Under the cover of night, the street fell into a one-sided standoff.
Maria Hill stood with both hands gripping her gun, her nerves stretched taut.
This was close—too close.
Renjie wasn't even wearing a helmet.
She could kill him.
He was only a scientist—not an android, not a killing machine.
"Speak."
Maria Hill steadied herself.
In her mind, Renjie was only stalling for time.
"First question—am I guilty?"
Renjie asked, genuinely puzzled.
His handsome face carried an innocent expression, as if none of the sins in the world had anything to do with him.
Maria Hill laughed in disbelief.
"Your androids destroyed a military base—is that not a crime?
You threatened domestic tycoons to line your own pockets—is that not a crime?
You used human beings as test subjects to develop an immortality drug—is that not a crime?
You framed the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. and twisted the truth in court—is that not a crime?!
And the President! General Ross! So many others—
your hands are drenched in blood. Aren't you afraid of going to hell?!"
She shouted until her voice trembled.
She had never seen someone so shameless.
Renjie laughed softly.
Everything she said was true.
Yet it was only a fragment of the truth.
S.H.I.E.L.D. was not omniscient—there was far more darkness buried beneath the surface.
But aside from those in power, and S.H.I.E.L.D. itself…
Who else knew the truth?
"Those accusations are absurd. What do they have to do with me?"
"The military base was destroyed by a meteor strike.
Hammer is my friend—where is the so-called coercion?
As for an immortality drug, isn't that something from science fiction?
You claim I twisted the truth in court—are you saying your footage was fake?
The President died in a bombing attack—this is common knowledge.
As for General Ross, I've never even met him. Why would I harm him?"
"These are the truths the entire world knows."
"So why are you framing me?"
"Why…?"
Renjie's calm, righteous questions made Hill's chest heave violently.
She finally realized how terrifying his hypocrisy was.
Everything he said…
was exactly what the public believed.
He was clean.
A law-abiding international hero.
A savior worshipped across the globe.
"Fury was right."
"You really deserve to die."
Her finger squeezed the trigger.
Bang!
The sharp gunshot tore through the night.
The orange bullet shot straight toward Renjie's face—
but less than three centimeters from his brow, it was stopped.
Held between two slender fingers.
Maria Hill's eyes widened in horror.
The one who caught the bullet was not an android—
but a child, floating in midair, wearing pajamas.
Supreme Superboy.
Little Clark's body trembled violently, rage surging inside him.
The bullet in his fingers was crushed flat.
This woman had tried to kill his father.
His only family in the world.
She… must die.
He hovered in front of Renjie.
An invisible shockwave burst from his small body, fanning outward.
Every car on the street was hurled into the air.
The mansion across the road shattered instantly, collapsing into rubble.
A metal nameplate reading "Justin Hammer" fell to the ground with a crisp clang.
Within a single second, the private estate spanning thousands of square meters was reduced to ruins.
From the wreckage dozens of meters away came a weak cough.
Maria Hill was still alive.
Her eyes were unfocused, her ribs shattered, her body wracked with internal bleeding.
She had no superpowers.
No enhancement serum.
She should have been reduced to nothing.
But she wasn't.
Not because Superboy held back.
Not because his power was insufficient.
It was because—
he did not want her to die peacefully.
He wanted her to feel every bone break.
To carve fear and regret into her soul.
Forever.
He would not allow anyone to harm his family.
Even if they were a god—
he would smash their head.
At that moment, a warm hand closed around his trembling fingers.
Renjie pulled the child into his arms.
"It's okay… my good boy…"
His voice was soft, gentle.
The fury in the child dissolved into tears.
Clark clung to his father, sobbing like any ordinary little boy.
He was afraid of losing the only family he had.
Father and son embraced.
What a touching scene.
As for the villain—Maria Hill
she lay broken, blood and tears streaking her face, her mouth trembling in silent despair.
From this moment on…
There would be no force left on this planet that could oppose Renjie.
Because
he had raised a true god.
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