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

"Mr. Homelander, the results for the Group of Seven are in."

Inside the Homelander's office.

Ashley appeared here carrying a results report.

"Oh, Ashley, where is Ms. Madeline?"

Homelander, sitting in his chair and sipping his latte, slightly raised his head and looked at Ashley.

"Uh, Vice President Madeline is handling some other matters."

Ashley's heart was racing a little, but it was just normal nervousness from being in front of Homelander.

"Wow, interesting. What could be more important than choosing the Seven superheroes?"

Homelander raised an eyebrow with a forced smile, then gestured for Ashley to continue.

"OK, sir, the final member chosen to join the Seven Heroes is Starlight."

"She is a superhero with 200,000 active fans, more than half of whom are Christians, and is hailed as America's sweetheart of the new era."

"After deliberation by the board of directors, Starlight was chosen as a new member of the Seven, which can increase the Superhuman's visibility among Christians."

"At the same time, it can also strengthen the promotion that superpowers are a blessing from God."

"It can significantly boost Wotech's current traffic and will definitely become a new hit."

Ashley spoke at length to Homelander.

"OK, Fine, Ashley, your speech was very engaging."

Homelander raised his hand, interrupting Ashley's desire to continue.

The latter obediently stopped.

"The board approved it? So she's about to join the Seven Superheroes?"

Homelander took the file from Ashley's hand, squinting slightly as he looked at the starlight on it.

"Yes."

Ashley lowered her head slightly.

"Starlight, what a great name."

Homelander looked at the golden-haired man in the file, recalling some little stories about God that Qi Mu had told him before.

When will you join?

He spoke to Ashley.

"The day after tomorrow, I will officially join the Seven Superheroes."

Ashley informed Homelander.

OK.

Homelander returned Starlight's archives to Ashley.

"Should we arrange for someone to look after her?"

Seeing that Homelander didn't say anything else, Ashley hesitated for a moment before asking.

"Arrange someone? Ashley, do you think you're as brilliant as Ms. Madeline?"

"I don't want to get involved in this kind of thing. You can handle it yourself."

Ashley sensed Homelander's mood, apologized repeatedly, and left Homelander's office.

"Well, Christian, that's good."

After Ashley left, Homelander sat in his office and took out his phone to search for Starlight's account.

"If the God that Qi Mu is talking about is really like that, Starlight, I hope you have good luck."

Homelander didn't pay any attention to Starlight, simply glanced at her video, and then left her homepage.

That's why he didn't notice that among the mutual friends listed in the friends interface below, there was a coffee jelly with pink hair.

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"Ms. Madeline, I'll leave it to Homelander to handle."

Inside Madeleine's office.

The curtains were drawn back, and the scorch marks on the floor from the laser eye had already been repaired.

Teddy sat in the stroller, waving his little hands and making cooing noises.

Madeline, meanwhile, was sitting at her desk, handling some matters related to the board of directors.

"OK, Ashley, well done."

She didn't look up, but simply praised Ashley.

"Madam? Then I..."

"Since I've put you in charge of that, you'll be responsible for recruiting Starlight into the team from now on."

Madeline put down her pen, looked up, and gazed at Ashley.

"Yes, I understand, ma'am."

Ashley felt a chill run down her spine, nodded quickly, and turned to leave the office.

"Wait a moment."

Madeline called out to Ashley.

Did Homelanders mention me?

She asked Ashley in a calm tone.

"Yeah, ma'am, Mr. Homelander asked you why you didn't go."

"......."

Madeline was silent for a moment, then waved her hand.

"I've been quite busy lately, so I'll temporarily hand over the liaison work with Homelander to you."

"Madam, this..."

"Ashley, is there a problem?"

Madeline's tone became slightly more forceful.

Ashley quickly shook her head.

"No, I understand."

"Very well, go and do your work. You can put the assistant's affairs aside for now."

Ashley left Madeline's office.

The latter sat in his chair, closed his eyes, and took a few deep breaths.

"Eee-yah-yah".

Teddy, standing nearby, started yelling at his mother.

"Oh, baby, Mommy's at work."

Madeline went over and picked up Teddy from the stroller.

"Are you hungry? Yes, it's time to breastfeed."

Madeline looked at her own child with doting eyes and opened her heart.

The heart that had just started beating faster gradually slowed down.

"Eee-yah-yah..."

Teddy smiled happily.

Madeline didn't notice that outside the office window, a figure in red and blue was floating in the air, gazing at her calmly.

"Well."

Outside the Vought Building, Homelander wore a cold smile.

The next moment, as Madeline turned her head, the floating figure had already vanished.

Only Teddy's gaze remained fixed on the window, uttering meaningless mutterings.

"Okay, baby, Mommy has to go to work."

Madeline gently kissed Teddy's forehead, put him back in the stroller, and then continued to handle the board's affairs.

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Des Moines, Iowa

The sky was just beginning to lighten, and the morning sun shone down from the horizon, illuminating Xingguang, who was practicing in the courtyard wearing a white bodysuit.

The election for the seven-person group prevented her from continuing her normal university studies, so she chose to return to her hometown to await the final results.

"You can be even faster, Annie."

The white wall was punched with Xingguang's fists, leaving one hole after another, one, two... until the ninety-sixth hole, when the long wall was completely smashed and collapsed.

Beside her, her mother kept shaking her head, giving Xingguang a disapproving lecture.

"The Lord has given you strength; you need to hone it and use it in the right place."

Like a parent from the East next door supervising their child's homework, she lectured Xingguang endlessly.