Become a Homelander and a Marvel superstar

Nebula walked to the desk and stopped, standing straight like a soldier.

She skipped the small talk and got straight to the point.

"Homelander, I want to participate in that gladiatorial contest. Add my name to the roster."

Azu didn't mind her somewhat presumptuous tone at all, and simply smiled and asked, "You know who your opponent is in that competition, and you know the consequences of losing. Why do you want to join?"

Nebula turned her face away, avoiding Azu's gaze.

"That's my business. Let me join the list. If you don't want to, give me a spaceship and I'll pay you."

Azu did not answer directly; he stood up and walked to Xingyun.

"Don't rush into talking about fighting, Nebula." Azu looked at her with concern. "You've been in Vought for a while now..."

"Tell me, how's life here? Are you settling in?"

Nebula was stunned for a moment, clearly not used to this rhythm.

"Very good," she replied curtly. "There's delicious food here, and a quiet room. No one will dismantle my organs if I fail."

"I've never felt so relaxed in my life."

"That's good." Azu nodded slightly, a hint of guilt in his eyes. "Ever since I returned to Earth, trouble has never stopped. As a friend who once fought alongside me, I neglected to care for you. This is my dereliction of duty, and I'm very sorry, Nebula."

Nebula was somewhat bewildered by this sudden display of concern.

Killing, orders, punishment—this has been her daily routine since childhood.

"You...you didn't do anything wrong." Nebula was a little nervous, unsure how to handle this situation. "People should only care about themselves. That's the law of survival. You don't need to apologize to me."

Azu gently shook his head and said, "If you only care about yourself, why are you so determined to join the gladiator tournament? You could stay on Earth and live a peaceful life."

"Because I want revenge, against Thanos." Nebula frowned, trying her best to appear fierce.

"Stop lying to yourself..." Azu directly exposed her lie and took another step closer.

"You're not doing this for revenge; you're doing it for your family, for the love you never received but always longed for. It's Gamora, isn't it?"

"I am not!" Nebula stepped back, shouting, "I am a warrior! A merciless weapon, I have no weakness like that!"

"Don't resist it, Nebula." Azu reached out and pulled Nebula close. "Thanos used you as a weapon, but you're not. You have a heart more passionate than anyone else's. You know what you should fight for."

He gazed at Nebula's somewhat bewildered face and said softly:

"Listen to me, girl. You have the right to embrace these feelings, and you have the right to be cared for."

Azu raised his hand and gently reached out towards Xingyun's face.

"You should have been a beautiful girl with a radiant smile."

Nebula's body tensed instantly, instinctively wanting to wave her hand to block Azu's arm.

But Ah Zu would not do as she wished.

Just as she was about to make a move to resist.

"Activate...Heartbreaker!" Ah Zu murmured.

In less than a second, Azu immediately removed the skin.

He already knew about the side effects of this skin condition, and he didn't want to be a walking pheromone generator all the time.

But that brief, powerful surge of charm was enough.

Nebula lowered her hand, which she had raised halfway, and her tense muscles relaxed.

She even unconsciously tilted her head and reached out to touch Ah Zu's palm.

An unknown sense of pleasure flowed from Azu's fingertips into Nebula's brain.

The feeling of being understood, accepted, and cherished made her give up resisting and unconsciously immerse herself in this unfamiliar warmth.

Hint! Gained +15000 Special Popularity Points! (From Nebula)

"Your spot is yours." Azu smiled, looking at Nebula who was still immersed in the afterglow. "You can join the competition. And, during the time before the competition begins, I will personally guide your training."

Nebula snapped out of her daze and looked at the tall, handsome man in front of her.

A flicker of shock crossed her eyes: "Why? Why are you being so good to me?"

"Because you deserve it..."

Without any superfluous rhetoric, this simple sentence directly touched the softest corner of Nebula's heart.

Nebula, who had never been treated gently before, felt an urge to cry for the first time.

Tragically, she has been deprived of her tear ducts and has lost the ability to cry.

She could only express her feelings in the most clumsy way.

Nebula slowly raised her arms, her movements awkward and stiff.

Finally, she gave Azu a tight hug.

This was the first time in her life that she had ever taken the initiative to hug someone.

[Hint! Gained 30000 special popularity points! (From Nebula)]

Hearing the pleasant notification from the system, Azu's lips curled up.

Another high-quality leek has grown.

Just as Azu was enjoying the joy of the harvest, Miss Skynet appeared in the office.

"Sir, excuse me. The global public opinion regarding the spatial rift over Hong Kong is rapidly escalating. Ashley would like to discuss a press conference with you."

Hearing the noise, Xingyun snapped out of her daze and hurriedly left Azu's embrace.

"I...I'm going to the training room."

Nebula left with a single sentence, her cheeks slightly purple, and quickly fled the office.

……

One day later.

Water International Press Conference Hall.

The hall was packed. A-Zu, dressed in a smart uniform, walked from behind the scenes to the podium under the spotlight.

A burst of applause erupted from the audience.

With a smile on his face, Azu calmly answered the various questions posed by the reporters.

From the post-war reconstruction efforts of superheroes to Vought's plans to benefit humanity, his answers were impeccable and flawless.

Until a veteran journalist raised his hand and asked the question that the world was currently most concerned about.

"Mr. Homelander, although you have defeated Dormammu, the spatial rift over Hong Kong still exists, and there are many speculations about it. What is the reason for this? When will it disappear?"

Upon hearing this question, Azu's smile vanished.

His expression became solemn and heavy.

"I don't want to lie to the world, but the public has the right to know the truth..."

Ah Zu's deep voice resonated across the globe through the camera lens.

"After round-the-clock research by Dr. Jane Foster, chief astrophysicist at Walter Reed, we have come to a harsh conclusion."

"That rift is slowly eroding our Earth's space. Although the demon that sought to destroy us is dead, and the rate of erosion has been greatly reduced, the process is irreversible..."

A suppressed gasp rippled through the hall.

"Based on the mathematical model established by Dr. Foster, it is speculated that..."

"In two and a half years at most, Earth will be swallowed by that dark dimension and transformed into disordered dark particles."

The scientific community has named this phenomenon...the sunspot effect.