"Speaking of which."
Andrew thought of something and said, "Billy, Hughie, inject temporary Compound Five. I want to study your abilities."
Billy's Laser Eyes and Hughie's Teleportation were both quite valuable. Of course Andrew would not pass them up.
"Abilities can be learned too?"
Billy and Hughie were both astonished, but neither refused. They really wanted to inject the drug and become Ability Users.
What did it feel like for an ordinary person to suddenly become an Ability User?
It felt godlike. Take Billy, for example. After becoming an Ability User, he could easily lift a car and charge around without worrying about getting hurt at all.
Billy's supposed hatred of superhumans had only been hatred for Homelander. Then his resentment spread by association until he came to hate all Ability Users.
Marvin looked worriedly at his two teammates. Their hearts had now completely tilted toward Ability Users. One day, would they become like other Ability Users—lofty and arrogant, treating ordinary lives as worthless?
Simply put, would they become what they had once hated most?
Among The Boys, Marvin was the one who truly despised Ability Users, because Ability Users simply did not care about ordinary people. They were far too high and mighty.
Putting that aside for now, Billy and Hughie injected the drug. Andrew watched them use their abilities for an hour and successfully learned Laser Eyes and Teleportation, gaining two more useful abilities.
After that, Andrew took Black Noir and began searching for the members of Payback. If he was going to act, he had to act the part properly. Details mattered.
In the basement, after Andrew's consciousness left, Billy suddenly asked Hughie, "Hughie, now that we have abilities, do you want to go do something?"
"Do something?"
Hughie's eyes lit up. He said, "Of course I