A-Train still came back.
However, he didn't need to be in such a hurry; although Claw Woman had a nice figure, Fang Yuan wasn't interested in her.
He was mainly afraid of catching athlete's foot... "You actually dare to come looking for me? Aren't you afraid of being caught by Vought?" A-Train said, looking at the masked Black King with a bluff.
Fang Yuan chuckled. "What am I afraid of? MIB is the official agency that supervises Superhumans; Vought should be the one afraid of me."
"And... Homelander didn't tell you?"
"Homelander?" A-Train was puzzled, not understanding what this had to do with the Captain of The Seven.
Claw Woman explained to him, "A few days ago, Homelander went to the MIB headquarters to rescue Green Meanie, but he was defeated by Black King."
A-Train's eyes widened. "What? Impossible!"
In the hearts of countless people, Homelander was the most powerful Superhuman in the World today, undefeated since his debut. Since A-Train was also Homelander's teammate, he knew even better how strong Homelander's power was.
But then A-Train thought of the news about MIB changing its headquarters building a while ago. The official report said that Green Meanie had attempted to escape, causing severe damage to the building, and Vought had expressed no objection to this.
Now A-Train understood that it was actually caused by a great battle between Black King and Homelander!
"You, what do you want to do?"
A-Train asked cautiously, but his muscles were tense, ready to run away again at any moment.
"Isn't it obvious?" Fang Yuan's voice seemed to come from hell, making A-Train's skin crawl. "Work for me."
"No way!"
A-Train threw out a sentence and immediately activated his superpower to run away.
He had a great future at Vought and was already a member of The Seven. How could he possibly join forces with Vought's rival organization... Just as A-Train was thinking this, he suddenly discovered that Black King had also started running, and in the blink of an eye, he had run ahead of him!
A-Train was shocked and hurriedly turned to run the other way, but Black King was always able to rush ahead of him quickly. No matter how he changed direction, he couldn't shake off Fang Yuan.
"Ugh!"
After running for a long time, a sharp pain suddenly came from A-Train's heart, forcing him to stop using his ability and fall weakly to his knees in a small alley.
The Superhumans in The Boys World were basically weakened versions of Superheroes' powers from other Worlds, and a considerable number of Superhumans still had various side effects.
For example, A-Train had a heart condition.
Fang Yuan walked up to A-Train, his low voice full of mockery.
"I heard you're the fastest man in the World? Now it seems you're not fast at running."
A-Train was naturally unhappy after hearing this, but he was powerless to refute it.
Once the pain in his heart subsided, A-Train slowly stood up, his gaze toward Fang Yuan full of wariness... and fear.
A-Train understood why he was able to join The Seven. Besides the skin color bonus, it was his title as the "Fastest Man in the World." If the outside World discovered he was no longer the fastest, A-Train's commercial value would be greatly discounted.
At this time, Fang Yuan spoke again. He pointed to his own chest and asked A-Train, "Something's wrong with your heart, isn't it?"
Boom!
A loud roar erupted in A-Train's mind. He hadn't expected the other party to see through it.
Now he was truly panicked.
If he wasn't the fastest man in the World, he still had a sufficient fan Base to barely scrape by in The Seven.
But if Vought discovered he had a heart condition, A-Train would likely be kicked out of The Seven immediately because of it!
Once he lost his value, A-Train had already seen how heartless Vought could be through his girlfriend, Claw Woman.
"If I said I could find a healthy heart for you," seeing that A-Train was intimidated, Fang Yuan directly threw out the bait, "maybe you can answer the previous question again?"
"Really?"
A-Train's eyes lit up. If he could get a heart transplant, it would indeed solve his heart disease problem once and for all.
"Of course, but you also know how difficult it is to find a matching heart, and it must be able to withstand your superpower, so it takes time," Fang Yuan talked nonsense that seemed very reasonable. "However, MIB is backed by the government. Other than Vought, only we can help you find a suitable heart."
Actually, Fang Yuan, who knew the plot, was well aware that Vought's Superhero Blue Hawk's heart could be used for A-Train.
But A-Train didn't know, and Fang Yuan wouldn't let him have his wish too quickly.
The closer he was to death, the more actively A-Train would work for him.
Anyway, A-Train didn't dare go to Vought for help.
Although Vought might help him search on the premise that he was a member of The Seven, they might also choose to replace him directly. A-Train didn't dare take that risk.
A-Train took a deep breath and finally agreed.
"Fine. As long as I'm not discovered by Vought, I can work for you."
"But..." A-Train also spoke some harsh words, "if I find out you're lying to me, I'll go down with MIB even if it means dying!"
He only dared to threaten MIB, not Fang Yuan as Black King.
After all, even Homelander had been defeated by Black King, and his own most proud speed had also lost completely. A-Train had already placed Black King's strength in an unrivaled position.
"No problem."
Fang Yuan agreed decisively. As for the mole planted among the members of The Seven, as long as A-Train didn't court death himself, Fang Yuan wouldn't let him die.
Then he gave A-Train his first task and left straight away.
A-Train adjusted himself on the spot, sighed helplessly, and returned to Claw Woman's apartment.
He planned to let Claw Woman help him blow off some steam. What A-Train liked doing most was having Claw Woman suck his toes... No wonder Fang Yuan looked down on Claw Woman.
In this World of The Boys where everyone has no integrity, even wanting to hook up with a woman for some emotional exchange requires a prior political background check.
The next day, when A-Train returned to the Seven Tower, he pretended to run into Homelander casually.
"Homelander!"
A-Train greeted him with a smile, and then the two passed each other.
Homelander was very satisfied with A-Train's respectful attitude, but then he suddenly spoke.
"A-Train!"
A-Train turned around. "Huh? What's wrong?"
"Follow me."
Homelander led him into The Seven's round table office, where there were no surveillance cameras.
Then Homelander narrowed his eyes and asked A-Train, "Your girlfriend joined The Boys, right?"
A-Train looked shocked.
"Huh? I..." He was at a loss for a long while, looking very conflicted, and finally admitted it as if resigning to his fate.
"Yes." His voice was very small, and his head lowered as if awaiting judgment.
Little did he know that Homelander was showing a bright smile at this moment. He was very satisfied that A-Train hadn't tried to hide it from him, which greatly increased his favorable impression of A-Train.
"Don't worry." Homelander, who was in a great mood, took the initiative to walk over and pat A-Train on the shoulder. "I won't tell the company!"
A-Train looked up in surprise, only to see Homelander showing a warm smile.
"We're family. I'll look out for you!"
"Thank you, Homelander!"
A-Train gave him an excited hug. After a brief moment of surprise, Homelander laughed even more happily.
But how could he know what A-Train was thinking now?
"Black King's method is so useful!"
Homelander had known about him and Claw Woman for a long time; Black King had told him this last night.
At that time, it had really given A-Train a fright. He thought he had hidden it well, but he hadn't expected to be discovered by the most terrifying person in Vought.
But fortunately, Black King said he could help handle it, so A-Train did as Black King taught him. Sure enough, not only did he pass this hurdle safely, but he also gained a large wave of goodwill from Homelander.
Dealing with Homelander, Fang Yuan was a professional.
After the hug ended, Homelander remembered the business at hand.
"By the way, I'll help you hide your girlfriend's secret, but I also happen to have some things I need your help with," Homelander said in a low voice. "Of course, it's private."
A-Train nodded to show his understanding.
Private meant keeping it from the company.
"I want you to help me look for Vought's internal records about Black King, such as his weaknesses and so on," Homelander said.
A-Train feigned surprise. "Black King? The one from MIB?"
"Exactly. The appearance of Superhumans is inseparable from Vought, so I'm wondering if Vought might have any undisclosed hidden data." Homelander spoke his thoughts.
He knew that all Superhumans were created by Vought using compound v, so Homelander believed Black King must be one as well.
As long as it was made by Vought, there would definitely be a record.
"Okay." A-Train agreed decisively, and then he asked, pretending not to know, "What is Black King's superpower?"
Homelander's eyes flickered a couple of times. "I'm not sure, but... it should be very strong."
A-Train kept his face tight, not daring to show the slightest abnormality, and then he naturally said what Fang Yuan had told him to say.
"Okay, I'll secretly investigate the company's hidden files, but... if he's very strong, someone in the company's high-level management must know, right?"
This sentence, which seemed like a casual guess, made a flash of inspiration strike Homelander's mind!
Yes, Black King was so powerful that Vought's high-level management must know. He had checked Vought's public database and found no information, but that didn't mean the high-level management didn't know.
He couldn't go and ask Madelyn and Stan directly, but there was one person Homelander guessed would likely know something.
Dr. Jonah Voughtbaum!
That is, the one who was in charge of researching him when Homelander was in the experimental Base as a child.
Voughtbaum was considered one of Vought's top experts, which was why Homelander's project was handed over to him. If there were such a powerful character as Black King, Vought wouldn't bypass Voughtbaum if they wanted to research him.
"Why didn't I think of that before?" Homelander murmured.
He patted A-Train's shoulder with joy. "Go and investigate first. Don't get caught. I'll find you again if I need to!"
After saying that, Homelander left with an excited look on his face.
A-Train's expression was complicated. He didn't know what Homelander had thought of, but everything he said was taught by Black King. So A-Train understood that no matter what Homelander was going to do, he had likely already fallen into Black King's trap.
Suddenly, A-Train's expression changed drastically—
"It's over. Now I won't be able to escape completely either."
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