Because the pleasure of plunder far exceeds any means of production."
Xia Shang said with a smile.
"That's really philosophical. I'll treat you. Let's have a drink after get off work." Baruch raised the coffee in his hand.
Xia Shang put the phone screen in front of his eyes and shook it, "Sorry, I've been booked."
Looking at the beautiful girl's profile picture on the phone screen, Baruch said sourly: "Damn it, our friendship was defeated by a beautiful girl."
"A beautiful lady invited you, but you didn't want to go?"
"Nonsense, I will definitely bring a rose when the time comes."
The two looked at each other and then burst into laughter.
On the other hand, because the Invisible Man missed a hype event to visit cancer patients, he had to be replaced by the Locomotive. At first, Madeline did not take the Invisible Man's loss of contact seriously. After all, the Invisible Man had a history of alcoholism, and this guy might have fallen asleep in a bar.
But as time passed, Madeline still couldn't contact the invisible man.
There is no other way. In order to shoot the next Invisible Man commercial, we must find an invisible person.
So Madeline came to the supervision department of the Water Group, which is responsible for monitoring the locations of superheroes. They can determine the location of each other through the trackers in the bodies of superheroes.
"Help me find the invisible man's location."
"Okay, we just found the invisible man's chip three hours ago. The last place he appeared was in this area of Jersey City, roughly within this ten-block area." Female staff member Annika called up the map on the computer.
Obviously Madeline was not satisfied with this general answer.
"Is this your most accurate search result?"
"It's possible that the signal was interfered with by something..." Annika was still explaining when she was interrupted by Madeline.
"Tell the security department to search the area, house by house if necessary, but tell them to be careful with their methods. I don't want to cause any more public relations problems. They've been busy enough lately." After Madeline gave the instructions, she hurried away.
...
An outdoor cafe in downtown New York City.
"Give me a latte with more milk, thank you." Xia Shang said to the waiter.
"I'd like an espresso, please."
Xia Shang looked at Xingguang sitting opposite him and said with a smile, "To be honest, I don't really like the pure bitter taste of coffee. It would be perfect if I added some milk and sugar."
"You don't look very happy."
"You're right, those superheroes are a bunch of bastards." Even though it had been a few days since the incident, Xingguang still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart when he thought of what happened that day.
"Have you been harassed?" Xia Shang lowered his head and tidied the tableware in front of him, arranging them neatly together.
Xingguang was a little surprised and asked, "How did you know?"
Xia Shang suddenly looked up and to the side. He actually sensed the radio waves from the deep sea approaching him.
However, he did not show any surprise, but looked at the starlight without changing his expression.
"When a woman just enters the workplace and expresses anger at her environment, she may be sexually harassed. The probability is 60%, and this probability will increase as the woman's appearance improves, so it is not difficult to guess."
"Okay, you guessed it right." Xingguang leaned back in his chair. "If it weren't for you, the ending might be different now. It's funny to say that I was almost fooled by a guy who looked like a fish."
"A fish-like creature, you mean the deep sea, then this description is quite appropriate." Xia Shang nodded and took the coffee handed to him by the waiter.
"Thanks."
At this moment, Xingguang is no longer the rookie who just arrived. She has her own ideas about the distribution of power among the seven members: "Everyone thinks he is a joke, a joke whose superpower can only be used to talk to fish."
"Unfortunately, the masses do not think so. After all, conquering the sea has been a human ambition since its birth."
In the distance, a guy wearing a dark green suit that looked like a diving suit was walking towards the two of them.
"Oh, Starlight, are you dating someone else? If you were caught by the media, the huge public opinion would make you kick out of the Seven Team in an instant."
The voice arrives before the person arrives.
"Shit, Shenhai, you followed me." Xingguang subconsciously stood up from her seat, and then the surrounding lights began to flicker. Perhaps in her heart, she felt a little fear of Shenhai's words.
She was afraid of losing her current life in the spotlight. If she were to become an ordinary girl in Des Moines again, she would go crazy.
"It's not a big problem. Even if I'm photographed, I can portray my identity as a junior high school classmate who was bullied in school and whom Xingguang once helped. Moreover, I relied on my own efforts to successfully enter the Water Group and met the old classmate who helped me again.
Think about it, this is such a touching story, Xingguang has not forgotten her classmates even though she became a superhero, once this heat is stirred up, I believe her popularity will increase by more than three times. "Xia Shang said with a smile while stirring the coffee with a silver spoon.
"Are you from the PR department?"
Shen Hai's voice became a little softer. Damn, these bastards in the PR department can kill people without even using their hands. In order to avoid being bullied in the future, he didn't want to offend the PR department.
"No, I'm the deputy director of the security department. My name is Xia Shang, and it's nice to meet you, Mr. Shenhai."
Xia Shang stood up and shook hands with Shen Hai very friendly.
"Security department? Well, I think you are more suitable for the public relations department."
"Thank you, I think so too, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future? Maybe in a few days, I will be transferred to the public relations department."
Shen Hai originally planned to cause trouble for Xia Shang, but now he has made it difficult for himself.
"I just happened to be passing by, you guys continue."
Shenhai shrugged and left alone.
Starlight returned to her seat as she watched him leave. "Look, he's just a clown."
Xia Shang smiled but said nothing, drinking the coffee in the cup silently.
Although Deep Sea is very weak, he is very popular in the United States. Compared with Locomotive, he is easier to control. After all, this guy's weaknesses are too obvious. Who would have thought that this guy's lover is an octopus.
"Was that your superpower just now? I'm curious about what your superpower is?" Xia Shang pointed to the light bulb above his head.
"By absorbing electrical energy I can convert it into light energy. The more electricity I absorb, the stronger my attacks become."
As he spoke, Xingguang began to demonstrate his superpowers in front of Xia Shang.
As her pupils lit up, the surrounding light bulbs flickered rapidly, and finally went out with a snap. At the moment the light bulbs went out, two beams of light shot out from her eyes.
Xia Shang has been professionally trained. No matter how funny something is, he will not laugh unless he can't help it.