[Copy complete] [Super Physique LV6 (Fusion Enhancement) has been permanently fixed]
Lucian withdrew the hand resting on Bombsight's shoulder.
Another level-six ability.
As the fusion ended, his already almost disproportionately powerful body grew stronger again. His muscles, bones, internal organs, and every last cell rapidly adjusted.
This improvement felt less like simply adding strength and more like filling every weakness his body originally had.
Lucian felt it out for a moment before taking out his phone and calling Soldier Boy.
"What is it?"
Soldier Boy sounded hostile, clearly still not over Homelander's pathetic display earlier.
"Did you catch him?"
"He agreed to come with me himself." Soldier Boy snorted. "If that counts as catching him."
Lucian heard the anger in his voice, but he could guess what had happened between father and son along the way.
"Bring him straight to the research institute."
"Fine."
Soldier Boy agreed without hesitation.
When it came to keeping promises, he really was far more reliable than Homelander.
Beside the highway, Soldier Boy hung up and strode forward.
Homelander trudged unevenly behind Soldier Boy. The weeds on either side of the highway shivered in the autumn wind, much like his mood at that moment.
Go see Lucian.
Those words kept circling in his head.
He didn't know what awaited him. Imprisonment? Experiments? Or a trial before the entire world?
The unknown was more torturous than a beating.
Watching Soldier Boy's unhurried back, Homelander finally couldn't stand the torment anymore.
"I could fly you there."
Soldier Boy stopped, turned around, and glared at him for two solid seconds.
"What, you think I'd climb onto your back and let a cape-wearing pussy like you fly me around?"
Homelander's lips twitched.
He just wanted to get this over with sooner, yet this old bastard who'd crawled