Homelander: New Legacy

[192] : Reunion

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Due to Spider-Man's appearance, Roger had to take another trip to New York City.

Although it wasn't clear whether this Spider-Man was from the original movie universe or an alternate world derived from What If...?, Roger's theory suggested that if all the cinematic characters crossing over were related to him, then this Spider-Man was most likely from the zombie universe.

If this Spider-Man indeed came from the zombie universe, Roger figured explaining the situation to him would be easy. After all, they had a good relationship—this Spider-Man had even helped Roger remove a tracker hidden by Vought International inside his body.

That is, assuming Spider-Man believed Roger was who he claimed to be.

After all, Roger's current appearance was vastly different from Homelander's. Spider-Man might not recognize him right away.

The video of Spider-Man fighting a Parademon had briefly surfaced online.

However, thanks to the influence of certain corporations, the video was quickly removed and replaced with a slew of similar-looking CGI videos, dismissing the original as special effects.

Since very few people had witnessed it firsthand, many believed the explanation.

After all, the idea of Spider-Man jumping from a movie universe to fight a creature from the DC Universe seemed far-fetched. Saying it was CGI was much easier to swallow.

Even Roger and Luna would've had trouble believing such an absurd occurrence if one of them hadn't just returned from the comic book world and the other hadn't seen "Superman" appear in front of her own eyes.

But the truth was undeniable.

.....

Once he arrived in New York City, Roger soared high above, searching for Spider-Man.

With his superhuman hearing and vision nearly fully restored, Roger could see and hear everything in New York from tens of thousands of meters up, almost at the edge of the atmosphere.

Thanks to this, it didn't take long for Roger to find Spider-Man sitting atop a clock tower, staring blankly into space.

Descending from the sky, Roger landed right next to him.

Startled—no, more accurately, triggered by his spider-sense—Peter Parker spun around and warily asked the man who had just descended, "Who are you?!"

"Peter Parker? Relax. My name's Roger. Have you heard of me?"

Roger introduced himself immediately.

Spider-Man froze for a moment, then asked, "Roger... sir?"

"So it is you, Peter."

"Wait, hold on! I mean, I know a Roger, but I remember him being, uh, quite old... At least, he looked adult. Why do you...?"

"It's a long story. This is my real appearance. Besides, is there anyone else out there with my powers?"

As he spoke, Roger turned and used his heat vision to shatter an empty bottle nearby.

"!!!"

"You really are Roger?!"

Spider-Man gasped in disbelief, quickly rushing to Roger's side and speaking at breakneck speed, "Roger! What's going on? I still don't understand how I ended up in this world. One moment I was chatting with Ned—you know, Ned, the one who lost a leg. I've been spending more time with him for his mental health. But on my way home, suddenly I'm here! And then people started shouting 'Tom' at me, and I told them I'm Spider-Man, not Tom, but they got even more excited—"