Roger New Life

"Does the Crossing Point connect to worlds with similar worldviews… does that mean I could go back?"

Roger suddenly thought of this.

Now that the Crossing Point has recognized Roger as its master, as long as he finds a space node in a similar world and it is fully charged, Roger can traverse to any world at any location and time.

If Roger could locate the space node of his original world, he might be able to cross back with all of Homelander's abilities.

But unfortunately, Roger couldn't find the space node of his original world.

To return to a previously visited world, the Crossing Point needs to have a coordinate left in the current world. This function was unlocked only after the Crossing Point became Roger's.

So currently, only the coordinates of the present world are available, which is *The Boys*.

"However, it's not a loss to traverse to another world."

Roger quickly reassured himself.

Even though he couldn't return to his former world, the chance to adventure in other worlds was still not a loss for Roger.

Understanding the reason for his crossing, Roger decided not to continue searching in this airspace and turned back to Vought.

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Back at Vought, Roger planned to visit the Seven's office and talk with Deep about the plane engine issue.

But as soon as he returned to Vought, he saw Starlight about to go out for an event.

Starlight, Annie January, is a newly joined superhero in the Seven, with the ability to absorb electrical energy and emit strong light, along with considerable endurance and physical fitness.

In the original work, even when shot with a sniper rifle, Starlight would only feel pain for a moment before getting up again. While her defense ability is not as strong as Homelander's or Queen Maeve's, it far surpasses that of ordinary superhumans.

Seeing Starlight made Roger feel a bit better, as Starlight might be the only innocent girl in the current Seven who still harbors dreams of being a hero and is the only one who doesn't know what the original Homelander was like.

So when Roger saw Starlight, he naturally greeted her:

"Starlight, good afternoon."

"Homelander…"

Seeing Roger here surprised Starlight.

If it were before, meeting Homelander in person and being greeted by him would have made Starlight overjoyed, possibly even making her jump for joy.

But unfortunately, Starlight's mood was not very good at the moment, so she could only force a smile and say to Roger:

"Good afternoon, Homelander."

"Wow, it seems like you're not in a good mood. Is it because of the tension from tonight's team activity?"

As soon as Roger finished speaking, Starlight's expression worsened slightly.

Roger knew the reason for Starlight's worsening mood.

Tonight, Starlight would be teaming up with Deep, who is ranked lower in strength among the Seven and has the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with marine animals.

Although Deep is not inherently bad, sometimes he behaves in a… lewd manner. On Starlight's first day with the team, while she was still unfamiliar with the other members, he pretended to be the strongest member apart from Homelander and coerced her into doing inappropriate things.

Perhaps to Deep, this wasn't a big deal, as he was also bullied by 'seniors' when he first joined. However, this incident left Starlight with a severe psychological trauma and made her deeply dislike Deep.

Tonight, Starlight was assigned to work with Deep for her first mission since joining the Seven.

On such an important day, having to work with someone she dislikes, Starlight's mood was understandably not good.

Seeing this, Roger thought for a moment and, after confirming with his super hearing that no one else was nearby, said to Starlight:

"I can see that you're not in a good mood. Can you tell me the reason?"

"It's nothing, I'm just… a bit nervous."

Starlight wanted to tell Roger about Deep's actions.

But recent experiences had made it hard for her to speak out.

Deep forcing her to do those things, Translucent spying in the women's restroom… these things had shattered all of Starlight's previous expectations of the Seven.

She even started to doubt if all members of the Seven were like this.

Including the Homelander in front of her, who seemed like a saint.

"Really?"

"Really."

Seeing that Starlight didn't want to speak, Roger didn't press further. Before leaving, he said to Starlight:

"Although you are new, you are now a member of the Seven. The Seven is a whole, a family, and I am the leader of this family. You can see me as a father or a brother. So…"

Roger said seriously to Starlight, "If you've been wronged, you can tell me. I can solve everything."

Starlight looked at Roger's earnest expression, her gaze slightly wavering, but in the end, she said nothing and just nodded:

"Okay, thank you. I… I'll speak up in the future."

"Alright."

Seeing that Starlight clearly didn't want to talk, Roger didn't press further. He said, "You go ahead and take care of your business. I won't disturb you."

After parting with Starlight, Roger returned to the Seven's office and sighed in resignation.

It seemed that being a good person wasn't easy. Even trying to change his image through the newly joined Starlight wasn't an easy task.

But Roger wasn't in a hurry. Since he was no longer the previous Homelander, he would gradually change others' negative impressions of him.

But before that, Roger needed to deal with the mess left by his predecessor.

In the office, Roger sat in his designated spot, waiting for someone to arrive.

It wasn't long before Deep walked in, dressed in a dark green battle suit that somewhat resembled a knockoff Aquaman.

Deep is a member of the Seven with the abilities to breathe underwater and communicate with animals. It was clear that this character was inspired by Aquaman from the DC series.

However, Deep is quite different from Aquaman, not only in terms of abilities but also in personality.

Deep sometimes feels insecure about his abilities, thinking that his place in the Seven is merely a result of the company's attempt to diversify the team, given that the Seven needed a superhero from the ocean.

Because he can communicate with marine animals, Deep has occasionally done things that are quite troublesome. For instance, in the original work, he stole a dolphin from an aquarium.

Although his intentions were good, the dolphin died due to a car accident, which led to negative news and caused his status to plummet.

More crucially, when Starlight joined the team, Deep bullied her, taking advantage of his seniority. Later, Starlight exposed this behavior, leading to Deep being kicked out of the Seven.

Overall, he is somewhat insecure, somewhat unpleasant, but not necessarily a bad superpowered individual.

Compared to other members of the Seven, he hasn't killed anyone, except animals.

Deep originally came to the office in a relaxed manner, but upon seeing that Roger was the only one present, he instantly became nervous and considered leaving the office.

At this moment, Roger said:

"Deep, good afternoon."

"G-Good afternoon, Homelander. I heard… there's a meeting this afternoon, so…"

"There is indeed a meeting—between you and me. Please have a seat."

Roger smiled and pointed to Deep's seat.

Deep nervously sat down in the seat.