"Accepted."
This was a great opportunity to explore a disaster event. There was no reason to miss it.
Once the decision was made, new information immediately appeared on Alex's retina.
[You have accepted this event.]
[Event Name: Steel Riot. Provoker.]
[Description: Those who possess great power will always attract challengers. At this moment, there is such a person in the city.]
[Hansen Lev, a robber. He was once arrested and imprisoned by you. After being released, he received funding from a mysterious individual and is now wearing a suit of steel armor to rob a bank, attempting to challenge your authority.]
[So, what are you waiting for?]
[Event Objective: Teach Hansen Lev a lesson and let him know your power.]
[Event Start!]
After the final line of information flashed by, in the city, an explosion suddenly rang out.
Alex jumped up and walked toward the window.
"Clean this place up."
"I hope when I get back, I won't smell anything weird."
Then he flew straight out of the window.
In an instant, he vanished into the high sky.
———
The wind howled past Alex's ears.
In the blink of an eye, he had arrived at the event location.
[Federal Savings Bank]
At this moment, the area outside the bank was surrounded by police, but a massive vault was pressing down on a police car.
The bank's main entrance had been smashed to pieces. It looked like it had been thrown straight out from inside.
At this time, a figure nearly four meters tall walked out from the doorway.
The black iron body flowed with a metallic sheen. Engines and exposed energy nodes emitted light.
Pipes on its back spewed hot smoke. A figure like a scaled-up "Iron Man" walked out of the bank.
Alex hovered in midair, with no intention of intervening immediately.
He was more curious about where this big metal man came from.
'This character didn't exist in The Boys.'
'Did my transmigration cause some changes?'
"Hands up!"
"Get out of that machine!"
The police raised their guns, shouting at the big metal man.
The outer armor of the metal giant opened up, revealing a bald head. The man with half his face disfigured shouted, "Cops? Hurry up and call Homelander over!"
"Today I'm going to make him suffer the same pain!", He pointed at the disfigured half of his face.
Alex tilted his head. In the original owner's memories, he couldn't find any information about this man.
It seemed Homelander hadn't even paid attention to someone like him.
On the ground, after speaking, Hansen Lev returned inside the armor. The big metal man raised his right hand.
The armor above the wrist lifted, extending a barrel, and then a fire dragon burst out from it.
A flamethrower!
Whoosh!
BOOM!
Where the fire dragon passed, police cars exploded.
The big metal man seized the opportunity, rushed to the vault, hoisted it onto his shoulder with one hand, and prepared to leave.
Alex suddenly looked toward the other side of the street.
On the rooftop over there, a figure leapt down, smashing into the ground like a meteor.
The impact caused a wave of stone to bulge up from the street, throwing the metal man off balance.
Then the figure charged forward and delivered a flying kick, sending the metal man flying.
With a whoosh, the metal man was blasted backward, crashing through four or five police cars before coming to a stop.
Inside the armor, Hansen Lev finally saw that there was now a woman standing in the street.
She had a head of fiery wine-red long hair, wore gladiator-like armor, and had a sexy, hot figure.
It was none other than Queen Maeve of The Seven.
Alex raised his eyebrows slightly.
Queen Maeve possessed superhuman strength and durability. Sexy. Mature. And an old flame of Homelander's.
"This is getting more interesting," Alex watched from the sky like a spectator, even thinking it would be perfect if he had a bag of chips in his hand.
"Who's stronger, I wonder?"
He looked at the big metal man, the robber who had somehow obtained a suit of armor.
The metal man jumped up. The shoulder armor opened, revealing small missile launch pods on both sides.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
With several soft sounds, multiple small missiles whistled toward Queen Maeve.
Queen Maeve immediately dodged behind the vault.
The Federal Reserve vault was solidly built and remained intact amid several fireball explosions.
Seizing the opportunity, Queen Maeve launched a charge, pouncing right in front of the metal man.
She wrapped both arms around his left leg, yanked hard, and brought the metal man down.
She rolled to her feet, stepped forward, and leapt up with a fierce kick, violently striking between the metal man's legs.
Many of the men present instinctively clenched their legs.
The metal man was kicked across the ground, sliding until he snapped a streetlamp in half before stopping.
At this moment, Queen Maeve charged again.
The metal man raised his left hand. With a "whoosh!", a launcher in the wrist armor fired something.
That object suddenly unfolded midair. It turned out to be an alloy wire net.
It trapped Queen Maeve. With Maeve's strength, she couldn't tear it apart right away.
The metal man seized the chance to attack, charging forward and smashing Queen Maeve to the ground with a punch, drawing gasps from the onlookers.
Then he grabbed Maeve, spun a few times, and hurled her away with force.
Queen Maeve slammed into a police car, sending it flying into the air, tumbling repeatedly before falling toward civilians by the roadside.
People screamed and scattered in panic.
Only a little girl, five or six years old, stared blankly at the police car falling from the sky.
The girl's mother finally reacted and screamed, "BECKY!"
The police car crashed down.
People instinctively closed their eyes, unable to bear to see the tragedy.
The girl's mother even fainted.
But she only lost consciousness for a second or two.
Then she heard soft exclamations, which quickly turned into cheers.
The girl's mother looked over.
The police car had already landed on the ground.
Behind the police car, a Stars and Stripes cape fluttered.
As the cape settled, it revealed a blond man in a sky-blue combat suit, and her daughter Becky.
"Homelander…"
The mother immediately understood that Homelander had saved her daughter.
The surrounding citizens rushed over, shouting Homelander's name and reaching out to touch him.
Like pilgrims worshiping a saint.
Alex smiled and nodded to everyone, then gently pushed the little girl, "Do me a favor and stay with your mom, okay?"
The little girl nodded, then waved her small fist, "Homelander, you have to beat the bad guy!"
Alex pressed a hand to his chest and smiled, "As you command, miss."
Amid the girl's laughter, Alex lifted off the ground, flew across the street, and landed beside Maeve.
He adjusted the power of his "heat vision," firing deep red beams from his eyes to cut open the alloy wire net restraining her.
"How are you?"
Maeve shrugged, "I won't die."
"Then rest."
Alex smiled at the big metal man, "Round two. I'm up."
Inside the metal armor, Hansen roared, "Homelander, you finally showed up!"
"You bastard, I'm going to burn your face into barbecue, charred to hell!"
Alex raised one finger, "If you tell me who gave you this armor, I can ask the judge for leniency."
"Go to hell!"
The metal man raised his middle finger.
Alex smiled, then suddenly appeared behind the metal man.
"Hope you have a parachute."
Before Hansen could react, Alex grabbed the massive metal body and shot straight up into the sky.
"What are you doing?"
"Let go of me, you bastard!"
Alex flashed an eight-tooth grin and said, "Your words."
Then he swung with all his strength, the metal man was flung away.
"Ahhhh! Noooo!"
Watching the metal man soar upward, then begin to fall, Alex's eyes lit up, as if magma were boiling within them.
The next second—
BOOM!
A cannon-like stream of energy roared forth.
Laser beam, lethal mode!
The deep red energy stream slammed into the metal man's chest.
The armor rapidly melted.
Then, with a flash of fire.
BOOM!
A massive fireball exploded in midair.
Hansen Lev, along with his armor, was blown into countless pieces, fragments raining down toward the ground.
Alex adjusted the power of his heat vision and swept across the area, destroying every fragment.
[You have successfully resolved this event.]
[Event disaster level assessment: E-]
['Success' evaluation reward: Dim Proficiency Essence *10]
[Shop unlocked. You may purchase items that appeared during events in the shop.]
[Note: You are already very strong, but you can become even stronger. This path begins with purchasing your first item.]