199. Chapter 199: Don't Be Surprised, Just a Minor Injury!
This was actually intentional on Xia Shang's part. If he hadn't deactivated the Carbon Superlattice superpower, his brain matter would have spurted out of his eyes.
"Is that guy attacking you?" Homelander asked, puzzled.
He had already guessed the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes, but what surprised him was that Mr. Jervis was also under attack.
Xia Shang looked around indifferently. The livestream had been urgently cut off, and Mallory had risked dragging Victoria Neuman out of the Meeting Room. There were still over a dozen terrified individuals frozen in place in the Meeting Room. To prevent more people from knowing about his ability, dozens of Invisible Tentacles immediately sprouted from the surface of his body.
And silently destroyed all recording tools.
Bang! Bang!!! The heads of the remaining survivors were crushed one by one. At this moment, blood flowed like a river in the Hearing Room! Looking around, it was a scene straight out of Hell.
"Looks like your situation isn't too good."
Homelander felt only a slight pity for Xia Shang, who was about to die. As for sadness, perhaps there was a hint, but it was limited to the desolate feeling of a fellow creature facing death.
"It's not a big deal, just a minor injury."
Then, under the terrified gaze of Homelander and Stormfront, Xia Shang slowly took off his head. The next second, the head he had taken off exploded with a bang, turning into fine flesh and bone fragments, splattering onto Homelander and Stormfront's clothes.
"Holy crap!" Homelander's pupils contracted sharply. He lowered the arm he had held up in front of him and looked at Xia Shang with the eyes of someone seeing a monster.
Stormfront, standing beside him, couldn't help but step back. Such a bloody scene made even her feel discomfort.
"I told you, it's just a minor injury. Don't be so surprised."
Just then, a mass of flesh and blood surged out of Xia Shang's neck and rapidly formed at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just a few breaths, a complete head had grown out, and it looked exactly the same as the original, with no difference whatsoever.
"I must still be dreaming..." Stormfront said, dumbfounded.
Homelander wore the same expression. He blinked his eyes hard a few times, even suspecting he was experiencing hallucinations!
"Mr. Jervis?" Homelander's throat bobbed.
"Is something wrong?" Xia Shang, as if nothing had happened, reached up to adjust his suit collar and wiped the blood from his blue tie.
"N-nothing, I'm just a little surprised. Yes, surprised. Why? Why can your head grow back after it's gone?"
Homelander couldn't help but ask.
The superpower Xia Shang had just displayed truly impacted his worldview. He had seen all sorts of superpowers in his life, but he had never seen anyone whose head could grow back after being gone. It was absolutely ridiculous.
"Just Rapid Healing Ability. It should be quite common, right?" Xia Shang stepped on the viscous and stringy blood on the floor and walked towards the main door.
"Self-Healing Ability?"
Homelander's mood was complex.
Indeed, Mr. Jervis's performance just now could be explained by Self-Healing.
However, this healing speed was simply too astonishing. Having recovered his senses, Homelander wiped his face and began to ponder whether his ability could kill Mr. Jervis. The final conclusion was that it should be no problem.
With his laser eyes, he could easily turn Mr. Jervis into charred remains. Even with the strongest Self-Healing Ability, it was impossible to create something out of thin air. Therefore, Homelander concluded that Mr. Jervis could not threaten him.
However, his attitude towards Mr. Jervis did change somewhat. After all, in his eyes, Mr. Jervis was the same type of person as him, a powerful Supe.
The scene shifts to Billy.
When the head-exploding spectacle was halfway through, the TV signal was cut off. Hughie and the others, startled, stood frozen in place, as if their jaws had dropped. They didn't speak for a long time; only Hughie had cried out in terror at the beginning.
Billy walked to a nearby counter and silently lowered his head. He knew he had lost again!
A few bulging veins popped up on his forehead. When he looked up again, his gaze revealed determination and defiance.
...
Xia Shang and his group returned to Vought International.
Before they could even change clothes, Stan Edgar called them to the Supe Conference Room.
As soon as Xia Shang walked into the Meeting Room, he saw The Deep rubbing his head, terrified that his own head would explode like the ones on the screen.
"The situation is urgent, which is why I asked you to return to Vought Tower as quickly as possible. I also saw the scene that happened at the hearing just now. I have to say, the Super Terrorists have become completely unscrupulous. They actually dared to carry out a massacre directly in front of the Vought Vice President, Mr. Jervis!"
Stan Edgar's acting skill was as excellent as Victoria Neuman's. If not natural and flawless, it was at least impeccable.
Xia Shang glanced at the staff member holding the livestream equipment and understood that this was a carefully orchestrated show by Stan Edgar.
"What exactly do those Super Terrorists want? They not only dared to kill the Committee Chairman! They even killed Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum! They want to pin the blame on Vought, making the public mistakenly believe that this is all Vought's conspiracy! Their intentions are truly malicious. Tell me, how should Vought explain this?" Stan Edgar said with a dark expression, putting on his gold-rimmed glasses.
His extremely angry expression was definitely not something an ordinary person could feign.
"I suspect Starlight is behind this. It is currently known that she secretly stole Compound V and sold it to Terrorists. Perhaps she is the one who manipulated this massacre behind the scenes. You should know that the night before yesterday, a group of Terrorists, taking advantage of the absence of all members of The Seven, secretly infiltrated Vought Tower and rescued Starlight. This is an ironclad fact."
Xia Shang said calmly.
Shifting blame has always been a fine tradition of Vought, and he knew exactly what answer Stan Edgar wanted.
As expected, after he finished speaking, Stan Edgar fell silent.
A few seconds later, he said in a deep voice, "I, as the Vought President, am incompetent. If I had stopped Madelyn Stillwell from bringing Starlight into The Seven while she was alive, perhaps a tragedy like this wouldn't have happened. As the Vought President of Vought International..."
Stan Edgar stood up, placed his right arm horizontally across his abdomen, and bowed deeply to the camera. "I solemnly apologize to everyone and promise to find Starlight in the shortest time possible. Then, I will personally hand her over to Court."
In the Livestream Room, netizens who were originally suspicious about this matter were now a little confused. Seeing such a sincere Vought President, they couldn't help but doubt themselves. Could it be that their conspiracy theories were wrong?
(End of this chapter)