Love Sausage

"I had been a little busy lately, sure, but I hadn't neglected our Boys time, had I? Besides, I'd picked up plenty of jokes about black people. Want to hear some?"

Blue Hawk, who was driving to pick Li Wei up, immediately perked up. "Why not?"

Li Wei cleared his throat. "Why are black people's palms white? Because when God was coloring them, their hands were braced against a police car!"

Blue Hawk gave him a thumbs-up, but he did not seem particularly impressed.

Honestly, as a bona fide black-hater, he had heard far too many jokes involving black people and cops throughout his life.

Li Wei immediately realized he had been underestimated. If it had been Starlight, Firecracker, or any other normal person, he would have just laughed it off.

But being looked down on by a guy with something wrong in his head like Blue Hawk? He absolutely could not stand for that!

He immediately went all out, sharing every joke about black people that he had seen online in his previous life.

Soon, Blue Hawk's booming laughter filled the car. America had a pitifully low supply of jokes, at most playing around with slang or homophones. How could they compare to those endlessly inventive Chinese internet jokesters?

In return, Blue Hawk sang Li Wei a rendition of Sunshine Rainbow Little White Horse.

His Chinese was absolutely terrible, but that did not matter. That string of key n-words sounded authentic enough.

Unfortunately, he still did not have the guts to sing that song in public. On one hand, he had several athletic-product endorsements, including a basketball-related one, so it was inconvenient for him to openly mock black people.

On the other hand, in order to make as much money as possible from everyone, Vought had pulled plenty of little tricks.

These included, but were not limited to, Ezekiel's anti-gay stance and The Deep's marine animal protection campaigns. And for racial diversity—as well as America's more than fifty million black people—they naturally needed some black Superheroes.

A-Train, one of the current members of The Seven, was black, and Blue Hawk did not want to offend him.

Likewise, there would be some black people at the upcoming Boys' Summit. There was no need for him to cause trouble here.

Li Wei did not press him. It was just a way to kill time.

As they reached their destination, Blue Hawk gradually slowed the car. In the end, he could not hold back any longer. "There's something I don't understand. Why did you come this time?"

Generally speaking, only the lowest of the low, third-rate Superheroes came here. Even he counted as a VIP.

Li Wei held a higher position among Superheroes, and he had recently heard that Li Wei was hyping up a couple pairing with Starlight. Although Li Wei had agreed before, Blue Hawk had assumed he would find an excuse to decline.

Li Wei fiddled with the handgun he had just bought on the black market. "I was just interested in this place. You have your fun. I'm only here to watch."

Blue Hawk understood at once. Right, this was the Angel he remembered.

Of course, that was not the real reason. Li Wei had come to try his luck and see whether he might encounter any Superheroes with special abilities here.

After multiple successful copies—especially Firecracker's energy infusion—he had gradually come to understand that many Superheroes were useless, but that did not necessarily mean their powers were truly worthless.

More likely, they simply lacked the brains, the energy supply, or something else, resulting in extremely poor development and utilization of their powers.

But if those supposedly useless powers were in his hands, they might very well bloom anew.

There was another point. Since these people could attend such a special gathering, getting close to them and then copying their powers would obviously be much easier than with ordinary Superheroes.

After getting out of the car, Blue Hawk stepped forward and knocked on the door. It opened quickly, but neither he nor Li Wei saw anyone. Instead, they saw a highly unusual one-eyed long snake.

Even though he had been prepared, Li Wei could not help baring his teeth when he truly saw it. This was a real eye-opener!

Codename: Love Sausage

Type: Physique Type

Special Ability 1: Mutant Sausage. Greatly increased sausage length, toughness, flexibility, and more.

Can be fully copied. Estimated continuous contact required: 1 minute.

Judging by the time required for copying, this power was somewhat interesting, but Li Wei respectfully declined.

When he had interacted with female Superheroes like Firecracker and Starlight before, their many reactions had already fully proven his prowess. He had absolutely no need for this power!

Blue Hawk also looked utterly disgusted. He was not gay; seeing that thing only made him sick, and it made him feel especially embarrassed in front of Li Wei!

He immediately shouted, "Motherfucker, Sausage, put that thing away!"

"Ha ha, let me see who's here?"

With a heavy Bear Country accent, an enormously muscular man with a thick beard and a red bodysuit emerged from behind the sausage.

Worth mentioning was the Hammer and Sickle embroidered over his left breast.

Not only was he from Bear Country and possessed such a special ability, but Vought apparently feared the world would not know it. Wherever he went, he had to wear clothing bearing that distinctive symbol.

The maliciousness of Vought's intentions was obvious.

Vought wanted to gain America's support by deliberately smearing him.

Although Vought was an international corporation, its main base was still in America. Offending Bear Country a little was no big deal.

The facts proved that Vought had indeed succeeded, while the bearded man before them had received extraordinarily generous compensation. Even after retiring for many years, he still lived a life of luxury and excess.

Of course, the price was that Bear Country had long declared him a traitor, and he had suffered who knew how many attacks and assassination attempts.

Unfortunately, in The Boys' World, Compound V belonged exclusively to Vought. Bear Country had no comparable drug and thus had no way to mass-produce Superheroes. Ordinary cross-border assassination attempts were not very useful against Love Sausage.

Aside from his sausage, he had once been a second-rate Superhero. His physical enhancements were still quite impressive.

"Aha, so it's Blue Hawk. Your friend beside you looks very familiar."

Li Wei smiled faintly. "If you don't put it away, I can guarantee you won't be able to use it at the next one."

Blue Hawk had told the organizers—the TNT Twins—that he was coming several days in advance. The TNT Twins had personally and ceremoniously written him an invitation, so Li Wei did not believe Love Sausage, who had served as a greeter for years, would not know.

Yet even now, he was still trying to be funny. Li Wei did not mind teaching him a lesson!

Seeing that Blue Hawk beside him was also furious, Love Sausage felt a little awkward. As someone long past his prime, he truly had no standing to act tough in front of them.

He hurriedly laughed it off and stepped aside. "Please come in. You're very welcome to attend this party. I'll go notify the TNT Twins right away and have them gather everyone to welcome you!"

Li Wei shook his head. "Forget it. I only want to keep a low profile. Don't tell anyone, and don't interrupt everyone's fun."

"Oh, all right then. Welcome again. Welcome to the sixty-ninth Boys' Summit!"