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## Chapter 226: Am I Crazy? Perhaps.

"Billy, do you remember the day we met?" Becca gently raised her hands and caressed Billy's cheek.

"Of course, outside the bar on 101st Street. I was dead drunk, and you suddenly stood in front of me, asking if I needed help. I had just returned from the battlefield then, and my military doctor told me I had severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

But unlike ordinary patients, I wasn't afraid of the battlefield. I even enjoyed the moment a grenade exploded at my feet. Only then did I feel like I was alive. Perhaps it was because of my family. I was born into a family with an abusive Father. My younger brother couldn't bear Father's abuse and chose to commit suicide.

I watched with my own eyes as he pointed the gun muzzle at his head and pulled the trigger without hesitation. After the bang, my brain went blank until Mother's screams woke me up. My military doctor prescribed me a lot of medicine, a whole bunch of miscellaneous stuff. They practically served as my daily three meals.

Later, I found that alcohol was the most effective. So, I drank myself senseless every day, wandering through every Street and alley in Manhattan, hoping that one day, I'd be hit and killed by a reckless car while crossing the road. Maybe that would end the inner pain."

Billy gazed deeply into Becca's pale golden eyes and whispered, "Until I met you, Ms. Becca. You saved me from the swamp of pain. From that day on, we started dating, started loving each other. I found that I seemed to have become different from before. I no longer thought about using various means to slaughter anyone around me. I gradually immersed myself in this life.

After that, you convinced my Mother to divorce my Father, getting away from that abusive family.

I swear, I truly love you. For you, I'm willing to do anything."

Billy, usually known for his tough guy image, began to tremble at some point, and tears welled up in his eyes.

"Thinking about it is truly wonderful," Becca wiped away the tear stains on his face. "Actually, the person I've always loved is you. That has never changed."

"Then Homelander?"

"The truth of the matter is just as you guessed. It was a nightmare. I didn't know how to face you. Someone once said that escaping is shameful but useful. I knew how powerful Homelander was. I couldn't tell you the truth. I originally thought that all the hurt would be erased with time, but time brought me bad news.

I was pregnant..."

...

On the other side.

Homelander grabbed Starlight's head and repeatedly smashed it against the wall. Bang! Bang!! The wall was directly smashed through, and dust flew everywhere in an instant.

"Why did you betray me!" Homelander gritted his teeth, lifting the battered Starlight.

"Because you're a fucking piece of trash."

Starlight wished she could spit on Homelander's hateful face.

"Good answer, but I don't like it." Homelander's expression was terrifyingly grim. He fiercely squeezed Starlight's neck with his other hand. As the muscles at the corner of his mouth twitched, his fingers dug deep into Starlight's pale skin, as if he could crush her neck the next second.

Buzz!! Buzz!! The lights in the Living Room and even the entire Villa began to flicker.

Dense golden light gathered in Starlight's eyes, making her appear like a deity. With a forceful push, two golden light beams shot out.

However, Homelander stood bathed in the golden light, completely unharmed.

And a hint of red light appeared again from the corners of his eyes, like dancing flames, twisting in the air.

"Child's play. Do you really think you can show off in front of me?" Homelander intended to use heat vision to directly pierce Starlight's eyes and roast her brain matter along with it.

"What a show," Stormfront sneered.

Just as Homelander's heat vision was about to unleash.

Hughie, standing nearby, suddenly raised his mobile phone and said coldly, "Maybe you can still stop now."

"I'd like to see what tricks you're trying to pull." Homelander contemptuously lifted Starlight and walked towards Hughie. In his eyes, Hughie and the others were just ants, ants he could crush at any time.

"You and Stormfront get back to Vought! The entire US Government knows about the stupid things you've done! You're completely embarrassing Vought International!" Stan Edgar's roar came from the phone. At this moment, Homelander was like a duck whose neck had been squeezed, his complexion shifting back and forth between pale and green.

"I forgot to tell you, just now, I sent everything you did to everyone in my mobile phone contact list, including Senator Neuman. That means if anything happens to us, you won't be able to clear your names. I think in about three minutes, a large number of police cars will surround this place. By then..."

Hughie paused, looking Homelander in the eyes. "Mr. Homelander, you will be disgraced, with no chance of recovery."

As his words fell.

The entire scene fell into a strange silence.

A moment later, Starlight slipped from Homelander's hand. The moment she was freed from the restraint, Starlight gasped for breath. The terrifying feeling of asphyxiation just now had nearly brought her to the brink of death.

"Hughie, I'll remember you. We'll meet again soon."

After throwing down the harsh words, Homelander turned and walked out with a cold face.

Seeing that the biggest threat had left, the courage supporting Hughie's spine collapsed. He sat exhaustedly on the sofa, gasping for air.

"You did great, Hughie. I can't believe that was you just now."

Starlight was somewhat shocked, simultaneously feeling it was incredible.

"We're safe now, right?"

"Of course."

Starlight walked up to Hughie, cupped his face in her hands, and kissed him deeply.

They only separated after several seconds.

"That's your reward," Starlight smiled, then walked towards the Basement. "We should tell Billy and the others this good news. I guarantee they'll be completely astonished when they hear how you acted just now."

But when she pushed open the Basement door.

The scene before her.

Made her freeze in place.

"Starlight?" Seeing Starlight standing motionless, Hughie couldn't help but walk to her side, preparing to pat her shoulder.

However, when he saw the scene unfolding before his eyes, he was stunned as if struck by electricity.

He saw Billy kneeling on the dark brown wooden board, constantly piecing together a pile of mangled flesh with his hands. His body was covered in bloodstains, and half of his pant leg was dyed red.

"Holy crap..." Hughie involuntarily opened his mouth wide.

He actually saw Billy picking up Becca's face skin and muttering to himself.

"Billy, are you crazy!"

Hearing the voice, Billy slowly turned his head to look at Hughie. His eyes were bright red, every part of the whites filled with bloodshot veins.

"Am I crazy? Perhaps."

He was expressionless, simultaneously pressing the skin with the attached flesh and blood tissue he held in his hand to his chest.

(End of Chapter)