The Boys' Superman in American Comics
Chapter 10

Energy Level

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"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

When the Global Guardians hall fell silent once more, a group of fully armed soldiers clutching machine guns suddenly materialized inside the room out of thin air.

"Oh my God!?"

Among the investigators, a man in a suit with slicked-back hair and sunglasses felt his scalp crawl at the sight of the carnage before him.

The most powerful superhero team on Blue Star, the Global Guardians, had been wiped out!? The man wished this was all just an April Fools' joke...

"Report!"

"Omni-Man still has vital signs—he might be alive!"

Several heavily armed soldiers rushed to Omni-Man Nolan's side. After a round of scans, they discovered that this planet's mightiest superhero might still be clinging to life.

"Send him to the hospital. Spare no expense to save him!"

"Lock down all information here. Until we reach a conclusion, not a single word leaks out!"

The leader of the group, an old man in a suit with flowing white hair, stared at the scene in distress, his mind churning. He didn't want to believe it...

But if... if a supervillain had truly emerged who could defeat the entire Global Guardians and Omni-Man, then he could only pray to God—pray that God would descend from heaven to stop that brutal villain!

On the other side...

Jupiter had already returned to school. In the time those investigators had wasted, he'd not only made it back but also taken a detour to Little Sakura, tossing Immortal Man's heart and head into the crater of Mount Fuji...

He wanted to see how Immortal Man would revive this time.

Was he supposed to grow back the rest of his body by drinking magma with just a head and a heart!? What a joke...

"Hey! Jupiter, I've been looking for you all afternoon—where did you go!?"

Just as Jupiter finished washing his hands and stepped out of the restroom, he ran into Mark, who was beaming with pride.

"Bathroom."

Jupiter pointed at the restroom behind him.

"Oh my God! You missed your little brother's awesome show just because you were in the bathroom!?"

"You have no idea how brave I was!?"

"I personally defeated a supervillain who could shoot lasers!"

Mark looked at Jupiter with excitement, like a puppy wagging its tail, waiting for its owner's praise...

"Uh..."

Jupiter glanced out the window, his hearing and sight instantly surpassing normal human limits.

"So that's your excuse for blowing up a building!?"

Jupiter pointed at the smoking skyscraper three kilometers away from the school and asked Mark.

"Don't sweat the details..."

Mark felt a bit awkward looking at the smoking building outside.

"Jupiter, you know, the enemy could shoot lasers! Pew pew pew—I couldn't stop it!"

Mark mimicked the enemy firing lasers, looking utterly ridiculous.

"I know. Anyway, good job..."

Jupiter patted Mark on the shoulder and walked down the hallway. He needed more people to see him, to establish his alibi.

"Mark, did you hear that!? Even Jupiter said you did great!"

After receiving Jupiter's praise, Mark clenched his fist in satisfaction and stomped his foot hard.

"Boom!"

With a loud crash, a massive hole appeared in the floor of the first floor.

"Oh no!"

Mark looked at the hole in the ground, glanced left and right, saw no one watching, and bolted. Jupiter had taught him—when faced with trouble he didn't want to deal with, get out first!

"Hello, Jupiter!"

"Good afternoon, Jupiter!"

"Jupiter, want to play ball later!?"

Students kept greeting Jupiter on campus, and Jupiter smiled and nodded back to each one. As a member of the school's football team, Jupiter was like a little celebrity—wherever he went, countless students greeted him.

On a normal day, Jupiter would respond with a warm smile and kind words to every student who greeted him. But not today. Today was different—he was a bit preoccupied, his mind too busy to spare...

Character: Jupiter Sebastian Grayson

Race: Virtu Mother Star People

Energy Level: Strong Surface (Weak Exploding Star)

Gene Scan: No replicable high-quality genes detected

Spacetime Gate Energy Collection Rate: 41%

Jupiter stared at the 3D character interface in his mind, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. That trashy browser-game-style page—he couldn't mistake it. It was a low-tier casual game he'd designed before crossing over, called Strongest Gene Evolution in the Multiverse. The gist was that players could travel through countless film and TV worlds, defeat powerful enemies, replicate their genes, and eventually become the strongest—a mindless, relaxing game for killing time...

He'd designed the game purely for his own amusement, never expecting that before he could even play it, he'd get too excited one night, knock his water cup over onto a power strip, and get directly isekai'd. Right after crossing over, he regretted not having played it even once. Now he didn't need to—this was his cheat!

As for how to use this cheat, no one knew better than its developer. He could use this system to collect energy from the bodies of those he killed. If their genes were beneficial to him, he could directly choose to replicate them. If not, all the energy would go to charging the Spacetime Gate...

"The original plan can be changed..."

"The 'sole Ancestor Person in the universe' plan is outdated!"

"I'm going to be the only Ancestor Person in the entire multiverse..."

"No, I should say the only Ancestor Person in the entire omniverse!"

After awakening his cheat, Jupiter directly abandoned his original plan. He was super bold now. With this system, maybe he could even get himself a pair of laser-shooting eyes to play with. After all, an Ancestor Person without Heat Vision wasn't a good Ancestor Person at all!

For the next while, Jupiter kept an extremely low profile—went to class, came home, and under Mark's incessant chatter, returned to the house.

A few hours later, as the sky gradually darkened...

The Global Defense Agency finally knocked on the Grayson family's door.

"Dear Ms. Deborah, there's something we need to discuss with you and your family..."

When Deborah opened the front door, several men in black suits and sunglasses stood at the entrance, silently watching Deborah and the others...

Inside some pentagonal building...

"Ms. Deborah, please rest assured. Nolan has received treatment here that far exceeds global medical standards!"

"I believe he'll recover soon. After all, he's the strongest person on this planet!"

A black-suited man with blond hair and sunglasses led the way for Deborah, Mark, and Jupiter. The three of them remained silent, saying nothing.

When the man in sunglasses pushed open a hospital room door and pulled back the curtain shielding the patient, it revealed a man with a swollen, bruised face and a body covered in wounds. That man was none other than Omni-Man, Nolan.

"Did I go a little too hard on him..."

Jupiter frowned slightly as he looked at Nolan, who was barely clinging to life.

"Sigh..."

The man in sunglasses let out a soft sigh as he watched Jupiter's expression. In his eyes, Jupiter was just a young man seeing his beaten father, filled with worry, hatred, and anger!

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