Even though he was using abilities from the star sea beast clan, they had nothing to do with water.
But suspicion doesn’t require evidence after all; it only takes a reason for someone to point the finger at you.
When that happens, a bunch of nonsense will come knocking.
Although he wasn’t afraid, there would definitely be trouble.
“It looks like I need an extra layer of insurance,” Su Kai muttered.
“It would be best to have a scapegoat.”
He cast his gaze once more toward the information fed back by the Void Jellyfish.
Stowaways…
Vought has their files…
and after these people enter the country, it’s like they vanish into thin air…
“What if I impersonated one of these stowaways and used their identity to mess with Vought?”
Once this thought emerged, it couldn’t be stopped.
People that Vought smuggled in themselves, turning around to mess with Vought—how interesting would that be?
Even if they were investigated in the end, Vought would first suspect that one of the stowaways they controlled internally had gone rogue.
There’s no way they would ever link it to him, “The Deep.”
A perfect smokescreen.
“Let’s do it!”
Su Kai was instantly energized.
“Jellyfish, from the detected stowaway records, filter for targets that meet the following criteria:
First, male, adult.
Second, ability manifestations related to ‘rock,’ ‘armor,’ ‘hardening,’ ‘strength,’ or other physical enhancement types.
Third, recent activity records, but with a relatively hidden identity; preferably someone who acts while ‘masked.’
Fourth, Vought has a relatively detailed file on him.”
That’s right, he needed to find a guy who looked similar to his “Black Heavy Armor” armed form.
Using that person’s identity to cause trouble would be absolutely seamless.
The Void Jellyfish began searching again.
Massive amounts of vague stowaway data, sporadic reports from border patrol teams, and even some mercenary information from the underground black market were cross-referenced.
One minute later, a target was locked, and the file information was extracted and successfully presented in Su Kai’s mind.
[Target locked.]
[Codename: Stone Armor.]
[Gender: Male.]
[Age: Approximately 30-35 years old.]
[Origin: Suspected Eastern Europe, “Grey Wolf” smuggling group, entered via the Quebec section of the Canadian border 23 days ago.]
[Ability description: Can stimulate the generation of a hard, granite-like substance layer on the body surface, covering the entire body and providing extremely strong physical defense and strength amplification.
Operates as a masked independent agent in his normal state.]
[Latest activity record: One week ago, Rochester, New York; suspected of involvement in a warehouse robbery.
Surveillance captured a blurry, rock-like humanoid silhouette, but he was not apprehended.]
[Vought internal associated file: Exists.
File number VT-S-7742, confidentiality level: Level 3 (Restricted).
File notes: Potential recruitment/observation target, ability stability pending evaluation, displays violent tendencies.]
[Image reference: No clear facial imagery available yet; usually wears dark casual clothing during operations, wears a black hood, body surface covered in a grayish-white rock layer.]
“Rock armor…
masked…
violent tendencies…”
The more Su Kai looked, the more satisfied he became.
“Good, good, good, you’re the one!”
This “Stone Armor” was practically a tailor-made scapegoat for him.
The abilities looked similar, the style of operation was similar (masked, robbing things), and he was even a “problematic subject” already marked by Vought.
Using this identity to mess with Vought, their first reaction would surely be spectacular.
“Did that ‘Stone Armor’ we smuggled in go rogue?
Or was he utilized by a competitor?”
Those Vought executives would never imagine that it was a “loser” who had long been banished to Ohio to diligently watch the sea who was pulling the strings.
“That settles it.”
Su Kai snapped his fingers.
Next, it was a matter of how to “borrow” this identity to use.
First, he had to find out where this “Stone Armor” was right now.
Otherwise, if two “Stone Armors” appeared at inconsistent times and places, anyone with a sharp eye would know something was wrong.
“Jellyfish, continuously scan the network and energy fluctuations.
Focus on any stirrings related to the codename ‘Stone Armor’—black market news, mercenary information, and whether there are any new orders regarding him inside Vought.
Don’t miss a single thing.”
Su Kai leaned back on the sofa and issued the order to the phantom of the Void Jellyfish floating beside him.
“Tell me immediately as soon as you find anything.”
[Order confirmed.
Continuous monitoring initiated.
Analyzing potential movement trajectories and locking onto clear signs will take time; estimated 12-24 hours.]
The core light point of the Void Jellyfish flickered steadily, feeding back clear information.
“Alright, keep an eye on it.”
Su Kai waved his hand, and after the Void Jellyfish’s phantom gradually faded, it slowly merged into the necklace at his neck, leaving behind only a faint blue light.
He leaned back and stared at the ceiling.
Finding “Stone Armor” wasn’t something to rush; he had to wait for the jellyfish to fish this guy out of the sea of data.
But while waiting, he started pondering other things.
It was mainly the experience of chasing the “rat” just now, and all the running back and forth beforehand, that made him feel slightly annoyed.
“Running on two legs is truly f*cking tiring,” Su Kai muttered.
“It’s fast enough in the water, but I can’t exactly go looking for a river everywhere I go, right?
Wouldn’t that make me the real Aquaman?”
His overall mobility was honestly a bit pathetic.
Anyone who plays video games knows that heroes without mobility skills are very easy to kite.
His current situation was about the same.
The Black Heavy Armor had top-tier defense, and the Nether Blade was satisfying to hack people with, but his methods for running away and chasing people relied mainly on brute force and pushing through with Star Energy.
It wasn’t elegant enough, and the efficiency wasn’t high enough.
If his mobility had been a bit stronger, he wouldn’t have been intercepted in advance by a mere “rat,” nor would he have spent so long chasing it.
This made Su Kai feel very annoyed.
“System.”
He immediately called out in his mind.
[Present.]
“My current movement ability is a bit lacking; running on two legs all the time isn’t a sustainable solution.
Do you have any…
races that can make my mobility faster?
Flying, tunneling, short-range teleportation—anything works.”
As soon as he finished speaking, a large light screen popped up in front of him with a swish.
It was densely packed with 3D images and brief information on various star sea beast clans, hundreds of them, making him dazzled.
“Holy crap, so many?”
Su Kai sat up straight in surprise.
[According to the host’s request, 247 star sea beast clan entries related to “high-speed movement” and “mobility enhancement” have been filtered.
Below are some high-match recommendations.]
The system’s voice fell, and the images on the light screen rotated and filtered rapidly, finally settling on the images of three of the most representative beast clans.
In the first image was a giant eagle with extremely smooth lines, as if forged from metal and gale winds.
It had a silver-gray streamlined body, a wide wingspan, the edges of its feathers glowing with a faint cyan light, and eagle eyes as sharp as lightning.