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Inside Vought's special interrogation room, Ghost's parents and Ghost were talking face to face.
Kevin sat outside the interrogation room, watching them chat through the glass, and finally confirmed that the Ghost in front of him was indeed not the Ghost from his world.
She was the Ghost from Worldline A.
That is, World A, where nothing had been changed and everything was still proceeding according to the original plotline.
In Ghost's world, she learned about Compound V and decided to retaliate with her friends against the parents who had turned them into their current state and then discarded them like trash.
After dealing with one 'enemy' of her friends after another, Ghost, with the help of her friends, successfully killed her father.
However, just as she was about to strike her mother and completely end everything, Vought's people arrived in time.
They, along with Homelander, killed all of her friends.
Or rather, Homelander alone 'executed' all of them.
Only she remained, escaping due to her own abilities.
Vought didn't bother with her either, since Vought couldn't control spirits, and Ghost herself couldn't touch anything.
It should have been like that.
But just as Ghost drilled into the ground, preparing to escape, her eyes suddenly lit up, and when she opened them again, she appeared in front of Kevin.
It was as if she had been teleported there by someone.
"You really don't remember how you got here?"
After Ghost and her parents finished talking, Kevin met with Ghost alone and asked questions.
Ghost shook her head:
"…I don't remember, I'm not sure, my head is a mess right now."
Suddenly learning about Compound V, gathering friends within a few days to take revenge on their respective parents.
After finally succeeding in revenge, her friends were all killed by Homelander, leaving only herself.
She had planned to find a way to go back and kill her mother after escaping, but in the blink of an eye, she ended up in another world that was both similar and different.
Having experienced so many things in just a few days, Ghost's mind was incredibly chaotic right now, unable to sort out a complete thought.
Seeing that Ghost couldn't say anything, Kevin didn't force her and changed the subject:
"Then do you still remember what happened in your world?"
Kevin was very curious now about how far the plot had progressed in the other Black Robe Worldlines.
Ghost looked up at Kevin, then lowered her head, remaining silent.
Kevin wasn't in a hurry and waited patiently.
After about ten minutes, Ghost slowly spoke:
"…Are you Deep?
"Yes, probably not quite like the one in your impression, right?"
"Hmm, the Deep I remember left The Seven because he sexually harassed Starlight and hasn't been heard from in a long time."
Ghost recounted the experiences of Deep in another world.
Kevin nodded, not surprised by anything she said, then asked:
"What about the others? Like Starlight, whom you mentioned?"
"Starlight… she's very famous recently, released a song, and shot a lot of commercials, though I don't really like her new uniform."
"What about the others?"
"Homelander, Black Noir, and A-Train are all still the same, not much has changed, but I heard The Seven added a popular newcomer named Storm, though I haven't paid much attention to her."
"Has Homelander been involved in any public opinion controversies?"
Kevin continued to press.
Ghost tilted her head, thought for a moment, and finally shook her head:
"I haven't heard of any public opinion."
It seems that the timeline over there is slightly ahead of this one.
It's after Storm joined, before Homelander killed Super Villains and accidentally killed civilians, thus falling into public opinion controversy.
However, the timelines on both sides are generally consistent; at least the matter of Compound V has been exposed.
Having confirmed the progress of the other timeline, Kevin then returned to the original topic, saying:
"Alright, I generally know what's going on over there. So now, back to the beginning, before you came to this world, did you have any… special discoveries?"
"I don't know."
Ghost shook her head, and then, perhaps afraid Kevin wouldn't believe her, she continued to add:
"I really don't know. Homelander… after Homelander killed my friends, I just… I just escaped, and then I came here. This is my experience; besides that, I really don't know anything."
As Ghost spoke, she covered her face and began to cry bitterly:
"Really… I really don't know why this happened. We weren't wrong, were we? My friends weren't wrong either!
"If it weren't for them… those irresponsible parents, we wouldn't have become like this! But why… oh… God…"
Ghost cried, her tears leaving the corners of her eyes, scattering into the void, and finally dissipating into the air.
Ghost's ability made her a person of another dimension; nothing about her could affect the world where people currently existed.
Including tears.
And that wasn't the worst part.
Although she had become a ghost, she could still feel hunger, but she couldn't eat anything, living in hunger every day.
Having endured so much pain, it was understandable that Ghost would hate her parents.
Kevin didn't want to criticize her, nor did he want to lecture her from a moral standpoint.
He simply waited patiently for Ghost to stop crying and helped her find a Psychiatrist for counseling.
As for Kevin himself, while he continued to have Vought investigate the missing Supes, he called in the current manager of Red River Institute and had her bring the files of the missing Supe orphans.
Before this, Kevin thought he had paid enough attention to these orphans.
He improved the welfare of these orphans in the orphanage, patiently arranged psychological counseling for them, helped them understand their current situation, and at the same time, prepared methods to eliminate Supe abilities.
These preparations were not useless.
In fact, many orphans within Red River now chose to stay and did not participate in this revenge operation.
Even if they got their parents' addresses, they didn't act but stayed obediently in the orphanage.
But this was still not enough.
The pain brought by their trash superpowers was not only psychological but also physical.
For example, Hydro-Man, who could turn himself into water but couldn't move, or 'Slow Motion,' whose every action was incredibly slow.
There was also 'Human Tongue,' who was born without bones, like a giant tongue; all her actions could only be completed by others, and like Hydro-Man, she was completely dependent.
Besides these, there were many more trash Supes.
Their existence told Kevin that Compound V brought not only the obvious Superheroes but also these innocent ones who struggled even to survive.
Flipping through the files of these Supe orphans, Kevin sighed and left Vought to come to The Woods again.
Previously, Kevin hadn't paid as much attention to the development of Compound V because Vought's research team really couldn't develop an 'antidote' for Compound V now.
But now Kevin felt that he could actually push them a bit more.
People, if they aren't pushed, will never know their potential.
Kevin thought so and urged Vought's research team, but Cardosa said that this was truly not a problem that could be solved by urging and coercion.
"…Boss, unless you call out the founder of Compound V now, we really can't speed up."
Cardosa looked bitter.
Kevin was an amateur; he thought that with research, if you had people, money, and a template for the drug, you could develop a serum to reverse its effects in a short time.
But sometimes, having people, money, and a template doesn't necessarily solve everything.
It still lacks a little bit of seemingly ordinary but actually very difficult to obtain inspiration.
And sometimes, scientific research is just missing that one bit of inspiration.
Whether there is inspiration or not, whether there is luck or not, the final result is vastly different.
Cardosa was not a genius; his ability to create Compound V was already an incredible achievement, and that was based on the experience of his predecessors.
Now, in a short time, he truly couldn't produce a 'Compound V' that would deactivate Compound V.
"Is there really no other way?"
Kevin, the research amateur, asked reluctantly.
Cardosa shook his head like a rattle drum:
"Like I said, unless you can call out the founder of Compound V, or the geniuses from science fiction works, otherwise… there's really no way in a short time…"
"Wait, what did you just say?"
As soon as Cardosa finished speaking, Kevin had a flash of inspiration, caught some information, and quickly asked.
Cardosa was puzzled; he thought his voice should have been quite loud just now… But at the boss's request, he still repeated it:
"I said, unless you call out the founder of Compound V, or the geniuses from science fiction works…"
"F***!!!"
"?"
Cardosa hadn't finished speaking when Kevin's cursing left him full of questions.
He almost thought he had said something that angered Kevin.
But before Cardosa could ask, he saw Kevin leave The Woods in a hurry, just as he had arrived.
Kevin's angry curse just now wasn't directed at Cardosa; it was directed at Kevin himself.
The founder of Compound V was dead; Kevin certainly couldn't bring him back to explain the creation principles of Compound V.
But the geniuses from science fiction works, Kevin could get them!
Stark from the Marvel World, Hulk Banner, weren't they all geniuses in this field!
Especially Banner, he was a doctor in biology! If it were him, he could definitely develop 'Compound V'!
But Kevin had never thought of asking them for help!
Because his idea had always been that what happened in one world should be solved in that world; except for dealing with Ultron, Kevin had never thought of using the power of other worlds to help him solve problems in another world.
His thinking was limited, which was why it took him until now to remember to ask for help from these Marvel World geniuses.
"It seems this time I'll really be staying in the Marvel World for a long time… Oh, right, I'll take Annie with me for a day and see if I can find a way to improve her strength."
Having decided to temporarily return to the Marvel World to solve the Compound V problem, Kevin then thought of his girlfriend, Annie.
Annie had previously said she wanted to visit other universes, but Kevin's skill points were too tight before, so he couldn't afford to take Annie to another world.
But now, with the daily increase of one skill point, plus some occasional 'side income,' Kevin's skill points were rapidly expanding.
Although there was still a long way to go from level six to level seven in terms of skill points, taking someone to another world for a day or two was no problem.
Moreover, Annie's current strength compared to Kevin was indeed too, too weak.
Kevin didn't expect Annie to become incredibly strong, but at least in the future, when Kevin faced trouble, she should have the ability to protect herself.
At the very least, the restriction of 'only being able to use abilities when there's electricity nearby' needed to be removed.
Her hero name was 'Starlight,' but she needed electricity nearby to emit starlight; that ability was too lame.
"Just think of it as relaxing, going on a trip."
Having decided on his next itinerary, Kevin murmured to himself.
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