Thanos didn't want to be a villain.

Chapter 73 The Boys - The Mother Box?

"Crash."

Queen Maeve was washing her hands in the bathroom, sighing how good it was without the Invisible Man, when she said, "The Invisible Man is gone, and you're back again?"

"You have X-ray vision and far-sightedness, so why did you need to come in?"

Queen Maeve looked helplessly at Homelander walking into the women's restroom.

“I need your help,” Homelander said, surprising everyone.

Patriot is an extremely arrogant and proud person. He would never give anyone else a chance to stand out if he could become famous on his own.

“Those people should still be injured and in bed. The fans are getting upset. I need to let the fans know that this time the enemy is powerful and difficult to defeat. Only in this way can I win back the fans’ emotions and ensure that the stock price does not fall.”

Queen Maeve glanced expressionlessly at Homelander and asked, "Does the higher-ups know about this?"

“Don’t worry, Madeline told me to get it done as soon as possible, and she’s authorized me to do whatever it takes,” Homelander said, walking outside.

"I am waiting for you."

Queen Maeve leaned against the sink, feeling a wave of exhaustion.

But she couldn't refuse. Putting aside whether she would get paid for the work, the company had leverage over her. Regardless of whether Homelander had orders from above, Queen Maeve had to go with him whenever he called.

After a while, Queen Maeve washed her face again and went out.

"Let's go, it's time to get to work."

……

A few hours later.

Madeline looked at the little thing on her desk and rubbed her forehead.

It's a box about the size of a regular cookie tin sold in supermarkets, but its exterior has a distinctly sci-fi style.

There is a recessed circular light fixture in the center, with several wire-like things connecting it outwards, making it look like a series of light strips.

Madeline even thought it was something Homelander had stolen from some unknown film set.

Recalling how Homelander had looked so shocked as he placed the thing on her desk, Madeline's suspicions became even clearer.

“Madeline, you don’t know, Maeve and I searched the whole city, even the coastal areas, and when we found those monsters, they were running around in this thing!” Homelander said with an incredulous expression, pointing at the thing with his hands on the table.

"I even turned my super vision to the highest level, and it was like a spatial portal. After opening it, I saw them using this thing to run out from another place almost a hundred miles away!" Homelander exclaimed excitedly, slamming his hand on the desk.

The desk couldn't withstand the immense force Homelander exerted without his intentional control; even though it was made of alloy, it was instantly slapped with two handprints by Homelander.

The entire building even shook!

Madeline was startled by Homelander's sudden action, and her whole body trembled along with the building before her eyes cleared considerably.

“If what you say is true, then the value of this thing is immeasurable!” Madeline came to her senses and spoke with difficulty.

His gaze was complicated as he looked at the unmoving box on the table.

The face of the man from the motherland, however, showed an undisguised look of fear.

He had never encountered anything like this before; these monsters, fearless and shouting slogans, charged at him.

Sure enough, some of the stronger ones even held his head down and punched him hard. Not only was it hard for him to struggle, but it even hurt him. The pain reminded him of the times he was beaten when he was a child and his abilities were not fully developed.

This made him consider retiring.

If Queen Maeve's shouts hadn't drawn his attention, Homelander might have actually run away.

After all, there are practically no weapons on Earth that can cause him pain, let alone injure him.

But even several of these monsters attacking together can trap him and inflict serious damage, which shows just how strong they are!

If it weren't for the fact that these monsters couldn't withstand his heat vision, Homelander thought he might really be doomed!

Homelander also told Madeline about his encounter with those monsters, and even took out the monster heads that had been twisted off.

When Madeline heard that these monsters had almost pinned Homelander down, her expression turned serious.

Homelander's strength is so great that there is practically nothing on Earth that can threaten him. People in the Vought Group believe that apart from nuclear weapons, there is no way to harm him physically.

Being able to inflict pain is already the absolute limit.

In terms of strength, they felt that no one, except for the former soldier boy, could withstand him.

But then it suddenly appeared!

At this moment, Madeline was no longer even afraid of the Homelander's power; her eyes revealed determination.

"Now, get out!" Madeline's tone was authoritative and unquestionable.

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Homelander had never seen Madeleine like this before, and for a moment, he felt a sense of fear.

Madeline, on the other hand, displayed the full force of a strong woman. She stood up, ignored Homelander's calls from behind, and ran straight upstairs.

Through internal surveillance videos, communication with internal scientists, and research on the severed limbs of these monsters, the company concluded that these monsters were simply a group of manufactured biological weapons similar to those found in science fiction works.

Moreover, these things are not very strong. At most, they are only powerful when they self-destruct. They are capable of threatening these superhumans who have not been greatly enhanced by Compound V since childhood. Ordinary people would definitely die if they faced them, but it is not necessarily the case for superheroes.

Even those monsters that severely injured Xuanse and the others last time and haven't woken up yet, none of them are a match for the people of the motherland, so no one takes these monsters seriously. They are only worried about which country manufactured these monsters.

Some speculate that it is China, given that the US's blocking and fabrication of foreign intelligence has reached a pathological level, and they are even full of distrust regarding the fact that China has begun to promote the inclusion of superhumans in the military.

They felt that this was another instance of their old rival releasing false information to deceive them.

They even questioned how the Vought Group knew China was going to do this, and how they created super soldiers as powerful as superheroes.

The Wotech Group remained silent on this matter.

They can't possibly say that all the Chinese members of the research team that participated in the production of compound five recently have collectively disappeared, can they?

Several compounds, including Compound V, are also gone.

Then the government could really use this as leverage to manipulate them at will.

Their desire to be stationed at the Ministry of National Defense was not for any particular country, nor was it driven by patriotism.

Talking to these CEOs, who are worth hundreds of millions, about patriotism is less effective than talking about how much money they can make on this deal.

Although they talk about patriotism, it's just a way to swindle taxpayers' money.

Their eagerness to move into the Ministry of National Defense stems solely from their fear that China will steal their business.

Therefore, the moment these monsters appeared, the insiders of the Water Group speculated that if they were not the work of the Russians, then they were the work of the Chinese!

After gathering her thoughts and breathing, Madeline knocked on her boss Edgar's office door.

"Enter."

After receiving Edgar's reply, Madeline opened the door.