#466 - The Parahuman Disappearance Case (2) The Unlucky Guy's Clue

"Whoosh!"

The special spider silk, synthesized from the Symbiote Suit, pulled Gwen up to the Empire State Building, where, aided by the suit's telescopic mode, it became an excellent observation point.

As if strolling through a street, Gwen walked along the edge of the building with her head down, her eyes constantly scanning the area around the Empire State Building.

The last disappeared superhuman was a mutant. According to information displayed in the Daily Bugle, the mutant was an Indian man named Neil Shah.

Gwen later used the Symbiote to find more information about him online.

According to the data Gwen found, Neil was an ordinary office worker dispatched to the United States by an Indian company for a business trip.

For the first three days of his trip, everything was fine. He even secured a large order for his company in the United States.

If nothing unexpected happened, Neil should have had no problem getting a promotion and a raise based on this order alone, but an accident occurred at the peak of his life.

On the fifth day of his business trip to the United States, also his last day there, Neil, feeling refreshed, decided to check out the famous Empire State Building.

At the hotel, he chatted with the receptionist for quite a while, mentioning that he wanted to take a photo at the Empire State Building.

Not only to commemorate his trip to the United States, but Neil also planned to use the Empire State Building to represent his upcoming soaring success.

But unfortunately, perhaps the Empire State Building in this free country could not bring him good luck, but instead caused his fortune to crash.

On the way to the Empire State Building, Neil encountered a robbery, reportedly held up by a group of loathsome thugs.

According to subsequent interviews with passersby on the street, these thugs specialized in targeting foreigners.

Because these people generally did not have deep roots in the country, even if they were dealt with severely, no one would stand up for them.

Plus, they were shielded by their status as minors, making them even more unscrupulous, but the main reason was that these foreigners generally did not have guns.

Neil was initially unwilling, but with no one around to help him and no way to call the police while surrounded, he had no choice but to hand over his money.

However, the thugs took advantage of him, demanding to search Neil's backpack for more valuable items.

Neil naturally refused, and the two sides became heated, eventually leading to physical contact.

Neil was outnumbered and pinned to the ground by the thugs. Just as the surrounding onlookers were about to pull them apart to prevent fatalities, an accident occurred.

Neil's hands suddenly erupted with an astonishing amount of energy, overturning the thugs who were beating him.

Many of the onlookers were also affected.

That's right, in the face of mortal danger, Neil awakened his mutant ability. His ability was later revealed to be similar to thermionic emission.

Ultimately, almost all the thugs who assaulted him suffered fourth-degree burns, looking miserable.

The onlookers who were affected suffered mostly second-degree burns, and the rest were not too serious.

Now, not only did Neil fail to rise to prominence, but he also faced a mountain of lawsuits.

In theory, Neil's counterattack, made unknowingly under threat of life, should have resulted in a lighter sentence.

But unfortunately, because he was a mutant, all reason vanished because of this. He went directly from victim to criminal.

Logically, Magneto should have sent someone to pick him up at this time, but even worse luck arrived.

Neil's incident occurred about a week before Yang Le and Gwen's timeline, when the mutants were in a fierce battle with the High School Squad.

No one immediately noticed this poor wretch.

After that, Magneto led the mutants away to work on his mutant kingdom. According to Yang Le's communication with his clone, Magneto and the other mutants have been busy building the nation and currently have no time to pay attention to what is happening outside.

And Magneto's final ultimatum to humanity, at least the government has outwardly agreed to it, but the government will not help him promote the establishment of the mutant kingdom, nor will it prevent it.

Whether it can be established successfully depends entirely on Magneto's own ability.

So, unlucky Neil can only accept the judgment of his original compatriots, bearing a pile of medical expenses and compensation, not only for those who beat him but also for those who were affected while watching the show.

Neil lost all his savings and was left with only the clothes on his back.

After becoming a mutant, the original order naturally fell through, and the company he worked for severed ties with him, experiencing a major life upheaval in a short period.

The unlucky Neil still caught a bit of good fortune, that is, the establishment of Magneto's mutant kingdom led to many mutants deemed ideologically safe not having to enter prison.

He only had to wait until the mutant kingdom was established to be directly sent to the mutant kingdom.

During this waiting period, he was held in a detention center specifically for mutants, but the day before yesterday, he disappeared from the mutant detention center.

When the guards called roll call early in the morning, they discovered that Neil was missing.

Some suspected that he had escaped, but others equated Neil's disappearance with the recent series of superhuman disappearances, such as the Daily Bugle.

Gwen thought it was far-fetched, but Yang Le gave her an explanation.

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In Yang Le's view, the possibility of Neil escaping was not high. Firstly, Neil's ability determined that if he wanted to escape on his own, the commotion would be significant.

And according to photos leaked at night, Neil's room was not damaged, nor was the detention center damaged, which meant that Neil did not disappear through his own power.

Secondly, the possibility of someone in the detention center using their ability to help Neil escape was even smaller.

Not to mention that the detention center's list did not record any mutants with such abilities, even if someone had hidden their abilities, there was no need to risk being discovered to help Neil, a stranger who had just arrived for two days.

Wouldn't it be better for them to escape themselves?

As for the idea that this potentially existing person wanted to use Neil as a test to see if they could escape successfully, it was even more impossible, because Neil's disappearance raised the detention center's alert level by one level.

Yang Le thought no fool would do such a thankless thing.

Thirdly, there was Neil's ability. He was the only one in the entire detention center with a highly destructive mutant ability.

This was coincidentally a common point with the previous disappeared superhumans. Others didn't disappear, but Neil disappeared. This was too intriguing.