Chapter 689 - Club Entry (1/2)
The last level had been entirely modified from its edgy state to something more pleasant. Fashioned into a penthouse, Nik stood in the kitchen with a serious expression. He only wore an apron over himself, allowing the others to observe his n.a.k.e.d back from the living room. The storage unit contained the fragment of cosmic crystal so Nik wasn't worried about it affecting the taste of his food. Meanwhile, the entire wall of the living room was modified into a large television using his absolute control over the temple and therefore, the nanoids' structure, connectivity, and other functionality.
In fact, the tiny nanobots represented a sophisticated piece of architecture with self-sustaining ability!
”We've been here for an entire day!” Angela shouted from the living room, a glass of 'blood' in her hand as she chugged the entire serving of red wine once again.
”You're welcome to cook,” Nik snorted as he went through the materials in the Dream Core.
”Master~! I'm ready to be f.u.c.k.i.e.d again!” Vertigo groaned from inside the bathroom as Nik's expression turned slightly darker.
”Lazy bums!” he hissed, ”Want food and s.e.x every single time but not willing to work for it!” he continued, ”Lazing around every time... I miss Okusan already... Mary and others, too. Just need to tie up the loose ends here and I'll be back in the city in two days!”
Nik didn't plan to mutate his body anytime soon either way. Only Johnny Storm's mutation really interested him and with Vertigo's addition, Nik now had two more sources of energy he was compatible with— Cosmic and Psionic. After a few hours of playing around, Nik had already understood the basics and found that at the core of things, the two energies worked well with each other and also served to boost other forms of energy except Spirit Energy by a considerable margin. This provided Nik with the ability to differentiate his system if the Spiritual system of spells doesn't work out for him in the end.
”Pickle,” Nik sighed, ”How many floors until they arrive?”
”23,” Pickle stated softly.
”Son of a—” Nik mumbled. He was going through a tough situation that he felt every villain experienced.
The waiting.
In the movies and other fictions Nik had read, most of the Villains would set the countdown to something and wait.
Wait...
Nik was already tired of waiting but 'Netherion' just had to give them three days. It was so stupid, Nik now realized. In fact, he also empathized with the bosses in the game who would just wait in the deepest part of the dungeon and allow a super slow and dumb adventurer to reach the lair before happily tearing the said adventurer into shreds!
”Master...” Pure whispered, ”That's a dangerous line of thinking... you're just pretending to be a villain, remember?”
”No,” Nik mumbled with a cruel expression, ”I'll use 'that' item... I've even thought of the use of the first sheet.”
”Isn't it an overkill?” Sky interjected.
”No, they better lube their asses. That tiger woman looks awesome, too...” Nik mumbled as he procured a slab of dinosaur meat from the storage item and began cooking.
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”No,” Nick Fury smiled but his annoyance was clear for everyone to see. Within the meeting room of the Hellicarrier, Nick Fury, the fantastic four, and Iron Man sat with the holographic image of the heads of the various intelligence agencies flickered.
”The report clearly shows this 'Netherion' has completely closed off every channel of transportation. His words demonstrate that he owns the Savage Land and knows many things about alien lifeforms—”
”Here's the thing you need to know about aliens,” Tony spoke up, ”They are cute and when they leave, I will cry. So please, for the love of almighty science, move to the main topic of this conversation, Director Nicole. You want the help of a tiny part of Avengers Initiative i.e. me, and the fantastic four to find a way to deactivate the barrier and capture that Purple fireball alive, right?”
The meeting room turned silent as Tony took his shades off, ”Much better,” he sighed, ”The answer is yes. Of course. But, I call dibs on the study of tech!”
”Dibs? This isn't a toy!”
”Haha, you are quite the comedian, Mr. Stark.”
Even Reed Richards mumbled in retaliation, ”We are better equipped to study the alien technology and with our recent cooperation with Dr. Pym, we can further consolidate our research.”
”Pym? You mean the guy who discovered 'pimp' particles?” Tony snickered as the meeting fell into silence once again.
”Oh, come on. This was a good play on words. You cannot expect me to believe that none of you thought of this?”
Fury sighed and rubbed his brows, ”There's such a thing known as a professional courtesy, Stark.”
”Alright,” Tony smiled and thrummed his fingers against the table, ”I... wish luck to the fantastic four on their heroic journey against the very shady looking Netherion in saving a prehistoric paradise connected with multiple 'beast'-men that was kept hidden from the world,” with the sassy manner Tony described the situation, the other heads of the agencies gritted their teeth as the Iron Man continued, ”Needless to say, once I am allowed to make true of my dibs, contact... oh, man, I don't have any secretary anymore. Just contact Happy, you all surely know him.”
With that, Tony unceremoniously left the meeting but the moment he stepped out, he placed his shades on once again and smiled, ”Jarvis, send out the drones and discreetly shift the position of one of our geothermal mapping satellite.”
”But sir, that peculiar grid is not accessible—”
”Eh, I don't really think that the government has jurisdiction in outer space. The worst we'll receive is an official warning. I need the structure of the Paradise mapped out by two days.”