The next morning.
"Huh?!"
Eden yawned and slowly walked down from the second floor of his room.
"Eden, your coffee."
Nolan, who was making breakfast, saw Eden coming downstairs. Without any hesitation, she threw the coffee cup in her hand towards Eden and exclaimed, "Ah, my hand slipped."
"..."
Upon hearing this, Eden stood still without a change in expression.
Eden's gaze silently watched the coffee cup, moving slowly in the air, approaching his face frame by frame as if in slow motion, yet he made no move.
He merely grumbled in his heart, "Mom is definitely doing it on purpose! One hundred percent on purpose! She must have discovered something! She must!"
"Did this child really not awaken his superpowers?"
Nolan watched as the hot coffee was about to splash on Eden's face. Even Nolan herself didn't realize the subconscious pang of distress in her heart.
From Eden's perspective, Nolan arrived beside him with lightning speed, catching the floating cup in mid-air.
As Nolan was about to put away the scalding coffee that seemed to be frozen in time between them, close to Eden's cheek, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, "Mom still loves me."
"No, for the Empire, I must test him again."
However, the next second, just as Nolan was about to make a move, her unwavering 'thought imprint' for the Empire, which had lasted for thousands of years, overcame her inner feelings. She suppressed the stirring in her heart and watched as the coffee poured towards Eden's face.
"I'm screwed, I'm screwed."
"I'm about to be exposed."
Eden was in a panic at this moment; he wasn't afraid of the hot coffee at all.
Let alone coffee at a hundred degrees Celsius, he could even bathe on the surface of the sun.
What Eden truly feared was that the coffee wouldn't scald his current body.
Once Eden exposed his physical defense, Nolan would know that Eden had awakened his superpowers, thus initiating the Viltrum people's next plan — the conquest of Earth.
"Nolan, you're too careless."
At this critical moment, an even faster figure arrived beside Eden, gently moving Eden aside, and at the same time, took the spilled coffee cup from Nolan's hand, catching every single drop of the scalding coffee that was flying everywhere.
The newcomer was none other than Eden's great father, Clark Kent.
At this moment, Clark Kent held a toothbrush in one hand and the coffee cup in the other. He gently handed the coffee cup to Eden and smiled at Nolan, saying, "Did you expend too much mental energy in yesterday's battle with the Lemo Twins, causing a bit of a lack of concentration?"
"Hehe."
"Indeed."
"After all, we almost let the Lemo Twins succeed."
Nolan gave an awkward laugh and looked at Eden, saying, "Sorry, Eden! I almost hurt you."
"Uh."
"Actually, I don't even know what happened?"
Eden silently gave a thumbs-up to his great father, Clark, and took a big gulp of coffee to calm his nerves.
"Hot!"
Then, Eden pretended to be scalded, placed the coffee cup on the table, grabbed two pieces of bread, and ran outside, saying as he ran, "Oh, I'm going to be late! This is bad."
"Eden, be careful, it's hot."
"You're such a careless child."
"Remember to eat well when you get to school."
Nolan watched Eden's retreating back with great concern, like a normal mother, reminding her child.
"I have to take a day off today, dear."
After doing all this, Nolan turned to Clark and smiled.
"Okay, dear."
"After all, even the greatest heroes need a vacation."
Clark said, then kissed her passionately.
"Sizzle ~"
Then, Nolan and Clark were intertwined once more.
"That scared me to death."
"I almost got discovered by my mom."
"Luckily, I was clever, and Dad's timely rescue helped."
Eden tried his best to slow down his movements while replaying what had just happened at light speed in his mind.
"My next actions must be even more careful."
Eden thought silently.
[Ding dong! Successfully deceived the two greatest heroes on Earth!]
[Reward: One lottery draw! Villain Favorability +5 points!]
[You are simply a born great villain!]
Just as Eden was admiring his cleverness, the system's prompt sounded in his mind.
"System, shut up!"
Eden's good mood was ruined by the system's prompt.
At the same time, Eden felt an immense headache because of his system.
Honestly, this damn system of his had only awakened two days ago, and his villain favorability had already risen from fifty to sixty. This growth rate was too terrifying. (Superpowers awakened at age five, the system awakened two days ago.)
"I will definitely not become a villain."
Eden thought deeply in his heart.
[Ding dong!]
[Detecting the host's strong desire, the system's final mission is being corrected...]
Just then, the system's prompt sounded in Eden's mind once again.
"Could it be?!"
Eden's eyes lit up, and his heart filled with joy.
[The host wants to become a seemingly righteous and glamorous, yet inwardly dark and evil... Homelander!]
[Given the host's grand ideals, granting the host one lottery draw.]
The system AI's prompt continued to sound in Eden's mind.
"Shut up, system."
Eden felt his vision go black; it was entirely his mistake to have any expectations for this system.
Thinking this, Eden finally arrived at Reginald Vel Johnson High School.
"Hey, good morning, Eden!"
"Did you hear?"
"Yesterday, the Lemo Twins actually broke into the White House again. The Global Guardians are a bunch of useless people."
William, Eden's classmate, came up to him and greeted him very naturally.
"Don't worry."
"The Lemo Twins won't succeed. Although the Global Guardians are indeed a bit useless, at least Omni-Man is there."
Eden said without looking back.
"You really like Omni-Man, don't you?!"
"Too bad, I'm not interested in Omni-Man."
"I prefer Superman over Omni-Man."
"You know, Superman is one of the sexiest men in the world."
William rubbed his chin and chuckled.
"..."
Eden merely glanced at William silently; he was too lazy to say more to this guy.
"Get out of the way, Todd!"
"You'd better not bother me."
Just as Eden refused to continue interacting with William, a harsh voice intruded into Eden and William's ears.
"Is that Todd and Amber?!"
"That Todd guy heard from someone that Amber was quite fond of him, so he started pestering Amber."
William explained.
"Alright."
Eden glanced at Amber. To be honest, if it were the comic book version of Amber, Eden could understand.
But the Amber in front of him was clearly the animated version, so Eden felt that Todd was truly repressed.
As for Todd?
This one was the classic American high school bully boy.
He was the classic of classics: slicked-back hair, wearing a baseball uniform, driving a used American muscle car, and usually having an impossibly beautiful, long-legged girlfriend who was a cheerleader captain.
However, it seemed that Todd hadn't found his long-legged cheerleader captain girlfriend yet.
[Ding dong!]
[The host chose to remain silent while a young girl was being disturbed by a bully, which is the act of a villain. Villain Charm +5!]
"Damn it!"
Eden cursed and walked forward without any hesitation.
[Ding dong!]
[The host deliberately waited until the young girl was disturbed by the bully before stepping forward to display his abilities, which is the act of Homelander. Villain Charm +5.]
[Current Villain Charm has reached 70.]
"I'm really begging you, you know."
Eden was amused by this idiotic system AI.
[Ding dong!]
[The host chose to request the system, showing the system respect. Reward: One lottery draw!]
"..."
Eden fell silent.
System: "Beg? Begging also gets you a reward!"