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Chapter 70: The Mystery Of Ian Rose V
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Ian finally paid attention to Ivy who was attentively listening to his little adventure whilst trying to keep her breathing in check so as to not allow him to see her state.
"Right, you helped me. Well, you have my thanks." Ian smiled and took another look around the room, a bizarre room it was. Everything was of nature, the furniture was just vines with a few flowers here and there to complement the scenery.
There were no windows or they were all hidden behind the cover of leaves on the walls. The place looked like a jungle in the middle of an apartment.
"You also helped me before, so we're even," Ivy responded with a casual tone, a stark contrast to her previous behavior. She for some reason want to hide her goals from him.
"Do you by any chance have any clothes for me?" He was wearing only his underwear, and he knows his previous clothes should be a mess with blood and cuts.
Ivy waved her hand, controlling a few vines to bring him a white shirt and white sweat pants, "I prepared these for you. Your shoes are in the other room. They're the only thing still intact among your clothes."
Ian nodded and put on the shirt and the pants, then stretched for a bit, "Why didn't you contact me? I really wanted to work together with you."
Ivy hesitated for a bit before responding, "I just didn't trust you, and I had a lot to do."
"I see. Well, either way, thanks for your help," Ian caressed his ring as he spoke. He was thankful he did a lot of thinking before summoning Neron.
One of the terms for the ring stated that only he can put on the ring, and nothing can take it out of his finger, the basis of such a term was also his life force, an infinite battery.
"How long was I asleep?" Ian questioned with a frown. He has a lot of things he has to attend to, so if he had slept for too long then that would be a problem.
"Almost twelve hours."
"Really?" Ian said in a confused tone, "That would mean you've done that for my wounds to heal so quickly?"
Ivy's face flinched but she tried to keep it expressionless, "Kind of..."
'What does that mean?' Ian wondered as he paid more attention to her state and contemplated all the possible scenarios.
"First, let me check something," Ian focused a bit as he spoke, then in his left hand appeared a phone which was previously in the ring.
He started reading through some messages while Ivy waited patiently. He then called Ralf, "Did you get all the documents and the books?"
"Boss? Yeah, but what happened? I mean I know what happened but what really happened?" No one had any idea of Ian's plans or his actions, all they received is a few encrypted messages, telling them what they do.
"It doesn't matter, rather, it's best if you don't know for now, but do as I say before it's too late... I sent you a list, kill them all in any way possible, but remain anonymous."
Ian then hang up and transferred his phone to the ring quite quickly, almost as if he was afraid of saying too much.
Ivy, on the other hand, just stared at him in surprise as he said that right in front of her, 'Is he just that defenseless? Why? I don't care about who will die but he doesn't know that... Or perhaps he knows something?'
"There are a lot of things to do, so let's talk later, alright? You do have a phone, Right?" Ian spoke as he stood up and let out a small yawn, 'God, I feel good. What a day...'
"The thing about us working together, I like the Idea," Ivy suddenly spoke with a smile.
"Oh? You do? I wanted something different from you that time, a special toxin, but it's unnecessary now. What is the extent of your powers?"
Ivy hid her frown, secretly hoping he wouldn't notice anything or be too suspicious of her, 'This is all for your own good. If I tell you, you won't understand, but I am sure you'll thank me when it all happens. All I need is more force.'
She stilled herself, something strange for someone like her who had already committed plenty of atrocities, "I will be honest, I want your life force, it makes me stronger. In return, I'll work for you as long as you don't do something I don't like."
Ian narrowed his eyes, somehow filling a chill run down his spine, 'Hmm, it shouldn't be my imagination, perhaps my subconscious mind figured something out?'
He started stroking his chin in consideration of all the options, 'It's definitely better to keep her close, especially now that I have control over most of Gotham, but making her stronger...'
"How will we go about giving you my life force exactly?" First, he questioned.
"I want two hours of the usual process every day. In return, you have the power of every plant in Gotham in your hand and much more. Little beautiful spies no one pays attention to throughout this fil... City." She spoke as if she was holding a grudge.
"No, too much time waste, definitely not. How about twenty minutes after my se... Training session. I release more life force. That should be much more than two hours' worth of life force.
For that, you'll work with me, in fact, you could be quite useful for my future plans. Your power has potential if it works under certain circumstances. Well, Welcome to the team!"
The more he thought about it the better the deal sounded. In fact, he was planning something similar, creating a team for the most dangerous of adventures.
"First, I don't any plant life to be harmed under your hand or those you oversee. I also want you to support the plant life of Gotham and maintain the garden of Gotham. I'll assume you don't have a problem with that. Also, what team are you speaking of?"
"A specialized team of sorts. Its purpose is simply for the team members to support each other, forming a cycle of life as all things should be. I am of course its leader though the only ones in the team as of now are me and my girlfriend, and now you."
Ian responded replied then let out a chuckle. He didn't think the unit would start taking shape so soon, 'Perhaps soon I'll be able to collect a few valuable things... I wonder when can I acquire it... The solution to my doubts.'
Ivy frowned for some reason before nodding as a smile resurfaced on her face, "It's even better the..." She stopped as she noticed Ian looking at her strangely.
He approached her and lifted her chin with an amused glint in his eyes, "Nuclear bombs, a fascinating thing, aren't they? Capable of mass destruction, a tool of pure extermination of all life."
Ivy was confused as she looked into his brown eyes, not knowing what he was getting at.
"Can you imagine it? A bomb falling in the middle of nature, no even better, in the middle of some capital... If performed correctly, it shall be the start of the third world war, one where nothing survives, not even the tiniest of plants."
Ivy's expression slowly formed into understanding then into anger only for Ian to shush her out, "Shush, Am not done."
"I, unfortunately, don't have a nuclear bomb yet, but I have something that can be better and it will become better with so much destructive potential. You've probably seen what I've done in the incident location, it's something similar."
Ian let her chin go and made the distance from her, "What am getting at is that if you do anything I don't like, I swear on my name that I... Need I say more?"
"That... You've just recruited me and you're already threatening me. Don't do that again." Ivy calmed down her anger and spoke. She felt like she can't scream at him at all, as if there is a spellbinding her to his will.
Ian raised his brows in surprise as he eyed her even more strangely, but he didn't point out her strangeness, "Excuse my rudeness. I had to make sure. Also, where are we, the address I mean?"
He received the answer he wanted, then sent a message for someone to pick him up, and who's a better option than Selina.
He went ahead and put on his boots after getting Ivy's number, "I'll contact you later, alright? Our base was destroyed not long ago, so there is a lot to take care of."
Ivy frowned but didn't say anything. She just watched him leave the building, 'So ungrateful. Nature granted you its love, yet you dare to say that, but... it still loves you.'
Suddenly, a light of realization passed through her green eyes, "What if I can just turn him? Making him like me, make him believe... We can rule the world and turn it into whatever we desire together."
Her eyes gleamed with obsession. A new goal was formed in her mind. She just has to make him understand.
Her eyes however were soon attracted to something happening before her. The scene of Selina getting out of her car and jumping into Ian's embrace. She even went as far as wrapping her legs around his waist like a koala as the two started making out.
Ivy looked at all of this from the window of her apartment in shock before yelling, "That bitch!!" In her mind, she didn't see the scene of the lovers showing their affection after being apart for a while, all she saw is Selina tainting Ian...
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