American Comics: Starting from The Boys, Making Friends Makes Me Stronger
Chapter 26

Heroes' Gathering

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The moment Li Wei walked in, his eyes were dazzled.

There were men and women, young and old, and they made full use of their superpowers.

If ordinary people faced these unusual games, they would probably be seriously injured—or even killed—in a single encounter.

But with superheroes' constitutions, they would not die from it. A little pain only made it more exciting for them.

In fact, after Soldier Boy of Payback and Liberty Belle created this special event in 1952, many prostitutes had joined the first few gatherings.

But things had become so bloody back then that even Vought, which had originally not wanted to interfere, had been forced to shut it down urgently. Later, only superheroes had been allowed to participate.

Since entering the room, as he continued moving around, Li Wei's system had repeatedly vibrated, notifying him that there were superpowers he could copy.

Most of them, however, were trash abilities like Love Sausage's.

Aside from its extremely high lethality, Compound V's greatest trait was its unpredictability. No one knew what superpower they would gain after being injected.

In fact, those who could become superheroes and be put before the public by Vought to endorse products, promote merchandise, and so on had already been carefully selected.

More people injected with Compound V became test subjects or were simply disposed of, because their abilities might be completely useless—or even leave them worse off than ordinary people.

As far as Li Wei knew, there was a guy called Slow Motion who did everything incredibly slowly. Once he felt the urge to pee, he might wet himself before he even reached the bathroom.

Then there was Beast King, who could transform into animals, but after transforming, his mind became as stupid as that animal's.

If he turned into a dog, he would genuinely eat shit. And if anyone tried to take it from him, he would fight them to the death.

Hotball's balls could melt many things like red-hot metal spheres, but the attack range left much to be desired.

There was also a girl named Little Sky who had taken a dump with an independent consciousness. That was her superpower.

Later, it evolved, and she could control more piles. In a certain sense, it was an incredibly powerful superpower—at least, Li Wei absolutely did not want to face that kind of enemy.

But to Vought, superheroes who could not make the company money naturally had no value.

Likewise, more than ninety percent of the superheroes in this room were of no value to Li Wei either.

The occasional ones who could shoot fire or electricity were not only low-level with little potential, but also had all kinds of inexplicable things on them.

Fuck, Li Wei would rather his sense of smell not be so sharp. Now he could not even fool himself.

Fortunately, Blue Hawk was surprisingly dependable this time. He knew Li Wei did not like this stuff, so he stayed firmly at his side and shielded him from them.

For that alone, Li Wei definitely would not let him end up like in the original story, rubbed to death against the ground by A-Train.

Just as he was thinking that, Li Wei turned a corner and suddenly felt the light before him darken.

Then a deep, rough female voice rang out. "Hey, pretty boy, want a go?"

Looking up, Li Wei saw an enormous woman standing there, her skin a bluish purple. She was at least 2.3 meters tall, and one of her arms was thicker than his thigh. She stared at him with blazing eyes.

Noticing his gaze, she greedily licked her lips.

Li Wei immediately cursed inwardly. He knew who she was: the third-rate superhero She-Beast, who had played too hard with ordinary people, permanently paralyzing several of them from the waist down and going to prison multiple times because of it!

Even though another system prompt appeared, indicating that she possessed an ability he could copy, Li Wei did not even look at it. He had no desire to drive a heavy tank of that tonnage!

He merely gave an awkward smile before turning toward the equally intimidated Blue Hawk. "Blue Hawk?"

Blue Hawk also gave an awkward fake smile. "Hello, She-Beast."

She-Beast licked her lips. "You two want to do it together? I don't mind."

The Boys' Summit had one very important rule that everyone had to follow: consent.

Otherwise, if this had been anywhere else, she would not bother asking for permission. If she liked someone, she would just pick them up and carry them off!

Li Wei was about to say something to get rid of her as quickly as possible when the system notification popped up again.

He had only glanced at it out of habit, but then he froze.

Codename: None Type: Energy Type Special Ability 1: Otherworld Teleportation. After accumulating sufficient energy, can open a Portal leading to another world. Once used, a teleportation beacon for the target world can be obtained, allowing relatively free travel back and forth afterward. Without permission, others cannot pass through. When strength is sufficient and energy plentiful, it may be possible to bring others along for the journey. The maximum number of teleportation beacons that can be obtained at one time depends on overall strength, energy, and other factors. Can be fully copied. Estimated continuous contact required: 565 minutes.

The Boys' World had such a ridiculously powerful superpower? Not only had he never heard of it, he had not even dared imagine it!

If he traveled to the neighboring DC universe and brought over that underwear-on-the-outside Superman, how could that bullshit Homelander still count as a threat?

Rapidly scanning the room, Li Wei's gaze soon landed on a Rune Warrior wearing ear and lip piercings, with tattoos covering her arms and thighs.

Noticing his gaze, she gave him a seductive wink. Clearly, she was somewhat interested in him too.

Li Wei immediately made up his mind. Nearly ten hours was indeed a bit long, but for the sake of her superpower, it was worth sacrificing himself to the tiger!

Still, this woman did not look like a good person. Could she be some kind of biological mother body?

Well, at worst, he could knock her out and hold her while he slept.

"Blue Hawk, do you know her?"

Following his gaze, Blue Hawk gave an oh. "That's Teresa. She doesn't have any superpowers, just ordinary physical enhancement."

If they were talking purely about status, the two were utterly mismatched. But judging only by her figure and face, she was quite in line with Li Wei's tastes.

In fact, when Blue Hawk had first seen Li Wei and Starlight appearing together as a couple on television, he had realized that Vought was definitely hyping them as a couple. Otherwise, how could Li Wei possibly be interested in Starlight's childlike figure?

As a friend, he believed he understood Li Wei's preferences fairly well. Besides needing to be beautiful, Li Wei liked them big!

No superpowers? No, more accurately, she lacked the energy to use her superpower at all!

Li Wei immediately made his decision. "Excuse me, Blue Hawk. She-Beast, you two go have fun."

Blue Hawk was instantly dumbfounded. "Hey, no, bro!"

He had the urge to curse. Fine, you picked a good one for yourself, and I definitely would not compete with you for her—but why did you leave me with a She-Beast?

We agreed we'd fight evil and comfort beauties together, and you're asking me to comfort this mother bear?

Although She-Beast was somewhat disappointed, she still laughed loudly and wrapped an arm around Blue Hawk's neck, dragging him into the room beside them like a chick.

Li Wei chuckled. Sorry, bro. I'll find a chance to make it up to you later.

Walking straight up to Teresa, Li Wei said bluntly, "Hey, beautiful. Interested in having some fun?"

Teresa found him somewhat familiar. Although most Asians looked more or less the same to her, it was rare for her to encounter one this handsome. She must have seen him somewhere before.

But she could not be bothered to think too much about it. She had come here not only because she was curious about this special event, but also because she wanted some fun!

"Of course, handsome. I'm very interested. I just don't know whether you can satisfy me."

"Don't worry. When you wake up tomorrow, you'll be so happy that you'll forget what happened tonight."

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