Night fell.
As news about Vought Corporation continuously topped the trending searches, the company's senior executives finally realized that the situation was getting out of control.
To salvage the unfavorable situation, they hastily held a press conference to respond.
Vought Corporation pledged its willingness to actively cooperate with investigations from all parties.
At the same time, it would dispatch the Superpower Squad, led by Homelander, to assist the authorities in tracking and eradicating the remnants of Hydra free of charge.
However.
The enraged public seemed unimpressed.
Vought Corporation's stock price continued to plummet, and its reputation hit a recent low.
"Tsk tsk tsk, what a clever trick of diverting attention…"
In the presidential suite of the New York Central Hotel, Karl, dressed in loose pajamas, watched the news scrolling on the television, a hint of surprise on his face.
He hadn't expected the Security Council's reaction to be so swift.
Not only did they successfully resolve the current deadlock, but they also seized the opportunity to drag Vought Corporation down to be the scapegoat!
Looking at the entire Marvel Universe, the only one who could come up with such a sinister trick must be that one-eyed old schemer, Nick Fury, right?!
However, for Karl, this was also a good thing.
Because with the intervention of Homelander, this "fake Superman," Baron Strucker and Hydra would likely only be left with fleeing for their lives.
Naturally, they wouldn't have the energy to deal with Karl and the Sokovia Kingdom anymore.
This was equivalent to adding a double layer of insurance to Karl's plan.
He was naturally happy to see it happen.
"Hmm… my prestige value has increased so much?!!!"
Karl inadvertently glanced at the light screen and found that in just a few short hours, his total prestige value had surged to 28,902 points.
Furthermore, it was still continuously rising at a very pleasing rate.
The part with the slower growth should be contributed by the people of Sokovia.
And the larger, fastest-growing portion, if no surprises, should have been gained through The Daily Bugle's promotion, from the internet and various media platforms.
It must be said that acquiring The Daily Bugle was indeed an incredibly correct choice.
And John Jameson, who knew how to grab eyeballs and harvest traffic, did not disappoint him.
Even though Karl was not the protagonist of this public opinion storm, he still managed to get a slice of the traffic pie through John Jameson's promotion, earning a fortune.
However, the only thing that made him feel a little regretful was that The Daily Bugle was, after all, just a local player in New York.
Its influence temporarily could not radiate to other parts of America.
Let alone the entire World.
But Karl was not in a hurry for quick success; this was only the beginning.
He was confident that in the coming days, he would build The Daily Bugle into the most influential news media platform in the entire U.S., and even the entire World!!!
"It seems it's time to upgrade my Dimension Strength."
Karl's gaze lingered on the two upgrade options: Dimension Strength and Dimension Scale.
Ultimately, he prioritized enhancing the former.
Because he was well aware of his current predicament.
If he couldn't raise his Dimension Strength to Lv3 or above within 3 months, then the Warp would face the risk of exposure.
And once the energy transmission from the Warp was lost, his inexhaustible "superpowers" would also disappear.
So the top priority now was to fully enhance his Dimension Strength.
As for Dimension Scale…
Anyway, Karl had no plans to abandon his physical body and return to the Warp in the short term.
The size of the dimensional space was naturally not as important to him.
"System, consume 10,000 prestige value to upgrade Dimension Strength by 1 level."
As the command was issued, lines of prompt text quickly appeared on the light screen.
[Congratulations, Host, you have successfully upgraded Dimension Strength to Lv2! Current available prestige value: 18902!!!]
[Current Dimension Strength: Level 2 Growth Dimension (0 / 100,000)]
Finally, it reached Level 2, one step closer to Lv3!
"Hmm? This feeling is…"
Karl seemed to have suddenly noticed something and immediately began to carefully perceive the changes in himself.
First, the most obvious change was that the range of Mind Perception had doubled.
The original perception range of only about 1 kilometer was now directly increased to 5 kilometers!
It could be said that the crisis warning ability was directly maxed out.
In addition, the ability of Mind Manipulation also improved.
After testing, Karl could now finally manipulate others' consciousness without direct physical contact.
However, perhaps due to the limitations of the human body, the amount of energy transmitted from the Warp did not change.
"I didn't expect upgrading Dimension Strength could bring such an unexpected gain!"
Karl was very satisfied with this.
This upgrade undoubtedly elevated his overall strength significantly.
Although he still couldn't reach the level of Ancient One and Odin, as a top salesman, what he didn't lack most was patience!
Now that he had just raised Dimension Strength to Level 2, the power of the mind stone that could be released had already surpassed that of loki's scepter.
If he were to raise Dimension Strength to a higher level in the future, wouldn't it be easy to surpass the Infinity Gauntlet and become the best adapter for the infinity stones?
By then, as long as Karl could find a way to break through the limits of the human body and raise his physical constitution's Upper limit, he would likely be able to receive more energy transmission, thus entering the first echelon of Marvel's combat power.
Even achieving physical sainthood and surpassing gods might not be impossible!!!
Of course.
All of this was predicated on Karl being able to collect enough prestige value.
Thinking of this, Karl, in a great mood, picked up his wine glass and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window.
Looking at the dazzling night view outside the window, he couldn't help but sigh.
Who would have imagined that such a prosperous metropolis would be the most disaster-prone location in the Marvel Universe.
How does that saying go?
No matter who the enemy invading Earth is, as long as New York is still there, then Earth will definitely be fine!!!
"Ah, such a beautiful night, if only there was a curvaceous and juicy young lady by my side to interact with, it would be even more perfect."
Karl took out his phone, wondering whether to order some "Western food" to share with his good brother.
But unknowingly, Wanda's figure appeared in his mind.
He wondered how that girl's magic studies were coming along?
Had Ancient One, that bald old woman, given her a hard time?
Wait a minute… is this what they call the feeling of being in love?
Just as Karl was hesitating whether to call Ancient One and personally visit Kamar-Taj to check on Wanda, his stomach let out a "grumble"!