Chapter 58: 3 People?

　　For Raymond, whether it is superheroes, villains, or antiheroes like David and Lorna, they are essentially the same, and they are all objects that can be used as loot.

　　As long as there is contact, he can honestly gain the exploration value from them.

　　So he is not afraid of trouble, especially if he has the opportunity to gain more exploration value, it doesn't matter if he has more.

　　The more the better.

　　The thought of getting a 'fat sheep' again tomorrow made him feel better, and even the discomfort caused by Clarice's joining the mutant underground organization was swept away.

　　It is worth mentioning that the reason why he did not forcibly cut off the connection between Clarice and John in the end was not that he was really moved by Clarice's inner monologue.

　　It was mainly because he suddenly realized when he saw the appearance of the Absorbing Man Karl, Clarice, who had awakened her ability, couldn't really stay at home forever and be a good girl.

　　There would be a Hellfire Club without the mutant underground, and there would be other groups without the Hellfire Club.

　　This seemingly peaceful world is temporarily back to normal, but undercurrents are surging all the time.

　　He wants to completely isolate Clarice from the supernatural world, unless the girl is locked at home and not allowed to go anywhere, otherwise it will be too difficult.

　　There's nothing wrong with keeping Clarice in the mutant underground, at least in the general direction, and even if something goes wrong, like this time, it's probably still within his control.

　　It's hard to say what would happen if she joined some more extreme organizations.

　　So Raymond finally decided not to intervene in this matter.

　　"Speaking of which, I don't know who the Black King is..." After putting Clarice aside for a while, Raymond's attention shifted to tomorrow's meeting.

　　This time, he really had no clue.

　　Although the general context of this world is somewhat similar to several popular Marvel parallel universes he knows, there are many differences in details.

　　Just like the Absorbing Man Karl he just saw, in those popular Marvel parallel universes, he is either a magic pony created by Loki to deal with Thor...

　　But it seems that in no parallel universe he is a member of the Hellfire Club, and he is also one of the core members.

　　Just judging from Karl is enough to prove that the Hellfire Club in this world is very different from what he knows, and it is impossible for him to infer more information based on the information he already knows.

　　However, this unknown feeling made him look forward to tomorrow's meeting even more.

　　*

　　Outside Richmond. International Airport.

　　Karl, a worker in a suit, was standing beside a trash can with a cigar in his mouth, swiping his phone casually.

　　At this moment, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, startling him.

　　When he turned around, he saw that standing behind him was a tall man more than two meters tall, wearing a white suit, like an iron tower!

　　If Leonid, the dean of the operations academy who fought against Raymond, was there, he would probably wonder if his nickname was wrong, because this man was obviously much more like a polar bear than him.

　　At least physically so.

　　Beside him stood a graceful woman wearing a tight black leather skirt, looking at Karl with a smile and said, "Tsk tsk tsk... Karl, I heard that you have suffered a loss this time?"

　　"Lord Betsy, why are you here?" Carl was surprised to see the graceful woman appear.

　　Because this graceful woman is none other than the core member of the Hellfire Club with the title of 'Black Queen' and the nominal partner of 'Black King'.

　　As for the burly man like an iron tower, he was naturally the Black King.

　　It should be noted that, whether it is the black king and the black queen, or the white king and the white queen, the real relationship between them is actually just a partnership, not necessarily a spouse relationship.

　　Although there have been many examples of partners getting together in the history of the Hellfire Club, it is not the norm.

　　Therefore, these two can basically be regarded as the head and second head of the Hellfire Club.

　　Carl was surprised to see the two appear at the same time.

　　Previously, the Black King had only said that he would come here once, but he did not expect that even the Black Queen, who seldom came to America, would come with him.

　　"She just went to my side to find me something. After hearing about your situation, she insisted on coming with me to see..." The Black King King saw Karl's surprise and spread his hands.

　　"Why, don't you welcome me?" The graceful woman pouted.

　　"How is that possible, Lord Betsy, it's my honor to have you here."

Carl quickly denied it.

　　As a core member of the Hellfire Club, even if Karl's status is far inferior to the two in front of him, he will not bow down.

　　But women, who are particularly vengeful creatures, are often the least to be provoked, especially a powerful woman like the black queen in front of him.

　　He didn't want to be hated by the Black Queen because of a trivial matter.

　　"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's find a place to eat first, the food on the plane is so bad, I didn't even eat breakfast." The graceful woman suggested.

　　"Yeah." The Black King also nodded slightly.

　　"Here, my car is parked beside-"

　　Of course Karl had no objection and led the way for the two of them in front.

　　...

　　Afternoon.

　　When Raymond received a call from Karl, he drove alone to a park outside Richmond.

　　He was not afraid of any tricks Jarl will play. If the Hellfire Club does not even have this credibility, it will not be able to stand to this day.

　　What's more, he doesn't have a deep hatred with the Hellfire Club. Even if the pros and cons are weighed, the other party cannot give up this opportunity to turn the enemy into a friend.

　　Unless it collapses later, that's another story.

　　But even if he really didn't talk about turning his face, Raymond didn't think it was himself that he should be worried about. He was even ready to switch to Tao Pai Pai's sub-personality and start killing once he really turned his face.

　　"Huh? Three people?"

　　Raymond, who arrived at the agreed location, saw Karl from a distance.

　　At the same time, He noticed that Karl brought more than one person. In addition to the burly and outrageous man, there was also a graceful woman who looked about thirty years old.

　　At the same time, a prompt appeared in his mind:

　　[ Ding dong— ]

　　[ You met S-grade 'villain' Cain Marco, exploration value +100 ]

　　...

　　[ Ding dong— ]

　　[ You met A-grade 'villain' Betsy Braddock, exploration value +50 ]