Chapter 191 Strengthening No. 5

The selection criteria for the [Superhero Association] were drawn up by Kevin himself.

In order to create the hero association in his mind and to ensure that the hero association can continue to maintain the path he wants when he is not there, Kevin set many rules for the hero association.

The first and most important point that cannot be changed is character. No matter what ability this hero has or whether he has a reputation, his character must not be bad.

But to be honest, Kevin no longer expects the superheroes in the black robe world to have good character.

Most superheroes can basically be selected by the Superhero Association as long as they ensure that they have not killed innocent people or done evil things.

But even so, there are still a few superheroes who can meet Kevin's standards.

After thinking about it, Kevin no longer thought about choosing from the original heroes.

Why must he insist on choosing people from the original heroes when he has Compound No. 5?

He can choose people first and then give them superpowers!

If you focus on ordinary people, your vision will be much broader.

Among them, the original protagonist Huey is undoubtedly one of the most suitable candidates.

Because compared with other people in the black robe world, Huey is really kind.

He doesn't smoke, take drugs, or mess around. He has his own bottom line in his heart. Butcher, who originally became crazy, gradually learned to compromise because of Huey's existence.

The starlight in the original plot once said that Huey is different from everyone else. He is a beam of light around them.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Huey is really perfect.

He is sometimes cowardly and sometimes gets carried away. After gaining power in the third season, there was a time when he couldn't figure out his status.

But anyway, Huey's character is beyond reproach.

If he has superpowers and cultivates them, he can become a qualified superhero.

Kevin is willing to give Huey the opportunity to become a superhuman and a superhero, but how to make the specific choice depends on Huey himself.

"Don't hesitate, Huey, you just need to answer me, want to, or don't want to, that's it."

"I want!"

Huey answered without hesitation under Kevin's questioning without giving him a chance to think.

At a time when the Vought Group is promoting superheroes, superheroes have become a trend, the dream of ordinary people, and the black robe world of idols in everyone's hearts.

No one doesn't want to be a superhero.

Ordinary people want to, and people with superpowers want to even more.

The same is true for Huey. Once upon a time, before his girlfriend Robin died, Huey had imagined that he suddenly had superpowers and could fight criminals with his former idol, Locomotive.

After his girlfriend Robin died, Huey also imagined that if he was also a superhero, would Locomotive receive the punishment he deserved.

But unfortunately, fantasy is fantasy after all and cannot become reality.

Huey is just an ordinary person, he was not chosen by God.

After the incident of Compound No. 5 was exposed, Huey understood more clearly that he was not chosen by God, but was not chosen by Vought.

Superhumans and superheroes are not as beautiful as he imagined.

Huey's desire for superheroes gradually faded.

But in his heart, there is still a desire to become a superhero.

Now, this wish was rekindled by Kevin, and Huey found that he still wanted to be a superhero.

Huey's honest answer made Kevin smile.

He stood up and walked to Huey, patting his shoulder:

"Since you have decided, come with me."

"...Where to go?"

"Let you have superpowers and become a superhero."

Kevin finished speaking and took Huey to the laboratory in the woods.

Currently, the compound No. 5 on the market can basically only be injected into infants to give them superpowers.

Although it is not impossible to inject compound No. 5 into adults, the mortality rate is very high. Homelander had been experimenting with the unmodified compound No. 5 for so long, and in the end, only got a successful case of Kimiko.

But precisely because of the successful case, the Water Group has been trying to modify compound No. 5 so that it can also give adults superpowers.

The Sage Center is where the experiment is done.

And there are indeed some results.

The mortality rate of the modified compound No. 5 for adults is gradually decreasing, which can be seen from the number of superhumans in the Sage Center.

And the younger the age of injection, the higher the probability of survival.

The drug injected into Newman's daughter is the modified Compound No. 5. At Newman's daughter's age, she will hardly have any problems after the injection.

At the same time, Temporary No. 5 was also successfully developed by the Water Group. The first Temporary No. 5 injected into the human body can give people superpowers for 24 hours without side effects.

Although there is a risk of brain turning into black water after injecting Temporary No. 5 more than three times, it has to be said that this is a great breakthrough.

Turning Compound No. 5 into a "weapon" that can be sold has always been Edgar's wish, and now his wish has been fulfilled.

But unfortunately, all his achievements have been cheapened by Kevin.

According to the current process, if you want an adult to have superpowers forever, you can first inject him with Temporary No. 5 to determine his superpower type.

Then inject him with the complete No. 5 compound to completely give him super powers.

However, the person being injected will still be at risk of death.

In order to reduce the risk to a minimum, Kevin specially asked Cardoza to study Provisional No. 5 and combine it with the mutant medicine of the Alkali Group from the world of Wolverine to create a new medicine.

Perhaps it was a variant of Alkali that had some of the same ingredients as Compound No. 5. Cardoza spent almost a few days working out a new Compound No. 5 that could reduce the risk of death.

This compound No. 5, named Enhanced No. 5, can give people permanent superpowers with almost no side effects.

What Kevin is asking Huey to inject now is this Enhanced No. 5.

"Dr. Cardoza, are you ready?"

After bringing Huey to Cardoza, Kevin asked him.

Cardoza, who was doing the final inspection, looked up at Kevin, then his eyes fell on Huey behind Kevin, nodded and said:

"about there."

"Very well, Huey, you can lie down on that bed later. Don't worry, it won't hurt very much, and it won't last long, um...probably."

Kevin pointed to the cold experimental bed beside him and said to Huey uncertainly.

It is true that the injection of medicine will not take long. After all, it is just injecting Enhanced No. 5 into the body. Even without the assistance of laboratory equipment, anyone with a little knowledge of medical knowledge can take a syringe and inject it into his own body. .

But will it hurt...

Kevin really wasn't sure.

Some of the previous subjects fell asleep directly after the injection, while others screamed in pain, but I didn’t know which category Huey belonged to.

The experimental bed made of metal exudes a cold and dangerous atmosphere.

Huey swallowed, a little repelled, and decided to ask Kevin what he wanted to do before actually injecting superpowers.

"Um...Deep Sea, I...I want to ask, when you injected me with compound No. 5, you probably didn't just want to give me super powers...right?"

"Of course, there are some things I need you to do as a superhero."

"Can I ask first, what is this?"

"You'll know when you become a superhero. Okay, get down on it and get it done as soon as possible and you'll suffer less as soon as possible."

Kevin slapped Huey on the back.

But the more Huey listened, the more unsure he became. He even felt that Kevin was using him as a guinea pig. Thinking of this, the fire in his heart that wanted to become a superhero disappeared as if it was extinguished by ice water. No trace.

Huey wanted to say he quit.

But, it's too late.

Regardless of Huey's objections, Kevin had pinned him down on the experimental bed.

Several restraint shackles bound Huey to the bed, unable to move.

The rest of the operation is done by Cardoza.

He lifted up the top of Huey's back where the spinal cord was located, took an instrument and aimed it at Huey's spine.

"It might hurt a little bit, just bear with it."

Cardoza said very sweet Huey.

"I'm fine, I can do it..." Huey was about to say that he was ready and didn't need to worry about him.

But the next second Cardoza inserted the thick needle into Huey's back without any moral ethics.

Afterwards, Huey's screams came from the laboratory:

"Ahhhhhh!!!"

You could tell from Huey's screams that it really hurt.

…

When Huey was given superpowers, Kevin stood outside the laboratory and looked at him, while opening the skill tree to check the skill points.

Letting the plot protagonist who originally had no superpowers have superpowers, or even making him a superhero, is a huge change in Huey's destiny.

It stands to reason that you should get a lot of skill points.

But when Kevin opened the skill tree, he saw that the skill points had only increased by eight.

"It's a bit less..."

The number of skill points seems to be similar to killing the locomotive, and it's similar when killing Edgar.

But Locomotive and Edgar can only be regarded as supporting characters, while Huey is the protagonist who runs through the first and second seasons!

Changing the fate of the main character is more valuable than changing the fate of the supporting character, right?

In the end, Kevin was given eight skill points...

"But it can't be calculated that way. Huey can still bring me skill points in the future. Thinking about it this way, it's not a loss."

Compared with Locomotive, the difference between Huey and Huey is that he is still alive and can provide Kevin with a steady stream of skill points in the future.

The locomotive is dead. From now on, Kevin can no longer obtain skill points from the locomotive. It is a one-time deal.

From this perspective, the skill tree gave Kevin eight skill points, which is not a lot.

Making Huey a superhuman was just an attempt by Kevin.

In addition to really wanting Huey to become a superhero, he also wanted to see if he could get skill points, and...Kevin wanted to let Huey enter the Church of the Gathering as a spy and take away their dark stuff related to superheroes. material.

In fact, it's not impossible for Kevin to do this kind of thing secretly himself.

But after all, he is a big boss and does everything himself. What does he do with so many people?

Why did he make the black-robed team his "ANBU"?

If he doesn't let the black-robed team do this, wouldn't his investment be in vain?

If you take advantage of me, you have to work for me! !

"Huey shouldn't be a problem, so... we can try to get Butcher... No, forget Butcher, I don't think he's suitable to be a superhero..."

After dealing with Huey, Kevin set his sights on the rest of the Black Robe Team.

But no matter how you think about it, it seems that only Huey and Marvin are suitable to be superheroes in the Black Robe Team.

As for the rest, Frankie is a drug addict, and Butcher is a lunatic who doesn't care about his life when he's crazy.

It doesn't seem to be a good thing for any of them to get superpowers.

Kevin gave up the idea of ​​letting all members of the Black Robe Team have superpowers.

Fewer skill points means less skill points, stability is the most important.

"After that, it's time to find a way to deal with Homelander..."

The plan to get rid of Storm is in progress, and then it's Homelander.

Kevin plans to deal with these unstable elements in the Black Robe World one by one.

Use a gentle way within the rules.

Kevin stared at the laboratory, thinking about these plans, but inadvertently, Kevin felt something was wrong and subconsciously looked around him.

Next to Kevin, his reflection was reflected in the glass on the other side.

However, the reflection in the glass was not Kevin's current suit and tie appearance, but a green uniform with a shaved head, not very good-looking.

That was not him.

Kevin knew it in his heart.

That should be the deep sea in world line A as he guessed.

After Annie, Kevin also saw another self in the mirror.