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"Who are you calling?"
Homelander, who was still maintaining a facade of civility and comforting everyone, turned his head and saw Maeve pull out a satellite phone, and couldn't help but ask in surprise.
Maeve gave him a cold look, didn't answer immediately, but quickly dialed the number and connected with the other side:
"Yes, it's me! Maeve... Deep! Stop talking nonsense! Immediately have Madelyn pinpoint our location! Come and save them!"
"Oh? Deep? Do you believe that guy who only talks to fish can save a plane full of people?"
Upon learning who Maeve was calling for help, Homelander sneered.
Alright, Homelander admitted that Deep's performance recently had been good. He participated in commercial activities, actively took endorsements, filmed his own exclusive movie, and heavily promoted a CP with Starlight.
Homelander knew all of this and began to think that Deep was a talent, perhaps able to replace Translucent's original position in the team.
But what did his commercial and entertainment abilities have to do with this hijacking incident?
Did Maeve even realize how big of a deal this was?
Could that guy, who only played with fish in the water, really save so many people?
How?
Could he make fish fly up and stop the passenger plane?
Listening to Homelander's mockery of Deep, Maeve took a deep breath, didn't agree, but held her phone and said:
"Deep is already on his way here. He said to have us calm the people on the plane."
"Heh heh, have us calm the people on the plane? Did he really say that?"
Homelander suddenly laughed, repeating Maeve's words and questioning her.
Then, without waiting for Maeve to say anything, Homelander's expression suddenly changed.
In a place where no one could see, he pushed Maeve to the side of the airplane door, his eyes cold, his facial muscles twitching slightly:
"Who does he think he is? To command me?"
"...Maeve, give Homelander the phone."
Perhaps the commotion here was too loud, attracting Deep's attention on the other end.
Homelander's supe hearing picked up Deep's voice on the phone.
This time, without Maeve having to do anything, he directly snatched the phone and put it to his ear:
"Deep? Very good, you're quite bold now, it seems the recent limelight has made you forget who you are?"
"How could that be, Homelander? I'm doing this for your own good."
As soon as Homelander finished speaking, a laughing voice came from the other end.
These words greatly surprised Homelander. His tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and he no longer reprimanded Deep, instead asking:
"What? For my own good?"
"That's right, the plane is completely out of control and about to crash into the sea. And at this moment, the great Homelander, the national hero in people's hearts, leads his subordinates Deep and Maeve, and under his brilliant and mighty leadership, saves a group of people on the plane!
"If this matter is known to the media... No, they will definitely know, and knowing this, they will definitely publicize you vigorously. Your number of fans will also increase by at least five percentage points because of this! Isn't this for your own good?"
Deep's voice came from the other end of the phone.
His gentle and highly suggestive words made Homelander momentarily lost in thought, unable to help but imagine the scene of being surrounded by people and his fan base soaring.
But Homelander wasn't a fool; he could distinguish between Reality and fantasy.
What Deep said was indeed very tempting, but it was based on the premise that they saved the plane.
However, what if they failed?
"I admit, Deep, what you said really moves me, but the problem is, you simply don't have the ability to save so many people on an entire plane!"
Homelander's expression suddenly became extremely sinister.
He simply didn't believe Kevin had the ability to save the plane, or rather, he would rather see the plane crash than believe his subordinate possessed an ability that even he didn't have.
"Perhaps I don't, but..."
Deep sighed on the other end of the phone, his tone becoming calm as he said:
"Anyway, you were planning to give up on them anyway, weren't you? How much worse could it get? The worst-case scenario is just that they all die, and then there will be plenty of excuses, won't there?
"At worst, you can also push all the blame onto me. Anyway, for you, there's no loss, right? Give it a try, Homelander, this is an opportunity to make your name even bigger."
Deep seemed to have thought everything through.
If this succeeded, Homelander would be the great hero who saved an entire plane.
And even if it failed, Homelander would have a fallback, able to dump all the blame on Deep.
"So you want to take the blame yourself?"
Homelander asked, laughing in anger.
Deep was silent for a moment, then said:
"If you think so, that's fine too. Isn't it normal for a subordinate to take the blame for the captain? Captain, I just hope you can say a few words for me then."
The plane was falling, and Homelander held the phone, pondering for a long time. Perhaps he was persuaded by Kevin, or perhaps he had other ideas, he actually began to inquire about the feasibility of this matter:
"How do you plan to do it?"
"Ahem, well, this requires a little help from our great and magnanimous Captain. I need you, Captain, to help stabilize the plane's attitude, just don't let it fall vertically, the rest... I'll handle."
...
It's really tiring to coax a child.
Kevin sighed in his heart after ending the call with Homelander.
He had known how Homelander would react after Maeve called him, so he had already prepared a draft to persuade Homelander.
By flattering Homelander and promising him benefits, which was to help him increase his fan base and gain higher fame.
Judging by Homelander's extreme Pay attention to of these things, Kevin's chances of successful persuasion were very high.
But even if it failed, it didn't matter. Kevin would give up on the rescue and return home, because without Homelander's help, Water Manipulation at LV4 wouldn't be able to save a plane full of people.
LV5 would be more or less enough.
Homelander was no longer a problem, so now, he could focus on saving the plane.
Kevin had actually thought about how to save the plane for a long time.
His initial thought was to use Water Manipulation to set up a barrier net in front of the plane, layer upon layer, to stop the plane and successfully make an emergency landing on the sea surface.
The problem was that the water flow Kevin manipulated didn't seem to be able to reach such a high altitude.
Even if Kevin could lift himself to a height of fifty meters, and then use that as a transfer point to control the water flow to a higher point of fifty meters.
But a total distance of only a little over a hundred meters was not even close to enough for a plane thousands of meters up.
If he had to wait until the plane was close to the sea to rescue it, a hundred meters was just a matter of an instant, and Kevin wouldn't have any reaction time at all.
Perhaps before he even got ready, the plane would have already crashed into the sea.
So Kevin thought of another way.
He needed Homelander to help adjust the plane's attitude, not letting it fall straight down from the sky, but rather moving forward in a gliding posture almost parallel to the sea surface.
Homelander couldn't drag the entire plane up, that was true, but he could barely maintain the plane's flight attitude.
As long as the plane wasn't falling vertically, Kevin would have time to implement his operation.
By then, when the plane approached the sea, he would attach the water flow to the plane.
Through continuous control of the water flow, he would create a very long water slide underneath it.
And on top of the slide, he would place a barrier net formed by seawater to counteract the plane's impact inertia.
After Kevin's ability was promoted to LV4, he had been doing such rehearsals.
Although it was difficult, Kevin believed that this method had a high success rate.
And even in the worst-case scenario, it would simply be like in the original work, and Kevin himself would have no losses.
As for taking the blame for Homelander...
Kevin was joking. If all the survivors died and something happened to the plane at sea, only the three of them would know.
At that time, the three of them could say whatever they wanted, and Vought would also handle the public relations.
And the black box...
Without Kevin, who could find the plane's black box in such a place?
In short, this matter would be beneficial if it succeeded, and there would be no loss if it failed, it was just a matter of coaxing Homelander.
"Are we almost there...?"
Because Starlight was an inside informant, Kevin was already heading towards their designated location at the same time Homelander and Maeve were acting.
That's why Kevin was able to arrive at the scene at the critical moment.
In the water, Kevin's speed would not be much slower than Homelander's.
Arriving at the designated location, Kevin immediately saw the constantly approaching black dot in the sky, which was the plane with a malfunctioning control panel and lost balance.
However, Kevin could see that on the unbalanced side of the plane, Homelander was trying his best to correct the plane's descending attitude.
As long as it didn't involve Homelander's own interests, Homelander would at least maintain the appearance of a hero on the surface.
Now that Kevin had persuaded him, even if it was an act, Homelander still had to show that he was doing his utmost to save the plane.
And because of this, even though the plane was still descending, with Homelander's help, it didn't crash directly nose-down, but was descending towards the sea in a gentle curve.
"Whew, calm down... So now, let's try it according to the previous operation."
Kevin encouraged himself, then estimated the distance between the plane and himself, stood on the surface of the sea, held his hands flat towards the sea, palms facing the ocean.
The next moment, waves surged, and a curtain of water covered the sky!
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