Beside them, Hughie stood utterly frozen in bewilderment, his brain crashing, his eyes filled with disbelief.
Solomon had actually admitted it just like that?!
Solomon was a Supe who could steal and copy other people's powers, and his strength now stood firmly above Homelander's!
In just a few moments, one sight after another had overturned everything Hughie knew, battering his worldview and leaving him utterly confused.
Even the savage, domineering Homelander, whom no one could control, obeyed Solomon's every word!
What had happened to this world?
Everything he had once known had been completely overturned. His tangled thoughts left his head swimming, and it all felt absurd. He desperately needed some quiet to sort through these earth-shattering changes.
Meanwhile, Butcher first glanced at Soldier Boy, who lay unconscious in the distance, then turned his gaze back to Solomon and asked gravely:
"You came here today for Soldier Boy? To copy his powers?"
Faced with the blunt question, Solomon hid nothing and nodded openly.
By now, he no longer feared any Supe in the world.
Even if all his secrets became public, even if every Supe in the world learned of his abilities and goals, no one could keep him in check or stop him.
In fact, long before Soldier Boy had collapsed unconscious from exhaustion, Solomon had quietly used mind control to suppress his mind in secret, even slightly diverting the trajectory of his chest blast to prevent the situation from spiraling completely out of control.
And by now, he had already absorbed every one of Soldier Boy's powerful abilities and attributes.
"I did come for Soldier Boy. But not just for him. I came to see you today, too."
He looked at the tense-faced Butcher and said slowly:
"All you want is to rescue Becca and live peacefully with