The Boys' Superman in American Comics
Chapter 10

Energy Level

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"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Just as the Global Guardians' headquarters fell silent once more, fully armed soldiers clutching machine guns suddenly appeared inside the building out of thin air.

"My God!?"

Among the investigators, a man in a suit with slicked-back hair and sunglasses felt his scalp prickle after seeing the horrific scene before him.

The strongest superhero team on Blue Star, the Global Guardians, had been completely wiped out!? The man hoped that everything before his eyes was nothing more than an April Fool's joke...

"Report!"

"Omni-Man is still showing vital signs. He might still be alive!"

Several fully armed soldiers approached Nolan, Omni-Man, and after examining him, discovered that the strongest superhero on the planet might still be alive.

"Take him to the hospital. Save him at all costs!"

"Seal off all information about this place. Until we reach a conclusion, absolutely nothing can be leaked!"

The elderly man with graying hair who led the group looked troubled as he stared at the scene before him. His mind raced, even though he didn't want to believe it...

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

Meanwhile...

Jupiter had already returned to school. While those investigators were wasting time, he had not only made it back to school but had also gone to Little Sakura and thrown Immortal Man's heart and head into the crater of Mount Fuji...

He wanted to see how Immortal Man could possibly resurrect himself now...

Could he grow the rest of his body just by relying on a head and a heart, drinking lava to do it!? What a joke...

"Hey! Jupiter, I looked for you all noon! Where did you go!?"

Just as Jupiter finished washing his hands and walked out of the restroom, he happened to run into Mark, who wore a smug, triumphant expression.

"To the bathroom."

Jupiter pointed at the restroom behind him.

"My God! You missed your little brother's spectacular show just because you went to the bathroom!"

"You have no idea how brave I was back there!"

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

Mark looked at Jupiter excitedly, like a puppy waiting for its owner to praise it. His tail seemed to wag nonstop...

"Uh..."

Jupiter looked out the window. In an instant, his hearing and vision surpassed the limits of ordinary people.

"So this is why you blew up a building!?"

Jupiter pointed at the smoking skyscraper three kilometers away outside the school window and questioned Mark.

"Don't worry about the details..."

Mark felt somewhat embarrassed as he looked at the smoking building outside.

"You know, Jupiter, the enemy fired lasers! You know, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! I couldn't stop them!"

Mark imitated the enemy firing lasers, looking extremely ridiculous.

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

Jupiter patted Mark on the shoulder and walked down the corridor. He wanted more people to see him and establish an alibi.

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

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

"Bang!"

Amid a thunderous boom, a huge hole instantly appeared in the floor on the first story.

"Damn it!"

Mark looked at the hole in the floor and glanced left and right. When he saw that no one had noticed, he immediately made himself scarce. Jupiter had taught him that whenever he encountered trouble he didn't want to deal with, it was best to leave first!

"Hello, Jupiter!"

"Good afternoon, Jupiter!"

"Jupiter, want to play some ball later!?"

People throughout the school kept greeting Jupiter. He smiled and nodded at everyone in response. As a member of the school's varsity football team, Jupiter was like a minor celebrity at school. Wherever he went, countless students greeted him.

Normally, Jupiter would respond to each student who greeted him with a friendly smile and a few words. But today was different. He was in a special situation, and his mind was too preoccupied...

Character: Jupiter Sebastian Grayson Race: Virtu Mother Star People Power Level: Strong Surface (Weak Exploding Star) Gene Monitoring: No replicable high-quality genes detected Spacetime Gate Energy Collection Rate: 41%

Jupiter looked at the three-dimensional character interface in his mind, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly. He couldn't have mistaken that trashy mobile-game-style interface. It was a game he had designed before transmigrating, a mediocre casual game called Strongest Gene Evolution in the Multiverse. Players could travel into countless film and television universes, defeat powerful enemies, replicate their genes, and ultimately become the strongest. It was a mindless game meant purely for relaxation and entertainment...

He had designed the game purely for his own amusement. He never expected that before he even started playing it, he would get so excited late at night that he spilled the water in his cup onto the power strip, causing him to transmigrate directly. When he had first arrived in this world, he had regretted not getting to play the game. Now, he didn't need to anymore. This was his cheat!

As for how to use this cheat, no one understood it better than its developer. He could use the system to collect the energy within the bodies of people he killed. If their genes were useful to him, he could choose to replicate them directly. If they were useless, he could simply use all of it to charge the Spacetime Gate...

"The original plan can be changed a little..."

"The plan to become the only Ancestor Person in the entire universe is outdated!"

"I'll become 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 incredibly bold now. With this system, he might even be able to get a pair of eyes that fired lasers and play around with them. After all, an Ancestor Person without Heat Vision wasn't a proper Ancestor Person!

Jupiter kept an extremely low profile as he attended class and then went home after school, enduring Mark's endless chatter all the way.

Several hours later, as the sky gradually darkened...

The Global Protection Bureau finally knocked on the Grayson family's door.

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

When Deborah opened the door, several men in black suits and sunglasses stood at the entrance, quietly looking at Deborah and the others...

Inside a certain pentagonal building...

"Mrs. Deborah, please rest assured. Nolan is receiving treatment here that far exceeds global medical standards!"

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

A blond man in black clothes and sunglasses led Deborah, Mark, and Jupiter along. The three of them merely remained silent after hearing his words.

When the man in sunglasses opened a hospital-room door and pulled aside the curtain shielding the patient, they saw a patient with a swollen, bruised face and a body covered in wounds. It was none other than Nolan, Omni-Man.

"Did I go a little too far..."

Jupiter frowned slightly as he looked at the barely conscious Nolan.

"Sigh..."

The man in sunglasses glanced at Jupiter's expression and sighed softly. In his eyes, Jupiter looked like a young man who had just seen his beaten father, his heart filled with worry, hatred, and rage!

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