240,000 Ability Points (Please Read)

Ron did not kill Kimiko Miyashiro, the wolf girl. Instead, he handed over the former terrorist to Madelyn.

Edgar and Madelyn had no idea that Kimiko's ability was the exceedingly rare self-healing immortality; otherwise, their goal would not have been to eliminate her, but to capture her.

Every superhuman with self-healing abilities was a rare treasure in the laboratory.

Once he obtained Vought, this would be his property. He couldn't waste it.

Just after delivering a speech on the beach near the sea where the plane had crashed, Homelander smirked smugly and returned to his room at Vought, planning to rest a bit before going to find Madelyn.

Having accomplished this, Madelyn couldn't possibly have no response for him.

He pushed open the door, and the sound of the television reached his ears.

"We arrived three minutes after the plane crashed. Why?

Because I'm not in the Defense Command's system."

On the TV screen, Homelander, being interviewed, had tears in his eyes, delivering a sorrowful speech. His words were incredibly moving, enough to make people cry.

"I could have saved their lives. Over two hundred mothers, husbands, and children would have reunited with their families after a slightly turbulent journey, but..."

The sound of his own voice on the TV, combined with the familiar silhouette in the chair, made him suppress his anger as he walked into the room.

"Nice speech."

Before he could say anything, Ron turned the chair around, chuckled softly, and slowly clapped his hands, as if applauding the speech, speaking first.

"What a stirring speech. Vought's entry into the Department of Defense is a done deal."

"Why are you here?"

"Madelyn will definitely reward you well."

He propped his head on his hand and continued.

"Maybe you'll get to drink that fresh, straight-from-the-breast milk you like so much."

"I asked you—why are you here!"

The moment he saw Ron, Homelander's good mood vanished entirely. He spoke through gritted teeth, his expression twisted as he roared, his eyes glowing with laser light.

"Oh, look at you. You're terrifying like this. If your fans saw you now, how heartbroken would they be?"

Without changing his expression, Ron pushed out a phone and tapped it lightly.

"Almost exactly the same as this."

The video playing on the phone was clearly the tens of seconds when Homelander threatened and intimidated the passengers on that plane to back off, then callously abandoned them to die.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the TV was still playing the scene of him delivering a sorrowful speech for those who died on the plane.

"How ironic and hypocritical."

He glanced at the TV again and smiled.

If this video leaked, the good image Homelander had built up over the years, along with the massive popularity he had just gained, would collapse overnight. He would immediately become a pariah.

"How did you get this?"

Having his misdeeds discovered and evidence caught, Homelander's face turned ashen. Furious and fearful, he snatched the phone.

A spark of electricity flashed, and the phone was crushed into scrap. A heat ray blasted the TV playing his speech.

Those damn bastards—they were about to die and still had the nerve to film a video?!

"You don't think I made a backup, do you?"

He acted as if he hadn't seen Homelander's actions at all.

"What do you want?"

Slamming his hands on the table, Homelander stared at him intently, his expression dark as if he wanted to devour him. His voice was cold and rapid.

"Are you trying to threaten me with this?"

"If it leaks, and there's nothing left in this world that I care about, I won't hesitate to kill everyone and destroy the world!"

He immediately countered with the threat of destroying the world.

Ron's strength was only enough to match him; he didn't have the ability to completely suppress him.

"I'll make you live the rest of your life in a desolate wasteland with no one around. Then you'll regret threatening me!"

"Whatever. Go ahead and try."

A cold contempt flashed in his eyes. Ron wasn't buying it at all, sneering with amusement.

"I also want to know, when the Earth turns into a wasteland and no one loves you anymore—

Will you go mad from loneliness, find a doll to call your 'Friday,' talk to yourself, treat it as your only fan, and bask in its worship?"

One sentence struck Homelander's weak point.

Whether it was an accidental result of Vought's actions or deliberate control, due to his tragic birth and childhood, Homelander had developed a massive psychological defect—a twisted need for love. He absolutely could not accept being unloved or ignored.

Gritting teeth.

His teeth ground audibly.

Homelander struggled to suppress his rage, his face twisted with humiliation, fists clenched tight.

He could feel that Ron truly didn't care about his threats, but he couldn't afford to lose the people who loved him now—especially since more people admired and worshipped him than ever before.

The scene Ron had described, just thinking about it, made him feel suffocated, gasping for air.

"Be a good boy. As long as you don't go against my will..."

Seeing him silent for so long, Ron stood up and walked past him, patting his shoulder like a mafia don encouraging a subordinate, turning sideways with a warm smile.

"You'll still be the Homelander that millions look up to and adore."

Ron left. Homelander sat on the sofa, eyes vacant, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Suddenly, a phone call came in. His voice trembled, whether from pain or fear.

"Esteemed Homelander, it's me... A-Train.

Something went wrong."

"Someone found my girlfriend, threatened her, tracked down one of my delivery points, and let an experiment escape."

In the hospital, A-Train had barely survived, his knees nearly ground to pulp, tortured beyond recognition. He didn't dare rest, scrambling to save himself.

"By the time I found her, I don't know why Dark Star was there. He broke my legs, nearly killed me, and took the person away."

He emphasized Ron in his words, insinuating that Ron might be the mastermind behind it all.

After speaking, he sent Homelander a video.

It was footage from a hidden pinhole camera in his girlfriend The Mesmer's room, showing two people threatening her.

Nervous and terrified, A-Train wanted to redirect Homelander's fury toward the troublemakers and Ron.

But he didn't know that Homelander now had a fatal weakness in Ron's hands. What could Homelander do to Ron?

"Ron, you do hold a 'nuclear bomb' that could destroy me, but a 'nuclear bomb' is never used lightly—unless there's no other choice."

Still, Homelander figured he could get back at Ron, make him sick—by killing the people working for him.

"You think I, Homelander, the most powerful superhero on Earth, would just bow down and be your obedient dog?"

He grinned savagely.

Someone as cold as Ron—would he really burn bridges over a few underlings?

He'd just swallow the disgust and let it slide.

But after watching the video A-Train sent, he suddenly frowned.

"I've seen this guy somewhere before?"

One of the men threatening A-Train's girlfriend in the footage—a burly, bearded brute with a foul mouth—looked familiar.

"Who is he?"

A sudden instinct, a flash of intuition, told Homelander this was vitally important, but he couldn't place it.

"Billy Butcher..."

He went to Vought's Crime Investigation Department, searched by image, flipped through files, and murmured the name. His originally grim expression twisted into something strange.

"Him? That woman Becca's husband?"

His eyes narrowed.

"Wait. The file says his wife Becca has been missing for eight years?"

After taking control of Homelander, Ron was in a good mood. Paired with Starlight on a case, they went out to fight crime.

An armored car robbery.

He and Starlight strolled through a hail of bullets, chatting as they took down criminals, not giving the vicious thugs a second thought.

"Ron, what are you doing this afternoon? Want to hit that café from last time?"

After dealing with the criminals, hearing Starlight's question, he glanced at the system and froze slightly.

Ability Points: 240,000

"What happened?"

After threatening and controlling Homelander, his Ability Points had surged—and now, in a short time, they'd jumped again, reaching an unprecedented 240,000.