"Splat! Aaaah, aaah, aaah~"
A chorus of screams instantly rang across the plaza. Everyone clutched their crotches and rolled around on the ground in agony.
Even Lu Xi, with his Universal-level powerful body, felt himself tense up at the sight, as though he could somehow feel their pain.
Pierce and the other higher-ups, however, still seemed to be forcing themselves to remain calm and unmoved.
Lu Xi looked at them with a faint, ambiguous smile.
"I said everyone. Didn't you hear me?"
The group froze, their faces filled with terror.
"Huh? Us too?"
Lu Xi said nothing and simply stared at them quietly.
Seeing this, Pierce gritted his teeth, hardened his heart, and ruthlessly grabbed himself.
Baron Zemo and the others had no choice but to follow suit.
Even Madame Viper, the only woman present, who did not have any magic pill to begin with, instinctively grabbed herself hard.
The one who hesitated the longest was Gideon Malick, who had once worshipped the Hydra God.
He lowered his head and trembled as he looked at himself. After struggling for dozens of seconds, he finally shut his eyes, gritted his teeth, and crushed himself.
For a time, the entire plaza was filled with wails. In the vast square, Lu Xi was the only one still standing.
He swept his gaze over the crowd. The low- and middle-ranking Hydra members had carried out his order almost without hesitation.
Hydra's brainwashing techniques really were something else.
But these higher-ups... they had hesitated. It seemed they were not quite obedient enough. They needed a little discipline.
Seeing that the test had achieved its purpose, Lu Xi waved his hand, and a strange green light emerged from everyone in the plaza.
Then, something miraculous happened.
Their bodies, which had been rolling on the ground, sprang