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Chapter 332 Superman VS Homelander

Chapter 332 Superman VS Homelander

"Today!?" Clark's face was full of surprise. He excitedly hugged Rune and then lifted him up. Rune didn't mind. Clark was always like this. He was willing to share his joy through physical contact. Strictly speaking, Rune didn't dislike such a straightforward form of expression.

"Yes, the superhero test is today." Rune nodded in the air and continued, "Your test will be to defeat or kill a villain."

"good!"

Clark trembled with excitement. He was ecstatic! Defeating a villain and saving others! What could be more thrilling than this?

Just then, Raven came over, holding a spoon in her hand containing apple pie.

"Can I come with you?" she asked softly, offering a spoon to Rune's lips. Rune devoured the apple pie that had been offered to him and then nodded.

Martha and Jonathan looked at their three children who were about to embark on a long journey. They were somewhat worried. Jonathan seemed to have a thousand words in his heart, but in the end, all he said was to be careful on the way.

The deaths of numerous superpowered individuals drove Homelander to madness and filled the entire city with fear. At least on the surface, superpowered individuals were the force maintaining peace in New Hope City.

Upon arriving at the police station and learning what had happened the previous night, Butcher gritted his teeth. He suddenly realized that perhaps the guy he had made a deal with wasn't lying. In his eyes, Homelander might really be a minor problem, since even Homelander couldn't wipe out more than 95% of the superpowered people in the city in one night.

But Butcher was also asking himself whether the guy who could change his appearance was trustworthy.

No! Butcher thought to himself, superhumans are not to be trusted. He had to do something to prevent that damn guy from becoming the next Homelander!

This belief sustained him, leading Butcher to the sheriff's office.

"You want to resign?" The fat, big-eared man raised an eyebrow, while Butcher tore up his police badge and threw it in the sheriff's face, then spat on it.

"What do you want to do—"

"Goodbye, you idiot!" With that, Butcher threw the pistol away again, hitting the sheriff squarely in the head and knocking him unconscious. Then, with a cold smile, Butcher took the key to the police armory and the sheriff's identification from his pocket—the show was about to begin.

The name means "butcher man" when he laughs.

"...Overall, this enemy is pretty much another you, a more narcissistic and more despicable you." Rune, who had just passed through the portal, was giving Clark a brief introduction to his enemy, Homelander.

"what?"

"What?!" Rune pointed to the tallest building in New Hope City, where the Vought Corporation stood. "See that building over there? Homelander is on the top floor. Go! The people of this world are all fooled by him. What you need to do is wake him up!"

Clark pursed his lips. "And what about you?"

"Me?" Rune smiled. "Of course I'm going to find the mastermind behind this."

Raven stood quietly high in the sky, having also been assigned a task by Rune—she needed to ensure Clark's safety.

Aside from that, Rune made no demands of her.

Standing amidst a pile of ashes and several headless corpses, Homelander took a deep breath, finally able to vent his anger, and forced himself to calm down. He went into the bathroom, straightened his uniform in front of the mirror, and washed the dust off his face. Look! The man in the mirror was still perfect!

Golden hair, blue eyes, a handsome face, and a wild gaze and twitching mouth.

"It's alright," he told himself. "I can just create a new batch of men. Those good-for-nothings have been getting increasingly disobedient lately anyway. Yes! As long as I start over, as long as—"

"As long as those ordinary people don't know how terrified you are —"

The people of his homeland didn't know that his voice sounded like that of a frightened child.

There was a knocking sound outside the door. Homelander rushed out of the bathroom instantly, his eyes filled with a blinding red light. He was very curious about who dared to disregard his orders and disturb him without permission.

However, the other person was not inside the building. Instead, through the window, Homelander saw another young and energetic version of himself looking at him.

"Who are you?" Homelander tilted his head, revealing his signature smile, but combined with his fear and anger, the expression looked quite terrifying.

The man, dressed in a black uniform, looked somewhat nervous, but still shouted, "I am Superman, here to end your tyrannical reign!"

"Superman?" Homelander's smile vanished. "That codename sounds really stupid!"

Before he could finish speaking, he unleashed his laser eyes in a blatant display of martial ethics, but Clark easily dodged it.

"Hey!" Clark angrily wanted to question the other party about why he launched a sneak attack, but Homelander broke the sound barrier and rushed to Clark's side at lightning speed. Then he threw a punch, and behind him, the shock wave generated by breaking the sound barrier directly shattered the glass wall of the building. This was Homelander's all-out attack.

Homelander instinctively assumed that the suddenly appearing superhuman was the culprit who had killed most of his men. His partner had also said that the newcomer might be stronger than him, so Homelander dared not be careless and launched a sneak attack without any regard for martial ethics, followed by a full-force strike.

The punch did indeed hit Clark hard. At this time, Clark was just a greenhorn, not the well-informed Superman he would become later. So, when facing this "despicable senior," he naturally suffered a loss.

boom!

Clark slammed violently to the ground some distance away, the immense force slamming him directly into the earth. The ground instantly cracked, sending rubble and sand flying everywhere. This was particularly painful for the other ordinary people present; before they could even see what was happening, they were struck by the flying debris, which traveled at speeds comparable to bullets. Naturally, widespread death ensued.

This is what happens when ordinary people get caught up in a battle between two extremely powerful superhumans. When Clark got up from the ground, he immediately saw the miserable state of the ordinary people around him. One second these people might have been his father or mother, but the next second, they were already living, breathing bodies.

When Clark saw so many deaths for the first time, he felt a chill run down his spine.

He really didn't expect that his momentary carelessness would cause this situation.