The moment he said that, the public, who had been celebrating their victory over the dimensional demon just moments ago, instantly began a fresh round of wailing.
"Two and a half years? Great. Now I finally have an excuse not to lose weight. We're all going to become void particles anyway."
"Haha! I just signed a thirty-year mortgage with zero down payment! I won't have to repay the remaining twenty-seven years!"
"Fuck! The Maya said 2012 would be the end of the world? So what they meant was that every year after 2012 would be the end of the world!"
"Everyone, calm down! Think about it carefully—we don't actually need to worry about this Sunspot Effect!"
"Dude above, have you lost your mind?"
"Listen up, idiots. The Sunspot Effect is still two and a half years away. At Earth's current average rate of being destroyed three times a year, we'll go through at least seven more apocalypses before the Dark Dimension devours us! So this thing probably won't even get its turn!"
"God, that actually makes so much sense that I have nothing to say."
"Damn it, I actually feel relieved. Habit really is a terrifying thing."
"Look! Homelander isn't done yet! He raised his hand!"
At the press conference.
Homelander lifted a hand in a calming gesture, and the restless reporters immediately fell silent.
With his hands behind his back, he swept his gaze over the cameras, composed and confident.
"Don't be nervous, my fellow citizens! There's more good news—I've already found a solution!"
Of course!
Homelander never disappointed.
His words were like a shot of adrenaline injected directly into humanity's veins.
The public, who had been wailing online moments ago, instantly made a complete one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.
It was as though the apocalyptic crisis had already ended ahead of