"This is a modern city? Oh, New York again."
Leon had arrived on a sunny morning.
He hovered in the air. High-rises stretched as far as he could see, their layers of glass reflecting a blinding glare.
Central Park, the Empire State Building, Times Square...
The familiar landmarks made the city unmistakable.
Leon was in no rush to figure out which world this was.
After all, his main reason for traveling to another world was to pass the time.
He had only two things to do.
—Conduct genetic research that would take a great deal of time.
And soak up a few thousand years of sunlight to become Golden Superman.
He could actually do both in the Marvel Universe.
All he had to do was enter the World Ring and activate Time Acceleration.
But rather than spend thousands of years alone inside the ring, he preferred to see another world.
It was also a chance to see whether his Legend Clone could become an Abstract Entity in another world.
So Leon hovered there as his suit rippled into casual clothes: a blue-and-white short-sleeved shirt and knee-length cargo shorts.
At the same time, he activated his world-traveling ability again, trying to contact the World Consciousness.
Hello?
Anyone home?
There was no response.
Leon tentatively concluded that this world had no World Consciousness.
Of course, it was also possible that, like DC, this world was on such a high level that it couldn't be bothered with him.
But when Leon activated Super Hearing, he caught snippets of conversation.
"Homelander," "Neuman running for vice president," "Butcher"...
He immediately knew where he was.
"This is The Boys Universe? Then there probably isn't a World Consciousness. The only thing of any value here is Compound V, right?"
The Boys Universe was a world where ordinary