These three were Lin Feng and his companions.
The hand gripping the hilt of the sword, Military Blade, bulged with veins, the hilt creaking under his tight grasp.
Pietro gnashed his teeth, staring intently at Homelander, who was reveling in his performance.
"Brother Lin Feng, shall we go?!" Pietro roared.
Seeing Vector's miserable state, his rage surged to the heavens.
Lin Feng's gaze was devoid of warmth, his chilling stare fixed on Homelander.
"Go?"
"Can you beat Homelander?" Lin Feng's lips curled into a cold smile, his eyes on Homelander as if he were already a dead man.
"What did I say yesterday?"
"Uh, that..." Pietro scratched his head.
Even Military Blade wasn't as impulsive as him. Lin Feng had his own plan and shared it with the two of them.
"I just got a little too angry," Pietro muttered.
Lin Feng let out a scoff, reaching out to remove the invisibility from his wrist guard.
"Stay here quietly and watch my show!"
With that, Lin Feng reached out and grasped the air.
Buzz!
The red Reality Stone was activated by Lin Feng, bursting with light.
The glow was obscured by the noon sun, drawing no attention from others.
Countless red particles surged from the Reality Stone, rushing towards the skies across America with incredible speed.
He had tested it yesterday; the Infinity Stones could still be used in this universe. This was an unexpected surprise.
However, their effects were weaker than in the main universe, and controlling the stones to achieve his goals required much more energy.
On stage, Homelander continued his performance.
Below, the crowd's roars of excitement pierced the sky.
"Good, good, good! I know what you want!" Homelander laughed, throwing down the microphone.
The people wanted to see his superhuman strength.
They wanted to see him uphold "justice."
This would give the people a sense of security, a feeling of being protected.
He turned to look at Vector, who was slumped on the ground.
For three days, the wicked Vought International had not given Vector any food.
Injured and without sustenance, Vector was now extremely weak.
If not for his robust constitution, he would have already fainted.
"It seems your companions have no intention of saving you."
"It's not me who wants to kill you! Your companions are responsible for this!"
Grinning maliciously, Homelander couldn't help but lick his lips.
"Heh..."
Vector, weak as he was, turned his icy gaze towards Homelander, meeting his eyes fearlessly.
"My companions will avenge me."
"Homelander? To me, you're nothing but a clown! You will eventually face the judgment of justice!"
Homelander snorted, unfazed by Vector's words. He considered it merely the struggles of a man facing death!
Vector's eyes held no fear of him, which disgusted Homelander.
She wasn't afraid of him? How dare she!
"Then I'll send you on your way first!"
"Your companions won't escape either!" Homelander coldly pronounced Vector's death sentence.
His eye sockets began to glow red, a precursor to activating his heat vision.
However, he didn't rush to unleash it. He wanted to see the fear on Vector's face as death approached; it was one of his sources of pleasure!
But he was destined to be disappointed. As death loomed, Vector's eyes still held no trace of fear.
Homelander grew impatient. He was about to unleash his heat vision and kill this ungrateful Oriental.
However, at that moment, the previously quiet square was suddenly filled with hushed whispers.
The crowd, who had been watching Homelander's execution, looked up in confusion, their gazes fixed on the sky with puzzled expressions.
A strange atmosphere drew Homelander's attention.
He deactivated his heat vision and frowned, looking up at the sky.
Unbeknownst to them, the sky had become filled with numerous curved red lines.
Upon closer inspection, they resembled moving particles, sparsely flowing towards the stage.
The crowd had never witnessed such a phenomenon and couldn't help but discuss it in low voices.
What was this?
Homelander had never seen such a sight either and was momentarily bewildered.
Amidst everyone's confusion, the red particles slowly coalesced into several black squares.
They were thin, like...
Like screens of a liquid crystal television.
Ding!
As if confirming everyone's thoughts, the black squares lit up, and then, images appeared.
Good heavens, the crowd was astonished. It really was a television?
But the real shock was yet to come.
On the giant screens, Homelander's face appeared!
Roar!!
The crowd erupted into another wave of continuous cheers.
Such a display was unheard of.
The ignorant masses assumed this was a surprise Homelander had prepared.
After all, with so many people packed into the square, the crowd in the back couldn't even see Homelander's movements clearly!
They now believed that these giant screens were to allow them to see more clearly!
However, Homelander on stage felt a sense of unease from the bottom of his heart.
After displaying Homelander's face, the screens in the sky began to play different videos.
The content of these videos, like a giant hand, grasped the throats of all the onlookers.
As the videos played, the uproar in the square abruptly ceased, leaving only the sound from the large screens echoing.
Each screen featured a different protagonist: some were Homelander, some were A-Train, and even Vought International.
On the largest screen was a runaway airplane.
Homelander was in the cockpit, pouting as he looked at the control panel damaged by his heat vision.
"You need to go outside and hold the plane up!" Queen Maeve said urgently to Homelander.
Homelander gave her a look of disbelief.
"Hold it up? How can I hold it up?"
Homelander didn't have a bio-electric field like Superman. Forcing himself to hold up a falling plane would only result in him becoming a nail, piercing the aircraft.
The footage continued to play. The crowd was somewhat confused but watched it all in silence.
This was a hijacking incident. Homelander's official explanation at the time was that the military refused to grant Vought International access to their defense system, which caused Homelander to arrive three minutes late.
Otherwise, the 123 innocent passengers on the plane would have been saved.
However, the footage clearly showed that Homelander had arrived at the scene much earlier, even entering the plane.
The video played rapidly, exposing Homelander's true actions in front of everyone, not a second spared.
Every single person present watched with increasing shock and disbelief.
He killed the hijackers, accidentally damaged the control panel, threatened the passengers to move back, and then flew away, abandoning the 123 passengers.
Afterward, he tearfully denounced the US authorities' inaction in front of the cameras.
This starkly contrasted with his actions inside the plane.