American Comics: The Serum
Chapter 275

275. Ban You for a Year, Let's See If You're Still Arrogant!

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While the media debated the issue of fair treatment for Mutants, Dilos gave an order to the members of the Superpowered Guard Team. Unless he authorized the mission, team members were forbidden from going out to fight criminals.

"Why?"

This time, it was Colossus, Piotr, who rarely spoke within the team, who took the lead in speaking. He looked at Dilos, his face full of confusion. "Isn't the current trend outside beneficial to Mutants?"

The others also voiced their agreement with Piotr.

"The reason is simple. There's simply too much crime in this world. Crime can only be contained, never eradicated. You may fight crime today and tomorrow, and even months or years from now, you'll still have to keep fighting it. You could easily lose your passion. You have a long road ahead of you, and you can't let fighting crime become your entire life."

Dilos glanced at everyone and said slowly, "Besides that, this kind of behavior can easily produce other side effects. You've seen it yourselves. The police complain that we've stolen their jobs and made them look incompetent, but in truth, that isn't all there is to it."

"Not everyone possesses such a clear sense of right and wrong, morality, and self-restraint as we do. Those superheroes without a clear moral compass and self-restraint can easily make bad judgments and take the wrong actions. For example, someone might become arrogant and conceited after becoming a superhero, looking down on everyone and unintentionally hurting people who should never have been harmed. Or someone might use the name of a superhero to extort others at will or harm innocent people."

Seeing the disbelief on everyone's faces, Dilos let out a soft sigh.

"There's no helping it. That's one of humanity's worst flaws. The original intention may have been

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