Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Cyborg glanced at Darkseid, who was laughing maniacally, then looked at Azu, his tone hesitant.

"The Pain Matrix covers the entire globe through parent boxes, but its total output power is constant. It's like a net spread across the nerves of a billion people."

"If...if we could use the mother box as the terminal bootloader..." Victor said with difficulty, revealing the cruel solution.

"...that would allow us to transfer all the matrix energy covering the entire globe."

"...transferred to one person."

"This person not only has to withstand the enormous energy infusion, but more importantly, they also have to withstand the pain fluctuations of everyone else... so that others can be saved."

These words shocked the heroes around him who were enduring excruciating pain and maintaining a sliver of consciousness.

Bruce Wayne struggled to lift his head and shouted at Cyborg, his forehead covered in sweat.

"You can't do this, Victor... No living being can endure that level of pain..."

To concentrate the suffering of a billion people onto one person?

What kind of torture would that be?

That wasn't salvation at all; it was sending a person into an abyss that even hell couldn't describe!

This is not a solution; it is an extremely cruel form of execution.

"This...it's better to just die..." Barry trembled on the ground, finding the thought terrifying.

"No...no..." Harley shook her head desperately in Azu's arms. Although she was in so much pain that she was about to faint, she understood Cyborg's words.

"Don't listen to him... darling... don't do anything foolish..."

Before Harley could finish speaking...

Without a moment's hesitation, Azu shouted loudly.

"let me!!"

"Use the Mother Box! Transfer all the energy, all the pain, onto me!!"

Ah Zu's voice was like thunder, resounding throughout the entire Metropolitan Plaza and echoing on screens and radios around the world.

Steelbone was stunned.

Although he derived this solution, he never considered that anyone would actually be willing to bear such a cost.

"Homelander, do you understand what you're saying?"

"You're insane!" Cyborg shouted a warning. "That's the combined pain of a billion people! Your body may be indestructible, but you'll be tortured to death!!"

"I know."

Azu answered calmly.

"But Victor, look at them."

Azu pointed to the civilians and soldiers wailing all over the place.

"If we don't do this, they will all die. I am their leader, and I promised to protect them..."

"And..." Azu held Harley, who was convulsing in his arms, tightly, his eyes filled with emotion.

"No! No!"

Harley, with a strength she didn't know she possessed, clung tightly to Azu's neck and screamed loudly.

"I don't want you to die! You said you'd marry me! You're a liar!"

"Trust me, Harley. I won't die."

Azu gently pulled Harley away, pressing his forehead against hers, his gentle tone seemingly capable of melting ice.

"But... if I have to watch you suffer..."

"...That was the real way to kill me."

Harley was stunned.

The intense pain seemed to vanish at that moment.

Her world consisted only of this man's affectionate eyes and his heart-wrenching words.

"Hint! Gained 50000 Special Popularity Points! (From Harley Quinn)"

Ah Zu felt incredibly happy as he listened to the pleasant notification sound in his mind.

He suppressed the urge to laugh, decisively released Harley, and stood up.

With a flick of his wrist, a metal cube shimmering with red light appeared in his palm.

He threw the mother box directly at the steel skeleton.

"Catch, Victor!"

Steel Bone instinctively caught the Mother Box and said in a trembling voice.

Are you really sure about it?

He remained wary of this foreign hero, finding him too arrogant and haughty.

But now, he feels ashamed of his narrow-mindedness.

"Stop talking nonsense, Victor!" Azu urged loudly, his tone leaving no room for argument.

"Do what you have to do! I am a Homelander, this is my destiny!"

Steelbone gave Azu a deep look.

"Hint! Gained 20000 Special Popularity Points! (From Victor Stone)"

"good!"

Without further hesitation, Steel Bone pressed the mother box to his chest, his palm transforming into a data cable connection interface.

"Reconstructing matrix connections..."

"Locking on terminal target..."

"Homelanders, prepare. Connect... Begin!"

As the steel frame was manipulated, the mother box emitted a blindingly bright light.

"Begin converging matrix energy!"

"Buzz—!!!"

The invisible fluctuations began to contract, and painful ions were stripped from humans around the world.

It transformed into countless visible blue bolts of lightning, converging from all directions.

"Homelander! Prepare for an energy shock!" Cyborg roared.

Azu flew to the center of the square, opened his arms, and turned his back to the camera.

The web of pain, like a thunderbolt from the heavens, struck Azu's head directly, completely engulfing him!

Around the world.

From North America to Europe, from Asia to Africa.

The invisible shackles of pain that have shrouded a billion people are gradually being removed.

People, like drowning people regaining air, collapsed to the ground, greedily inhaling the air.

But the pain didn't disappear; it was just transferred.

"Aa ...

A heart-wrenching and agonizing roar jolted everyone awake.

Ah Zu was kneeling on the ground, his whole body enveloped in lightning from the sky, his facial expression completely distorted by extreme "pain".

He curled up and rolled wildly on the ground, making wild, painful groans in his throat.

The veins on his neck were bulging, as if they were about to burst at any moment.

This scene was too tragic and too shocking.

Anyone who saw him would think he was enduring torture beyond any cruelty in the world.

Of course, in actual operation, the matrix energy will reach Azu's body within one ten-thousandth of a second.

Igor, who was manipulating the Pain Matrix, immediately cut off the pain signals acting on Azu.

Therefore, Ah Zu doesn't even feel the pain of being bitten by a mosquito now.

But that doesn't stop a top actor from showcasing his life's worth of acting skills!

"No! Stop! Stop now!!"

Harley Quinn scrambled to her feet and stumbled toward Azu, but Cyborg stopped her.

"Don't touch him! The energy is still being transferred. If you touch him, you'll be torn apart by pain!" Cyborg held Harley tightly.

"Let me go!! You fucking stop all this! Victor!!" Harley struggled frantically, tears streaming down her face.

A billion people around the world have now regained their senses.

They sat dumbfounded in front of the screen, watching their heroic leader writhe and writhe on the ground, groaning in agony.

The horrific scene deeply wounded everyone's heart.

Everyone knew how terrible the pain they had just experienced was.

And now, that man is bearing all the pain alone.

The whole world fell silent, so silent that only Azu's painful roar could be heard.