I Am a Homelander

"grass!"

Wu Yanzu, a former three-time Golden Horse Award-winning actor, is now a bankrupt alcoholic who crushes his last can of cheap beer.

The aluminum can spun as it fell from the edge of the rooftop and disappeared into the bustling traffic below.

This was a 44-story building, and the evening wind was icy cold, making his cheeks slightly numb.

Bankruptcy, being sidelined, and being vilified across the internet.

He was set up by his most trusted team and the woman he trusted most, Liu Xingru.

Overnight, they fell from the clouds into the mire.

"Hahahahaha!"

Wu Yanzu laughed maniacally.

He used to be an actor, a top-notch one.

He knows what the audience likes, and he knows what capital needs.

He thought he was a chess player, only to find out in the end that he was just a piece that could be easily discarded.

Of course, he knew he had been framed, but he couldn't find any evidence.

Liu Xingru, the woman he made famous with his own hands, and then destroyed with his own hands, did everything too cleanly.

"Damn it..." he muttered to himself, "It's all fucking damn it!"

He grabbed the bottle and took a big gulp.

"They're all fucking bastards—!" he roared maniacally!

Just then, a dazzling shooting star streaked across the night sky.

Wu Yanzu was stunned.

Meteor...Willow star...

He stared wide-eyed at the shooting star, a sinister smile spreading across his face.

He unbuckled his belt.

"Fuck you!"

He aimed at the light that streaked across the sky.

"Screw Meteor! Screw Liu Xingru!"

He screamed almost madly, unleashing his madness in the raging winds of the rooftop.

"Come on! Fuck me! You bitch! Hahahaha—!! I'll do whatever I want!"

Suddenly, something strange happened.

The meteor, which should have disappeared into the sky within seconds, seemed to be enraged by his "provocation".

It...it fucking stopped.

With a sharp turn, trailing blazing flames, it hurtled straight down towards Wu Yanzu's skull like an intercontinental missile locked on its target!

"What the...fuck?"

Wu Yanzu sobered up instantly.

The madness on his face froze, and the fireball, growing larger and brighter, was reflected in his pupils.

He didn't even have time to zip up his pants.

"Just kidding... No, it can't be that serious..."

boom--!!!

There were no screams, no last words.

At the moment of the meteor impact, Wu Yanzu was instantly vaporized.

Not even a speck of ash remained.

……

next second.

Wu Yanzu suddenly opened his eyes. "What the hell?"

He looked down at himself.

Finding himself floating in mid-air, before him stood an extremely extravagantly designed skyscraper with massive glass curtain walls as smooth as a mirror.

A "person" is reflected in the mirror.

A tall, strong, and handsome young man.

He had meticulously combed blond hair and was wearing a blue bodysuit.

On his shoulders were exaggerated gold eagle-shaped epaulets, and behind him was a cape with a star-spangled flag pattern, which was slowly fluttering.

"..." Wu Yanzu remained silent for three seconds.

He tried moving his fingers.

The person in the mirror also moved their fingers.

Then try to smile.

The person in the mirror also revealed a perfect, radiant smile.

"Oh no..."

"I...I've become Superman? No, that's not right..."

This image, this face.

Wu Yanzu's mind raced, instantly locking onto a familiar name.

"Shit... Homelander?!"

I've time-traveled? And I've become that disassembled superhero from "The Boys"?

"I've fucking transmigrated into the Black Robe Universe?!"

The thought of that twisted world where heads exploded at the drop of a hat and blood and entrails were everywhere sent chills down Wu Yanzu's spine.

"So where am I now? Water Tower? Am I going to be facing Butcher and his 'Black Robe Squad' right from the start?"

He nervously looked around.

boom--!!!

A deafening explosion interrupted his thoughts.

He looked up sharply.

In the sky, a huge wormhole emitting a ghostly blue light floated above the city.

Countless ferocious-looking alien warriors riding flying machines poured out, their energy weapons blasting deadly beams, turning the bustling city into hell.

On the street, a yellow taxi was overturned, and pedestrians screamed and scattered.

A colossal Leviathan, longer than a train and covered in metal armor, roared out of the wormhole. Its massive body smashed through the side of a building, and glass and steel bars rained down.

"..."

Wu Yanzu landed slowly, his feet gently touching the edge of a building's rooftop, his star-striped cloak fluttering behind him.

Look down.

on the street.

An enraged green giant is grabbing a police car and slamming it down on a Chitauri soldier.

"Hulk—Smash!!"

Not far away, a man wearing a hood and holding a star-shaped shield was directing the police to evacuate civilians.

"Hold this street! Lead them to the west!"

A red-haired woman in a black bodysuit deftly leaps onto a Chitauri aircraft and uses a stun gun on her wrist to kill the pilot.

A man with a bow and arrow is on the roof of another building, using various high-tech arrows to accurately "call out names".

Further away, a red and gold steel armor was locked in aerial combat with two "Leviathans," its pulse cannons firing continuously from its palms.

"...Fuck." That's the Englishman who blurted out.

Wu Yanzu finally realized a problem even more serious than the one he had encountered in "The Black Robe".

"This isn't The Boys..."

He looked at the enormous wormhole in the sky and the huge green behemoth that was wrestling with "Leviathan".

"This is... the Avengers?... The Battle of New York?!"

A voice rang out without warning.

The "Superstar System" has been activated... Binding to the host has begun... Binding successful!

System Introduction: This is a system that assesses your "persona." Popularity is your power! The higher your popularity, the greater your abilities!

Current character template: Homelander (Basic Version)

Abilities: Super Strength, Steel Body (Version Bonus), Super Endurance, Super Speed, Thermal Vision, X-ray Vision, Super Hearing, Flight.

Current popularity score: 0

Current popularity level: Unknown

Note: When the area level is upgraded to "Superstar", the ability boost of that area will be constant.

Beginner's Quest: 'A Perfect Debut'. Become the center of attention in the Battle of New York.

Mission Reward: Unlock the Homelander exclusive uniform, which will never wear out.

……

"The higher the popularity, the greater the ability..."

Wu Yanzu repeated the words in a low voice. He looked down at his bare blue bodysuit, then at the battlefield below engulfed in flames.

Suddenly he laughed.

"Haha..." Then, the laughter grew louder and more unrestrained.

"Hahahahahahahaha!!"

He craved power, money, and the attention of everyone.

"Ha, ha, ha ha ha ha ha!"

This is simply...perfect!

"Superstar...? System, you really... understand me so well."