A-Train got off the vehicle first, looking every bit the celebrity, instantly attracting everyone's attention.
"My god, what am I seeing?!"
"It's the superhero A-Train and his teammates!!"
"Mom, today must be my lucky day!"
"Reggie, my friends and I love you so much, can you sign an autograph for us..."
This is the influence of superheroes in this world.
As saviors in the eyes of ordinary people, it is hard not to feel heartfelt admiration for them, especially for a breakout superstar like A-Train.
"Hey~! How are you all doing?"
A-Train waved skillfully at the gathering crowd and whispered to Sage beside him: "Hurry up and wipe that damn sour look off your face, unless you want headquarters to bombard you with messages."
"Ugh..."
Sage rolled her eyes, forced to smile and play the part.
At this moment, everyone's gaze was focused on them.
"My boyfriend is here!"
Seeing the person she had been waiting for finally appear, Daphne, not far away, immediately beamed. She left the Shawn and Mira families behind and squeezed toward the crowd with her sisters.
Her sisters cleared the way, shouting loudly: "Please make way, thank you! Our new intern from 'Teen Kix', Daphne, needs to discuss something with her teammates..."
Almost everyone was crowding toward the suddenly appeared superheroes.
This made the Shawn and Mira families stand out like sore thumbs.
They were pure Texans who had grown up in the countryside.
Seeing this scene, Jonathan's thick beard twitched, and he couldn't help but mutter to his family beside him: "This is terrible. I still can't understand why Vought International would recruit these guys as superheroes."
A damn black superhero had appeared in Rendell Town before, and in Jonathan's memory, that was simply the scum of humanity.
"You're absolutely right!"
His words were quickly echoed by Roxanne's husband. This somewhat pot-bellied middle-aged man, Sterling Connery, nodded and said: "Congress should pass a law to make these guys who don't produce anything and refuse to accept education get out of the United States and go back to where they belong."
"Just shut up."
Seeing her husband going too far, Roxanne decisively patted his arm, whispering a worried reminder: "I heard these supes aren't human. Aren't you worried they'll hear you talking here?"
"Hahaha..."
Shawn and Mira looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Combined with what Daphne said earlier, they actually had some guesses as to why these two superheroes appeared here.
Shawn even saw at a glance what kind of Superpower the newly appeared Sage had.
[Name]: Jessica Bradley (Sage)
[Gender]: Female
[Age]: 19
[Bloodline]: compound v Supe
[Ability]: Brain Tissue Growth · LV5, Active Brain Nerves · LV1
[Evaluation]: Strong City Level, a Supe with a single ability; her brain tissue grows continuously.
Sage was not a Supe known for combat; she was still just a young girl, a few years younger than Shawn and Mira.
However, the system's evaluation of Sage was that she was a hero with strong city-level strength, probably because her ability combination was good, and as a strategist, she could exert significant regional influence.
As for Shawn's personal assessment of Sage, "Hmm, who exactly said this person possesses Super Brain?"
Shawn used to be baffled, but now that he saw her in person, he finally understood.
It turned out she was mentally ill, her brain grew too fast.
Sage possessed the two complementary Superpowers of Brain Tissue Growth and Active Nerves. Her brain's activity level was definitely far beyond that of ordinary people, so it was understandable that she exhibited an IQ higher than average humans to some extent.
This character is very interesting.
Unlike Shawn, whose 'Super Brain' decided to use 'Super Strength' in most situations.
Sage's high IQ was specifically manifested as: My super wisdom sees through everything, I am the IQ ceiling of the Earth, so I decide to look down on all low-IQ people and silently watch them make mistakes while doing nothing.
Shawn indicated he could understand, because this was very consistent with Sage's group, and besides, who told Sage she didn't have 'Super Strength'?
At this moment, Sage was just an obscure member of the young hero team, with everyone's attention almost entirely focused on her teammate, A-Train.
After briefly interacting with a few fans as a 'freebie', she managed to slip away smoothly, with hardly anyone caring throughout the process.
This heartbreaking fact could not shake Sage's inner heart in the slightest; this was all a result she had requested herself, and she didn't understand love either.
"Mira Thorne, and Shawn Kent?"
Outside the bustling crowd, Sage had already locked onto her targets and walked slowly toward Shawn and Mira with light steps.
The Jonathan and Sterling families all looked serious, thinking the other party had heard their conversation and was coming to pick a fight.
Roxanne gave her husband a resentful tap and complained in a low voice: "I told you to stop talking nonsense..."
To prevent her family from saying anything shocking, Mira stepped forward first.
"That's us."
Mira held Shawn's hand, looking vigilant as she looked at Sage: "Sage, is there anything you need from us?"
Sage smiled, as if nothing could be hidden from her: "It seems you know me."
She was using her wisdom again...
Shawn twitched the corner of his mouth, adjusted his glasses, and said truthfully: "Of course I do. Jessica Bradley, a hero known for wisdom. In order to understand Vought International's business, we once browsed your hero profile on the official website."
"There is a saying that opportunity always favors the prepared mind, and you have indeed waited for an opportunity."
Sage's gaze lingered on Shawn for another second before turning to Mira: "But I heard Shawn's recommendation for employment didn't go through the full process, and you... beautiful Ms. Mira, shortly after you successfully became a full-time employee, you were also fired by the branch at lightning speed on the grounds of insufficient ability."
"So what?"
Mira didn't hide her guard and disgust in the slightest, "If your former boss was a lecher and the management was exceptionally chaotic, you would be the same as me—relying on strength to stand firm, and then having a conflict because you couldn't stand the harassment."
"That situation you described wouldn't happen."
Sage's expression remained unchanged: "I would have just slept with him, and then quickly taken control of the whole team."
"..."
Both families were deeply shocked, to the point that they didn't know how to answer for a moment.
As expected of a Supe known for wisdom, her thinking and ideas were just so unique.
Shawn sighed helplessly and spoke up: "Sage, if you only came to us to discuss this, then I think we can end the conversation."
He thought the other party's style was too abstract and completely different from theirs.
Sage smiled slightly: "Do you know that Aiden Gilbert was attacked by unknown assailants and is now dead?"
After saying that, she stared at the two with dead fish eyes.
Mira nodded without any hesitation: "I know, he deserved to die!"
Giving his wife a silent thumbs up, Shawn continued: "But what does that have to do with us?"
Indeed, the dead person was a middle-level leader of the Vought International branch, who usually had nothing to do with them, at most just some general workplace conflicts.
Did they have the ability to kill someone...
Or hire a hitman?
Sage's gaze scanned them subtly, feeling slightly disappointed inside: 'The clue is broken here again, everything they said is the truth...'
Human subconscious body language and micro-expressions cannot lie.
Unless they are not ordinary humans.
And even Supes cannot lie in front of Sage, not even Homelander!
"It indeed has nothing to do with you."
Sage was quite confident in her judgment, and at this moment, she quickly lost interest in Mira, the suspicious person who theoretically had a motive for revenge.
Her eyes swept over Shawn, and Sage's smile remained unchanged: "The incident happened in Culver City, and the attacker was believed to be a black-clad terrorist villain with Superpowers. I checked the branch's files, and although the surveillance cameras were damaged, I could infer the true nature of the facts. The purpose of coming here this time is to express sincere apologies to the two of you for the company's previous mismanagement..."
Her explanation had no problems.
A normal person, hearing a crime-fighting superhero apologize so sincerely, would feel grateful even if they had some grievances.
Mira thought for a moment, and her expression softened slightly: "Although it won't change anything, we accept Vought International's apology."
"Phew~!"
The Jonathan and Sterling families, who had been tense all along, finally let out a long sigh of relief.
With a superhero standing right in front of them, it would be a lie to say there was no pressure.
The atmosphere between the two sides was no longer so tense.
Sage maintained her politeness, chatted with them about some trivial topics, and then took the initiative to end the conversation.
After a series of probes, she had completely ruled out Shawn and Mira as suspects.
"Mira, you have to keep a close eye on Shawn."
Watching Sage's retreating back, Jonathan reverted to his old ways, stating firmly: "The way she looked at Shawn was clearly not right."
Shawn was stunned: "What are you talking about?"
"Don't you get it?" Jonathan said something shocking: "She wants to fuck you!"
"..."
As soon as these words came out, a chill ran up Shawn's spine.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Come on, it was just a standard condolence talk, you're paying attention to that?"
"I'm telling the truth!"
On this, Jonathan, as someone who has been there, had plenty to say: "You have no idea how crazy these chicks can be, especially when they see a handsome guy."
Little Jonathan nodded in agreement and chimed in: "I feel that deeply."
To be fair, the Jonathan family had excellent genes; Mira was a great beauty, and her brother was also very handsome.
Although it was a joke, it reminded Mira.
Looking at Sage, who was gathering with A-Train, Mira said pointedly: "She seems to have really discovered that you are actually very handsome?"
Shawn nodded: "Well, she is known for wisdom, so her observation skills are indeed a bit stronger."
A Supe who uses their brain is indeed different from ordinary people, but this was more due to Shawn's ability development not being skilled enough. With the improvement of strength, this situation would become less and less common in the future.
"Hahaha~~!!"
The families thought the couple was joking along, and couldn't help but laugh loudly.
Shawn's ears heard A-Train and Sage whispering in the crowd in the distance:
A-Train asked: "How is it, any problems?"
Sage said in a flat tone: "I want to retire on the spot."
Shawn glanced over there, smiled and shook his head, then stopped paying attention. He whispered in Mira's ear: "These shitty things will have nothing to do with us from now on..."
...
Daphne stood behind A-Train like a quiet, obscure little follower.
Just now, her boyfriend had scolded her in a low voice, saying her behavior did not comply with Vought International's employee guidelines.
Daphne felt a bit aggrieved, but also expressed that she could understand.
She turned back and saw from afar the scene of the Shawn and Mira families having a good time, and for some reason, a trace of envy welled up in her heart.
She had been trying to act like an ordinary person, but her parents only saw her as a monster.
Things she didn't have before, she didn't need now either.
While Daphne had mixed feelings, she couldn't help but mutter to herself:
"Hmph, it seems A-Train's teammate didn't have a very pleasant conversation with them? They will definitely regret not sucking up to me properly. I will soon be successful and make a lot of money, while they lost their jobs and can only amuse themselves with their family, and eventually go back to their hometown to farm..."
Everyone has their own way of life.
For Daphne, she is on the path to making her dreams come true, and everything looks so beautiful.
And for Shawn and Mira.
It is also time for them to start a new chapter in their lives.
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