Li Yue felt a little helpless after learning about all the details. He could never have predicted any of this.
He had only planned to stay quietly in this world and leave after obtaining the Compound V sample. He never expected to be involved with Vought International and all this mess.
Who could've thought that trouble would come chasing those who feared it?
Li Yue extracted the information about the terrorists' location from A-Train, before summoning a ball of blue light in his left palm.
"No, no... Don't kill me. I've told you everything I know. Please, let me go!"
A-Train begged in fear as he saw Li Yue walking towards him with a ball of blue energy!
He had no idea what that ball of energy would do, but he knew that it wouldn't be anything good for him.
As Li Yue slowly walked towards him, A-Train felt like a death god's sickle was closing into his neck!
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There definitely exists a special breed of people that could suppress their fear of death. But such people were few and far between, and all of them possessed great perseverance.
Unfortunately, A-Train was not that kind of person. Although he could easily take the lives of others with a smile on his face, when his own turn came, he would beg in fear like a coward!
But, of course, Li Yue would not let him go. Not only had A-Train taken the lives of countless innocents, he had even taken the life of Starlight's mother. Li Yue couldn't let him go unpunished.
Besides, there was a personal factor in this as well. Li Yue couldn't let him go, no matter what!
And Li Yue didn't want A-Train to die painlessly either. Li Yue wanted A-Train to feel every drop of dread as inescapable death approached. It could be said that Li Yue's method had a high cruelty rating!
At this moment, there was no rhyme or reason for Li Yue's action. It was all pure impulse!
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Finally, the blue energy touched A-Train's body, even as he begged for mercy. In a flash of blue light, the ball of light unfurled into countless tiny electric arcs that burrowed into his body like an uncountable amount of earthworms.
A-Train could clearly feel the pain of his flesh and blood being devoured and erased by every squirm of the arcs!
The electric arcs enveloped his body in a matter of seconds, and some of his bones even showed up. The speed was incredible, even after Li Yue deliberately slowed the process down!
A-Train had yet to die. He still endured the painful process of dying, infinitely more painful than just a thousand cuts!
"Sigh, forget it. I'll give you a quick death!"
As Li Yue watched A-Train squirm silently in agony, he finally found a limit to his own cruelty. He sighed to himself and accelerated the electric arcs with a single thought, destroying A-Train's body in an instant.
A-Train's bloody body disappeared in the blue light, turning into specks of blue stars and disappearing into Li Yue's hands!
"I hope you can be an ordinary person in your next life, or perhaps you can become the real Flash!"
Li Yue found that he had become somewhat sentimental at some point. He kept wanting to give a blessing to the people he killed.
"No, I can't keep doing this! Otherwise, people would think I'm a fool!"
Li Yue silently made a decision in his heart. The next time he killed someone, he would absolutely not give them a blessing!
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After finishing off with A-Train, Li Yue turned to Starlight. He felt at a loss when he saw Starlight hugging her mother's corpse while crying.
"Annie, the dead can't return to life. Rein in your grief!"
Li Yue was not good at comforting people, let alone someone whose family had passed away. He could only gather his feelings into a single sentence.
Annie only paused for a second when he heard Li Yue's words before continuing to cry while hugging her mother's corpse.
Li Yue could only watch her helplessly.
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Annie cried for half an hour before she finally wiped her tears with the back of her hand and stopped crying. Then, she looked up at Li Yue, who was standing straight beside her, and asked softly.
"Li Yue, can you help me bury my mother?"
Annie and her mother relied on each other since she was very young, having been abandoned by her father. Today, she discovered that her father had left them because he was unable to bear the weight of their lies. In the end, he chose to leave.
Although she blamed both of her parents for participating in the baby plan without her consent, she only blamed her mother for hiding the truth from her.
But the moment her mother pushed her away from A-Train, Annie knew that her mother loved her!
"Of course!"
Li Yue secretly heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Annie stop crying. He hurriedly agreed to Annie's request.
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Annie's mother's funeral went very smoothly, and nothing unexpected happened.
She was buried in the cemetery after the church's father recited a short memorial.
The memorial service was originally meant for the deceased's friends, but Annie and her mother had only ever depended on each other. They lived in a remote town, so they did not have many friends.
And her mother's death could not be made public, so the funeral and memorial service were simple. Li Yue was the only one who accompanied Starlight!
It was already evening when everything was over. Li Yue watched Annie say a few words in front of her mother's tombstone, placed a bunch of flowers, and then turned to walk towards him.
"Are you feeling better now? Let's go home!"
Li Yue said softly as he watched Annie.
"Home? She was my last relative. I feel like I don't have any home to return to! Where should I go?"
Annie fell into confusion. She really didn't know where she was supposed to go. She didn't want to return to her house, where her mother had just died. Everything she sees in that place reminds her of her mother. And she definitely didn't want to go back to Vought.
"Well, if you don't have anywhere to go, then come with me!"
Li Yue didn't wait for Annie's answer. He reached out to Annie's shoulders, and with a single thought, the two disappeared from the cemetery.
Fortunately, there was no one else around at this time. Otherwise, any onlookers would probably be scared half to death on the spot, thinking that they had seen ghosts!
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