Marvel's Chinese Superhero System

Chapter 274 Chicago (V) Hoover
([-]-character chapter)

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the rows of bookshelves full of old books through the fenced windows. The old speakers play classical music with a slight noise. Noisy voices filtered through the windows, blending into the music just right.

A man with dark brown skin was sitting on the table by the window, concentrating on flipping through the book in his hand, and the coffee in his hand was still steaming slightly.

If it weren't for the tight prison uniform he was wearing, you might think he was in his study instead of a felon prison in Chicago.

His figure was unusually burly. If he stood up, he would be more than two meters tall. The bulging muscles on his body were like solid stones. The coffee cup in his huge palm was like a slightly larger oral liquid.

But on the face of such a burly man like a giant ape, he wore a pair of glasses in a funny way.

"Hoover."

The door of the study room was opened, and a stooped, white-haired old man walked in. Although he looked old, his bow-legged steps were steady.

The old man walked up to Hoover with a kind smile, took out two cold burgers from his clothes, and handed them to him: "You must be hungry again, take it and eat, hehe."

"Thank you, dad." Hoover took off his eyes, nodded politely, took the burger from him, and said with a smile, "You got it from Black?"

His tone was flat, and there was a bit of gentleness and bookishness in his simple words.

"Hahaha, Dad, I exchanged it with a pack of cigarettes, eat it quickly, you, you are always hungry, I know you should be hungry."

Hoover suffered from hypertrophy syndrome, an extremely rare condition with fewer than ten recorded cases.

This disease is actually a genetic defect. It will make the muscles grow continuously and the bone density far exceeds that of ordinary people. After adulthood, the strength can reach about one ton, and they are almost tireless.

And it hardly has any side effects, and it will not cause a burden on the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular because of too much muscle, and even the life span will be longer than the average person. The only problem is that it will increase people's demand for food. (Whether this disease exists in reality is still controversial. Personally, I think it is more fictional.)
Although Hoover, who is over thirty years old, has stopped muscle growth, he still feels hungry frequently. Although the cafeteria will give him several times more food than others every time, it will be digested by him in a short time .

He responded lightly, and then tore open the wrapping paper. The burger was like a steamed bun in his hand, and he ate it with his mouth open.

The old man smiled in satisfaction, looked at him as if he were his own child, pulled a chair beside him, turned on the TV on the wall, and sighed:
"Hey, you spent so much effort to renovate the library, but in the end, apart from yourself, not many people came to see it."

Everyone knows that Hoover is the leader of the GD, with tens of thousands of gang members and billions of assets in his hands, but they don't know that he is also the librarian in the prison.

When he remodeled the library, he was even more attentive than managing the gangs, and he used his connections to install televisions here. There are not many prisons in the United States. Although the only channel he can watch is the Chicago News Channel, every night People in the prison will still fill the place.

"Isn't it time for the event? At night, there are still many people willing to read a book."

"They? I think they came here to watch TV in the name of reading books."

Dad waved his hand dismissively.

At this time, today's press conference was replayed on TV. At first, the father didn't pay much attention to it, but as the content deepened, he couldn't help showing a worried look, and turned to look at Hoover with a questioning look.

Hoover nodded, took out a smartphone from his pocket and shook it: "Powell has already told me."

Powell, who is his contact in the outside world, is also the second leader of GD. Officially relying on this smartphone, Hoover is in prison. It took less than ten years to build one of the largest criminal empires in the United States .

The old man looked at Hoover and said nothing, he never asked about such matters.

There was a silence in the air, and after a while, Hoover suddenly laughed, laughing with sadness and self-deprecating, looking at those glamorous superheroes on TV, and said:

"Did you know, Dad, when I was a child, I also dreamed of being a superhero. There was a sister who was older than me. She was about 12 years old, and her name was Leia. I was only ten years old at that time.

She has a set of Batman comic books. I remember very clearly that there should be twelve complete comic books, but she only has eleven.

Although it is a bit broken, it is very beautiful. I couldn't read it at first, so he taught me how to read. I am stupid, and it took me a week to recognize all 26 letters.

Later, I was able to read it smoothly, I read it many times, and I could remember every line... I was always hungry, so she gave me her own food, just like... family members...

Gradually, I no longer want to be a superhero, I just want to leave that place with her and go to a big city... I don’t know what to do, I just think that life in a big city should be better, No need to starve anymore, and I can still read the No.12 comic book I have always wanted, and I want to read it with her..."

He closed his eyes, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, recalling those very simple happiness.

"What happened next? What happened to Leia?"

The old man asked curiously, but as soon as the words fell, Harvard's smile disappeared from his face. He didn't reply and fell silent.

At this time, the old man also realized that he had said something wrong, and quickly said: "If you don't want to say it, then you don't need to say it..."

Before finishing speaking, Hover opened his eyes and said only two words: "Dead..."

"I'm sorry, I..." Dad rubbed his face with his hand, showing remorse.

He should have thought a long time ago that in such an environment, how fragile a child's dream should be, even if it is simple and outrageous.

No one said yes. Once again, after a long silence, the old man looked at Hoofer, sighed deeply, and said slowly, "Have you...have you ever thought about going out and taking a look?"

Hoover turned his head to look at him, and the old man continued: "I know, you are different from other people here, it is easy for you to get out from here."

"Hmph, what are you doing out there?"

"I mean, maybe, maybe you can change something..." The old man paused: "I know, you can't let go of the public housing area in your heart, but you don't know how to deal with it, so you hid here.

Dad is not you, not so capable, but Dad knows that people have to face it, you may be able to hide here for a lifetime, but Dad doesn't want you to die with remorse and regret in your heart. "

The bell rang outside the window for the end of the wind time, and Hoover looked at the distant sky and wondered what he was thinking.

"Leave me alone for a while, and let them and the prison guards leave me alone."

"Understood." The old man nodded, took one last look at him, got up and walked out.

Hoover sat alone in the library and closed his eyes, as if returning to the night of his 26th birthday 12 years ago.

Seeing his 'family' being beaten to death in front of his eyes, but being helpless, the miserable cry still reverberates in his mind.

……

half an hour ago.

Three black youths were surrounding the corner of the street, punching and kicking a bloody man on the ground.

A Hispanic girl about [-] or [-] years old stood at the intersection, looking like she was going somewhere, and this was the only way she had to pass, but the scene in front of her made her hesitate and dare not move forward.

After hesitating for a while, she still decided to go forward. When passing by a few people, one of the black men turned to him and said, "Hey, Lena, where are you going girl." The man obviously knew the girl, probably are in the same neighborhood.

Although these people are not kind, the neighborhood naturally has its own rules, and they don't do anything excessive to the acquaintances, but it's still necessary to play tricks on them.

The girl trembled visibly when she heard this, "No, I'm not going anywhere."

"Haha, don't go anywhere, come here Lena." The black youth put his arms around the girl's shoulders, pulled her over, pointed to the man on the ground and said, "Look, it's this bastard who dares to treat us The gang of the dead is disrespectful."

As the black youth spoke, he kicked the man in the abdomen again, then took a baseball bat from his classmate and handed it to the girl: "Would you like to come and give him a stick too, ahahaha."

"This, this is not good...I have to go" The girl looked at the man on the ground, the blood on her face made her bat hand tremble a little.

"Come on." The black youth seemed a little impatient, and suddenly shouted: "Hurry up!"

The girl shrank her neck suddenly: "I, I have to go to the store to buy something, otherwise the store will be closed, and my mother will say me."

"Oh, really?"

The black man winked at the tall and thin companion, and then he saw the tall and thin companion tear off the girl's wallet from her waist.

"Oh hoo, it's okay to buy things without money, little girl."

Thin tall lifted the money out of the reach of the girl, and Lina became anxious when she saw this. It was the money her mother gave him to buy vegetables. If she lost it at home, she would only be able to live on bread until next week .

"Stop messing around!"

However, how could they listen to her and toss the wallet in the hands of the three of them, playing around with the girl.

beep-

A pickup truck appeared at the intersection with loud rock music, and the driver honked the horn twice and shouted to several people: "Hey, you guys hurry up and get in the car and go to work!"

The three heard that they stopped teasing Lena, and ran over to get into the car with his wallet.

"Where are you going!? My money!"

The girl stomped her feet angrily, but the car had already driven away, and she was even more anxious. After hesitating for a moment, she turned and ran into an alley beside her, preparing to take a small path to chase them to the place where they usually gather, naively thinking to say With some kind words, maybe they can get their past back to themselves.

The distance is not short, the girl has been running for a long time, and the sky gradually darkened. At this time, there was a 'buzz' sound in the air. She looked up and saw an unidentified aircraft passing by the sky, and then flew farther and farther, more and more. high.

The girl was stunned for a moment, and when she recovered, she remembered her wallet and continued to run away.

At the same time, on the building not far away, Qin Shou was standing on the edge of the roof, hiding in the darkness, looking at the girl running on the ground suspiciously, and couldn't help frowning: "Why are you running around so late?"

"The drone has been deployed in the first area of ​​the public housing, and the system is online, please confirm." Gao Han's voice came from the earphone.

The so-called public housing district is just a general concept with an extremely wide range. For the convenience of combat, Qin Shou and others divided it into twelve districts and cleaned them up one by one. District one is the target of their battle tonight, and the four of them have already Deployed separately and everywhere in the first area, now for them, only decentralized operations can maximize their efficiency.

……

To be continued
(End of this chapter)