Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Ashley turned to the side, took a half step back, and gave up her position on the podium.

"Now, please welcome our principal, the god among men—Homelander!"

The rousing background music roared through the hall, the subwoofer making the floor tremble slightly.

With a powerful stride, Ah Zu stepped onto the center of the stage under the spotlight.

He flashed his signature smile at the camera.

"Whoosh—"

An uncontrollable gasp erupted from the audience, and several reporters even jumped up in excitement.

The flashes reached their peak at that moment, and reporters in the front row frantically pushed microphones forward.

Ah Zu raised his hands and pressed them down.

The music and the sound of camera shutters gradually subsided.

"Thank you, thank you everyone," Azu said with a slight smile.

"Today, I stand here for every citizen of the Galactic Federation of Humanity."

"We're giving each and every one of you a fair chance to realize your dreams!"

"Walter Vanguard Hero Academy is now officially open for enrollment across the entire Federation!"

Whether you've already awakened superpowers or are just an ordinary person who believes you have potential, you can apply!

"Of course, applicants under the age of eighteen need to have their registration confirmed by their legal guardian."

A reporter shouted, "Mr. Homelander, I have a question. Can ordinary people who think they have potential apply? Don't they need to have superpowers?"

"Good question." Azu winked mysteriously. "I must announce some exciting news to the world. The Vought Corporation has mastered the technology to safely activate latent superpowers in humans!"

He looked confidently into the camera and said, "As long as you pass Vought's entrance exam and are admitted to the academy, you can become a glorious V-Pioneer! A future superhero!!"

The moment those words were spoken, the entire hall erupted in cheers once again!

Ordinary people can become superheroes? This is practically a golden road for ordinary people to transcend social classes!

The reporters in the audience raised their hands frantically, and the scene nearly spiraled out of control.

"What about tuition? Can ordinary families afford the fees for such elite colleges?" another reporter who managed to get a chance to speak asked loudly.

Azu smiled and shook his index finger, saying, "There's absolutely no need to worry. As long as you're accepted, all tuition, room and board, and other miscellaneous expenses for an ordinary family will be fully covered by the Water Group."

"After graduation, these costs will be deducted from your future salary without interest. You won't need to apply for those large student loans anymore."

"Walter will never let money become a stumbling block to his dreams!"

"Remember this sentence..."

Ah Zu gave a thumbs-up to the camera.

"If you have a dream, go after it! Come to WOT and make your life more exciting!"

……

All footage from this press conference spread to every corner of the Federation at an unimaginable speed.

Once the bombshell news was released, people no longer cared about the village that had fallen from the sky, nor what the reclusive villagers had gone through.

The attention of all mankind was completely captured by the words "Hero Academy" and "activating superpowers".

The allure of everyone becoming a superhero is just too great!

The energy drink launched by the Water Group became the number one seller in the world by a huge margin, thanks to the five "gold vouchers" available.

Countless people buy boxes and boxes of these products just to experience that brief twenty-minute superhuman journey.

And now, the opportunity to become a superhuman permanently is right in front of you!

Inside a crowded Irish pub in the UK.

The speech by the father of the nation has just finished playing on the big screen.

Surprisingly, not a single person spoke in the bar; even the bartender stopped wiping the glasses.

"Did you hear that? All you have to do is pass the test!" A burly man with a full beard slammed his fist on the table. "Wat only gives out five Golden Tickets a year. Those who get to experience twenty minutes of superpowers make a fortune online for the rest of their lives just from those twenty minutes of video. And now... it's a lifetime!"

In a typical American middle-class community.

The family of four sat around the dining table. The father put down his knife and fork and looked at his two teenage sons across from him.

"Listen, boys," the father said, his tone more serious than ever before. "You're on the school football team, you're physically gifted. This is your chance to change our family's destiny."

"But Dad, my dream is to be a dentist..." the youngest son said timidly.

"What kind of dentist are you?!" His mother slapped him on the head. "Do you want to spend your whole life picking other people's rotten teeth? Look at Homer! Look at Jumbo! They're heroes worshipped all over the world! I've already compiled your information, and we'll submit your applications as soon as the website goes live!"

Many families even considered having the whole family, from sixty-year-old grandfathers to newborn babies, try their luck as long as they had a breath left.

However, the registration process for the Water Group is by no means as simple as filling in a name and phone number.

……

New York, Water Tower, the ancestral office.

Ah Zu was gazing thoughtfully at the giant holographic projection of the Earth projected in the center of the office.

On the holographic projection, countless blue dots were distributed across the North American continent, representing the areas where Vought International's registered superheroes are stationed and active.

Looking at the world, vast areas are in a vacuum, and the shining examples of heroes are pitifully sparse.

He had his own profound considerations in creating this grand hero academy.

The few hundred superheroes under the Vought International Corporation were already stretched thin just covering the United States.

In the event of a major emergency, it is often necessary to call upon heroes from other cities to fight the fire.

But times have changed.

We are now in the era of the Great Human Federation, a vast territory encompassing billions of people.

The sheer number of heroes the Vought Group currently possesses wouldn't even be enough to fill a gap in the teeth of billions of people worldwide.

More importantly, if the existing city heroes remain active only in the United States, and people on other continents do not receive the protection of superheroes, this long-term favoritism will easily breed discontent, which is not conducive to the unity within the Galactic Human Federation, nor will it help him gain global popularity.

Now that he has the Terrigen Crystal and the ability to mass-produce superhumans, he needs to get this hero production line up and running as soon as possible.

"Skynet, how's the screening mechanism going?"

Azu looked at the Heavenly Net and asked.

"Going online, sir," Skynet began reporting to Azu.

To gain admission to Walter, applicants must complete three steps.

"In the first round of preliminary screening, applicants must upload high-resolution, unedited photos of their entire body from all angles as required."

"Very good, physical appearance is the first hurdle." Azu nodded in satisfaction. "Ugly people can't be superheroes, that's the rule."