Chapter 60: The Final Phase (2/2)

"Preferably, O Elder," said Fler'Gan The Mind-Eater had carefully incised out several head spikes fro the an incision down into his stomach

"Do you need him conscious? I'd rather not hear screams and whimpers They annoy me, especially when they come from trash like him The type who always enjoys the cries of others but end up crying the hardest when their turn comes around"

"No, I will heavily sedate him until he is fully dissected and analyzed," said Fler'Gan

"Good" Aldrich nodded

"Wait! Wait! Dissection!? What are going to do to an Slasher before his eyes became blank and lifeless as Fler'Gan put him under a brainwashed coma

Aldrich heaved up Slasher's corpse and carried it over to Fler'Gan

"Over there, O Elder" Fler'Gan pointed with a long, spindly finger to the side of the table "Prop that speciainst the dissection table I can only fit one sample at a time"

Aldrich did as the Mind Eater asked and then asked, "So, what are you doing here?"

"You have stated before that the base body of these 'Alterhuuishable froans' and 'Alter Cells', theymutations such as these ossified head protrusions, analyzing thee I have of the base human body, I am better able to understand the method by which these mutations occur

This is also why I did not favor experie of a base creature that matches them as well as humans to Alterhumans

In addition, I will atteate it directly, though I have been ans, when excised from the body, suffer from rapid deterioration

Thus, I will do my utmost best to keep the subjects alive until then"

"And ould your final goals be?" said Aldrich

"I cannot say for certain I set ations But optians, allowing for not only the introduction of ic in these specimens, but also the creation alchee, or enhance powers," said Fler'Gan

"That does sound incredibly useful I will leave you to your work, then," said Aldrich

"Again, O Elder, these are optioals It may be that I cannot reach them"

"I understand, and don't worry about any expectations onyou produce, even if it isn't useful per say, I'll appreciate and try to use to the best of my ability," said Aldrich "Work freely Let your innovation and knowledge floithout restriction"

"Much appreciation, Elder," said Fler'Gan

Aldrich left Fler'Gan and went back to Fisk

"It's time to finalize my plan," said Aldrich as he sat down by the fallen tree trunk that Fisk used to game on

Fisk i where a woman's clothes were torn by an attack

"I swear, scenes like this are the only ones that pop up when other people come to watch," said Fisk "Would you believe me if I told you that was like, a normal action show?"

"Yeah, a lot of action," said Aldrich sarcastically He noted that Ada while Elaine shoved Adahtly He smiled They would have interacted just like that had they been alive

Aldrich closed his eyes, letting the dark calm him, to take hieared back into business

"In any case, I need you to get to work," said Aldrich

"I'm on it, boss," said Fisk as he jacked into the via cable to the side of his head

"Is Casimir ready for the call?"

"Yeah, he's up and ready and waiting It's gonna take me a couple minutes to establish a secure line on the Darknet, especially with a s like this, but I'm on it"

Aldrich waited for a few ic Aldrich hi level of tech-savviness, but he fell far short of Elaine and far, far shorter than technos like Fisk who could literally navigate technology with their minds

After thirty minutes, Fisk turned his laptop screen to Aldrich as it connected to a video chat with Casiain so soon!" said Casiht you'd be asleep by now," said Aldrich

"Ah, ht, so I am quite used to this" Casimir seemed to be in his office, seated in a plush, luxurious velvet chair as he leaned forwards on his desk in welco poise "Hoere the two villains I sent you?

They are not the cream of the crop, certainly, but I hope they did not inconvenience you any"

"They're doing just fine," said Aldrich "Look, Casimir, sorry to do this on short notice, but I want you to set up a special event on Saturday

Could you rent out the entire first floor of the Red Circle for an invitation only dance?

Make it as appealing as you can with the finest alcohol, foods, and service you can ht about his for a ed I only had a norht, but I have all the supplies and logistics set to whip up quite the impressive dance in short order

Iup this dance is possible, establishi+ng an extensive guest list with a mere three days of advance notice may be difficult," said Casimir

"What kind of crowd do you think you can draw?" said Aldrich "Provided the invites you sent out were primarily for villains?"

"It will be difficult for the villains of the higher organizations to make time for this Their schedules are often busy and inflexible

However, if I haveand invitations on the lower and anizations, I believe I could conjure up a solid crowd between forty and seventy," said Casimir "Some of these lower-class villains would absolutely die for the chance to make theo with that," said Aldrich "I want to eh, that I truly want to hold this event mostly for the Butcher and Seth Solar"

"Done and done," said Casireed to meet you, and it will not be too difficult to have thisoccur at this event

As for Seth Solar, that fine, proular, and he is due to urgently meet me that day for an early access sa him, I doubt he and his friends will bypass a chance to join an exclusive event, especially when fine alcohol is involved"

"Good, good," said Aldrich He took a deep breath, feeling excite within his heart

He was now in the final phase of his quest for vengeance

"Mr Vane, I do have to inquire," said Casimir

"What is it?"

"What is the ulti villains? Or perhaps a means to advertise your own name?"

"Advertise htly "Market it as a s out the most numbers And you don't have to worry about the purpose behind it

Just set it up, and I can guarantee you, Casimir, that even if you lose your current connections, you will not regret havingyou"

"Mystery, is it? I do like that Well, Mr Vane, it is not my style to pry into h profile one such as yourself I will arrange this dance shortly and according to your specifications," said Casimir "And I will be in touch with your assistant about any further details"

"Wonderful I look forward to seeing your handiwork, Casimir," said Aldrich

"It is always my pleasure" Casimir bowed in his seat before his video feed blinked off