Night fell.
On the square of Sylvester Town, cheerful music rang out. The circus clowns were performing acrobatics in the plaza, drawing everyone's attention.
Moments later, fireworks began to appear in the sky above the town. The dazzling bursts of light put smiles on every face.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the town was joyful and relaxed.
On the town's tallest building, the clock tower, flames also shot up and exploded high in the air.
But no sparks burst out, only a cloud of dark green smoke.
The clock tower caretaker shook his head and muttered softly, "Well, that is just great. They set off a dud."
"I said it before, this is a third-rate circus. It cannot compare to what I saw when I was a kid."
As the caretaker complained, flames continued to rise from the clock tower, repeatedly bursting into that same dark green smoke.
No one knew what that smoke really was. Instead of rising, it actually sank downward, then was carried by the wind toward the center of the town.
After a few seconds, the caretaker realized that he was already surrounded by the dark green smoke. He coughed a few times and hurriedly covered his nose as he walked inside.
The caretaker shut the window, looked at the green fog spreading outside, and shook his head, "These guys must have used low-quality explosives."
Just then, his body suddenly trembled, and he collapsed onto the floor.
His whole body shook violently. He looked around, and for some reason, his vision had been dyed a bright red.
The dim light bulb in the room now looked like a high-powered searchlight, so bright that it hurt his eyes.
"Am I sick?"
The caretaker's teeth chattered. He took out his phone and tried to make an emergency call.
But the call would not go through. After several attempts, the caretaker suddenly could not catch his breath and stopped breathing.
At this moment, the green mist was rapidly spreading across the entire Sylvester Town.
All of this was seen by a clown. He chuckled softly, took out a gold coin, and rolled it between his fingers.
The coin was engraved with the image of a bat.
———
That same night—
Alex was floating in outer space, his eyes closed, facing the sun.
At this moment, sunlight shone on his body and turned into threads of golden light that flowed into him.
Every blood vessel in Alex's body was illuminated by the golden light, outlining a complex and mysterious pattern.
After an unknown amount of time passed, Alex opened his eyes. A brilliant burst of golden light flashed within his pupils, like the midday sun.
At the same time, fine golden patterns lit up around his eye sockets. As the light in his eyes faded, those patterns gradually disappeared as well.
Alex let out a breath, "Finally full."
"Now I can fire 'heat vision' at its maximum output, but I don't know how many times I can use it."
At that moment, a line of information floated across his retina.
[Warning: 7 hours and 14 minutes until a disaster event occurs.]
Alex froze. This disaster event had issued a warning seven hours in advance. It clearly was not a small matter.
He turned around and flew into the atmosphere, his whole body turning into a streak of fire as he sped away.
Seven hours was just about the time for one sleep.
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.
.
When dawn broke the next day, Alex gently pushed away Angelina, who was clinging to him like an octopus, and got out of bed to change clothes.
Information immediately appeared before his eyes.
[Disaster event detected.]
[Do you wish to handle this event?]
Alex was very curious about this event that had given more than seven hours of advance warning, and readily accepted, wanting to see exactly what kind of disaster it was.
[You have accepted the event.]
[Event name: Rise of the Night Nation. Official Performance]
[Description: Sylvester Town, located outside the city, has fallen into an unprecedented crisis. The 'Black Bat Circus,' led by 'Midnight Clown' Brad Willy, a senator of the 'Dark Night Council,' has taken control of the town and transformed 2,174 townspeople into 'Night Servants.']
[Event requirements:
— 1: Kill at least half of the 'Night Servants'.
— 2: Destroy the 'Black Bat Circus'; 3 Kill 'Midnight Clown' Brad Willy.]
[Event begins!]
"Finally," The corner of Alex's mouth lifted slightly, "Finally, it is no longer some small event like rescuing hostages."
"This event is really interesting."
"Senator 'Midnight Clown.'"
"Black Bat Circus."
"Over two thousand 'Night Servants.'"
"Completing a big event like this should come with a pretty good reward, right?"
He jumped up and slapped Angelina on her peach-shaped butt, "Get up. We have work to do."
Angelina, still half asleep, raised her head and said, "Master, do you want it again?"
Alex smiled, "Dear, not that kind of work."
———
He told Angelina to get ready, then went to the command hall.
Ashley soon entered, "Homelander, the costume design team already has proposals ready. Should I have them come up now?"
"No, wait."
"Right now, I have more important things to deal with."
Alex crossed his arms and stared at the television screen, waiting for the director of foreign affairs to appear.
.
.
.
Ten minutes passed, and nothing happened.
Alex found it strange, then thought of two possibilities.
One was that the disaster in Sylvester Town had not yet been noticed by the Department of Homeland Security or the relevant agencies.
The other was that the authorities did not plan to let the Seven get involved.
But...
"Whatever."
Alex turned around, "Give me the location of Sylvester Town."
"And gather the others."
Ashley hurried off to take care of it.
———
Moments later.
"Ice Princess," "Electro Man," "Element Woman," and "Starlight" walked in.
Alex looked at Ashley.
She hurriedly said, "Queen Maeve and Black Noir are not in the Seven Tower. They went out last night. I have already notified them to return."
"No need to wait."
Alex said quickly, "A town outside the city called Sylvester Town has suffered a serious disaster. We leave immediately."
"Ashley, get the helicopter ready."
"You will depart by helicopter. We will rendezvous in the town. That is it."
After saying that, Alex flew out through the window.
———
Following the coordinates Ashley provided, Alex soon saw the town.
The town was not large, the buildings were low. With his eyesight, he could take it all in at a glance.
"Master, look."
Angelina, whom Alex had brought with him and who was now tightly wrapped around his body, pointed toward the outskirts outside the town.
A temporary camp had already been set up there. Soldiers were moving about inside, and outside the camp, military off-road vehicles were constantly circling the town, seemingly monitoring the situation.
The strange thing was, the town itself was unusually quiet.
It did not look like a place with two thousand residents at all.
Alex lowered his altitude and landed in a forest, setting Angelina down, "Stay here on standby and act when I give the order."
This time, he had brought Angelina out to let the girl gain some real combat experience, but he did not want to expose her existence, so he temporarily left her in the woods.
Angelina nodded and stepped back two paces. Then she saw Alex shoot straight into the sky, letting out a howl as he flew toward the military camp.
A few seconds later, Alex slammed into the camp like a meteor, shaking the entire camp so hard that who knows how many people lost their footing and fell to the ground.
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