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Butcher, who appears ruthless and resorts to any means to deal with Supes, is actually a pathetic and tragic man who has been cuckolded.
This is because the one who cuckolded him was Homelander, who stands at the pinnacle of The Seven and all Supes.
Homelander not only shamelessly threatened Butcher's wife with Butcher's life to make her submit, but he also got her pregnant with a son who was born with superpowers.
How utterly outrageous and ironic this was.
Driven by the hatred of "an unforgivable feud for stealing his wife," Butcher assembled a small group called The Boys, a mix of ordinary people and Supes, to fight against The Seven.
Their ultimate goal was to eliminate Homelander, who was a symbol of Supes.
But Homelander was simply too strong.
The vast disparity in strength between the enemy and themselves led to The Boys repeatedly fighting and repeatedly losing.
On one accidental occasion, Butcher learned of the existence of a "secret weapon" from a former book union that might be able to deal with Homelander, and he found It in what is now Russia.
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With the help of Temporary Compound V, generously sponsored by Queen Maeve.
Butcher and Hughie Campbell, these temporary "Supermen," led a few comrades from The Boys and finally managed to physically infiltrate the place where that "secret weapon" was stored.
It was a dimly lit laboratory with a decor style from the last century.
But when Butcher used brute force to pry open the lid of the "secret weapon" container, which resembled a rusty iron coffin, he discovered that what was stored inside was not a "secret weapon" at all.
It was—
"Holy shit?!"
"Soldier Boy?!"
"He's still alive?!"
Butcher, Hughie, Mother's Milk, Frenchie, and the others all had expressions as if they had seen a ghost.
Only Kimiko remained somewhat clueless, tilting her head and looking at the excessively handsome man in front of her with some curiosity.
"Hey, Bro, I'm still alive, are You surprised? You know I'm Soldier Boy, who dares to kill me? Who can kill me?"
"You? Or You?"
"A bunch of damn weaklings!"
"Didn't You see I'm not wearing clothes?"
"Your leather coat looks good, it's mine now."
Leon, wearing only a pair of super-stretch fiber briefs, with a streamlined muscular physique like an ancient Greek sculpture, broke free from the iron coffin that had confined Soldier Boy and walked towards The Boys with an oppressive presence.
His target was very clear: Butcher's black leather coat. He simply reached out and took It.
"Hey, brother, calm down."
"There are bodies everywhere on the ground, You can just strip off any of their uniforms and wear It..."
Butcher waved his hand while retreating, but Leon, relentless, lunged forward and grabbed him by the collar, lifting him into the air: "I want this one!"
Whoosh—
Leon's sudden outburst instantly heightened the tension for everyone present.
Hughie, who had gained teleportation superpowers through Temporary Compound V, saw this and, with a flash, appeared naked beside Butcher and Leon, naively thinking he could pry Leon's hand open.
"Let him go!"
Hughie shouted while prying.
"Hughie, don't provoke him!"
Butcher was more rational, but his warning was clearly not as fast as Hughie's teleportation.
"Ho~ You have such a superpower and didn't run away, but instead actively teleported to my side?"
Leon turned his head with interest to look at Hughie, who was gritting his teeth and exerting himself all over. The hand he used to lift Butcher was as unmoving as a hydraulic iron clamp.
The disparity in strength between the two sides was evident.
"Commendable courage,"
"But I wasn't talking to You!"
Bang—
Leon raised his leg and delivered a kick.
It almost kicked a hole through Hughie's stomach. He was sent flying horizontally like a cannonball, his waist bent, and after smashing through the wall, no sound came from him again.
"Hughie!!!" ×3
Mother's Milk, Frenchie, and Butcher all exclaimed simultaneously.
Tat-tat-tat! Tat-tat-tat!
Shriek—
The first two picked up the guards' rifles from the ground and unleashed a barrage of bullets at Leon's back from four or five meters away. The latter's eyes flickered red, and two orange-red lasers shot directly at Leon's eyes.
Kimiko, on the other hand, took over Hughie's mantle and continued to pry at Leon's arm.
Claws, teeth, elbows...
She used every part of her body that could be used to attack.
But could these attacks really be effective against Leon?
The answer, of course, was no.
After more than ten seconds of concentrated Fire.
Mother's Milk's and Frenchie's rifles ran out of bullets first.
Immediately after.
Butcher's laser eyes also began to overload, forcing him to close his eyes to disengage.
"Wow~"
"What were those two lights just now? Glow sticks? They felt quite stimulating, don't stop, keep shooting, hold on a little longer, I'm about to get the feeling!"
Leon shook Butcher in his hand and impatiently urged him, completely ignoring Kimiko, who was still biting him, treating her only as a human pendant on his body.
When The Boys discovered that Leon hadn't even been scratched, not even a single hair had fallen off his body, they felt both immense hope and deep despair.
"How is that possible...?"
Butcher's face was filled with disbelief.
You know.
Although his laser eyes were definitely not as powerful as Homelander's, they could conservatively estimate to be about sixty to seventy percent of Homelander's laser eyes' power.
Yet, even so.
Releasing them at Soldier Boy's face, even aiming at the most vulnerable part of the human body, his eyes, still had no effect whatsoever.
Even Homelander's physical defense wasn't this exaggerated, was It?
Thinking of this.
Butcher no longer had any intention of confronting Leon head-on.
After all.
It's not a disgrace to be unable to defeat someone; a true man knows when to yield and when to stand firm.
Eliminating Homelander was their primary goal.
The stronger Soldier Boy was,
The more it would benefit their plan of 'driving a wolf to devour a tiger'.
"Hey, listen to me, Soldier Boy, Vought Company, after learning of your Death, created a new You, he is... ugh!"
"I told You to keep shooting me, don't You understand what I'm saying?"
Before Butcher could finish, Leon released his collar and instead gripped his neck, slowly applying pressure, little by little taking away his right to breathe.
"Now, immediately, shoot me!"
Golden light flickered in Leon's eyes, but like two light bulbs, the light couldn't converge into a single beam, always scattering just as it was about to gather.
"Fuck!"
Butcher had never felt God of Death so close to him. The instinct to survive drove him to struggle as much as possible. After a brief charge, two orange-red lasers shot out from his eyes again.
Shriek—
"That's how it should be!"
Leon willingly continued to absorb the lasers Butcher shot out with his eyes.
During this process.
The corners of his mouth couldn't stop rising, he was absolutely ecstatic!