Homelander turned to look at Solomon beside him, a hint of mystery in his eyes and a note of seeking credit in his voice.
"Take a look at that freighter. It's carrying the gift I prepared for you."
Solomon's gaze shifted slightly. He immediately activated Super Vision, taking in everything happening inside the hold.
The next instant, a clear flicker of surprise crossed his eyes.
Hidden aboard this seemingly ordinary freighter smuggling people into the country were more than a dozen Supes, each with a different aura!
He turned to Homelander beside him, sounding somewhat surprised.
"Did you specifically arrange to have these Supes brought here?"
Homelander nodded openly, a smug smile lifting the corners of his mouth as he spoke lightly.
"Of course. They're members of an overseas Supe terrorist organization. I specifically had every one of them come to New York. Haven't you always needed to defeat Supes to increase your own strength? This way, you won't have to wear yourself out searching the world for prey. Ready-made opponents delivered straight to you."
He raised his eyes and glanced at the sealed hold below, his gaze piercing precisely through the layers of the hull before finally locking firmly onto a slender Asian figure.
"You only need to leave one of them alive. Do whatever you like with the rest, dead or alive. Leave that Asian man. Let him operate in New York for a while, and we can deal with him gradually afterward."
Homelander's thinking was simple and straightforward. Solomon was Chinese, an Asian himself, and there was only one Asian among the entire shipload of Supes. Leaving him alive was a choice that could hardly go wrong.
At those words, Solomon's expression instantly turned somewhat strange, and he cast a sidelong look at the smug-faced Homelander.
He