I have to say, Homelander's acting was explosive; if he went to the Oscars, he'd definitely bring home a little golden man!
In the end, the onlookers not only didn't blame the superheroes and hurl insults and curses, as Li Yue had seen in those superhero movies before, but some even took the lead in applauding and comforting Homelander, who was wearing a tattered uniform, and Li Yue!
This situation made Li Yue feel very ironic; true superheroes, no matter how well they do, will always be criticized by some people, while Homelander, so fake, is always treated gently by people!
...At this time, in Madelyn's office, they were discussing the disappearance of Translucent!
"Vice President, Translucent has been missing for a week, and countless fans are demanding to see him. If he doesn't appear in public soon, it will likely cause public suspicion! If the media is manipulated by someone with ulterior motives, it could be very detrimental to us!"
Madelyn's female assistant said to Madelyn, this matter was now beyond her control, so she could only ask Madelyn what to do!
"Hmm... how's Starlight's approval rating now?"
Madelyn pondered for a while, but didn't directly answer the question about Translucent; instead, she inquired about Starlight's situation!
"After last week's incident, Starlight's approval rating has skyrocketed, even surpassing some members of The Seven, such as The Deep, A-Train, and Black Noir. However, Starlight is somewhat resistant to our arrangements and is very unwilling to cooperate with our work!"
The female assistant replied!
"How about this, announce to the public that Translucent is retiring from The Seven, and Vought International has decided to let the substitute superhero, Starlight, take over Translucent's position!"
Madelyn thought for a moment. Since Translucent hadn't reappeared, he was likely in grave danger. Dragging this out further wasn't a solution. It would be better to let Starlight take his place directly. Although the public might have questions, if handled well, Starlight's popularity might grow again.
It just so happened that Starlight's approval rating had already surpassed The Deep, A-Train, and the seemingly insignificant Black Noir, only slightly lower than Stormfront and Queen Maeve.
It's worth mentioning that Li Yue had been with Homelander for a week, and his popularity had actually caught up with Queen Maeve, with not much difference. If it weren't for Li Yue's identity issues, his popularity would probably have surpassed Queen Maeve directly.
There was no other way; Li Yue's Thor state was simply too cool, which gained him many loyal fans!
..."But Vice President, Starlight is somewhat resistant to our arrangements, what should we do?"
The female assistant reminded her softly after hearing Madelyn's decision!
"How about this, I'll find time to talk to her. Also, you all should quickly formulate Starlight's persona and publicity plan, and prepare her with various statements to handle emergency situations, so there are no mishaps!"
"Alright, that's all for now, you go arrange it!"
"Okay, Vice President, call me if you need anything!"
...In the blink of an eye, a day had passed. After what happened at the bank, Li Yue appeared calm and composed on the surface, with nothing amiss. However, his heart was not as calm as it seemed!
After saving others, only to be cursed, Li Yue's mood was also very angry. He even thought about beating them severely, letting them taste fists as big as sandbags!
However, Li Yue really didn't expect Homelander to directly kill people. Killing those who cursed wasn't enough; he actually wanted to kill everyone to silence them!
However, Li Yue's greater feeling wasn't resentment towards Homelander's cruelty, but rather some self-doubt. He could have completely saved everyone with his superpowers at the time, but he didn't do that.
He only saved the mother and daughter who were also Chinese!
And those other people, he didn't save a single one, watching helplessly as they were engulfed by the explosion and died! Because if Li Yue had saved everyone, it would have been very easy for Homelander to detect something unusual at the scene!
Li Yue couldn't do that, simply because he was afraid that Homelander would notice his unusual situation!
Or, to put it more directly, Li Yue was reluctant to lose the opportunity for his strength to grow rapidly while he was with Homelander. Therefore, Li Yue had been suppressing himself, not doing anything that might attract Homelander's attention! This incident today was no different!
Li Yue found that after entering this world and joining The Seven, or rather, after knowing that being with Homelander could quickly increase his strength, his personality was gradually changing.
Previously, although Li Yue considered himself not a saint, if he saw someone in mortal danger before his eyes, as long as they weren't his enemy, Li Yue would basically lend a helping hand!
However, the current Li Yue can not only stand by and watch others die, but he can even do so with a clear conscience, without a hint of remorse. In fact, he even somewhat yearned to be like Homelander, able to do as he pleased, and kill anyone he didn't like directly!
At this moment, Li Yue could only secretly warn himself to stick to his original intentions, even if he couldn't be a true superhero who would sacrifice his life to help others. But at the very least, he had to have a clear conscience and not indiscriminately kill innocent people!
...Thinking of this, Li Yue secretly felt his own body. After this week, Li Yue's strength had improved a lot, increasing by nearly 16%. Adding his previous strength, the total was almost three-tenths of Homelander's strength.
The speed of his own strength progression was undeniably fast. At this rate, in less than a month, Li Yue would be able to become another Homelander, of course, only in terms of strength. By then, Li Yue would no longer have to follow Homelander like a shadow as he did now!
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Soon, more than twenty days passed, and it had been almost a full month since Li Yue came to this world.
Nothing major happened in these twenty-odd days. The main characters, those few, either truly abided by Li Yue's promise or were delayed by some matters; in any case, they didn't make any big moves!
And our Li Yue finally evolved his strength to seven-tenths of Homelander's today. However, good news often comes with bad news. Li Yue discovered that even though he was still following Homelander, his evolution ability seemed to have hit a bottleneck, and the upward trend became unusually slow!
This made Li Yue a bit depressed. He estimated the current situation, and in one day, he could only increase his strength by less than one-thousandth. Although the progress was still huge, such a significant drop was unacceptable to Li Yue!
According to the current situation, Li Yue would need about a year to perfectly evolve and possess the same strength as Homelander!
A year is not a short time! At least Li Yue couldn't wait that long!