With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

After learning that his parents were facing hardship because they had been dragged into this by him,

Matt was deeply pained.

Then, when Torres told him that he no longer needed to worry because they had been properly settled,

he immediately won Matt's goodwill.

At this point, Matt was no longer as wary and hostile toward him as before.

There was even a slight sense of closeness.

Torres was quite satisfied inwardly.

Although Matt possessed immense power beyond the reach of ordinary people,

at the end of the day, he was still just a child.

With only a few little tricks, he had won the other's favor.

At the same time, he had also seized an absolute trump card.

That was Matt's parents!

Today, he could show the Garetti couple kindness and win Matt's goodwill.

Tomorrow, he could use Matt's parents as leverage, ensuring Matt could not escape his control.

However, Torres felt things would never reach that point.

He had more than enough confidence in himself!

As long as Matt softened and agreed to his request, perhaps he could even recruit him into the CIA in the future.

Just imagining someone with such overwhelming strength becoming an agent under his command made his heart burn with excitement!

"Thank you."

Matt had not thought too much about it. Right now, he genuinely thanked Torres.

He thanked him for helping his parents out of their predicament and for easing some of the guilt in his heart.

"Where are they now?"

Torres said, "Don't worry. They're both safe now, in a small town with a pleasant environment.

If you want to see them, I can arrange for someone to take you there.

But personally, I would advise you not to show yourself before them for the time being."

Matt found this strange. "Why?"

Torres looked at him seriously and said sternly, "Because of responsibility!"

As he spoke, he even reached out and placed a hand on Matt's shoulder.

Matt neither dodged nor showed any displeasure, and a flicker of satisfaction passed through Torres's eyes.

Ever since appearing, he had been trying to close the distance between them.

And now, in less than ten minutes, the results were already obvious.

Matt's eyes flickered, but he still asked, "What do you mean?"

Torres stared straight at him solemnly. "Matt, I can tell that you're different from Andrew.

You're a good person. You have justice in your heart!

You once tried desperately to stop Andrew. That process may have caused some losses and made some short-sighted people misunderstand you.

But I'm different. I know you. I understand you!

As a free and righteous American citizen, you should understand that with great power comes great responsibility.

I believe in you, Matt. Only you can stop Andrew. Only you!

But this is also an extremely dangerous matter. Before Andrew's problem is properly resolved, I think it would be best if you did not meet your parents.

So they won't worry about you!"

Torres's voice was deep and resolute, making people instinctively trust him.

What was more, his words struck straight into Matt's heart!

His previously lost heart gradually became firm once again.

Seeing the change in the light within Matt's eyes, Torres knew this was a success!

"With great power comes great responsibility...

Director Torres, you're right!

Only I can stop Andrew. Only I can!!"

The moment he finished speaking, Torres felt the person before him undergo an instant transformation in aura!

An invisible force surged into the heavens, shredding the clouds that had blanketed the sky.

Revealing the bright moon behind them.

Moonlight fell upon Matt, as though he were radiating an unusual brilliance.

Matt was even more excited inwardly. "My power... has increased again! It has now reached 50,000 Horsepower!"

Torres was secretly astonished. He truly had not expected a few words from him to produce such an effect.

But at this stage, Matt becoming stronger would bring them only benefits and no harm.

At least, at this stage.

Naturally, he was even more delighted!

At the same time, immense curiosity arose within him toward this power.

But he understood that these matters needed to be handled gradually. He could not rush them.

"Tell me where Andrew is. I'll go find him right now!"

Matt was eager to act!

He could barely wait!

Yet Torres slowly shook his head.

"Now isn't the time, Matt."

"Why?"

"The power within you is indeed formidable, but have you truly mastered it? Do you understand it?

Do you believe that if the same power appeared in a professionally trained agent,

he could defeat you with ease?

For the past few months, you were trapped in a military base, while Andrew was free.

Although your strength has increased again, no one can guarantee that you can defeat Andrew.

What we need is a killing blow! We absolutely cannot give him time to catch his breath.

So before we truly launch an attack, we need to give you special training!"

There was another thing Torres did not say.

If they failed to defeat Andrew in one go, then with his strength, if he hid himself and devoted himself to causing destruction across the United States like a terrorist,

it would be an extremely terrifying disaster for the United States!

Even if they found him again, if Matt and Andrew's battlefield was still within the United States,

that was something they could not accept.

Because according to the intelligence they had gathered, both of them had already far surpassed the level they had possessed in Seattle.

If another great battle erupted, they might even destroy an entire city!

The losses caused then would be incalculable.

Therefore, they had to deliver a killing blow and completely eliminate the threat that was Andrew.

And the battlefield had to be set in the Middle East, or anywhere else, as long as it was not in the United States.

After thinking it over seriously,

Matt ultimately agreed to Torres's suggestion.

"Alright!"

Bangkok.

This metropolis known as the "City of Angels" was located on the eastern bank of the Chao Phraya River, with the Gulf of Siam to its south.

It was the largest city on the Indochinese Peninsula and the second-largest city in Southeast Asia.

Its politics, economy, trade, transportation, culture, technology, education, and religion all stood at Thailand's highest level.

Three months had now passed since the Number One Martial Arts Tournament Under Heaven.

During those three months, Gu Qing spent most of his time in Asian countries such as China-Japan-Korea, searching for masters skilled in all kinds of fighting techniques.

Then learning from them!

He was like a sponge, madly absorbing that knowledge and those techniques, then rapidly digesting them and turning them into his own.

During this period, he suppressed both his Telekinesis and Magnetic Field Power, training in combat techniques as though he were an ordinary person.

Although these things could not fully tap into the body's power and bring him great gains like National Martial Arts,

as the number of martial arts styles he learned increased and his combat experience deepened, his Complete Realm also grew considerably.

Perhaps because his constant practice of various martial arts during this time also tempered his will,

his Horsepower, which had originally grown slowly, began to rise again.

It had now broken through to Fifty Thousand Horsepower.

He had come to Bangkok today to seek his next target.

(PS: Magnetic Field Rotation was a rather idealistic power. Matt had broken through to Fifty Thousand Horsepower in such a short time because of intense emotional stimulation.

He also had the conviction to stop and kill Andrew supporting him, and that conviction had in fact nearly reached the level of obsession.

On top of that, he had lost the happy life he once had, lost his good friend Steve, and lost his love for Andrew as a cousin.

After the battle in Seattle, he was captured by the military and tortured as an experimental subject for several months.

Only under all these intense stimuli had his power grown so rapidly.

After entering this world, the protagonist had basically suffered no such stimulation.

Part of the reason he could grow to Fifty Thousand Horsepower in such a short time was that, as Magneto, he was a natural Magnetic Field Master.

Another part was that during these past months, he had suppressed his superpowers and trained combat techniques as if he were an ordinary person. While increasing his "Complete Realm," he had also tempered his willpower.)