A thick mass of dark clouds gathered on the horizon. No matter how hard the wind blew, it could not disperse them. Instead, they kept piling up, gradually taking on the look of an approaching storm, as though shrouding the complicated situation in mist and making it all the more inscrutable.
Homelander's joy at regaining what he had lost was dampened as well.
His gaze kept sweeping back and forth, hoping to unravel the mystery with his X-Ray Vision and see what the truth really was.
Two Soldier Boys stood ahead of him, one on the left and one on the right. They had the same face, the same build, and even an extremely similar way of speaking.
The internal structures of their bodies revealed by his X-Ray Vision were completely identical too.
Soldier Boy and Gideon stared at each other, their eyes full of hostility, each furious at the other for impersonating him.
"Why do I want to punch you the moment I look into your eyes?"
Soldier Boy sneered through gritted teeth. For some reason, he saw provocation in Gideon's eyes.
It might have been deliberate, an attempt to make the imitation more convincing, but that no longer mattered.
He had to vent his anger on the spot, or keeping it bottled up would be unbearable.
Without warning, he lunged and threw a punch. It was not particularly powerful, cutting through the air with a faint swish as it headed straight for the other man's chest.
Caught by the sudden attack, Gideon instinctively dodged, raising both hands to shield his chest. To his surprise, the fist curved and went straight for his face.
The bizarre change of trajectory left him no way to defend himself. The blow landed, and the bridge of his nose broke with a faint