"Billy, I know you hate Homelander, but experiments can't be rushed. After all, neither of us wants to fail."
Chthon shook his head and said, "Also, I came this time to ask you to leave the laboratory for a while and come deal with someone with me. Once we're done, you can return to the lab and continue the experiment."
"Deal with who?"
Billy was stunned. The Perfect Doomsday experiment was so important, yet Chthon was actually pulling him away to deal with someone else? Who could be that important?
"Your former good friend, Hughie. He's a Skyfather now too. He can teleport on a massive scale, and he doesn't even leave his clothes behind."
Chthon said, "For the greater good, we have to get rid of him. Of course, it would be even better if we could turn him."
"Hughie became a Skyfather too? Lord Sithorn, Hughie isn't easy to turn."
Billy shook his head and said, "He's the kind of honest man who looks harmless and easy to bully, but once he makes up his mind, not even nine oxen can pull him back.
"Still, he isn't without weaknesses. His girlfriend was killed by A-Train, and he hates A-Train to the bone. Maybe we can use that to make him fall.
"A good guy can't kill A-Train, because the Disaster Countermeasures Bureau won't allow it. On the surface, A-Train is a superhero. If Hughie wants to kill him, he can only become a bad guy."
"That is a good opening. Tell me in detail about how his girlfriend was killed."
Chthon said with interest. Billy did not refuse and recounted the whole story.
Simply put, one day, Hughie and his girlfriend had been getting affectionate on the sidewalk. The next second, his girlfriend was smashed into a pulp,