On the highway, the driver inside the tanker truck kept honking, hoping Kenji would move aside.
But the man in the baseball cap showed no intention of leaving.
The driver cursed loudly and could only slow down and step on the brakes.
At that moment, he saw the guy in the cap raise both hands toward him.
"What is he doing?"
"This idiot is wasting my time."
Suddenly, the driver noticed something wrong with the view ahead.
He could no longer see the road in front of him.
A moment later, he realized his truck was floating into the air.
That was exactly what was happening.
Kenji was using his power. With his telekinesis, he lifted the tanker truck's wheels off the ground and then hurled it toward Stormfront in the sky.
"Wow, that's so cool."
"So that's your power?"
"I really want a power like that too."
"Every superhero wants a power like that, okay? It's so cool."
"I'm really jealous of you."
Stormfront spoke while casually flying higher into the air, letting the tanker pass beneath her feet and crash toward an apartment building in the distance.
Most of the people living in that apartment building were watching the commotion through thier windows.
They had been watching just fine when a tanker truck suddenly crossed over the community park below and came flying toward the building.
The people inside immediately screamed.
Some staggered backward, some fell over, and some had already wet themselves.
The driver inside the tanker was screaming too.
He had never imagined something like this would happen to him.
He knew very well that if the tanker hit the building, the gasoline inside would leak out.
At that point, even a single spark would be enough to cause an explosion.
"It's over! It's over!"
"My forty-eight years of life are ending just like this!"
"Lord, let me enter your kingdom!"
"I confess to you, I have sinned! I have sinned!"
Amid the screams, the driver could already see figures in the building's windows.
He could see the despair in the eyes of a white woman standing by a window.
At that moment, the seatbelt around the driver suddenly turned into bubbles.
Then the seat, the steering wheel, the pedals, the cab, and even the entire truck.
From the inside out, from beginning to end, everything turned into bubbles.
So when the tanker hit the building, there was no collision and no explosion.
Only a huge mass of bubbles appeared.
The driver rolled through the window and kept rolling until he hit a wall and stopped.
On the highway.
Stormfront had already landed in front of Kenji and said with a smile, "Your performance was great, but don't perform anymore. How about this? Surrender, and I'll give you an autograph."
Kenji looked around.
Then he spotted a billboard.
He reached out with both hands and made a grabbing motion.
With a powerful swing of his arms, the billboard smashed toward Stormfront.
Stormfront shrugged and flew straight into it.
Pieces scattered everywhere.
Stormfront emerged from the shattered billboard completely unharmed.
At that moment, Kimiko rushed up from behind her and tackled Stormfront to the ground.
With a whoosh, Stormfront flew into the air.
Then she grabbed Kimiko's hand and twisted it.
Kimiko's right arm instantly broke, and the bone pierced through the skin.
Stormfront threw Kimiko to the ground.
Then she released a large amount of electricity from both hands, sweeping it across the ground and blocking Kenji's escape.
She dived down again and landed in front of Kenji.
Shaking her head, she said, "You really don't listen. In that case, you'll have to be punished."
She walked toward him.
Kenji suddenly stretched out a hand toward her and then lifted it upward.
Stormfront floated into the air.
As Kenji made a throwing motion, she flew off into the distance.
He threw Stormfront away.
But in the next moment, she flew back.
Electric beams burst from her hands and blasted Kenji away.
Kenji crashed onto the ground.
His clothes were scorched, and his whole body shook.
Stormfront landed beside him and stood there with her hands on her hips, smiling at him.
"This is what happens when you don't cooperate."
"Come on, I'd like to get off work early."
She bent down, grabbed both of Kenji's arms, and forced them downward.
With a crack, Kenji's arms broke.
He immediately let out a scream.
In the distance, Kimiko climbed back to her feet.
Ignoring her broken arm, she gritted her teeth and charged forward.
Then she saw Stormfront smiling as she lifted Kenji into the air.
Standing behind him, Stormfront raised one of Kenji's arms and waved it toward Kimiko.
Then she grabbed Kenji's head and twisted hard.
Kenji's face immediately turned toward his back.
Kimiko's mouth fell open.
But no sound came out.
Only two hot tears slid down her face.
Thud!
Watching Kenji's body hit the ground, Stormfront let out a breath and shook her head.
"See? I told you not to resist."
"Why wouldn't you listen?"
She raised her head and waved toward the helicopter above.
Then she shot into the sky and disappeared into the night.
Kimiko staggered forward, about to walk toward Kenji.
Then she heard a familiar voice behind her.
"Sister, I'm over here."
Kimiko spun around.
She saw her brother looking confused, as if he had no idea what had happened.
Kenji truly didn't know what had happened.
Just moments ago, he had watched Stormfront fly over his head as though she had ignored him completely.
Then, somehow, another him had appeared on the highway.
Another "Kenji."
Very quickly, that "Kenji" was killed, and Stormfront left.
At that moment, a car pulled up beside them.
The driver honked, drawing the attention of the brother and sister.
Only then did Kimiko notice that a white young man was driving, while a blond, blue-eyed man sat in the passenger seat.
Homelander!
The tanker truck turning into bubbles and the appearance of another "Kenji" on the highway had both been Homelander's doing.
He had created them using Reality Warp.
Homelander crooked a finger at Kimiko.
Kimiko snapped out of it and immediately pulled Kenji into the car.
———
[Chinatown]
[Inside the Apartment Building]
Soldier Levin was bandaging Kimiko.
Meanwhile, Kenji watched Homelander with a guarded expression.
After a while, he finally asked, "Who are you?"
"John," Homelander replied with a smile, "Your sister's friend."
Something shifted in Kenji's eyes, "So you're the person my sister mentioned. The one who gives her work and protects her."
Homelander nodded, "That's me."
"And I know that you work for the Shining Light Army."
"I've had enough of this country's corruption. Those superheroes are all devils."
"I want to fight them. I want to resist them."
"Kenji, can you introduce me to the Shining Light Army?"
Kimiko, whose arm had just been bandaged, suddenly looked up when she heard that.
At that moment, Homelander's voice rang out inside her head.
["Don't ruin my plans."]
["Unless you want me to kill Mouse!"]