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"No choice, you made them work overtime after all."
Kevin spread his hands.
Nobody likes working overtime. Kevin's call last night made the Superhero logistics team, who were almost off work, directly work overtime. No one could accept that.
And Kevin slipped away quickly yesterday, Ashley couldn't call Kevin to vent her anger, so the anger could only be directed at Starlight, who had just joined.
Hearing Kevin say this, Starlight had a 'you're kidding me' expression.
"Aren't we Superheroes? Isn't saving people our duty? Besides... besides, I didn't ask them to come!"
Starlight expressed her grievance.
She believed she had only done what she should have done, why should she be blamed for it?
"As someone who's been through it, I'll give you a suggestion."
Seeing Starlight's unconvinced look, Kevin said directly:
"From now on, don't think of yourself as a Superhero. You need to think of yourself as a very popular idol star. Whatever a star does, you should do."
"And for things like yesterday, as a star, you're not forbidden from doing them, but you must be careful not to expose yourself, especially in front of cameras."
Starlight stopped talking now.
Before Kevin arrived, she had been scrolling through videos for a while out of boredom, and then she saw a news video about herself, which was precisely the scene of her disciplining the thugs last night.
However, this video was not from the public relations department's subsequent supplementary footage, but from an unknown passerby's perspective.
Starlight also knew that without Kevin's call and the public relations department's response, this single video alone would have landed Starlight in trouble.
Starlight quieted down, and Kevin was happy to be at leisure.
Before it was time for him to work, Kevin opened his skill tree to check his skill points.
To his surprise, the skill points had increased by one again, probably related to Starlight.
Speaking of which, after getting new skill points from Hughie yesterday, Kevin directly upgraded his Water Manipulation skill to Level Three.
As Kevin had guessed, after the Water Manipulation skill was upgraded to Level Three, two new skills appeared on the main branch of that skill tree.
Both were related to water flow, and both were active attack skills.
One was [Water Sword], and the other was [Water Ball].
The former could create a long sword made of water, with sharpness and durability related to its level.
The latter was even simpler; in fantasy worlds, there's a magic called Water Ball spell, and this Water Ball was similar to that.
However, Kevin was a bit confused. He had Water Manipulation, and whether it was condensing a Water Sword or a Water Ball, it was easy for him. Was it a bit redundant to list these two skills separately?
Or... did the skills in the skill tree have special bonuses?
Kevin pondered, while looking further down the skill tree.
After unlocking new skills yesterday, he wanted to see if there were any new skills after these two.
He didn't find any new skills, but he did see a strange gray icon.
That icon didn't look quite like a skill icon; there was a circle of wave symbols representing water around it.
Kevin initially thought it was a special skill or something, but when he looked closely, he realized that wasn't the case.
There was also a line of small text next to that icon, but the content of the small text was not a skill description, but just two simple words.
[Job Change].
Job Change?
What?
Could his [Supe] still undergo a job change?
By the way, what would [Supe] become after a job change?
[Superhero]?
If it was Superhero, didn't he count as a Superhero now?
Kevin was a bit confused.
If he didn't understand something, he wouldn't think about it. Anyway, a job change would probably require a lot of skill points, and Kevin didn't have that many skill points right now, so he couldn't light up the job change icon. Thinking too much was useless.
He upgraded the Water Manipulation skill yesterday, and now he had an extra skill point. Kevin thought for a moment and decided to save the skill point for now.
Anyway, a new skill from one skill point wouldn't form effective combat power, so it was better to save it until he could upgrade existing skills.
It's better to be a master of one than a jack of all trades, that's the logic.
After looking at the skill tree for a while, it wasn't long before Kevin received a new work notification.
The higher-ups told him to go to the image department to take photos for his new image, and to follow the crew of the third movie of "The Deep" to first scout the filming location.
Because the main plot of the third movie takes place in a desert that seemingly has no water sources, and The Deep is a hero who lives by water, the company wanted The Deep to go and film on location first to try it out.
If The Deep didn't adapt to the environment there, then the script would have to be changed immediately, or they would have to find a way to build a studio by the sea that looked similar to a desert scene.
However, the company's worries were unnecessary. Although The Deep was a water hero, that didn't mean he was a fish and couldn't live without water.
Uh... maybe in the minds of other people in the company, The Deep was like that?
So how bad was The Deep's image before...
Following the company's crew to the location for a very melancholic survey, Kevin also truly experienced what it felt like to be a star for the first time.
Although The Deep's status in the Seven was not high, among ordinary people, he was a big shot among big shots.
The director and screenwriter had to look at his expression; once The Deep showed any discomfort, they would immediately stop filming and wait for The Deep to recover before continuing.
To be honest, this feeling made The Deep enjoy it a bit, no wonder Homelander wanted to maintain his image and status no matter what.
If The Deep were Homelander, he would do as Homelander did.
Probably.
After staying on location with the crew for a day, the company set the official start time for the movie after confirming that Kevin had no discomfort.
Then Kevin returned to Vought Tower in New York with the crew.
After confirming that there were no particularly important schedules coming up, Kevin planned to get off work and go home.
With his Water Manipulation skill level raised to Level Three, Kevin seemed to be able to do more with water, and he planned to go home and experiment with his enhanced abilities.
And then...
Kevin, who was planning to get off work and go home, was blocked by Starlight.
"I say, miss, it's off-duty hours now."
Seeing Starlight run over to him again, Kevin was a bit helpless.
Why was this child so stubborn? With so many members in the Seven, she didn't look for anyone else, just him?
Starlight didn't notice the resistance in Kevin's eyes. She pulled Kevin into a corner, somewhat excited and somewhat agitated, saying:
"I know, I know, it's off-duty hours, but you'll never guess what I found while patrolling today! I need your help!"
"No, don't even think about it, Miss January, don't expect me to work overtime during non-official work hours!"
"Please, I found something big!"
"No matter how big it is, it can't make me work overtime!"
"Please~"
Starlight actually acted spoiled in front of Kevin.
Kevin's mouth twitched, feeling extremely resistant inside.
He didn't want to know what Starlight had found. He just wanted to stay at home, lie on the sofa, experiment with his abilities, and play games from this world.
So Starlight shouldn't expect him to go with her.
He would absolutely not go with Starlight!
Absolutely!!
Kevin's heart was incredibly firm.
Then, ten minutes later—
Kevin followed Starlight, appearing at the entrance of a Chinatown street...
He had no choice, because Kevin learned from Starlight that what she found seemed to be related to Kimiko.
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