Homelander: New Legacy

[174] : Negotiation

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Roger now deeply understood the saying, "Strike a snake and fail to kill it, and it will strike back."

Determined to act decisively, he rallied all the forces he could muster to completely crush Vought International, eliminating them once and for all.

But to Roger's surprise, as soon as the Super League arrived, A-Train was abruptly killed by a sniper shot to the head from a distance.

Roger's face showed shock at the scene, and the other Super League members were left stunned and unsure of what to do.

"What's going on!?" Roger shouted, questioning Maeve and the others.

Maeve, who had pulled Kimiko behind the cover of a building after noticing the sniper, yelled back:

"Something's wrong! It feels like we can't use our powers!!"

"Is it a superpower suppression device?" Roger asked.

"Not quite! But it feels similar! We've been set up, Roger!"

Hearing this, Roger quickly pieced it together. What he saw as an opportunity to eradicate Vought International was, in their eyes, a carefully laid trap for him and the heroes he'd gathered.

Vought had found a way to temporarily neutralize superhuman abilities. Even if only for a short time, the numbers game worked in their favor—they could potentially annihilate all the heroes Roger had brought along.

"Playing these games with me..."

The allies he called had not only become liabilities but had also led to the death of a Super League member, leaving Roger in a foul mood.

Rising into the air, his scarlet heat vision shot out from his eyes, piercing through the ground and the hidden underground Vought facility below.

However, even after obliterating the underground base, Maeve and the others had not regained their abilities.

Even Roger himself felt his powers gradually weakening. Were it not for the countless enhancements from his previous world travels, he doubted he'd even be able to remain airborne or use his heat vision now.

"What is this thing..."

The persistent weakening made it clear that whatever was suppressing their powers wasn't simply a piece of equipment.

It was something else entirely.

Descending from the sky, Roger faced a group of Vought personnel who had fled the underground facility. Despite their apparent lack of fear or hesitation, they raised their firearms and opened fire on him.

Their blank faces and robotic actions indicated that, like Starlight, these people had likely been brainwashed by Vought's telepaths.

Although Roger realized they were likely victims themselves, he had no intention of sparing them. Pointing a gun at him and pulling the trigger meant accepting the consequences—Roger's retaliation.

After all, it was self-defense.

Just as Roger prepared to act, a familiar voice interrupted him:

"Homelander! No, wait, I should call you Superman now?"

Roger looked up to see Edgar, the CEO of Vought, standing calmly at a distance, flanked by two burly, masked men.

Boom!