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Having acquired all the skill points he could currently get, Kevin had no intention of remaining in the Marvel World.
Although Kevin didn't really want to interact with Ancient One after learning her thoughts, he still met with her so that he could pause time in the Marvel World, waiting for him to return and continue harvesting skill points.
Fortunately, Ancient One was not a stingy person; she readily agreed to Kevin's request to pause time for him.
Only then did Kevin confidently leave the Marvel World within the Mirror Dimension created by Ancient One, returning to the The Boys world.
In the The Boys world, Ultron's body was still there, and Annie was also present.
To Annie, Kevin had simply disappeared and then reappeared, and if not for the change in his clothes, she might have thought he hadn't left at all.
"You… just… where did you go?"
Annie looked at Kevin's changed clothes, her eyes filled with confusion:
"...Are you also like Shockwave, able to move quickly?"
"Hmm, well, that's a bit of a long story. How about… we make some coffee and chat while we drink?"
As Kevin spoke, he walked over to Ultron's body.
He first kicked it, and after hearing a 'thump,' he looked up at the large hole he had smashed in the ceiling.
"...Looks like we'll need to find a repair team to fix this tomorrow."
After he got rich, Kevin moved into a villa.
Although it couldn't compare to Iron Man's grand villa, it was a sparrows-are-small-but-complete-in-all-their-organs type of place.
A two-story villa with an underground garage, where Kevin's recently purchased sports cars were parked.
But now, this two-story villa was completely smashed through, and even one of Kevin's sports cars fell victim to Ultron's destructive hands.
Previously, in his hurry to return to the Marvel World to wrap things up, Kevin hadn't paid much attention to these damages.
Now, seeing his limited-edition sports car smashed into scrap metal, Kevin felt a pang of heartache.
If he couldn't research anything useful from Ultron's Vibranium body, then Kevin would definitely suffer a huge loss!
Wait a minute… speaking of which, it's covered in Vibranium. With the technology of the The Boys world, it seems… it can't be cut open??
Thinking of this, Kevin fell into deep thought.
...
The commotion Kevin caused was huge; Annie wasn't the only one who woke up.
Rather, with two entire floors smashed through by Ultron and Kevin, if the girls could still sleep soundly, Kevin would truly have to give them a thumbs up.
Kimiko had also woken up, and so had Cate.
However, after Kevin and Annie's combined 'explanation,' they didn't ask much about the large holes in the living room floor and the first-floor ceiling, and went back to sleep with their questions.
Kevin and Annie, on the other hand, sat opposite each other at the dining table next to the kitchen, each with a steaming cup of coffee in front of them.
"Where should I start?"
Kevin cupped the coffee with both hands, feeling the warmth from the cup's surface, trying his best to organize his words.
Annie, however, was not in a hurry: "Take your time, we have all the time in the world."
It was just entering deep night in the The Boys world, and with the physique of a Supe, they could talk all night without any problem.
Kevin organized his words and said very seriously to Annie:
"Actually, I've always had another ability."
"Mm-hmm?"
"Before I tell you about this ability, can I ask you a question? You understand the concept of parallel universes, right?"
"Parallel universes…?" Annie was stunned for a moment. She thought for a while and asked: "You mean… those theoretically existing worlds, similar to ours, but with completely different developmental histories?"
"Yes, exactly those. And my ability allows me to travel through parallel universes."
Annie's expression froze. She looked at Kevin in confusion, her eyes revealing a clear blankness.
"You mean… you can… travel to another world? You're a... World Traveler?!"
"World Traveler… hmm, that name isn't bad. Something like that, I am indeed a World Traveler."
"Then, from what that robot just said, you also saved another world… no, saved another universe?!"
Annie suddenly became excited for some reason. She stood up from her seat, then sat down next to Kevin, her eyes once again radiating brilliant light, sparkling as she said:
"Why didn't you tell me about this?! This is too… too cool!! You're being a Superhero! A real, true Superhero from another world! Oh my God, Kevin, do you know how great something like this is?!"
"...Calm down, Annie, I'm not as selfless as you think."
Seeing Annie suddenly become excited for some unknown reason, Kevin helplessly tried to persuade her, attempting to calm her down.
But he clearly didn't know how much impact his actions had on Annie, who had grown up in a country that worshipped individualism and heroism.
In this world, all Superheroes were products disguised by Vought.
On the surface, they were Superheroes, but in reality, they were just a bunch of celebrities.
Acting, singing, taking advertisements, doing commercial performances...
What they did was no different from celebrities. Even when they were doing 'Superhero work,' it was mostly for hype.
Even Annie was like this now.
She could no longer remember how long it had been since she had truly done Superhero work outside of the cameras.
She had even started to feel numb to her current life.
If Kevin hadn't used his privileges after becoming a Senior Vice President at Vought to slightly fulfill Annie's dream of becoming a hero, Annie would probably have lost her current innocence long ago.
And now, Kevin told Annie that he had actually been silently acting as an unnamed Superhero in another world, doing what true Superheroes do, even saving a universe!
How could this not make Annie excited?
In fact, if she hadn't known that her request would cause trouble for Kevin, she would have wanted Kevin to take her to save the world with him!
Just as she said.
This kind of thing was too cool!!
"Kevin, I'm sorry, I didn't know you were doing these things before."
After her excitement, Annie actually started apologizing to Kevin.
Kevin's gaze was a little dazed, his expression strange:
"...Why are you apologizing?"
"You've always been lazy and disliked work, but it was actually because you were too tired in another world, wasn't it? But I used to dislike that about you, and always thought you were a wage thief… I'm really sorry, I really shouldn't have."
"Miss Annie… I think you misunderstood…"
Kevin was genuinely slacking off back then, and at that time, he didn't have the ability to travel between worlds.
This ability was acquired only after he changed professions; before that, he was truly just a slacker who didn't want to do anything.
Kevin wanted Annie to stop overthinking, otherwise, he felt that his image in Annie's mind might become even more heroic, which put a lot of pressure on him.
But Annie was completely immersed in her own fantasy, looking at Kevin with great emotion:
"Including these things you're doing now, you don't actually want to do them, right? But I insisted on dragging you to deal with Vought…"
The more Annie spoke, the more self-reproachful she became.
Kevin wanted to argue a bit more, but seeing Annie like this, he knew that anything he said now would probably be useless.
Besides, it wasn't bad for Annie to think this way. At least in the future, when he promoted Annie as his assistant and had her handle company affairs, allowing him to be a hands-off boss, he could do so with a clear conscience.
But… although that was true, being looked at by Annie with such a heroic gaze still made Kevin feel a little embarrassed.
After all, only Kevin himself knew that his goals were far from as noble as Annie described.
After thinking for a moment, he still defended himself a bit:
"Ahem… it's fine, and… I actually didn't do much. Saving the parallel universe wasn't my sole accomplishment; my friends in the other world also contributed a lot…"
"Your hero team in the other world?"
"You could say that? Although I'm not the leader."
Kevin unconsciously thought of the Guardians of the Galaxy and couldn't help but smile slightly.
Seeing this, Annie began to ask about the kind of people Kevin's friends in the other world were. After learning that Kevin was a 'World Traveler,' she became especially interested in the other world.
Kevin patiently told her many things, and then as they talked… they ended up in bed.
This was normal; every time Kevin returned from the Marvel World, he would actually seek out Annie to relax.
Unlike the 'relaxation' Ancient One spoke of, being with Annie was truly relaxing for Kevin.
...
Kevin didn't spend much time with Annie.
Because Ultron was still waiting for Kevin to deal with it.
The next morning, Kevin had Ultron packaged and sent to The Woods for preparation.
After becoming the acting CEO, Kevin changed the function of The Woods. This institution is currently not primarily focused on researching methods against Supes, but has been transformed into a special drug research and development center.
Kevin planned to treat this institution as his exclusive scientific research institution in the future.
After temporarily preserving Ultron, Kevin went to Vought headquarters to organize all recent matters and deepen his memory, lest he forget them if he stayed too long in his second profession's mission.
He even carried a USB drive with these materials for easy access at any time.
He had gained a lot in the Marvel World. Even though he wasted a few skill points to bring Ultron back, his total skill points had now reached twenty-two.
Twenty-two points were already enough for Kevin to unlock the mission world for his second profession.
Kevin decided to first complete this prerequisite for the second profession, and then slowly accumulate the skill points needed for the second advancement.
"The first mission world was Marvel, so the second one won't be DC, will it?"
Before activating the second profession in a hidden location, Kevin thought to himself, amused.
Kevin wasn't sure how the skill tree filtered mission worlds, whether it was completely random or if there was a certain standard involved.
But he figured that, without any surprises, they should all be worlds related to the identity of a 'Superhero.'
Or rather, worlds similar to the The Boys world.
That's why the first mission world was Marvel.
Therefore, it was highly probable that the second mission world would be DC.
But no matter which world it was, Kevin wouldn't know until he had been there.
"Anyway, I hope it's not some dangerous world; I don't want to face guys like Ultron again."
Before entering the mission world, Kevin prayed this, then spent ten skill points to activate the mission world for his second profession.
The familiar light flashed again.
Kevin once again left the The Boys world.
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