NOVEL WEB [8] : Lost in Greatness
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What does a person do after becoming superhuman?
Would they be like Superman, going around saving people, becoming a god among men?
Normally, one wouldn't think so.
Superman becomes a god among men because he's had those powers since childhood, and someone told him to use those powers to do the right thing. After experiencing many things, he eventually becomes Superman.
When a person suddenly gains Superman's powers, their first instinct isn't to save people like Superman. After the initial excitement, they start thinking about how to use these abilities to improve their own life.
Human weapons can't harm you. Even nuclear bombs can be avoided if detected early enough by quickly flying out of the blast range.
There's almost nothing in this world that can stop you. Doesn't that thought seem exciting?
Roger was initially excited too, but his moral principles prevented him from abusing his superpowers. He started thinking about using these abilities to do what he could.
Helping others, saving ordinary people facing life-threatening crises.
But after doing these things, Roger suddenly felt it was meaningless.
After all, he wasn't a hero. Before his transmigration, he was just an ordinary person. After transmigrating, he became the extremely self-centered Homelander. Under Homelander's influence, it was already a testament to his strong will that he didn't do bad things.
Let alone constantly doing good deeds.
Understanding everything his powerful abilities brought him, and realizing his current identity and possessions, Roger felt a sense of emptiness.
He felt like he had lost his purpose in life.
Before transmigrating, Roger's goal was to save money to buy a house for himself. Ideally, he wanted to pay in full, but if finances didn't allow, a mortgage was also acceptable.
But after transmigrating, his small goal was easily achievable. He could afford not just one house, but ten.
So what was his goal now? To be revered like Superman?
Roger had already achieved that, or rather, Homelander had already achieved it, and he had done it well. Now, wherever Roger went, fans would scream, wanting to take photos with him and get his autograph.
Roger could appear in front of cameras, becoming a globally famous celebrity.
If he wanted to be a superhero, he could. With super hearing and super vision, he could observe in all directions and hear everything, potentially saving people before disasters even occurred.
He could do whatever he wanted.
But it all seemed meaningless.
Having gained immense power and wealth, having over-achieved his life goals, Roger suddenly didn't know what to do.
He thought about clearing Homelander's name, but... Homelander didn't need that. In front of the cameras and in the eyes of the world, he was already perfect.
As for others who didn't understand him, they would come to understand over time. So now, Roger felt truly lost.
Maeve, looking at the genuinely tired Homelander, found herself at a loss for words.
At first, she even found it a bit laughable that Homelander would feel tired, but looking at Roger's expression, she couldn't laugh anymore.
She could see that he was serious.
"If you're tired, go back and rest, or you can come work with me," Maeve said, pointing at Ashley behind her. Behind Ashley, Vought's photographers were following closely, though they hadn't turned on their cameras yet.
Roger glanced back at Ashley and the cameramen beside her, and said rather disinterestedly:
"Forget it. I remember we have an event tonight. Let's go back."
They had come out to do an activity, but now they were heading back just after finding him. If it were anyone else, people would certainly be angry at such 'capriciousness'.
But including Maeve, no one said anything, because it was Homelander doing this - Homelander, currently the most powerful superhuman in this world.
For the next few days, Roger lived according to Homelander's lifestyle, gradually getting used to his superpowers and this luxurious way of life.
Although Roger had to notify Vought Corporation in advance for anything he wanted to do, which felt troublesome, it was like the relationship between a celebrity and their film studio. They were his employers, paying Roger's salary, so it was normal for Roger to do as they said.
Until a few days later, when A-Train personally came to find Roger.
"We're running out of Compound V."
Meeting A-Train for what felt like the first time, Roger was bewildered by this statement.
A-Train was a superhuman with super speed. His speed was even faster than Homelander's, like the Flash in DC, but infinitely weaker than the Flash.
To experience even greater speed, he had injected Compound V before. Compound V not only gave people superpowers but could also temporarily enhance the abilities of existing superhumans.
It was essentially like a kind of stimulant.
A-Train used Compound V to enhance his abilities and experience greater speed, but sometimes the enhanced abilities were beyond his control.
At the beginning of "The Boys" plot, A-Train, overly excited from injecting Compound V, accidentally killed the main character's girlfriend in the original story, leading to the events of "The Boys".
And now A-Train was coming to Roger asking about Compound V... Roger remembered that in the original story, A-Train wasn't this bold, daring to come to him and ask about Compound V.
But before Roger could ask, A-Train said:
"The Compound V you had me deliver around the world, we're running out now. Should I... deliver more?"
"...?"
Roger was completely confused by A-Train's words. He looked at A-Train, and A-Train looked back at him.
Finally, Roger understood what was going on. He took a sharp breath and muttered:
"No... how could I have forgotten about this..."
"??"
A-Train couldn't hear clearly what Roger was saying. Roger looked at A-Train and said, "No need to deliver anymore."
"No need... what?"
"I said, no need to deliver anymore! Now recall all the Compound V... no, we can't recall it..."
"Uh, buddy, I don't understand what you're saying now. Are you saying we don't need to send out Compound V anymore?"
"Exactly! Alright, you can go now. Take care of your own Compound V too, don't let anyone find out, understand?"
Roger said to A-Train.
A-Train looked completely bewildered. He stared at Roger, hesitating for a long time before saying, "But... we've already sent out so much Compound V..."
"I said, stop it!"
Seeing A-Train not listening, Roger walked up to him and enunciated each word. Then he said to him:
"You think I don't know you're using Compound V now? Tomorrow is your race with Shockwave, so you're worried that if I stop sending Compound V, you won't have any to use in the future, right?"
A-Train stood there dumbfounded. He looked at Roger, beads of sweat forming on his dark skin, and said:
"No, I... I..."
"I don't care whether you're using Compound V or not right now, you need to forget about this whole thing, understand?"
"I understand."
Seeing Roger's angry state, A-Train lowered his head and said no more.
Roger pointed at the door and said, "Now go do whatever you need to do. Get out!"
A-Train left sheepishly, while Roger collapsed into a chair like a paralyzed man. He stared at the ceiling of the Seven's meeting room, muttering to himself:
"This is a big problem now."