188. Chapter 188: Escaping the Hospital, Lamplighter's Past!
Taking advantage of the interruption in the opponent's attack, Mother's Milk quickly helped Frenchie, who had fallen unconscious. He turned his head and shouted inside the house, "Oh shit, I think he's dying, we have to get out of here immediately, forget about that damn information, saving him is more important!"
Billy, who was unwilling to give up, hesitated for a moment, but finally pulled out the USB drive. "Let's go!"
Meanwhile, Kimiko was straddling Cindy, continuously venting the anger in her heart with her fists. Cindy was clearly not good at close combat, and could only barely fend off Kimiko's attack, but soon, she stretched out her hands and pushed forward fiercely.
Bang! A huge strength slammed into Kimiko's chest.
Almost instantly, accompanied by the sound of her breastbone breaking, she was sent flying back, then fell heavily at Billy's feet. She opened her mouth, and a large amount of blood immediately gushed out, a few drops of which even splashed onto Billy's leather shoes.
Save her or not? Billy kept pulling the trigger on Cindy, but in the end, Starlight intervened. She absorbed the electricity from all the surrounding appliances. Her eyes glowed with golden light, and then a dazzling golden light beam shot out from her hand. Although it looked impressive, it wasn't very powerful, only causing Cindy to retreat a distance.
"Hurry, let's go."
Starlight picked up Kimiko from the ground and carried her on her back, following behind Billy and the others, fleeing frantically all the way. As they passed a Hospital Room, a snake-like appendage, like a giant python, smashed the glass on the Iron Door and wrapped around Hughie's neck.
Smelling that familiar fishy, foul smell, Hughie felt like dying right now. Fortunately, Billy reacted in time, pulled out a spare pistol, and fired several shots at the giant python.
Bang bang bang! Although the giant python's epidermis was tough, it couldn't withstand several bullets hitting the same spot simultaneously. With a squelching sound, blood spurted out like water from a showerhead, drenching Hughie completely.
Hughie was still stunned. Seeing this, Billy, frustrated with his inaction, cursed angrily, "If you don't leave now, you'll be buried with that big snake thing."
This curse woke Hughie up. He wiped the blood from his face and continued running with Billy.
On the other side.
Slime and the others rushed into the Room and dragged out Lamplighter, who had been knocked unconscious by the explosion.
The original patients in the Hospital Room cowered in the corner, daring not to make a sound.
Bang! Slime shot him down with a gun, then ordered the other three to carry him and Lamplighter onto a hospital bed and push them out of the Mental Hospital.
At this time, the Mental Hospital had already descended into chaos.
The patients who had come out of the Hospital Rooms launched an extremely brutal retaliation against the Nurses and Doctors. Especially Cindy, she simply reached out and gently squeezed, and a Doctor turned into a puddle of mashed flesh with a bang, like a watermelon placed under a hydraulic press.
"Bomber, you're in charge of clearing the way, we need to quickly leave this hellhole."
"No problem, watch me."
Bomber grinned maliciously, stuck his butt out towards a wall, and with the assistance of Crimson Countess, his excrement was like constantly thrown grenades, blowing the wall into unrecognizable ruins. The continuous sound of explosions caused the alarm inside the hospital to blare loudly.
"Follow me." After hearing the explosions, Billy turned without hesitation and found Slime and his group.
Slime saw the dishevelled Billy and his group and couldn't help but mock, "Looks like your operation didn't go very smoothly. Of course, as a team, I don't mind helping you out."
Hughie clenched his fist. To be honest, he really wanted to punch this bastard in the face a few times.
If it weren't for the huge commotion they caused, which agitated the Supe locked up in the Hospital Rooms, otherwise they would have already gotten the information and left safely.
"There's a tough guy behind us, are you sure you can hold her off?" Billy glanced at the Lamplighter on the hospital bed and said mockingly.
"Heh, trash is trash. I really don't know why Lord wants to cooperate with you."
Slime shoved Billy's shoulder dismissively, then vomited a large puddle of Slime into the Corridor.
Starlight, who was standing nearby, couldn't help but show an expression of disgust.
"With my Slime here, not even a lion could lift its foot." Facing his masterpiece, Slime was quite proud.
Billy didn't want to waste words with them. He leaned into Hughie's ear and whispered instructions, "You take Frenchie and the others back to the car first, I'll stay here and see the situation."
"Are you sure?"
"Stop talking nonsense."
Then, Hughie took Starlight and the others and left the Hospital, and followed the direction they came from, crawling out through the high-voltage electric fence.
Meanwhile, Billy saw Cindy again.
"The tough person you mentioned, it couldn't be her, could it?" Slime patted Bomber's shoulder dismissively.
"Understood."
Bomber turned around and sprayed out high-explosive explosives again.
Looking at the clumps of brown matter flying towards her, even Cindy, who had remained expressionless, frowned. She raised her hand and waved casually, and the brown matter and the Slime on the ground, along with the floor tiles and wall plaster, were instantly sent back to Bomber.
Billy, who was already prepared, narrowed his eyes and shot Slime in the back of the head. Then, pushing the hospital bed, he rushed out through the wall Bomber had just blown open. The entire movement was as smooth as flowing water.
Slime didn't expect Billy to shoot him in the back right before he died. Bang! Flames instantly expanded, a terrifying shockwave mixed with a huge sound echoed throughout the entire Hospital. The concrete steel frame on the ceiling had already collapsed. Billy, who was blown away, only suffered minor injuries because he wasn't in the center of the explosion and there was a soft Lawn behind him.
Rubbing his aching chest, he looked at where he had just been. Wow, it had turned into complete ruins.
Presumably, that group from the Church of the Collective is completely dead.
Billy didn't linger.
He got up and went to the hospital bed, lifted the sheet, pushed the extra guy onto the Lawn, and then, dragging the hospital bed, he ran towards the break in the fence.
Little did he know, after he left, Cindy picked up a burnt wallet from the ruins. Inside the open wallet, besides hundreds of US dollars, there was also a business card from the Church of the Collective.
...
In the truck, Hughie, sitting in the Co-pilot's seat, was still lamenting how powerful Cindy's superpower was. As he spoke, a hint of longing couldn't help but show in his eyes.
"You should be worried about Frenchie's life or death right now, instead of rambling on with nonsense chat."
"Okay, I'll shut up." Hughie looked out the car window.
This operation, the reconnaissance team gained nothing. Not only did they not find the injured Stormfront, but Frenchie also became unconscious because of it. The only gain was actually a former Vought Superhero.
Hughie, having nothing to do, opened his mobile phone and started searching for information about Lamplighter.
"Didn't expect this guy's old look to be quite cool."
On the mobile phone screen was a promotional image of Lamplighter from the past. He was wearing a black robe, wearing a black and red mask symbolizing flames on his face, and also holding a torch like a staff. The overall feeling he gave was very much like a medieval wizard, both mysterious and powerful.
But facts proved you should always keep your distance from idols. Lamplighter, who was now lying in the back of the truck, was neither tall nor strong. Although he was indeed a bit handsome, like that guy from Hollywood... Hughie couldn't remember who for a moment.
About half an hour later.
Billy drove to a private Hospital run by an acquaintance. Calling it a Hospital, it was actually more like a private clinic.
In the operating room, after the Doctor finished the examination, he took off his mask. "The situation isn't very serious, just a dislocated neck and some mucous membrane damage. He should wake up on his own before long."
"Thank you." Billy took out his wallet and tried to find the non-existent US dollars inside. Even though he had a thick enough face, he was a bit embarrassed at this moment. He coughed heavily a few times.
"Here."
Starlight neatly handed the money to the Doctor.
"That's all, keep the change."
"Oh, beautiful lady, you are much more generous than someone." After the Doctor took the money, he left satisfied.
"As expected of a Superhero with an annual salary of tens of millions of US dollars, very generous with money."
Billy was still in the mood to mock Starlight at this moment.
"This... I'm not dead?" Lamplighter, on the hospital bed next to them, opened his eyes. What came into view was a clean white and bright ceiling.
"Bastards usually live a long time, so it's normal that you're not dead."
Seeing that she wasn't needed here, Starlight planned to return to Vought Tower. Not showing up for a long time could very likely arouse Homelander's suspicion. Although her tracker was in the Room, Homelander wouldn't care about that. According to him, he can go wherever he wants.
During the time Billy and Lamplighter were chatting.
Frenchie also woke up. Seeing that he was safe and sound, Kimiko excitedly grabbed his right hand.
"Where am I?" he asked, confused.
"A Hospital, but not the Mental Hospital. We rescued you. Of course, to be precise, it was Kimiko who saved you." Billy learned from Lamplighter.
The Sage Grove Mental Hospital, Vought was indeed the mastermind behind the scenes. They used humans for experiments, attempting to develop a relatively stable Compound V for adults.
"Lamplighter!" Frenchie, who was just about to comfort Kimiko, after seeing Lamplighter, excitedly tried to stand up from the bed. "How are you not dead! Why didn't you die!"
"I thought I was dead too, but you guys saved me." Lamplighter stared blankly at the ceiling.
His expression was dim, as if he wasn't happy about being saved.
"Why did you burn Mallory's grandson to death back then! You bastard ruined everything for me!"
"Then why didn't you stop me? I know you were tracking me at the time."
Lamplighter's counter-question immediately made Frenchie calm down. He let out a long sigh. This question wasn't just something Lamplighter wanted to know, Mother's Milk and Billy also wanted to know. As for Hughie, he also put on an expression like he was ready to watch the drama unfold.
(End of Chapter)