Gravik's provocative livestream sent V.G.D.'s public channel into an uproar once more.
"That green-skinned bastard actually dared to provoke all of us!"
"I'm going to Australia! I'll twist his head off and use it as a ball!"
"Count me in! I'll turn him into a sieve with my spikes!"
Calls to fight rose one after another. Everyone was eager to make a move, wishing they could fly to the Nullarbor Plain at once and display their power before the entire world.
Until Skynet's voice rang through the channel.
"All personnel, remain on standby." Skynet's calm voice reached everyone's ears clearly.
"The government has already made its decision."
"At nine tomorrow morning, they will launch a nuclear strike on the Nullarbor Plain."
A nuclear strike...
Upon hearing the news, the superheroes in the public channel calmed down.
Nuclear weapons were humanity's ultimate weapons at present.
As far as they knew, no carbon-based lifeform could survive the power of a nuclear explosion.
If anyone could, it could only be Homelander.
"Looks like that arrogant alien is as good as dead!"
"What a shame. I wanted to beat him up myself."
"Don't celebrate too soon." Steve spoke gravely in the channel. "If the nuclear bomb fails to kill him, then by his rules, humanity will lose a city."
"How could it fail to kill him?" someone immediately retorted. "That's a nuclear bomb! What could possibly withstand it?"
Most heroes believed that at nine the next morning, this absurd Skrull Game would end beneath an enormous mushroom cloud.
Tokyo, Japan.
Neon-lit Kabukicho, a corrupt world where prosperity and sin intertwined.
Frank had originally planned to have a major showdown with Nick Fury in this city of vice, but an unexpected overseas call changed his plans.
After Frank hung up, his face became frighteningly