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The impact of Compound V being exposed is far from over.
The Super Villains causing trouble are merely a microcosm of this incident; there are many more tragic events happening in places Kevin and society don't pay attention to.
For example, the Red River Institute, which is under Vought.
Red River Institute is an orphanage specifically for Supe children.
Many Supe children who lost their families due to various accidents are sent here.
This even includes Madelyn's son, Teddy Stillwell.
The son of the former Senior Vice President, with no one willing to adopt him, could only be arranged to be sent to the orphanage in the end.
This is Vought.
There are many Supe children with powerful abilities in Red River, such as Marie, the spin-off protagonist who accidentally killed her own parents, and Neuman, who also came from the Red River Institute.
These Supe children with good abilities are the face of Red River Institute.
Their files and various information are recorded and can be adopted, or they have the opportunity to leave Red River and become a Superhero.
These children still have a future; their abilities have few flaws, they just lost their parents and relatives due to an accident.
But there are also some children.
They have been completely determined to have lost their future.
Because their abilities are simply rubbish, even worse than rubbish.
For example, Hydro-Man, who can turn himself into a puddle of water but cannot control it and can only stay in place.
For example, the 'Tongue Man' who has no bones in his body.
And... the Ghost Man who can turn himself into a ghost and go anywhere, but turning into a ghost is passive and can never be reversed.
Their abilities, rather than being abilities, are more like a 'disability'.
These people cannot become heroes, their abilities cannot be exploited, and they have no adoption value.
So, although they are also members of the Red River Institute, they are thrown into another place that is completely different from the surface of Red River.
'Red River Children's Health Assistance Center'.
No one will adopt them here, and no one will pay attention to them.
They are like real trash, ignored by everyone.
Normally, although their abilities are trash, since they are born this way, they can only passively accept it.
But... who made them know now that their abilities are not innate, but due to their parents' greed.
Parents, hoping their children could become Superheroes in the future and gain unimaginable fame and benefits, had Vought inject Compound V into their children.
And when their children did not meet their expectations and acquired very trashy Supe abilities.
They ruthlessly abandoned these children and would never look at them again.
Knowing these things, how could they endure the current situation?
Of course, they would choose to retaliate, to severely retaliate against the parents who turned them into this for profit and then abandoned them!
As for why they don't choose to retaliate against Vought, perhaps it's because they also know that if they retaliate against their parents, Vought might not care, but if they retaliate against Vought, they would likely all die.
Seeking advantages and avoiding harm is the nature of living beings, and they certainly understand this principle.
Realizing that the mobile children in Red River had run out to retaliate against their parents and families, Kevin looked up at Ashley:
"Why are you only telling me now?"
"I... I just found out too..."
Ashley said nervously:
"If it wasn't for the TV broadcast, I wouldn't have known about this..."
"I remember... Vought has something called... the Supe Family Protection Bureau? Did the director not tell you?"
Vought also knew that abandoned children might come back for revenge, so they specifically created a protection bureau to protect these families.
Although this protection bureau has little work to do, after all, most abandoned Supe children will not choose to retaliate, and they don't have that ability.
A small number of Supe children harming their parents and families is only a momentary thing, so it's not up to them to protect.
This makes the positioning of this protection bureau very awkward.
However, even to reassure the parents of those Supe children, this protection bureau needs to exist, which is why Kevin did not abolish it.
But he didn't expect that even such a simple job, the protection bureau didn't do well.
"He... he thought he would handle it..."
Ashley whispered.
Kevin almost laughed in anger:
"He thought? He said it himself, he thought??"
"Actually... actually, last night, Dennis met them, but he was knocked out by them..."
"Is that his explanation? Forget it, it's not important anymore, now immediately tell him to pack his things and get out! As for these children..."
Kevin looked at the surveillance footage again.
Ashley tentatively asked:
"Should... Homelander handle it?"
"I think you should know that Homelander is not suitable to appear now, right? I'll handle it, just don't let things get out of hand."
If Homelander were to handle this, the most likely outcome would be that everyone except the ghosts, who cannot be touched, would be killed by Homelander.
Kevin actually doesn't think these abandoned children did anything wrong; perhaps killing their parents was indeed a bit extreme, but it's their own family matter, and Kevin doesn't want to get involved or express an opinion.
The reason Kevin doesn't want this group of children to die is that Kevin needs them for publicity.
Their abilities are trash, and they have affected their lives; rather than abilities, they are more like a disability in another sense.
Having these, they are tormented by these abilities every day.
And if Kevin can eliminate their abilities and let them return to a normal life, then Kevin's own prestige will also increase again, and some things he does in the future will face less resistance.
This is the reason Kevin chose to keep them.
Originally, Kevin had planned that once Cardosa had a result, he would immediately apply the antidote to these people to eliminate their abilities.
But unexpectedly, Cardosa has not yet researched any results, and instead, this group of children from Red River first united to 'hunt parents'.
Kevin had no choice but to first deal with the impact they brought.
First, he ordered Vought security members to gather and protect the remaining unharmed parents, and then to track these 'Avengers Squads', striving to find them in the shortest possible time.
Logically speaking, with the strength of Vought, finding a group of children with trashy Supe abilities shouldn't take long.
But strangely, when Vought actually started searching, they couldn't find any trace of this group of people.
It was as if they had vanished into thin air from this world.
"You said, you can't find them?"
"Yes, we have searched according to the routes captured by the surveillance, and even... used Supes, but no matter how we search, we can't find any trace of them."
The security captain in charge of the search said nervously to Kevin.
Vought's security team, their capabilities are beyond doubt.
Don't think that in the series it seems like any Supe can slaughter them; that's because they are facing Supes with powerful abilities.
Compared to ordinary people, they are already considered elites in this regard.
This applies to both their search capabilities and combat capabilities.
But such a team lost track of that group of weak Supes; not only that, even the Supes who were with them couldn't find the group of Supes who escaped from Red River.
This is a bit surprising.
"Who was the Supe looking for people with you?"
Kevin thought for a moment and asked.
The security captain replied:
"It was... it was Tek Knight, Mr. Robert Vernon..."
"Have him come see me."
Tek Knight, Robert Vernon, the 'perverted knight' who appeared in Gen V, is a humanoid teddy bear who will stick anything into any hole.
His ability is not too strong, just observation skills beyond human limits, able to observe human micro-expressions and various details.
It requires a certain amount of knowledge in psychology and forensics to properly exploit his ability.
With Robert around, logically no one should be able to escape his tracking, but the fact is that until now, they haven't been able to find the escaped group of Supes.
Kevin doesn't think Robert is slacking off, but just in case, he still had him come to meet him.
"Hello, it's an honor to meet you, Mr. Moskowitz."
Upon seeing Kevin, Robert showed him enough respect.
He knew this was his superior, the true boss of Vought now, so he wouldn't and didn't dare to use his ability to observe Kevin.
So, after seeing Kevin, he kept his head down and didn't look at Kevin, and his ability naturally had no room for use.
Kevin looked at him expressionlessly and said:
"Alright, you don't have to be so nervous in front of me, Robert, you should know why I called you here."
"Yes..."
Robert cautiously looked up at Kevin, and after confirming that Kevin's expression hadn't changed much, he breathed a sigh of relief and began to explain:
"Our last tracked location was an factory in the suburbs, and once we got there, I couldn't find any trace of them."
"What do you mean by no trace?"
"Literally, sir, even with my ability, I can't tell where they went. To give you an analogy, sir, it's like they were suddenly transferred to another place, and that's why the traces completely disappeared."
"You mean, there's someone among them who can teleport people?"
When Kevin said this, he looked at Ashley beside him.
Ashley quickly said:
"We've already checked with the director of the Red River Institute; among the abilities of the Supes who came out to retaliate... there is no Supe who can teleport."
"Not a single one?"
"Not a single one."
Ashley said with great certainty.
The Supes who came out with trashy Supe abilities, although their abilities were strange and varied, there was absolutely no 'strategic-level' Supe ability like teleportation.
If there really was one, they would definitely not be with them.
"That's strange then."
Kevin frowned slightly.
A group of Supes without teleportation abilities suddenly disappearing in a certain place, besides someone helping them, Kevin couldn't think of any other possibility for the time being.
After thinking for a moment, Kevin gave an order to the people in front of him:
"Take me to see. I want to see what's going on."
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