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Seeing Hughie being robbed, The Deep had already replayed every possible plot twist in his mind.
He was absolutely, positively certain that there was no such superfluous plotline in the original novel.
After all, at this point, Hughie should have been with Butcher and the others, guarding the Invisible Man, looking for ways to kill him, and wouldn't leave their warehouse under normal circumstances.
Let alone being robbed late at night.
Yet, the reality was that Hughie was indeed standing there, looking terrified at the two Black men robbing him.
In fact, if nothing unexpected happened, he would likely have all his money stolen by the two Black men, and if he was unlucky, he might even catch a bullet.
Where's Butcher?
Where is Butcher?! Come out and save him!
No, Frenchie would work too, why aren't any of you main characters here at a crucial moment?!
Kevin originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, and seeing that it was Hughie, Kevin felt even more of a headache.
Saving Hughie = interacting with the main character group = getting dragged into trouble = being bothered by Homelander...
Just thinking about it, Kevin felt like he was starting to lose hair.
But if he didn't save him, and Hughie died here, it would also be troublesome later on.
Of course, this might be a good opportunity to gain skill points, after all, if the male protagonist died here, the subsequent plot would definitely be unrecognizable, and Kevin might gain a large number of skill points.
Should I just let him die?
Kevin really wanted to do that, he really, truly wanted to do that.
But perhaps he had stood at the intersection for too long, attracting the attention of the two men. One of them actually spoke to Kevin:
"Hey! What are you looking at! You wanna get beat up, kid?!"
"?"
Seeing one of them point a gun at him, Kevin's mouth twitched, and a vein popped out on his forehead.
Alright, alright, you had a path to heaven but didn't take it, and instead barged into hell without a gate.
Kevin, who originally wasn't going to get involved, now seemed to have no choice but to.
If he could tolerate being pointed at with a gun, then Kevin shouldn't be a member of The Seven anymore; he should just retire early.
Thinking to himself, Kevin looked down at what he was wearing.
It wasn't a hero uniform, just regular casual wear. If he put on his hood, no one should recognize him.
He didn't have to worry about being photographed and then having it taken out of context and posted online to suffer cyberbullying.
Because he was worried that Hughie might not want to see Vought International people, Kevin didn't call Vought International.
After confirming his attire was fine, Kevin then yelled at the two Black men:
"Oi, you shitheads, I think you're the ones looking for a beating."
"?"
But Kevin didn't give them a chance to speak. The moment they turned around, he quickly rushed forward and kicked the one with the gun down.
At the same time, he turned and reached out, directly grabbing the other man by the neck.
From Kevin speaking to resolving the two, it took no more than three seconds. The two men in the alley were dealt with by Kevin.
One lay on the ground groaning in pain, probably with two broken ribs.
The other was being choked by Kevin, his dark face turning red, and his feet flailing like a captured rabbit.
"Should I say something right now? Never mind."
Kevin originally wanted to say some harsh words, but after thinking about it, he couldn't come up with anything suitable, so he released the Black man he was holding and then stomped on the wrist of the one on the ground.
Because that guy tried to pull out a gun.
"Ahhhhh!!!!"
Kevin's force wasn't light. With his current physical condition, that stomp would likely cause a comminuted fracture of the man's wrist.
But this was what he deserved, and Kevin had no mercy.
In fact, if Hughie hadn't been there, Kevin might have directly killed these two.
Throwing the man he was choking aside, Kevin disdainfully clapped his hands and said:
"Before I change my mind and kill you, you'd better get lost. I'm only giving you five counts."
After speaking, Kevin didn't wait for them to reply and immediately started counting:
"One..."
As soon as the first number was uttered, the two men didn't even have time to question Kevin and scrambled out of the alley.
Only when the two had run far away did Kevin smile and prepare to leave.
The feeling of having power was indeed good; this feeling seemed better than simply being rich.
Having both power and money was the best, and currently, earning enough retirement money was still Kevin's primary goal.
Having done his good deed, Kevin turned and walked away, with no intention of interacting with Hughie.
But Hughie didn't give Kevin a chance to leave. Seeing Kevin about to leave, Hughie quickly said:
"Wait! I... I haven't thanked you yet!"
"Thanks? They provoked me first, I was just letting off steam. You don't need to thank me, I'm leaving."
Kevin waved his hand as he spoke.
If nothing unexpected happened, the matter would end here. Both would go their separate ways and do their own things, not interfering with each other.
That's how it should have been.
However—
"The Deep... You... You're The Deep, right?"
Hughie called out to Kevin again.
He didn't know where he got the courage to call out to someone like Kevin, who was clearly a Supe, even though he should have thoroughly understood the temperament of Supes during this period.
His idea of a graceful exit was shattered. Kevin sighed deeply, turned his head, and put on a fierce expression, saying:
"Kid, haven't you seen movies? Don't you know that calling me out at a time like this will lead to trouble? Speak, how do you want to die? I'll grant your wish."
"Uh..."
Hughie, who originally wanted to say thank you, was instantly startled by Kevin's fierce demeanor.
However, he quickly realized that if Kevin really wanted to kill him, there would have been no need to save him unnecessarily just now.
Thinking of this, Hughie nervously explained:
"I... I just wanted to thank you, I'm... I'm sorry..."
"Are you trying to thank me or apologize?"
"Of course, apologize! Uh... that doesn't seem right..."
Because of his nervousness, Hughie misspoke, which made Kevin's fierce facade a little hard to maintain. He looked at the silly kid in front of him and sighed, saying:
"Alright, I won't bully you. Do you have anything else? If not, I'm leaving... Never mind, where do you live now? I'll take you back first, to save you from getting robbed again on the way."
Since his identity had already been recognized, keeping a distance from the other party would be a bit inappropriate.
Speaking of which, leaving a beautiful girl like Starlight and instead escorting a grown man home, am I sick in the head...?
Kevin grumbled to himself.
Hearing Kevin offer to take him back, Hughie instinctively nodded, then suddenly remembered something and shook his head vigorously, saying:
"No... No need, I can go back by myself!"
"Oh?"
Seeing Hughie's reaction, Kevin immediately guessed the reason for his refusal and said meaningfully:
"Kid, do you know how suspicious you look right now? Tell me, what bad things have you done?"
"..."
Kidnapping the Invisible Man, and now still trying to murder the Invisible Man, does that count as a bad thing...?
Hughie thought to himself, but as long as he wasn't stupid, he definitely wouldn't say this in front of The Deep.
He just shook his head like a rattle drum and very stiffly changed the subject, saying:
"Um, The Deep... would you... would you like me to buy you a drink?"
Hughie's attempt to change the subject was very clumsy, but Kevin thoughtfully didn't press further.
Thinking that there was free alcohol anyway, and no reason not to drink it, Kevin went along with Hughie's words and said:
"Sure, you're buying."
"Of course."
Hughie nodded repeatedly.
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