To find Hughie, I must first find The Boys of this world.
Kevin spent an entire night determining the timeline of this world.
The current timeline he was in was the one where Homelander had just dealt with the public outcry over accidentally killing innocents and was with Stormfront.
According to the original plot, Butcher and the others should have been planning to go to Sage Grove Center at this time to expose Stormfront.
However, they probably hadn't started acting yet, so if Kevin went to their hiding place, he should be able to find them.
But the problem was...
The hiding place of The Boys in this world might be different from what Kevin knew.
Because in Kevin's world, The Boys were never publicly exposed or wanted from beginning to end; they didn't have to hide like rats everywhere and could live wherever they wanted.
But in this world, they were wanted criminals.
Their wanted posters were clearly displayed online, and their appearances were known to most people.
The Boys couldn't leisurely stroll on the main roads like The Boys in Kevin's world.
They definitely had a secret location where they would never be found.
Kevin needed to find this location.
"Barry, you stay here for now. If anything happens, call me. I'm going to find a few people."
"Do you need my help?"
"In your current state, you can't help with anything. Just stay here."
Kevin sighed helplessly.
If Barry were still the Flash, Kevin wouldn't have to do anything; Barry alone could find the people Kevin was looking for in a short time.
But now, it was ordinary Barry (limited edition) here; let alone helping to find people, it would be good if he could ensure he didn't get hurt.
Actually, if it weren't for the high skill point cost of a round trip, it wouldn't be impossible for Kevin to take Barry back to the DC Universe and let him stay there temporarily.
It was just a pity that Kevin had spent nine skill points just yesterday to test if he could return to his own The Boys world.
Reopening an instance world cost three, and bringing someone along to cross over cost another three.
Kevin himself, of course, didn't need to spend extra skill points, but Barry alone consumed six!
If this happened again, Kevin's skill point reserves would be almost depleted!
Even with Kevin's current vast resources, he couldn't waste them like this!
Kevin regretted bringing Barry over for the first time; if he had known, he would have gone to the Marvel Universe first, asked Banner to re-manufacture Compound V, and then brought it back for Barry to use.
But who would have thought that a simple test of bringing someone to see if he could gain more skill points, an 'experiment,' would lead to such a problem?
So, for now, Barry could only be temporarily inconvenienced here, and Kevin would make other plans once he found The Boys.
As a side note, since it hadn't been more than 24 hours since Barry was brought over, Kevin didn't need to pay extra skill points yet.
At the same time, new skill points hadn't been settled yet, and it was unknown if bringing Barry over would provide extra skill points, so Barry could only stay here for now.
Finding The Boys might be a bit troublesome, but it wasn't a difficult task for Kevin.
Summoning a few seabirds that could fly in the sky to conduct a high-altitude search of the entire New York would quickly determine the location of The Boys.
Previously, in another world, Kevin had used this method to find The Boys.
Now, it was just repeating the same trick.
Compared to The Boys in the other world, The Boys in this world were more deeply hidden due to being wanted, which made Kevin spend a lot more time searching for their traces.
But fortunately, Kevin successfully found them.
Or rather, he found Starlight of this world, and the summoned seabirds followed Starlight to see Hughie, and then traced their way to the entire The Boys.
...At that time, I'll have to go back to the Marvel Universe to get two doses of Compound V... I don't know if Hughie can travel across universes with people.
Having found Hughie, Kevin didn't relax at all.
He wasn't sure if Hughie of this world wanted to become a Supe, nor was he sure if Hughie, after becoming a Supe, could travel with people.
Hughie in his own universe had never experimented with this.
If not, Kevin would probably have to think of other ways.
...Let's meet them first and see.
After thinking for a while, Kevin decided to meet Hughie and the others first before discussing anything else.
If it really didn't work... Kevin could only place his hopes on the Flash.
Perhaps Barry, after regaining his abilities, could travel to Kevin's parallel universe by going back in time.
...
The hiding place of The Boys was in an area with relatively chaotic public order.
There was trash everywhere, tramps and drug addicts on the roadside, and some people were hawking drugs to passersby.
Kevin didn't disguise himself at all, still wearing the casual suit he had taken from Bruce, at most wearing sunglasses, looking like a playboy, completely out of place with the environment.
Ignoring the curious or malicious gazes from the roadside, Kevin followed the seabirds flying in the sky to the entrance of an underground warehouse.
The Boys were here.
The entrance door was open, seemingly indicating that The Boys were very confident in their hidden environment and were not worried about Vought finding them.
Since they left the door wide open, Kevin didn't shy away and walked straight in.
Clop, clop.
The sound of leather shoes on the metal stairs echoed in the underground warehouse. Kevin had no intention of hiding himself and walked into the warehouse swaggering.
And The Boys, who heard the footsteps, as well as the other people working inside, all became alert and looked towards the entrance.
"Oh? Looks like everyone's here. I don't suppose I'm interrupting you?"
Entering the warehouse, Kevin immediately saw The Boys gathered together, looking warily at him.
In this world, without Kevin's involvement, The Boys' members were all present.
Besides the original few, Kimiko and Starlight were also here.
After his gaze lingered on Starlight for a moment, Kevin turned to Butcher.
Butcher sized Kevin up and down, narrowing his eyes and saying:
"I don't recall hosting any cocktail party here, sir. Have you perhaps come to the wrong place?"
"If you're Butcher, and this one here is Hughie, and you're planning to deal with Vought, then I certainly haven't come to the wrong place."
"!"
As soon as Kevin finished speaking, The Boys immediately reacted.
They instinctively pulled out their guns and aimed them at Kevin.
Including the other gang members working there who were not part of The Boys, they also raised their weapons at Kevin.
Kevin was not surprised by The Boys' reaction at all.
Intruding into their territory without permission and then revealing what they had been doing—if it were Kevin, he would probably react strongly by drawing his weapon too.
Kevin could understand, so he wasn't angry; instead, he calmly said to everyone:
"Don't react so strongly. If I really wanted to do something to you, it wouldn't be me coming here, but people from Vought."
Butcher pondered upon hearing this. He sized Kevin up again, seemingly thinking about something.
Butcher probably found Kevin familiar but couldn't remember where he had seen him.
Until Starlight revealed Kevin's identity.
"Wait... You're The Deep? Why are you here?"
The Deep's voice, The Deep's appearance—Starlight would never forget them, no matter what.
Even if the other person's appearance was different now, and he even wore sunglasses, Starlight could recognize him at a glance.
To put it bluntly, even if the other person turned to ash, Starlight would recognize him!
Seeing Starlight recognize him, Kevin sighed softly.
He had come wearing sunglasses, originally with the intention of not letting them recognize him.
Mainly, he didn't want Starlight to recognize him. What The Deep in this world had done to Starlight was too much of a jerk, and Kevin didn't want to take the blame for The Deep in this world.
Moreover, a person they knew and a person they didn't know would leave different impressions on them.
Kevin preferred to skip the explanation of his identity and cooperate with them directly.
But now, it seemed he had no choice but to explain.
"I don't know what kind of person The Deep you speak of is, but I can assure you, I am not The Deep you remember."
Kevin took off his sunglasses and pointed them at Butcher:
"You should know very well, you and Hughie... the Hughie from our world, you've met, haven't you? You should know what I'm talking about."
"What... what do you mean? What do you mean by... the Hughie from your world?"
Hearing Kevin mention himself, Hughie immediately questioned Butcher.
Butcher showed a look of sudden realization, didn't answer Hughie's question, but met Kevin's gaze:
"Then you're The Deep who completely fooled the other Hughie?"
"'Fooled' is too harsh a word. I didn't fool him; his desire to become a Supe was his own choice..."
"Wait a minute, you two wait a minute!"
Butcher and Kevin were chatting happily when Starlight interrupted.
She was completely confused about what was happening. She looked at Kevin warily, then asked Butcher:
"What do you mean by another world? What do you mean Hughie became a Supe? What on earth is going on?!"
After Starlight finished speaking, Mother's Milk Marvin quickly followed up:
"That's what we want to ask too. You... aren't playing some April Fool's joke, are you? Butcher, today isn't April 1st."
"I wish I were joking with you guys." Butcher rolled his eyes at them. "But unfortunately, this isn't a joke; another world really exists. But compared to me, who only knows a little, this 'Mr. Deep' from a parallel world should know more.
"How about you explain it to everyone?"
Butcher threw the topic back to Kevin.
Kevin observed the expressions of every member of The Boys present and nodded slightly:
"Alright."
...
After having the gang members related to Frenchie who were working there leave, Kevin began to briefly explain the situation of his world to The Boys.
After about ten minutes, Kevin finished explaining his origin and request, then asked The Boys:
"Do you have any more questions now?"
Mother's Milk Marvin took some time to process Kevin's information, then asked Kevin:
"We roughly understand. You're a... traveler from a parallel universe. Due to an accident, you're now trapped in this world, so you need to find... Hughie for help?
"Why Hughie?"
"Because that bastard is a piece of shit Supe in the parallel world."
Butcher's expletives followed closely.
Hughie showed a stunned expression:
"I... I'm a Supe!?"
"Yes, not only a Supe, but he also mercilessly beat me up when we met, Hughie. The Hughie in the parallel world is much braver than you."
"Unbelievable..."
Hughie mumbled.
But even as he said that, when he heard that Butcher had been beaten by himself, a smile seemed to appear on his face.
Butcher, seeing Hughie's smile: "?"
So you're that happy when I get beaten, huh?
Ignoring The Boys' interaction, Kevin continued:
"Hughie's ability is teleportation. Originally, he could only teleport within a certain range, but after his ability was enhanced, he could travel across parallel universes at certain specific times.
"So, Hughie..."
Kevin met Hughie's gaze and said seriously:
"I need your help."