This mysterious department, specializing in responding to and handling superhuman affairs, had now chosen silence.
The headquarters building was brightly lit. Decision-makers remained shut away in the conference room, while facing the overwhelming flood of inquiries and pressure from outside, the public relations department maintained a unified stance and refused to respond across the board.
In streets and alleys, the public buzzed with discussion, confused and angered by the Black Ops Division's inaction. Some guessed they were plotting in secret, while others suspected a serious internal split, but no one knew the truth. The Black Ops Division's silence was like another layer of gloom hanging over this storm, making the situation all the more inscrutable.
Within the upper circles of power, those important figures had their own interpretations.
They keenly sensed that this might be the Black Ops Division's subtle way of expressing its dissatisfaction.
Looking back, the Black Ops Division had suffered unfair treatment in matters concerning Homelander. It had been constrained by various forces and even faced numerous restrictions in areas such as resource allocation and decision-making authority.
Against such a backdrop, it seemed only natural that the Black Ops Division would vent its dissatisfaction through silence at this moment.
Congress and the Department of Defense, institutions that usually held key national powers, were now in an awkward position as well.
They had originally hoped that Vought Company could play a role in handling superhuman affairs, even attempting to use Vought Company to divide the Black Ops Division's authority in order to achieve a balance of power.
However, reality dealt them a heavy blow.
In actual operations, Vought Company had proven weak and incapable. It showed plenty of enthusiasm when fighting over power and profit, but when it came to handling complex superhuman incidents, it had accomplished nothing