Chapter 134 Edgar Exits

Edgar had not yet recovered from the shock of his ineffective means.

He stared blankly at Kevin taking the ‘insurance’ from his hand, and after a while he said:

“…What did you find in the [woods]?”

He did not believe the fact that Kevin was no longer a superhuman, which was too incredible for the people in the black robe world.

On the contrary, Kevin found means to deal with these ‘insurances’ in the woods, which was more reasonable and credible.

Perhaps it was some hidden information, or perhaps it was a new means developed by Cardoza.

Or perhaps it was something else.

Compared with the explanation of ‘not being a superhuman’, Edgar’s guess was more in line with common sense.

What else could the answer be?

Is there really a superpower in this world who can be born without Compound No. 5?

Or is Kevin really some kind of sea god?

How could there be such an outrageous thing in this world!

"Since you think so, then let's do it."

Kevin didn't intend to convince Edgar that he was not a superhuman. After all, he had already decided to let Edgar leave. What the other party thought was his own business.

Hearing Kevin's "admission", Edgar's emotions calmed down again.

Even in this situation, he could maintain the minimum calmness and continue to negotiate with Kevin:

"So what you want is the control of the Water Group? But with this method, other senior executives of the group will not agree with you, and... without me, you can't control Water for long, believe me, this is the truth."

"Of course I believe you, sir, for Water, you are indeed indispensable."

"In this case, then we still have something to talk about, Deep Sea."

"No, I think it's the opposite. Our conversation is over."

Kevin said to Edgar with regret, and then clapped his hands gently.

With the sound of Kevin's clapping, the door was pushed open, and a person who had been waiting outside pushed the door in.

When he saw the appearance of the person coming, Edgar's eyes suddenly widened, and his calm appearance disappeared. Kevin finally felt the emotion called panic from him.

Because the person who walked in from the door at this moment was Edgar.

Yes, it was another one, exactly like Edgar... him.

"This——!?"

"Sir, you pay too little attention to the Seven Team and Madeline. You don't know that Madeline has such a hero, right?"

Looking at the other 'Edgar' standing beside him, Kevin whispered to Edgar opposite.

The clone, or the shapeshifter, is a trump card in Madeline's hand.

His original body is a fat man weighing nearly 300 kilograms, with the superpower of being able to transform into anyone.

Just like Mystique.

In the original plot, Madeline used him to perform a pornographic plot with a congressman, and used it to threaten the congressman to vote for her.

After Madeline died in the second season, Homelander also used him as a substitute for Madeline, but was later killed by Homelander.

How could Kevin let go of such a useful guy?

So after taking over everything from Madeline, Kevin made this clone disappear, completely eliminated his existence within the company, and kept him well, just for this moment today.

At the critical moment, as someone's substitute.

"You already...?!"

When Edgar saw this superhuman appear in front of him, he instantly understood everything.

I'm afraid Kevin had thought about doing this as early as when he met Edgar, but Edgar ignored this point.

As Kevin said, he didn't really care about superheroes.

If there was no Kevin, if Homelander didn't want to get out of Walter's control, he wouldn't even have gone to great lengths to create a super villain alliance.

But because of this, he ignored the clone under Madeline.

Edgar certainly knew about the existence of the clone, but he never thought about doing anything with this superhuman.

He never thought that one day, this superhuman who could transform into anyone would replace him.

With thoughts surging in his mind, Edgar quickly held back all the words he wanted to say, and quickly changed them into other words:

"Kevin, we can actually talk about it again..."

"No need, goodbye, Mr. Edgar."

Kevin said to Edgar with regret.

Edgar wanted to say something, but a sudden dizziness made him sit back in the chair after just standing up, and also blocked his words.

His breathing became rapid, and there seemed to be some liquid under his nose. Edgar reached out and touched it. It was blood.

Blood?

Edgar suddenly thought of something and looked up at Kevin again.

Kevin smiled at him:

"Don't worry, I won't let your head explode, and I won't let you die now. After all, I still need your head."

Edgar heard what Kevin said, but the dizziness made him unable to understand what Kevin meant.

His consciousness became increasingly blurred, and his mind fell into chaos.

In just two seconds, Edgar could no longer stay awake, his head tilted, and he completely lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.

"...Sir?"

When Edgar fainted, a clone who looked exactly like Edgar came to Kevin and asked anxiously.

He seemed to be asking if Edgar was okay.

Kevin didn't go to see him, but just let out a long breath, looking at Edgar who had fainted, and said:

"Sudden cerebral hemorrhage, if you get medical treatment in time, you won't die."

"Why don't you... kill him?"

Hearing the question of the clone, Kevin suddenly asked back:

"Do you know the current strategy of the Water Group?"

The clone shook his head:

"I don't know."

"Then what is Edgar's relationship with other executives, which executives he has a good relationship with, which executives he has a bad relationship with, and what strategy Edgar will formulate later, you probably don't know these questions either."

"Yeah."

"Coincidentally, I don't know either, so I need him to be alive, at least before I dig out the things in his head, he needs to be alive."

Edgar is right, Walter still needs him now, he can't die.

That's why Kevin will temporarily keep him alive, and when he is sure that he can know all the information in his head, Kevin will choose to get rid of him.

Now, he can only be wronged to stay in the hospital for a while.

"Then...should we send him to the hospital?"

The clone asked again, and asked worriedly:

"...If we send him to the hospital, we shouldn't be discovered by Walter's people, right?"

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Kevin looked at him suspiciously, and then suddenly took out a transparent object from his pocket and stuck it on Edgar's face.

When the mask-like thing was stuck on Edgar's face, Edgar's face shape suddenly changed.

In an instant, he changed from his own appearance to that of an unknown black man.

The mimicry mask from the Marvel world is a magical tool that can change a person's appearance. Black Widow said it was good.

When Edgar, the clone, saw this scene, he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.

He didn't know that the technology in this world is developing so fast that there are even things that can change a person's appearance.

Kevin didn't care what he thought, and used the water flow to control the mask to completely become Edgar's face, and then took off the other party's identity.

Finally, he picked up the phone on the table and asked the security team of the Water Group to come and send the "unidentified" person to the hospital.

At this point, without anyone knowing, the Water Group completed a power change.

Kevin became the real helmsman of the Water Group without knowing it.

In addition to him, the only person who knew about this was the clone disguised as Edgar.

There may be one more person in the future, maybe Kate, or the telepathic person Metzmer, but anyway, no one will know about today's events except them.

"...Give ten skill points...Why are you so generous this time?"

When everything was settled, Kevin looked at the skill points again.

He found that the original fifteen skill points had become twenty-six.

In addition to the one given today because of the popularity of Compound No. 5 and the Super Villain League, Kevin was given ten points just for the usurpation of power and the acquisition of the Water Group.

Maybe there are also skill points that made Edgar withdraw.

This is not even killing Edgar. Just usurping his position and depriving him of his identity, he has gained so much.

It can be foreseen that when Edgar is no longer useful in the future, Kevin may kill him and get a large number of skill points.

Let the clone stay in the office and finish the work as Edgar, and Kevin will return to his office and start to distribute the existing skill points.

First, divide out 16 points and upgrade the level of [Water Flow Control] from level 4 to level 5.

After allocating skill points, Kevin lay on the office chair and clicked OK, waiting for the pain that may come.

The upgrade of physique from level 4 to level 5 will make Kevin's body feel like it is crushed.

Then, by the same token, there should be some abnormalities when the water flow control is upgraded from level 4 to level 5.

This is also the reason why Kevin chose to allocate skill points in the office instead of at home.

He was worried that it would disturb Annie and others who were already resting at home.

The skill points of [Water Flow Control] were allocated, and the skill was upgraded. Kevin closed his eyes and waited patiently.

But to Kevin's surprise, the expected pain did not appear, but a wave of coolness came from Kevin's mind.

This cool feeling was very comfortable, making Kevin feel like he was soaking in warm spring water, making him drowsy.

A gorgeous blue color began to appear in front of his eyes. In this blue color, special symbols passed by his eyes and sank into his mind.

Every time a character was sank into Kevin's mind, Kevin could not help but fall asleep and lost consciousness.

After sleeping for an unknown period of time, Kevin was awakened by someone's call:

"...Sir? Mr. Kevin?"

"Um... um?!"

The call woke Kevin up suddenly. He opened his eyes and looked aside.

Ashley, who was holding a blue folder, reminded him carefully:

"Sir, Mr. Edgar wants you to go to the 82nd floor..."

"Edgar? He is not... Oh, I know, I will go right away."

Kevin, who had just woken up, was still a little confused and almost told others about Edgar.

As soon as he said this, he remembered that Edgar had been replaced by himself, and now it was his clone who called him over.

After casually telling Ashley to leave, Kevin looked at his skill tree.

[Water Control] has indeed been upgraded to LV5. Not only that, the upgrade of Water Control has also made Kevin's mind much clearer.

It was as if the fog covering his head had dissipated, and he felt a dozen years younger.

"…Is the difference between the magic system and the warrior system so big? The five-level upgrade of physical fitness hurts me so much, but the five-level upgrade of superpowers feels like a spa... um..."

After thinking about it, Kevin felt that this metaphor seemed a bit inappropriate.

But it doesn't matter. The most important thing now is to see how the skill upgrade works.

If Kevin's guess is correct, the upgrade of Water Control from Level 4 to Level 5 should usher in a qualitative change, just like physical fitness.