**Chapter 343: Astonishing Reversal, Hughie Gets Proven Wrong**
"Vought is finished." Remarks like these frequently appeared in everyone's line of sight.
Although it was already ten o'clock at night, Manhattan, New York was still a scene of dazzling lights and bustling nightlife, with neon lights on every Street flashing brilliantly.
"Power needs to be restrained, it needs to be limited, and the same goes for Superheroes." On the display screens hanging on the surrounding skyscrapers, figures of economists, news magnates, popular celebrities, and news anchors appeared one after another. They spoke at length about the Homelander massacre case, each expressing their own views.
"As everyone knows, the Supe industry is Vought International's main business. They have almost monopolized the industry like overlords, making it impossible for others to enter, and there are no corresponding competitors. Therefore, in recent years, Vought International's style of doing things has become increasingly arrogant. However, due to the unique nature of the industry, Vought International's stock price has continued to skyrocket with the support of many shareholders. I have always maintained a pessimistic attitude towards it.
Because Superheroes are also human, they are uncontrollable. Once a Superhero's reputation has a problem, it will affect the entire group, especially for some core Superheroes within Vought International. It can be said that they made Vought, but facts often have two sides. Since they can make Vought, they can naturally also destroy Vought.
This Homelander incident confirms my conjecture. In just one day, Vought International's stock price was nearly halved. As the stock price is about to collapse, Wall Street is also filled with wails. If it continues to plummet at this rate, I'm afraid it will trigger a new wave of bankruptcies. Therefore, I want to advise everyone again: invest cautiously, keep your eyes open, and choose some excellent companies with good assets and sufficient stability.
Here, I can recommend United States business..."
"Another advertisement," Starlight, wearing plain clothes in Times Square, curled her lips in disdain.
"I didn't expect you'd actually agree to come out shopping with me."
Hughie was happy to hear the remarks predicting Vought International's downfall. He couldn't wait for Vought International to go bankrupt soon so he could be free sooner.
"Is Vought still planning to do nothing?" Hughie asked Starlight.
Starlight looked at a huge screen not far away and shook her head: "I'm not sure. There's no movement for now, but Stan Edgar and Mr. Jervis came to the company this morning. They should be discussing how to resolve this crisis."
The screen was showing the evening news. The host was Thomson, a well-known celebrity.
"Breaking News Update: The Homelander case may be about to see a reversal. Multiple young girls have now come forward to accuse the TNT Twins. According to them, the deceased Supes deserved their fate. Those Supes kidnapped them and forced them to participate in group debauchery, and the main instigators were the TNT Twins and the founder, Soldier Boy."
"What the f*ck?" Hughie's mouth dropped open, shocked beyond belief.
Only Starlight understood that Vought's counterattack had begun!
"What's going on? Is there another hidden story?"
"I knew Homelander wouldn't kill them for no reason." "Don't rush, keep watching."
Times Square suddenly became noisy, filled with various voices of discussion.
"Following police investigation and reports from anonymous informants, the girls' accusations are largely true. The scene of the incident in Vermont was indeed hosting an annual Supe 'carnival'. Calling it a carnival isn't accurate; to be precise, it was a disgusting orgy filled with pornography, drugs, and violence. Those girls were victims of the gathering. According to the victims' descriptions, Homelander appeared and saved them at the time.
He also loudly reprimanded the Supes participating in the activity. But at that moment, the TNT Twins and Soldier Boy, in order to continue the activity, actually attacked Homelander.
Of course, this is just the girls' side of the story. But just now, several survivors who participated in the activity came forward to confirm the girls' statements. They have now been legally arrested by the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs, and imprisonment awaits them."
"They can f*cking do that?!" Hughie was stunned. He was there at the time; where were these girls in the Villa? If those hot women counted as girls, then he was practically an innocent virgin who knew nothing of the world.
"Perjury! This is absolutely perjury fabricated by Vought!" Hughie was furious, stomping his feet. The appearance of those girls was definitely related to Vought; if it wasn't, he'd be willing to bash his head against the ground and die.
"See? This is Vought. They can easily twist black and white."
Starlight was already used to this. Trying to crush Vought International through public opinion was undoubtedly a pipe dream.
"Even if those girls can prove Homelander saved them, so what? There are so many corpses at the scene, and they all have traces of laser eye burns on them. These are ironclad facts that Homelander killed them. I don't believe Vought can still argue against this."
Unexpectedly, the host's next words severely slapped Hughie's face.
"While protecting the girls, Homelander was nearly injured and finally forced to retaliate. Soldier Boy, being no match for Homelander, then incited and threatened Ryan to attack Homelander. The traces left at the scene were very likely caused by Ryan. Furthermore, during this time, Billy, who had been wanted by Vought for a long time, suddenly appeared and took Ryan away. Ultimately, Soldier Boy was captured by Homelander and imprisoned in a steel cell in Vought Tower.
However, just this morning, Soldier Boy suddenly escaped from prison. After being discovered by Homelander, Homelander, in order to avoid harming the thousands of employees working inside the Building, disregarded his own safety, rushed out of Vought Tower with Soldier Boy, and flew towards the Atlantic Ocean. There were many witnesses to this process, and the matter is true..."
Hughie couldn't listen anymore. His face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
"Damn it, Billy actually guessed right. Vought really is going to push all the blame onto Soldier Boy and Ryan."
Meanwhile, Stan Edgar, standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window on the top floor of Vought Tower, looked down at Manhattan below, expressionless, lost in thought.
At the same time, three videos suddenly went viral online. One showed Homelander rushing out of Vought Tower with Soldier Boy. Another showed Ryan facing a camera, admitting that he used his laser eye under Soldier Boy's coercion to kill those people. The third was footage of Soldier Boy exploding, with the blast affecting the beach.
(End of Chapter) today and yesterday day ch