What the Gaze Saw

Zhang Ye had nearly forgotten what happened the last time another being had seen through him so thoroughly.

Seeing the chaos surrounding Eyeball Man, Zhang Ye laughed loudly. He knew the brat must have seen something he should not have, and he most certainly now knew who they were.

"Boss, what’s wrong, Boss?!"

"What happened? Boss, are you all right?!"

Several burly men immediately crowded around him, helping Eyeball Man, who had fallen into endless madness.

But they quickly realized that Eyeball Man’s condition was far more serious than they had imagined. His enormous eyeball was covered in terrifying bloodshot veins, and immense agony gripped him, making his entire body convulse uncontrollably.

"Stop, stop! Please!"

Eyeball Man wailed. He suddenly broke free from the burly men supporting him, turned, picked up a shattered wineglass from the floor, and drove it straight toward his giant eyeball.

Unfortunately for him, the other guards stopped him before he could do it. Even the wineglass was snatched away. As Eyeball Man’s subordinates, they could hardly stand by and watch him suddenly go mad and mutilate himself.

"Help me! Help me!" Eyeball Man clutched the nearest guard tightly, his immense strength leaving several scratches on the burly man’s arm.

"Boss, what on earth is wrong with you?!" the burly man asked, enduring the pain in his arm.

The other patrons around them scattered as well, keeping far away from Eyeball Man. A few mercenaries near the entrance even took advantage of the chaos to flee.

It took Eyeball Man quite a while before he finally emerged from that endless madness and experienced a brief moment of peace.

Then, struggling, Eyeball Man pointed in the direction of Zhang Ye and the other two.

"Don’t let them get near me! It’s him—the speedster! They’re here!!!"

At those words, everyone present instantly changed expression.

The girls onstage had long since stopped dancing. The mercenaries who had come here to relax and enjoy themselves had lost all interest in pleasure. Countless gazes converged on Zhang Ye’s group, their eyes filled with horror and disbelief.

"Ugh."

Zhang Ye sighed helplessly, idly turning the wine bottle in his hand as he muttered.

"The food hasn’t even arrived yet."

The burly men sprang into action, forming an encirclement that blocked every escape route for Zhang Ye and the others. They held short blades and combat knives, and a few even drew pistols.

"You three, I advise you to surrender peacefully. I don’t know what you did, but you angered my boss. This clearly won’t be easy to settle." A leading burly man stepped up before Zhang Ye and spoke down to him.

"It seems you didn’t understand what your boss meant."

Zhang Ye said it casually, then looked at Pietro and Kara, speaking in an extremely relaxed tone.

"Don’t expose your identities. Other than the big eye, leave no one alive."

"What did you just—"

Before the burly man could react, he stopped breathing. The last thing he saw was a flash of silver light, followed by bone-piercing cold.

Zhang Ye’s words effectively removed Pietro and Kara’s restraints. The two youngsters had long been unable to suppress the fury in their hearts. At Zhang Ye’s command, Pietro moved first. Every swing of his Vibranium arm ended a living life.

There was nothing to be done about it. These burly men might have been able to threaten ordinary people, but against a speedster like Pietro, they had no ability to resist.

Combined with Pietro’s upbringing, the boy had never known what it meant to hold back. Every strike he made was lethal, and his speed, impossible to track with the naked eye, allowed him to strike his enemies’ vital points with ease.

As for Kara, she suddenly raised her head, and two beams of Heat Vision shot toward the mercenaries preparing to flee this place of trouble.

Though her combat power had been greatly weakened by this world’s sun, and her Heat Vision could no longer unleash its previous devastating force, it was more than enough against these ordinary people.

Anyone touched by those beams burst apart like foam. Crimson blood splattered across the floor and painted the walls, glaringly vivid beneath the flashing lights.

The girls in heroine uniforms had seen death before, but these little canaries raised by Eyeball Man had never witnessed such a bloody scene. They screamed, and some even tried to flee backstage.

"Witch Raven, what about them?" Pietro did not call Zhang Ye by name in front of outsiders. Moon Knight had taught him that much.

"Leave no one alive." Zhang Ye slowly poured himself another drink without even raising his head.

In the wasteland, kindness was cheap. It was worth almost nothing, and it could even cost you your life.

If they wanted to build a new city-state in this world filled with despair and chaos, then the first thing they had to do was destroy this world completely. The new shoots that symbolized hope could only break through the soil atop ruins.

It did not take much effort. By the time Zhang Ye finished a single glass of wine, the entire nightclub had fallen deathly silent. Aside from Zhang Ye and the other two, the only survivor was Eyeball Man.

Zhang Ye picked up his wineglass, rose to his feet, and walked over to Eyeball Man.

The other man had already been scared out of his wits. He collapsed backward and kept retreating, only to find himself against the wall with nowhere left to go.

"Spare me, please spare me! God, I really don’t know anything!"

"I haven’t even asked yet."

Zhang Ye gave a cold laugh, then crouched down and asked calmly, "I’m very curious. What exactly did you see through your eye just now?"

"I-I-I told you, if I tell you, will you let me go?" Eyeball Man did not dare look Zhang Ye in the eye. He raised both arms before himself, curling up and trembling faintly.

Zhang Ye did not answer directly. Instead, he drained the wine in his glass. "If you don’t tell me, I’ll kill you right now."

"I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you."

Eyeball Man was terrified as he spoke quickly.

"I don’t know you people. I’ve never seen any of you before. But I know him—the speedster. I remember his name: Quicksilver. I saw him wearing a combat suit and running through the streets. I saw him chasing a black shadow."

"That’s all?" Zhang Ye frowned, displeasure crossing his face.

"There’s more, there’s more—the woman!"

Eyeball Man raised a hand again and pointed toward Kara as he continued.

"I saw her wearing a red-and-blue suit, and a red cape. I didn’t see much else. That’s all I know. I-I swear!"