Bang!
"If you weren't potentially useful later, I'd kill you right now, Joker."
After two seconds of thought, the crimson light extinguished again. Ron frowned impatiently and vanished from the spot, taking Deep Sea with him. The next second, he was back in his room.
In the later plot, Queen Maeve relied on Deep Sea to find evidence of Homelander's abandonment at the bottom of the ocean.
Although he could also dive to the bottom of the sea to search, such tedious and tiring tasks were better left to others. Allowing that Joker to live might make him suffer even more.
"Ah, where did you just go?
And Deep Sea, where did he go?"
Starlight, who hadn't yet reacted, ran up, looking at Ron who had vanished with Deep Sea, and asked in a daze.
"I threw him into the sea, hoping he could calm down.
Perhaps he can even find two female dolphins there to comfort his wounded self."
He straightened his clothes and replied casually.
"How to comfort?"
Starlight opened her mouth, wanting to ask if it was verbal comfort or something else?
She heard that Deep Sea could talk to fish, and some people were curious if he would fall in love with a fish. Now, there might not be another possibility.
Ron ignored her. She also realized she shouldn't have asked that, so she closed her mouth and changed the subject, looking at Ron's perfectly chiseled profile, like an ancient Greek sculpture, and extended her hand with a smile.
"Thank you.
I'm Starlight, and you saved me from an embarrassing situation."
"You're welcome. An innocent girl like you shouldn't be defiled by others."
Ron glanced at her hand, stepped closer, a faint smile on his lips, like a gentleman.
"If I may, I'd like to ask you for a favor."
"Wh-… what favor?"
Forced to retreat until her back was against the wall, Starlight pressed her hands against his hard chest, stopping him from getting closer, looked away, and said in a low, unnatural voice.
Looking at his handsome face so close, clearly feeling the man's breath, and then remembering how Ron had appeared and saved her, helping her punish the bad guy, her face reddened slightly.
"Even though I'm a superhero who fights crime, today I experienced the standard hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress trope from movies."
"My dear Starlight, that guy just now made me a bit hot-headed."
He took a strand of her hair in his hand and sniffed it. Ron didn't answer, just leaned close to her ear and whispered, then gently stroked her head, and then applied a little force.
…
"Ugh…"
The scene shifted.
In the public restroom at Vought.
Starlight was kneeling beside the toilet, vomiting in disgust.
She yelled angrily at the stall door.
"How are you any different from that scumbag?!"
"The difference might be that I'm far more handsome? More powerful than that Joker?
I actually have the right to kick you out of The Seven, but I didn't threaten you."
Leaning against the door, Ron crossed his arms, and facing the accusation, he spread his hands expressionlessly.
"You weren't that resistant either, half-willing?"
"You ruined my fantasy of you!"
Starlight was silent for a moment, wondering why Ron seemed so proud, then she retorted, shouting fiercely.
She had thought everything today was as wonderful as a dream—her dream came true, and although she encountered disgusting workplace harassment, a handsome hero immediately appeared to rescue her, and it seemed a beautiful office romance should follow.
But who knew that in the blink of an eye, the hero turned into a villain.
"Don't say that. We just developed a bit fast, skipping some unnecessary steps."
Outside the door, his tone was still indifferent, seemingly trying to persuade her.
"Yes, skipping introductions, holding hands, kissing, directly…"
With a bang, she opened the door, Starlight became even angrier, stomping to the sink, taunting Ron, then halfway through, she turned and accused him.
"You didn't let him defile me; you drove him away, and then you did what he didn't finish!"
And then followed another angry tirade.
"Enough. You're not some little girl who hasn't experienced anything.
It's good enough that I'm willing to come here with you."
Ron was a bit impatient, advising her to stop.
"On the contrary, it was my first time, and your actions weren't gentle at all.
Did I complain once?"
She remembered that when facing Deep Sea, that Joker, she wasn't so talkative, only daring to run to the restroom alone to vomit, and not daring to say anything afterward.
"You…"
You're blaming me for not being gentle? Starlight's chest heaved violently, so angry she felt like spitting blood. How could someone be so shameless?
"If my body wasn't strong enough, I might not be able to walk right now."
Bumps and scrapes can cause injury.
To be honest, he wasn't very interested in Starlight; it was just a momentary burst of mischief that he didn't restrain.
If you have enough power, shouldn't you do whatever you want?
"I was born into a religious family!"
Starlight couldn't stand it and interrupted.
"So what?"
Starlight was born into a religious family, but in the story, she didn't adhere to certain rules of chastity, having tasted forbidden fruit early and repeatedly.
She also didn't say no to Deep Sea's threats, easily compromising.
Ron's face grew cold, too lazy to say more, he dropped his arms and turned to leave.
A muddled woman, he even wanted to comfort her a bit, but she wouldn't listen to anything. She was clearly an adult, yet she reacted like a little girl, treated even worse than that useless Deep Sea.
…
Walking out of the restroom, he reached a certain corridor.
Ron's gaze suddenly focused on a spot, and he suddenly reached out as if gripping someone's neck, lifting him up and pressing him against the wall.
"Hehe, who are you?"
The Invisible Man, who had been invisible, revealed his body and asked with a chuckle.
He raised his hands as if signaling surrender, but he didn't look serious at all.
"Today I've already castrated a Joker."
Glancing downwards, Ron warned coldly, his grip gradually tightening.
"If you don't want to end up like him, don't let me see you like this again."
Invisible Man, one of The Seven members, has the ability to change his skin material into carbon super-meta material, with hardness surpassing diamonds, allowing for optical invisibility. He likes to walk around naked and invisible, prying into others' privacy.
His invisibility, if he moves too fast or if others have extraordinary vision, allows his general outline to be seen.
He didn't want someone walking around naked in front of him every day in the future.
"Do you understand?"
"Who do you think you are? Bastard!"
Choked to the point of gasping for air, and hearing that tone, Invisible Man's face showed anger, and he swung his fist, striking hard at the person's face.