Mysterio stood there in bewilderment, having no idea what had happened, like Hao Jian after an old lady suddenly fell down out of nowhere.
He slowly lowered his hands. At last, a sliver of clarity emerged from his muddled brain. Right, this was all just a trick his opponent had pulled. It only looked frightening. Wasn't the fact that he had taken down such a huge monster so easily proof enough?
The livestream was likewise filled with cheers and applause. The viewers had no idea who this Mysterious Person was, but seeing him so easily defeat such a hideous, terrifying monster, they decided he had to be a newly risen superhero.
That was right. The public had actually been complaining for quite some time. Several hours had passed since the space station incident. Where were the superheroes? Where was Iron Man? Spider-Man? Captain America?
Where had all the heroes who were supposed to step forward and save the world gone?
In fact, people had been asking that question from the very first moment disaster struck. But at the time, most people had been focused on the falling space station, and later they started arguing over the special effects, so no one paid much attention to it.
But after the robot crisis arrived, many of the voices stirring up trouble online disappeared. Public thinking gradually returned to normal, and people began to realize: where were all those superheroes who had once strutted across New York's skies?
S.H.I.E.L.D. released an official explanation. Put simply, someone was causing trouble in Centaurus, and the superheroes had all gone to the front lines. Although the public did not really accept that answer, there was nothing they could do. Countless people silently prayed that the war in Centaurus would end soon, so those powerful superheroes could