"Had my fun..."
"Time taken: one minute thirty seconds. The portal's energy went from 41% to 45%..."
"These cucumbers are way too weak, right? I smashed over a thousand of them and only got four percent energy?! What a drag. Maybe next time I'll just charge straight into their homeworld and kill them all..."
Jupiter glanced at the watch on his wrist. He'd promised Deborah he'd be back in one minute. He'd broken that promise, taking a full minute and a half. At the same time, he was speechless at the energy contained within these cucumber aliens. According to the system's assessment of these Cucumber Star People, their individual power level was around brick-breaking to wall-breaking, their physical fitness barely better than an average Blue Star human. Completely worthless.
"I'll leave this to you guys."
After his moment of exasperation, Jupiter floated in the air, glanced down at the Youth Group below, tossed out a single sentence, and shot off at top speed toward a certain pentagonal building.
"Fine! Fine!"
"So guys like us, the small fry, just have to be looked down on, right?! All the grunt work, all the dirty jobs, that's for us, right?!"
"You bastard..."
Rex stared at Jupiter's retreating back, shouting angrily. But Jupiter couldn't be bothered to acknowledge him from start to finish. Jupiter just filed those words away in his heart, planning to settle accounts with Rex slowly later.
"Mom, and Mark."
When Jupiter returned to the hospital room, he saw Mark, covered in blood, holding Deborah. This was Mark's first real fight against an enemy who killed without blinking, and the pressure on him was immense—not just physical, but mental.
"You've done well already!"
Jupiter looked at Mark, whose spirit was being constantly worn down, and patted him on the shoulder. For a kid, in such a short time, he'd experienced the great joy of awakening superpowers, then watched his father get beaten half to death by an unknown enemy. He'd wanted to save people like a superhero, only to get toyed with by the enemy, and in the end, he couldn't even save anyone. In a brief span, Mark's life had been a rollercoaster of highs and lows. The fact that he could still keep a positive, upward-looking heart was already rare.
"Really? Jupiter..."
Mark looked up at his words. He knew Jupiter was trying to comfort him, but right now, that was exactly what he needed.
"It's true! You've done great. When I faced my first opponent, I couldn't even throw a punch. Compared to that, you're already impressive..."
Jupiter continued praising Mark a few more times.
"Hearing you say that makes me feel a lot better."
After receiving Jupiter's praise, Mark felt encouraged, and his spirits gradually lifted.
"Mark, Jupiter, I've got things handled here. You two go home! You still have class tomorrow..."
Deborah stood up, gripping both Jupiter's and Mark's hands tightly. With Nolan down, as the only adult left in the family, she had to hold the household together, giving her children encouragement and strength. This had nothing to do with physical power or superpowers—it was a mother's love for her children.
"..."
Jupiter frowned slightly. Honestly, he wasn't worried about whether others might get hurt because of his and Nolan's plan. But Deborah—this mother of his in this world—he couldn't face her with an easy conscience.
That was why he'd tried to discuss with Nolan using a softer method to take control of this world...
For example, secretly controlling the Global Security Bureau, propping up puppets in power, and pulling all the strings behind the scenes across the entire Blue Star. There was no need for them, the Virtumians, to stand out in the open. Hiding in the shadows and controlling the big picture was what they should be doing. What Nolan was doing now was great—when Nolan attacked the Global Guardians, the first thought in their minds wasn't that Nolan had turned evil, but that he was being controlled...
Keep playing the role of Nolan, turning him from the world's hero into an indispensable leader!
Make Blue Star realize it wasn't that Nolan needed them, but that they couldn't do without him...
In short, put on a grand show, toy with everyone on Blue Star, satisfy Jupiter's twisted sense of fun, while achieving their ultimate goal of ruling Blue Star...
But even though Jupiter had this vision, the specifics of how to carry it out still depended on Nolan lying in that hospital bed—on what he had in mind. For now, the one thing they absolutely had to do was cripple the Global Security Bureau led by Xisels. That was beyond doubt.
"I'll take Mark home..."
Jupiter shook his head, pushing aside the stray thoughts. He faced Deborah and gave his assurance, pulling Mark behind him.
"Mm."
Deborah nodded lightly, saying no more. She trusted Jupiter to handle it.
"Let's go, Mark! We shouldn't let Mom worry."
Jupiter turned to Mark and said.
"I know..."
Mark had wanted to say something more, but in the end, he said nothing. He swallowed his words and clenched his fists. He wanted to become stronger, stronger still, until he was worthy of his hero name—the "Invincible" in Invincible Young Hero.
"Sigh..."
Besides Deborah, there was also this foolish younger brother of his. If he could help it, Jupiter really didn't want to come to blows with Mark. He truly didn't want to turn his already not-so-bright little brother from Mark into a smear on the ground. That would hurt everyone.
One silent night passed...
The next day...
Jupiter and Mark went to school together.
It had been a while since they'd walked to school together. Mostly because Mark felt that if he always went to school with Jupiter, people would think he'd never grown up.
At school, Jupiter and Mark ran into Mark's blond-haired little sidekick.
"Hey, Mark! And Jupiter!"
The little blond looked at Jupiter with surprise. He knew about the relationship between Mark and Jupiter, but at school, he rarely saw them together, so this caught him off guard.
"Mm..."
Jupiter didn't actually know this little blond's name, so he just smiled and nodded.
"Why are you so down in the dumps, Mark?"
The little blond didn't mind that Jupiter couldn't remember his name—Jupiter was the campus superstar, so wasn't it totally normal that he couldn't recall everyone's name?! Instead, he was curious about Mark's dejection.
"Our father was attacked. He got hurt..."
Mark sighed and began to share what had been weighing on him lately.
"Oh, I'm sorry... My god, I mean, is Uncle okay?"
The little blond looked at Mark and Jupiter with concern.
"He's fine..."
"That's Eve, right?!"
Suddenly Mark noticed Eve talking to someone on campus.
"I need to say a word to her."
Mark prepared to go thank Eve.
"Mark, that's definitely Eve. Every guy in school wants to talk to her. I'd save your breath if I were you! Didn't you just get threatened for talking to Amber?"
The little blond stood behind Mark, already picturing his failure.
"Excuse me."
Jupiter smiled at the little blond and also walked toward Eve.
He remembered that bastard Rex had cursed him out. Well, no help for it—he'd just have to reluctantly NTR Rex, then find a chance to take Rex out. In that moment, NTR ecstasy flooded him...
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