The blinding white light instantly robbed everyone of their sight, followed by searing heat and a shockwave that destroyed everything.
Bustling Ginza, the towering Tokyo Tower, and dense office buildings were reduced to ashes the instant they came into contact with the nuclear blast, like scraps of paper in a raging fire.
For the third time, a massive mushroom cloud symbolizing destruction rose over this sin-laden island nation.
Homelander concealed himself and looked coldly down at the scorched ruins below.
He did not feel much pity. Someone had to make a sacrifice for his script.
And he thought Tokyo could not have been more suitable as that sacrifice.
"What a magnificent display of fireworks."
At that moment, Homelander suddenly thought of someone.
I wonder if Phastos, that fat Black inventor from the Eternals... he mocked inwardly.
...will fall to his knees again and weep in remorse when he sees this third mushroom cloud, regretting how he advanced human technology? Heh heh.
Meanwhile, Gravik was still immersed in the omnipotent feeling of being invincible.
He floated above the ruins left by the nuclear blast, looking down at the land with the lofty disdain of a king in his eyes.
"You lost the first round. Tokyo is the price."
"Today's game ends here, but this is only the beginning. Same time, same place tomorrow, and the game will continue..."
"I'll keep waiting for you there. Bring all your confidence, or bring your letters of surrender."
After leaving behind that declaration, Gravik arrogantly turned around.
At the right moment, Homelander used the Force and took the Skrull leader, who was still dreaming of his own invincibility, into the gray skies above the aftermath of the nuclear blast.
As Gravik's figure vanished from the livestream.
An unprecedented psychological tsunami swept through all of