Xingguang looked at the uncontrollable smile on Xia Shang's face and said helplessly, "Okay, I admit that my superpowers are not as cool as laser eyes and super speed, but they are better than that fishman in the deep sea."
"I'm curious, if you absorb a huge amount of electrical energy, can you turn yourself into light?" The lower limit of Starlight's superpowers is very low, but it doesn't mean the upper limit is also very low. If he can transform himself into light, that would be quite terrifying.
However, Starlight shook her head, "No, my body can't handle that much electricity."
"Well, that's a bit of a shame."
While the two were chatting, Xingguang accidentally saw a few hooligans bullying a girl in the distance.
"These two bastards." According to the rules of the seven-member team, Xingguang must not act in private, but she still couldn't help it. She walked towards the two men and said, "Someone must teach them a lesson."
Xingguang was suppressing his anger because he was being followed by Shenhai, and those people walked into the trap.
Xia Shang silently took out his cell phone and filmed Xingguang using his superpowers to teach a few people a lesson.
"How about it?"
After rescuing the girl, Xingguang returned to his seat.
"They are just a bunch of hooligans who bully the weak and fear the strong."
"Oh, it's getting late. I think I have to go back." Xingguang glanced at the time on his phone and said apologetically.
In fact, she was still worried that what Shenhai had just said would happen. She was a member of the seven superhero team. Once a love scandal was exposed, it might ruin everything for her.
"Do you need me to take you home?" Xia Shang asked very gentlemanly.
"Thank you, I guess not."
Xingguang smiled and looked at the group of thugs who fell to the ground.
When Xingguang's figure disappeared from sight, Xia Shang continued to drink the coffee in his hand. He could see the corners of his mouth slightly raised gradually disappearing. Under the dim light, his face twisted and transformed into the appearance of another person.
"It seems that you are really obsessed with everything now, why don't I help you."
The next day.
Xingguang had just gotten up and was brushing her teeth when Ashley from the public relations department hurriedly found her.
Ashley turned the phone screen towards her, and the video on it was exactly the scene where she used her superpowers to teach the thugs a lesson last night.
"Oh no." Xingguang immediately realized that the problem seemed a little serious.
"That's bad. Be glad you were wearing casual clothes so that netizens could reveal your secret identity. Listen to this." Ashley said sarcastically while clicking on the comment section of the video.
"Oh my god, I recognized Starlight. It's Annie Januari! She and I went to school at Hoover High School and she had anorexia."
Ashley read the comments in a sarcastic tone. To be honest, she was very angry with Xingguang. She pointed her finger at Xingguang and said, "First of all, this behavior is stupid. Secondly, it's even stupider to be filmed doing this. Remember to always find the location of the camera."
"They were about to rape a girl," Starlight tried to argue, but was interrupted by Ashley.
"What girl? There's no girl in the video. Do you know her name?"
"I don't know. She ran away."
Ashley then said, "Great, she ran away. Do you know her name? Can you find her among the tens of millions of people in New York?"
"You know what? Those guys you knocked out insisted that they were just drinking on the side of the road until you knocked them out."
Faced with Ashley's accusations, Xingguang didn't know any excuses for a moment.
The video on the Internet was obviously edited maliciously.
"Someone is deliberately framing me. As long as we find out who retrieved the roadside surveillance, we can find the real culprit behind the scenes." Xingguang had a flash of inspiration in his mind and said quickly.
"Do you think we are the FBI? We can investigate anyone we want?" Ashley didn't expect Starlight to be so naive.
"Listen, this matter has been spreading very quickly online, and now public opinion has exploded. I don't know what you plan to do on this beautiful day, but you must cancel all activities. You need to hold a meeting with the risk assessment department, crisis management department, and legal department."
"I'm going to go crazy, shit." Ashley was so angry at the stupid Starlight that she cursed.
...
In the security department's office on the first floor of the Water Building, Xia Shang was holding a Coke and leisurely watching the American TV series on the computer screen.
"Oh man, you're slacking off again. Believe me, even Jesus would envy your life now." Baruch pushed open the door and sat next to Xia Shang.
"I think he should be more envious of you."
"Have you heard? The whole internet is in an uproar right now. Wow, Starlight, who just joined the Seven, used his superpowers to wantonly beat up ordinary people. The title of that video is really amazing. I guess Ashley is going crazy with all the work." Baruch bent down and picked up a can of Coke from under the desk, saying with gloating.
"Public opinion on the Internet ferments very quickly."
Xia Shang picked up his phone and clicked on the little blue bird. He saw that Xingguang's fans had dropped from 18.63 million to 15.42 million, a drop of more than three million. In addition, Xingguang's comment section had been flooded with comments accusing Xingguang of abusing his superpowers.
He looked at the account of Homelander again. Currently, Homelander has 72.31 million fans.
The comment section of the motherland is peaceful.
Ding! The motherland just sent out the first little blue bird of the day, a selfie showing a sunny smile.
"Who said it wasn't? It seems I have to be more careful when I go out next time."
Baruch sighed.
"Who are you? A diplomatic hero?" Xia Shang's words made Baruch laugh.
Just as the two were chatting, Xingguang called.
"Hi, I saw the video online. I know you were framed and I can understand your feelings at the moment."
"Oh, God, I need you to testify for me now. I used my superpowers to teach those thugs a lesson last night in order to save a girl." Xingguang said anxiously. She was now afraid that the Water Group would fire her because of this.
Xia Shang behaved very calmly and even took the time to clink the Coke in his hand with Baruch who was standing beside him.
"But netizens all know that I am an employee of the Water Group. In their eyes, what I say has no credibility at all."
Xia Shang's words made Xingguang feel desperate.
She leaned against the toilet wall and slowly slid down until she collapsed on the floor.
"Are you still listening? Maybe I can solve this matter, because I saw someone taking pictures at the time. If I can get the video in his hand, then the truth will be revealed."
"Great, where is that person?" Xingguang said excitedly, like a fish seeing the shoreline.
"I'll use my connections to help you find it. It probably won't take long."
"Thank you. I'm sorry to bother you."
Xingguang sat on the floor of the toilet, holding her cell phone in her arms, and breathed a sigh of relief.