[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman":3,"chapter-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-418":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: A Lazy-Ass Superman",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1721924,2198,"Chapter 418 418 — Diagnosis","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-418",418,"\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For 40 advanced chapters, visit my Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patreon - Twilight_scribe1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being stared at by someone like Thena was profoundly unsettling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those hollow eyes felt as if they were trying to pull in another's soul to fill the void within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She yearned for life—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and yet was indifferent to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her own. Or anyone else's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing before her, Henry felt like an insect hopping in front of a bullfrog. At any moment, a tongue could snap out—and he would simply cease to exist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sensation was disturbingly vivid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing attaching the two earpiece sensors, Henry instinctively stepped back several paces, almost as if retreating from danger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it came to a fight, he didn't believe he would lose—not even one against three combat-oriented Eternals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But experience radiated differently than raw power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sheer battlefield aura Thena carried—unrestrained, ancient, honed over millennia—pressed down on him in a way he wasn't accustomed to. For a brief moment, he felt intimidated before any conflict even began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That realization forced a quiet moment of self-reflection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder these two had chosen isolation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't only to ease Thena's burden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was to protect others from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even he found it difficult to withstand her presence face-to-face, how could ordinary humans endure it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set the thought aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he needed to focus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tiger translator, of course, could not interpret Thena's brainwaves into language. That wasn't the goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry was listening to the raw, high-frequency transcribed output—the indirect signal patterns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Brainwaves couldn't be observed directly. They required instrumentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Gilgamesh didn't understand what Henry was doing. From his perspective, the Kryptonian simply placed the devices and then stood there, listening to something invisible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was about to speak when Kingo quickly pressed a finger to his lips and gestured toward his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listen,\" Kingo whispered. \"High frequency.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gilgamesh focused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now he heard it—a faint, chaotic, piercing tone in a register most humans couldn't perceive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short period, Henry began guiding gently:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright. Please adjust into a posture you find comfortable. Close your eyes. Listen to my voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recall the happiest experience you can remember.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't say it aloud. Just think it. If none exists, then let me know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"…Understood.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now recall a moment of triumph. Perhaps after a battle victory. Or after drinking every man under the table.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. That emotion is strong. Good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now recall your sweetest memory. Embracing a lover. Skin against skin.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have no such memory,\" Thena said flatly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah. Understood. Moving on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Recall something that made you angry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A spike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, that's enough. I won't ask who provoked that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry quickly adjusted before inviting physical retaliation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now calm yourself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Imagine lying in a vast grassland. The grass supports your body, separating you from the soil—but you can still smell the earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The sky is blue. The clouds are white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The sun is warm—not harsh. Everything is peaceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you feel calm, open your eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Henry didn't notice immediately was that Kingo, Gilgamesh—even Karan Patel—had unconsciously followed along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were breathing slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their heartbeats had synchronized with Henry's voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, Henry matched their rhythm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But gradually, the rhythm shifted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their pulses began matching his cadence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was close to hypnosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Henry had no intention of exploiting that state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three Eternals falling under influence would have been catastrophic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once awareness returned fully, Kingo immediately asked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me a moment,\" Henry said. \"I have a question.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He addressed Thena directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thena—during the guided recall, did unrelated memories intrude? Images you did not intentionally summon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe I understand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gilgamesh leaned forward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sit down,\" Henry said calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out a sketchpad and pencil from his bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At first, Kingo told me Mahd Wy'ry results from accumulated centuries of memory and knowledge overwhelming the brain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He began writing across the page—line after line—until it became densely packed and nearly illegible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to that explanation, the mind is overloaded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held up the page, filled edge to edge with text.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Thena's case doesn't resemble overload.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up an eraser.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I want to keep writing on this page, what do I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gilgamesh answered immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Erase the old writing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry erased hastily—not thoroughly—leaving faint traces beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he wrote again over the partially erased page, leaving gaps, overlaps, ghost impressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He turned the page toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is closer to Thena's condition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Eternals studied it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gilgamesh spoke carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're suggesting… there are memories that aren't hers interfering with her own?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Henry did not correct the wording.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not hers… or not from this life?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, he asked gently,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thena. The intrusive fragments—do you recognize their content?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She answered slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They appear to take place in the Centauri system. Not on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our companions are present—but the one leaving these memories… appears to be me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not cognitive overload.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was residual imprint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layered existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if Henry's suspicion was correct—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not madness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a system fault in something far older than Thena herself\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>🎉 Power Stone Goal Announcement! 🎉\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I'll release one bonus chapter for every 500 Power Stones we hit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let me know what should I do\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Your support means everything—let's crush these goals together! Keep voting, and let the stones pile up! 🚀\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\u003C\u002Fp>",896,"2026-06-06T15:31:22.542Z",1,"novelbin.me","7eac72332b8c1d6a838c541e284b8f3110714087b585c691205f443c32eb9d9a","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-419","marvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-chapter-417",556,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-a-lazy-ass-superman-cover.jpg"]