**Chapter 330: Pleasant Surprise, Memory Tampering**
"It seems this Woman's superpower isn't as simple as Indira said."
Ever since acquiring Parasyte Sensing and X-ray Vision, Xia Shang found it incredibly easy to find a Supe to test Cate's abilities.
He turned his head to look at a Room not far down the Corridor to the right, then slightly twitched his index finger. Under extreme control, psychic power transformed into a key, which clicked as it inserted into the lock. Immediately after, he pushed the wooden door open. Then, the invisible psychic power, like a liquid, wrapped around the sleeping Supe.
What was that sound? Cate looked towards the Room next to her, alert.
Xia Shang manipulated the man like a puppet, controlling him to walk out of the Room and into the Apartment Corridor.
"Why do I smell something burning?" The man's eyes were dull, his mouth opening and closing, but no sound actually came out.
"Maybe you didn't rest well and are hallucinating." Cate, wrapped only in a sheet, walked up to the man and slowly took off her gloves.
"Could her superpower be related to her hands?" Cate was still wearing gloves when she fought Golden Boy earlier. At first, Xia Shang thought it was just a peculiar habit of hers, but now it seemed likely related to her own superpower.
Just then, the man being manipulated by psychic power suddenly woke up. "How did I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Cate reached out and covered the man's head, whispering softly, "Forget it. Forget everything you just heard, smelled, and saw. Now you just want to sleep. You're really too tired. Even if the sky falls, it won't wake you."
After Cate withdrew her hands, the man yawned blankly, then stiffly walked back into the Room and immediately fell asleep.
Seeing this, Xia Shang's eyes lit up. Countless terms surfaced in his mind: mind control, cognitive alteration, memory erasure, memory tampering...
Unintentionally, he seemed to have discovered gold hidden in a pile of sand.
He absolutely had to obtain this ability! Xia Shang knew very well what his shortcomings were, which was why he valued Mindstorm so highly, even giving its fusion priority far above Hughie's spatial movement.
"Although she needs to touch the target with her hands to use the superpower, it's a minor flaw that doesn't detract from its value."
Xia Shang analyzed silently in his mind. However, he guessed that Cate's superpower must have some limitations, otherwise, it would be an unsolvable existence.
"Let me see where your limit is." Xia Shang didn't rush to celebrate but instead focused his gaze on Golden Boy in the Room.
At this moment, Golden Boy was engulfed in flames. He clutched his head in pain, curled up on the floor like a boiled shrimp. As heatwaves erupted from his body in waves, the furniture and walls in the Room were already unrecognizable.
"Ahhh!!" Bang! Bang bang! He repeatedly slammed his head against the floor, trying to alleviate the bone-deep pain.
After about one or two minutes, Golden Boy regained some sanity. He looked around blankly, not understanding what had just happened. Just as he was about to retract the flames, an invisible psychic power instantly restrained his limbs and controlled him to walk out of the Room.
"Cate! Get out of here quickly, I think I can't control myself!"
All Golden Boy could do was retract the flames into his body; he couldn't control his own actions.
"I can help you." Seeing the flames on Golden Boy disappear, Cate immediately reached out and pressed her hands against Golden Boy's forehead.
"Relax, you are sleeping now. Everything that just happened was just your dream."
Xia Shang could clearly see Cate's eyes slowly turning red. Red blood threads gradually covered her clear blue and white eyes.
"Is it this strenuous to deal with a slightly stronger Supe?" Xia Shang was somewhat dissatisfied. Under his control, Golden Boy suddenly raised his right hand, grabbed Cate's throat, and pressed her tightly against the wall.
Although Golden Boy had lost consciousness and fallen into sleep at this moment, Xia Shang still wanted to see if Cate had reached her limit. As Golden Boy's fingers gradually tightened, Cate's voice became intermittent due to difficulty breathing.
"Let... let go of me, just... just get a good night's sleep. Imagine... you are in a hot spring right now, warm spring water is enveloping you, you release your tense body, and just want to immerse yourself in endless relaxation."
The blood threads in the whites of Cate's eyes condensed into wispy clumps, and the blood vessels at the corners of her eyes burst, leaving two trails of bright red blood.
The blood streaked across her face, gathering on Cate's smooth chin. *Plop*... a drop of blood fell onto the floor, shattering upon impact.
"She's probably reached her limit." Xia Shang withdrew his control over Golden Boy.
In an instant, Golden Boy fell to the ground, completely unconscious.
"Hoo... hoo hoo..." Freed from the restraint, Cate leaned against the wall, breathing in fresh air in large gulps, and took a medicine bottle from her pocket.
After swallowing the pill, Cate's condition clearly improved significantly.
Just then, footsteps echoed from the stairwell in the Corridor.
Indira appeared, leading a group of Guards, and walked towards Cate.
"Go put out the fire," Indira said in a deep voice.
"Okay." The Guards, holding fire extinguishers, entered the Room and pressed the switch on the fire extinguishers.
"How are things on your end? Is the person okay?"
Indira feigned concern as she helped Cate, asking about the situation.
Cate shook her head. "I've resolved the problem. Golden Boy will probably sleep for a while. Also, can Golden Boy rest for a period? His body is clearly reaching its limit."
Indira looked back at Golden Boy lying on the ground and said gently, "Don't worry too much, I'll let him recuperate for a while until his body is fully recovered."
"I hope this kind of thing doesn't happen a second time." Cate looked at Golden Boy with worry in her gaze.
Meanwhile, Xia Shang left a clone behind before leaving Godolkin University.
The purpose of leaving the clone was not only to protect Cate's safety but also to see if there were any secrets between Cate and Indira that he didn't know about.
...
Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.
Vought Tower, Supe Conference Room. Xia Shang leisurely drank coffee while opening his panel to check the fusion progress.
[superpower chest blast is fusing, current progress is 89%]
At this speed, it would take at most another week for him to completely fuse superpower chest blast.
"I've found the location of the TNT Twins, just as you said. They are in Vermont, where the annual Supe X-rated party 'Herogasm' is being held. As regular guests every year, they are sure to appear."
Homelander stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, his expression blank.
(End of Chapter)