Gideon gritted his teeth and refused to answer. He heard Soldier Boy laughing and speaking as if nothing had happened, and instantly realized how ridiculous he was.
He lay half-prone on the floor in an ugly heap, with Homelander's foot on his head, like a dead dog.
The pride that had just risen in him was crushed to pieces.
"Get up... get up!" Gideon struggled, pushing hard with both arms.
Homelander's foot slowly lifted, giving Jeans hope.
Sure enough, Soldier Boy's strength was nothing to scoff at. Homelander, you just...
But the next second, that red boot suddenly rose, then slammed down hard as though he had wound up for it.
Thud after thud echoed without end.
After several stomps, the force was so great that the Conference Room's floor cracked apart.
Maeve's expression changed. "Hey! Watch it!"
Homelander needed no reminder from him; he was already feeling a little shaken.
His strength had increased so much after the V1 injection that he could not control it properly yet. He had nearly brought Vought Tower down with a stomp.
And Gideon, who bore the full force of it, had no room to resist. His face was once again pressed against the floor in humiliation.
"I told you to introduce yourself," Homelander demanded with a fake smile.
Gideon trembled and said with difficulty, "You don't remember me? Fine... fine, you actually fucking dared to forget me. After doing something like that, you don't remember a thing."
Time seemed to stop for a moment, unable to resist pausing to watch. Everyone in the Conference Room looked at one another without speaking.
Only the ticking second hand on the wall proved that the world at that moment was not an illusion.
Cast as a faithless lover by a single remark, Homelander frowned deeply.