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Kevin agreeing to Starlight's request to investigate this matter might have gone against his inherent nature of being a slacker.
But since he was already involved, Kevin couldn't just wash his hands of it and leave everything to the plot characters to resolve.
In fact, as early as when he found the wreckage of the plane destroyed by Homelander and selectively told Madeline about it, Kevin knew that he would eventually get involved in the plot.
Firstly, the existence of the Golden Finger required him to be highly involved in, and even change, the plot.
Secondly, Kevin was a member of The Seven. As his status and strength gradually increased, even if Kevin didn't want to, the Vought Group and the other members of The Seven would pay more attention to him.
Existence means change.
From the moment Kevin was no longer the original The Deep, he was destined to change certain things in this world.
Therefore, although Kevin didn't say it aloud, he had actually prepared himself for something similar in his heart.
However, having said that, Kevin originally hoped that the time he would participate in the 'main plot' would be as late as possible, preferably after his strength had increased to a level stronger than Homelander's.
But plans always change.
Starlight became acquainted with Kimiko, and if nothing unexpected happened, Kimiko would have no further connection with the protagonist group, and the plot would be drastically altered. Kevin had no choice but to get involved to obtain new skill points.
The good news was that in addition to getting two new skill points for saving Kimiko yesterday, he gained new skill points today by interacting with and getting to know Kimiko.
This proved that skill points were not a one-time deal. Kevin could gain skill points by changing the plot, and he could continue to gain new skill points by participating in the plot after the changes.
Therefore, Kimiko should try to stay with him and Starlight.
As long as Kimiko didn't run away, this was a fixed skill point generation machine.
Adding the few skill points obtained from Kimiko, Kevin now had a total of four skill points.
But Kevin had not used these four skill points for the time being.
He looked at his Water Manipulation, which had already been upgraded to Level 3, and several other unlit skills, and had two choices in his mind.
One was to light up the extended skills after Water Manipulation now, first bring out the job change point, and see what kind of thing the job change was.
The second was to accumulate skill points, saving up eight to upgrade Water Manipulation to LV4.
LV3 Water Manipulation already allowed Kevin to manipulate water over a large area, controlling all water sources within a five-meter radius centered on himself.
This level of ability was a huge improvement compared to LV2 Water Manipulation.
Then, by comparison, LV4 Water Manipulation, which required eight skill points, should be even more powerful than LV3.
Kevin wanted to use Level 4 Water Manipulation to do something.
Something that could change the original plot to the greatest extent.
If the operation went smoothly, he should be able to gain a large number of skill points through this action.
The only question was whether there was enough time.
Could Kevin accumulate eight skill points before that event happened?
"The Deep, come to my office."
Kevin still routinely slacked off at his workstation that day. After all, his movie was in preparation, and for the movie, the company pushed back several announcements related to him, leaving him very idle now.
For Kevin, there was nothing happier than getting paid for doing nothing.
Then, while happily counting his skill points, he was called to Madeline's office by an internal phone call.
Alright, the boss has work for me.
"Boss, something wrong?"
Kevin asked as he entered.
After reporting the plane wreckage to Madeline last time, Madeline hadn't called him for a while, and he didn't know what she later told Homelander.
Kevin originally thought that if there were no special circumstances, Madeline shouldn't actively look for him, but he didn't expect Madeline to want to see him again after only a few days.
He didn't know why.
Could it be to give me a raise?
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"Translucent still hasn't been heard from. Help me look for him at sea."
Alright, it's not a raise…
Kevin, who had been somewhat expectant and rubbing his hands like a fly in his mind, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed upon hearing this.
However, hearing Madeline say this, Kevin also realized that it had been almost a week now, and there was no news of Translucent. He didn't know if he was dead or alive.
According to the plot in the original work, Translucent must be dead by now, and logically, his body… or body parts, should have been discovered.
Who was the first to discover Translucent's body parts in the original work?
Oh… it was The Deep.
Never mind then.
"…You want me to look for Translucent? At sea? Boss, Translucent can't breathe underwater."
Kevin routinely expressed his confusion. Madeline didn't care much and said directly:
"All means available on land have been used. Go try your luck at sea. Consider it two days off for you."
You don't give me a holiday, I have nothing to do these two days either!
This is voluntary labor!!
Kevin rolled his eyes inwardly, but there was no other way. A higher official could crush a person. Besides, it was just a trip to the sea. He could just slack off and say he didn't find anything when the time came.
Anyway, Madeline probably just wanted to search the sea tentatively and probably didn't expect The Deep to find Translucent in the sea.
Currently, Kevin was the only Superhuman who could move freely in the ocean. Whether he found it or not, wasn't it still Kevin's word?
Thinking this, Kevin quickly accepted the daily mission issued by Boss Madeline, randomly found a body of water to go down into, and while communicating with the creatures in the water, he issued commissions.
Meanwhile, he wandered aimlessly in the water.
Kevin originally didn't expect to find the box containing Translucent's body. After all, there were so many boxes on the seabed, and God knew which one was Translucent's.
What he didn't expect was that after just circling the waters near New York, Kevin actually found a box made of zinc.
To be precise, it wasn't Kevin who found it. The one who found the box was a clever Bottlenose Dolphin.
Dolphins have always been a very intelligent species. Their general intelligence is between five and seven years old in humans. After training, they can draw, sing, and even do arithmetic.
At the same time, they also have an independent communication system internally.
If there were no humans, perhaps in millions of years, they might even develop their own civilization.
Saying all this, Kevin just wanted to explain that dolphins were one of the few marine creatures he could have logical communication with in the sea.
That's why he had a very good relationship with dolphins.
This time, the main force in searching for Translucent's remains was these 'intelligent creatures' wandering in the ocean.
"Hey, brother, over here, over here!"
A dolphin emitted a sharp squeal that was somewhat piercing to human ears. This squeal, when it reached Kevin's ears, transformed into understandable words.
That Bottlenose Dolphin was waving at Kevin from a distance, swimming in circles around a box:
"This is what you're looking for, right? I smell a very bad odor here."
"OK, this is it, thanks."
Kevin was somewhat troubled that he actually found Translucent's box.
It was clear that The Boys knew they couldn't hide it for long, so they didn't really seriously deal with the box, just casually threw it into the nearby waters.
Although they used zinc to make the box, which Homelander couldn't see through, they obviously also knew that with The Deep around, it was only a matter of time before Vought Group found the box.
So they even wrote a line of text on the inside of the box.
——Wash your necks and wait for us!
This was a line full of provocation towards the Vought Group and Homelander.
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