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"Ah!!!!"
To Kevin's regret, Sam didn't seem to want to give up just yet.
He looked up at Kevin with a terrified gaze for a moment, and not long after, Sam, with a mouth full of blood, roared again and charged at Kevin.
But looking at Sam charging wildly at him, Kevin had no intention of continuing to clash head-on with him.
He shook his head slightly, facing Sam who was charging at him, making no move, just quietly watching him.
Despite making no move, Kevin didn't even dodge an inch.
Yet, Sam, who was about to charge in front of Kevin, suddenly stopped like a train that had slammed on its brakes, halting abruptly right before Kevin!
His fist was only a dozen centimeters away from Kevin, but he couldn't bring it down no matter what.
Sam looked at his own body in astonishment.
He saw fresh red blood coiling around his wrists, ankles, waist, and neck.
This blood, like the strongest chains, firmly bound his body, preventing him from taking another step forward.
And the source of that fresh blood was precisely the torn bodies on the ground that Sam had ripped apart.
There was indeed no water here, but thanks to these Supes, the amount of fresh blood was more than sufficient.
By manipulating blood, Kevin restrained Sam in another way, making him stop his actions.
"Sleep."
Extending his hand to the bound Sam, Kevin didn't waste any more words, gently raising his hand to pinch Sam's neck.
Using his tried-and-true method, he cut off the blood flow to Sam's carotid artery to knock him out, and only after Sam completely lost consciousness did Kevin throw him onto the ground.
"Ms. Shetty… no, Indira, it's handled. Send people over to clean up."
Speaking to Indira on the other end of the walkie-talkie, Kevin then looked at the unconscious Sam, lost in thought.
…
A disturbance was easily resolved by Kevin.
This was to be expected; compared to Kevin, these kids who were often in the lab were truly just kids.
Kevin coming here to deal with them was practically a dimension-reducing strike.
And through this disturbance, Kevin could also thoroughly confirm that his current physical strength should be at the peak level in this world, second only to Homelander and Soldier Boy.
Additionally, perhaps because he participated in the plot of Gen V, and even severely beat one of the original protagonists, Kevin also gained two skill points this time.
This time, Kevin chose not to save the skill points, but instead decisively allocated one point to "Super Cardiopulmonary," which had not been upgraded yet.
The remaining point upgraded "Underwater Sprint" by one level.
His physique was already maxed out, and Water Manipulation couldn't be improved in the short term, so it was better to directly start preparing for a class change.
With Kevin's current physique, even if he encountered a truly difficult class change world, he could at least save his own life.
Moreover, according to normal game tropes, the class change quest shouldn't be too difficult.
"You worked hard, The Deep."
Kevin ended the battle, and Vought sent people to clean up.
Indira walked over with a group of guards, and seeing Kevin standing there safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Kevin reined in his thoughts and smiled at Indira, saying:
"It's no hard work; it's just a small matter for me, but… I'm afraid I can't record the video in uniform today."
"It's fine. I'll report this to the company later and postpone your filming date. You can take a good look around the school today."
"No need to look around. By the way, have the data for these test subjects been organized? Let me see them."
Kevin took a spare suit from the processing team members nearby and asked Indira while putting it on.
Indira was silent for a moment, then said after a while:
"Dr. Cardosa has almost finished organizing them. If you want to see them, you can go back to the lounge first."
"I understand. Then I'll leave this to you, Indira."
Leaving the mess entirely to Indira, Kevin walked into the elevator without any psychological burden and returned to the original monitoring room/office.
Dr. Cardosa had already organized the data about The Woods. Seeing Kevin enter, he handed the mobile hard drive containing the data to Kevin, reminding him at the same time:
"Mr. Moskowitz, please keep this data safe and do not let anyone see it.
"If anything happens to you, Mr. Moskowitz, in the future, we will send people to recover and destroy this data, and we will also deal with any relevant informed personnel at that time, so please be extremely careful, Mr. Moskowitz."
Cardosa spoke seriously to Kevin about the precautions.
Once an incident occurs with a person in charge, any informed individuals not belonging to Vought and The Woods who are related to that person in charge must be dealt with…
This was indeed very consistent with Vought's way of doing things.
Kevin took the data from Cardosa's hand and nodded:
"I understand. Don't worry, I know the rules."
"It's good that you know. Uh, there's one last favor I'd like to ask."
Cardosa suddenly said.
Kevin looked at him strangely:
"? What is it? Just say it."
"Uh, could you… sign your name for me? Just sign it here!"
Cardosa pointed to the side of his white coat, his eyes full of anticipation as he looked at Kevin.
Kevin: "…"
To be honest, he didn't really want to be looked at with such eyes by an elderly middle-aged man.
Kevin complained inwardly, but to maintain good future working relationships, Kevin still signed Cardosa's white coat.
After all, he was a fan, and a small autograph request was nothing that couldn't be fulfilled.
…
After visiting The Woods facility, resolving a disturbance along the way, and taking the opportunity to test his abilities, Kevin felt that his work for today was pretty much done.
The documentary filming was temporarily impossible due to the uniform issue, and Professor Brink and A-Train didn't force Kevin much after learning about it.
After chatting with Kevin about the future documentary schedule, they went about their own business.
Kevin turned and went home, the first thing he did was take out an offline laptop, connect the mobile hard drive, and start browsing the data inside.
The Supes in The Woods facility were different from the mental hospital managed by Stormfront.
The mental hospital managed by Stormfront contained adults injected with Compound V, who didn't have powers from a young age, so their power levels varied greatly.
The strong ones were similar to the girl who appeared in Season 2, who could twist off someone's head with a squeeze of her hand, even Lamplighter, a former member of The Seven, was afraid of her.
The weak ones were similar to Love Sausage, who only had a freely extendable dick.
And the Supes in The Woods facility were all Supes who were caught here for various reasons and had powerful abilities from a young age.
Just the ones Kevin saw today included 'Heat Vision,' 'Teleportation,' 'Fire Breathing,' 'Electricity Discharge,' and so on.
Some of the more powerful ones, like Sam, had great strength, speed, and physical durability, almost like a weakened version of Hulk, even surpassing the original The Deep in terms of physique.
So many powerful Supes being confined here for experiments felt like a bit of a waste, to be honest.
Kevin looked at the data on the computer, leaning back on the sofa, recalling the senior management structure of Vought, and rubbed his temples in thought.
Speaking of which, almost no Supe existed among the senior executives at Vought headquarters.
Even Stormfront and A-Train, their positions at headquarters didn't seem very high.
So, it seemed that Kevin's chances of holding a high position within the group were not very high either.
Because he was a Supe.
"The Seven… Supes…"
Kevin suddenly remembered what Edgar had said to Homelander in the original plot.
He had said that Vought had always been a pharmaceutical company, and Superheroes were just their by-products; they had never considered Superheroes their main business.
Therefore, no matter how much Homelander caused trouble, even if he wanted to leave The Seven, Edgar simply didn't care.
So, no matter how famous Kevin was, or how high his position in The Seven, even if he eventually became the leader, to Vought, he couldn't really be considered a senior executive.
"Speaking of which, why am I thinking about this…"
Closing the laptop, Kevin lay back and stared at the ceiling, lost in thought.
He felt that his goal seemed to have changed a little; he originally just wanted to live a comfortable life, but now, for some reason, he was slowly getting involved in various complex matters.
He even started actively pursuing becoming a senior executive in the group.
Kevin knew that the reason he was doing this now was because he was forced to confront Homelander.
But Kevin also understood that if he really didn't want to deal with Homelander, he could just leave The Seven.
Although this would mean Kevin would lose a source for quickly gaining skill points, there were other sources for skill points.
On the contrary, leaving Vought would give Kevin more freedom.
Click—
While Kevin was thinking these muddled thoughts, he suddenly heard the room door open.
He reined in his thoughts, looked up, and saw Annie.
She was pushing the door open, carrying some ingredients for dinner.
After what happened between him and Annie yesterday, Kevin had given Annie a key to his home, so it wasn't surprising for Annie to be here.
"Hmm? Weren't you going to the school to film a documentary?"
Annie, who had just entered, saw Kevin sitting on the sofa and asked with some confusion.
Kevin smiled at Annie:
"There was a slight accident, so I came back. How about you? Are you done with work?"
"I finished in the afternoon. I browsed around the shops and bought some ingredients for dinner tonight. After I cook for you, I still have to go back and take care of Kimiko."
Annie said, putting the purchased ingredients in the kitchen, then turned and came to Kevin's side, sitting directly next to him without any hesitation, resting her head on Kevin's shoulder.
"!"
The fresh scent and softness from Annie's body came over, instantly stiffening Kevin's body, who had just ended his single life, and he remained tense for a long time without reacting.
This tension was too obvious, and Annie immediately sensed it. She couldn't help but ask curiously:
"What's wrong?"
"No… nothing… uh… I'm fine."
Kevin pretended to be calm and smiled at Annie.
Annie stared at Kevin suspiciously, then after a while, she let go of Kevin, as if she had misunderstood something, and said with a complicated expression:
"Am I being too intimate and making you uncomfortable? I'm sorry, I thought we were already…"
"No, no, it's just… I'm not used to suddenly having a girlfriend yet, don't overthink it…"
Seeing Annie seem to be feeling down, Kevin quickly explained.
Kevin, who had never had intimate contact with any other girl besides his family before this, would naturally feel nervous about Annie's intimate behavior.
Annie tilted her head, looking at Kevin in confusion, then suddenly seemed to realize something.
Her expression first showed understanding, then astonishment, followed by a look of disbelief:
"Wait, wait, wait… I mean, Kevin, you wouldn't happen to… have never had a girlfriend before, would you?"
"What?"
Kevin froze, then after a moment of blankness, he quickly denied it:
"How is that possible! Who am I? I'm The Deep! Sixth place during college! The girls who chased me could line up from the top of Vought Tower to the first floor, okay!"
Kevin's words made sense. He was, after all, a 'top student' from Godolkin University and now so famous, how could no girls be chasing him?
But Annie, hearing this, smiled even more brightly. She hugged Kevin's arm again, tilting her head and asking:
"Mm-hmm? So you've never had a girlfriend before, right?"
"…"
Kevin fell silent.
No matter how Kevin tried to argue, the fact that he had no girlfriend before this was an undeniable truth.
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