"Save you? So you can go back to eating my fans?" Homelander looked at him coldly.
"No... I... I can be your servant... I have... knowledge... I have power..."
The Celestial who had once looked down on everyone now begged for mercy like a dog.
His voice was growing weaker, and his body had shrunk by nearly half.
"A servant?"
Homelander rubbed his chin.
The bastard was scheming through and through, but a Celestial might prove useful someday.
"Fine."
Homelander turned his wrist.
A metal ball appeared in his hand, purple and white, with an unusual design.
A white "M" was etched into its surface. Otherwise, it looked like an ordinary toy.
This was the legendary gold-tier prize he had drawn on Ego's Planet with a hundred thousand special popularity points.
[Super Master Ball (System Special Edition)] [Description: Has a 100% chance of capturing any nonhuman life-form, converting it into a stream of particles and drawing it into the ball.] [The captured target undergoes compulsory will adjustment, developing absolute obedience and loyalty toward its captor.]
"A guaranteed catch? Forced brainwashing?"
Homelander looked at the ball in his hand, grinning from ear to ear.
"System, this time you've given me something... perfect."
"Hey, big head."
Homelander raised the Master Ball and struck a textbook throwing pose.
"You're in luck."
"You've lost the right to be your own man, but you've landed a job with better prospects."
"Go! Master Ball!"
Homelander flicked his wrist. The Master Ball streaked forward and struck the remains of Ego's core dead center.
Click.
The ball sprang open, and a red beam shot from its center, enveloping the rapidly fading Ego.
"No! What is this?! No—!"
To Ego's horror, he was helplessly converted into a stream of red particles and sucked into the tiny ball.