Homelander: New Legacy

[103] : A Head-On Approach

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Both Roger and Jean Grey have the ability to fly.

Although Jean Grey's flying speed is a bit slower and she still seems somewhat inexperienced, overall, she is not slow, faster than a regular car.

Thus, after a few dozen minutes, the two of them crossed a great distance and arrived at Clarice's parents' home.

Without disturbing the parents who had already sent away their child, Roger had Jean Grey influence their thoughts, making them unable to see him and Jean. He then instructed Jean to sift through their memories and asked:

"How is it? Any news?"

"..."

Jean remained silent, processing the memories from Clarice's parents' minds, before finally saying to Roger:

"They don't know where those soldiers came from. One day, the soldiers just showed up at their door, claiming they could cure Clarice, and then took her away."

"Hmm? Was she taken by force?"

"No... it was... they offered compensation..."

"..."

Roger fell silent.

They accepted compensation... and handed Clarice over to these mysterious soldiers?

Isn't that essentially selling their daughter?

Noticing Roger's displeased expression, Jean added:

"But they truly wanted to help their daughter. They thought... Clarice's ability was an illness."

It couldn't be said that Clarice's parents didn't love her; they just saw mutants as patients, and mutant abilities as a unique disease.

So when a group appeared, claiming they could cure Clarice's condition and even offered a subsidy for the treatment, how could her parents refuse?

Besides, judging from their home, Clarice's family didn't seem particularly well-off.

Roger's initial anger, thinking Clarice had been sold, subsided significantly.

He had no reason to blame Clarice's parents. They were simply misguided, narrow-minded parents who made a mistake out of love for their daughter.

Without doing anything further to Clarice's parents, Roger and Jean quietly left, just as they had arrived.

As they departed from Clarice's parents' home, Jean asked Roger:

"We don't have any other leads now. What do we do?"

"Can you still track down those soldiers we injured yesterday?"

After a moment of thought, Roger suddenly asked.

"You want to trace them back to the source?"

Jean understood Roger's idea and replied:

"If they haven't left the city yet... it should be possible."

"Alright, let's find those soldiers directly."

Roger flew with Jean toward the hotel where they stayed the previous night.

Roger hadn't considered using the soldiers to find Stryker before because he hadn't thought it through. He usually takes things step by step, without making elaborate plans, so he simply ignored the soldiers at the time. It wasn't until today that the idea came to him.