Chapter 58 / Chapter 59

Hum!!!

The small black hole collapsing before them lasted only a few seconds. The distorted light around it instantly returned to normal, and its violent pull weakened.

Seconds later, everything before them fell still.

"Th... this... it..."

A terrifyingly huge crater had appeared where it had been, and everyone could feel just how fearsome the power of that brief collapse had been.

But to the utter shock of everyone present, the figure floating in the distance simply watched them with a cool, indifferent gaze.

The next second.

"Urgh..."

Terrifying forces of restraint seized them and lifted their bodies off the ground, as though hanging them.

"Since none of you want to live, I'll grant your wish."

Chapter 58

"Urgh..."

Everyone among the telekinetic ability users from before, including Invisible Woman, had a terrifying force of restraint clamped around their necks.

Ah!!

They were all hoisted into the air, their limbs struggling wildly like those of drowning people.

Crack!!

Amid a series of snapping sounds, every one of their necks was broken.

Nobody had expected Number One Mutants to emerge unscathed, having withstood the terrifying pull generated by the collapsing black hole.

Their attempt to banish him from Earth had been thwarted by their opponent just like that.

Hum!!!

Feeling the waves of Telekinesis sweeping over them without end and seeing the people about to be hanged to death, everyone acted without delay, charging at Su Chen.

"Damn bastard!!"

Human Torch flew into a rage. Flames burst over his entire body, and he shot down from the sky at Su Chen like a rocket.

At the same time.

Thing, Ben, a fellow member of the Fantastic Four, also broke into a run.

Boom!!

Every footfall sounded as though it had set off an earthquake.

Mister Fantastic Reed went pale. His entire body instantly stretched like rubber and wrapped around his wife in midair as he tried to save her.

The Fantastic Four had been famous for a long time and were getting on in years.

Mister Fantastic Reed even had a child who was six or seven years old.

They were veteran superheroes.

During a space mission more than a decade ago, they had accidentally been exposed to cosmic radiation, causing each of them to awaken a new ability.

Human Torch could control fire, was immune to it, and could even soar through the sky using the flames that engulfed his body.

Whoosh!!!

In less than a second, he had swooped down, charging straight at Su Chen on the ground.

"That's it?"

Su Chen spoke coldly.

He swung a slap through the air.

Boom!!

It was as though a giant invisible hand had struck out. Human Torch, who had been flying toward him, was sent hurtling away like a fireball hit for a home run.

Bang!

Completely dazed by the blow, Human Torch still had no idea what had happened. He smashed through a distant ring-shaped building and flew all the way into the capital district, where the immense residual force sent him crashing through several more buildings.

At the same time.

Thing, Ben, had also arrived.

His blocky muscles were like granite, giving him formidable resistance to blows and immense, terrifying strength.

However...

Compared to Su Chen, whose body had been tempered through countless trials, he was still far too weak.

"Get lost!"

Another slap whipped out.

Once again, there was no physical contact, but the invisible wave it kicked up slammed into Thing head-on like an air cannonball.

Boom!!

At that moment, he flew away like a cannonball, crashing straight toward the courthouse behind him. His hurtling body crushed who knew how many people in its path.

"Ah!!"

At that moment, Su Chen finally snapped the necks of the telekinetic Weapon X members and the Telekinesis users from all over.

Thud!!

The people hanging in the air finally breathed their last and fell to the ground one after another.

"No!!"

At that moment.

Mister Fantastic Reed cried out in anguish, because his wife, Invisible Woman, had just died.

Those who had exerted themselves most vigorously just now all met the same fate as the others, dying under the indiscriminate waves of Telekinesis.

"No! I can't accept this!!"

Reed felt his heart clench.

The death of a loved one brought tears pouring from his eyes as though a floodgate had opened.

"I'll kill you!!"

Just then.

His reddened eyes fixed on Su Chen in the distance.

"So now you feel the pain."

Su Chen looked back at him, his icy face showing not a trace of guilt at the parting of life and death before him.

His heart had long since gone numb.

Having turned completely dark, he had embraced the darkness.

Only then would he no longer be the little boy who ran from place to place with his younger sister.

Only then would he no longer be the helpless little lab rat who had nearly been dissected.

And only then would he no longer remember escaping the laboratory, only to be falsely branded a globally wanted criminal.

Since they had treated him this way, they could not blame him for embracing them with pain.

"Even now, your hypocritical words and your staged public trial disgust me to the core."

Su Chen casually struck out again.

The Hulk, his old opponent who had suddenly charged at him, could not last even a single exchange this time. A tremendous blow of Telekinesis sent him flying.

"Ah!!"

Mister Fantastic Reed charged over, his rubbery body stretching as he shot forward like a spring.

"So you were the one who planned this, weren't you?"

Su Chen had already seen the thoughts in his mind.

Likewise.

His mind also sensed the other man's resolve to perish together with him.

"Let's die together."

Mister Fantastic Reed wrapped his body around Su Chen like a blanket. Relying on his nearly physically immune body, he closed in on his enemy and prepared to detonate another collapse device placed in front of him.

There was not a ripple of emotion in Su Chen's cold eyes.

But now, a faint, mocking smile appeared as he watched the figure charging toward him.

"Die!!"

He let the other man approach and detonate the collapse device he had painstakingly developed.

In an instant, space collapsed, and a terrifying black hole sprang into being. A violent devouring force swept out once more, and the surrounding light dimmed.

Reed, who had set it off and intended for them to perish together, now had a huge bloody hole in his waist.

He was smiling!!

Laughing wildly!

This time, the distance was much shorter.

Reed seemed to have already foreseen the scene of his opponent dying with him.

But in less than half a second.

Su Chen reached out with both hands, utterly unafraid, and squeezed down hard on the collapsing black hole.

"This..."

Mister Fantastic Reed was dumbfounded.

As though he had seen a ghost, his expression went completely blank. He had never imagined that a person could extinguish a collapsing small black hole with his bare hands.

Suddenly.

He remembered his opponent's ability to evolve when subjected to external stimuli.

Don't use the same move against the monster in front of you.

Because it simply won't work.

Reed had been brilliant all his life and hailed as having the highest IQ in the world.

Only now did he, his mind clouded by rage, realize that sometimes fists and strength were the most important safeguards.

PS: I wrote both of these chapters this morning after going premium, sob, sob, sob. As everyone knows, I'm a clumsy-fingered author, but today I'll glue myself to my chair and keep writing as hard as I can. The next chapter will definitely be out at one this afternoon...

Chapter 59

"Urgh!"

Mister Fantastic Reed was utterly desperate.

His hope of avenging his wife had been ruthlessly snuffed out by the boy before him.

How old was he, anyway?!

He didn't seem to be much older than his own son~!!

Could his son, Franklin, handle him?

He didn't know!

Mister Fantastic Reed knew only that his vision was gradually blurring and his consciousness was slowly fading, because there was now a horrifying bloody hole in his waist.