247. Chapter 247: Pursuit!
"Mr. Jervis should be on a plane heading to California now. There's a Film Studio there that wants to discuss cooperation with Vought," Ashley Barrett said, holding a briefcase.
"Since that's the case, there's no need for us to wait for him. He's not the Protagonist today anyway." Stan Edgar looked at Starlight to his right and smiled, "Look at this dazzling girl. It's hard to imagine that she actually broke Vought's all-time record, achieving an excellent score of ninety-six in the opinion poll. This score has surpassed everyone present, including, of course, Homelander."
Facing Stan Edgar's gaze, Homelander's face was grim, suppressing the anger in his heart.
"As everyone knows, the Ryan Incident a year ago caused the Compound V Bill, which was about to pass, to be directly rejected by the Legislature, and also stained Vought's reputation. Out of consideration for the company image, after careful deliberation, the Board of Directors ultimately decided to let Starlight serve as The Seven's Co-Captain... Do you have any different opinions on this?" Stan Edgar glanced at Homelander beside him.
Constrained by his outward gentlemanly demeanor, Homelander could only hide the anger in his heart with a fake smile. "No opinion. This is a good choice, very good. I also look forward to Starlight becoming the next Leader."
Seeing the fake smile on Homelander's face, The Deep shook his head almost imperceptibly. He could guarantee that Starlight was going to have big trouble next.
Meanwhile.
Stormfront and Homelander walked into a Restaurant and each ordered a steak.
"What would you like to drink?" the waiter asked, holding the menu.
"Two Karaku, please," Stormfront said with a slight smile to the waiter.
"I don't drink Karaku, change it to iced tea."
"Okay, Mr. Homelander, please wait a moment." The waiter noted down the dishes and turned to leave.
In fact, tea is also a popular drink in the United States, but unlike China and France, which prefer hot tea, cold drinks are more popular here, which means adding ice cubes to black tea, and most of the time adding sliced lemon slices and a little honey.
"I remember you said last time that you wanted Stan Edgar to be ruined and kicked out of Vought. How do you plan to do it?" Stormfront asked.
Homelander wants to fall out with Stan Edgar?
Xia Shang, disguised as Homelander, was a little surprised, but then thought of the plot from the source material.
With a cold expression, he said in a low voice, "I've been at Vought for so long, I know exactly what dirty deeds he's done. Even releasing just one would be enough to ruin him."
"So you want to publicly expose Stan Edgar?" Stormfront frowned.
"Wouldn't that be a bit too much of a risk? What if he doesn't admit it then? He might even shift the blame onto you, which could very likely lead to mutual destruction." Stormfront didn't agree with Homelander's approach. "In my opinion, it's better to find an opportunity to create an accident. After all, he's just an ordinary human. A car accident could make him lose his life."
"Good idea, but how can you be sure he wasn't the Mysterious Person that night?" Xia Shang smiled.
"I tested him. He couldn't even withstand a weak electric current. How could he be the Mysterious Person?"
Stormfront vaguely remembered Stan Edgar's reaction back then. He stood up directly from the chair, like a reflex, completely unable to disguise it.
"If that's what you're saying, besides Stan Edgar, the only one most likely to be the Mysterious Person is Mr. Jervis," Xia Shang said with a calm expression.
"Do you remember a guy named Mesmer?"
Stormfront picked up the Karaku the waiter had placed in front of her. Seeing Homelander shake his head, she continued, "His superpower is the ability to see the images in others' minds through touch. He was once a Supe under Vought, and then abandoned by Vought in a financial accident. I found that he joined Vought again, living under a false name, and even had plastic surgery. However, none of this is the point. The point is, all of this was arranged by Mr. Jervis. Out of curiosity, I found him. At first, he was quite stubborn, but it wasn't until I used his Daughter as leverage that he told me everything that happened back then in detail.
It turned out that Mr. Jervis actively sought him out from the beginning. According to him, only the parties involved knew about him taking photos, which was The Boys. However, he later recalled that when he was working for Billy, there was a stranger inside the house, and after seeing the photo of the Mysterious Person, he immediately confirmed that the person he saw back then was the Mysterious Person."
In the past six months, Stormfront had been secretly investigating Mr. Jervis, and she didn't expect to actually find a clue.
"So I'm absolutely certain that Mr. Jervis... is the Mysterious Person."
After listening to Stormfront's analysis, Homelander, sitting opposite her, couldn't help but applaud.
"If you hadn't said anything, I would have almost forgotten about someone like Mesmer."
Homelander's calm expression made Stormfront slightly surprised. "Aren't you surprised? A guy of unknown origin has been infiltrating Vought for so long. It seems his purpose is to become the President of Vought International."
"Surprised? I am a little surprised. I didn't expect you to find this flaw concerning Mesmer. Perhaps I should have killed him directly back then. After all, only dead people can keep their mouths shut. However, it doesn't matter now. You're not the first person to discover Mr. Jervis's true identity."
Homelander smiled.
"Who else?" Stormfront stared intently at the Homelander in front of her. No, to be precise, it should be Mr. Jervis.
Thinking that she had spent the entire morning with the other party and hadn't noticed anything wrong, she couldn't help but feel a sudden chill and was horrified!
"Dead people don't need to know this."
Homelander showed a sunlight-like smile, but this smile looked particularly terrifying in Stormfront's eyes!
Almost instantly.
Stormfront threw two faint purple lightning bolts towards Xia Shang!
Bang! Amidst the startled cries of the diners in the Restaurant, the huge impact force sent Xia Shang flying backward, smashing through several tables in succession.
Stormfront had no intention of pressing the advantage. Instead, she elbowed the glass beside her, shattering it, and flew towards high altitude.
She was very clear about the Mysterious Person's strength. Unless she teamed up with Homelander, she had no chance of winning.
"Trying to escape?" Xia Shang got up unhurriedly, then stomped heavily on the ground. With a loud bang! He shot out like a cannonball.
In the blink of an eye, he was behind Stormfront.
Supersonic flight combined with psychic power fueling the momentum. With the two combined, his speed at this moment had already surpassed Stormfront.
"I knew you would choose to escape. If you hadn't escaped, I really wouldn't have known how to kill you with blue Heat Vision in broad daylight."
(End of Chapter)