Samuel had no intention of becoming the light in this World; on the contrary, he felt this World was very suitable for him, because he wasn't a good person either.
After all, being a good person was equivalent to automatically laying down your weapons and letting others slaughter you!
A good person needs eighty-one trials to become a Buddha, while a bad person only needs to lay down their butcher's knife.
If you don't want to wrong yourself, and don't want to hear any form of apology from anyone, then you cannot wait for others to arrange your life—what you want, you fight for yourself!
The superhumans in this World were created by a serum called 'Compound V' controlled by Vought Company, and their abilities varied from person to person.
Vought Company was an international company spanning multiple fields such as pharmaceuticals, security, scientific research, and food, with astonishing assets and strong capabilities.
It owned countless Super Heroes, among whom the most popular and powerful was The Seven, led by Homelander.
The members were Homelander, Queen Maeve, A-Train, Black Noir, Translucent, The Deep, and The Lamplighter—
Samuel already had some initial ideas on how to obtain their abilities.
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Manhattan, Vought Company Headquarters Building.
The originally expressionless Queen Maeve instantly put on a positive, sunny, and heroic smile the moment she walked out.
"It's Queen Maeve!"
"Queen Maeve! Queen Maeve! Queen Maeve!"
"Queen Maeve, you're the best!"
"I love you, Queen Maeve, I love you, I'll always support you!"
The sound of cameras clicking rose and fell, and under the blinding flashlights was Queen Maeve's unaffected smile.
She habitually struck a few poses, waved apologetically at the fans who rushed over wanting autographs, and turned to quickly walk towards a Hummer parked in her exclusive parking spot.
This was the brand she endorsed.
The brand required her to drive or ride in this custom Hummer with 'Queen Maeve' elements for her daily commute.
Got in the car, closed the door.
Queen Maeve turned to get the casual clothes placed in the back seat but suddenly widened her eyes, discovering a strange man in the car.
"How did you get in?
Fuck, get out, you're dirtying my car!"
Queen Maeve cursed angrily, immediately reaching out to grab the other party, wanting to pull him over.
Just as she reached out, the other party grabbed her wrist.
"You motherfucker dare to resist?
I'm Queen Maeve!"
Queen Maeve grabbed the other party's wrist with a backhand, her slender, fair arm erupting with great strength.
And then—
The other party didn't budge!
Queen Maeve was stunned, subconsciously used force again, but still couldn't pull the other party.
Refusing to believe it, she gritted her teeth and used all her strength, her arm muscles tensing and bulging slightly, her delicate and beautiful features gradually twisting, becoming ferocious and ugly—
The result was despairing.
This young uninvited guest was like a towering mountain range, giving her a sense of despair that she couldn't shake.
Queen Maeve looked at the young man with a roguish smile.
Purely in terms of strength, Homelander probably couldn't compare to him!
Jessica Jones's Super Strength combined with the enhancement of the Super Soldier Serum on all aspects of the body might be slightly short of completely crushing Queen Maeve, but a fifty-fifty fight would definitely be easy.
Now, there was also the drop reward generated when Queen Maeve made her move just now.
Coincidentally, it was also Super Strength.
So, just talking about strength, Homelander might really not be able to compare to the current Samuel.
Queen Maeve let go of his hand and glared at Samuel in exasperation: "Who the hell are you!"
"The World is so beautiful, yet you're so irritable.
That's not good, not good—"
Beautiful?
Queen Maeve couldn't help but sneer.
Only fools who didn't know the truth would think this World was beautiful!
"Drive, let's go somewhere quieter."
Samuel instructed, leaning back in relaxation.
Queen Maeve glared at him unhappily: "Why should I?"
"Because of the little emotional secret you've been hiding, something you don't want and don't dare to let someone know."
Samuel glanced confidently at the panicked and uneasy Queen Maeve, treated her as a driver, closed his eyes, and pretended to nap.
Looking at his arrogant posture as if he had her cornered, Queen Maeve wished she could punch him in his handsome face and let him know the price of threatening her.
Unfortunately, she didn't dare to turn hostile, at least not yet!
"Boom—"
The Hummer was like a raging wild horse, launching forward and charging out violently.
Half an hour later, the Hummer drove into an abandoned factory building.
Queen Maeve turned her head fiercely and said, "Get out," but suddenly discovered in surprise that the person was gone!
Where was he?
Where did he go?
The panicked Queen Maeve's first reaction was that the person had been captured by Homelander.
Homelander had super hearing, he could hear clearly even from a great distance, and their previous conversation might have been overheard by him.
As for why she first thought of Homelander?
Because the certain someone she didn't want and didn't dare to let know was Homelander!
Although they were close and mutually helpful companions in front of the cameras, and even briefly formed a 'couple', Queen Maeve knew Homelander's true face very well.
Given his selfish and violent nature, once he knew that secret, he definitely wouldn't—
"Bang bang bang—"
The sudden sound of knocking on the window made Queen Maeve shudder in fright.
With a stiff expression, she forced a smile and turned to look at Homelander outside the car window—
Homelander???
This motherfucker was not Homelander at all!
Queen Maeve, who had recovered from the shock, first let out a sigh of relief after her narrow escape.
Then, the foolishness of her own internal struggle made her angry and embarrassed.
She directly opened the car door, rushed out, and directly threw a punch at the handsome face that was smiling playfully.
"Ding!"
"Detected combat, dropped reward: Super Defense (Queen Maeve)"
Queen Maeve is equivalent to a weakened version of Wonder Woman.
Like Jessica Jones and the Super Soldier, her enhancement is purely physical, with no other special abilities.
However, her defensive and resistance capabilities are stronger than Jessica Jones, especially in terms of penetrating and cutting injuries—Jessica Jones cannot withstand bullets head-on.
Queen Maeve's fist got closer and closer, and Samuel's smile deepened.
Without dodging or blocking, he just looked at Queen Maeve's angry eyes and spoke a name.
"Irina."
The fist stopped abruptly!
Samuel used his finger to push away her fist, then smugly raised his other hand, curled his fingers into a fist, and slowly struck Queen Maeve's dark gray chest plate.
"Bang!"
Queen Maeve flew out like a cannonball, heavily smashing into a wall dozens of meters away.
The wall caved in and cracked, dust flying everywhere.
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