Therefore, Homelander desperately wanted to see Captain America and the White Emperor, Minister of Black Ops Division, fall into despair as well. Only then, it seemed, could his shattered self-esteem be comforted even slightly.
After all, he had once stood high above all others, the king of the Superheroes world. Now he was in such a wretched state that the immense contrast nearly drove him mad.
In the first few days after the operation began, Captain America Steve displayed astonishing strength, like a war god descended upon the earth.
No matter what kind of superhuman terrorist he faced, he took them down with a single punch. Even when he encountered a slightly troublesome opponent, all it took was a few extra swings.
Every time he struck, it was precise and powerful, carrying the force of thunder as it crushed his enemies in an instant.
Inside Black Coffin, the superhuman prison newly established by The Administration, the number of imprisoned superhuman terrorists rose sharply. Hundreds upon thousands of criminals were escorted there one after another, and the prison was nearly full.
Compound Five, a substance as tempting as it was dangerous, became the reason many people risked everything.
Although using it could cause bodily deformities or even death, the temptation of success was simply too great for those desperate to change their fates.
Once they succeeded, even if they only gained a useless Superpower, they would still receive a certain degree of physical enhancement. That alone was enough to let them see hope of changing their status.
Many gangsters, street punks, desperadoes, and criminals regarded Compound Five as a shortcut to changing their destinies.
In the Dark World they inhabited, class divisions had become deeply entrenched. They could see no hope of changing the social class they had been born into