For Soldier Boy, the situation was only slightly serious. All told, there were merely forty-odd supes.
But it was different for ordinary people. For them, the situation had spiraled completely out of control.
A shrill evacuation alarm sounded inside the school. The students who had been watching had yet to realize the danger.
Only when someone was torn to pieces did they flee, screaming and crying.
Outside the campus, police sirens drew closer. The first officers to reach the perimeter were stunned by the sight before them.
Dust filled the entire school, the buildings kept shaking, and explosions rang out one after another.
The officer in charge immediately picked up his radio:
"This is a major supe incident. Seal off the surrounding blocks and notify the military immediately!"
"No, notify Vought immediately! Tell them to send Homelander!"
At the center of the battlefield, the siege continued.
Soldier Boy was covered in blood and shredded flesh, while the supes farther away kept harassing him.
He had blocked countless attacks with his shield. Finally unable to withstand the repeated impacts, it let out a piercing metallic groan.
With another heavy blow, Soldier Boy smashed an Out-of-Control Supe to death.
There was a sharp crack. Fractures rapidly spread across the shield, and then it shattered.
Soldier Boy's eyes widened. "It broke?!!!"
In that instant of distraction, a strength-based Out-of-Control Supe grabbed Soldier Boy from behind. Several others lunged at him at the same time, pinning him down.
The attackers farther away froze for a moment, then erupted in excited shouts.
"Everyone, get him! Finish him while he's down!"
Pinned down, Soldier Boy had a trace of panic on his face, but instead wore a furious expression. "Fuck this. I'm done playing with you."
He had originally wanted to settle this fight hand-to-hand, only