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Hughie not only returned, but he also brought back Stormfront's information.
Kevin perused the information about the Church of the Collective from another world. Although it was a backup, it was enough to send Stormfront to hell, never to rise again.
After confirming the accuracy of the information, Kevin curiously asked Hughie:
"How did you get the other Compound V?"
Compound V, in this world, with Kevin's help, The Boys could easily get it.
But in the other world, The Boys were wanted, and Hughie was unfamiliar with that world's situation, so how could he get Compound V?
"Uh... I found A-Train..."
Hughie scratched his head, a little embarrassed, and said, "Butcher recommended him to me, saying that A-Train's situation wasn't very good right now. As long as I beat him up and promised him a return to The Seven, he could help me."
A-Train in the other world was at a low point in his career.
Without Kevin's involvement, A-Train Reggie's fate still followed the original path, and he developed heart disease.
And when Homelander found out about this, just like before, he chose Shockwave as a replacement, so A-Train was about to face the fate of being kicked out of The Seven.
To be able to return to The Seven, A-Train would certainly be willing to do anything.
Hughie found him on Butcher's recommendation and, following Butcher's advice, gave him a good beating. Then Butcher stepped in and talked to him, making him hand over a few doses of Compound V.
A-Train couldn't beat Hughie. With his heart disease, his speed was already not as fast as before, and Hughie was a teleporter who could go anywhere he wanted, so he couldn't outrun Hughie either.
He couldn't win in a fight, nor could he run away.
A-Train was severely taught a lesson by Hughie, allowing Hughie to vent his anger thoroughly, and then he had no choice but to agree to Hughie, getting him Compound V.
A-Train in this world had already died a long time ago. Although Hughie felt a sense of revenge, after becoming a Supe, he also thought.
If he had become a Supe earlier, would he have been able to beat A-Train sooner, to personally punch him before A-Train's death, to avenge his girlfriend?
But unfortunately, Hughie could only think about it, because he couldn't bring the dead back to life.
But after coming to another parallel universe, Hughie achieved his dream of 'beating up A-Train,' and that feeling was incredibly satisfying!
The excitement and thrill Hughie carried when he first returned stemmed from this; he hadn't yet emerged from the pleasure of having his great revenge avenged.
After beating A-Train and making him face Reality, Butcher, who was proficient in Supe weaknesses, stepped in again and had A-Train help them get two doses of Compound V.
During this time, Hughie didn't expose his identity, so A-Train had no idea who the guy who beat him up was.
At most, he would only think it was a Supe targeting Vought, which had nothing to do with him.
In this way, Hughie obtained Compound V, which could temporarily strengthen his body. Through injection, he returned to his original world and appeared before Kevin.
Understanding the full story, Kevin ordered Hughie:
"So that's it, Hughie, you did very well. Your undercover mission can end now. Also, later, I want you to go to the Medical Department for a thorough physical examination. I need to make sure Compound V has no effect on your body before I can confidently let you carry out other missions.
"You understand, right?"
"No problem, it's just..."
At the end of the conversation, Hughie hesitated considerably.
Kevin was puzzled: "Is there something else you haven't said?"
"It's just... in that world, I saw another you, but that other you... never mind, it's nothing."
It wasn't easy for Hughie to obtain Stormfront's information during this period.
The Church of the Collective also had many Supes, and they had means to guard against Supes. Hughie's successful acquisition of Stormfront's information was also thanks to The Deep from the other world.
Hughie met The Deep from the other world, and by tracking him, he determined the location where the Church of the Collective hid the information.
Although this process was eventful but without danger, Hughie successfully obtained what he wanted.
But... The Deep from the other world still gave Hughie a faint feeling.
That The Deep was not the same Deep Hughie knew.
Saying this might be a bit redundant; the two worlds are different, so The Deep would naturally not be the same person.
But what Hughie wanted to say was that The Deep in his world might not be the same 'Deep' from the other world either.
After all, no matter how much a person changes, their demeanor and personality couldn't change so much in a short period of time.
At least Hughie couldn't imagine The Deep, who was being played for a fool by the Church of the Collective, becoming the CEO of Vought.
At that moment, he even somewhat understood Butcher, understood why he was so happy, as if he had heard the funniest joke, after hearing that The Deep had become CEO.
Hughie really wanted to know what the current The Deep had gone through to become like this.
But... when he saw the other party's concerned expression, Hughie couldn't ask anything.
No matter what the other party had experienced, or whether he was the original The Deep, as long as the other party was someone he knew, a Superhero he was familiar with, that was enough.
There was no need to delve further into the truth.
Hughie hesitated to speak, but Kevin heard his hesitation and doubt from his brief words.
Kevin chose not to avoid Hughie's question; he patiently explained:
"I am different from the Kevin in the other world, and I never believe that other parallel world Kevins can be like me.
"Although it sounds a bit arrogant, Hughie, in all parallel worlds, I am the most special one. No individual me in any parallel world can compare to me, I am certain."
Kevin wasn't praising himself with these words.
Ever since he transmigrated and became The Deep, Kevin became the most special among all The Deeps, especially since he also had a golden finger.
So, whether it was the original The Deep, or The Deep in the comics, or even more parallel world The Deeps that might appear in the future, they probably couldn't compare to Kevin.
After comforting Hughie, he sent him to find Vought's researchers for a thorough full-body examination.
Kevin, meanwhile, arranged for people to post Stormfront's information online, exposing her past and the fact that she was a Nazi.
The Boys were, of course, the ones doing this.
Not only that, Kevin also gave a copy of this information to Neuman.
Striking Stormfront with a double blow, both openly and covertly, leaving her no possibility of recovery.
Public opinion was fermenting. With Kevin's propulsion, Stormfront's information spread across the entire internet in less than a day.
She instantly went from a revered Superhero rising star to a despised fascist scum.
Logically, after suffering all this, Stormfront would surely choose to confront Kevin. Even if she didn't know Kevin was behind these things, she should have demanded Kevin handle the public relations for this matter.
But Stormfront didn't do that.
She disappeared.
The day after this matter became a hot topic, she vanished without a trace, no one knew where she went.
"Stormfront couldn't possibly have run off to another world like Hughie, could she?"
Stormfront's disappearance made Kevin feel very strange.
Stormfront's abilities had nothing to do with crossing worlds; logically, she shouldn't have disappeared into thin air, but indeed, no one saw where she went.
This made Kevin a little worried that she might have run off to another world.
What if she really ran off to another world and teamed up with the Stormfront from that world...
That wouldn't be a good thing for that other world.
"She didn't run to another world, I saw her."
While Kevin was worried, a blue transparent head emerged from his desk.
It was Ghost.
Frankly speaking, even if Kevin wasn't afraid of ghosts and monsters, after all, he was the Sorcerer Supreme of Marvel World, there was no reason for a Sorcerer Supreme to be afraid of ghosts.
But Ghost's sudden appearance in this manner really startled Kevin.
It was only because Kevin's psychological resilience was strong now that he wasn't scared by Ghost.
Picking up the water glass on the table and taking a sip to calm himself, Kevin calmly asked:
"You saw her run away? Where did she go?"
"I didn't follow too closely because there was a plain in between, and I was worried about being exposed, so I left. But... I know the direction she left in, is that useful to you?"
Ghost asked, tilting her head.
"As long as you tell me, it's useful."
Kevin answered seriously.
Ghost's discovery undoubtedly helped Kevin a lot.
Since Stormfront didn't run to another world, it proved that she was plotting something bad.
If she wasn't stopped quickly, who knew what kind of trouble she would cause.
Kevin took out a map and had Ghost point out where Stormfront went.
After confirming the direction Stormfront disappeared in, Kevin said to Ghost:
"You did very well, thank you."
"..."
But facing Kevin's thanks, Ghost remained silent.
Kevin noticed something was wrong and looked up, asking, "What's wrong?"
"...Your potion, I can't use it."
Ghost said in a low voice.
The potion Kevin created, which could make people lose their Supe abilities, Ghost had tried to use it too, but she couldn't touch anything at all. Even if the potion was right in front of her, she simply couldn't use it.
Even though there was a potion that could restore her to normal, she couldn't use it, and might never be able to use it in the future. This made Ghost's mood extremely heavy.
She really wanted to die, but for her, even dying was a luxury.
She also thought about just going crazy and causing trouble, but being unable to affect anything in the Reality world, she couldn't even cause trouble.
At most, she could only suddenly appear in front of people and scare them.
That was all.
Other than that, Ghost could do nothing.
Ghost became despondent, her voice getting lower and lower, and her entire being seemed to become a bit more ethereal because of it.
Kevin was also having a headache over Ghost's problem.
If it were in Marvel World, Kevin could use a Mage's methods to solve Ghost's problem.
But this was The Boys world. Although Ocean Mage's ability was said to be magic, it seemed unable to touch Ghost.
Kevin had also tried magic patterns, but they had no effect on Ghost either.
It was as if Ghost wasn't a traditional ghost; she had become a special species.
Of course, Kevin had also thought about taking Ghost to Marvel World to solve the problem.
However, Kevin couldn't touch Ghost, so he couldn't take her to transfer worlds.
So, until now, Kevin hadn't figured out how to restore Ghost to normal.
"...I will continue to find a way."
Kevin said seriously.
Ghost shook her head, said nothing more, and her head disappeared from Kevin's desk, vanishing without a trace.
After learning about Kevin's actions, Ghost had stayed in Vought Tower, becoming Kevin's 'eyes,' secretly watching everyone.
Now that she disappeared from the office, she probably went to continue her 'work.'
Or, as before, found a dark corner to silently stay in.
Seeing Ghost leave, Kevin took a deep breath, composed himself, and left the office for The Seven's conference room.
Ghost's problem could be addressed later.
What The Seven needed to do now was to find Stormfront and then eliminate her in the name of The Seven.
Kevin wanted to completely turn Stormfront into a villain everyone hated.
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