The heroes all nodded in agreement.
"Don't worry. We'll take good care of them. Their powers will be put to good use," Captain Rogers said on everyone's behalf.
"Good. But that's not the point," Homelander said gravely. "What matters is that while I'm gone, the three of them will help you protect this planet."
The atmosphere in the meeting room changed at once.
"Gone? Where are you going? What happened?" Jessica asked, suddenly tense.
She knew Homelander. Unless he had run into something exceptionally difficult, he would never leave his home base so easily.
Skye looked at him anxiously too. "Did something happen? I can help you shoulder it."
Homelander fell silent.
It was a familiar trick of his.
After dropping a bombshell, he let silence give the fear and tension time to spread.
Only when everyone's breathing had grown heavy did he slowly speak.
"A terrible crisis is approaching..." Homelander said, mixing truth with lies. "It isn't coming from Earth, or from another planet. It's coming from... the Multiverse."
"Evil forces from another universe have set their sights on us. The boundaries of reality are collapsing. If we don't stop them, the entire universe, everything we hold dear... will be annihilated."
Everyone drew a sharp breath.
Those present had weathered all kinds of storms, but the "Multiverse" was still beyond anything they knew.
"Even I can't be sure I can defeat them completely. But I can't back down. I must leave this universe and search other dimensions for a way to end this crisis, for a power that can stand against them."
For a long time, no one could collect themselves.
If even Homelander, whose strength seemed limitless, had no confidence and had to leave the universe to find a solution, then this crisis was far more terrifying than