The two bodyguards could not bear the pain and spat at Stormfront, only to be electrocuted into charcoal.
Hank was left trembling alone. "I'll talk! My cousin who's a Vought shareholder is named Billy. He and the other shareholders seem to have close ties to Governor Pete. I really don't know anything else."
Stormfront visibly froze. She really had not expected Hank to cough up information like that.
She was no pushover either. Insisting that Hank was still withholding other information, she subjected him to another round of brutal torture.
Hank died.
The image on the screen stopped on the final frame, forever freezing three wicked lives.
Soldier Boy leaned back in his chair, not expecting such an unremarkable incident to turn up so much information.
The shareholders led by Billy actually had ties to Governor Pete.
"So, did you get to the bottom of it?" Soldier Boy raised his head and looked at Homelander.
Homelander nodded slightly. "More or less. Stormfront only told me what Hank had spilled this afternoon. I went to see Pete about two hours ago, and he told me everything he knew to save himself."
"There's a group of shareholders inside Vought who aren't happy with the current situation. More precisely, they aren't happy with the two of us."
Soldier Boy's gaze shifted slightly as he considered this. Homelander's next words confirmed his suspicions.
Homelander continued:
"When Edgar controlled Vought, the company was a superhero enterprise on the surface, but in reality, it was more like a finely tuned business machine."
"First, there were Compound V sales. We used to inject babies with it and sign contracts with them. We also sold it to gangs and overseas organizations."
"Then there were the hero rescues staged by the company, which were used to build an entire