Besides, dopamine is also related to various addictive behaviors, which is why some people say running is addictive.
For Su Quan, super speed had another benefit unique to him: quickly farming the drop rewards of watching battles.
Although the time was a bit early, most of the scum who treated fighting, brawling, robbing, and extortion as daily activities had not yet started their scumbaggy day.
Still, running all the way, the harvest was quite abundant.
It was a bit regrettable not to acquire any new abilities, but an income of nearly a hundred points made him more than satisfied.
After all, points could be used to upgrade the detection range of battles; the larger the range, the more opportunities to obtain drop rewards, and the more operational space there would be.
He spent 100 points to change the detection range from 100 meters to 200 meters. If his guess was correct, the next upgrade would probably require 200 points.
"Thud--"
The sound of a heavy object hitting the ground caught Su Quan's attention.
In the yard across the street, the front of a car landed tremblingly, and then it was slowly and forcefully lifted up by a ponytail-wearing, hoodie-clad teenage girl.
"This is--Starlight?" Su Quan recognized her identity with slightly brightened eyes.
Starlight's superpowers were Light Emission and Energy Absorption, as well as defense and strength far surpassing ordinary people.
She probably hadn't taken over for Lamplighter as a new member of The Seven yet, nor had she witnessed the despair and darkness of the real world beneath the glamorous facade.
Full of justice and treating The Seven as idols, she would soon be tricked and coerced by The Deep into seizing the opportunity to join The Seven, witnessing the darkness of reality and compromising with it.
Then, with her idols shattered, she met Hughie, whose idols were also shattered; the two kindred spirits soon got together, becoming a boyfriend and girlfriend.
Starlight was tricked and paid the price to join The Seven. Although angry and sad afterwards, she also silently accepted the fact.
Hughie's girlfriend had just died, and he had just joined The Boys, preparing to deal with The Seven to avenge his girlfriend, only to meet Starlight a few times and end up together with this new member of The Seven.
As the only two relatively normal people in this show, Starlight and Hughie, one has to say, they were very realistic too!
In the real world, after all, how could there be so much purity and persistence? All there was were weighing the pros and cons and whether the chips were enough!
"Thud--"
Starlight noticed Su Quan staring at her all along, put down the car, and walked over.
"Hi, is there anything I can help you with?"
Su Quan raised an eyebrow and said with a smiling look and tone, "Thank you for the gift you gave me."
"The gift I gave you? Sorry, did you get the wrong person? I don't know you, and I haven't given you any gifts," Starlight explained with a blank expression.
"A pounding heart, that is the first gift you gave me." Su Quan reached out with a smile, and Starlight, having reacted, alternately smiled with a charming flush and reached out her hand.
"Annie January, you can call me Starlight."
"Su Quan."
"You said I gave you a gift, how about you? Do you have a gift for me?" Starlight looked at Su Quan with a smile, having a pretty good first impression of this handsome and humorous guy.
"Yes, but it depends on your performance." Su Quan smiled and opened his arms, "If you want a gift, don't complain—hug me!"
Starlight giggled, "Do you use this routine on every girl?"
"Because I love all things in the world, with no greatest love and no exceptions."
Su Quan took the initiative to approach, and Starlight smiled, raised her hand, and stepped back, "Alright, I admit you're humorous and charming, but I'm not that kind of girl who's easily won over."
"What if the gift is letting you join The Seven?" Su Quan wore a faint smile, but his expression gradually grew serious.
The smile on Starlight's face also gradually faded, and she slightly furrowed her brows, "Are you serious?"
"This is the second most serious thing I've said since meeting you."
A beam of light pierced the sky.
Homelander floated down slowly, his gaze sweeping over the scene, his expression cold and majestic.
"What's going on here?"
He spoke in a low voice, but the terrifying aura emanating from him caused everyone present to hold their breath.
Lamplighter shrank back instinctively, stammering an explanation. "Homelander, I... I was just handling some business."
"Handling business?"
Homelander looked at the messy street and then at the unconscious Annie January lying in the distance. He frowned slightly. "You made such a huge mess over a little girl?"
"She... she rebelled against us," Lamplighter defended himself hurriedly. "She was trying to expose the company's secrets."
Su Quan stood not far away, watching the scene unfold with a calm expression. He didn't interrupt; he was just observing the interaction between these so-called heroes.
Homelander snorted, landing firmly on the ground. He ignored Lamplighter and walked straight toward Annie January.
She's still breathing.
Homelander reached out, gently picking up the unconscious girl. Despite his usual arrogance, he knew how to put on a public-friendly face when necessary.
"You really disappointed me, Lamplighter," Homelander said without looking back. "Queen Maeve, take care of this trash."
"Understood," Queen Maeve replied coldly, stepping forward to stare down Lamplighter.
Su Quan watched Homelander cradle Starlight, a faint smile playing on his lips. This drama was becoming more interesting by the minute.
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A pounding heart, that is the first gift you gave me. Starlight indeed made Su Quan's heart pound a bit, but heart-pounding came in many kinds too!
She was bound to pay a price; instead of benefiting The Deep, why couldn't it be me?
Wasn't the greatest use of knowing the plot inside out to intercept the benefits using hindsight?
"I believe this, but--" Starlight scrutinized Su Quan, not believing he could get her to join The Seven, "If you want to get to know me, you don't need to use such a clumsy lie that would be easily seen through."
I wonder who was tricked into paying the price in just two or three sentences? The Deep's lies weren't that clever either, right?
"Ring-ring-ring--Ring-ring-ring--"
Su Quan's cell phone rang. The only person who knew this number was Queen Maeve.
He answered and turned on the speakerphone. Queen Maeve's slightly apprehensive voice came through—
"It's me, Maeve. There's a mission that Homelander and I need to handle, and I—I'm worried there might be trouble."
Queen Maeve was worried that Homelander would seize the opportunity to make a move on her during the mission.
She knew Homelander was capable of such a thing!
"Can, can you come over?"
Through the phone, one could hear her cautious and eager yearning.
Su Quan glanced at the shocked Starlight and put his arm around her shoulder, which she did not resist.
"You're my person. Of course I won't ignore it if there's trouble. Send me the address."
Queen Maeve breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, I'll send it to you right away."
"By the way, Lamplighter has retired and left The Seven. Are you qualified to recommend a newcomer to join?" Su Quan suddenly asked.
Starlight suddenly looked up, looking over with eager eyes.
"I can recommend newcomers to enter the preliminary selection directly. As long as their abilities aren't too poor, there shouldn't be any problem."
"Including Homelander?"
"Then it's even less of a problem!"
Su Quan gave a hum, took a deep look at Starlight, and asked pointedly, "Then, rejecting the addition of a certain newcomer shouldn't be a problem either, right?"
"Yes, that's even easier!"
"I know. See you in a bit."
"See you in a bit."
Ending the call, Su Quan looked at Starlight, who had words on the tip of her tongue and a complex expression. Although she had some innocence of someone unversed in the world, she wasn't stupid; she naturally understood the implications in and out of Su Quan's words.
"It's not that I want to know you now, it's that you have to know me--" Su Quan handed the phone over.
Starlight hesitated for a few seconds, took it, entered her own number, and dialed out.
After it went through, she hung up and handed the phone back to Su Quan.
"Waiting for your call." Su Quan shook his phone and vanished silently under Starlight's gaze.
Starlight reached out in utter astonishment toward the spot where Su Quan had disappeared, but it was empty, with nothing at all.
"Rat-a-tat--Rat-a-tat--" The last surviving bank robbers were driven into a dead end. Homelander and Queen Maeve closed in effortlessly from left and right, the bullets hitting them scattering all over the ground.
"Don't kill me--don't kill me--I beg you--don't kill me." The bank robber threw away his gun, the intense fear making him unable to help kneeling on the ground to beg for mercy.
"You shouldn't live!" Homelander came to the bank robber with an icy tone, picking him up by the neck.
Queen Maeve looked with a gloomy expression at Homelander, who had turned his head to stare at her. "What do you want to say!"
Homelander looked at Queen Maeve with venomous and cold eyes, as if he wanted to tear her alive.
"I said—you shouldn't live!" The cold voice fell, and his hand directly pierced the bank robber's chest.
In an instant, Homelander's ferocity and the long-standing shadow made Queen Maeve produce the illusion of empathy toward the bank robber, as if the person being pierced was not him, but herself.
Her body trembled slightly and uncontrollably, her eyes dodging instinctively, wanting to lower her head.
No need to be afraid. I no longer need to be afraid of him now. He—he is no longer an invincible demon.
Yes, no need to be afraid!
Queen Maeve took a deep breath to pump herself up, and the look she directed at Homelander gradually grew firm.
To Homelander, this kind of firm and fearless gaze was a provocation and blasphemy against him.
With a heavy cold snort, the already cold bank robber was thrown to the ground like trash by him. The pupils staring at Queen Maeve gradually turned crimson, as if ready to kill her with his 'gaze' at any moment.
"Bang!"
A scorching crimson heat vision abruptly struck the back of Homelander's knees. Caught off guard, Homelander dropped directly to his knees in front of Queen Maeve with a thud.
"Who is it!"
The furious Homelander gnashed his teeth, turned his head, and roared—and then—just like roaring flames meeting the ocean, a barking house dog seeing the stick in its master's hand, or a power-tripping villain losing his backing—he instantly cowered!
"It's me. What do you want to say?" Su Quan slowly descended from mid-air, the crimson in his pupils gradually receding, replaced by a hint of playfulness.
The shadow Su Quan cast on Homelander was just like the shadow Homelander cast on Queen Maeve; you couldn't say they were completely similar, you could only say they were an exact match!
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