I remember a very apt phrase from a sketch.
The most painful thing in life is when you are alive, but you have no money.
And an even more painful thing is when you die, but you haven’t spent your money yet.
And now, Kevin found himself facing this agonizingly painful situation.
His older relatives had knocked on his door, and since there were no other descendants, they declared him the sole heir.
He was about to inherit over a billion dollars in assets from his great-grandfather, practically living out a real-life version of the phrase ‘Hello, Mr.
Billionaire’.
But then he closed his eyes, opened them, and bam—transmigration happened.
From a future heir who was on the verge of receiving a massive, unexpected fortune, he had turned into a mutant with gills on his chest.
Oh, wait, according to the terminology of this world, he should be called a superhero.
‘This is just wrong!’ Kevin, who had sat at home in a daze all night, still couldn’t accept this reality.
‘No, how could I just transmigrate for no reason?
I didn’t even want to transmigrate!
And out of all the worlds to transmigrate into, why The Boys?
Out of all the characters to become, why The Deep?!
I seriously don’t want to become a fishfucker’ Kevin grabbed his head and howled in the depths of his soul.
He had over a billion!
With that billion, he could have spent his entire life without a care in the world!
In the blink of an eye, it was all gone?!
‘Alright, alright, alright, don’t tell me who caused my transmigration.
If I ever find out, I will definitely get on my knees and beg you to let me transmigrate back!’ There was nothing to be done about it.
It wasn’t that Kevin was a coward; even with his toes, he could figure out that whoever was capable of transmigrating him into another dimension was either an omnipotent being or a higher dimension incomprehensible to the human mind.
Right now, Kevin was just an ordinary superhero.
In this world, he couldn’t even defeat Homelander, let alone the almighty being that caused his transmigration.
If he were ever given the chance to meet them again, the most important thing would be to beg them to let him transmigrate back.
After all, it was over a billion!
Over a billion!!!!
‘I am tired, I will just destroy everything, I want to die…’ Lying on the bed like a dead fish he once fucked when he was a teenager, Kevin stared blankly at the ceiling, beginning to wonder if dying and starting the game over would give him any chance to return to his past life through transmigration.
But ultimately, his survival instinct forced him to abandon this highly suggestive idea.
When his alarm rang, having spent the entire night with a completely empty head, he finally began to organize the information about this world and himself.
First, one thing was clear: Kevin had transmigrated into the world of the American television series The Boys.
That gory American series that mocked all DC and Marvel comics.
Superheroes.
Before his transmigration, Kevin had also watched this series, as well as its spin-off Gen V, so he understood the general atmosphere of The Boys’ world.
In short, it is a world where superheroes are packaged and marketed just like celebrities.
Here, superhero names are known to everyone.
They appear on television, get endorsement deals, star in commercials and movies, go out to beat up villains when they have nothing better to do, build their public image, and sometimes take photos or give autographs to fans on the street.
Sounds peaceful, doesn’t it?
But in reality, it is the exact opposite.
The reason true superheroes can be superheroes is that they possess a sense of justice, responsibility, and self-control that allows them to remain steadfast in the face of temptation.
Even without superpowers, these people could become outstanding individuals in certain fields.
But the superheroes in this world are just ordinary people with superpowers; in fact, their moral standards are even lower than those of average people.
They lack the qualities that heroes should possess.
On the surface, they project righteousness, acting as defenders of justice, but in their private lives, they commit acts that are completely unacceptable to normal people.
Leaving aside the various orgies and disgusting perversions.
Most of these people show no respect for human life; they feel no guilt about killing bystanders on the street, only worrying about how it might damage their reputation in the future.
Relying on their superpowers, they force others to do things they do not want to do.
Coercion, robbery, the senseless killing of innocents, the destruction of public property…
These superheroes have committed almost every atrocity behind the scenes.
If you stripped away their superhero halos, they probably wouldn’t have enough lives to be punished ten times over for their crimes.
And among them, the most famous is undoubtedly Homelander.
Modeled after Superman from the DC universe, he is also currently one of the strongest superheroes in the world of The Boys.
Although he appears quite angelic on the outside, deep down he is full of cruelty.
He doesn’t allow anything he dislikes to happen.
When a situation spirals out of his control, Homelander flies into a rage and uses his immense power to eliminate anyone who displeases him.
And yet, such a person has become a national hero in the hearts of the people, which just goes to show how terrifying this world is.
‘But, fortunately, I am also a superhero.
Hmm, if you can’t beat them, joining them isn’t a bad idea either.’ Kevin thought to himself, amused.
The person Kevin had transmigrated into was exactly this kind of superhero, and, like Homelander, he was a member of this world’s famous superhero team, The Seven.
His name was The Deep.
His image was based on the character Aquaman from the DC universe, possessing the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with marine animals.
Compared to those superheroes whose hands were covered in blood, the character Kevin had transmigrated into could be considered innocent.
Although he had done many bad things, such as coercing Starlight…
and so on, overall, he didn’t kill innocents indiscriminately.
He couldn’t be called a good person, but he couldn’t be called purely evil either.
He was one of the few normal superheroes in the world of The Boys.
Uh, putting aside that disgusting but unique sexual quirk…
Honestly, Kevin absolutely did not want to reincarnate into such a character, not only because of what he did in the series but also because of the gills on his chest.
The key to The Deep’s ability to breathe underwater was a pair of special organs that resembled fish gills.
The Deep didn’t like them, and neither did the current Kevin.
But what could he do if he didn’t like them?
Transmigration was unreasonable.
Kevin couldn’t simply tell the almighty being who caused the transmigration to let him switch to a preferred character, like Homelander or someone similar.
If Kevin actually saw the almighty being responsible for the transmigration, he would still get on his knees and beg them to send him back.
Over a billion…
‘No, I can’t think about this anymore.’ The more he thought about it, the more his heart ached.
Since Kevin had transmigrated into this world, and it seemed impossible to return for now, all he could do was settle down and stay.
Regardless, he was part of The Seven; he was a superhero.
As long as he didn’t commit the suicidal actions from the original story, he could live perfectly well in this world.
Even though he had lost over a billion!
Even though he had gone from a wealthy second-generation heir capable of living in luxury until his death to a celebrity superhero who still had to work hard!
But at least he got superpowers, right?!
Of course, it would have been better without that pair of gills on his chest…