Black Robe: How can Saiki Kusuo not be considered a superpowered individual?

"Homelander".

Butcher looked up at the figure that had appeared in his dreams countless times, his lips moved, and he called out his title.

"Yes, I've arrived, as agreed in the letter."

Homelander landed gently, looked around the restaurant covered in zinc plates, and frowned slightly.

"While using zinc plates to block my superhuman vision is certainly clever, didn't you choose the wrong time?"

He gently touched the zinc plate on the wall with his finger, feeling a burning sensation from his fingertip.

Although for him, this level of temperature was a piece of cake.

But for Butcher in front of him...

"Wait, what's going on?"

Homelander easily saw through Butcher's body, looking at the swollen tumor inside and the green liquid flowing in his blood.

"Temporary compound V? Wasn't that experiment stopped?"

"Where are you from... oh, the CIA, right?"

Before he could get an answer from Butcher, Homelander had already guessed the result himself.

"Wow, you bastard, you guessed right."

Butcher's lips curled into a smile. He stretched his limbs and then picked up a crowbar from beside his feet.

"You're planning to fight me alone?"

Homelander looked at Butcher with a strange expression.

"Are you crazy? You really think the superpowers from the temporary V compound can defeat me?"

"Where's the soldier boy?"

Because of the zinc plate, Homelander cannot use his super vision to locate Soldier Boy.

However, the dozen or so metal boxes, about the size of freezers, placed in the center of the open-air restaurant were very eye-catching.

According to the details of the plan provided by Storm, Benjamin should be hiding in one of the metal boxes, planning to take advantage of him when he's not paying attention.

Who knows?

Butcher shrugged, then his pupils suddenly contracted.

A golden beam of light shot from his pupils, rapidly heading towards Homelander.

"Wow, wow, calm down, buddy."

Homelander quickly dodged Butcher's laser and looked at Butcher with some surprise.

"Cyclops, that's an amazing ability."

"hehe."

Let's go back to the night before last.

Colonel Mallory made a rare visit to the CIA safe house, driving her military pickup truck.

After learning of Butcher's duel with Homelander, she chose to give Butcher the gadget Rhodes had given her.

Those were several syringes filled with green liquid.

"What is this?"

Butcher took the syringe from Mallory, raised an eyebrow, and looked at Mallory with some confusion.

"Compound V".

Mallory said calmly.

"ha?"

Butcher paused, his eyelids twitching as he looked at the injection, which was completely different in color from the blue V compound he had seen in the hospital.

"These colors are all different."

"normal."

Mallory explained to Butcher.

"This is from Rhodes, the temporary V compound that Walter previously gave to the military."

"Inject it, and you'll gain superpowers that last for about an hour."

"Of course, it's still in the experimental stage, and the side effects and the types of superpowers are still unclear."

"If you want to face your homelanders, you might need this."

Butcher took the syringe.

It wasn't until noon today that he injected a temporary V compound, which allowed him to stay in this bustling restaurant for so long.

"Enough with the nonsense."

Butcher focused the laser again, this time with even greater skill than before.

The laser tracked the Homelander's flight path, using its extremely high firing rate to continuously approach him.

Homelander was getting impatient, so he stopped.

Just as the golden laser beam was about to reach his eyes, a scarlet laser beam converged from his pupils.

Sizzle————

Butcher and Homelander locked eyes, their golden and scarlet lasers clashing against each other.

"To be honest, I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Homelander, hands on his hips, slowly descended from the sky, the crimson laser gradually chasing after Butcher.

"While your current combat strength is indeed impressive, I am still the strongest."

Homelander landed on the ground, deliberately staying away from the zinc boxes in the center of the restaurant where his biological father might be hiding, and strolled toward Butcher.

"Aren't you going to let the soldier boy out?"

The distance between the two continued to shrink, and a faint crimson light began to appear in Butcher's vision.

The people of the motherland feel that victory is just around the corner.

Butcher's lasers are too immature.

Compared to the people of our motherland, they are like newborn babies.

"Fuc* you".

Butcher's lips moved, and the curse words escaped his lips.

"Well."

Homelander felt somewhat helpless. He planned to first use a laser to completely crush Butcher's confidence, and then use his fists to knock Butcher to the ground.

Just like back in the alley.

Butcher's bright pupils began to flicker, and his laser beams intermittently interrupted, bringing the crimson light ever closer.

The superpowers granted by the temporary compound were ultimately too unfamiliar.

A tingling sensation filled his pupils. Butcher wanted to blink, but even a blink would allow Homelander's laser to easily pierce through his skull.

No more.

Butcher's heavy eyelids drooped, and in that instant, he sensed the impending danger of death.

but.

"Wow, relax."

Homelander, who was right in front of him, stopped firing the laser. He patted Butcher on the shoulder, looked at the man with bloodshot eyes, and smiled slightly.

Then.

Homelander raised his fist, considered for a moment how much force to use, and then landed heavily on Butcher's beard-covered cheek.

Butcher's head was knocked to the side, and he staggered back a few steps due to the momentum.

"Let the soldier boy out; stop thinking about sneak attacks."

"Otherwise, Butcher, Becca will be very sad."

Looking at Butcher, who was spitting out a mouthful of blood, Homelander, who was spotless, shook his fist and slowly tried to persuade Butcher to surrender.

"That's all. If you have any requests, as long as they're not related to Saiki, I can fulfill them."

"Honestly, I admit that what happened back then was my fault."

"So... damn it."

Just as Homelander was trying to apologize to Butcher, a pair of hands ripped open the zinc plate on the ground and grabbed Homelander's boots.

Butcher's eyes lit up, and he immediately rushed over to help Benjamin, who was underground, push Homelander down into the ground.

"Perhaps you have indeed changed, but Homelander, I don't want charity."

Butcher held Homelander's body down tightly, while Benjamin, the potato mine, pulled Homelander's legs from underground, crawling out step by step.

"Damn it, Butcher, after this is over, I'd rather die than lay a landmine in the ground again!"

The first thing Benjamin did upon being unearthed was to curse at Butcher.