V2 Chapter 17 - The One Who Thinks Himself God
It is in a mountainous region in the northeast of Suvarna.
A giant creature about twenty feet long was traveling over the mountains. If you look closely, you will see that it is a giant centipede with the upper body of a human girl.
She cautiously descends from the height of Mount into the plains. There is a camera on Centi's waist and a headset is attached to Centi's ear. In a tent many miles away from where Centi is, a mad Dr. Smith is watching the live feed and giving orders.
"Alright Centi, don't go down slowly. We'll be there."
Next to Dr. Smith, a Chinese woman and a man in Russian military uniform sat on chairs.
The woman, who looked to be in her early twenties, put the hand on her lap and gently touched the ropes and said.
"Would the treasure you mentioned really be there?"
That woman was the S rank hero of the Xia family, the Kuchin goddess Xia Bei Wei. Although she is in her thirties and a mother of two children, she feels much younger than she actually is.
"Over ten years ago, during the Four-Sided War, the Suvarna nation sold the Zect found only on the moon, and changed the world's view. That they had a treasure trove of Zect."
The Russian military officer spoke. He is Wolfheart, one of Russia's three S-ranks, and the head of the Dimitri family.
"At that time, Elon Max's Space X was the only one able to mine Zect on the moon. It controlled almost one hundred percent of the Zect market. Unfortunately, Suvarna sold more metals than the amount of Zect on the market at that time. Until now, forty percent of the metals they sold on the market are recycled and used."
After Wolfheart had continued to explain until now, Dr. Smith spoke.
"According to the theory, a meteorite fell on Suvarna several years before. There may be Zect as well as mutant meteorite crystals. Not ordinary crystals, big crystals. There have been many mutant creatures on the land of Suvarna since the previous two hundred years, which proves this theory. We are looking for the place where the meteorite fell."
"If the meteor really did fall here, wouldn't it already have an owner, Professor Smith?" Sha Paiwei pointed out. However, Dr. Smith produced a folder. It was a person's file, and it was the file of the boy Fred, who was currently rated as A+.
"The meteorite crystal is not like the fragments you have seen. It contains the most perfect mutant powers, and it can produce powerful people like Akaigami, a super-level mutant who disappeared ten years ago. There is only another one person in history who can absorb these meteorite crystals. The rest of the people turn to ashes. So, if you're lucky, there are still no owners."
Xia Bei Wei smiled at that and looked at Dr. Smith with a smile.
"So, does that mean that the three of us here now can try to possess the Meteorite Crystal and then have a chance to break out of the S rank?"
Dr. Smith nodded, "Yes, if I could."
Suddenly, a distress signal came from Centi. When Dr. Smith looked back at the screen, a giant swarm of ants blocked Centi trying to enter a cave entrance. Dr. Smith yelled in anger and ordered Centi.
"You are S rank, all of them are D rank. Even the strongest is C rank. Make them all less than ants."
However, Xia Bei Wei, who had participated in the four-sided war and knew about ants, did not want to accept Dr. Smith's words. She immediately recommended it to Dr. Smith.
"If you don't want the girl to die, I'll force you to retreat. You can't think of them as weak."
The Russian military officer asked with wide eyes.
"Ant mutants, are they the Suvarna Self-Defense Forces?"
Xia Bei Wei shook her head, "No, they are wild ants who have not signed a contract with humans. However, the Ant Queen in Suvarna Territory has signed a contract with the duke, and these beasts are under her command. Soon, Suvarna will get the news."
Above the screen, Centi is facing an ant colony alone. But soon the ants' ability to work together became stronger. They connected with each other to attack the struggling Centi, forming a giant fist and smashing into Centi's human body.
Hundreds of thousands of ants tore off Centi's centipede legs at the same time as Centi lost her posture.
A girl's pained scream echoed in the mountain region. The blood of the green and gray centipedes spread across the ground. Centi stretched herself over two hundred feet to attack the enemies, but only became a bigger target for the enemies.
"Centi, come out. You'll die if you're late." At Dr. Smith's words, the centipede immediately left the ant colony and tried to run away.
"I didn't think so. a bunch of Rank D and C defeated a Rank S?" The Russian military officer sighed and said to Dr. Smith.
"If we can't use the metals from Suvarna like you say, we'll have to buy them from market at a high price. Then there's no way we'll be able to make millions of paladin suits and soak them in zect as we'd hoped."
Wolfheart threw a file to Dr. Smith and said. The file includes a picture of Silver Knights patrolling the city in Metal Paladin suits. They named the project Lunar Domination and intended to produce SilverKnight-style armor based on the Metal Paladin suit.
The goal is for the entire world to be ruled by the Mutant Science Organization.
"As you said, fully armed with metal paladin suits soaked in zect, it will be B-level effective. Then it will be better than the best military robots of the US military. First, we will give them to the soldiers of Russia and China. We will overthrow the world's superpower. But will the heroes accept our plan? Even though thry are weak form of organization, there are still fair heroes left."
Dr. Smith's plan may not be bad, but there are still loopholes. Dr. Smith brought out a small bottle of medicine.
"This one is Faraday's antidote. It gives you a temporary boost of power, and the more you use it, the more addictive you become. We'll sell these drugs illegally to power-hungry heroes. Gradually, they'll become our puppets. Then they'll take down the real heroes."
"Fine, I'll have the Hero Association infiltrated internally. But it's impossible to kill every real heroes. And the antidote doesn't work on S ranks."
Dr. Smith laughed again and revealed another vial of bright green medicine.
"This Super Faraday can always increase the power of mutants by a large level. Even for S levels like you, it can increase by a small level. It can guarantee everyone to become S+ and become super powerful. Even though the manufacturing process is a bit disgusting."
The drugs were made from blood serum extracted from the mutant children tested in collaboration with the Sakura Corporation.
"You will attract S ranks with this medicine, and the other members will be completely loyal to the group if you give enough benefits. Is there an S rank who doesn't want to become more powerful? And we will be able to create a lot of S ranks ourselves."
Xia Bei Wei licked her lips with her tongue because of those words. Then her hands holding the medicine went to the medicine bottle.
"We're a joint venture, so we should get these, right?"
"That's it..." Dr. Smith put the medicine in Xia Bei Wei's hand. However, his eyes were discolored due to cunning.
Both the Russian military officer and Xia Bei Wei injected those energy-increasing injections through their forearms, and their veins immediately glowed green and gradually calmed down.
Finally, Xia Bei Wei got up from her seat, went out of the tent, and played the Kuchin. The sound waves from Kuchin could destroy all the forest trees outside the tent and wipe out the entire mountain.
"You has actually reached the S rank." Wasn't Xis Bei Wei originally just an S-?
The Russian military officer also changed his body into a big wolf. The wolf was at least five meters tall, more than twice the previous wolf heart's record.
"I've taken a small step too. And my nails are getting harder." He said while looking at a stone as if touching it.
Dimitri family members can only shoot iron spikes from their hands at low levels, but S levels can also transform into wolves. Their power is the most powerful combined transformational power in the world of mutants. It is not exclusive to ordinary irons, as in ordinary descriptions.
"The next part of the plan is to fight the mutants and normal humans. World War III will happen on this planet. I remember I submitted a bill to the United States Congress a while ago. The mutants can be used to eliminate humans."
Dr. Smith opened a silver box behind him. Inside was a suit that was almost exactly the same as the silver warrior suit.
"Silver Knight...an unlicensed mutant hero. I'm planning to use him as bait. This suit doesn't have the functions of his real suit, but this is upgraded to a metal paladin using a reverse technology method. But it's enough for us to discredit him."
"How can you use a B-level hero to start a world war?"
Dr. Smith threw his hand back and said because of Xia Bei Wei's words.
"Everything starts from the smallest place. Until it gradually grows like a big snowball. If a mutant kills ordinary humans for no reason, humans will panic and fear the mutants. Then the governments will find trouble around the Hero Society. One of them is to bring the heroes under the government. You will have people with the nature of the heroes who want to be independent and try to overthrow the world governments. From this, mutant and human will start a great war."
"Under the current situation, ordinary humans will definitely lose the war to the mutants. So we will have to put a fuse on the humans. If we put on the upgraded metal paladin suits, the mutants and humans will be able to fight each other, so both sides will end up dead. Eventually, the strength of both of them will be exhausted, and the manipulated mutant science organization will dominate all of human and the mutants."
"You mean we're just victims?" Both Xia Bei Wei and I were completely unaware of these plans at first. They only entered into a venture with the Mad doctor because it was beneficial to their country and clan. Suddenly, the two of them sensed a dangerous atmosphere and became alert.
"Uh-uh.... You guys have suddenly started to see me like a monster, haven't you? It's sad. It's too late for you to turn back."
Dr. Smith raised a small hand. Both Xia Bei Wei and Wolfheart fell to their knees as they felt their muatnt powers become unstable.
"Everyone craves power. You're no exception. That's why a bunch of corrupt heroes like you confidently inject the potions a supervillain like me gives you. Remember till you die, Super Faraday is the contract you sold yourself into slavery to me."
Xia Bei Wei pressed her heart with her hand and yelled at the Mad doctor.
"Smith, you think it's fine, you and your team are powerful, but you know how many villains have tried to rule the world? Even high level mutants like Harditan Ozone and Yami have fallen. You're not a mutant. You're just a fake."
Dr. Smith had not dropped his index finger from his hand and was still pointing his finger in the air.
"Don't compare me to that muscle maniac and the sable monster. I have intelligence unlike them. And I'm a demon god with the ability to create demons."
Dr. Smith points out his ability to create man-made monsters and touts himself as a god. While others are looking for a follower, he has the ability to create whatever is needed.
Even though previous man-made mutants were not perfect like normal mutant, now he had a perfect invention.
A girl everyone in the lab called Lisa. The girl was a perfect man-made mutant that he had created. It is not wrong to say that it is a living formula.
If only he could get that girl back into his hands, he would be able to continue to perform other perfect man-made mutants, and he would truly become a god who could give power to humans.