Homelander's Marvelous Debut
Chapter 24

One Punch, One Kill

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"Andrew!"

"Andrew!"

Two shouts of shock and fury rang out. The remaining two Rhymes could hardly believe their eyes.

Andrew had just been punched to death?

How was that possible!

Even without transforming, Andrew's physical attributes far surpassed those of ordinary people.

What was this young guy all about?

But now, there was no time for the two Rhymes to ponder this.

The pressure from Rorschach forced them to make a reluctant choice.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The bones of Rhyme and the other assassin began to surge rapidly, their bodies growing larger and long hair sprouting quickly.

The original two figures vanished, replaced by two wolves standing upright before everyone.

"Werewolves?"

Rorschach blinked in surprise.

He had to admit, he hadn't expected beings like werewolves to exist in this world.

But if werewolves existed, that meant vampires must exist too.

Rorschach suddenly understood what Rhyme had meant by "Living Dead" earlier.

It was clearly vampires.

"Shit! Damn it, it's werewolves!"

"Goddammit, why are there werewolves!"

The faces of the few remaining S.H.I.E.L.D. agents turned extremely grim.

Howard Stark's brow furrowed like an old chrysanthemum blooming in late autumn.

While ordinary people naturally didn't know about the existence of werewolves, it wasn't much of a secret to S.H.I.E.L.D. After all, this was their line of work.

It was precisely because of this that Howard Stark knew just how dangerous their situation was.

Beings like werewolves couldn't be killed with conventional weapons.

Especially after transforming, they became true monsters.

Immensely strong, fierce and cruel, yet possessing human intellect.

Unless powerful weapons like grenades were used, even the most formidable agents would be brought to their knees.

"Dangerous, get back quickly!"

Howard Stark, afraid Rorschach didn't grasp the severity, shouted at him.

"You guys, what are you waiting for? Go help!"

Howard then ordered the agents beside him.

ROAR!

ROAR!

A sudden beastly roar drew the attention of Howard and the others.

They saw a werewolf roaring and lunging at Rorschach.

Its mouth was wide open, revealing chilling fangs, and its front claws looked like blades, sending shivers down their spines.

"Be careful!"

Howard Stark couldn't help but exclaim.

"A werewolf? I wonder if it can withstand my punch right now?"

Instead of dodging, Rorschach showed an eager expression.

He tensed his shoulder and threw a punch directly at the werewolf.

Howard almost jumped out of his skin.

Did this young man want to die?

CRACK!

But in the next moment, the familiar sound of breaking bones rang out again. The massive werewolf flipped backward once more.

Then its chest caved in, turning into a bloody mess, and it lay still on the ground.

Clearly, it had followed in its elder brother's footsteps.

The entire bar fell silent. Anton Vanko, Howard Stark, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were all stunned.

He couldn't believe his eyes.

It was one thing for the Werewolf not to be transformed earlier, but this Werewolf right now was already transformed!

Wasn't this equivalent to punching a wolf to death?

Even Captain America didn't have this kind of strength, right?

Howard Stark was utterly stunned.

"How is this possible!"

Rhyme's heart churned with even greater waves, he couldn't believe his eyes no matter what.

It was precisely because he himself was a Werewolf that he knew better what kind of power a Werewolf possessed.

He knew even better what it meant to kill a Werewolf with a single punch.

A monster!

People who saw them often called them monsters, but compared to them, that young man was the real monster.

"Let's go!"

After snapping back to his senses, Rhyme immediately made this decision.

He couldn't bother with Howard Stark anymore, and decisively turned to flee quickly.

But would Rorschach let Rhyme get away?

If he didn't act, it was fine, but once he acted, he wouldn't let anyone go.

He suddenly exerted force under his feet, stomping hard on the ground.

Crack!

The ground was stomped into a pit by the immense force, and cracks spread out like a spiderweb.

Under the tremendous reaction force, Rorschach's body shot out like a cannonball.

He appeared in front of Rhyme first.

He simply blocked Rhyme's path.

Seeing that there was no way to retreat, Rhyme could only fight Rorschach to the death. He opened his mouth wide and roared as he lunged at Rorschach.

But Rorschach merely reached out a hand and grabbed Rhyme by the neck.

Rhyme's huge body seemed to have its pause button pressed, and he couldn't move forward an inch no matter what.

His claws flailed wildly, struggling, and scratched at Rorschach's body.

But it was like scratching steel, and it didn't affect Rorschach at all.

At most, it left some red marks on Rorschach's skin and scraped off a little bit of skin.

Rorschach was quite satisfied with his current physical strength.

"They're both claws, but a Werewolf's claws are far inferior to Sabretooth's."

Sabretooth's claws could easily slice through a car's exterior!

Rorschach still had the leisure to think about these things at this moment, which showed that the Werewolf and the like truly didn't put any pressure on Rorschach.

"Let this be the end!"

Bang!

Immediately after, Rorschach extended his other hand and punched Rhyme in the chest.

Crack!

Rhyme, who was still struggling in Rorschach's hand, suddenly slumped his head and his body went limp, motionless.

Rorschach casually flicked his hand, throwing him to the ground as if discarding trash.

[Mission Complete, congratulations to the Host for obtaining 50 Origin Points!]

At the same moment, a system prompt flashed in Rorschach's mind.

Fifty Origin Points were credited.

Although it was just a tiny bit, every bit counts, and Rorschach wasn't picky.

However, Rorschach checked afterward and found that 50 Origin Points could only strengthen a single attribute at the moment and could not be used to boost the overall unlock progress.

Of course, this was understandable, as such a small amount of Origin Points couldn't even unlock 1% of the progress.

Rorschach decided not to use these Origin Points for now and save them.

He would use them later when he had more Origin Points than the basic unlock requirement.

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