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The other end of the portal connected to the small house where Butcher and The Boys were hiding.
When Kevin returned, The Boys, who were gathered around the sofa watching TV, all stood up and looked at him warily.
Only Butcher, he walked calmly up to Kevin, looked him up and down, and smiled:
"Nice job. I really didn't think you could actually kill Homelander."
"There's a lot you haven't thought of yet. Alright, now that I've helped you take down Homelander, as per our earlier agreement, hand Hughie over to me for now."
Kevin came here to claim his 'reward'.
Everything in this The Boys world was already settled. Next, Kevin would begin to deal with the problem of intersecting parallel worlds.
For this, he had to return to his own world first to handle things there, only then could he confidently proceed with his own matters.
And to go back, Hughie's existence was crucial. Although Kevin could find his own world from the parallel worlds with a bit of time, he was short on time now.
So if Butcher didn't hand Hughie over to Kevin this time, Kevin would really lose his temper.
Fortunately, Butcher was very sensible this time.
Under Kevin's death stare, Butcher turned to look at Hughie.
Hughie stepped forward. Starlight, who was beside him, grabbed him, wanting to say something, but Hughie interrupted her beforehand:
"It's alright, Annie."
After speaking, Hughie came before Kevin.
Butcher then said, "He's all yours."
It seemed they had already discussed it before coming, so when Kevin asked for Hughie, they let Hughie step forward with almost no hesitation.
Butcher's attitude pleased Kevin. He nodded at Butcher, then looked at Hughie and said to him:
"Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you."
To ensure everything was foolproof, Kevin decided to take Hughie to the Marvel World for a Compound V injection.
If something really went wrong with Hughie in this world, at least Kevin could use the Time Stone to restore Hughie's condition.
Without further ado, after getting Hughie's consent, Kevin immediately took Hughie to the Marvel World to inject Compound V and turn Hughie into a Supe.
After Kevin and Hughie left, Starlight said to Butcher:
"I can't believe you just let Hughie go with him like that??"
"What else? Anger him and let him squash us into meat paste like he did Homelander? Don't be silly, girl, he's not an opponent we can deal with. He's not like any other Supe. You saw it on TV. Do you think we can handle him?"
"But even so..."
"Alright, Hughie has already left with him. All we can do now is pray that he gets his superpowers safely. Just stay quiet."
After Butcher finished speaking, he turned to Mother's Milk: "Marvin, get ready later. With such a big incident at the hearing, we're going to be busy."
Hughie's matter was not important now.
Although Butcher didn't understand Kevin, he understood that Kevin's promise should be valid. If he said he wouldn't let anything happen to Hughie, then nothing would happen.
Compared to this, the hearing was more important.
...
Bringing Hughie to the Marvel World and injecting Compound V, Hughie indeed gained the exact same abilities as the Hughie from the other world.
That is, teleportation.
As soon as Hughie gained teleportation, Kevin immediately took him back to the The Boys world, trying to have him take him back across.
Only...
But after Kevin made the jump, he was surprised to find that the place he and Hughie landed was not their previous world.
...No way?
Since the time in the The Boys world was paused, Kevin should, in theory, return to where he jumped from.
When they jumped back, they should definitely be at The Boys' secret hideout.
However... the place they were in now was an uninhabited ruin.
But Kevin quickly realized that there seemed to be nothing wrong with his landing spot; the problem was the time.
From the faintly visible arrangements in the ruins, this should indeed be The Boys' hideout, but from the dust and cobwebs covering the ground, it had been a long time since anyone had been there.
This gave Kevin a very bad premonition.
"Hughie, wait for me here for a moment. I'll go out and take a look."
"Is... is something wrong?"
"Nah, what could be wrong? It's just a small issue, nothing. Just wait for me."
Although he already understood that he might have come to the wrong world again, to prevent Hughie from panicking too much, Kevin chose to temporarily conceal it and wait until he had a clear understanding of this world's state before saying anything.
He created a Mirror Dimension and temporarily placed Hughie inside.
Only then did Kevin push open the rusted iron gate of The Boys' hideout and leave the stronghold.
And when he left the stronghold and saw the scenery outside, he was completely stunned.
"Holy shit...!"
Even Kevin, with all his experience, couldn't help but exclaim.
What lay before Kevin now was a completely abandoned urban ruin.
Glass was shattered in the tall buildings, concrete exposed from the structures, covered in dust.
The roads were full of abandoned vehicles, and in some vehicles, human skeletons could still be seen. The normally white bones were covered in grayish-brown dust, and some skulls even had weeds growing out of them.
The entire city seemed deserted, with no signs of life whatsoever.
This made Kevin realize that he had arrived in a post-apocalyptic The Boys world.
"What kind of disaster could turn the world into this...?"
Kevin frowned in thought.
Out of curiosity about this world, he didn't immediately take Hughie back but instead walked down the street to explore.
He wanted to see what was going on in this world, and it would be best if he could find a living person to ask.
However, from the current situation, it seemed there were no living people in this world at all.
At least in Kevin's perception, he didn't sense any life.
It was as if the species in this world had gone extinct.
After exploring the streets for an unknown amount of time, suddenly, signs of life appeared in Kevin's perception.
About a few kilometers from here, there were a few living beings moving in one direction.
Confirming the presence of living beings, Kevin immediately opened a portal and appeared before them, seeing the life forms searching for food in the ruins.
Unfortunately, they weren't humans, but a few wild dogs.
Their bodies were also covered in dust, and their emaciated appearance proved they had been hungry for a long time. When Kevin saw them, they also saw Kevin.
"Howl—!!!"
Perhaps mistaking Kevin for food, the leading wild dog, which looked like a leader, let out a howl like a wolf, as if giving a command.
"Tsk, if an ordinary person encountered you, they probably would become your food, but unfortunately, you encountered... me... WTF...?!!"
Initially, when he saw a few starving wild dogs charging at him, Kevin had no emotional reaction whatsoever.
After all, let alone a few wild dogs, even if a few Homelander appeared before Kevin, he would just smile slightly, completely unfazed.
But... when the leading wild dog's eyes emitted blue lasers, Kevin's mindset changed.
Why the heck can a dog's eyes shoot lasers!?
This is a Supe... no, this is a Super Animal!?
Even animals in this world have superpowers!?
Before Kevin could even be surprised, the blue laser emitted by the dog had already shot towards him.
After a half-second of silence, Kevin drew a circle with his left hand, creating a portal, and with his right hand, created a Mirror Dimension, encompassing all the wolves in front of him.
A portal appeared, and the laser dog's attack passed through the portal, then hit one of its subordinates.
If it were an ordinary wild dog, this laser would surely cut it in half.
But clearly, a subordinate dog capable of being led by the laser wild dog leader was definitely no ordinary wild dog.
The emitted blue laser hit the wild dog's body, but only knocked it away.
Bang!
The wild dog, knocked away by the laser, crashed into a car frame in the distance, making a dull sound.
It sounded like it had taken a hard fall, but in only two seconds, the wild dog shook its head and got up from the ground, charging at Kevin again.
Good heavens, this was also a Superpowered dog!
A laser dog, a copper-skinned, iron-boned dog, and another one that looked like a very fast speed dog—three wild dogs, whose strength differences were completely unclear, formed a triangular assault, opening their bloodthirsty mouths towards Kevin.
"Hmm… one research sample is enough. You'll do. Your vitality seems quite strong."
Facing the three wild dogs that had already entered Kevin's Mirror Dimension but were still unaware, Kevin considered for a moment, preparing to kill two and leave one.
The dog with laser eyes didn't seem to have very strong physical durability, and the other fast dog also had low physical durability.
On the contrary, the dog that was hit by the laser just now had slightly higher physical durability than the other two wild dogs.
More importantly, it seemed to have a slight healing ability and looked quite resilient. Kevin decided to keep it as a research subject.
As for the remaining two…
Kevin was starting to crave dog meat.
Thinking of this, Kevin manipulated the Mirror Dimension, closing the distance between himself and the wild dogs. Then, a blue magical disc appeared in his hand, its sharp edges striking at the two dogs in the lead.
Swish, swish—
With a swift motion, one strike, one kill.
In the blink of an eye, the heads of the two wild dogs were completely severed by Kevin and fell to the ground.
The last remaining wild dog was bound tightly with a magical rope by Kevin and thrown onto the ground.
"This world is too crazy…"
After dealing with the Supe dogs, Kevin frowned as he looked at the remaining wild dog.
He didn't know what was going on in this world yet, but even animals possessing Supe abilities was enough to show how crazy this world was.
It was probably Vought in this world behind it.
They weren't satisfied with creating Supervillains; they also wanted to create Supe monsters, aiming to make their Supes completely dominate this world.
However, from the current situation, they should have failed, otherwise this world wouldn't have turned out this way.
"Now, how should I deal with you…"
Kevin half-crouched beside the only surviving wild dog, hesitating on how to handle this Supe dog.
But soon, he heard the sound of a motorcycle approaching.
This made Kevin somewhat surprised.
Because Kevin hadn't sensed any life within several kilometers of the area before, so where did the motorcycle sound come from now?
Shifting his gaze from the wild dog, Kevin looked up into the distance.
He saw a figure wearing a gray hazmat suit and a gas mask, who appeared to be female based on her physique, riding a motorcycle towards them.
In just over ten seconds, the woman riding the motorcycle had already arrived beside Kevin.
She had a backpack slung over her shoulder, and a shotgun hanging by the motorcycle.
When the motorcycle stopped in front of Kevin, she immediately picked up the shotgun beside her, aimed it at Kevin, and sternly asked:
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
The woman's voice sounded somewhat hoarse, making it impossible to determine her age from her voice.
Kevin glanced at the wild dog at his feet, then at the woman, and suddenly reached out his hand. The magical rope, moving too fast for the woman to react, quickly pulled the shotgun from her hand.
Immediately after, Kevin aimed the gun at the woman, a smile on his face:
"Alright, now it's my turn to ask. Who are you, and how did you appear here?"
"…"
The woman wearing the gas mask instinctively raised her hands in a gesture of surrender. She silently looked at Kevin, then at the Supe dog at Kevin's feet, and replied in a muffled voice:
"...My name is Emma Meyer, one of the few survivors in this city."
"You know I'm not asking about that. Where were you hiding just now? Why didn't I discover you?"
Kevin raised the muzzle of the gun slightly.
Being able to evade Kevin's perception, this Emma was clearly also a Supe, though he didn't know what her Supe ability was.
"I was just hiding in that building over there, do you see it? The former Vought Tower. There's a relatively intact facility underground, and I was hiding there."
"Madam, to be honest, I have a Supe ability that allows me to perceive the inside of buildings, and I didn't discover you just now."
"...I see... I think I understand what you're asking."
Hearing this, Emma immediately understood. She explained:
"You were probably looking for humans like me, or perhaps animals like it? But I guess you didn't carefully observe the insects under your feet."
Kevin's eyes flashed.
That's right, because insects are everywhere, Kevin didn't pay attention and simply ignored them.
Of course, insects at his feet couldn't escape Kevin's perception, but distant insects, miles away from here, Kevin certainly couldn't observe them carefully.
His perception ability was strong, but the more detailed the perception, the more energy it consumed. Kevin couldn't constantly pay attention to something as small as an insect.
So that means…
"I'm a Supe, just like you. And my ability is to shrink. I usually stay in a shrunken form to conserve resources, which is why you didn't see me just now."
Emma replied earnestly.
A shrinking Supe ability?
Wait, what did she just say her name was? Emma??
Kevin then remembered that the woman in front of him had just introduced herself as Emma Meyer.
Because Emma is a common name, Kevin had found it familiar just now but hadn't paid too much attention.
But now that he knew her ability, Kevin realized that the woman in front of him also seemed to be an important character in the The Boys world.
Cricket Woman from The Boys spin-off, Gen V, has that name.
"You just said your name was Emma?"
"Yes."
"Then do you know… Cate and Luke?"
Kevin tentatively spoke the two names.
Then he saw Emma freeze completely. A few seconds later, she asked with a slightly excited tone:
"You… you're also a Godolkin University student?!"
"You could say that, at least I used to be."
Knowing Emma's identity, Kevin put away the shotgun and tossed it to Emma:
"But now, that identity doesn't seem to matter anymore, Emma. Now I need you to tell me exactly what happened in your world. This is very important."
"Wait… what do you mean by 'our world'?"
"Because I'm not from this world. To put it in a sci-fi way, I'm a time traveler, do you understand?"
Kevin revealed his identity without concealment.
Anyway, he had nothing to hide on this point.
And as expected, upon hearing Kevin's identity, Emma was stunned for a long time before uttering a single syllable from her mouth:
"…Huh?"
Her brain had crashed.
…
Inside Vought Tower.
The underground research facility, once considered top secret by Vought, had now become an abandoned place accessible to anyone.
Emma led Kevin through a special passage, and after several turns, she stopped in front of a seemingly intact piece of equipment.
That equipment seemed to be a disinfection device. The disinfection device had two exits, one outside and one inside.
Emma stood in front of the disinfection device and said to Kevin:
"Although you seem immune to the virus, it's still better to disinfect yourself."
"Virus? What virus?"
"A virus that can kill Supes."
"Oh, no wonder you're wearing a gas mask."
Kevin then understood why Emma was wearing a hazmat suit and a gas mask.
It seemed that in this The Boys world, the air was full of viruses that could kill Supes.
He glanced at the disinfection device, sensing the disinfectant liquid inside, and Kevin frowned slightly.
To be honest, he didn't like being sprayed all over with such an unpleasant substance, and Kevin didn't believe any virus could invade his current body.
However, to reassure Emma, he still didn't refuse and followed Emma into the disinfection device.
Hiss—
The disinfection device extended nozzles from all directions and corners, and a disinfectant liquid with a peculiar smell turned into a spray, enveloping the entire disinfection room.
After about a minute, Emma opened the door on the other side and led Kevin inside.
Once they returned to her living quarters, Emma finally took off her gas mask and turned to Kevin, saying:
"Welcome to the apocalypse, traveler from a parallel world."
As she spoke, a self-mocking smile appeared on her no longer young face.
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