["And all of this starts now."]
Homelander snapped his fingers.
Suddenly, many windows appeared on the two large screens behind the medal platform.
In those windows appeared face after face.
And among them.
Derrick saw his own back.
He immediately turned to look at the computer that had not been shut down, saw the camera on the computer, and instantly understood something.
So he rushed over and turned the computer off.
But it had no effect.
His figure still appeared on the TV. This time, it was the surveillance camera in his home that had taken over.
"No!"
"No!"
"He's breaking the law."
"He has violated citizens' right to privacy!"
Derrick screamed.
On the TV, Homelander seemed to hear his words.
Homelander laughed, ["People who recklessly attack me do not have privacy rights."]
After saying that, his figure disappeared from the TV screen.
Almost at the same time.
As if by magic, that blond-haired man with a smile on his face appeared in front of Derrick.
Derrick screamed, shrank into the corner, and pointed at Homelander, "You you, don't come over."
Homelander smiled as he looked at this fat man, "Hello there, Mr. Dark Lemon."
He snapped his fingers.
On the TV screen, Derrick's other comments appeared.
[Dark Lemon: What? Homelander is going to become a general? How could a clown like that deserve to be a general? He's not even as wise as a dog!]
[Dark Lemon: He's here, he's descended from the sky again, does he think this pose of his is really cool? In my opinion, it's childish and shameful, like a little kid trying to attract everyone's attention. Of course, I say Homelander is an overgrown man-baby, and I don't think anyone would disagree, right?]
Behind these comments, the like counts that had once made Derrick enjoy himself so much now every single one stabbed at his eyes.
Derrick said with chattering teeth, "Sir, please listen to my explanation."
Homelander raised a finger, "Don't talk."
"How is it."
"Venting your dissatisfaction with life on the internet, attacking an obvious target, especially when this target cannot fight back against you, makes you feel very pleased, right?"
"For a moment, you feel like you are a god, yes?"
"But unfortunately, Mr. Dark Lemon, the good days are over."
"Because you provoked someone you should not have provoked."
"Because you provoked someone who is not afraid to make an enemy of the entire world."
"So, goodbye."
In Homelander's eyes, a pure golden light lit up.
That light instantly illuminated Derrick's room.
At the same time, it also illuminated the TV screen.
On the TV screen, lights like this lit up one after another.
The entire White House had gone silent.
No, the whole world was quiet at this moment.
A moment later, Homelander returned to the front of the White House and said with a smile, ["That's enough for today. I hope others will take this as a warning."]
["I will reiterate once more. The internet is not a lawless place, and it is time for the Federation to strengthen regulation in this area as well."]
["Later, a congressman will put forward a proposal."]
["Alright, I still have things to do."]
["As for the general's medal, I have already received it. There is no need for a medal ceremony."]
["That's all."]
After saying that, Homelander shot up into the sky.
After pausing briefly in the sky, he sped off in the direction of New York.
After a moment, online, all the major forums exploded.
[Crazy! Homelander has gone crazy. He actually judged and executed those people. God, I can't believe this is real.]
[I think this is pretty good. Those few trolls deserved to die! Homelander had just saved them, and they went and slandered him online like that. They deserved to die. The more trash like this that dies, the better.]
[I support Homelander. He's too blunt. I just like him like this. Internet trolls, tremble. Your good days are over.]
[Haha, am I the only one who thinks Homelander's approach is way too satisfying! These pieces of trash only know how to hide behind the internet and attack. They deserved to be taken out.]
[God, have you all gone crazy? You actually support Homelander doing this? He has already placed himself above the law! Then who will still guarantee our safety?]
[You upstairs, just put your heart at ease. Homelander is not a special case. Are there few people in this world who stand above the masses? Anyway, you can't reach their level, and those big shots won't specifically come to deal with an unknown nobody like you, unless you're as cheap as that 'Dark Lemon' and insist on ramming yourself into a big shot's gun muzzle. Then forget I said anything.]
The internet was in an uproar.
In the White House, President Rick Archibald was so angry he almost exploded on the spot.
He had not expected that a medal ceremony would play out in such a way, and even less expected that Homelander would leave the White House without even finishing the ceremony.
In the office, the president rarely lost control of his emotions and roared.
"He doesn't take us seriously at all."
"He has never taken this country to heart!"
"Look at what he said!"
"He thinks the entire Federation is his. The Federation is just a room of his. If he is displeased, he can raze the room to the ground at any time!"
"He regards himself as the master of the house, as the master of the Federation. Now the whole world knows that we are all clowns, all of us!"
General Mike smiled bitterly, "On the surface, he is warning those people online who casually attack him. In reality, this is a reminder to us."
"He wants to tell us that he is the master of the Federation, and the reason we still exist is only because he does not want the Federation to disappear from the Earth."
"Not only that."
The president, now calmed down, said while smoking, "He also conveyed a very important message."
"He is not bound by anything."
"Law, morality, or people's opinions of him."
"He doesn't care about any of it."
"He is warning us not to try to use these things to control him."
The office was silent.
After a moment, the president finally said, "How are things going on Mallory's side?"
"That weapon that can kill Homelander, has she gotten it or not?"
General Mike immediately said, "I contacted her before. She said she had already sent someone to get that weapon. I will contact her again later."
The president nodded, "Make it quick."
"As long as Homelander does not die, I will not have a single peaceful night's sleep."
———
In the blink of an eye, several days had passed since the White House medal ceremony.
During these days, Homelander's judgment still had a very high level of discussion.
Every day, countless netizens argued endlessly over this matter.
And today, a congressman proposed a 'real-name internet system' bill.
Now the bill had begun to go through the process. Once passed, all future online speech would display names and IP addresses.
So netizens' discussions began to shift to this bill.
Near noon, on the streets of New York, a man walked with a blank expression.
He seemed not to have tidied himself up for a very long time. His beard was very long, his clothes were filthy, and he looked like a vagrant.
Passersby all looked at him with disgust, then avoided him from afar.
The vagrant looked blankly at his surroundings. He seemed to recognize this place, yet also seemed not to.
He came to a street corner, where an ice cream truck was playing a Russian song.
Hearing the Russian inside, the vagrant was stunned for a moment, and then an unusually sharp sound rang out in his mind.
Images flashed before his eyes.
He saw someone holding a machine gun and thrusting it into his mouth to fire.
He saw people wearing masks using surgical knives to cut his corneas.
He saw many, many unbearable scenes.
This made him remember many things.
He clutched his head in pain. On the ground, nearby gravel trembled and moved toward him bit by bit.
A moment later, light lit up in his chest, as if a volcano was about to erupt inside.
The vagrant roared, straightened his body, and uncontrollably shot out a scorching and dazzling beam of light from his chest.
That brilliant stream of light, like a volcanic eruption, caught a passerby in front who could not dodge in time and immediately blasted him to pieces. The stream of light drove straight forward, blasted into a building ahead, and punched a hole straight through it.
Screams immediately rang out on the street.
"What's going on?"
"Is this a superhuman villain?"
"Help!"
The street fell into chaos. People scrambled over one another, desperately trying to get away from that vagrant.
After releasing that energy, the vagrant looked blankly at his surroundings, and finally his focus landed on the building he had destroyed.
He retreated two steps, then quickly left the scene.
Although the current New York made this vagrant feel somewhat unfamiliar, some places had still not changed.
The vagrant found an apartment and knocked on one of the rooms.
The door opened, and a neatly dressed old man poked his head out.
When he saw that vagrant, he exclaimed: "Hell."
"Is that so? Unfortunately, I am not a ghost."
The vagrant put his hand on the door frame and looked at the old man, "My suit should be stored with you, right."
"After all, you are a nostalgic person."
Just as a superhuman villain appeared on the streets of New York, in an underground warehouse in Brooklyn.
Mallory looked at Frenchie, who was continuously pouring alcohol into his mouth, and spread her hands, "Why didn't you tell me when you came back."
"Do you know how much effort it took me to find you."
"So do you owe me an explanation for why only you came back, and where is the weapon that can kill Homelander?"
"Maybe you've been hiding underground and haven't watched the news, so you don't know what Homelander did a few days ago."
"Now the president no longer trusts Homelander. He hopes to be able to control that weapon."
"Frenchie, damn it, can't you say something?"
The Frenchman put down his glass, raised his head, and said sadly, "Mother's Milk is dead, ma'am."
"Right in front of me, he went splat and turned into jelly all over the floor, the red kind."
"There was no weapon there at all, only that damned Soldier Boy!"
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