Chapter 493

Chapter 493: USL’s Highest Committee

After Toadman left, Feng Bujue started to pace in the room. Under the circumstance, the only thing he could do was to wait patiently. Escaping was information. From the information that he had collected, Brother Jue was currently at the USL headquarters and knew basically nothing about the environment, the people, the defences that they had, so it was impossible to come up with an escape plan; in terms of forcing his way out, any star-level hero could topple him easily and there was nothing here but superheroes sitting around...

Of course, even if there was a chance at escaping, Feng Bujue would not do so. Just like what he told Toadman... he indeed had nowhere else to go, aligning himself with USL was his best choice for now. This organization was powerful, rich and had endless potential. With Brother Jue’s ability, if he could gain their trust, he would have a sanctuary and it was only a matter of time until he rose through the ranks...

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At the same time, inside USL”s conference room. The big hall was decorated with scientific device and a big computer. A very futuristic looking oval-shaped metallic table was placed in the middle of the room. At that moment 7 superheroes were seated at the table. They were respectively, Toadman (Planet Manhattan), Tinfoil Man (Planet Mud), King Eggplant (Planet Non-Smilers), Ape Hunter (Planet Uchi), Queen Blackhole (Unknown Species), Professor Permanence (Earthling), and Captain Poop (Planet Poop).

Of these people, three of them looked like human—Toadman, Tinfoil Man and Professor Permanence. The former two’s difference with actual human was... People from Planet Manhattan had very high cheek bones and those from Planet Mud had deep eye bags. And Professor Permanence was from earth, he was a mixed heritage of a human and an alien. He looked like a Caucasian in his 40s (actual age unclear), he had a small patch of bear, curly hair and wrapped his body in a black cape.

Other than these three... the other four could not have looked more different than a human if they tried. For example, King Eggplant... looked like a giant eggplant that was 2 metres tall and thick like a tree trunk. At the top of this vegetable that was a small ‘face’ that protruded out. The face had 3 circular eyes and one mouth. There was no sight of organs like ears or nose.

Then we move onto the Ape Hunter. He was covered in short brown hair and his body was as thin as stick; his limbs were about the same length as his body and he stood up at 3 meters at full height. As someone from Planet Uchi, he had a natural racial advantage—very powerful eyesight. His eyes were similar to rabbits, they grew at the sides of his head and were slightly protruding, this gave him wide peripheral vision so he could look behind him without turning around. And the eyes had the ability to gather light so he could look in the dark.

Then the Queen Blackhole, this was easy to describe... a black ball of light that was one metres large that spoke in a female voice. Then lastly... it was Captain Poop. Now don’t you worry, his body was not made from poop and he had no poop equipment like a poop shield. Overall, he was a humanoid creature that was gigantified with a V shaped body. His height was 3 metres tall but his body was much more muscular than Ape Hunter. Since he was wearing a mask and bodysuit, his actual appearance was an unknown. And these seven were the current USL’s highest committee members.Findd new stories at novelhall.com

Based on the time concept on Earth, USL had been in existence for over 50 years already, during this period, the membership of the highest committee had indeed changed. At the beginning, there were 10 superheroes but 5 left due to various reasons. Then with the addition of Ape Hunter King Eggplant, it completed the current pantheon.

“Whether you understand my intention or not, I believe my action is necessary.” Toadman argued. “Think about it, if one of the star-level superheroes suddenly decided to turn and started a massacre among the USL, what will happen?”

“The basis of USL is built trust, your suspicion is the reason if any betrayal is going to happen. Your suspicion is an insult to the other heroes.” King Eggplant countered.

“I do not suspect anyone, I am just being cautious. One shan’t be too careful...” Toadman replied. “Furthermore... as long as no one knew, no one would be insulted. I have always been careful with my actions.”

“Hah! Then how did your caution get exposed?” Ape Hunter said mockingly.

“I... have underestimated ‘his’ intelligence...” Toadman said darkly. “I thought... it was fine saying those things before Pi Li Dance Hero and Tap Monster but who would have thought... that Feng Bujue managed to come to this conclusion and expose me before everyone...”

“Oh?” Professor Permanence said with contemplation. “That sounds like an interesting character.”

“Enough... enough...” Tinfoil man stood up. “Ladies and gentlemen... arguing and blowing the air is not going to solve any problem.”

“But I have not said a word...” Captain Poop grumbled.

Tinfoil man lifted his eyes to look at him. “For that I am thankful, captain.” He smiled and continued, “In any case, now is not the time to decide who is right or not but to solve the problem.” He turned to Toadman, “Wayne, there is only one solution you can do... you have to stop all the spying on all the superheroes immediately. You can insist on your views but you have to apologize to the superheroes that you have spied on and give them an explanation.”

“I will do that without an order from you...” Toadman replied but he did not finish his sentence and it was... [After all, I have collected more than enough data already.]

“So now...” Toadman paused for a few seconds before adding. “We better return to the main reason why we are here... Do any of you think, this The Poker, Mr. Feng Bujue from a parallel universe is trustworthy or not?”