Chapter 14:
I turned back towards the hand ninja lying in the alley. Now that I'd caught him, what exactly was I supposed to do with him? I don't exactly know how to torture someone for information.
Natasha, standing next to me, noticed my dilemma and spoke up. "You need to know where their base is right? Do you not know how to interrogate someone?"
"No." I admitted.
She nodded her head. "That's alright, I can do it. Do you want to watch or wait outside the alley as a look out?" She asked me.
I told her I'd prefer to wait outside the alley. This wasn't my area of expertise and I didn't want to distract the expert while she went to work.
…For the next 20 minutes, the alley was filled with loud screams. I'm honestly surprised no one came to investigate. Finally, the screaming stopped and I heard a gunshot. A moment later Natasha emerged from the alley. Her expression was indifferent. She clearly had no problems torturing that ninja and then executing him… This woman was pretty hardcore.
"I've got the location of their base here in London." She told me.
"Great! Give me the location and I'll be on my way. You and the rest of MI5 can check the place out after I clear it out."
Natasha furrowed her brows. I think she was expecting to come with me. No way! Not only would she learn all about my abilities, but she'd also steal a bunch of my kills! Every ten Ninja's I took out was a free stat point! Those were pretty much my only way to get stronger. There was no 'XP' in this game.
[We had to remove XP after a bunch of Gamer's went on massive killing sprees and ended up committing worldwide genocides in order to level up. Now stats points delivered through mission rewards or training are how gamers get stronger. Every level you also get 10 free stat points.]
It's always exploiters who end up ruining games for everybody…
"Why do you want to go alone? According to the Ninja I interrogated, there could be dozens of other Ninja's there. Along with the Young Master. He wouldn't tell me anything about him though. He was bleeding out and I didn't have time for a drawn out interrogation." The Black Widow explained to me.
"This is kind of a test for me. The Sorceress Supreme assigned me this mission to see if I had what it took to be trained by her." I said while throwing the blame onto her. It's not like SHIELD would ever be able to find the Kamar Taj anyway. People without any magical aptitude couldn't even see it.
"The who?" Natasha asked. She looked confused.
"Think of the sorcerers like Earth's guardians who protect humanity from interdimensional threats. Demons, Evil Gods, Cthulhu… those sorts of things. The supreme is their leader" I explained and her eyes widened once again.
"Cthulhu's real!?" She exclaimed, shocked. Natasha did not look happy about finding that out. "I thought that was just some old sci-fi nonsense…"
I just gave her a shrug. "This world might seem normal, but it's actually pretty much batshit crazy. So can I get the location now?"
She tiredly sighed and gave me the address.
…
The Ninja base was a few miles away. It was still the middle of the day so I unfortunately couldn't fly there. I'd be spotted far too easily. I'd like to gain at least another pair of wings before I confront the world. At least by then, I'll be largely immune to high caliber bullets.
After an hour of walking, I finally arrived at the base. It was an old movie theater that was boarded up on the outside. How cliche.
'Hey system, transfer every free stat point I get into intelligence as soon as I get them. I imagine I'm going to need a lot of magic for this.'
[You got it. Do you want me to play some epic music while you storm the demon ninja base?]
'You can do that? Fuck yeah lets rock! Play me some Metallica!'
I formed a light spear in my hand as some epic drums and guitar started playing in my head. "Knock Knock you pajama wearing cultists!" I screamed out as I hurled my light spear forward and blasted the entrance door to pieces as I stormed into the lobby. Just as I expected, the inside was a lot different than the decrepit outside. Everything still looked relatively clean and up to date.
There was a group of 5 ninjas who were completely caught off guard by my entrance.
"Nani mono da!?" One of the ninja's shouted out. His only reply was my light spear blasting his head to pieces.
"Intruder! Kill her!" The four ninjas charged me at the same time.
"Bring it you evil assholes!" A purple spear formed in each of my hands as I hurled them both. Two more Ninja's dropped dead with gaping holes in their torsos. The last two Ninja's had reached me with their blades drawn. I ducked backwards to avoid getting sliced from one blade, unfortunately the ninja's blade got a lucky hit on my side.
[-10HP]
RIP!
I heard a tearing noise and looked down. The ninja's blade had sliced into my side, but more importantly… It had torn my dress! The one that Penemue had crafted for me herself…
I saw red. "You pieces of trash! This dress was a gift from my older sister!" I was going to kill them all!
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