Transmigrated into The Boys, Starting as Soldier Boy

Chapter 71: Chapter 71: Ryan Jumps Down

"That’s it."

Homelander crouched down and looked Ryan in the eye.

"That feeling of standing up high and looking down at the world is amazing, right? The freedom of the wind rushing past your ears. Doesn’t it feel just like when I took you up into the sky?"

"Yeah, Dad."

"Ryan, your mom has never held you and flown you into the sky. She’s never brought you up here either, has she?"

Ryan listened to his father and nodded honestly.

"Mm... no. Mom’s afraid of heights. She doesn’t let me come to places like this."

Seeing Ryan agree with him, Homelander smiled.

"And that’s exactly why boys need their dads."

The two of them stood on the roof, bathed in the warm sunset. From a distance, the scene looked incredibly peaceful and sweet.

But it was about time to teach Ryan how to use his powers...

When he was Ryan’s age, he had already broken the sound barrier, hadn’t he? frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

Homelander’s mind drifted back to his childhood in the cold Vought laboratory, to those painful memories of researchers pushing him off high platforms again and again to test his limits, throwing him into deadly situations over and over.

The laboratory had taught him that instinct only awakened in desperate situations and extreme fear.

This was the only way of teaching he knew.

"Ryan."

Homelander suddenly put away his smile and said, "I think it’s time. Are you ready?"

Ryan froze. "Ready for what? Dad, are we playing a new game?"

Homelander pointed at the lawn more than six meters below them.

"Jump down, Ryan."

The little guy lowered his head and looked at the green lawn below.

Ryan was completely stunned. He instinctively took a step back.

"Dad... you’re not serious, right? It’s so high. I don’t wanna jump!"

"Ryan, look at me."

Homelander’s smile was still gentle, but there was no room for argument in it.

"You’re my son. You can fly. Just like me. It’s instinct."

"I... I don’t wanna jump..."

Ryan shook his head.

"Take a deep breath, son."

Homelander crouched down.

"Close your eyes, then bravely take one step forward. That’s all. You’ll get it right away. The second you leave the roof, your body will fly on its own. It’ll take care of everything."

"But I can’t fly!"

Ryan was getting anxious. His dad was a superhero with powers, but he did not have any.

"You’re gonna love it. Trust me, son."

Homelander kept trying to persuade him.

"I really can’t fly, Dad..."

"You can! I promise you can! Just jump, and you’ll discover a whole new world. Trust me, okay?"

Seeing that nothing was getting through to his father, Ryan’s little brain raced, and he kept arguing.

"Dad! Please, don’t make me jump! I mean... Grandpa can’t even fly! Maybe I took after Grandpa. Maybe I can’t fly at all!"

At that, Homelander froze for a second.

That... kind of made sense.

Now that he thought about it, the little brat actually had a point. What if Ryan really did take after Soldier Boy?

But Homelander quickly shook his head.

"No, definitely not. If I, your dad, can fly, then that means our genes evolved. And since you’re my son, you should definitely fly higher and faster than me."

Seeing that his father could not be reasoned with, Ryan fell into complete despair.

A moment later, Ryan pulled his phone out of his pocket without hesitation and quickly dialed one of the only two numbers in his contacts.

Seeing his son suddenly take out his phone and make a call, Homelander froze, then asked curiously, "Who are you calling right now?"

"Ring... ring... click."

The call connected.

"Grandpa... it’s Ryan..." Ryan called into the phone. freewёbnoνel.com

At the word "Grandpa," Homelander’s eyebrow twitched.

Holy shit.

This little brat had learned how to tattle?

"Wait! Ryan! Hang up first!"

Homelander started to panic a little.

"This is training between father and son. No need to bother your grandpa. Your grandpa hates flying. He might yell at you..."

Benjamin’s voice came from the other end.

"Who?"

Ryan quickly said, "Grandpa! My dad... my dad wants to make me jump off a six-meter-high roof! He says I can fly..."

The air went quiet.

Homelander was starting to regret buying his son a phone.

After a brief second of silence on the other end, Benjamin said, "Isn’t that fucking obvious? Your dad can fly. You’re his kid, so of course you can fly too! It’s just jumping off a roof. Take a deep breath and jump. Even if you can’t fly, you won’t get hurt. Don’t stand there crying on the roof like a little bitch. It’s only six meters. You’d be fine from six hundred..."

"Beep, beep, beep..."

After cursing him out, Benjamin hung up without the slightest hesitation.

Ryan stood there holding the phone, now filled with the dial tone, completely frozen.

Homelander, standing beside him, heard that Soldier Boy had not scolded him and had actually agreed. His earlier panic instantly vanished.

Homelander smiled.

"You hear that, Ryan? Even your grandpa thinks you should jump!"

Homelander spread his arms excitedly.

"Crash!"

From the lawn below came the sharp sound of a ceramic plate shattering.

Becca had just come out of the kitchen carrying a plate of washed fruit, and she happened to see the terrifying scene on the roof.

"Oh my God... what are you doing?!"

The fruit plate slipped from Becca’s hands and smashed onto the ground, fruit rolling everywhere.

Her face went deathly pale as she stared up at Homelander and Ryan standing at the edge of the roof.

"Ryan! Don’t move! Homelander, you animal! Get him down from there right now!"