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Chapter 465 I fell asleep on the keyboard and just woke up. Second update, will continue during the day. Sorry everyone.
"Don't you want to join the Group of Seven anymore?"

Upon hearing these words, Xingguang stopped at the doorway, her movement of pushing the door abruptly halting.

She slowly turned her head and looked at Shen Hai, who had just pulled up his pants—her future hero colleague. The fact that her idol had turned into a rogue and pervert made her angry and incredulous, but all she wanted to do was leave immediately and stay away from him at work in the future.

But after hearing Deepsea suddenly mention joining the Seven, Starlight's mindset changed.

Because the other party wanted to destroy her heroic dream, which she had persisted in for more than ten years and was about to achieve.

This is a deep-seated grudge.

"Could you repeat that?"

The moment she uttered that question, a blinding white light shone in her pupils, its brightness as dazzling as stars, enough to blind an ordinary person looking directly at it.

sizzle-

The electronic screens and lights in the hall suddenly began to flicker at a high frequency. The massive surge of current directly pierced through the glass screens, suggesting that the starlight's power was directly connected to the electronic equipment here.

"Hey, hey, don't be nervous."

Deep Sea showed no sign of panic. He smiled and spread his hands: "I was just saying. I know you are very capable and will probably be quite useful when dealing with criminals—but you also need to know that I am the second-in-command here. If I object, you will have to get out of here—especially since you just attacked me."

"Me? Attack you?"

"Of course, look at those big screens, that's evidence of your attack on me, tsk tsk tsk. That should be enough to get you kicked out of the hero industry forever."

"Why don't you just go home and find your mother? You can also shatter the hearts and dreams of those kids who idolize you. Or you can just obediently lower your head, kneel down and give me three minutes of amusement, and from then on realize your heroic dream."

"It's an easy choice, isn't it?"

Shenhai continued speaking, one sentence after another, while the bright light in Xingguang's eyes slowly dimmed. She forced back her tears, her heart filled with disgust and resentment.

Is this the hero I've always dreamed of becoming?

But she really had no other choice.

So she slowly lowered her head.

"That's right, good boy."

The deep sea smiled again.

However, at that moment, there was a knock on the door in the hall.

Boom boom boom!
Both Deep Sea and Starlight froze for a moment.

Boom boom boom!
The sound rang out again.

"Don't bother me if you need anything. Come back in three minutes!"

Deep Sea called out impatiently towards the door.

This time, however, the heavy electronic iron door was pushed open directly.

Crunch——

A sickening metallic creaking sound rang out, and as the nearly half-meter-thick alloy door was torn open like putty, a look of fear appeared in Shenhai's eyes.

Ancestor. People of the motherland?
"Barrett is not here."

Clark's voice rang out. He calmly walked into the door that had just been forcibly pried open and explained to Deep Sea, "I guessed she had probably already left work by now, so I brought a chair up myself."

Deep Sea and Starlight stared blankly as he carried the chair in and placed it next to the circle of the seven people. Then he turned to Deep Sea and asked, "Is there anything else?"

Gudong.

The sound of Shen Hai swallowing his saliva became unusually clear in the quiet hall.

"Nothing else, just remember to come to the meeting tomorrow."

“That’s good.” Clark nodded.

Starlight felt as if she had been reborn. She desperately held back her tears and looked at Clark with gratitude. At that moment, Superman was like her hero. "Uh, no, wait a minute!"

Seeing the two about to leave, Deepsea finally came to his senses. He shouted at them, his voice stern but his voice weak, "Clark! How dare you break the security door of the hall?! I'm going to give you a piece of my mind at the meeting tomorrow—and Starlight, I have something to talk to you about, so don't go."

"Are you going to talk about your workplace sexual harassment and indecent assault of the newly introduced female superheroes?"

"What?! No, how dare you?"

"Put your pants on properly, and please be more polite to Starlight from now on."

Clark ignored Deepsea's sophistry and simply spoke to him earnestly.

“We are superheroes, and you almost tarnished that word.”

"You're just a newbie, how dare you lecture me?"

At that moment, Starlight stood behind Clark and gently tugged at him.

“He’s the second-in-command here,” Starlight’s voice was low. “Let’s go back first.”

"no, he is not."

Clark answered confidently, "You think I know nothing outside the iron gate, but I actually see and hear everything perfectly clearly."

"Pupillary contraction and increased heart rate are subconscious reactions when a person is nervous about lying."

"Only one member of the Super Seven attended the shareholders' meeting today to give a report and introduce the new members, which shows that they don't really value today's new member induction ceremony; moreover, Barrett has already left work, but Deepsea is still staying here to work overtime, which shows that his work is actually unimportant."

"Assuming the others were too busy to attend the new member initiation ceremony, if Deepsea is truly the second-in-command of the group of seven, he couldn't possibly remain leisurely when everyone else is busy; if Deepsea is truly the second-in-command of the group of seven, he also couldn't possibly decide a member's fate without consulting Homelander."

With each additional word Clark spoke, Deepsea's face grew paler, while Starlight's eyes gleamed with a mixture of relief and rage.

"You son of a bitch—"

Deep Sea was so enraged by Clark's words that his blood boiled instantly. He punched Clark, clearly because Clark had hit a nerve.

However, Clark simply watched him attack without any intention or action to retaliate.

click-

"what!!!"

With a crisp, muffled cracking sound, Shenhai's hand seemed to have actually struck a metal plate, breaking with a snap.

He clutched his arm in anguish: "Superman! You..."

"Um, I'm sorry."

Clark said seriously, "I didn't expect this. Let me set your bones and bandage them."

"roll!"

At this moment, Xingguang, who had been standing by and watching, couldn't help but laugh.

"Is there anything else today? Deep sea?"

"You just wait!"

After uttering a fierce but ultimately cowardly remark, Deepsea disappeared into the Hall of Heroes.

"Thank you, Superman."

Starlight turned to Clark and said, "I was almost fooled. You're my hero."

“No, even if he’s telling the truth,” Clark replied. “I don’t intend to let him continue.”

That was not a heroic act.

(End of this chapter)