Free Web NovelChapter 52: 52: The Original Snyder—ehm—Schneider Cut
Strike the monster while it is still a monster. Once you understand its pain, your hand will begin to weaken.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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A-Train took the mission and ran off.
He turned into a blur and vanished at the end of the hallway. His heart felt like a candle in the wind.
Hillel gave Ashley two tasks.
The first was to find a third-tier supe named Blue Hawk, a piece of shit. In the original story A-Train’s heart failed and he used Blue Hawk’s heart, which meant they were compatible.
The second was to find Becca and Ryan. This was known to very few people. Whether she could dig this information out of Madelyn was Hillel’s test for Ashley.
Catching Becca and Ryan would let him ruthlessly farm emotional points from both Butcher and Homelander.
After arranging everything, his phone vibrated again.
This time it was Starlight.
"Um, Hillel, are you free right now?"
Starlight had been busy filming and doing appearances the past few days. The two of them hadn’t had a proper, thorough intimate session in a while.
Hillel felt an itch he couldn’t scratch. The second he got the message he rushed off to find Starlight.
Thirty seconds later.
Hillel found Starlight on the film set in Long Island. She was clutching her script, chewing on it, and glancing at her phone every few seconds.
"Annie, I’m here already!"
Hillel landed right in front of her.
"H-Hillel?" Annie thought Hillel was busy, so she hadn’t expected an immediate reply.
She definitely didn’t expect him to come find her in person.
When lovers meet, the fighting spirit ignites.
The two locked eyes, full of heat.
"Ahem!"
An untimely cough came from nearby.
"What the fuck are you coughing for?"
Hillel cursed first, then turned his head to see it was Maeve.
"Oh! Isn’t this Queen Maeve?"
Without waiting for Maeve to get mad, Hillel leaned his face in close.
Maeve was also holding a script. She and Starlight were filming the same movie.
In the movie Maeve was the senior and Starlight played a promising new supe.
As for off-screen!
Annie’s current fan count was huge... 160 million, almost surpassing Homelander.
That was why Vought had tied Maeve to her.
"You two haven’t made it official yet, so watch the impact." Maeve looked at Hillel, her gaze landing on the corner of his mouth.
This bastard. Last time she bit his lip she almost broke her own teeth.
She didn’t expect him to not even have a scar left.
"What’s there to be afraid of? Isn’t it more than enough for me, The Guardian, to be with Starlight? Any female fan between 1.65 and 1.7 meters, rich, generous, with big wavy hair who dares to object, I’ll just pair up with her too!"
Annie immediately punched him, holding almost nothing back.
As a result her own fist hurt from the hit.
"Don’t say inappropriate shit in front of Maeve!"
Annie stole a glance at Maeve, only to see Maeve staring at Hillel with a very strange look in her eyes.
"Alright, let’s talk about why you called me first."
Hillel stopped joking.
Annie and Maeve took turns filling him in on the full picture.
Basically, the movie Starlight and Maeve were filming was about a parallel universe.
As a new supe, Starlight encounters a crime committed by another supe on her first day. The guy stole technology that could reverse time. During the fight Starlight accidentally triggers it and gets sent to a parallel universe.
It was a mirror universe where The Seven’s image was completely flipped. There was no Homelander. Only Queen Maeve and Wonder Man.
Wonder Man was the main villain of the movie. He had heat vision, super-speed flight, super strength, super endurance, super defense, super speed regeneration... basically a carbon copy of Homelander. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
Hillel was amused.
A major villain modeled after Homelander. This movie was getting interesting!
"But there was an accident. The actor playing Wonder Man is a supe. The director picked him because he could fly, but the guy got too high last night and overdosed."
Maeve crossed her arms over her chest, looking speechless.
She was originally planning to ride Starlight’s popularity wave, but now the project kept running into disasters and investors were probably pulling their funding left and right.
"So you want me to cameo as Wonder Man?"
Annie nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
"We’ve never worked together before... I have my own trailer, you know, later..."
Maeve’s expression turned unnatural. She pretended not to hear.
"No problem!"
Hillel agreed right away.
He wasn’t a professional actor!
But playing Homelander... he had to do it even if he had to force it!
"Director, Starlight and Maeve are calling you over."
Schneider was arguing with investors on the side. When he heard the two of them wanted him, he rushed over without delay.
Then he saw...
The Guardian!
The famous Guardian was standing right there, looking fresh and full of energy.
Heat Vision — matched!
Super speed — matched!
Super defense — matched!
The only downside... was that The Guardian, like all you readers, was a bit too handsome.
But Schneider figured it was fine.
As a top director in the industry, he was known for his slow-motion shots and epic feel, and he was exceptionally good at filming supe movies.
If WB wasn’t so incompetent and kept stuffing projects with nepotism hires, he should’ve finished this one the year before last.
"The... The Guardian, are you here for something?"
Schneider hadn’t expected Starlight had called him over. He thought The Guardian had come to investigate that supe.
After all, The Guardian was an arbiter independent of The Seven.
He had his own team responsible for judging criminal supes.
That druggie idiot getting arrested was small potatoes, but The Guardian personally arresting someone was big news. If that got out, his career as a top director would be overshadowed.
He had just bought a yacht...
"Ahem!" Starlight coughed.
"Director Schneider, The Guardian is a helper Maeve and I called in. Do you think he could make a guest appearance?"
Schneider was stunned.
Who?
The Guardian!
What is he here for?
A guest appearance!
...
Three minutes later.
Hillel sat in the studio with seven or eight staff members around him, massaging his legs, shoulders, and head respectively.
The director stood by himself holding a hot towel and a cold towel.
One of the top ten screenwriters in the industry was giving Hillel a detailed breakdown of the script’s background and character setting.
"Hey... you!"
Seeing Maeve wasn’t doing anything, Hillel said, "No need to bother the staff. My Queen, I beseech thee, go and procure for me three vessels of cola. One Pepsi, one Coke, and one Dr Pepper. I want to mix them."
Maeve pointed at herself.
Me?
I’m a veteran of The Seven!
You’re making me run errands for you?
Is there any justice left?
Is there any law?
"Room temperature or chilled?"
Forced by Hillel’s traffic and overbearing power, Maeve had to submit, right? There was no other way! It’s not that she is interested in him!
Moreover, if Hillel joined, the movie would definitely blow up!
Because up until now, The Guardian had never participated in any major Vought commercial blockbuster.
Just the news of him joining this film could send Vought’s stock price skyrocketing.
"I still prefer how rebellious you were before. My Queen, I beseech thee, return unto that!"
Hillel deliberately rubbed the corner of his mouth, hinting at the spot that had been bitten.
He hadn’t used any force back then. Otherwise, Maeve would have broken two front teeth.
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