hotmtlnovel 083 A Hero as Warm as the Sun
083 A Hero as Warm as the Sun
"A week ago, the terrorist organization The Boys, along with a soldier boy convicted of treason, colluded with Queen Maeve to break into the Vought Corporation headquarters, resulting in the deaths of fifteen Vought Corporation employees and injuries to three others."
"At the end of the attack, Soldier Boy was captured, Queen Maeve is missing, Hero Black is seriously injured, and the Boys are still at large..."
Starlight, holding a bouquet of sunflowers, walked into Water Community Hospital and glanced at the television in the main hall playing the news.
She changed her clothes specially, not wearing the Platinum Hero suit, but just a simple shirt and long skirt, like a girl next door.
At her slender neck, a firefly pendant swayed gently, shimmering with a faint light.
I stepped out of the hospital elevator.
On the third-floor corridor, Starlight encountered a Black man, also carrying flowers and a fruit basket, hesitating to enter a special ward.
Standard goggles, blue bodysuit—who else could it be but A-Train, a member of The Seven?
Starlight asked in surprise, "Locomotive, you've recovered?"
The locomotive in the corridor saw the starlight, nodded immediately, and clutched its left chest, saying with emotion, "I also have to thank you, and Maeve..."
He stopped abruptly and continued, "If you hadn't taken me to the hospital in time and given me a heart transplant, I would be dead now."
"If you want to thank someone, thank the vice-captain."
Starlight shook his head and said, "He led us to where you were on the verge of death, performed cardiac resuscitation on you, and then had us take you to the hospital."
"Of course I have to thank him. He even pinned the credit for finding the soldier boy on me, thus saving me from being held accountable by headquarters."
The locomotive looked down at the flowers and fruit basket in his hands and said helplessly, "I have so much to thank him for, but I have no way to repay him. Am I really the fastest person in the world?"
Starlight knew that the locomotive felt guilty.
She herself was no different; when the other party needed assistance the most, she was not at Vought headquarters.
"Go in, he won't blame you."
Starlight offered a word of comfort and gently pushed open the ward door in front of the locomotive.
The two entered the ward one after the other. They saw that the balcony door was open, a gentle breeze lifted the curtains, and many fresh flowers were placed on the table.
The brilliant golden sunlight streamed into the balcony from outside, enveloping the black-haired young man on the pristine white hospital bed, casting a halo around his tall figure, revealing that half of his body was covered in white bandages.
"You've arrived."
Los nodded to the two people who entered the ward, revealing a gentle smile that was even more radiant than sunshine.
"Vice Captain."
The locomotive looked at the handsome young man on the hospital bed, his dark face heavy, and his nose stinging with tears.
He had been with The Seven for many years but had never seen a single hero.
until today.
Leading the soldier boy out of Vought Building at a critical moment and saving many lives—that's what makes a true hero.
Los looked at the locomotive, smiled, and said, "How old are you? Stop crying and whining, it's disgusting."
He raised his bandaged right hand and showed it, saying, "I'm fine, aren't I? With my current recovery, I should be able to be officially discharged tomorrow."
The train engine's eyes reddened even more. "The problem is, your superpower."
Starlight looked at the young man on the bed with pity.
Superhumans who are hit in the body by the Soldier Boy's chest cannon will lose their superpowers.
At this point, Los, who was the second-generation Xuanse, had obviously become an ordinary person.
In the eyes of superhumans, they are no different from disabled people!
Los remained nonchalant, optimistically stating, "Even ordinary people can work with you guys, right? At worst, they can leave the Super Seven and switch to logistics."
The locomotive and the starlight exchanged a glance and fell silent.
They know that.
Homelanders have always looked down on ordinary people, but now many people at the Vought Corporation headquarters have transformed from ordinary people into superhumans.
These past few days, Homelander has been searching for a new superhuman to fill the vacancy in the Seven.
No matter how much people were optimistic about them in the past, once they become ordinary people, the people of the motherland will no longer pay attention to them.
An absolute leader as arrogant as him wouldn't care about a tool that has lost its function.
The fact that Homelander hasn't visited Los in the hospital ward even once this past week is irrefutable proof!
"Don't worry, everything will be alright."
No matter how brightly and relievedly Ross smiled, he kept comforting them in return.
The locomotive and starlight felt even more guilty and sad.
What a warm and radiant hero!
What they didn't know was that Los was lying in his hospital bed, basking in the sunlight, feeling incredibly happy.
The plan is in place.
During this period, Los, as the second-generation Xuanse, has displayed a rather high level of combat power.
After Homelander took complete control of Vought International, he secretly wanted him to shed his disguise as a black-clad figure and sit in the Seven's seat with his true identity, thus announcing to the outside world that he was the vice-captain.
Besides, being the vice-captain is too busy; he doesn't even have time to sunbathe.
At that time, Los was thinking about what suitable reason he could use to lower his status in the Super Seven and gracefully step down.
Just then, the soldier boy's chest cannon gave him an idea.
At the Water Community Hospital here, Kate had already arranged for dedicated doctors and nurses to "treat" the black marks left by the chest cannon.
Recalling the second chest cannon test a week ago, Los's right hand, bandaged, twitched slightly.
The exhilarating feeling, like being recharged, is truly unforgettable!
Los is currently able to confirm that the chest cannon radiation not only temporarily enhances his superhuman abilities, but also activates his Kryptonian cells for a period of time.
With his Kryptonian cells active, his steel body was reborn, his self-healing ability greatly improved, and his exposure to solar radiation became twice as effective.
Like an alternative biocatalyst, it's really exciting.
However, in the final moments after the radiation from the chest cannon faded.
A strange thought of 'destruction' did indeed flash through Los's mind, but it was fleeting!
This does correspond to what the ghost of Injustice once said.
Are those radiation side effects?
Or is it some other effect?
Los didn't think too much about it; the number of tests was still too few.
If given the chance next time, he would choose to take a chest-cannon shot head-on with his real steel body and see the full effect.
Now, the soldier boy has been captured by the Vought Organization, frozen, and sent to Homelander's room.
Los's previous imitation black suit still had some residual radiation from the chest cannon. Now at Godotkin University, Kate is trying to see if she can replicate the chest cannon.
As for Jordan...
The steel industry is developing rapidly. Currently, there are two supercomputers underground and three artificial satellites in the sky. Soon, we will be able to build a steel army.
Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner, accumulating enough power to overturn the world.
Oh, and the Middle East too.
After the locomotive and starlight left, Los got up from his hospital bed and asked AI Monday, "Maeve, where are they now?"
Monday: "A week ago, after parting ways with the Black Robe, he left New York alone and has recently been spotted in the Middle East."
Los pondered for a moment and said, "We could guide her to Radiant City, which is near Kenji."
Kenji was one of the children he rescued from a terrorist organization when he first wore the Superman suit.
Radiant City, on the other hand, was transformed from the Radiant Liberation Front terrorist base, and is a new force formed by local superhuman children to resist the Vought Group.
Monday: "Yes, sir."