Homelander: New Legacy

[115] : Heading to Gotham

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As Superman entered the room, an eerie silence settled over the atmosphere. Clark took off his glasses and looked at Roger, who was sitting on the couch, and asked:

"I... hope I'm not interrupting anything?"

"Not really," Roger replied. "But I am curious, how did you find us?"

Clark pointed at Jean and said, "She's a bit noticeable. I saw her at the plaza yesterday."

Roger turned his gaze to Jean.

"...Sorry, I wasn't careful," Jean apologized.

It seemed that Superman was immune to Jean's psychic abilities. Normally, when Jean went out, she'd leave a special psychic suggestion on herself to make people ignore her appearance. But this clearly didn't work on Superman, which explained how he found them.

Roger didn't care much about these minor details. After all, it was Superman. It was normal for Jean's abilities to have no effect on him. Roger was just curious about Superman's reason for coming.

"So, Mr. Superman, why are you here today...?"

"No particular reason, just wanted to meet you two. I heard... you're not from this Earth?"

Clark asked inquisitively.

Roger exchanged a look with Jean and didn't hide anything from Superman, replying, "We are Earthlings, but not from your Earth. I assume you're familiar with the concept of parallel universes?"

"So you're from a parallel timeline? Are you the Superman of a parallel universe?" Clark asked, astonished, turning his gaze towards Roger.

The idea of parallel timelines was novel to Clark, but not unthinkable. He was more curious about Roger's identity. After all, Roger could fly like him, had heat vision that could cut through anything, and possessed an indestructible body.

Previously, when Clark didn't know Roger's origins, he assumed that Roger might be another lost Kryptonian, just like him.

However, after hearing Roger's explanation, Clark began to think that perhaps Roger was his counterpart from a parallel world.

Seeing Clark's surprise, Roger spoke with a complicated tone, "No, I'm not a parallel universe's Superman..."

After all his travels, Roger once thought he was worthy of being called Superman, but the events of that day in Metropolis made him realize that he could never truly be Superman.

If he were, he wouldn't have let his anger take over and recklessly destroy the Kryptonian ship.

Roger knew that letting the Kryptonians escape was the worst possible outcome. But in his fury, he made the worst decision.

Roger had been reflecting on this ever since, admitting it was a mistake. However, he wasn't sure if he could remain rational the next time something similar happened.

Roger was a person prone to acting on impulse. When that happened, he often ignored everything else, like when he played games and, after being killed by an assassin multiple times, he'd prioritize hunting down the assassin even at the cost of losing a team fight.

Clark didn't quite understand Roger's complex expression. But hearing that Roger wasn't a parallel version of himself left Clark somewhat disappointed.

If Roger were a parallel universe Superman, then he would also be a Kryptonian. As the only remaining open Kryptonian, Clark longed for the companionship of a fellow Kryptonian.