Drilling a Hole Through the Planet

"I've got to leave behind something memorable. Otherwise, people will think I'm a fake Ancestor Person. Maybe I'll blow up a planet..."

After wiping out the entire surface civilization of the Flaxans, Jupiter showed no intention of stopping. As a naturally gifted powerhouse among the Viltrumites, he had to do a better job than ordinary Viltrumites...

For example...

Jupiter turned into a streak of light in outer space and charged toward the crimson surface of the Flaxan planet. A thunderous boom followed!

The surviving Flaxans on the ground looked up at the sky. A meteor tore through the atmosphere and hurtled toward their homeworld.

"Please protect us..."

Some Flaxans clasped their hands together and prayed. Though Flaxans and Blue Star's people were completely different species, it was strange that the highly intelligent Flaxans had developed beliefs remarkably similar to those of Earth's civilization!

Then...

"Boom!"

A colossal mushroom cloud erupted across the surface of the Flaxan planet, sweeping in every direction. All the Flaxans who had fallen to their knees and watched the light flare were instantly reduced to dust!

The shock wave shook the planet's continental plates...

But all that was merely the attack visible on the planet's surface. The real attack came from within the Flaxan planet!

A humanoid life-form sped forward at far beyond the speed of sound, reaching such an extreme velocity that even the radar of an aerospace civilization could barely detect him. In an instant, he broke through the planet's crust, outer mantle, liquid layer, and inner mantle, finally reaching the Flaxan planet's core...

"Hah!"

The white-clad figure plunged into the core, where temperatures reached thousands of degrees Celsius. He unleashed his energy to the fullest, triggering an eruption of the planet's core. Then, turning into a blur, he continued straight ahead...

"Boom!"

Before long, a deafening explosion erupted on the other side of the planet. A man in a tattered white battle suit, his eyes blazing with fire, soared into the sky amid magma spewing from the core, returning to the vacuum of space.

"Boom!"

"Bang..."

After the man flew away from the planet, the entire Flaxan world underwent a shocking transformation. The air burned, the ground shook, and magma erupted across the planet. It was like the end of the world; the planet seemed to have begun its countdown to destruction.

"I hope you enjoy the grand fireworks I've sent you."

Jupiter stood in the vacuum of space, watching explosions erupt across the Flaxan planet's surface. Its destruction had begun, and the countdown was underway.

"..."

After admiring the view for a while, Jupiter picked up the Spacetime Gate device he had tossed into the vacuum earlier and pressed it lightly.

In an instant, a golden Spacetime Gate silently appeared in space.

"Home."

Jupiter darted through the gate.

Meanwhile, at Global Defense Bureau headquarters, Cissels was looking over a report when he suddenly sensed something. His expression changed.

"Everyone, get out!"

Global Defense Bureau director Cissels addressed the staff coldly.

"..."

At his words, the staff immediately stopped what they were doing and filed out of headquarters. They moved with such practiced ease that this clearly wasn't the first time something like this had happened.

"How's it going? What did you find out?!"

Cissels asked, staring at a corner of the room.

"Heh..."

A soft chuckle rang out, and the room dimmed. In a shadowy corner, a red-skinned demon dressed in a classic English trench coat and detective's cap appeared out of nowhere, looking every bit like a great detective.

"I've got a very interesting result for you. I think you'll like it..."

The demon's crimson face twisted into a menacing smile as he spoke to Cissels with deliberate mystery.

"Enough. Stop being cryptic and tell me what you found."

Cissels looked at the demon with not a shred of trust in his eyes. He had never trusted any demon, including this great detective before him.

"Such an impatient old man..."

"But since you want to know, I'll tell you."

The demon gave Cissels a knowing smile.

"First, congratulations. My earlier theory was wrong. Omni-Man didn't plan and carry out the slaughter of the Global Guardians..."

The demon began with news that put Cissels greatly at ease.

"When Omni-Man and the Guardians were gathered together, there was another person present. In theory, that person was the real culprit. But here's the interesting part: when that person fought the other members of the Guardians, they managed to resist to some degree. Yet when he fought Omni-Man, Omni-Man didn't seem to fight back at all. It was as if that person and Omni-Man knew each other well..."

"So, we've narrowed it down. Someone who knows Omni-Man well, has the power to kill every member of the Global Guardians, and can break through Omni-Man's defenses. Cissels, do you know who that is?"

The red-skinned demon asked with a cold smile.

"Someone familiar enough with Omni-Man to make Nolan give up resisting..."

"And powerful enough to kill the entire Global Guardians and break through Omni-Man's defenses..."

Cissels' eyes widened. He thought it over carefully and realized he did know someone...

He remembered Robot mentioning a person—someone whose power, according to Robot, was almost on par with Omni-Man's...

Omni-Man Nolan's eldest son, Jupiter...

Cissels had also seen the battlefield where Jupiter fought. Back then, he had almost felt sorry for the Flaxans. Jupiter had crushed them with sheer power, leaving them barely recognizable...

In an instant, everything that had puzzled Cissels became clear.

A man who had inherited all of Omni-Man's power, was ambitious, and was ruthless would never tolerate someone standing above him. So he had planned the destruction of the Global Guardians. Nolan had learned what his son had done and fought back with everything he had, but he couldn't bring himself to strike his own son. In the end, he had been beaten half to death...

"Bang!"

Having imagined the whole story, Cissels slammed his fist into the computer monitor beside him, shattering it. Shards of glass immediately covered his hand, and drops of red blood trickled from his wounds.

"Listen, Damien Darkblood. You're going to keep everything you found out buried inside you. Don't tell anyone, or I'll personally send you to hell."

Cissels warned the red demon.

"Hmph! Arrogant old man. I'll expose the truth to the world myself."

Damien Darkblood glared at Cissels, then vanished from the office.

"F*CK!"

After Damien Darkblood left, Cissels sank helplessly into his chair.

"Director, what happened?"

Cissels' young assistant looked at his helpless expression, confused.

"Things have taken a turn for the worst. Blue Star may have been dragged into the biggest family dispute in the world—or even the entire universe."

Cissels rubbed his temples again and again. He felt utterly troubled.

Deep down, Cissels still believed Omni-Man Nolan was a good person. Or rather, he didn't dare consider the possibility that Blue Star's strongest father-and-son duo were both enemies.