"His head exploded?"
Homelander froze and instinctively let go. I didn't do that. His head exploded on its own. I'm innocent.
Unfortunately, no one else saw it that way. Seeing Homelander kill the President, the viewers cheered. That old bastard had betrayed humanity. He deserved to die.
Unlike the viewers, the higher-ups were both shocked and furious. However bad the President was, he was still the President of America. How could Homelander kill him just like that, especially by blowing his head apart? If he dared to kill the President today, he might wipe out all of humanity tomorrow. They had to find a way to rein him in.
"Tsk, tsk. Newman really is ruthless."
Seeing the President's head explode, Andrew turned toward an alley in the distance, just in time to see Newman's white eyes gradually return to normal.
Newman was the one who had blown the President's head apart. Her reason was simple: she wanted to put Nathan in office. With the President dead, Nathan would become the new President, while she would become the director of the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau.
Besides, they both served under the Director of S.W.O.R.D. As an ally in the same camp, Nathan would not mistreat her. In eight years, when Nathan stepped down, she might even become the next President.
Of course, aside from those reasons, Andrew had also nudged fate, pushing Newman toward an extreme course of action.
"Still a little too impulsive."
Andrew quietly erased all the surveillance footage around Newman. That was what a good boss ought to do. No thanks necessary.
Also, after the President died, Andrew collected his soul. That was right—the President's soul had long belonged to Andrew. He simply had not played that card.
Besides that card, Andrew had another one up his sleeve: he