Aboveground, in Rome…
"Sir Bruny, this way."
A man in a police uniform made a respectful gesture to the middle-aged man behind him.
The middle-aged man was wearing a funeral suit with a white flower on his chest. He said to the police officer in front, "Costa, will this put you in a difficult position?"
Officer Costa revealed a smile that did not match his identity, revealing a hint of ruthlessness.
"Sir Bruny, I'm Italian. I can give up this job, but the rules can't restrict me.
"These Americans are too much. They have to pay the price."
The middle-aged man stared into the eyes of Officer Costa and said, "I promise,"
After a moment of silence, the two of them arrived at the underground morgue.
The bed was pulled out like a large drawer, revealing the headless corpse in a hotel uniform.
Bruny leaned forward and looked at the corpse carefully as if he was trying to imprint the tragedy into his eyes.
A moment later, he stood up straight and made a cross with his finger in front of him.
"Komom, I've seen the video. You're a brave young man.
"Your blood will not be shed in vain.
"Amen."
At the same time, on a certain yacht on the sea…
Vera was doing one-handed push-ups with her left hand in the gym.
"467, 468, …"
Crystal-like sweat dripped from her beautiful body.
A pair of sports shoes slowly grew larger in her line of sight.
"Vera, you haven't recovered from your injury yet. This kind of intense exercise is not good for you."
Vella smacked the deck with one palm, and with her right leg forward, she leaped up from the deck.
She looked at the red-haired woman in a white coat in front of her, and the anger on her face disappeared.
"My dear Sophie, I'll be careful."
Sophie waved her hand with a look of disgust on her face. "Tsk, you're so disgusting when you talk like that."
Vera picked up the water bottle beside her, clamped the bottle between her legs, and twisted the cap open with one hand.
"You've already called me by my name. I'm just calling you by your name. Why can't you take it?"
"Should I call you 'Executioner'?"
Sophie shrugged. "I hate this title too. You can call me Doctor like before."
"Hmph!" Vera snorted coldly and took a sip of water.
"You've seen my disabled appearance. If you want to laugh at me, do it now. I'll pay you back double when I'm better.
"Oh, I'm so scared." Sophie said she was scared, but her face was full of smiles.
"You don't have to be so hostile to me. I won't participate in the actual operation, and you don't have to worry about me taking your credit."
This sentence clearly did not calm Vera's heart but instead made her more alert.
"You're not participating? Did the company send someone over?"
Sophie was as proud as a fox who had stolen a chicken. "You guessed right. And it's not just one person, but a group."
"There's Plague, Angola.
"Dwarf, Rick.
"And the Blade Master, Nakaya, on the shore."
As Sophie called out the names one by one, Vera's expression became uglier.
"Why did you send out these monsters?"
"Smith was annoying…" Sophie replied, "But his every operation had a fruitful result. The Board of Directors even considered giving him some of their shares.
"Ha! Him?" Vera laughed.
"Yes, just him." Sophie's tone was serious as she continued. "I'm in charge of a different direction from frontline combatants like you. The information I get is different too.
"In your opinion, what kind of company is McRae Corp.?"
Vera thought for a moment and said, "A warmonger."
"Wrong!" Sophie shot down Vera's answer firmly.
"McRae Corp. is actually a Superman company. Its purpose and mission are to create Superman.
"This is also where our core employees are fundamentally different from other companies.
"War trafficking is only a side business of the company to absorb funds, but the core is still to create Superman."
"Funny!" Vera replied in disdain, but when she thought of the people in the company, she agreed with this statement in her heart.
After all, it really didn't look like a company formed by normal humans.
Sophie shrugged. "Believe it or not, it's up to you.
"After all, the company doesn't have any superhuman products yet. It's still in its early stages.
"Smith was a good specimen. When putting aside his twisted mentality, his own behavior was very exaggerated.
"He was able to make the most reasonable move when he didn't have enough information. This is already within the range of his sixth sense.
"For example, Smith had no reason to rush to your rescue when your trap failed, but he did."
Vera instantly retorted, "He failed! He's been killed!"
Sophie gave Vera a meaningful look and said, "Then you're saved?"
Vera was instantly rendered speechless.
"You see, you can't even refute it. Smith's initial intention was to cooperate with you to capture the other party, but when you were attacked, Smith began to act rashly.
"You didn't even have time to send a rescue signal at that time, but Smith had already started his armed invasion.
"In the post-event analysis that the company received, Smith almost made the most reasonable decision. All of this was built on the basis that he was completely unaware.
"Isn't it scary?"
Sophie's words made Vera fall into deep thought, so the former continued. "And it's not the first time he's done this. He's done this many times in the past.
"According to the company's judgment, he had the potential to surpass human beings. With this talent, he was qualified to join the Board of Directors.
"He was a future superhuman reserve."
"Hehe." Vera sneered. "The future Mr. Superman has no future."
"Yes, that's the main point.
"Even Smith, who had such inhuman instincts, was killed." Sophie continued. "It's impossible for the Board of Directors not to be curious about the murderer."
Although Vera was not convinced, she had completely accepted Sophie's point of view.
No wonder they sent those people who could be called monsters.
"What will happen if we catch the murderer?" she asked.
Sophie's eyes were filled with curiosity. "Are you very concerned about him?"
"Of course I care." Vera's eyes were about to burst into flames. "I can't sleep at the thought of him still alive."
"Oh, what a lucky man to have a beauty like you thinking of him. Tsk, tsk."
Sophie pouted and continued.
"But Vera, you'd better not lie. According to the company's analysis, the reason that such a terrifying man let you go is either that he has extremely high moral standards and doesn't kill women.
"Or, he knows you and can't kill you.
"But as you can see, that man was truly vicious. He's definitely not a man of high morals.
"There's only one explanation, and that's that he knows you."