In American comics, drawing cards reveals wave-particle duality

The evening light shines through the curtains of the RV, dyeing the small space a layer of sunset red.

The soldier boy walked slowly into the car, his leather boots making slight noises on the metal floor. As soon as he entered the RV, his eyes were immediately locked on the tied-up figure at the end of the RV.

The baroness, who originally looked elegant, was now in a state of disgrace. Her hands and feet were roughly bound with several hemp ropes outside her crimson uniform, and her red hair hung messily beside her face.

Even in this embarrassing situation, she still maintained a proud attitude with her chin slightly raised, but all this calmness disappeared completely the moment she saw the soldier boy.

Seeing the soldier boy coming in, her expression suddenly became dull, and she was completely offline for dozens of seconds. After a long time, she spoke:

"You, actually came back..."

The soldier boy walked forward slowly with his shield raised, a playful smile on his face.

He looked deeply at the baroness, with a dangerous gleam in his eyes.

"Long time no see, my dear."

“You’re getting older.”

He teased, a hint of nostalgia in his voice.

"Seeing me... you don't seem to have the reaction I expected."

Hearing this, the Scarlet Lady snorted coldly and turned away, unwilling to look him in the eye.

The soldier boy chuckled, squatted down in front of her, and twisted her chin forcefully, forcing her to look him in the eye.

"Why, don't you want to see me?" he asked with a raised eyebrow, a hint of teasing in his tone.

"I came specially to see you."

The baroness finally spoke, her voice cold.

"Come and see me? Do you think these hemp ropes on me are just for decoration?"

"Oh... Actually, I just want to know why you didn't come to save me for so long?"

The soldier boy's words seemed to have touched a nerve in the baroness. A trace of fluctuation flashed across her eyes, but she quickly returned to indifference.

"save you?"

She sneered,

"You think I'll come and rescue you?"

Soldier Boy stood up and paced around the small space.

"let me guess……"

He pretended to think.

"The Russians gave you a lot of money, so you sold me out?"

"hehe."

There was a glimmer of sarcasm in the Scarlet Lady's eyes.

“You are so naive”

she said coldly.

"The fact is that the Russians didn't pay me at all. I sold you out of my own accord."

This sentence exploded in the air, but the soldier boy's expression did not change at all, he just raised his eyebrows, as if he heard a funny joke.

"Oh?"

He said softly,

"Go on. I'm very interested."

The baroness seemed irritated by the soldier boy's nonchalant attitude. She struggled to sit up straight, and the rope left red marks on her skin.

"Asshole, do you want to hear the truth?"

She gritted her teeth and said,

"I've always fucking hated you. You're a damn bastard. No one, including my teammates, doesn't hate you except me!"

The soldier boy shook his head slightly. The smile on his face suddenly became stiff and his teeth began to move up and down.

Seeing the soldier boy's reaction, a hint of ruthlessness continued to flash in the Scarlet Lady's eyes.

"You know what? Maybe Walter thought you were a burden and deliberately designed to have you captured by Russia."

She yelled angrily, venting all the dissatisfaction in her heart.

"You were never a fucking war hero, just a pathetic experiment."

After hearing this, the soldier boy suddenly burst into laughter, and his laughter echoed in the small space.

He leaned down, close to the baroness's face, with an extremely sad and angry look in his eyes.

"Thank you, dear, I can give you some respect."

Hearing this, the Scarlet Lady's expression became alert. She subconsciously wanted to step back, but her movements were restricted by the ropes.

Soldier Boy slowly stood up, his chest beginning to glow orange as energy gathered within him.

""You know what?""

He said, a hint of regret in his voice.

"I've actually been hoping that you could give me a reasonable explanation."

Fear flashed in the Scarlet Lady's eyes. She looked at the soldier boy in disbelief, and stood there in a daze.

The entire RV seemed to be still at this moment, and the light drowned out everything...

The next day, at the Vought Corporation headquarters, the Intelligence Analysis Center.

Homelander stood in front of a huge display screen with his arms crossed and his brow furrowed. A blurry surveillance video was playing on the screen in a loop:

A familiar figure jumped out of the luxury RV and quickly disappeared into the night.

"Zoom in," Homelander ordered, with a barely perceptible hint of nervousness in his voice.

The image zoomed in, and the figure's features became clearer:

The blonde hair, the tall figure, and that iconic uniform.

"damn it."

The countrymen cursed in a low voice,

"It's really him."

At this time, Ashley was also standing aside with a serious expression.

“When was this picture taken?”

she asked confused.

"Just last night."

A technician looked at the data on the computer and answered.

"Half an hour before the Scarlet Lady's body was discovered."

Homelander took a deep breath and turned to face Ashley.

“We need to control public opinion”

He said, urgency in his voice.

"We can't let the public know that Soldier Boy is back. At least not now."

Ashley nodded.

"I understand, but should we inform Wu Jin first about this matter... He happens to be attending a chamber of commerce in the state where the attack occurred."

"Is it necessary? I guess he is now trapped in the public opinion of all the churches and can't get away... I am the former captain, shouldn't I do this responsibility?"

Homelander smirked, showing his neat row of teeth wickedly, with an extremely dangerous gleam in his eyes.

"Um...Okay, I will quickly hold a press conference to tell everyone that this is just an ordinary criminal incident and the company has taken control of the situation...Is that okay?"

"very good."

Homelander gave her an approving look.

"Remember to emphasize that Scarlet Lady was only slightly injured. I don't want to cause unnecessary panic."

"Also... as long as Wu Jin is not here, you all have to listen to me. Do you understand?"

"Okay... okay."

Under the pressure from her countrymen, Ashley could only force a smile of approval. Then her high heels made a rapid sound on the floor and she fled from the intelligence center.

After Homelander watched her leave, he turned to the technicians.

"Continue analyzing the video."

"I want to know where he went."

The analyst nodded and quickly operated on the tablet, and the holographic projection switched to a city map.

"Based on our analysis, Soldier Boy's actions appear to follow a certain pattern... We speculate that his next target is likely to be the TNT twins."

"What are these..."

"This TNT twin is often active in the Heroes Club. Soldier Boy might go there to seek revenge."

After hearing the answer, Homelander held his forehead and walked out of the analysis center, his expression changing from gloomy to bright, with inexplicable emotions churning in his heart.

Others may not know this secret, but he is very clear that he has inherited the genes of the previous generation of superhumans.

A few years ago, he learned from researchers in the laboratory that he was cultivated through test tubes, and a large part of the test tube ingredients came from the people who were subjected to the experiments.

Therefore, he sometimes feels inferior and thinks that he is not as strong as his previous superhuman predecessors, let alone Soldier Boy, the former captain of the "Repayer Alliance".

Growing up, Homelander has always regarded Soldier Boy as his idol and has watched his movies no less than a hundred times, but now... his idol has been resurrected, which means that if news about him appears in the public eye, his position will be threatened.

He was already very unhappy with Jonathan's previous position in the seven-man team, and now...even if it was his idol, he had to prove his power and strength to surpass the contemporary.

He felt an extremely strong sense of crisis.

This made him feel very uncomfortable.

"The Climax Meeting of the Heroes... Looks like I have to go there."

(I originally wrote that the Homelander knew that he was the son of the soldier boy, but it seemed wrong. In the original book, he only found out later, so I temporarily modified the content.)