After spending all his skill points, Kevin stared at the dimmed plus signs, feeling a wave of emptiness.
How should he put it?
After distributing the skills, Kevin didn’t feel anything special, although he vaguely sensed that he had indeed become a bit stronger.
It was…
quite subtle.
However, no matter what, Kevin couldn’t be stupid enough to stab himself with a knife just to test his physical fitness and regeneration ability.
However, the other two abilities could be tested.
The first was Form Switching.
After Kevin used this ability, the headache caused by the gills on his chest disappeared, just as he had expected.
Standing in front of the mirror, Kevin examined his eight-pack abs with great satisfaction.
Despite his financial losses, he had gained a healthy body, which, by all appearances, was quite impressive.
The next stage was Water Manipulation.
This ability turned out to be not as powerful as Kevin had imagined.
Perhaps because it was only at the second level, the most Kevin could do was create water currents to form a few arrows or a few water balls.
The power…
was roughly equivalent to a crossbow bolt, and that was about it.
It could only be described as barely passable.
‘All the skill points have been spent, so now the question is…
how do I get new skill points?’ Admiring his figure, Kevin stroked his unshaven chin and pondered.
Stroking the stubble, he frowned, thought for a moment, and then ran to the bathroom, grabbed a razor, and shaved off all the stubble on his chin.
‘Doesn’t he look much more attractive?
I really don’t understand what The Deep was thinking.
He was so handsome even without a beard, yet he left this stupid stubble…’ Looking at the handsome young man in the mirror, Kevin mentally complained.
He wondered if the creators of the original show deliberately made The Deep look that way so he wouldn’t steal the spotlight from the main character.
But the problem was that the main character in the original show wasn’t exactly handsome either.
He couldn’t understand it.
Buzz—Buzz— Just as Kevin finished using his skill points and tidying up his appearance, his phone began to vibrate.
He instinctively picked up the phone lying next to the sink and answered.
“Hello?” “The Deep!
What the hell are you doing?!” “???” ‘What did I do?’ Kevin, who was scolded the moment he answered the phone, was a little stunned.
Just as he was about to say something, the woman on the other end of the line lowered her voice and said.
“Did you oversleep?!
Did you forget what day it is today?!
The reporters have already arrived!
Our new girl is also on the way!
And you, the one who is supposed to welcome the newcomer, are still sitting at home?!” “Uh…
Madelyn, let me explain…” “I don’t need explanations!
Ten minutes!
I want you to arrive at the venue immediately!
Otherwise, A-Train will conduct the handover ceremony!” Click.
The call ended abruptly, and at that moment, Kevin remembered what he needed to do today.
‘…Uh, it seems today is the first day Starlight joins The Seven…
I completely forgot about it.’ Thanks to his memories, Kevin realized that today was the day Starlight joined The Seven in the original story.
On this same day, the former member of The Seven, Lamplighter, officially retired.
However, Lamplighter did not show up.
The retirement and handover ceremony for the newcomer was supposed to be hosted by The Deep.
According to the schedule, The Deep should have already arrived at the venue to memorize his prepared speech.
But instead…
Kevin, who had just transmigrated, had completely forgotten about it.
‘I can’t be blamed for this.
Anyone who gets a Golden Finger would first need to study it a bit, uh…
but that’s not the problem right now…’ Kevin looked at himself in the mirror, then at the fine stubble shaved off by the razor, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Previously, he thought that The Deep just didn’t care about his appearance, which was why he had that ridiculous stubble on his chin.
But now that he thought about it, it was clear that Vought International, the company behind The Seven, wouldn’t just ignore the image of its superheroes.
In other words, The Deep’s image was carefully crafted by Vought.
And now, Kevin had completely ruined this carefully designed image.
‘Uh…
they…
should be able to accept my new look, right?’ Looking at himself in the mirror, now several times more attractive, Kevin was no longer so sure.
What should he do if he ruined the image created by the company’s top management on his very first day of work after transmigrating?
…
Tossing her phone onto the desk, the Vice President of Vought International, Madelyn, took a deep breath and asked her assistant, Ashley, who was sitting next to her.
“Where is that girl right now?” “I just spoke with her on the phone; she is almost here.” “When she arrives, have her go to the dressing room first, and then arrange a meeting with The Deep.
Also, delay the start of the ceremony a bit, show more commercials, and try to stall for time.” “Understood, I will go take care of it right away.” Ashley nodded repeatedly, picked up her briefcase, turned, and left Madelyn’s office to handle the arrangements.
After Ashley left, Madelyn gently massaged her temples to relieve her mental fatigue.
But although she looked very tired, she wasn’t actually angry at The Deep.
During her time working in the superhero department, Madelyn had grown used to the unpunctuality of these superheroes.
As for The Deep’s delays, it didn’t happen often, but it had occurred a few times.
Usually, it was due to intractable scheduling conflicts; she just didn’t know what the situation with The Deep was today.
Regarding The Deep, Madelyn still approved of him to some extent.
It wasn’t about his abilities, but rather that he was the most hassle-free person in The Seven, with the exception of Black Noir and Queen Maeve.
Compared to Lamplighter, who burned a federal investigator’s grandson to death, A-Train, who had just run a person to death, and the voyeurism-obsessed Translucent, The Deep, who only liked to chat with aquatic animals, had almost no flaws.
As for Homelander…
Madelyn didn’t want to comment much on him.
Scrolling through the current members of The Seven in her mind, Madelyn began to ponder what would happen after Starlight joined The Seven.
Lamplighter’s retirement was inevitable.
Over the past two years, he had increasingly lost touch with reality, and his popularity in The Seven had dropped to the lowest level, not even surpassing Black Noir’s.
It was quite reasonable for him to voluntarily request retirement.
As it happened, after his retirement, a sweet young girl took his place.
Starlight, Annie January, a rookie superhero full of dreams about superheroes, radiating the vitality and youthful energy that a young girl should possess.
It reminded Madelyn of Queen Maeve in the old days.
When Queen Maeve was first recruited, she was like Starlight: she had a positive attitude toward everything and carried out her superhero duties with full enthusiasm.
She didn’t know when it started, but she had become a slacker at work.
Besides the mandatory tasks assigned by the company, she didn’t care about anything else.
Knock-knock-knock— While Madelyn was lost in thought, there was a knock on the door.
She casually said, “Come in.” The person outside pushed the door open and entered, and immediately afterward, The Deep’s voice rang out.
“Ahem, Madelyn, is there anything I need to do?” The Deep’s tone seemed a bit strange, but Madelyn didn’t pay much attention to it.
Handing over the prepared speech, she said.
“You finally arrived.
Quickly memorize this script, and then go meet the new girl…
What the Fuck?!
What is wrong with you?!” As Madelyn spoke, she looked up and, seeing how The Deep looked now, couldn’t hold back and blurted out a curse.
The Deep was still wearing the dark green scaly hero suit designed for him by the company, and his physique hadn’t changed.
But when her gaze focused on his face, she saw a completely obvious difference.
His chin, originally covered in stubble, was now smooth, without a single hair.
That was exactly why Madelyn had blurted out that curse.