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While Nick Fury was speaking, Billy Butcher had already opened the folder, only to find that it contained a stack of personnel files marked [Top Secret].
The first page was about the first superhuman created by the legendary Vought Corporation, who was also hailed as the strongest Soldier Boy in history!
Billy Butcher frowned and said impatiently, "What's the meaning of showing us the file of this old guy who died decades ago?"
"Sigh, no wonder you guys could never deal with Homelander."
"You're truly stupid to death!"
A hint of disappointment flashed in Nick Fury's eyes, but he patiently continued, "I'm sure you still remember how Vought Corporation publicized Soldier Boy's cause of death, right?"
"Of course." Although Billy Butcher was a little confused, he still recited the relevant cause of death.
"He was directly buried under the reactor by the collapsed nuclear facility while preventing a nuclear leak in Ohio, and the time was around 1984..."
"But in my opinion, this excuse is simply too f*cking clumsy. I don't believe such a powerful guy would die there so easily."
"Hmm, you guessed right." Nick Fury nodded noncommittally, then pointed his chin at the file in the other's hand, "Look at what it says?"
Billy Butcher felt his patience was about to be exhausted by this black riddle-man, but he still carefully looked at the column about the cause of death in the document.
"Hmm? What the hell is [BCL Red]?"
Nick Fury's face showed a mysterious smile, "If you choose to believe this document, then... it is said that the real situation is that something called [BCL Red] killed Soldier Boy!"
"But no one knows exactly what it is yet. It might be some kind of weapon, or some kind of special bullet..."
"It can't be a weapon, otherwise it would have to be at least nuclear-level." Billy Butcher, upon hearing this, pointed at the data in the file and shook his head, saying:
"After all, the data here shows that Soldier Boy is almost as powerful as..."
Billy Butcher's words suddenly stopped.
As if he had thought of something, he suddenly looked up at Nick Fury opposite him.
He finally knew the real purpose of this man coming to the hospital to find them.
Frank, Hughie, and the others gathered closer with confused expressions, craning their necks to examine the contents of the file, wanting to understand what the two were talking about.
"If you can find this weapon, or find out what it is..."
Nick Fury slowly stood up and said in a cold voice, "Then maybe you can use it to get rid of that damn scumbag Homelander!"
Billy Butcher's heart rejoiced, but his face remained wary, "Provided it actually exists."
Then he inadvertently pulled out a group photo of Soldier Boy and all the members of Payback from the document, and couldn't help but curse, "These scumbags!"
"Although I agree with you, the clues about [BCL Red] are very likely to be with them."
Nick Fury pointed at two figures among them and said:
"Crimson Countess was Soldier Boy's lover, and Gunpowder was his subordinate... If anyone in this World knows how Soldier Boy died, then I think it must be those two."
"Wait a minute."
Billy Butcher shook the file in his hand, his gaze fixed on Nick Fury's single eye, and he asked in a deep voice, "Who exactly are you?"
"If all these top-secret documents are real, then even the Department of Defense probably can't easily get them. Why would you give them to us so easily?"
"What is your purpose?"
"Until we figure out your background and these questions, we won't do anything!"
Billy Butcher was not a fool either.
The other party was so eager to hand them the method to eliminate Homelander, which clearly indicated impure motives.
Although the possibility of Homelander's "fishing for law enforcement" could almost be ruled out.
But that didn't mean they would foolishly let themselves be used as pawns!
Especially when there was no basis of trust between the two parties.
"Who I am is not important."
Nick Fury seemed to have already anticipated such a question from the other party and said directly, "What's important is... I want Homelander dead!"
"I'm sorry, that reason doesn't convince me." Billy Butcher was not satisfied with this answer and asked with a fierce look in his eyes:
"Also... why do you think we'll obediently follow your wishes to find [BCL Red] and then deal with Homelander?"
"Do you still have a choice now?" Nick Fury said in an extremely firm tone:
"Right now, Homelander's Prestige is soaring, and Director Grace Mallory of the CIA, who is hiding behind you, simply doesn't dare to provide you with any substantial help."
Then, he took out four fluorescent green vials from his pocket and placed them on the chair.
"These are Vought Corporation's latest product, Temporary Compound V. After injection, they can provide the user with superpowers for 24 hours."
"To capture those two Payback members, you'll need the help of this stuff..."
Finally, before turning to leave, he warned all members of The Boys in an unquestionable tone, "This is your only chance to kill Homelander. You'd better not f*cking mess it up for me."
"I'll only give you one month. During this time, I'll help with Starlight's medical expenses, but if you fail to complete the mission by then, then you can just wait to die with her!"
With that, he didn't give Billy Butcher and the others a chance to speak and left without looking back.
"Butcher, what should we do next?"
"That guy clearly wants to use us!"
"You wouldn't really want to listen to him and use these crappy superpower serums, would you?"
Frank and the others all looked at Billy Butcher with worried expressions. The latter sighed helplessly, "That bastard is right, we have no choice now."
"Homelander has been shining brightly in those supernatural events recently. It probably won't be long before people completely forget the evil deeds he committed in the past... So, we don't have much time left."
"But don't worry, I won't force you to use this stuff. One superhuman is enough for me!"
As he spoke, Billy Butcher had already picked up the four Temporary Compound V vials from the chair and clutched them in his hand.
Originally, he was the person in this World who hated Compound V the most.
But now, to avenge the "murder of his wife and abduction of his son," he had no choice but to rely on the power of Compound V.
How ironic was this?
How cruel was this!
"Please give me one."
Hughie Campbell looked at Starlight on the hospital bed and said with an extremely firm tone, "No matter what, I will never give up on her."
...
Meanwhile, in the corridor.
Maria Hill quickly caught up with Nick Fury and asked somewhat confusedly, "Director, why didn't you directly tell them Soldier Boy's confinement location just now?"
"Wouldn't that save more time?"
Nick Fury heard this, and a cunning sneer immediately appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I don't want others to associate these fools with S.H.I.E.L.D."
"However... if they can successfully eliminate Homelander in the end, then I don't mind recruiting them into S.H.I.E.L.D."
"Oh, right, find a way to quickly get the coordinates of that planet from Eddie Brock. We don't have much time left."
Maria Hill: "Yes!"
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A few days later.
It was time for the monthly settlement again.
Karl entered the Warp punctually at 0.
First, as usual, he directly announced the final Prestige value obtained by the Four Lackeys this month.
Among them, Slaanesh, with 8.666 million Prestige value, overwhelmingly surpassed the other three, undoubtedly winning the "sales champion" for this month's KPI assessment!
There was no way, Homelander's performance this month was simply too outstanding.
So much so that the God Chosen of the others simply couldn't compare!
Next, Karl rewarded the Four Lackeys based on their different performance completion.
Slaanesh Space: 2166.5 cubic meters + 3234 ordinary souls + 50 demon souls (special reward for action)
Khorne Space: 91.3 cubic meters + 50 demon souls (special reward for action)
Nurgle Space: 262 cubic meters + 50 demon souls (special reward for action)
Tzeentch Space: 699.9 cubic meters + 50 demon souls (special reward for action)
During the reward distribution process, Karl noticed that Nurgle, who was at the bottom of the performance every month, seemed to have seen a very good performance increase this month.
Presumably, his God Chosen, Albert Wesker, with the secret help of TriCell, had successfully established a foothold in Africa and launched related experiments with new viruses.
Considering the population base of Pirate there, it might not be long before Nurgle could also win his first sales champion in his professional career.
The future is truly promising!
After distributing the rewards, Karl first looked at the ancient parchment scroll with the Immortality Trait suspended in mid-air, then turned his gaze to Khorne, who was skilled in interrogation, and asked:
"How is it? Has that Vampire confessed clearly about the origin of that dark book · fragment?"
"He said everything." Khorne nodded noncommittally, "But I'm afraid you'll be disappointed this time, Boss, because this coward doesn't know any useful information at all."
Immediately, Khorne relayed the information he had obtained from Varna.
Roughly, after the sinking of Atlantis, Varna had joined a cult called the Dark Followers.
This cult was founded by an evil sorcerer named Thulsa Doom, who worshipped Chthon at the time.
Its purpose was to collect all the scattered dark book · fragments around the World and use them to awaken the "sleeping" dark god.
However, during this process, Thulsa Doom was accidentally killed by King Kull the Conqueror (Kull, the ancestor of Conan the Barbarian), and the sorcerers of the Dark Followers Cult also suffered heavy casualties in the subsequent pursuit.
At that time, the heavily wounded Varna, in order to gain the power to fight King Kull, decided to use the power in the dark book in advance.
However.
By a strange twist of fate, he was transformed into the first Vampire on Earth, the so-called "Vampire progenitor," by the Black Magic spells in the dark book.
At the same time, he also gained the recognition of the Immortality Trait, possessing the bug-level ability of immortality, and with this power, he successfully defeated King Kull who was pursuing him!
And then... several thousand years later, Varna, weary of his long life, prepared to bestow the Immortality Trait upon Dracula.
And a few days ago, Varna was summoned from the Hell Dimension by Lilith to help reclaim some of the lengthy and boring process of the Immortality Trait from Dracula.
Hmm?
Karl's eyes immediately lit up.
He keenly filtered out the most important part from the previous passage.
"Using the dark book to awaken the sleeping dark god... This wouldn't be referring to Chthon, would it?"
"Things seem to be getting more and more chaotic... Ah no, more and more interesting!"
Previously, Karl's understanding of the dark book was limited to the level where Wanda used the Black Magic in Doctor Strange 2 to "traverse" the Metaverse with her consciousness to find her son.
But now it seems that in addition to the powerful Black Magic, traversing the Metaverse with consciousness, and the Immortality Trait, these three known functions.
The dark book also seems to be key to "summoning" the Ancient Gods!
It's just that Karl couldn't determine yet whether the "awakening" Varna spoke of referred to summoning?
Or literally, waking up the sleeping Ancient Gods...?
Although the meaning seems similar, there is actually a World of difference.
The former indicates that the summoned Ancient Gods come from outside Earth, either other dimensions or other Universes!
While the latter indicates that there are Ancient Gods sleeping within Earth... or some consciousness closely related to them.
Karl naturally hoped the answer was the former.
Because if it were the latter, then it would truly be a bit too outrageous!
He couldn't even imagine what kind of devastation humanity would face if an Ancient God as powerful as Chthon personally descended upon Earth.
At that time, he really didn't know if the Ancient One and the three Sanctums could still hold out?
Presumably, the answer was mostly negative!
In Karl's opinion, unless the Trinity of Vishanti personally appeared.
Otherwise, no one on Earth could stop Chthon!
And just then, Tzeentch, who was at the side, suddenly spoke, "Boss, I also found something interesting when I was peeling off that demon's consciousness?"
Karl immediately became interested, "Tell me."