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The funniest thing in the world is a speedster suffering from heart disease.
He can no longer run, because excessive exercise will lead to a heart attack, thus endangering his life.
By the second season, A-Train was already running less, and by the third season, he couldn't even run fast.
He even played the racism card to avoid being kicked out of The Seven.
But even so, he was still kicked out of The Seven by Homelander in the end, and his fate was miserable, probably only a little better than Deep in the original work.
If he hadn't replaced his heart with another person's in the third season, eliminating the hidden danger of heart disease, then A-Train would probably never be able to run again.
Aside from his own physique, he was no different from an ordinary person.
How could such an A-Train possibly defeat Shockwave?
At that time, with heart disease, how could he possibly compete with Shockwave?
Even if he took a step back and dared to compete with Shockwave, if Vought knew he had heart disease... could he still stay in The Seven?
Kevin knew that using someone's illness against them was a bit despicable.
But in a world like this, the means don't matter; what matters is whether you can live well.
A-Train is completely on Homelander's side now; if A-Train isn't eliminated, who knows if A-Train will come looking for trouble with Kevin in the future.
Speedsters are very dangerous beings, and Kevin doesn't have the ability to deal with speedsters before he's prepared.
So he can only use a speedster to deal with a speedster.
The conversation with Shockwave was pleasant.
Aside from that orange soda genuinely startling Kevin, everything else was perfect.
By the time he left the bar, it was already evening.
Kevin checked his skill points as usual.
He had indeed gained a skill point from visiting the survivors this morning, and now, talking to Shockwave, perhaps because it affected the plot, he gained another skill point.
Adding the new skill point to the nine remaining after maxing out [Accelerated Healing], Kevin now had eleven skill points.
Eleven, still five short of leveling up a LV5 skill.
"I should get one to two more when I accompany Annie to the Faith Expo in a couple of days... For now, hmm, I'll go talk to Kimiko."
Participating in altered plotlines can also earn skill points.
And Kimiko is now Kevin's long-term source of skill points, at least until her skill points are squeezed dry by Kevin.
After thinking for a while, Kevin took out his phone and found Annie's phone number.
Kimiko's residence hadn't been found yet; mainly, Kimiko's condition made it unsuitable for her to live alone, but she couldn't continue to stay at Kevin's house either.
So Kimiko was currently at Annie's house.
Thinking that he hadn't eaten dinner yet, and it would be a good chance to mooch a meal at Annie's house, Kevin dialed Annie's number.
However, not long after he dialed, Annie hung up Kevin's call.
Kevin: "?"
...
The phone vibrated again. Annie, sitting on the sofa watching TV with Kimiko, glanced at it and then ignored it.
Kimiko hugged her legs, curled up on the sofa. Perhaps the vibration of the sound was too annoying, and Kimiko's gaze was drawn over.
She looked at the constantly vibrating phone on the table and gestured with sign language.
'Not answering?'
Kimiko used her own unique sign language, which she and her brother had developed together during their long years with the terrorists.
It was quite different from normal sign language, and it took Annie and Kevin a lot of time to barely understand some of the meanings in Kimiko's sign language.
Looking at the confusion Kimiko expressed, Annie let out a long sigh.
After pondering for a while, she suddenly felt that her behavior of rejecting the call was silly.
She immediately deflated, reached out, picked up the phone, and chose to answer.
"Hello...?"
"Annie? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine... I was just... um, taking a shower, so I didn't hear the phone ring. Is something wrong?"
Annie casually made up an excuse.
Kimiko, who knew Annie was right beside her the whole time, blinked when she heard this, tilting her head slightly to show her confusion.
Annie instinctively raised her hand and put her finger to her lips, making a 'shush' gesture, signaling Kimiko to be quiet.
Only then did she remember that Kimiko couldn't speak, so she put her hand down again.
"Taking a shower? Now?"
Kevin on the other end of the phone was a little surprised.
Although it was getting late, it wasn't yet time to shower and rest, as most people probably hadn't even eaten dinner at this hour.
Annie, who was lying to Kevin, didn't want to explain further about this matter. She skipped the topic and quickly asked:
"Is something wrong?"
"Nothing much, I just finished up and thought I'd come over to your place for dinner. You don't mind, do you?"
"! You're coming over now?"
"Yeah, I'm walking towards your place now. If it's not convenient for you..."
"Convenient! Uh, I mean, I don't have anything going on here, and we need to discuss the precautions for the Faith Expo anyway. How long until you get here?"
"...Ten minutes?"
"Got it!"
Hearing that Kevin was coming, Annie took a deep breath, quickly hung up the phone, and then rushed to the bathroom at lightning speed.
The phone fell onto the sofa, and Annie's figure had already disappeared.
Looking at the phone on the sofa, and then at Annie who had already run into the bathroom, Kimiko frowned slightly in confusion, but quickly looked away, her gaze returning to the television.
Although she didn't know what was happening, it seemed to have nothing to do with her.
She might as well continue watching TV.
...
The busy signal after the call ended rang repeatedly. Kevin listened to the busy signal, his expression slightly puzzled.
When Annie didn't answer the first time, Kevin thought something might have happened to Annie, after all, asking Annie to approach Ezekiel was inherently not a very safe thing.
But then Annie answered the phone, and through his conversation with her, Kevin felt as if that girl Annie seemed a little sulky.
But as soon as she heard he was coming over, she suddenly didn't seem angry anymore...
What was going on?
Kevin seriously pondered Annie's reaction.
Did his sudden departure today make her angry?
But they had only agreed to buy a cross, and there was no mention of going to the movies.
He had already had Ashley make arrangements with Shockwave, so he couldn't just cancel.
Besides, Annie had always been quite generous, so she shouldn't be angry over such a small matter.
Hmm... it should just be an occasional bad mood, after all, a girl's mood is inherently unpredictable.
After thinking for a long time without coming up with a reason, Kevin naturally assumed that Annie might just be in an occasional bad mood.
This was also normal; sometimes Kevin himself would inexplicably feel moody, irritable, and give no one a good look.
For example, when he couldn't find any jewelry or antiques underwater, he would be like that.
Anyway, this was nothing major, so Kevin stopped thinking about it, took out his phone to get directions, and slowly walked towards Annie's house.
He took the subway and then walked for some distance.
After about fifteen minutes, Kevin finally arrived at Annie's doorstep.
Standing at the door, he knocked, and Kevin didn't have to wait long before the door was opened.
Behind the door, Annie, dressed in everyday loungewear, stood there. A towel was wrapped around her head to protect her hair, and she stood casually at the doorway. Seeing Kevin, she said without formality:
"You're here? Come in."
...
The scent of shampoo filled the air, and feeling the faint lingering moisture on Annie, Kevin's expression was slightly dazed.
Only then did he remember that Annie had indeed said on the phone that she had just finished showering.
So was his coming over now a bit... inappropriate?
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