As he spoke, Eric's gaze shifted to Billy, who was desperately trying to speak.
"I know him, Shazam. He's a superhero who fights criminals."
Hal looked at Shazam in Eric's hand with surprise and said, "I didn't expect him to be a child. I always thought he was an adult."
After glancing at Shazam, who was being controlled by Eric as if he were pinching a quail, Hal said to Eric, "He's just a child. How about we let him go this time?"
After Hal left the air force base, he stayed in Coast City for a period, feeling confused by Eric's sudden coup.
He had promised himself to become someone who upheld fairness and justice, but he also didn't feel that Eric was entirely wrong.
Since he had known Eric since middle school and had a good impression of him, he couldn't bring himself to resist Eric.
So, in his conflicted state, he chose to exile himself, leaving Coast City to travel around the world, hoping to gain some enlightenment from it.
That was why he had not appeared in Coast City all this time.
Having traveled all over the United States, he learned a lot of information he hadn't known before.
Shazam, before him, was a superhero he had met during his travels.
"A child?"
Eric looked at Shazam, whom he was holding in his palm, and shook his head, "But he wasn't a child when he was fighting."
"Forget it."
Eric then threw the now disheartened Shazam towards Hal.
"Since you two know each other, I'll leave him to you to handle!"
With a thud, Shazam was heavily thrown in front of Green Lantern.
Shazam, who fell on his back, exhaled and groaned in discomfort.
After throwing Shazam away, Eric turned to face Hal.
"Now that I've released Shazam, what will you do next?"
Hal exhaled, "I don't know, but I want to confirm something with you."
"What?"
"Will you truly make this world better, and not worse?"
Hal asked the question he had always wanted to ask the most.
"That requires you to see with your own eyes, not to get the answer from my words."
Eric glanced at Hal, then turned and left.
After helping Shazam up, Hal looked at Eric's retreating back, hesitated, and said, "Perhaps I can help you. I know there are many wars happening in this world. If I can use my power to calm some of the wars and conflicts. Homelander, maybe I can help you."
Facing Hal's offer to help him, Eric stopped and hesitated for a moment.
He turned around to face Hal.
"I am not a savior, Green Lantern, you must not misunderstand that."
"I know, but after seeing the displacement and endless Death caused by wars around the world, I believe that if you are to take responsibility, you should take on a little more."
Hal's tone lightened, and he himself returned to his previous "goofball" personality.
"Just as my current title is Universal Police, my responsibility has become heavier. Not only am I responsible for Earth, but also for the universe. I think it's the same for you."
Hal said to Eric in a relaxed tone.
"Is that so? Your sense of responsibility is perhaps too heavy; perhaps you will be burdened by it."
Eric glanced at Hal, then turned to leave.
Shazam, lying on the ground, struggled to stand up, covered his mouth, and thanked Green Lantern.
"Thanks, Green Lantern! But do I know you?"
Shazam's eyes showed a bewildered expression.
"You don't know me, but I know you. Do you need me to take you to the hospital?"
Hal asked him.
"No, no need!"
Billy shook his head, looking dejected.
"I didn't want to fight, but now it's come to this. Homelander used to be my idol."
"Idol?"
Hal glanced at Eric, who was leaving, "Then you spent an unforgettable night with your idol tonight. All right, I'll take you home!"
"I don't want to go home just yet."
Billy refused Green Lantern's offer to take him home, rubbed his chest, and said to him, "I want to stay for a while. I mean, I don't think Homelander is necessarily a bad person."
"Even if he beat you up like this?"
Hal found the other party's thought process a bit strange.
But seeing his youthful face, he understood a little.
After all, he was a twelve-year-old child; it was not strange for his way of thinking to be different from an adult's.
"He's Homelander, a being who can defeat aliens. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I know he has a bit of a temper."
Billy scratched his hair and said to Green Lantern, "Can I ask you a question now?"
"What question?"
"Just now you said that Homelander can stop the wars in the world, is that true?"
Hal was silent for a moment, then said, "I can't guarantee it, but I can only think of all things in a positive direction."
"If that's the case, perhaps Homelander becoming president isn't a bad thing."
Billy said to Green Lantern, "Then the answer I've always hoped for now has a rough answer. Although I don't know if this answer is correct, I can only temporarily follow the path indicated by this answer."
"You're just a child; you don't need to think so much about such questions for now."
Green Lantern looked at Billy's feigned adult-like demeanor and whispered.
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