American comics: From the black robe, friendship becomes stronger

Chapter 27 Preparation Plan for Transmission
The next day at noon, Theresa woke up in a daze. She had no memory of what happened last night, and why did the back of her head hurt so much, as if someone had beaten her up?
At the same time, Levi has returned to New Jersey, where he has actively completed his daily patrol tasks and cooperated with Walter to shoot some promotional videos.

All the superheroes who can successfully graduate from Godokin University are definitely qualified in acting, and he is no exception. It didn't take him much time.

Now he was extremely excited. After nearly ten hours of close contact, he successfully obtained Theresa's superpower - teleportation to another world.

What surprised him even more was that the energy he currently possessed was enough for a teleportation!

However, he was not in a hurry to act, as a lot of preparatory activities needed to be done in the early stages.

He didn't know which world was on the other side of the portal. What if it was the hell in mythology or other existences with many powerful evils? With his current strength, wouldn't that be like sending yourself to death?

The Black Robe World is not a world with a very high power level. Even for the most powerful Homelander, it is not easy to destroy a city.

More than 90% of ordinary superheroes are simply at the block level, and they can't even demolish a building.

If they were placed in Gotham next door in DC, they would be destroyed in a few days.

If it were put in Marvel, maybe he could compete with Daredevil, Elektra or Iron Fist for a living in a crappy place like Hell's Kitchen?

Then this involves another problem. He needs enough energy reserves to ensure that in an emergency, he can immediately return to the black robe world.

In fact, ever since he successfully copied Starlight's super powers, he has been trying hard to buy some small portable power sources.

Starlight must first draw on the surrounding electricity before it can maximize its power.

In the city, there is indeed enough electricity for her to use, but if it is in the suburbs, or even in extreme climates such as deserts, most of her electricity will be wasted.

If the world you are heading to is a post-apocalyptic wasteland or a primitive jungle where there is no electricity at all, wouldn't it be even more confusing?
Levi doesn't want to make such a stupid mistake, so he needs to prepare in advance.

It's a pity that due to the inability to use Watt's channels, there has been little progress. Those ordinary gadgets that can only store a few hundred or kilowatts are enough for ordinary people. Electric cars can run thousands of kilometers, but they are far from enough for him.

After thinking it over, Levi felt that maybe he should use Starlight as a breakthrough point, let her and Walter make their requests, and then find an excuse for himself!
By the way, he also wanted to make some handy weapons.

Weapons not only increase attack power, but also serve as an extension of the arms. If the opponent is something disgusting, such as an enemy with pus or corrosive liquid on his body, weapons can come in handy.

He took a fancy to a special material that was very suitable for superheroes to use - chromium carbide alloy.

It has extremely strong resistance to high temperature, low temperature, corrosion, etc., and also has a certain ductility to energy, which is just right for his use.

But this thing is very expensive, costing hundreds or even tens of millions. Even with the wealth he currently has, it is very difficult to afford.

All his current liquid funds were probably only enough to forge an axe or a spear, or two swords.

And it is almost impossible for Walter to bear the expenses for him. After all, if he is dealing with ordinary people, there is no need for this.

If Li Wei directly said that he wanted to deal with Chaoying, it would be almost like walking into a trap.

Without thinking too much, Levi can be completely sure that Homelander, Locomotive and Watt are definitely keeping an eye on his fake identity as the King of Cards.

The first two wanted to find out the whereabouts of Kimiko, and the latter also wanted to know where he came from since he was not registered by Walter.

Once he made such a special request, it would definitely arouse the other party's suspicion.

So Walter definitely can’t be allowed to spend money, he still has to pay for it himself.

But this did give him an incentive to make money, as these things were real money-eating beasts.

Then there are uniforms or armor. Relatively speaking, their prices are not particularly expensive, and Watt already has very mature craftsmanship.

The old Vought Seven, like Homelander and Queen Maeve, all have similar uniforms. Ordinary sniper rifles can't even scratch their skin, so even when facing a hail of bullets, they don't have to worry about being shot naked.

As the guardian of New Jersey, Levi's original uniform was a specially made enhanced shark-proof suit that could basically completely ignore ordinary knives.

Levi has already communicated with Ashley and told her his requirements, the appearance of the uniform, etc. All he has to do now is wait.

Secondly, as the guardian of New Jersey, he couldn't be away for too long.

Moreover, he didn't know how fast time flowed in the world on the other side of the portal. If it was the same, it would be fine. But if it was different, who knows what might happen.

Unless he simply resigns, or becomes one of the Seven, or even replaces Homelander.

But the latter is still difficult at present. If it is the former, it will not be conducive to his subsequent communication with other superheroes, which is also not very feasible.

Finally, Levi needs to take some time to investigate the relevant information about Theresa to see if she is a bloodthirsty murderer.

Even though she cannot use this special superpower now due to severe lack of energy, maybe one day in the future she will suddenly have an epiphany and be able to use it?
If she connected to other worlds and let in some evil beings like demons, it would be very bad for this world.

Although given Theresa's current performance, it is basically impossible for her to accumulate enough energy even if she lives for hundreds of years, and Levi doesn't care much about the lives of ordinary Americans, it would be great if he could have a reason to solve the problem once and for all.

It’s a pity that this is not a suitable place to start, otherwise he could save a lot of trouble.

In comparison, not having the chance to obtain the superpowers of the TNT twins is not a big loss. Compared to the current Seven, there are more scoundrels in Blood Debt and Blood Payback. The TNT twins are typical scoundrels. They need two people to cooperate to stimulate their superpowers, and their power is not stronger than that of ordinary grenades. Levi really doesn't think much of them.

At this moment, Levi felt the vibration of the cell phone in his right pocket. It was an anonymous cell phone used to contact Hughie and other protagonists. It seemed that they had made a new discovery.

But considering the Butcher's personality, he contacted me so proactively, he must be up to something, either he was planning to trick me, or he wanted something from me!
After the call was connected, Hughie's sissy voice immediately rang out.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Gambit, but we need your help now?"

"What help? Hiding that girl has already made me exhausted, I thought I could hear some good news." Levi pretended to be very impatient.

Levi had always been polite to Huey before, but this was the first time he used this tone, which immediately made Huey a little overwhelmed.

But the butcher and others nearby looked at him encouragingly, signaling him to continue.

They have been investigating recently, but have not been able to find any useful information. Even within Watt, there is no record of the King of Cards.

Moreover, there had been no superheroes with similar abilities, attire, or nicknames active in other places, as if they were deliberately only exposed around them, which caused their investigation to reach a bottleneck.

Now they could only roughly know that the other party was probably in the south from the place where Huey parked the car and dropped him off that day.

But they couldn't confirm whether this was a clue left for them intentionally by the other party in an attempt to disrupt their thoughts.

Given the wisdom shown by the other party, this possibility definitely exists.

Now that their investigation into Compound No. 5 is getting deeper and deeper, they don't want to have a mysterious superhero with unknown purposes behind it, so they really ask for help, but they mostly want to take the opportunity to find out the other party's true identity.

Huey calmed down a little and said, "It's like this. We have found Ezekiel here, but we are currently unable to enter his Diamond Club and meet with him privately, so we wanted to ask you if you can help us with this?"

"Samaritan's Embrace was established to raise funds for charity. The Diamond Club only costs 15,000 dollars to join. Can't you just pay the money directly?" Levi's voice revealed obvious doubt and confusion.

Breast Milk, who heard this sentence through the mobile phone speaker, quickly wrote it down. Fifteen thousand is not a lot of money for the King of Cards. He should not be a poor third-tier super hero.

But this is still not an important clue. The more than 200 superheroes that Walter sent to various states and counties will definitely not care about this little money, not to mention those superheroes who come from wealthy families.

"Well, this is another problem we have. We don't have that much money on hand at the moment."

Levi couldn't help laughing immediately. He probably understood what the other party meant. He wanted to try to confirm his true identity by borrowing money and bank account numbers?
This sounds like an idea that a butcher could come up with, but isn't that making oneself look like a fool?
His tone immediately changed: "Are you kidding me? Even if you don't have this part of the money, don't you know to apply for it with your superiors?"

Huey was a little confused: "Superior? What superior?"

The butcher felt something was wrong. Damn, could he know this too?

"Okay, let me be clear. Didn't the CIA give you any funding? Humph, just like you guys are investigating me in secret, I will of course investigate you too."

"CIA? But Gambit, we're not working with the CIA, are we?"

Huey continued to be confused, while Breast Milk and the Frenchman's attention had gradually shifted to the butcher.

The King of Cards would not talk nonsense, and they all knew the relationship between the Butcher and the CIA, and he had an old lover there.

"Oh, I get it."

Li Wei suddenly said in a tone of sudden enlightenment: "So the butcher never told you that he was employed by the deputy director of the CIA!"

"Haha, you'd better ask clearly. Who knows how much of your funds he may have embezzled."

"Poor Hughie, you took such a big risk to run around with him, and you didn't even get paid, did you?"

"If that's the case, you might as well come work for me. I just need an errand boy!"

He hoped that the Butcher could focus all his energy on causing trouble for his Homelander instead of trying to find out his true identity. It was very annoying that he did not have the ability to get rid of his Homelander once and for all.

Hughie's face suddenly turned very ugly. He really didn't get a penny of salary and almost entirely relied on his own few savings.

The butcher didn't even reimburse him for the meal. God knows how many burgers he had to gnaw on to save money!
Breast Milk and the Frenchman didn't say much, they just stared at the butcher. They were not particularly surprised, as this seemed like something a butcher would do. However, the butcher should not be simply corrupt.

They both knew that the butcher decided to do this not for money, but for his wife and to seek revenge on his fellow countrymen.

The butcher snatched the phone away: "Okay, I understand what you mean, then can we talk frankly now, what is your purpose?"

Levi knew it was coming, he had already prepared for it, so he replied without hesitation:
"If I told you that I wanted to be a real hero and uphold justice in the world, you probably wouldn't believe me."

"Then just think of it as me trying to seize the position of the Seven of Walter, and even the Homelander!"

"Also, you should understand one thing, I'm not your babysitter, don't bother me with every little thing!"

This book is an American comic, not just about black robes. If there is any world you want to visit, any abilities you want to acquire, any beauties you want to meet, any superheroes you want to save, etc., you are welcome to leave a message in this chapter or in the book review. Thank you very much!
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