Boom.
Vogelbaum's face instantly turned deathly pale, every trace of color draining away, and the last hope in his eyes shattered completely.
Although the bedroom was dark, lit only by faint moonlight, Homelander's extraordinary Super Vision caught every minute change in the old man's expression and every flicker of panic and terror in his eyes. Nothing escaped him.
Vogelbaum remained silent for a long time before letting out a long sigh. All thoughts of concealment and evasion vanished, leaving only helplessness and heaviness in his heart.
"Fine. Since you already know the truth, there's no point in hiding it anymore."
He raised his eyes to Homelander before him, his tone grave and sincere, without a trace of falsehood.
"I'm not lying to you. Your parents did indeed pass away long ago. But you're right. Soldier Boy is your biological father. The experiment used his sperm combined with a selected egg cell to develop you into a perfect embryo."
He paused, deliberately softening his tone as he tried to downplay the complications, and said quietly:
"But he died in the line of duty many years ago. He was a superhero who served his country."
The instant those words fell, violent turmoil surged in Homelander's eyes. His blue pupils trembled, and the emotions churning within him became almost impossible to contain.
Solomon was telling the truth!
Soldier Boy really was his biological father!
Then Solomon's claim that Vought had imprisoned Soldier Boy and that he was still alive was almost certainly true as well!
He wasn't a helpless, rootless orphan created in a lab!
He really did have family connected to him by blood. He had a father!
The loneliness and desolation rooted deep in his heart for decades suddenly loosened, and a sharp ache rushed into his nose.
Homelander, who had