For the next seven consecutive days, Kingpin's entire empire was slowly crumbling, it hasn't fallen yet but the cracks are visible enough for everyone to notice.
Thanks to Leo, Elsa, and Helen's efforts, they were unstoppable in their escapades, not even the sharpest arrow or bullet could stop them.
Additionally, thanks to this, Elsa's strength grew massively! To the point that she can now cast her ice magic faster than before and sturdier than normal ice. Her ice constructs are now as durable as steel!
Not only that, with Leo's guidance, Elsa learned a new technique out of her powers!
The ability to create life through her ice powers! Shocking not only her but also Helen. After all, creating life is not something a normal human can do and even if the human isn't normal, it would still be impossible as only God himself has the capability to create life.
As a matter of fact, Leo wasn't spared either, he was also surprised by this ability of her. Although he already knows about it, it's still shocking to witness it first-hand, an entirely different experience from watching it on a screen.
Of course, Leo is not playing favoritism. He also paid heavy attention to Helen, constantly guiding her to develop more techniques when it came to her flexible powers.
Taking inspiration from various fictional characters such as Luffy and Reed Richards, it's not wrong to say that you can now call Helen the female version of Monkey D. Luffy.
If it wasn't for Luffy's devil fruit not being a rubber fruit, Leo would've considered teaching her how to access Luffy's gears.
Unfortunately, even when he presented the idea, Helen failed to achieve it which didn't cause that much reaction from Leo since he knows it is impossible right from the start.
As for Leo? He's not an idiot, he didn't stay idle all these days. In fact, Leo rarely used his body and other templates' abilities, focusing solely on using Avatar Aang's template, bending the four elements as he fought his way through Kingpin's forces, serving as good training for him.
Leo found it quite easy to develop the Air Bending more than the other three, perhaps it is because Aang himself is already an Air Guru at a young age, hence the reason why Air Bending feels much easier for him.
On the other hand, the next thing Leo found ease when learning is the Water Bending. Not only because it shares a few similarities with Air Bending such as using flow and tranquility when bending, but also because Water Bending doesn't require anything strict to learn.
In Air Bending, you are not only required to be calm but also away from negative thoughts.
Water Bending on the other hand only needs him to be calm and collected to fully maximize his Water Bending skills.
The next bending Leo found easy was the Earth Bending, thanks to his strong physique and rigorous body exercises, he never had a hard time in bending Earth, the only thing holding him back from fully mastering Earth Bending is his imagination.
Finally, the last but not the least was Fire Bending, the hardest bending to learn to Leo.
Unlike some FireBenders who use negative emotions as fuel, Leo decided to embark on the same path as Uncle Iroh, instead of using anger as fuel, he uses other emotions such as happiness or excitement.
Unlike the other three which require a few strict mental or body requirements to fully master them, in Fire Bending, you only need a proper form and emotions as fuel to master Fire Bending, which is easier said than done.
Leo is not someone who is harshly trained in handling his emotions, so it took him a while to use Fire Bending without using anger or any emotions that are borderline negative.
All in all, this whole week placed Leo's strength on an entirely different level. With his four elements bending skills, he could beat his previous self who hasn't received his Avatar Aang template yet.
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"This is the end," Kingpin muttered to himself, holding a glass filled with expensive wine. Standing behind him was his secretary and a few of his 'trusted' people.
"Laxley, quarantine the entire building, no one gets in or out. I have a feeling that tonight will end this bloody conflict." Issuing a few commands, his 'trusted' men who bear disheveled faces, saluted towards him before leaving the room.
With only him and his secretary Agatha left in the room, a palpable sense of fear can be felt throughout the air.
"M-Mr. Kingpin, I-Is there something you want me to do?" After the series of the destruction of Kingpin's factories, Agatha started feeling pressure whenever she was around Kingpin, as if at any moment now he would release his pent-up frustrations on her.
"There is, my dear. But first, I just want to ask you. I wonder where your loyalty lies, hmm?" Placing his hand behind his back, Kingpin looked directly into Agatha's eyes, Agatha's body trembled, unable to answer him properly.
"M-My- My l-loyalty lies to you, Mr. Kingpin!" Agatha stuttered, bowing her head in front of him.
"Oh really? Then would you die for me, Agatha? Would you, hmm?" Smirking, Kingpin saw Agatha tremble and raise her head to look at him, he could see the fear flashing in her eyes, as if not expecting Kingpin would ask her such a question.
"M-Mr. Kingpin, are you joking? How would I be able to show my loyalty to you if I'm dead?" Agatha smiled wryly, treating Kingpin's words like he was just making a joke to lighten to atmosphere.
"Is that so? Is that why I received a report that you seek refuge under the Duke in exchange for burning my blackmail materials towards him?" As soon as he dropped the bomb, Agatha lost control over her legs and was directly dropped on the ground, fear and despair can be seen in her eyes.
"T-That's not. Please forgive me, Mr. Kingpin!" Bowing her head, Agatha pressed her forehead on the ground and asked for forgiveness.
"Is it right for me to spare someone who wants to jump ship, hmm?" Walking towards the kneeling and bowing Agatha, Kingpin crouched in front of her, his imposing presence pressing down upon her.
"P-Please!" Unable to say anything in her defense, Agatha could only resort to kneeling and pressing her head on the floor.
Suddenly, Kingpin's next words gave her a ray of hope, like an angel descending in front of her.
"Perhaps there's a way to forget about it all"
"Please! I'll do anything!" Agatha saw the hope and was quick to grab it as her life depended on it!
"This Duke. He's been quite annoying and a thorn in my empire. I want him dead. Should I tell you how you'll do it or would you use your little brain for it?" Hearing Kingpin's words, Agatha was shocked.
She was tasked to kill the Duke of Weselton Kingdom! What does that mean? That means she would make an enemy out of an entire kingdom for assassinating the Duke!
"B-But…"
"Hmm? Am I hearing refusal?" Squinting his eyes at her, Kingpin spoke like there was no way out for her.
"I-I'll do it!" Clenching her hand, Agatha bit her lip and finally relented.
"Good. Don't worry, once you do this for me, I'll give you a reward. One that you cannot resist." Smirking, Kingpin then watched as Agatha left, probably to pack her bags and pretend that she had already burnt the blackmail materials.
Now that everyone was busy and had their own tasks assigned to do, it was finally time to prepare for the final stage.
In this stage, Leo, Helen, and Elsa would raid the company building and work their way up starting from the first floor up until his office where the final battle will ensue.
And to make it more believable, he even secretly hired several photographers under the guise of Kingpin's enemy to take a photo of the fight and display it in the newspapers tomorrow, spreading the news and gaining more reputation points.
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As the sun fell and the night came, the entire building was in full alert. No one was resting or sleeping. Everyone was wide awake and patrolling the building's vicinity, making sure nothing was suspicious in place.
Unbeknownst to most, three figures are already making their way towards the main entrance of the building without a care in the world.
"Stop right there!" Seeing three suspicious individuals approaching the building, the henchmen assigned quickly gripped his assault rifle that wasn't released in the market.
"We come in peace. Let us kill your boss and we can be in our own way." The man in the middle raised his hands and said, surprising and confusing the henchmen.
They quickly attracted attention and it didn't take long before several other henchmen were now standing guard in front of them.
"This is not a joke. Turn around while you still have the time."
"Sigh. I asked nicely." Shaking his head, the man then made his move, stomping his feet on the ground, pillars of earth underneath their feets rose from the ground, knocking them all out in the air.
At the same time, the other two finally made their moves. With an icy blast from the woman on the left, the barricaded entrance was blown open while the other on the right swooped right in, knocking out the other two henchmen with ease.
And just like that, the heavily fortified building was successfully infiltrated!
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