Leon: God Is a Girl

Manor villa.

The moment Leon and Mother's Milk entered, Butcher and the others came over to greet them. They knew Leon was punctual, so they had gathered here early to wait.

Whoosh—

Mother's Milk did not say a word.

He fired a chest blast right in front of the rest of The Boys, blowing apart the heads of a superhuman man and woman who had gotten so high on drugs that they had completely lost themselves and were still tangled together.

"What the fuck?!"

Butcher looked utterly confused. "M.M., what did you do?"

"Completely lost it."

Mother's Milk wore Butcher's signature wicked grin.

This was way too entertaining~

Leon, standing to one side and watching the show, could not help thinking.

Just then.

By the window of the building across from them.

A figure Leon found somewhat familiar, nearly naked from the waist down, was carrying an octopus in a plastic bag and preparing to jump out the window.

Bang!

Leon raised a hand and fired a Photovoltaic Shockwave, blasting the man, the window, and half the wall out of the building.

Then.

He signaled Hughie with his eyes. Hughie immediately understood and used his superpower to teleport away, heading outside the villa to collect the body.

"Leon, why do you have my superpower?"

The Boys had seen Leon use another new superpower, one they had never seen him use before but found strangely familiar.

Butcher and the others were full of surprise, but they did not say anything.

Feeling that she and Leon had grown closer, Starlight boldly asked the question directly.

"Darling, I can do far more than you imagine."

Leon smiled and walked over, smoothly wrapping an arm around Starlight's slender waist. Leaning close to her ear, he whispered:

"If you want to know, come to my room tonight. I'll teach you how to use your superpower more effectively, like this."

As he spoke.

Leon raised his hand and aimed his palm at Ant, the ant-sized superhuman trembling in the corner of the villa's hall.

Bang!

Then.

What shot out of Leon's palm was no longer the Photovoltaic Shockwave from before, which had a large damage radius but scattered power. Instead, it was a Blazing Gold Beam Cannon, with a small damage radius and completely concentrated power.

With that one blast.

Leon broke Starlight's record of zero kills with her palm shockwaves, blasting Ant into ashes and leaving behind only a melted hole in the corner wall, no more than two or three fingers wide.

Whoosh—

Just then, Hughie teleported back into the villa hall with The Deep and his octopus girlfriend, Timothy.

Seeing that, Starlight quickly shoved Leon away while Hughie still had his back turned toward them. Blushing, she turned around.

When Hughie turned back, he saw only Starlight facing away from everyone, her once-fair neck seeming slightly red.

But the rest of The Boys were currently pretending to see nothing, hear nothing, and know nothing. No one said a word.

Hughie did not think much of it. Instead, he excitedly tossed the half-conscious Deep in front of Leon.

Like a cat that would not eat a dead mouse, but would proudly bring one to its owner after catching it.

"Leon, how are you going to deal with him?"

Hughie asked.

"Annie, what do you think?"

Leon tossed Hughie's question to Starlight. Of everyone here, she had the most right to decide how The Deep should be handled, considering what had happened between them.

Although she did not know why Leon had asked her, the moment Starlight recalled how, when she had first joined The Seven, The Deep had relied on his seniority to try to bully her.

Even though Maeve had stepped in and stopped him because she was also a woman, anger still surged in Starlight's heart. She raised her leg and kicked, smashing The Deep's lower body to pieces before discussing it with Leon.

"This is the punishment he deserves, but he doesn't deserve to die. He's just an idiot whose brain doesn't work very well. Let him go like this."

"Please, Leon."

Starlight looked at Leon with a faintly pleading gaze.

"As you wish, American Sweetheart."

Right in front of Hughie, Leon bent down like a perfect gentleman, took Starlight's hand, and gently kissed the back of it.

Starlight did not dislike something at that level. Instead, Leon's understanding made her smile.

Hughie felt the same way.

He and Starlight shared the same opinion. The Deep did not deserve death; taking away his manhood was already the greatest punishment for what he had done.

However.

As if Leon had seen through Hughie's pathetic thoughts, he released Starlight's hand, straightened up, and said calmly:

"But."

"Don't wrong yourself because of a moment of kindness. Within reasonable limits, we should do whatever we want."

After saying that.

Leon smashed The Deep's not-so-bright head apart with his shield. The bloody, gruesome sight left Hughie dumbfounded.

Starlight, the person involved, also turned her head away with pity in her eyes. Though she did not want to look at The Deep's miserable state, she did feel much more satisfied inside.

"Oi, the people you're looking for are over here."

Butcher walked to a room's doorway, swaying his head as he called out to Leon.

"Mm."

Leon nodded and walked over with his shield. He did not care about the reactions of the other members of The Boys. They were not important enough for Leon to care about their feelings.

Inside the room.

The T.N.T. Twins had already been tightly bound by Butcher.

The moment Leon entered.

They looked at him with eyes full of terror and struggled fiercely, but it was useless.

"Hey, kids, I'm back."

Like an old friend reuniting after a long separation, Leon walked over to the T.N.T. Twins and greeted them, removing the lollipops that had kept them quiet.

"Le-Leon..."

The moment they could speak, the T.N.T. Twins burst into tears and begged, "What happened in Nicaragua wasn't our fault. We swear to God."

"Oh, that's really nice."

Leon raised his brows, his face full of mocking amusement. "You two have confirmed something for me: God is a lying bitch."

[Question: Would you like to perform today's check-in?]

'System, you are my God.'

[Ding! Today's check-in has been completed. Congratulations, host, you have obtained "Never-Ending Snap Pops."]

"Fuck!"

Another piece of garbage!

Leon was really at odds with Payback!

"R-Really, it wasn't our fault..."

Leon's sudden outburst made the T.N.T. Twins feel that their chances of survival had become slim. They hurriedly continued begging.

"Then whose fault was it?"

"Tell me, and I guarantee I'll leave you a way out."

As he spoke.

Leon wore an incredibly infectious "smile."

"It-It was Black Noir!"

"That's right! It was him!"

"Black Noir forced us to do it!"

"He was the one who sold you out to the Russians!"

"Please, Leon! For the sake of us once being teammates, let us go!"

Like drowning men clutching at straws, the T.N.T. Twins desperately threw dirt at Black Noir, even though he was already as black as coal.

"Black Noir?"

Leon asked for confirmation. The T.N.T. Twins hurriedly nodded along.

"Heh."

Leon could not help sneering. "Without Vought backing him up, Black Noir wouldn't even dare fart in front of me!"

"But—"

"Since you said it, I'll keep my promise and let you go."

Leon turned away in disappointment. After giving Butcher a look that said, "You know what to do," he pushed the door open and walked out, with no interest in watching what was about to happen.

"Thank you!"

"Thank you so much!"

"Leon, you're a good person!"

The T.N.T. Twins had not expected Leon to actually intend to let them go. Their relief at surviving the ordeal moved them to tears.

They immediately began ordering Butcher around, who was still in the room.

"Leon said he's letting us go!"

"Hurry up and untie us!"

Hearing that.

Butcher swaggered over to the T.N.T. Twins with a wicked grin. "He's letting you go, but I never said I would."

"W-What?"

Butcher's words froze the relieved smiles on the T.N.T. Twins' faces. Putting on a false show of bravado, they said, "We're Leon's former teammates. How dare you!"

Whoosh—

Before the T.N.T. Twins could finish, Butcher shot lasers from his eyes and sent the two of them to meet their God.

"Tch!"

What a pair of idiots. They had no sense at all. It seemed Leon was the only normal one in Payback.

If that Mindstorm, whom he had never met, was also a lunatic.

Butcher could not help thinking that, growing even more suspicious of the information Mallory had told him about Soldier Boy.