"No... don't."
Great Wide Wonder was brought into space, the vast Sun was overhead, and the beautiful Earth was at his feet. Russell paused for a moment, grabbed him, and rapidly flew towards the space debris belt orbiting Earth's low-Earth orbit.
"Let me go, I am Great Wide Wonder, we are all Superhumans, we are the same kind!"
Great Wide Wonder begged frantically, crying out in despair, but it didn't change the outcome.
"Who is the same kind as You?"
After the Fire burned Great Wide Wonder's skin and flesh, leaving him in agony.
"Trash that likes to torment life, your final fate should be to return to trash." Russell's iron hand grabbed Great Wide Wonder, rubbing him at hundreds of times the speed of sound as if pressing him against a wall. Amidst the pain and wailing, he let the space debris grind away half of his body.
Finally, he casually threw down Great Wide Wonder's remains, becoming one of the space debris forever mixed within the space debris ring.
[Obtained Great Wide Wonder Template]
[Solidifying Great Wide Wonder Template requires 700 Conquest Points, solidify?]
[Yes]
Following this, Russell, standing above Earth, felt his body's strength increase slightly. He clenched his fist.
Even without applying any templates now, his strength in The Boys World is in the first tier below Homelander and Soldier Boy.
Of course, in the Invincible World, it's somewhat insufficient.
The World Russell grew up in had too many powerful and sinister figures. Even when Mark later trained and transformed into the blue-black Mark, there were still people on Earth who could make him bleed or even potentially kill him.
...
"Where are the heroes of the Global Guardians?
We believe this is a question many citizens are concerned about.
They haven't appeared for nearly a week, and local Superheroes have had to stumble through temporarily taking over their work..."
Walking down the stairs, Russell saw Omni-Man and Aunt Debbie watching the TV news.
Global citizens were still in the dark, unaware that the famous and brilliant Superheroes who protected them had passed away and would never return. Aunt Debbie felt a bit sentimental.
As a family member of a Superhero herself, she was well-acquainted with Red Rush, his companions, and their families, and could even be called friends with Red Rush's girlfriend, Oga.
Omni-Man, who usually comforted his wife when she was sad, sat beside the sofa with an expressionless face, as if he wasn't seeing news about the Global Guardians at all, but just some random weather forecast.
"Russell, you're finally up. If we wait any longer, we'll be late." Mark said, turning his head while wolfing down food at the dinner table.
Debbie made ham sandwiches for breakfast today. He had already eaten two or three. Since awakening his abilities, his appetite had also increased.
"Come eat quickly. Father went to the most authentic and delicious ham shop in London, Britain early this morning to buy smoked ham."
After eating, Russell and Mark went to school.
In the school hallway.
Russell stood with his hands in his hoodie pockets, thinking about the morning news.
He didn't know everyone in the Global Guardians. Given his personality, if he had the ability to casually save them at the time, he wouldn't have minded doing so. Unfortunately, he didn't have that ability then.
Furthermore, without the death of the Global Guardians, he wouldn't have his current abilities, making it difficult to guarantee his survival in future Earth crises.
As for the question of whether he lives or others live, Russell would always only say sorry to the latter.
"Russell, look what this is?" With a small glance at his Cousin, as if bringing it up casually, Mark showed Russell his phone.
A friend request that had been accepted?
The profile picture was a beautiful Black girl.
"Are You showing off to me that You have a girl actively adding You as a friend, and I don't?" Russell glanced at him.
Mark didn't know that just coincidentally, after last night, his cousin had already become an adult in a certain aspect.
"This is the girl I helped that day, Amber Bennett."
Mark said the girl's name, trying to jog his Russell's memory.
"Helped?" Russell said, crossing his arms. "Are you referring to you helping to shift the attention of the football team members from harassing that Black girl to beating You up?"
"Okay, I know i was really embarrassed that day, and I had to rely on you to cover for me," Mark said with an awkward laugh. "But somehow, perhaps my pathetic appearance after being beaten made that girl remember me.
She seems to be interested in me."
"Russell, tell me, should I..."
Mark was facing a major decision in his adolescence, whether to go with the flow and accept the other party's feelings to go on a date together. He wanted to consult with his Cousin, who he grew up with.
Although these past few days, the figure of a girl in a pink battle suit had occasionally flashed through his mind.
But Mark still remembered that Atom Eve already had a boyfriend. No matter how bitter he felt inside, one had to face reality.
"My suggestion is to be cautious."
"Why?" Mark's voice subtly rose a few degrees.
From this, it could be seen that his subconscious mind was inclined to immediately agree and start a bittersweet romance, after all, it was hard for someone to finally notice him, a campus nobody.
"Because You are a Superhero," Russell said.
Amber Bennett, strong-willed, bold, and opinionated, was Cousin Invincible's first love. It ended sadly because he couldn't balance his life as a boyfriend and a Superhero.
Just like Spider-Man and Peter Parker couldn't balance their two lives, he was always late and breaking appointments.
In the end, Mark confessed his identity, apologized, and explained the reason, but he couldn't win her back. Amber Bennett couldn't accept the previous deception.
"If You were willing to tell her your identity from the start, perhaps You two would have had a good outcome."
"No, we haven't spent a long time together yet. I don't know if she and I can end up together in the end. How can I confess everything right away?
That would be irresponsible towards Mother, You, and Father... well, never mind Father, in short, it would be irresponsible towards You all."
Mark shook his head like a rattle drum.
Being a Superhero offends many people. If your identity is revealed, your family will be in danger.
"You see, this is the problem."
You want to build a deep relationship first before confessing your identity, but how can You build a relationship and make someone feel You're serious about the romance when You need to disappear, be late, and break appointments from time to time because of your Superhero life?"
Russell shrugged, telling him to think about it carefully.
"It seems to make some sense."
Mark scratched his cheek, deep in thought, then looked up again.
"Russell, how do You know so much? You're not older than me, yet You can see things so far ahead."
cousin never made the family worry since he was little. He was mature and smart, able to see the core problems of a relationship's future at a glance. Compared to him, he didn't seem like a peer at all, so outstanding that it made people feel helpless yet somewhat admire him.
"Just think more about things when You encounter them," Russell said, pointing to his head.
...
After a day of classes, they returned home in the evening.
At the dinner table, uncle Nolan sat with his arms crossed. He looked at his son, who was eating without a care in the world, then looked at his nephew, who was chewing slowly, frowning, and seemingly lost in thought. He slowly opened his mouth.
"Russell, do You also want to be a helpful Superhero like Mark?"