309. Chapter 308 Ally
"It seems Mallory was telling the truth. Russia really does possess super weapons capable of restraining Supes. The reason they used the super weapon on Soldier Boy was likely to brainwash and train him into a war machine exclusively for them."
Subsequently, the experiment footage shown in the video also indirectly confirmed Billy's guess.
He held a nearly burnt-out cigarette in his mouth and took out a stack of photos and documents recording experiment data from the bag beside him.
As he flipped through the experiment data and compared the dates recorded on the photos, he quickly reached a conclusion: "A large number of human experiments led to the enhancement of Soldier Boy's superpower. During this process, the super weapon and Soldier Boy fused into one."
"However, Soldier Boy's mental state also became extremely unstable as a result."
Billy put down the documents in his hand and then looked at the computer screen.
In the video, Soldier Boy, lying on a steel bed at the mercy of others, suddenly opened his eyes. Immediately after, a dense ball of flames erupted from his chest. The rapidly expanding flames instantly engulfed the entire Laboratory. At the same time, a dazzling white light almost filled the entire screen.
Billy subconsciously raised his hand to shield his eyes.
After about ten seconds, the pitch-black computer screen flickered and displayed new footage.
"The front line has been defeated! The experiment is temporarily suspended! Seal that damn guy up first, I don't want to see any more meaningless casualties!"
A man's extremely angry roar came from the computer. Soon, several Researchers, supporting the unconscious Soldier Boy, arrived in front of the iron canister that Billy had seen earlier at the Military Base. They opened the iron canister, released a white gas capable of causing unconsciousness, and then put Soldier Boy inside.
The video ended there.
"Mother's Milk, pull up all the information on Soldier Boy for me, including what we collected before."
Billy opened a drawer and took out a piece of white paper.
He picked up a pen and started writing something on it.
"Here's the information you wanted." Mother's Milk found the information collected some time ago, then came over to Billy and handed him the information.
"Look."
Billy moved the white paper in front of Mother's Milk and then pointed at a line of text with the tip of his pen, saying, "How high do you think the probability is of Soldier Boy returning to the United States?"
"Returning to the United States..." Mother's Milk pondered, and after a moment, he spoke with some hesitation: "At least 80%."
"Wrong!"
Billy forcefully wrote 'Payback' on the paper. "In my opinion, the probability of him returning to the United States is 100%. It was precisely because of his teammates' betrayal back then that he was captured by Russia. He will definitely come back for revenge."
"So? You want to find him through his former teammates?"
Billy didn't answer but posed another question.
"With our current strength, what's our chance of winning against Homelander?" He took the Temporary Compound V from his pocket and placed it on the table: "Assuming we use this thing."
After thinking for a while, Mother's Milk finally shook his head.
"I don't know."
"We might be able to confront Homelander, but killing him is almost impossible," Billy said, taking out a photo of Soldier Boy and placing it under the Temporary Compound V.
"We need an ally, one strong enough."
Mother's Milk roughly understood what Billy meant. He frowned, somewhat incredulous, "So you want to recruit Soldier Boy to our side?" He looked at Billy beside him in surprise. For a moment, he even suspected that the Billy in front of him was an imposter.
After all, it was well known that Billy's attitude towards Supes was extremely negative. How could he possibly actively recruit Soldier Boy, unless...
Mother's Milk's right hand unconsciously reached for the pistol at his waist.
"That's right." Billy revealed a sinister smile. "I'm going to use him to deal with Homelander, but the prerequisite is that we have to find his teammates before he does. As long as those people are in my hands, then if he wants to find them, Soldier Boy will have no choice but to cooperate with us."
Hearing this, Mother's Milk relaxed his grip on the gun.
That's right, this guy was indeed the genuine article.
"Let's get moving, everyone. We don't have much time left."
Billy put the Temporary Compound V from the table into his pocket and walked outside.
......
In a dim underground Passage, Billy sat in front of a desk lamp, constantly smoking. A cunning rabbit usually prepares several hiding places in advance, and Billy was no exception. After Starlight knew the exact location of the Basement, he immediately found a new hiding place.
After all, he had never trusted Starlight and the others.
"Phew..." Billy smoked a cigarette while playing with the Temporary Compound V in his hand.
As clear footsteps slowly sounded from a distance, he knew that the person he was waiting for... had arrived.
"How did you know about this thing?" Queen Maeve, dressed in plain clothes, unceremoniously threw a handbag into Billy's lap.
"A while ago, the Mysterious Person appeared at Hughie's Home and gave him a few tubes of this stuff. After I used it, I found it felt pretty good." Billy picked up the alcohol from the table and poured some into a cup.
"Mysterious Person... No wonder." Although Temporary Compound V was an important secret of Vought International, Mr. Jervis was a Vought Vice President before he left. It was normal for him to have access to Temporary Compound V.
"It sounds like you know the Mysterious Person's true identity?"
Billy took a sip of the alcohol in the cup and asked curiously.
"Probably." Queen Maeve didn't want to dwell on this question, so she changed the subject. "I have to warn you, it's best to use Temporary Compound V sparingly. I suspect it has serious side effects."
"Since you don't want to say, I won't force you. Anyway, the person is dead, who cares about his true identity now?"
Billy put down the wine glass, pulled open the zipper of the handbag, and after pulling out a large number of glass tubes containing pale green liquid, he smiled. "As for side effects... Do you think people care about the side effects when they're smoking heroin, weed, and coke? Besides, this stuff is much more potent than those."
"The Mysterious Person is dead!" Queen Maeve was shocked. To be honest, her reaction was much stronger than Billy had anticipated.
"You seem very surprised. Who exactly was he?"
"You don't need to know."
Queen Maeve took out her mobile phone, found the contact person she wanted to find, and pressed the call button.
Beep... beep... beep... Just as Queen Maeve thought the phone wouldn't connect, a familiar voice sounded from the other end of the phone.
"It's late. Do you need something?"
"Sorry, I dialed the wrong number." Queen Maeve immediately hung up the phone and looked at Billy with extreme annoyance: "You're fucking with me."
(end of chapter)