Since the compatriot needed it, Lin Feng didn't mind meeting the Seven.
"You want to expose Vought International and the Seven?"
Blade nodded vigorously.
"Mr. Lin Feng, please take a look at this, and you'll understand my thoughts!"
Perhaps worried that he couldn't explain himself clearly, Blade tapped on his phone again, opening a webpage.
On the webpage, there was only one prominent video. He pressed play and showed it to Lin Feng.
"Mr. Lin Feng, please watch!"
Lin Feng looked down.
On the screen, Homelander, A-Train, Deep, Starlight, four members of the Seven, were standing in a large open square.
In front of them stood a woman in a tight suit, her hair disheveled, her face unrecognizably hidden.
She was bound with ropes, being led by A-Train.
Lin Feng saw that the woman's legs were wrapped in white bandages, stained with dark red, clearly indicating she was injured.
Homelander was addressing the countless onlookers below.
He faced the audience and the camera, a confident smile on his face, though the smile seemed hypocritical no matter how one looked at it.
"As everyone knows! The Seven have sacrificed so much to protect you all!"
Homelander's voice was loud. Then, he pointed at the woman whose face was obscured.
"However, just a few days ago, this unknown superpowered individual caused a massive explosion!"
"In this incident, ten innocent lives were lost!"
Homelander withdrew his finger and clutched his chest in feigned grief, his acting superb.
"And according to our investigation! The previous explosion at Vought International was also the work of this individual's accomplice!"
As he spoke, Homelander took two steps towards the woman and forcefully pulled her hair upwards.
The woman involuntarily raised her head, her hair falling, revealing a fair face.
Her eyes were filled with anger. Despite the pain in her scalp, she glared hatefully at Homelander.
At this moment, she was powerless, pinned in place, forced to listen to Homelander's distortion of the facts.
Seeing this, Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat. He seemed to understand what kind of video this was.
His eyes narrowed, emitting a dangerous glint.
The woman, with black hair and black eyes, an Eastern face, and injured legs, matched Blade's description perfectly. It had to be Vector.
In the video, Homelander continued his reckless rant.
"To commemorate our fallen compatriots! I have decided to execute this criminal in this very square three days from now!"
With that, Homelander cupped his hands as if holding the sun and raised his head proudly to receive the imminent praise.
In the crowd, the manipulated onlookers erupted in cheers, playing their part perfectly.
"Beat her to death!"
"Avenge our fallen compatriots!"
"Find her accomplice and execute them together!"
Such shouts echoed throughout the square.
Homelander looked at the scene he had created with satisfaction.
He waved his hands downwards and said loudly.
"Silence!"
His superpowered sonic wave spread across the square, and the crowd instantly fell silent.
Homelander was even more pleased. This kind of control over everything gave him immense enjoyment!
"Although we have decided to execute this criminal."
"Out of mercy! I am willing to give her a chance!"
"If her accomplice surrenders themselves to Vought International within these three days, we can consider sparing their lives."
"Let them use their superpowers to build society and atone for their sins!"
"Of course, I personally hope her accomplice seizes this opportunity! Because my patience is limited."
At this point, Homelander winked at the camera.
The cameraman immediately understood and zoomed in on Homelander's face for a close-up.
Homelander pointed at his eyes, then at the camera, a somewhat sinister smile on his face.
"You can't escape!"
Then, the screen went black, and the video ended.
Motherfucker!
Lin Feng's face remained expressionless, a surprising calm.
Then, he crushed the phone in his hand.
The calm on his face could not hide the fury in his heart.
Insult. This was an insult to his compatriot!
Paraded in a square like a prisoner, falsely accused of fabricated crimes.
It was too damn arrogant, and what's more, this compatriot was a woman, which instantly ignited Lin Feng's killing intent.
You little bastards, too arrogant!
Do you really think no one can deal with you?
Lin Feng abandoned his previous thought of not bothering with Homelander.
Homelander, in his eyes now, was a dead man!
"It seems we'll be heading back a little later..."
Lin Feng uttered softly, and Pietro shivered.
He rubbed goosebumps on his arm, feeling as if the temperature in the underground tunnel had dropped.
"Is that alright, Pietro?"
Pietro grunted. After all, he wasn't of Eastern descent, so his feelings might not have been as intense while watching the video.
But after spending time with Blade and Vector, Pietro now considered them his companions.
Once the initial eagerness to return home cooled down, he also longed for revenge and to strike a blow against Vought International.
It was just that he had never possessed the strength before.
But now that Lin Feng was here, they had enough leverage!
"While I do want to go back as soon as possible."
"But if we can expose them and avenge Vector, I'm willing to wait a bit longer."
"After all, they were the ones who started this trouble!"
"Very good!" Lin Feng said, his eyes narrowed.
"When was this video taken?" Lin Feng asked Blade.
"Two days ago," Blade replied.
"Two days ago?"
"So, tomorrow is the deadline Homelander set?"
"That's right."
"Then, do you have a plan?"
"Similar to what you two discussed earlier, collecting information to expose Vought International?" Lin Feng asked.
The Seven were easy to kill, but taking down Vought International was not that simple.
The difficulty here wasn't about Lin Feng being unable to destroy Vought International, or destroy the research data for Compound V, and so on.
It was because the superheroes under Vought International were deeply entrenched in the minds of the public.
As long as they were still perceived as the forces of justice by the public, Vought International could not be considered overthrown.
"We originally planned to do that. We had a lot of data collected by Vector, but now it's gone..."
"Gone?" Lin Feng was stunned for a moment.
"How gone? Did Homelander snatch it away?"
Blade shook his head and pointed at the metal debris on the ground.
That was the phone Lin Feng had just crushed...