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Chapter 331 The Great Cleansing of Superhuman Scum

Chapter 331 The Great Cleansing of Superhuman Scum

The Invisible Man is dead.

His weaknesses were too obvious. Although his skin defense was extremely strong, his internal organs were still weak, and his fighting spirit was shockingly poor. He was even worse than Locomotive, who at least tried to fight back. Rune killed him by simply and repeatedly beating him until his internal organs turned into mincemeat.

Seeing the bloodstains in front of him, Rune turned to leave the police station when a trembling voice came from behind him.

"Stop right there!"

A woman's voice came through, and even without mind reading, Rune could clearly sense her fear. But his passive ability allowed him to perceive the anger of the other officers, which was quite interesting.

Rune turned to look at the woman who dared to call out to him at this moment. Coincidentally, when he read Butcher's memories before, he had actually seen the shadow of the woman in front of him. She had partnered with Butcher a few times and was a superhuman.

"What do you want to do?"

This woman was none other than Emily. She had prepared herself for death, but to her surprise, the other party was actually willing to communicate. So Emily continued, "I hope you will come with me to turn yourself in, Joseph. I know your pain, but it's enough! You've already killed those who bullied you; there's no need to continue indiscriminately killing innocent people."

"Indiscriminate killing of innocents?" Rune laughed. "You think the Invisible Man and the Locomotive are innocent? No! They are the scourge of this society, the scum of humanity."

As he spoke, he packaged and sent the Invisible Man and part of the Locomotive's memories into Emily's mind. Although Rune was not yet able to transmit enough "memory compressed packages" to power a high-performance computer, he could still transmit a small portion of the memories.

This sudden fragment of memory penetrated deep into the other person's brain, and Emily instantly lost all ability to react. Rune took this opportunity to leave. Before leaving, he randomly selected a few police officers' memories, wanting to figure out why they were so angry. The reason was really speechless for Rune.

These guys all thought that Emily was just about to leave, but she insisted on stopping her. She was risking her life to play the hero.

After learning the truth, Rune gave Emily a deep look, knowing that she probably wouldn't have an easy time in the next few days.

By evening, Butcher had returned home—if this extremely cramped room could even be considered a home. Breast milk and French's death had left him deeply depressed for a time, until he later became a policeman thanks to the training he had received before the trial and secretly investigated Homelander. As for houses and food...

Police officers don't earn much, and Butcher has to search for clues everywhere, so he can only make do with what he has.

Just as Butcher poured himself a glass of wine, preparing to drink it, Rune appeared in front of him, startling Butcher with his sudden appearance.

"F*** you! Can't you just come in through the front door?"

Rune sat down next to Butcher. The cramped room had no sofa, only a bed and a table.

The glass of wine in front of Butcher had a strong, nauseating smell.

"What is this thing?"

Butcher glared at Rune; his sudden appearance had nearly made her spill the drink. Don't get me wrong, this isn't the kind of drink you're familiar with. The man replied with a cold laugh, "What, never seen a drink made from expired or even moldy bread?"

Rune underestimated the scarcity of post-apocalyptic supplies, and Butcher continued sarcastically, "That's right, judging from how fat you are, you probably wouldn't drink this disgusting liquor."

Rune didn't speak, but simply revealed his original form, a change that left Butcher stunned for two seconds.

"Where is what I asked for?" Rune held out his hand.

Butcher pulled out several sheets of paper from his pocket, covered with dense letters. The first two were clearly freshly printed, but the later ones were all handwritten. As he handed them back, he complained, "I admit, those two bastards deserved to die, but your actions have alerted Homelander. After learning of their deaths, he even came to the police station himself!"

The thought of it made him furious. Just because Homelander was here, that damned sheriff deliberately extended his working hours for show, and the one who started it all was Rune!

Rune nodded, unsurprised by Homelander's behavior: "He's just Homelander, nothing more than a minor ailment."

"A minor ailment? You think Homelander is a small problem?" Butcher's mind was about to explode. He was so angry that he wanted to kill someone. In his mind, Homelander was an invincible guy, especially after the mastermind behind the scenes cooperated with Homelander in the play, which further elevated Butcher's perception of Homelander.

"Of course, have you forgotten the culprits of Judgment Day?" Rune asked.

Butcher fell silent. Although Judgment Day had killed his friend, his first thought now was to kill Homelander.

Seeing his expression, Rune understood what was going on. He shook his head, realizing that Butcher was still thinking about himself.

This time, he no longer needed to transform into Joseph's obese white form; wearing that body would cause him pain even to walk. He had previously used Joseph's appearance for tonight's operation—he planned to conduct a thorough purge overnight, killing all those superhumans who were unworthy of being called human, in preparation for Clark's exam.

With Joseph, a man of striking appearance, drawing attention to himself, and with Rune's magic, no one would bother to investigate Rune.

Thus, this night became a nightmare for most superpowered individuals. They had long been misled by the new world built by Homelander, wantonly enjoying the blood and sweat of ordinary people and foreign vagrants, while arbitrarily bullying these ordinary people and vagrants. The so-called New Hope City superficially retained the glory of human society before Judgment Day, but in reality, it was already rotten to the core.

Top-tier superpowered individuals like Deep Sea and Dark Color couldn't even last a single round against Rune before being obliterated by magical shocks. Other superpowered individuals were caught off guard before their memories were read, and most of them were directly transformed into human Rubik's Cubes in Rune's hands.

Moreover, there is a strange phenomenon regarding the oppression of the lower class: the weaker and less powerful a superpowered person is, the more they like to make things difficult for others within the scope of their responsibilities.

Not to mention they all participated in the collective persecution of migrant homeless people. Homelander would regularly send out T-1000 robots disguised as ordinary people to promote New Hope City and attract other homeless people to New Hope City. The handsome and good-looking homeless people would naturally be targeted by those superhumans as soon as they entered the city. These beasts would quickly devour these ordinary people, but don't expect them to stop after just one time.

The act of ordinary people and superhumans sleeping together is essentially a drain on one's life force. In the original work, to make Hughie give up on Starlight, Butcher took him to a trauma center filled with ordinary people who had become disabled due to relationships with superhumans. Therefore, these ordinary people who have been taken advantage of by superhumans often become crippled or even die amidst pleasure or pain.

Only a select few ordinary people of extremely high status who are skilled at pleasing and serving others have the opportunity to obtain the improved Compound V.

And this is the truth about New Hope City: a genuine, cannibalistic city.