Frustrating

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Black King's coughing could be heard from within the thick smoke. Even though he could absorb energy, he unfortunately wasn't a range hood.

He had no way to deal with the irritating gas.

Of course, as a powerful mutant, Black King's physique was much stronger than that of an ordinary person. To think that a few gas bombs could take him down was undoubtedly wishful thinking.

From the very beginning, Rorschach's plan for the gas wasn't to deal with Black King, but merely to delay his pursuit. That was all.

Even if the gas couldn't knock Black King out, it would still affect his actions.

While Black King was coughing, Rorschach and the others had already completely left the building.

They all turned to look, and seeing that Black King hadn't chased after them, they all let out a long sigh of relief.

Heaven knows, in the presence of Black King, they had all felt too much pressure.

"Rorschach, where did you get these things?"

Darwin couldn't help but ask Rorschach. It wasn't like Rorschach carried these things around when attending parties, right?

"We'll talk about it when we get out!"

Rorschach vaguely replied, then took out a few more gas bombs and placed them at various exits outside the room.

This was to ensure the "fog zone" spread to its maximum range.

Only then could they delay Black King to the greatest extent.

"Get out? Where are we going?" Angel asked somewhat flustered.

"Let's just get away first. This base has been exposed, we have to leave immediately!" Rorschach said without further explanation.

"That's right, it's not safe here anymore!"

Hank agreed from the side, pointing in a direction. "Follow me, everyone. I have a procurement vehicle parked in Parking Lot C. We can squeeze in..."

"There's no need for that."

Darwin shook his head instead, then walked directly to several cars parked by the roadside and pulled out his keychain.

Besides keys, it also had other "metal pendants" that people usually wouldn't pay attention to.

Darwin then began using those tools to unlock a Ford in front of him.

Vroom!

Clang!

Siren shattered the window of another car with a sonic wave. "Excuse me, are you done yet?"

Bang!

Clang!

On the other side, Rorschach had also smashed a car window with a punch, saying to Darwin, "Stop dawdling. You can hotwire a car, right? Hurry up! Everyone else, if you have any special skills, don't hold back now."

Unfortunately, the method of pulling out wires and shorting them to start the engine, as seen in movies, looked simple but wasn't something just anyone could master.

Besides Darwin, no one else possessed this divine skill.

In the end, Darwin managed to start two cars. Everyone scrambled in and drove away from the place at full speed.

Soon, the two cars disappeared into the night.

Only after the two cars had completely vanished did Black King emerge from the large expanse of white mist, leaning against a wall with one hand, coughing uncontrollably.

He was practically "dripping with tears and snot."

After Black King adjusted himself, he turned and looked around. Besides the scattered corpses on the ground, there wasn't a single person in sight.

All the mutants had already fled without a trace.

Black King's expression then turned extremely grim.

This operation not only cost him two capable subordinates, but he also failed to take away even a single mutant, nor had he even begun to recruit them.

It was a complete and utter failure.

Black King had never experienced such a setback before!

"Rorschach? Is that the name?"

A few seconds later, Black King murmured the name from his lips.

His utter defeat this time could be entirely attributed to that young mutant!

"Phew, is it safe now?"

"How should I know? Just keep driving!"

"There's a railway ahead, and it's a dead end if we go further!"

"How do you know?"

"Buddy, I used to drive a taxi!"

Meanwhile.

The mutants, having completely left the base and driven to an unknown small town, were still somewhat shaken.

They had been terrified inside the base, and now that it was over, thinking back made them even more scared.

They knew very well what kind of organization the CIA was, and yet everyone in the entire base had been killed!

And before this, apart from Hank, who served as a technical consultant at the base, the others were all inexperienced children.

Everything that happened today would be a nightmare for them for a long time to come.

"OK, everyone calm down, just calm down."

Hank, being older and more mature, was the first to regain his composure. He kept looking back. "I've observed, and no cars are chasing us, so I think... we should be safe now."

Phew!

Hearing this, everyone in the car finally let out a long sigh of relief.

"By the way, who were those guys?"

"Yeah, it seemed like they were after us."

"What did they want with us?"

"I don't know, but I swear I never want to see that guy again as long as I live."

They were young people after all. Once the pressure on their hearts eased slightly, they immediately started chattering.

"Everyone, everyone! We can talk about that later. The problem now is, I think we should find a place to discuss our strategy."

Darwin, who was driving, raised his voice several octaves and turned to remind the others behind him.

Task Complete, congratulations Host for obtaining 300 Origin Points!

While everyone was making noise, Rorschach received this notification from the System.

However, in front of everyone, he skillfully concealed his inner joy and showed nothing.

Instead, he calmly accessed the System panel to check his stats.

Host: Rorschach
Age: 16 years old
Speed: 61 m/s
Strength: 15.2 tons
Constitution: 144 (Average adult healthy male: 10)
Mental Power: 102 (Average adult healthy male: 10)
Current Template: Homelander (Unlock Progress 2%)
Abilities: X-ray vision (Beginner), Super Hearing (Beginner), Flight (Locked), Heat Vision (Locked)
Origin Points: 300 points

As expected, the Origin Points field had changed from zero to 300.

System detects that the Host has surplus Origin Points. Would you like to use them immediately for reinforcement?

Immediately after, the System panel popped up with this prompt again.

Why hesitate?

"Reinforce!"

Host: Rorschach
Age: 16 years old
Speed: 85 m/s
Strength: 39.2 tons
Constitution: 204 (Average adult healthy male: 10)
Mental Power: 162 (Average adult healthy male: 10)
Current Template: Homelander (Unlock Progress 5%)
Abilities: X-ray vision (Beginner), Super Hearing (Beginner), Flight (Locked), Heat Vision (Locked)
Origin Points: 0 points

At the same moment, the data on the System panel changed accordingly.

Rorschach's physical attributes had all improved significantly compared to before.