American Comics: Multiverse of Madness

130. The Gaze.

Alex had almost forgotten the last time another being had perceived him so intensely. Seeing the chaos around Orb, Alex laughed heartily. He knew this guy must have seen something terrifying and now definitely knew who they were.

"Boss, what's wrong?"

"What happened, Boss? Are you okay?"

Several burly men rushed over to help the frantic Orb. They quickly realized his condition was worse than they had imagined. His enormous eyeball was filled with hideous blood vessels, and he was writhing in agony.

"Stop it, please stop!" Orb wailed. He suddenly broke free from the men's support, grabbed a broken glass from the floor, and aimed it at his giant eyeball.

Unfortunately, the security guards stopped him and took the glass away. As Orb's subordinates, they couldn't let him harm himself.

"Help me! Help me!" Orb clutched the nearest guard, his strength leaving deep scratches on the man's arm.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?!" The guard asked, enduring the pain.

The other patrons quickly backed away from Orb, and a few mercenaries near the door took the opportunity to escape. Orb slowly calmed down, experiencing a brief moment of peace. Then he pointed at Alex, Kara, and Pietro.

"Don't let them near me! It's him, the speedster, they're here!!!"

Everyone's faces changed at his words.

The girls on stage had stopped dancing, and the mercenaries lost their desire for enjoyment. All eyes turned to Alex, filled with shock and disbelief.

"Sigh," Alex sighed, playing with his bottle. "The food hasn't even arrived yet."

The burly men moved to surround Alex and his friends, wielding knives, bayonets, and some even pulling out guns.

"Folks, I advise you to surrender. I don't know what you did, but you've angered my boss, and this won't end easily," the leader of the guards said, looking down at Alex.

"It seems you didn't understand your boss's words," Alex said casually. Then he looked at Pietro and Kara, speaking lightly. "Don't reveal your identities. Except for the big eye, leave no one alive."

"What are you—"

The guard couldn't finish his sentence before he stopped breathing. The last thing he saw was a silver flash and then a bone-chilling cold.

Alex's words freed Pietro and Kara from their restraint. Pietro struck first, his vibranium arm ending lives with every swing. These burly men might intimidate ordinary people, but they were no match for Pietro, the speedster. Pietro, never one to hold back, attacked with lethal precision at lightning speed.

As for Kara, she lifted her head, and her heat vision shot at the mercenaries trying to flee. Though weakened by this world's sun, her heat vision was still deadly enough for these ordinary people. Anyone hit by her vision burst like bubbles, blood splattering everywhere, vividly illuminated by the nightclub lights.

The girls in superhero costumes had seen death before, but never this level of bloodshed. They screamed and tried to escape backstage.

"Pietro, what about them?" Pietro didn't use Alex's name in public, a lesson learned from Moon Knight.

"Leave no one," Alex said, pouring himself a drink without looking up.

In the wasteland, kindness was cheap and often cost your life. To build a new city in this hopeless, chaotic world, you first had to destroy it completely. Hope's new sprouts grew from the ruins. It didn't take long—just the time for a drink—for the nightclub to fall silent. Besides Alex, Kara, and Pietro, only Orb remained alive.

Alex took his drink and walked to Orb. The latter, terrified, tried to back away but found himself against the wall with nowhere to go.

"Spare me, please spare me, I really don't know anything!" Orb pleaded.

"I haven't even asked yet," Alex said with a cold laugh. He squatted down, asking calmly, "I'm curious. What did you see through your eye?"

"If I tell you, will you let me go?" Orb couldn't meet Alex's gaze, shielding himself with trembling arms.

Alex didn't answer directly. He finished his drink and said, "If you don't talk, I'll kill you."

"I'll talk, I'll talk," Orb hurriedly said in fear. "I don't know you, I've never seen you, but I know him, the speedster, Quicksilver. I saw him in his suit, running on the street, chasing a black shadow."

"Is that all?" Alex frowned, displeased.

"And, and that woman!" Orb pointed at Kara. "I saw her in a red and blue suit with a red cape. I didn't see much else, that's all I know, I swear!"

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