
"Please let us take a solo Photo."
The Reporters' requests caused Hughie to release his hand from Starlight's slender waist and awkwardly step back. Seeing this, Starlight comforted him, saying, "You go rest first, I'll find you later."
"Hughie?" As Hughie stepped back, he accidentally bumped into Xia Shang. He quickly turned around to apologize, "I'm really sorry, Mr. Jervis, are you alright?"
"I'm fine. How's your work going lately?" Xia Shang asked.
"It's not bad. Under the control of the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs, the Supe Crime rate has significantly decreased."
Facing Vought Vice President, Hughie seemed a little reserved. He smiled politely and said, "Thanks to Vought's assistance, otherwise we wouldn't have achieved what we have today."
"This is what we at Vought should do. However, I heard that someone is secretly hunting Supes, and many have been killed. I wonder if your Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs has paid attention to this matter? It is said that the Leader is Billy, a former Wanted Criminal of Vought. He seems to have some connection with you."
Xia Shang glanced at Stan Edgar in the distance and asked casually.
"Billy? I cut off all contact with him a long time ago. I don't know what he's done." Hughie shook his head, which was actually the truth. After the two went their separate ways half a year ago, they hadn't contacted each other again, clearly showing a stance of never interacting again.
"Is that so? Actually, someone asked me to pass a message to him. Since you two have no contact, then forget it." Just as Xia Shang was about to leave, Hughie stopped him.
"Mr. Jervis, can I know who is looking for Billy? Perhaps when I catch Billy, I can pass the message to him."
Hughie asked curiously.
"I haven't met that person either. He left a note on my desk with instructions to hand over the content on the note to Billy within a week."
Xia Shang's Words further piqued Hughie's curiosity. It sounded like that person should know Billy.
"Can you tell me the content?"
"No problem, I can even give you the note. I happened to bring it with me." Saying this, Xia Shang took out a folded White paper from his Pocket and handed it to Hughie.
Hughie lowered his head and unfolded the White paper. The Word "WARNING" was written on it in red pen, and below the Word was a Phone Number.
Instantly, Hughie's Pupils contracted sharply. It was the Mysterious Person! The fingertips holding the edge of the note lifted as if electrocuted, then grabbed it firmly again.
"I'll find a way to pass it to Billy." Hughie hurriedly stuffed the note into his Pocket. His Expression was very unnatural, and it seemed like Cold Sweat was even beading on his Forehead.
"You know the person who wrote the note?" Xia Shang frowned.
"I don't know them."
Hughie quickly shook his head, then found an excuse and walked towards the Restroom.
As he walked, he wondered why the Mysterious Person was looking for Billy and what the Warning meant. Did he want to throw a Corpse Inside the House again to scare him like last time? But anyone with a brain would know the Mysterious Person wouldn't be that bored.
Did the Mysterious Person want to target the people around him? A Chill instantly surged into Hughie's heart.
To be honest, if it weren't for this note, he would have almost forgotten about the Mysterious Person.
"Mother's Milk, it's me." Inside the Restroom stall, Hughie covered his Mobile Phone and dialed Mother's Milk's Telephone Number.
"What's up?"
"I'll explain when I get back. Can you contact Billy now?" Mother's Milk on the other end of the Phone hesitated, "You want to catch him?"
"Shit! If I wanted to catch him, would I wait until now? Do you really think his Operation is seamless and leaves no Traces? If I hadn't secretly suppressed the Information about him, the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs would have already made a move on him. I'm looking for him now because it's urgent, it concerns everyone's Life Safety!" Hughie said excitedly.
"That serious? Hold on a moment."
Inside the Room, Mother's Milk hung up the Phone and looked at the family Photo on the table. Finally, he gritted his teeth and dialed the Telephone Number he hadn't called in half a year.
Fortunately, he hadn't been blocked by someone. Half a minute later, the familiar voice came from the Phone.
"You guys have a situation?"
"How did you know." Mother's Milk asked.
"If nothing had happened, you probably wouldn't have contacted me in this Life. Speak, what do you need my help with?"
"It's not me, Hughie wants to see you."
"Hughie?" Billy's tone was a little surprised, "What does that Government lackey want with me? I don't have time to play house with him."
As expected, even after half a year, Billy still hadn't changed his sharp tongue.
"It sounds like the problem is serious, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me to contact you."
"Then why didn't he call me himself? Oh, I almost forgot, his Phone and all his Social Media accounts are blocked by me. Alright, tell him I'm currently tracking the Supe Termite. He should know where to find me." Billy looked at the Mobile Phone showing the call had ended and couldn't help but frown. When he first received Mother's Milk's call, he was in a good mood.
But now it had sunk again. He silently finished the entire Cigarette, then said to his subordinate beside him, "The Hunter Squad is temporarily disbanded. I won't reveal your Information. As for the fire half a year ago, as long as you don't talk about it yourselves, no one will know what you did."
"Okay." Jamie breathed a sigh of relief. He and the others had long wanted to quit, but because Billy held fatal Leverage over them, they could only follow Billy down a dark path. Now hearing that Billy wanted to disband the Hunter Squad, he swore he had never heard such pleasant news.
"I'll go notify the others now."
Looking at Jamie's retreating back, Billy's Expression remained unchanged. In fact, he knew very well that the Hunter Squad would fall apart sooner or later. They might even turn their Gun Muzzles on him when they couldn't stand it anymore. Instead of waiting for that day to come, it was better to just announce the disbandment.
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The Screen Image shifts to Xia Shang's side.
The Reason he wanted to contact Billy through Hughie was also simple: he simply couldn't find this guy Billy. After all, he wasn't Omniscient and Omnipotent, nor did he have Professor X's Psychic Ability. He couldn't find Billy in the vast sea of people. Moreover, this guy was good at hiding, and ordinary Means really couldn't find him. "Mr. Jervis, I think I saw a Phone Number on that note. Whose Phone is it?" Homelander, who had taken in the previous scene, asked.
"Who knows? You can try calling it, maybe it's just an empty number," Xia Shang said with a smile.
"Are you hiding something from me?"
Homelander looked deeply at Xia Shang and said, "Although I don't know what little tricks you're playing Behind the Scenes, don't forget, you are Vought Vice President, and he is a Government employee. You two shouldn't have private dealings."
"Just because he's Starlight's boyfriend? But thinking about it, Starlight's Popularity has indeed been very high recently, even surpassing yours. To be honest, Mr. Homelander, your position as Co-Captain is precarious and it's very likely you'll be replaced by Starlight." Xia Shang reached out and smoothed the wrinkles on his cuff.
"So you should think about how to improve your own Popularity."
After speaking, Xia Shang planned to leave.
"Unless Stan Edgar is crazy, the Leader of The Seven can only be me, Homelander!" Homelander's eyes became fierce and crazy, as if he could kill someone at any moment. He raised a confident smile, but no matter how you looked at it, it seemed exceptionally fake.
"Let's wait and see, Mr. Homelander."
Xia Shang smiled slightly, and then met Starlight, who was looking for him.
"Do you know where Hughie went?"
"He should be in the men's Restroom. Perhaps you can wait for him by the Restroom door," Xia Shang replied.
"Thank you."
The publicity event didn't last long. After the Reporters dispersed, Starlight and Homelander were called to the Supe Conference Room by Stan Edgar.
As for the specific content of the Meeting, Xia Shang didn't know.
But Homelander was clearly not in a good mood.
Because even across more than a dozen floors, he could Sense the movement coming from Stormfront's Room. Xia Shang even suspected that Homelander wanted to tear down Vought Tower through this Means.
(end of chapter)