Homelander: New Legacy

[22] : Hijacking Incident

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"Do you know that in marine parks, those dolphins are constantly enduring unbearable noise? They don't like performing, nor do they like the high-intensity work every day. Some of them have even started to become depressed..."

"So don't tell me you're thinking of going to the marine park to steal the dolphins. That's illegal, Deep."

In the meeting room of The Seven on the 99th floor of Vought Tower, Roger was chatting with The Deep on his phone.

Ever since that day when Roger showed interest in understanding The Deep's friends, The Deep had started tentatively introducing some of his 'friends' to Roger.

From lobsters to crabs, from dolphins to whales, and even the blue whale that Roger wanted to see.

As time passed, The Deep confirmed that Roger wasn't like before, looking for opportunities to mock him.

He began to treat Roger as a friend, occasionally calling to discuss marine life.

From this point of view, The Deep was actually quite simple-minded. Perhaps that word isn't quite appropriate... more accurately, he was simple and stupid.

As long as someone was willing to accept him and his friends, The Deep would develop a liking for that person and consider them a friend.

Unfortunately, from childhood to adulthood, The Deep had always been treated as a freak. Even after becoming a member of The Seven, he had never been truly respected.

His fans didn't understand him, treating the on-screen version as the real him, not knowing that the actual Deep was just a pathetic, insecure coward.

Now that Roger had discovered this and accepted him, The Deep treated Roger as a friend.

However... no matter how good his relationship with The Deep was, Roger couldn't possibly support this guy sneaking into a marine park to steal dolphins.

This had happened in the original story.

The Deep had secretly taken out a dolphin he liked (loved), but on the way, they encountered a car accident, and the dolphin was run over by a passing truck.

Let's not even discuss the outcome; the act itself was already a crime of theft.

Now that Roger had come to the world of The Boys, he wouldn't let something like this happen.

After all, that dolphin was innocent, and it would be too pitiful to die in a car accident.

"But... that dolphin..." The Deep hesitated on the other end of the phone.

Roger said:

"Please, Deep, you're now a superhero of The Seven, a celebrity. If you want to save a dolphin, there are plenty of ways. You can buy it back with your own money, or donate to the marine park to give these marine animals better treatment! Not think about stealing it!

"Stealing animals from public facilities is the worst and most terrible choice, Deep. I don't want to see news about your scandal the next day, do you understand?"

"..."

The Deep fell silent on the other end of the phone.

Roger reaffirmed:

"I need to hear you say 'I understand'."

"...I understand."

"Good, now go do what you're supposed to do. Let me emphasize one last time, be smarter when doing things in the future. Learn to solve problems through proper channels."