Free Web NovelChapter 75: Chapter 75: My Lucy...
Chapter 75: My Lucy...
The Deep thought it made sense, but his pride wouldn’t let him admit he was wrong to A-Train. "Don’t worry, this kind of blockade works just fine. They’re definitely getting cut off by my sweet Lucy."
"Who the hell is ’Lucy’?" A-Train asked.
"The gorgeous girl beneath my feet, obviously! That’s the name I gave her. Isn’t it adorable?" As The Deep spoke, he squatted down affectionately, running his hands over the whale’s thick skin.
"Oh, Jesus Christ... Deep." A-Train clamped a hand over his face. "That is a goddamn whale!"
"Don’t you dare talk about Lucy like that!"
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Out on the water. Contrary to what The Deep envisioned—a black zodiac that should have cut its speed out of sheer terror and broken away to flee—the boat showed zero signs of slowing down. Instead, the roar of its motor intensified.
Vroooom!
Reflected in The Deep’s widening, terrified pupils, the bow of the black zodiac pitched high into the air as it accelerated to its absolute threshold. In the driver’s seat, Billy Butcher didn’t harbor a shred of fear; instead, his face was locked in a manic grin. Stomping the throttle to the floor, he steered the zodiac into a relentless, high-speed charge straight at Lucy the whale, stranded broadside across the sand!
"Fuck!! These people are out of their goddamn minds!!" As the fastest man alive, A-Train’s reflexes far exceeded those of ordinary men. Whoosh! Without wasting a single breath, A-Train converted into a streak of blue light, vanishing from the whale’s back in a literal blink.
Meanwhile, The Deep hadn’t even registered what was happening, his ass still stuck in the air as his hands remained poised in a caress against the whale’s skin. He was left entirely isolated atop the massive beast, his features frozen in utter shock. The Deep couldn’t fathom why anyone would be this insane.
CRASH!!!
A deafening roar shattered the silence of the beach. Billy Butcher slammed the zodiac broadside right into the colossal frame of Lucy the sperm whale!
Armed with massive kinetic inertia, the sharp bow instantly sheared through the whale’s thick hide and blubber. A geyser of blood erupted into the sky like a fountain, while a horrific spray of crimson viscera and tons of blood instantly painted the entire beach a shocking shade of dark red!
Wail~
The sperm whale squeezed out a final, agonizingly brief shriek, its massive bulk convulsing violently before its life signs flatlined completely. It was as dead as it could possibly get.
As for The Deep, who had been bent over on the whale’s back, he didn’t even have time to let out a scream before the violent impact hurled him clean into the air. With a heavy thud, he slammed into the sand. His eyes rolled back into his head, and he blacked out on the spot.
Behind a massive boulder a few hundred meters away, A-Train—having bolted a step ahead—stared at the flesh and gore strewn across the beach. He pulled off his goggles with a sigh and rubbed his forehead. "We’re literally right next to the ocean, and Deep still managed to fuck it up this bad..." He shook his head. But now wasn’t the time to reflect. Taking a deep breath, he flexed every muscle in his body. freewebnovёl.ƈom
Boom!
A sonic boom cracked as A-Train instantly cleared the distance, materializing right next to the zodiac wedged inside the whale’s viscera.
A-Train immediately recognized Kimiko as she crawled out of the wreckage. Back when he was still smuggling Compound V for Homelander, she was one of the very first Supes he had been responsible for trafficking! Without a moment’s hesitation, A-Train blurred, instantly manifesting right behind her. Reaching out, he prepared to use his terrifying velocity to scoop Kimiko onto his shoulder and take off to turn her in.
But! The exact millisecond his fingers were about to brush against her, a sharp, needle-like agony flared in his chest! Because he had just transported The Deep to the shore at extreme speed, the chronic heart failure stemming from his long-term abuse of high-purity Compound V flared up again. A-Train clutched his heart, groaning in pain. And right at that exact moment—having barely had a second to rest—
Vrum!
An exceptionally violent telekinetic shockwave slammed squarely into his chest! "Pfft-ah!" Already reeling in agony, A-Train let out a muffled groan as he was launched flying backward, skipping across the sand like a flat stone for a dozen meters before swallowing a mouthful of dirt and grinding to a halt. The one who had struck him was Kenji, who had just emerged from the hull!
In the brief window where A-Train had been clutching his heart, Frenchie had decisively picked the handcuffs binding Kenji’s hands. Free of his shackles, Kenji’s face was distorted with rage. He threw a deep look at the scruffy Frenchman, his hands flaring with telekinetic light once more as he prepared to spin around and flee on his own.
"Wait! You can’t leave!" Frenchie shouted, not even bothering to wipe the whale blood from his face. "Vought is on our heels! The Seven are going to be here in full force any second! If you don’t stick with us, you won’t survive a single minute alone on this beach!"
Kenji threw him a freezing glare, his pace unyielding, completely unmoved. "Do you really want—" Frenchie pointed at Kimiko, who was desperately trying to pull her brother back, and roared through gritted teeth, "Do you really want to see your only sister get sliced to pieces by those goddamn superheroes’ lasers or beaten to death just trying to protect you?!"
At those words, Kenji’s footsteps ground to a violent halt. He looked back at his sister, whose face was awash with tears as she locked her pleading eyes onto him. Years of captivity and torture had broken his trust in humanity completely. But in this exact moment, the bond of blood ultimately reached him. Kenji closed his eyes in pain, then gave a heavy shake of his head.
"Let’s move together! Hurry! Those monsters are almost here!" Mother’s Milk and Butcher quickly came to. The three members of The Boys, flanking Kimiko and Kenji, dove headlong into the labyrinthine storm drain network stretching out right behind the beach.
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Five minutes later. Homelander and Soldier Boy descended from the heavens, sticking a flawless landing right next to the dead sperm whale. Immediately after, Stormfront and the other two women arrived at their side. The moment they stepped onto the sand, a powerful stench of blood and rotting fish assaulted their senses. The odor made Starlight, trailing at the back, gag instinctively.
Meanwhile, The Deep had just rumbled awake from his blackout, looking completely devastated. He caressed the sperm whale with profound sorrow. "Weeeh~ My Lucy! My poor, sweet Lucy! How did you end up dying so horribly...?" The Deep pressed his face against the whale’s carcass in pure grief.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Benjamin growled as he stepped forward. "Where the hell is A-Train?"
Startled, The Deep lifted his head, stammering out a reply. "S-Sir... um... A-Train got hit, so he went ahead to track down that crew."
"And what about you?" Homelander rested his hands on his hips, his blue eyes overflowing with absolute contempt as he paced over to stand above The Deep, offering a cold sneer. "The other guy is hunting down the enemy, so what the fuck are you doing here, Deep?" ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
Being stared down by Homelander made The Deep’s skin crawl, but his absolute grief made his brain short-circuit completely. "I-I’m mourning my Lucy..."
"Mourning your fucking ass!"
Thud!
Unable to tolerate any more, Benjamin planted a fist straight onto the bridge of The Deep’s nose! The Deep let out a sharp cry, clutching his face as blood began pouring from his nostrils.
"If you mention that goddamn whale to my face one more fucking time, I will rip your gills out right now and slice them into sashimi! Get to the point—what the fuck happened?!" Benjamin yelled, pointing directly at The Deep’s nose.
Clutching his bloodied nose, The Deep relayed everything that had just unfolded down to the very last detail.
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