Hughie's night shift was just beginning when the door to the shop suddenly opened, despite there being nobody to open it.
"Is it the wind? Impossible! No matter how strong the wind is, it can't open this kind of door!"
Hughie was obviously surprised. Just as he tried to see what was going on, an object suddenly flew above the counter. Hughie had a bad feeling about this!
"The hell is this? Do you really think we can't find this thing? Who sent you, huh?!"
The wiretap that Hughie had planted in the Seven's office suddenly appeared in front of him, floating in the air. It was accompanied by an angry voice!
Hughie immediately understood. His work was discovered, and the voice in front of him must be Translucent, who was sent to deal with him.
Hughie, coward as he was, didn't dare to fight back. It wasn't like he could, either: a normal human like Hughie could never contend with a Supe!
Translucent grabbed Hughie by the collar, pulled him off the counter, and slammed him to the ground!
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"Who was that guy in the car? What's his name? Where did he live? Did he tell you to do this? Tell me everything if you don't wanna die!"
Translucent interrogated Hughie loudly!
"He's just a driver, I don't know him! Please, don't kill me!"
Hughie was scared out of his mind, but despite everything, he decided to hide Billy's identity!
"Could've fooled me! Do you think I'm an idiot? Why did you plant the bug? Huh? Tell me!"
Translucent pulled a monitor screen off the wall and raised it above Hughie, ready to slam it on him!
"I beg you, please...don't kill me! I really don't know who he is!"
Hughie kept begging for mercy, but unfortunately, Translucent had no intention to stop!
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Bang!!
Right before Translucent could hit Hughie with the monitor, a car crashed through the store and knocked Translucent away from Hughie!
"Haha, so it's the scaredy pervert Translucent!"
It was Billy who had decided to crash his car into the store to save Hughie from Translucent! He walked out of the car door!
"Hughie, you should hurry up and leave!"
Billy reminded Hughie to run before approaching Translucent, who was lying on the ground.
As expected of a superhero, Translucent wasn't injured even after being hit by the car. He immediately got up and wrestled with Billy!
Panicked, Hughie hurriedly stood up and was about to leave!
However, when he looked back one last time, he realized that Billy the normal human was no match for Translucent. Billy couldn't even see Translucent! He was beaten bloody in just a few moments!
There was no point for Hughie to run!
Fortunately, Billy was smart. He spat out the blood in his mouth towards the invisible Translucent, revealing Translucent's rough position! Billy could finally fight back with his decent martial arts!
However, the gap between a super-human and an ordinary person was still too huge. Even if Billy's skill was good, his fist still couldn't damage Translucent's diamond-hard skin.
Billy's trick didn't give him much edge. Hughie was still petrified while watching the fight. He wanted to break out of his weak character and help Billy against Translucent!
Hughie sneaked behind Translucent, who had beaten Billy to the ground!
Just like the cliche villain that he was, Translucent's overconfidence led him to begin talking again. Instead of finishing Billy off, he loudly interrogated Billy!
Hughie had already thought of a way to defeat Translucent from a TV interview he watched a while back. In that interview, Translucent explained that his power wasn't true invisibility. Instead, the carbon atoms in his skin transformed into a special meta-material that distorted the light around him, making him effectively invisible.
Hughie thought that while Translucent's diamond-hard skin was invincible to conventional elements, it was still composed of carbon, which had a glaring weakness against electricity!
Hughie quickly picked up a cable that had been torn during the fight. He was ready to apply the patented Yang Yongxin Electroconvulsive Therapy! But the wire was not long enough to reach Translucent and awkwardly snagged in his hand!
Fortunately, Billy saw what Hughie was trying to do. Still lying on the ground, he kicked at Translucent. Translucent reflexively stepped back, right into the cable in Hughie's hand!
"Argh!!!"
The last sound he made was tragically similar to a pig being slaughtered!
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"Help me get him to the car! We have to deal with his 'body' quickly if we don't want the other members of the Seven to find us!"
Billy finally broke the silence, asking Hughie for help!
"Do we have to? Can't you just call your FBI friends? You saw it, he attacked us first. It was self-defense!"
Hughie's cowardly nature already returned. He had just killed the superhero Translucent! Fortunately, there was an FBI agent at the scene who could testify for him. It was self-defense!
"Sorry, I lied to you. I stopped working for the FBI a long time ago! So if someone else saw this, we'd become the murderers who killed a superhero!"
Billy's calm words ignited an explosion of emotions in Hughie's heart.
"Fuck, what did you say? Aren't you with the FBI? You... I... we're fucked..."
Hughie yelled at Billy. He was at a loss for words, his blood racing a thousand miles an hour!
"So I'm just a murderer? I murdered a famous superhero?"
"Yes, but no one knows that yet. Nobody will find out if we destroy his corpse! Now stop talking nonsense, you already know what would happen if we're discovered!"
Billy's voice was still calm. He was obviously experienced, as he had no hint of panic on his face!
Hughie could only follow Billy's plan helplessly. He had unknowingly boarded a pirate ship, with no way to get off!
Hughie and Billy stashed Translucent's "corpse" in the back trunk of the car, ready for disposal!
However, halfway through their journey, a burst of angry curses and a crashing sound came rowdily from that same trunk!
"Shit, he wasn't dead?"
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