Underwater, not only had Kevin’s physical abilities improved, but his hearing and vision had also enhanced to some extent.
Thanks to his vision, he could see everything clearly in the dim depths of the sea.
His hearing was capable of picking up any sound within a radius of several miles.
However, only in the water.
If Kevin followed the ocean currents, he could hear even further.
Therefore, even while underwater, Kevin clearly heard cries for help coming from the surface of the ocean in the distance.
Hearing the cries, Kevin hesitated for a moment and then quickly swam toward the source of the sound.
Kevin didn’t consider himself a superhero and would never do anything that required self-sacrifice.
But if he encountered someone he could save within his capabilities, Kevin probably wouldn’t refuse.
Hearing someone calling for help in the ocean, Kevin immediately swam to the scene, intending to assess the situation first before deciding what to do next.
The cries for help came from not far from where Kevin was.
After all, Kevin’s underwater hearing range was only a few miles, a distance he could cover in no more than half a minute, given his swimming speed underwater.
Arriving at the scene underwater, Kevin realized that something was wrong.
Initially, he thought someone had accidentally fallen overboard and didn’t know how to swim, hence the cries for help on the surface.
But in reality…
“Don’t let her get away!” “We already caught the one over there, don’t let this one go either!
If you have to, just kill her!” “No…
don’t!
Don’t kill me!!
Help!!” The cruel voices of men and the screams of women echoed under a small boat.
A woman in torn clothes was swimming for her life toward the brightly lit coastal city.
Behind her, a fishing vessel shone a spotlight directly on her.
On board was a group of men who clearly looked like thugs, with tattooed arms, holding firearms and aiming at the fleeing woman below.
Kevin watched all of this from underwater and, noticing many other poorly dressed foreigners on the boat who looked like refugees, guessed what was going happening.
Human trafficking…
and specifically, human trafficking using ‘illegal immigration’ as a pretext to smuggle foreigners.
This group of men must be a New York gang.
“…This doesn’t look like a normal accident.
Can I just leave?
After all, they have guns.” Kevin muttered to himself.
If it were an ordinary case of someone falling into the water, Kevin could rush to the rescue and boost his popularity.
But this case involved a gang, and the other side had weapons.
Although Kevin was confident that his defensive capabilities should be on par with Starlight’s, making him invulnerable to regular firearms, even powerful sniper rifles shouldn’t be effective against him.
But since he had never tested it before, Kevin still felt a little uncertain.
Following his previous mindset, he should immediately turn around and leave, leaving this matter to those who were supposed to handle it, like the police or the FBI.
But looking at the familiar faces on board, Kevin couldn’t help but sigh.
‘After all, I am a superhero.
Today, I will do what a superhero should do.’ After a brief observation of the personnel above, Kevin began his operation.
He hid underwater, and just as the men above were about to shoot the fleeing woman, he pulled her straight underwater and covered her mouth and nose to keep her from suffocating.
Two seconds later, Kevin, carrying the woman in his arms, arrived at the stern of the boat.
First, he brought the gasping woman onto the deck, and then immediately incapacitated the two armed men at the stern.
His incredible strength and speed prevented the two guys at the stern from reacting before Kevin knocked them out.
At the same time, the weapons in their hands were crushed by Kevin’s brute force.
“Wait…
that’s!
That is The Deep!!” Kevin, wearing his hero suit, stood under the boat’s lights, and the gangsters quickly recognized him.
One of them pointed at Kevin and shouted, while the illegal immigrants looked at him in terror.
They were all foreigners and didn’t seem to recognize The Deep, nor did they understand what the gangsters were shouting.
Seeing that the people had recognized him, Kevin put his hands on his hips, struck a standard superhero pose, and said.
“It seems you all know me, which makes things much easier.
Now put down your weapons and surrender.
I guarantee you will not be harmed.” “The Deep?
You…
you can’t touch us!
We…
we are backed by Homelander…” One of them suddenly stepped forward, pointing at Kevin as if about to say something.
But upon hearing the word ‘Homelander’ from this person, Kevin’s expression instantly changed.
He rushed up to the man with incredible speed, grabbed his mouth with one hand, and stifled all subsequent words.
“?!” Kevin’s sudden action shocked the remaining gangsters.
They instinctively aimed their firearms at him, pointing the muzzles of their guns right at his head.
Glancing at the guns in the gangsters’ hands, Kevin sighed softly and whispered to the man in his hands, who was clearly the leader.
“Why did you mention Homelander?” “Mmmph!?” “What a pity.
I didn’t want to kill anyone.” Saying these words, Kevin slightly flicked his fingers.
Following his movement, ripples spread across the surface of the water near the boat.
Water droplets rose from the surface, gathering in the air and forming transparent water arrows.
The water arrows hovered behind the gangsters’ heads, aiming at their vital points where they couldn’t see.
Including the two Kevin had previously stunned, all ten gang members on the boat were now targeted by the water arrows.
“Fire!!” “Tsk.” Kevin had hesitated for a long time about whether to act, but when someone suddenly opened fire and pulled the trigger, Kevin stopped hesitating.
Bullets flew from the barrels, hit Kevin, and were subsequently deflected by his thick skin.
His level 4 superhuman physical attributes allowed him to withstand most conventional weapons, which didn’t surprise Kevin.
Simultaneously with their attack, Kevin controlled the water arrows, hitting the weakest spots on the back of the opponents’ heads.
Swish— With an almost perfectly synchronized sound, the water arrows pierced the back of the gangsters’ heads.
In an instant, all the gang members were killed by Kevin’s water arrows.
Having committed murder for the first time in this or his past life, Kevin struggled to calm himself down, but surprisingly, he didn’t feel nauseous, only slightly uncomfortable.
‘Don’t blame me.
Who told you to mention Homelander?’ Kevin muttered to himself.
He hadn’t wanted to kill anyone, but since these guys mentioned Homelander, it proved their connection to him.
Remembering the original plot where Homelander secretly leaked Compound V and used people for experiments, Kevin realized he had likely stumbled into trouble.
There was no choice.
So that Homelander wouldn’t find out he was aware of this matter, Kevin had to kill them.
In any case, once this situation settled down and no evidence was left, as long as Kevin stuck to his story that he was simply doing routine crime-fighting work, Homelander couldn’t do anything to him.
After all, what Homelander was doing would never see the light of day anyway.
Right now…
“Ship ahead!
Everyone, please drop your weapons!
I repeat!
Please drop your weapons!!” The marine patrol police arrived just in time.
Kevin dropped the corpse he was holding in his hand, raised his hands in the light of numerous spotlights, remaining calm and even maintaining a professional smile.
It seemed he wouldn’t have to clean up the mess alone.