Chapter 189 Daddy's Home
Butcher still doesn't know what magic Lango cast on Colonel Mallory.
After leaving the colonel's house that time, this woman who was nearly eighty years old and seemed to be in her twilight years seemed to have been injected with new vitality.
She shuttled frequently between the Pentagon and Langley, rekindled ties with old friends, and even made frequent appearances in Congress, where she was said to have successfully secured critical support from the House Majority Whip.
In order to fulfill Lango's request, Colonel Mallory showed unprecedented determination and action, and almost exhausted all his efforts.
This move quickly aroused widespread repercussions. After all, the Pentagon, judicial and law enforcement agencies have long been dissatisfied with Vought. Colonel Mallory relied on his deep qualifications and connections, as well as the shocking video of the aerial duel between Lango and his motherland as a catalyst, to successfully convince many decision-makers and promote the discussion of the "Superhuman Registration Act" in Congress .
Of course, Walt still has a lot of influence in politics, so the bill avoids directly mentioning the company's name and directly targets all superhumans.
Behind this strategy is a deep understanding of the growing risk of loss of control of the superhuman group and the legal void, especially after the superhuman scandals Butcher has collected over the years and the recent heavy casualties caused by the abuse of superpowers have been widely reported by the media. Public calls for regulation are growing.
The core content of the bill includes three key requirements:
1. Superhumans must register with relevant departments
2. Superhumans must expose their true identity
3. Superhumans must be subject to supervision and inspection by the government and industries with law enforcement licenses
For ordinary citizens, these three points are perfectly normal. According to the information released by Colonel Mallory, thousands of people die accidentally due to out-of-control superpowers every year.
But due to various special reasons, out-of-control superhumans will not be imprisoned like ordinary people, so it is very appropriate to have a bill targeting superhumans.
But this is just what ordinary people think. When the specific content of the bill is revealed, it is not difficult for those who are interested to see that this is a bill specifically targeted at Vought Corporation.
Therefore, although Vought did not come forward directly, it used its superheroes to incite fans' emotions on online platforms and organize large-scale opposition demonstrations.
The reason is high-sounding. The "Superhuman Registration Act" violates the First Amendment of the Constitution, seriously infringes on the freedom of superhumans, and is also suspected of racial discrimination.
Although it is nonsense, it is very popular among young people who idolize superheroes.
For a time, many protesters emerged across the United States, holding placards with the image of Colonel Mallory printed with a red cross. The streets were filled with an atmosphere of tension and confrontation.
At the same time, Vought Company was also secretly laying out plans, trying to obstruct the advancement of the bill by bribing congressmen and planning assassinations. It also secretly sent people to accidentally murder Mallory and a group of his men.
Especially that bastard named Butcher!
Downtown Chinatown.
Frankie jumped out of the car and looked around cautiously. At the same time, there was an Asian-looking woman beside him.
This woman's name is Kimiko. She was an experimental subject rescued from an underground laboratory of Vought Company when they were searching for clues to Compound No. 5. Her body had been injected with Compound No. 5 many times. After being transformed by the drug, she not only became extremely powerful, , and even possesses the ability to be called immortal.
Frankie saw with his own eyes that this woman had been stabbed dozens of times, but in just a few minutes, all the wounds were healed, and even the broken limbs could continue to grow back.
Without further ado, the two quickly and cautiously walked into a basement that looked like an ordinary steakhouse but actually contained a secret passage.
Here, it has become a new stronghold for Butcher and others to avoid the assassination of Walter Company.
Since the news of the "Superhuman Registration Act" was leaked, these fighters who have been exposing superhuman scandals in the dark have become a thorn in the side of Vought Corporation.
"How's it going?"
When Butcher saw the two of them, he immediately hung up the phone in his hand, his eyes shining with anticipation.
Frankie didn't say anything, and directly slapped the heavy stack of information in his arms on the table, with a proud smile on his face: "Look at this, Storm Girl's true face! Our new member of the seven-man team, but A guy with a lot of background!" Butcher flipped through the information, and the expression on his face changed from surprise to shock: "I knew that Bichi didn't look like an ordinary person, but I didn't expect that she had lived for a hundred years, and she was still alive. Have you ever joined the Nazis?"
"See clearly Butcher, this Bichi is not a simple Nazi, her first husband was the leader of the Gestapo!"
French added, his voice full of excitement, "Previously, the colonel announced the scandal of Walter using compound No. 5 to induce superhuman beings, but because of the emergence of superhuman terrorists abroad, the government needs superheroes to give the public confidence, so It didn’t cause much of a blow to Walt. But if at this time, the citizens find out that the superhero they admire is a Nazi, guess what will happen?”
Butcher's lips curved into a sneer, "Once this information is exposed, the passage of the Superhuman Registration Act will be a certainty."
"That's right!"
In the basement, Butcher, MM, French, and Huey sat around the table, smiling at each other, full of confidence in future victory.
"It's a pity. That bastard Lange said he would go back to his hometown to call someone, but he has been gone for so long and still hasn't come back, and he can't be contacted by phone."
"Haha, if this guy doesn't come back, he won't be part of the new company by then!"
Butcher smiled and was about to say something else when a sudden burst of purple lightning pierced the air, hit him accurately, and threw him violently far away, knocking him down among the ruins.
Everyone quickly looked up and saw a middle-aged woman with short hair looking at them with a playful look.
"storm?"
The person coming is none other than the superhero who replaced the dead Invisible Man in the Super Seven, Storm Girl, who can control lightning!
Storm Girl did not respond directly, but just smiled and stretched out her hand and said: "I followed you all the way and finally found my lair. Come on, give me your things back."
She was answered only by a series of gunshots.
MM and Frankie reacted quickly, each raised their submachine guns and fired wildly at Storm Girl.
However, the bullet hitting Storm couldn't do any damage other than slightly slowing her down.
Immediately afterwards, Kimiko jumped up suddenly, trying to subdue Storm Girl with a melee advantage. However, she encountered the fierce lightning wielded by Storm Girl in mid-air, and was ruthlessly knocked away and fell heavily to the ground.
"If I hadn't set up a trap on purpose, why would you want to get my information?"
Storm Girl smiled contemptuously, then waved her hands, and two thick electric currents bound MM and Franky tightly like cages, hanging in the air.
"goodbye."
boom--!
Before she could finish her words, an unprecedented force suddenly hit her. Storm Girl was caught off guard and was smashed through the wall by this force and disappeared from everyone's sight.
As Storm Girl disappeared, Frankie and MM also lost the restraint of the current and fell to the ground. Their bodies twitched slightly and foamed at the mouth. They were obviously shocked.
At this time, a familiar figure appeared in front of them.
"Don't be afraid guys."
Lango clapped his hands, turned to them and smiled: "Daddy's Home."
The previous chapter was reviewed and deleted a lot, and it has just been released.
(End of chapter)