Chapter 83 My Father’s Good Son
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Poor Homelander.
One of the strongest Supes in America.
Right now, he looked like a large dog forgotten in a corner.
He could only watch as two noobs pecked at each other.
"Kid, let me show you what a spitting Lamplighter is!"
Lucas controlled his character, shamelessly spraying fire from a distance.
Ryan mashed the controller buttons vigorously.
The model of Guardian in the game was almost identical to reality, with the golden "V" logo and a fluttering cape.
The skill panel was practically all-powerful.
But this hero had been nerfed by the developers multiple times, even specifically noted with scrolling text.
[Due to version balance adjustments, this character’s damage coefficient has been reduced by 25%]
It is said that as the news continued to ferment over the past few days, many players left negative reviews, and some even furiously blasted the game developers, claiming that disrespecting Guardian was a betrayal of America.
Still the same old tactic of labeling people.
"Watch my sliding Guardian; the dodge has absolute static frames!"
Ryan didn’t act like a beginner at all.
"Good lad, when I get back, I’ll tell your mom that instead of using your tablet for studying, you’ve been secretly watching gaming guides!"
Lucas had been a student once too; he knew how it was.
Ryan didn’t care; he controlled Guardian and unleashed a silky-smooth combo.
Heat Vision, flying tackle, low attack, jump tap, Marauder triple strike... all missed.
"Noob!" Lucas laughed loudly.
Then his fingers flew, manipulating the joystick like someone with decades of experience.
Light projectile rapid-fire, Slicer heavy hit, low attack, high attack, jump pounce... also all missed.
Annie January clutched her stomach, laughing so hard she couldn’t swallow the food in her mouth.
"Big noob!"
Ryan returned Lucas’s words exactly as they were.
Homelander was squatting nearby, picking at the carpet with his fingers.
"Ryan, don’t use foul language; that’s not good!" the old father reminded him from the side.
But he was ignored like a damn Translucent.
Could it be that... Translucent played for style just to get the attention of his other teammates?
Homelander suddenly thought.
The battle between Lucas and Ryan couldn’t be described as a simple fierce fight; even an experienced gambler wouldn’t dare say which side had the absolute advantage.
"Bro, look at the cooldown! I have my ultimate, okay!"
"Can you even pull it off?"
"Bullshit, I can pull it off on you as easily as rubbing a dog!"
"Noob Lamplighter, you’re not even worth a single hair of Guardian!"
Ryan became more and more uninhibited.
With Annie January reminding him from the side, Ryan restrained his words and actions a little.
Homelander felt even more uncomfortable seeing this.
Ryan was even willing to listen to Annie January.
Lucas played for a while and discovered a little trick. As long as he manipulated the joystick and then tapped the direction three times at lightning speed, he could release a wall of light.
If Guardian bumped into it, he would be stunned.
Followed by a barrage of fireballs, the opponent’s health bar drained very quickly!
"Wahahahaha! Little noob, watch how I deal with you!"
Lucas let out a loud laugh.
Then he replicated it.
Sometimes what the brain thinks is one thing, but whether the fingers can actually execute it is another.
Even if you could execute it, the game’s built-in frame rate was only 60; no matter how fast you were, the hardware couldn’t keep up.
"Damn! Sliding Guardian, this is too cheap! Constantly using invincibility frames to sneak up behind me?"
"Now I’m rubbing you like a dog!" Ryan imitated Lucas and laughed wantonly!
Lucas glanced back inadvertently and noticed that when Ryan was in the heat of battle, he would always subconsciously stand on his tiptoes on the stool.
Oh ho ho!
Thought of a way!
Just as he was about to be killed, Lucas was quick-eyed and fast-handed, quickly pulling the chair out from under Ryan.
Ryan didn’t sit steady and fell on his butt, and the controller even flew out.
Lucas attacked quickly.
Slide, back jump, kick, Destroyer Impact, fireball barrage... missed four times, no big deal, the opponent’s health bar was wiped out.
"You’re cheating!!" Ryan’s little face flushed with anger.
Although he couldn’t see Lucas’s movements clearly, the little stool was definitely pulled away by Lucas!
"Hahahaha!!! Kid, you’re still too green. Things in society are very complicated; open spears are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are hard to guard against! I’m teaching you basic defensive psychology! Look, you let your guard down just now!"
Ryan punched Lucas.
"Damn it! You cheated!! I demand a rematch!!"
Lucas stood with his hands behind his back, looking like an expert.
"If heaven didn’t create me, Guardian, the path of gaming would be like a long night for eternity. You’d better go back and practice more. Don’t fight for temporary victory or defeat; being overly combative ultimately falls into a lower tier!"
Seeing Ryan fuming, Homelander immediately picked up the controller.
"Ryan, Daddy can play too; let the two of us have a round!"
Ryan put the controller on the ground. "Hmph! I can’t argue with you; I’m not playing anymore!"
The little boy sat back on the sofa, never expecting that his idol, Guardian, would be a sore loser who played dirty.
Annie January cast a reproachful look at Lucas. "How are you like a child? If you can’t win, you pull tricks?"
Lucas didn’t admit it. "I didn’t do anything; I defeated Ryan based on my own strength!"
Ryan turned his head away.
Homelander looked at Lucas. "Then brother... shall we have a round?"
"Have you played before?" Lucas asked.
"No."
"Then you are not worthy of battling me!"
Homelander: "..."
Annie January decided to seek justice for Ryan and picked up the controller.
"I’ll do it; I’m a high-level player!"
"After experiencing that battle just now, my mental energy is exhausted. Let’s fight next time; you don’t want to win unfairly, right?" Lucas always had excuses.
"What are you mumbling about?"
Annie January knocked on the man’s head.
As a result, she hurt her own hand; Lucas’s body was unusually hard.
She had deep experience with this point.
"Um, are none of you playing anymore?" Homelander held up the controller.
"Playing games at home is boring; why not go to an amusement park?" Annie January suggested.
"Amusement park?"
Ryan became interested.
"Good, good, good, amusement parks are fun!"
Homelander stood up. "Ryan, Daddy will take you to The Seven Theme Park; I have a huge statue there, it’s very spectacular!"
Ryan looked at Lucas. "Is Guardian going too?"
"What real man goes to that place? It’s for coaxing kids."
Ryan nodded. "Indeed."
"By the way, Ryan, do you play online games? WoW? FF14? Guild Wars? Hamster?" Lucas asked.
In The Boys’ world, many things were similar to reality; there were many superhero games, but there were also quite a few old games created with other themes.
"What are all these?" Ryan had no idea.
"It seems you still have a lot to learn. Come, let’s add each other as friends!"
Lucas took out his phone and suddenly remembered that Homelander still owed him a phone.
"John, why are you so selfish!!" Lucas suddenly turned his head.
Homelander: "???"
What did I do again?
It wasn’t until Lucas pointed it out that Homelander remembered he had indeed crushed one of Lucas’s phones.
"No, you have an annual salary of hundreds of millions of dollars now; do you really lack that one phone? You’ve been thinking about it until now?"
Homelander felt this was a bit too... brotherly!
"Nonsense, the one crushed wasn’t your phone. Mine was a limited edition, worth three thousand dollars!"
"Weren’t you a pauper back then? Could you afford a three-thousand-dollar phone?" Homelander expressed doubt.
"Don’t worry about that!"
Homelander willingly paid the money and compensated Lucas with the latest Fruit Pro Max.
He also bought one for Ryan.
Then he saved his, Annie January’s, and Lucas’s phone numbers.
"I got Guardian’s phone number!!!"
"Daddy, thank you!"
"This is the best gift I’ve ever received!!"
Ryan danced with excitement and then hugged Homelander tightly.
Homelander was suddenly stunned.
"It’s just... it’s just a phone!"
"You are simply the best daddy in the world!"
Ryan’s casual remark accurately struck Homelander’s heart.
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[Homelander — Mood Changes: Hit by reality → Withdrawn → Sulking → Surprise → Pleasant surprise → Daddy’s Good Boy]
[Obtained Evolution Points: +2,450]