Russia lost. And they lost badly during world war 3.
The reigning government at that time was liquidated and the leaders of that government put under trial for their offenses towards the world and their own people.
In simple words, they got what was coming for them.
But there was one thing that no one ever expected. In their bid to rid the world of a war monger, none of them ever consider who will rise in his place or what kind of people.
During the early days, the EU tried their best to have just elections in Russia and install a proper democracy, but either due to corruption of some individuals or some random deaths of those said people, the elections kept postponing.
As for installing puppet government to deal with the void left by the older one so as to manage the country in these trying times and bring with semblance of order?
It was thwarted by other governments in the world that didn't wish for another puppet state at the level of Russia to be controlled by their competitors.
Mind you, the world was still recovering from war and many were still guarded against each other in fear the war might begin again.
So their best method to prevent it was from one party gaining too much power.
Causing the rift to continue for a long while, which is just what some people were looking for.
And before anyone knew it, the new rulers of Russia rose up. But they were not completely Russians.
The countless organizations and the Awakened that have gained influence during the war jumped in to feast on the new land of the free and divided it among themselves.
The country was fractured into various small free states where some sat atop it like a king or managed their place like business.
The world could do nothing but watch all this happen. The strength and influence of these individuals or organizations was too much for a single governmental entity to handle. But even if they wished to involve themselves, other world governments won't stay put and let them do anything.
Besides, these people were the very mercenaries, assassins and dealers that multiple governments once employed during the war to do underhanded things. Stuff that no one would like to accept or even be accused of doing.
Giving the new rulers of Russia enough sway and leverage against these governments that they would silently accept the new ruling class of Russia and then do their best to humor them.
Hence was the start of the Russian federation, built on the corpse of the old regime, divided by various powers and people. Which in turn also made it freer than the rest of the world in comparison and more chaotic and dangerous as well.
It became the hotbed for illegal activities and also the center for commerce for illegal materials from the dungeons. Not to mention, there was no superhero system in this place. Meaning the hunters were free to use their powers as they saw fit as long as they didn't touch specific people or broke some specific rules.
Which is the reason the Russian federation became home to countless freelance hunters and organizations that wished to get rid of products that other governments would not allow in their lands.
Which is also the reason, the Auction houses in Russia were famous.
They never questioned where an individual got certain materials, whether it was stolen or if the item was dangerous.
As long as the item was genuine, they would help you sell it.
It was why FIX chose Russia and why Luvi silently accepted her suggestion. The only thing left was the human element, a puppet that would act as mediator and the face of the serum.
Aoto was a no go, he was the only individual that knew the recipe beside Luvi and the only person currently capable of cooking up the serum. Which made him important.
FIX only took him to Russia because it was the best place for Aoto to hide from the world and do his work without much worry.
Hence the person chosen to act as mediator was none other than StarHusky.
A person still shrouded in mystery by FIX's standards.
Which made her curious about this bizarre individual a lot more. Because rarely did she find someone that was able to hide from her and StarHusky did so without much effort.
Of course, she was unaware that StarHusky or Lev was forced to do so due to his apparent job and the only freedom he had was through a broken laptop that gave him access to a wider world where he can let his inner self be free from the worries of the real world. Making it so, he never left any clues of his reality on the internet, making like a blank slate.
Though, that won't remain true for long as FIX was going to meet up with StarHusky soon enough and this time, it would not be a drone going to the meeting.
In an abandoned factory far from the city, one of FIX's drones dropped a small box into the ground.
A box that opened up and a figure walked out of it.
It was a human looking android, covered in silicon skin and fake hair to make it appear as human as possible.
Even the look selected for it was an average Russian man with a thick beard and scars on his face.
This was the latest invention of FIX and it held zero combat capabilities. It was also controlled by FIX using her drone as a proxy which would usually stay hidden from the eyes above the sky, due to the androids limited signal range.
But this was to be expected, she had cooked this up after the request of Luvi to prevent another accident like in japan from happening again.
Making it weak and unable to fight at all. So all it could do was act as the puppet body for FIX when she meets StarHusky.
So wearing the clothes that were stored in the box, acting like a drunk she left the factory.
It was time for her to meet with this elusive StarHusky.
*****
In America, a recent series of bizarre cases have been detected enmasse. A sort of possession by beings that were dubbed the Dream Demons.
First, it was just one case which was dealt with the help of an Impenetrable man, father of Radworm. And he was only able to do it due to his inhuman defenses that even protected his mind from these said bizarre beings.
But that was not an isolated case, soon, few more started to pop up in the country and after few dealings. They were shocked to learn that this was happening all over the world.
"A total of 43 detected cases from around the world, of course, this is just the ones we can detect. The real figure might exceed three hundred."
Reading the report in his seat, Herschel Finkle, the current head of Public Protection Agency USA, fell into deep thought.
"The situation is serious… have we found any method to detect these beings properly?"
No one knew what these dream demons were, they suddenly appeared one day and now the trend of their appearance was rising. Which was dangerous.
Who knows how many might appear in the future?
And if there was a way to stop them.
"There are some, the Superhero Association has been doing their own research on these dream demons and have produced some results. The final results will be in your table by tomorrow."
The Superhero association and Public Protection Agency might appear the same due to their goal of protecting civilians. But while one was just freelance vigilantism created to manage the super powered individuals that wish to help the world in their own way.
The Public Protection Agency was a proper government funded organization whose sole job was to protect the people in any way possible and for it, they employed powerful hunters and even some superheroes if need arises.
In a way, PPA is more like the superior authority that keeps Superheroes and Hunters in check in their own way.
"Learning how to defeat them is important. But learning the origins of these beings is equally important." Finkle thought for a while, then he recalled a certain thing from not so long ago.
Something that causes a revolution in the world.
"The person who released the training manuals, did they say that they can enter dreams of beings from another world?"
"Yes Director."
"Hmm." He knew that he was firing this shot in the dark and it was close to impossible for his suspicions to be right.
But the timing of these incidents and the release of that information coincided. Making him wonder, if this was one of the side effects of the dream walking this individual did.
And in this way, Luvi, unaware of the existence of Dream Demons, earned the blame for their birth.