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Villainous Journey (Multi-Cross Villain Quest) by Throwaway1971
Books » Private Rated: M, English, Romance, Words: 155k+, Favs: 31, Follows: 31, Published: Dec 26, 2023 Updated: Jul 14, 2024
4Chapter 7
Aleister took slow breaths as he focused, his complete attention on the water falling from his tap, and on the empty cup by his side. Using Flash Air on something solid was easy, but something moving and liquid like water? It was a bit more difficult.
He clenched his fists, and focused.
Splash!
Water splashed about inside the now formerly empty cup, quickly calming down and becoming still. Aleister let out a breath of relief, grabbing the liquid and about to bring it to his lips-
"Maybe don't drink the water I've been doing magic experiments with...". He poured the water into his sink, and turned off the tap. But he was starting to feel more confident with his Flash air, maybe he could even try swapping energy about? That'd be a good start for his practice to mess with souls.
Spell improved!
- Flash Air (Allows the user to swap medium sized items about, even able to use the air around them to swap items about. Can swap energy and liquids now).
Magic Circuits flared as Aleister focused on his creation, changing its structure, some details of its appearance and all that. Perhaps something to make his hair a different color would help, white hair was rather noticeable after all.
He added some thin steel plates under certain areas, leather under clothe, and various other means to enforce the suit.
Even without Reinforcement, it should be enough to deal with bullets and knifes. Although he wished had had access to better resources, even with alchemy there was only so much he could do unless he stepped into proper power armor territory, and he wasn't sure he wanted that for his first public appearances. People underestimating him was a tool, one he intended to use.
Costume improved.
You'll see its officially abilities when its revealed later.
"Crap!". Aleister quickly used Transmutation to deactivate the bomb in his hands, that was close.
Creating basic explosives was easy, creating exotic explosions that he could use more casually? Not so much. He wasn't a bomb specialist, and most bombs he could find in his... Whatever the knowledge of all the technology across the multiverse was, were way to dangerous.
A bomb that could create Transformium, a bomb that turned things it hit into candy, a nuke that could destroy a literal solar system, and a universe ending bomb called an Annihilarrgh that could also create a universe. He had knowledge of all these things, but creating them was the issue.
Despite being a 'mad scientist', he was still limited in what he could recreate with alchemy. He needed to have a clear idea what he was trying to create, be able to recreate the materials needed to form it, and then the equipment that could put it all together.
Just trying to create 'bombs' with no idea what he really wanted was just a waste of time.
If people were hoping to get some Bakuda level bullshit bombs, I'm afraid thats off the table as those are being powered by Shard bullshit, and Aleister can only use alchemy to get away with so much. If you want special bombs, get more specific.
Aleister winced as he rubbed his aching shoulder, a Merchant had managed to slam an AK47 into him from behind and it had hurt. Keeping his Reinforcement up constantly was draining, and the fact he was wearing a hastily put together costume didn't help.
He would've used his proper costume, but underestimation was a tool. If people thought he was just a small time brute, then nobody would pay attention, if they realized he was a Tinker... Well, Aleister had seen enough reports of Tinkers being forcefully recruited by gangs.
He looked around the groaning and bleeding bodies around the warehouse, he hadn't killed any of them, but they would need medical attention. He quickly went around and began looting, frowning at the sight of the AK47 that had hit him earlier, shattered from the effects of his Reinforcement, what a waste.
Walking out of the warehouse with a bag filled with ammo, guns, drugs, and money, he had done some good work.
Items gained!
- Glock. A basic glock, it has dozens of packets of ammo ready.
- Merchant Drugs (8). A bag filled with random drugs.
Barry groaned awake, his head aching. What party had he been to last night-
SPLASH!
"G-guh! Who the hell!?". He grunted out, his eyes glaring about as water dripped down his body. Before paling when he saw the cloaked figure in front of him, their face and features hidden entirely by a pale white mask.
"Subject is awake, 34 year old, male. Drugs in system have been flushed, beginning experiment". The distorted voice of the figure spoke, Barry couldn't tell their gender even now. He struggled as he realized he was tied to a chair with rope, and the figure had their gloved hand approaching Barry's chest.
"Please do not struggle, it simply slows the experiment". The figure placed their hand on Barry's chest, green circuit-like markings spreading across the Merchant's chest as his body filled with agony. "No Magic Circuits, a pity but expected".
"Y-you're crazy! Let me go! Capes aren't allowed to do this shit!". Barry struggled, the figure did not care.
"Its only illegal if I'm caught, and I assure you... I will not be caught". The figure pulled out some chalk and began drawing around the ground, while Barry tried looking for a way out.
He was in a seemingly ordinary if empty room, the windows were covered and the walls were painted pure white. There was a single door, but he wasn't sure he'd be able to-
"No no no, we can't have that can we?". The figure pulled out some type of blindfold and gag, gagging the screaming Merchant and blocking his sight. "Now, let us return to the experiments. Attempting organic alchemy".
"MMRFFFFFH!". Barry screamed into his gag as the alchemy circle drawn onto the ground glowed, agony filling the Merchant as he quite literally started to melt. After a few minutes, only a pile of silver goop remained.
"...Perhaps I went to deep into the evil sciencist route". The figure took off their mask, revealing a frowning Aleister. "Test subject three has perished, attempts to perform organic alchemy has failed. Moving onto subject four...".
For the rest of the night, the future tyrant would experiment on the helpless Merchants he'd captured. He'd usually hesitate a bit on this, but the Merchants had made themselves his enemy, the very least they could do was offer their lives for his experiments.
Knowledge gained.
- Biology 8%
Woah, went a bit dark there. But I guess human experimentation would usually be pretty dark.
Merchants.
Your enemy, your targets. A list of how many ordinary members there are, buildings they own, and capes.
Skidmark - Still active.
Squealer - Still active.
Mush - Still active.
Drug Labs - Seven left.
Ordinary members - 57.
Figured a list of how many things you deal to deal with to get rid of the Merchants.
So I, can't actually find any images for Aleister's cape uniform. He's having a mix of technology-magic for his theme, but I can't find anything that looks good... Or isn't female (I can deal with a female image, as long as I can play it out as just looking very feminine). So if anyone can help there it'd be great.
Destroy the Merchants (Rare).
- Defeat the Merchants within a Week (Ultra), three days left.
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