"You animal!" Butcher roared, kicking toward Ryan. He had loved Ryan only because his love for Becca had extended to the boy. Now that Ryan had killed Becca himself, how could Butcher possibly keep tolerating him?
In his wrath, Butcher's first reaction was to kill this little bastard Ryan and avenge Becca.
His second reaction was that these so-called superhumans were all beasts with no decency, shame, or family bonds.
Butcher showed not the slightest mercy. The temporary Genetic Serum had given him abilities almost identical to Homelander's—not just strength and speed, but Heat Vision as well. He could likewise be called a little Superman.
Even though Ryan looked like only a three-year-old child, the Heat Vision that had shot from his eyes earlier proved that Ryan had awakened his powers, and that he was no weakling. Naturally, Butcher would not hold back in the slightest.
Bang! But when Butcher's kick landed on Ryan, before even Homelander at the side could react, Ryan actually raised an arm and blocked the kick.
Although Ryan's body was sent flying, he had not suffered any real injury. Butcher's eyes widened, and for a moment, he found it hard to accept.
Even if Ryan had awakened his powers now, he was still only a three-year-old child. Putting aside the fact that both Butcher and Ryan possessed superhuman strength, Butcher was a well-trained, burly adult man over six feet tall, yet he had failed to injure a three-year-old child with a kick. That was genuinely hard for him to swallow.
But this was obviously because Butcher had misunderstood some things. Butcher thought Ryan's strength and everything else had been inherited from Homelander, but he did not know that Ryan himself was the reincarnation of Demon Brayden. He possessed the power that had originally belonged to