The Mutant God in American Comics.

Chapter 129 Public Enemy (4K Large Chapter)

Compared to the Brooks District, the security environment in Queens is much better.

However, there is still a lot of criminal activity in Queens.

The so-called good is only compared with the Brooks District.

After using teleportation to arrive in Queens, Richard immediately used telepathy to lock onto the gangsters and criminals who were committing crimes.

Although these gangsters and criminals were carrying out different criminal activities, Richard treated them equally and did not make any distinction between them.

Matter decomposition!

After locking onto these thugs and criminals with telepathy, he decisively used his decomposition ability within matter manipulation.

Faced with the overbearing and unreasonable decomposition of matter, these gangsters and criminals immediately experienced intense pain they had never experienced before.

Although he could completely decompose them in just a few tenths of a second, Richard did not do so. Instead, he deliberately controlled the speed of decomposition.

10 seconds!
He deliberately controlled the decomposition speed to about 10 seconds, so that these gangsters and criminals could experience the intense pain of their bodies being decomposed bit by bit before they died.

time flies.

More than two hours later, Richard finally achieved his small goal of killing 300 criminals tonight.

Unlike last night, when killing these criminals tonight, he added an extra little move.

In addition to leaving only the heads of these criminals, he also deliberately used his ability to decompose matter to "carve" his new hero code name "Archon of Death" on the heads of these criminals.

Tattoo (qíng) punishment!

In order to make the new hero code name "Death Archon" deeply rooted in people's hearts as quickly as possible, Richard deliberately referred to the ancient tattooing punishment of carving words on the face.

If there is any difference, it is that the ancient tattooing punishment was only used on living people, while he used it on the remaining head of the criminal.

After doing all this, Richard did not hesitate at all and used teleportation to leave Queens and return to the luxury suite on the 96th floor of the Super Seven Tower.

……

The next morning.

Richard, who was having breakfast in the restaurant, saw the reports on the "Archon of Death" on major news channels as he wished.

Not surprisingly, his actions further angered ordinary people and US officials.

This not only led to more intense condemnation from the public and US officials, but also caused the Water Group's stock to begin to fall sharply.

If it were Homelander or Queen Maeve, they would definitely care about the drop in stock prices.

But he won't.

Not to mention the stock price drop, even if the Water Group went bankrupt, he wouldn't take it to heart.

The only thing that matters to him in this world is when he can become the most famous "superhero" in the world.

As for the rest, he doesn't care.

Time passes little by little.

Just as he was about to finish breakfast and decided that he had to hire a few Chinese chefs immediately, Starlight, wearing a white and gold uniform, arrived at the restaurant.

Because there was no meeting this morning, Xingguang got up late.

Although I don’t know what Xingguang did last night, judging from the dark circles under her eyes, she didn’t sleep very well last night.

After discovering that Richard was also in the restaurant, Starlight hesitated.

Then, he took the initiative to come to Richard and greeted him.

"Good morning, Mr. Wesley."

Starlight said to Richard.

After hearing Xingguang call him Mr. Wesley, Richard replied: "I remember I told you the day before yesterday that you can just call me Richard or Wesley."

"I don't really like my peers in the same organization calling me Mr. Wesley."

If Xingguang was his subordinate, or if Xingguang was not his nominal teammate, he wouldn't mind Xingguang calling him Mr. Wesley.

"I'll pay attention next time."

Starlight replied quickly.

When they first met, she had a good impression of Richard and thought that Richard would be a good companion.

But after hearing about Richard's killing spree in the Brooks area, she realized that she was a little too naive.

In addition, Richard's performance in the conference room yesterday also proved this point.

The seemingly friendly Richard is much more domineering and powerful than she imagined.

A powerful and domineering dictator!
This is how Starlight feels about Richard now.

Richard didn't say anything else and nodded.

Seeing that he had no intention of chatting, Starlight turned and walked towards the restaurant's food display table.

However, just after she took a few steps, Richard remembered something and said to her, "Wait a minute."

Xingguang stopped, turned to look at Richard, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Ask the marketing department to design a new uniform for you. This uniform is a little too girly."

Richard said calmly.

Although Xingguang's current uniform is not ugly, it is still a bit too conservative and childish.

Little girls and conservative adult women may like Starlight's current uniforms.

But for adult men, Xingguang's current uniform does not perfectly show off her graceful figure.

To put it simply, it's too strict.

what?
After hearing Richard's words, Xingguang was stunned for a moment.

After a few seconds, she said, "I don't think there's anything wrong with my current uniform."

"You just don't feel it."

Richard said seriously.

amount……

Although Richard's tone was calm now and he did not strongly ask her to change into a new uniform, after thinking for a few seconds, Xingguang nodded and said slowly: "After breakfast, I will let Ashley notify the designer in the marketing department."

After saying that, Xingguang continued to walk towards the physical display stand.

In the following time, Richard and Xingguang did not communicate with each other and enjoyed their respective breakfasts.

After breakfast, Richard first returned to the luxury suite on the 96th floor.

He took a rest on the sofa in the living room and searched his own name on the Internet. When he saw that his name was firmly on the headlines of major search engines and social networking sites, he smiled with satisfaction.

Although his reputation was rapidly deteriorating towards an irreversible state, he did not take it to heart.

Just like the saying goes, black and red are also red.

As long as he can become the most famous "superhero" in the universe, he doesn't care whether his fame is good or bad.

He wouldn't mind even if others treated him like Hitler.

After browsing the overwhelming negative reviews about himself online, Richard put his phone back into the system space and used teleportation to leave the Super Seven Tower.

Instead of performing the so-called heroic act, he transmitted to the office building where Congresswoman Victoria Newman was located.

Today's Victoria Newman has not yet become the head of the Office of Parahuman Affairs, nor has she gone around using her superpowers to blow other people's heads off.

After being transmitted to the rooftop of Victoria Newman's office building, Richard did not go to Victoria Newman's office, but instead used telepathy.

Without much effort, he locked onto Victoria Newman and began to read her memory. Soon, he found the information he wanted from Victoria Newman's mind.

First, as he knew, Victoria Newman was indeed Edgar's adopted daughter.

Secondly, she had previously launched various condemnations against the Water Group, which were also at Edgar's behest.

As for why Edgar did this, on the one hand he wanted to plant a pawn in the US government, and on the other hand he wanted to suppress Vice President Madeline.

Judging from her position, Madeline is indeed Edgar's subordinate.

But the Water Group is not a one-man show led by Edgar.

As a listed company, Water Group has many shareholders, and Edgar is just the president appointed by the board of directors.

In other words, Edgar, as the president of the group, is constrained in many ways by the board of directors and vice president Madeline.

Although Edgar had wanted to get rid of Madeline and replace her with a more obedient vice president.

But unfortunately, Madeleine is not a vegetarian either.

Whether inside the board of directors or outside the group, Madeleine has a large support group.

It is precisely because of this that Madeline, as the vice president, is fully responsible for all matters of the Super Seven within the Water Group.

Richard is not interested in the power struggle within the Vought Group.

He didn't care about either Edgar or Madeline, and had no intention of cooperating with them.

After finding the information he wanted from Victoria Newman's mind, Richard did not cancel the telepathy directly, but sent a telepathic message to Victoria Newman.

"I'm Richard Wesley. I'm on the roof of the office building now. Please come up."

After sending a telepathic message to Victoria Newman, Richard cut off the telepathy without waiting for a reply.

A few minutes later, Victoria Newman, wearing a black women's suit and high heels, came to the roof alone.

After seeing Richard, she immediately said, "Mr. Wesley came here specially, he shouldn't come to show me his superpowers or threaten me, right?"

As expected of a female congresswoman who has worked hard in U.S. politics, Victoria Newman started trying to take the initiative in the conversation as soon as she came up.

"You are wrong. I came here this time just to threaten you."

"You are a smart person, so I won't waste my words on you."

"I know you are Edgar's adopted daughter, and I also know why you are obsessed with the Vought Group."

"Whether you denounce the Vought Group or me, I don't care."

"I don't care how you try to win people's hearts."

"If you don't want your relationship with Edgar to be exposed, I suggest you step up your outcry against me."

"If possible, it would be best to get to the point where both the Senate and the House of Representatives would have to vote to pass a parahuman restriction bill."

Richard looked at Victoria Newman calmly and spoke slowly.

what?
Victoria Newman looked at Richard with a puzzled look.

When Richard said that she was Edgar's adopted daughter, her first reaction was to use her superpowers to blow Richard's head off to prevent him from revealing it.

But she quickly dismissed the idea and wanted to see what Richard was going to threaten her with.

However, after hearing Richard threaten her to intensify his condemnation, her expression became extremely strange.

What on earth is he going to do?

Does he want to be the public enemy?

Or does he enjoy the feeling of being criticized by public opinion?

……

One guess after another flashed through Victoria Newman's mind.

Although she didn't know what Richard was planning, she didn't waste her brain cells guessing and asked directly: "Just tell me, what is your purpose?"

"I don't think anyone would like to be condemned by the whole world!"

After hearing what Victoria Newman said, Richard shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't need to tell you what I'm planning."

"Or rather, you are not qualified to know."

"By the way, I'm giving you a personal suggestion. Don't inject your daughter with Compound No. 5."

"Not everyone is so lucky to awaken a superpower that works well and does not affect normal life."

"If you awaken a superpower that seriously affects your life or causes your body to mutate, you will regret it and have no place to cry."

Although superhumans have appeared in this world, the number of superhumans in this world is not particularly large.

Even the Vought Group now has only more than 200 public superheroes.

Even if we count those superhumans who are imprisoned and used as guinea pigs, as well as the retired superheroes, there are only two to three thousand superhumans in this world at most.

In other words, people in this world have not yet realized that useless superpowers that will seriously affect their lives will become the mainstream.

Just like the Ipsilon and Delta classes account for nearly 80% of the mutants.

Although Richard gave his advice sincerely, it was obvious that Victoria Newman did not accept his advice very much.

Richard didn't say anything else to her, and directly used teleportation to return to the Super Seven-Man Tower.

……

The days passed by.

Before I knew it, a week had passed.

During this week, Richard carried out his superhero activities every night just like before, killing criminals without discrimination.

Since he started his heroic activities, nearly 3000 criminals have died at his hands.

Although more and more criminals died at his hands, there were fewer and fewer condemnations and protests against him.

This was not because the public relations department of the Vought Group started working hard, nor was it because Victoria Newman ignored his threats, but because the residents of New York clearly felt the changes brought about by the significant reduction in the number of criminals.

According to the latest crime rate report released by the New York Police Department, New York's crime rate has dropped by more than 90% in more than a week.

Especially at night, the crime rate is only about 2% of the previous level.

The reason why the crime rate at night drops more than that during the day is simple, because Richard does most of his operations at night.

After discovering that people's attitudes had begun to change significantly, Edgar, Victoria Newman and others finally understood why Richard had been ignoring public opinion.

Just as he guessed, there is no crime that cannot be stopped by killing. If there is, it only means that not enough people have been killed!

In addition to the dramatic drop in crime, something relatively unimportant happened this past week.

Unfortunately, a fire broke out at the residence of Madeline, the vice president of the Water Group, one night, and Madeline died on the spot.

Although fires and other things are common, Madeleine's death still caused some sensation in the outside world.

Anyway, Madeline has been the vice president of Water Group for so many years.

Much of the credit for the Water Group's rising share price in recent years and the growing fame of the Super Seven is due to her.

To outsiders, this was just an unfortunate fire.

But Edgar, the president of the Water Group, knew that this was not an accident, but that the fire was caused by the people of the motherland themselves.

Not only Edgar knew, Victoria Newman knew it too.

However, they did not disclose the truth to the public and kept it completely hidden.

……

(End of this chapter)