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Chapter 57: You're a Sorcerer, Hector! And Slice of Life too

Chapter 57: You're a Sorcerer, Hector! And Slice of Life too

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"When you're in high school you should be doing things, about which you could never tell your parents!"

- Isshin Kurosaki, Bleach

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Recap: After defeating Belasco and his subordinates, Eidolon helped the alternative versions of the X-men return to their home universe. Ending everything they need to do in Limbo and returning safe and sound with Illyana.

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A.N.: There's an important note at the end of this chapter, please read.

Enjoy

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In an apartment in New York, Night

"Say that again..." A dark shadowy form addresses Johan Liebert.

This shadow is obviously a projection of Hector, that came here to receive a report about the Kingpin. Right now he looks a little baffled, even in his featureless face.

"Vanessa convinced Fisk to put me in the position of the late James Wesley in helping him. Being his proxy to many of his contacts..." Johan relates again with a small smile.

"..." Hector's projection remains a little speechless "A woman can really be the downfall of a man..." He mutters more to himself.

But Johan still comments "She already trusts me. My, not so clean, past helped too... I know many languages. She thinks I'm very qualified for the job, and she wants to help her man by relieving some burden... He accepted with a little reluctance."

"When you prepare enough, sometimes things just fall in place, huh?" Hector thinks to himself again. Johan's little criminal background not only made he approach Vanessa more easily, but people tend to feel comfortable when they know someone big secret. But also helped Kingpin think that he has some dirt on Johan, letting the man to his own devices...

And now made Johan the first candidate to occupy Wesley's spot.

"Now I need to ask for one thing, sir." Johan says

Hector looks at him "You mean, holding back a little in pressing him, so that you look like you're doing a good job?" He says while staring at Johan intensely

"Yes, but also will be good to give a slimmer of hope to him, before crushing everything he holds dear." Johan stares back with an amicable smile

"..." The staredown continues for a few seconds "Very well. I will tell Erwin. You have till next week. Make his loyal subordinates, your loyal subordinates. His contacts, your contacts. I want a change of power completely seamless. When I finally catch him, I will let you pry on his mind one last time."

"If you want to steal his identity as the Kingpin, I will give you the power to shapeshift. But my almost infinite patience is already running out... This month will not end with him breathing." Hector says with finality

"Will be done." Johan nods

The shadowy projection slowly begins to fade

"I did everything possible to make sure my revenge will affect innocent lives the minimum possible. My conscience is clear... I'm happy that he is passing through hard times rights now... But it's an empty feeling. Quickly fading..."

After he disappears, is still possible to hear his voice "Now, the only thing missing... It is discovering how I will feel when I have my hand around his neck."

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Hector P.O.V,

Unknown Location on Earth, on Top of a mountain

A day later

"Fuuuh~" I exhale deeply after exerting my new Omega-level power in the world. Stealthly of course.

This power is a little... flamboyant, maybe.

Storm's Atmokinesis is full of fanfare, to say the least.

Yes, obviously I copied their power when I tied the alternative version of Ororo Munroe. Duh.

That's me... When I do bad things, most of the time is full of good reasons and when I do good things I find a way to profit.

Initially, I wanted Iceman Cryokinesis. Because of this, I put him on the group while organizing who would go in the mission. A pity that Scott is Scott.

I retract my control over the weather of the world and open my eyes. Yep, really strong. I already had the power to control the weather from the villain Nine, but this is another level.

The whole world is at my mercy. I remember in the comics, after Civil War and at the beginning of New Asgard arc, that Stark went to try to make the recently resurrected Thor comply with the Super Registration Act and obey the government.

Heh~ It not went well for Iron Man. Hehe.

Anyway, after beating Stark like a two-year-old kid, Thor threatened to show what a god really is and put the world under his power. The God of Thunder showed his domain and images of floods, heavy rains, hurricanes, and huge lightning bolts appeared around the world.

I can do that too now too. Make the world hostage of this power. Man, this would mess with transport and communications... It's not an exaggeration to say that Storm can make humanity recede to the medieval age.

Well, nothing like Iceman that can literally make the world go back to the Ice Age. Literally...

Storm's power has some limitations. Like can only be used in places with... you know, atmosphere. I don't know how this power would Interact in a place that is too much alien. Tests are needed.

But I watched the Magic Ororo producing, from her own hands, Weather-related powers like lightning bolts and wind. So she can do more than "control", she can also "produce" on her own.

Well, she is an Omega-level, even if one of the weakest, so she needs to live up for the title.

Her connection with Gaia can level the game too.

But I still prefer Iceman. The guy froze Hell. Well, there are substitutes from where I can acquire similar powers... Like Elsa from Frozen. It's like Iceman, but magical... and weaker.

Hm~ I ask myself the difference in using two powers that are the same but with different origins.

Well, I will discover when I deepen my magic studies.

Talking about magical things...

I also copied Illyana and Kurt's powers.

Illyana's power is similar to Mikhail's. She can't do everything her elder brother can do, like control that energy.

Her power allows her to open Spatial Discs that teleport her. She uses it very well, you almost can't see the disc when she teleports. The portal opens just enough for her to og in and closes without leaving a gap. She is good with her power. Very seamless teleportation.

But for some reason, her power is connected with the Limbo. So the discs open only to the Limbo dimension and she can use that dimension as a stopover to teleport to other place here on Earth.

To illustrate that I raise my hand and a blue portal appears, on the other end is possible to see the red sky of the Limbo.

Now, is unknown if her power is connected with the Limbo from the beginning or if this is some sort of limitation because of the circumstances. Maybe is psychological...

For now, I can't connect with any other universe. Not that I know any other dimension...

Coincidentally, Kurt's power works a little similarly. But he doesn't make portals, he just blinks in a different dimension. Using it as a medium.

I close the Portal Disc to the Limbo and go check on Kurt's teleportation.

First I take a deep breath and then I bring my concentration to the maximum, the world slows down to me, and the clouds in the sky seem to stop.

With my eyes wide and, looking at an empty spot ahead of me...

*Bamf*

... In the microsecond that takes to use this Blink teleportation, I found myself in another dimension. This one looks even more like Hell than Limbo. With rivers of lava, spiky red rocks and other generic hellish things.

From afar I can see volcanoes and strange creatures... I'm floating in the air for this fraction of a second...

*Bamf*

... And then I'm back to Earth. My super-sense smelled the sulfur that is lingering in my body.

Is that truly Hell? The place where Mephisto lives? I know that Kurt's father is, probably, Azazel... Did Azazel has his own pocket dimension to use or he is sharing with others demons?

I remember that "Satan" is more of a title in Marvel. All princes of Hell call themselves that, or at least we call them like that in our history.

Mephisto is the more active of these guys that mess with the humans.

Apparently, there's a Lucifer in Marvel, but he is nothing like his DC counterpart. Weaker than Mehisto, apparently. Because Mephisto empowered himself with many human souls and has a bigger potion of Hell.

Hmm~ I will seal Kurt's power for now. But I will create a note to research it... Could it be a good way of entering and escaping Hell at will?

Wouldn't that make me even more Immortal(There are many types of immortality after all)? Like the Main Man, Lobo?

If I die and go to Hell, I can escape.

I have many ways of using teleport, but is good to have options. We never know when someone can try to seal me... If they use some method like magic, I can escape with technology or meta powers.

Well, talking about magic. Now that I tested the new additions of my collections. Let's go to learn magic...

For some reason, my invitation to Hogwarts never arrived when I was eleven. Time to remedy that...

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Kamar-Taj, Library

Some hours later

I think this is the library that I saw in my visions. Is it? I'm not sure... Now I don't know if it really is or is just a sense of deja vu.

Whatever... I'm reading the basics of Mystic Arts, trying to ignore my stalker.

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"So... Master Wong, right?"

"I'm not a Master yet..." The monk answers with a deadpan face.

"Really? I can swear the Ancient One called you Master..." I comment while taking some other books.

"He is only being kind..."

"Hm... But you're not a simple apprentice either, right? Being the librarian here..."

"The Keeper of the Books is indeed a respectable position." He answers a little more proudly now.

"If you're worried that I would damage some of them, I can assure you that I'm not that clumsy or ill-intentioned." I address the crux of the question, finally turning to him.

I give him a look before going to sit at a table with the books that I choose from the "Kids section" and the ones more interesting too... There's also a section of the library with books in strange languages.

No one goes there apparently. The languages are long lost or forbidden to learn. But me? I'm a cheater character...

I will go there when budget Kulilin leaves.

Wong looks nothing like the actor. He is much younger, thinner and with his head completely clean of any hair beyond his eyebrows.

I'm gonna slap that head...

"..." He continues to stare at me like I will put fire on the books.

But I'm good at ignoring people... And I can save the contents of the book by recording my vision and scanning them. But Reading witha book in ahnds is much beter.

Now, about Magic... Or Sorcery, or Mystical Arts, or Arcane or whatever you want to call it.

First, humans can do magic. It's not an inherent trait of our species but we can do it. Using a metaphor is like singing... Everyone can do it, some better than others. And obviously with the exceptions of people without a voice.

There are people that can't do magic in any way, but this is not the normal. Squibs... Hmpf, my Slytherin heart despises them.

Jokes aside, all of this makes Marvel different from Dc, there's no Homo Magi here. But there are people naturally gifted, with bloodlines that help them. Probably because their ancestors meddle with their lineage though some mean.

Maybe consorting with demons, stealing power from another dimension, or whatever. The Szardos, and Kurt step-family are like that. And I believe that Wanda too, by her mother's part. I don't know, it is Magneto her father here? I think that was retconned...

Anyway, people are not equal, no surprise there.

The thing is, we humans don't normally have a "fuel" to use even the basic spells. Again, there are exceptions.

This way, becoming a Master, is an arduous path that sometimes is not worth if your talent is ordinary. Let's see what is my talent without a magic user character card...

I speedrun-read the introductory books.

Apparently, there are four Sources of Magic Power, in other words, the energy that you need to empower your spells.

First is the Personal Energies, a gamer would call it Mana, but is literally every type of energy that we have. Chi, Ki, Psionics, Vitality... Yes, vitality. Strange, huh?

Normally you empower a spell with your mental and spiritual powers, but if these lack, you can use your vitality. It is like using your HP or SP if you don't have Mana.

"So Magic really comes from the soul..." I mutter to myself while reading. Wong looks at me in silence.

Maybe I need to really start "dissecting souls" to research the subject. But it looks like a dick move even to the very bad criminals... I believe death is enough payment for their bad deeds. Because of that, I don't torture anyone... too much.

I need to find literally the scum of Earth to feel comfortable about researching someone's soul. There's only so much the All Seeing Eyes can help with it.

Oh~ If your spiritual power is lacking, is possible to use sacrifices to empower magic spells. This is starting to touch the area of the second source.

The Ambient... Good sorcerers can tap into the energy of the world to empower their spells. I think I've seen something similar in Isekai mangas. Borrowing the mana in the air or something like that.

Most of the magic users go with that. Because again, we humans normally have small reserves of Magical Power. Well, small when compared with the other magic-oriented species like demons, Aesir, and others.

We can't compete with them.

The third source is shown in the Dr Strange movie, Extradimensional Energy. The magic user can tap or siphon the energies of other dimensions. This is a little risky, but the gains could be great.

It's not for me obviously. Other people could have no other way except to make contracts with higher beings but I will not have a patron or something like that.

As a side note, is possible to steal the energies without having to go through the Dimension Masters, but this is even more dangerous. I think this is what the Ancient One of the MCU did.

Well, taking the power of these high entities without their allowing is very badass. There's a book here of some sorcerers that tricked some of these guys, receiving many benefits without giving anything.

Damn, imagine someone conning Dormammu as Strange did... A normal person doing that is very ballsy.

The last source is boring, Items obviously can help sorcerers. As much a helping with specific spells or a container of Magical Power.

That wand that Margalli Szardos used is like that, but she is already very gifted, so is more than a boost than an aid.

The Eye of Agamotto must be the most famous of these items.

And I have one of these in my inventory too... The Warlock's Eye is still in my possession. I found a book about it. Very useful to use mind spells, but not my cup of tea. Will continue to gather dust with me.

Hm, my path is using my Personal Energy. When my knowledge deepens, maybe I can use the energies of the world or use items.

Let's see if I can do this.

I change my focus to a book with defensive basic spells. I have seen the apprentices doing this one earlier. Letting the book open on the table I raised my two hands.

I joined the two in opposite directions, rotating, moving the magic energy that I learned far back with the Chakra Books gained in my first Gacha.

"Wait... I'm doing it wrong..." I stop and correct myself "Let's see if... is like this..." I separate my hands, extending my right one forward.

A gray construct that appears to be a magic circle appears on it.

"Oh... That was easy..." I comment. Gray, huh? Is this the color of my "mana"? Well, I have that perk that can change the visual effect of my powers anyway.

Gray must be a reflection of my morality.

I sideglance at Wong's reaction. His face doesn't change much, but he squinted his eys a little. I can feel some emotions for him, and thanks to that I know that what I did is somewhat impressive.

So I have a talent for this. Who would have guessed? But moving my magic energy it's not that complicated... I read that is the hardest part.

How good someone is with the control, and manifestation of their inner energies is a deciding factor to say if they're talented.

I think I'm cheating... I am already accustomed to using many inner energies.

And I don't feel tired at all... Hm~, I have a lot of mental strength.

Is this mana? Is all "mana" in the many work of fiction the same? So many things to test...

Let's learn the basic of everything.

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"When you said that you want to read our books, I didn't think that you would read all of them on the first day..." The amused voice of the Ancient One says from my side.

"I remember the place of all books, I will put them in their place later..." I comment on the pile of books on the table. I'm here for half a day.

Wong finally left. Apparently, he has duties.

"It's not about that I'm worried... Don't try to hug the world, Eidolon." He advises

Oh, is this guy really worried about me?

"Relax, I will not try anything that goes into the... dark path." I assure him. Would be dumb of me to do it anyway. No need to take risks for power when I receive upgrades monthly. "But talking about these things... Let me ask you a question..."

"Go on..."

"There are many spells that are born from high entities, extradimensional beings and others... Is possible to use them without the need of 'sellling my soul'?" I ask with a joking tone.

He chuckles "Yes, it's possible. There are many paths in magic. All of them have risks in some ways. Making deals with these beings is dangerous in their way, but the other methods are not less... arduos." He explain, then he gave a look at the book on my hand "The Octessence, huh? They're the source of power of many popular spells..." he comments

Yep, the Octessence. Like the name say, it's a group of eight extradimensional enitities that are in a perpetual rivalry with each other.

I heard some of their names in my former life, but only now I'm discovering it.

The members are: Balthakk, Farallah, Ikonn, Krakkan, Raggadorr, Valtorr, Watoomb and... Cyttorak.

Each of them governs an aspect. Cyttorak is destruction, but there are things like wind or objects. There's no theme with them. I read that some of these entities like Watoomb are once mortal sorcerers. He ended up claiming a part of the Splinter Realms and ascended.

These eight guys are like kids competing to see who is better, but they don't go throw hands with each other in the mortal world. They use proxies, like their avatars. The Juggernaut is an example of this.

There are many spells that come from them, like the famous Crimson Bands of Cyttorak and the less-known Bolts of Balthakk, Chains of Krakkan, and Winds of Watoomb.

My doubt is that if is really necessary to consort with these guys just to use the spells. Looks like a bad deal for me.

The Ancient One continues to explain "While is easy to go and make deals with the Octessence, even easier when compared with other entities, many sorcerers prefer to steal their power."

"Steal? Sounds risky..."

"Not much... Would you care if someone stole a blade of grass from your yard? There are risks... You can't be too blatant or greedy of course, but it's not a suicide mission. The problem is that you need to do it constantly" He makes a cup of water appears.

"You steal the energy of their dimension, and every time you use the spell you spend this energy." He says while emptying the cup little by little "To continue to use the spell you need to continue to go there and take more."

"I see... If you make the deal you have unlimited energy?" Looks broken...

"Only as much the Entity allows you to tap."

"And the quantity is equivalent to how much you give back in some way..." I guess. Law of Equivalent Exchange.

He nods "Some simply ask to complete some tasks, some ask for sacrifices, and others are happy with a little of respect and worship."

He then continues "But if you're really good... You don't need to depend on the Entity to use the spells. And not even needs to risk going to steal their energies constantly." He says grabbing my attention

"How?"

"You need to have a deep understanding of the spell and the energy of origin. Then, you can transform your own inner energy into equivalent and similar energy that can empower the spell. Allowing you to use the spell without depending on anyone." He says

"But would still be needed to take some risks to study the extradimensional energy..." I say

He smiles "All the paths have risks..." He repeats what he said in the beginning.

This path looks more like me. To a normal person, it looks like a herculean effort to just use a spell. And you would spend your energy while the others have their separate extradimensional reserves.

The disadvantages are obvious, but it is this type of path that a cheater like me can take.

"The spell would be a copy..." I comment

"That can be as good as the original if you're talented enough." He says

"Hm, I once come face to face with Cyttorak... Held the Crimson Gem and even went to his dimension an astral projection..." I comment idly while caressing my chin with my fingers.

Maybe I can do it.

I look at the book explaining the spell. The way to move the energy, the hands movements to facilitate the process. Even the chant... cringe...

It is easy for me to do the movements, I cheated watching the Crimson Cosmos, Cyttorak dimension, with the All Seeing Eyes and I'm a Nen user... I'm a least ahead of a complete novice.

On the second try, the first one just to get everything right, I succeed.

In the last movement where I separate my hands, red bands connect my hands like a cat's cradle.

It looks a little too much illusory, but I did it.

"As expected..." I hear the Ancient One

"Expected?" I ask.

He looks at me for a moment, but he does not answer.

Almost childish he passes his hand through my spell, breaking the bands like spider's webs. Normal spider webs.

"Still weak... It should be something like this." He says before raising his hand. His palm facing the ceiling. From it, dozens of crimson bads appear, much more real than mine.

They move to all sides, they appear to just go wild initially. But then I notice them grabbing the books on the tables and putting them in the right places perfectly.

The bands move as if each one has a mind of its own.

"..." I look at this guy "No one like a show-off. But this was dope, so I will allow it this time..." I say

He chuckles, and the last band brings a book to his hand. He looks at it and says "The Neyaphem and Cheyaraphim... Studying history too? Well, this one I can understand why you are interested..." He comments

That book talks about Kurt's father, Azazel.

"Investigating for a friend..." I say. The Neyaphem was a group of demons led by Azazel.

"Hum, do you know that they're mutants? Or how you call them... Metas." He says to me.

Now this is a surprise "Aren't they demons?"

"Not initially... Their 'meta-power' made them similar to demons. Then, they took the path to become one."

Whattaheck... "A meta-power that grants demon physiology shouldn't be the same as being a real demon." The meta would still be a human

He answers with a question on his own "If a meta has the power of an animal... How far did this influence him? Is he senses the same as the animal? Does he like the same things? Did he have the animals' instincts?"

"..." This makes me think about the examples... Toad, Sabertooth, Wolverine, and others that I met with the Morlocks and in Mutant City.

They really act a little... animalistic.

"Do you know how the metas come to be?" He asks an important question

"I have my theories..." The Celestials, but I let him talk on his own

He nods "You must know about the modifications in the genome back then, in the past. The deviants and other things, but I will not focus on this..."

He shakes his hand and continues "Imagine that the genome that makes you... you."

"The metagene." I say

"Yes, imagine how it is in the past. Much more simple than nowadays where there are powers that can connect a person with another dimension, right?"

Yeah, I think Scott's optic beams come from another dimension or something like that.

And all of this is looking slightly similar to the BNHA/MHA world, where the powers become more complex with each generation.

"The crux of the question is... The metagene would awaken hidden, or recessive, heritages." He says and waits for me to connect the dots.

"! So you mean... That Azazel, as an example, would have an ancestor that bed some demon. After many generations, the demon blood was so thin that it was almost non-existent... Till the meta-gene awaken this as a meta-power." I conclude.

He nods

Okay, this is interesting. And makes sense.

"And the animals..." I say a little uncomfortable...

"There are all types of alien species out there, maybe..." he shrugs

Okay, I prefer to believe that some Wolverine ancestor tapped some beast girl ass than a real feline tail.

"So, back to the Neyaphem... They are metas that accepted a little too much of their heritage. They started acting like demons, going deeper and deeper till there's no difference between them and the 'original'."

"The Cheyaraphim is the opposite. They are metas with angelic, or holy, features. The two groups are enemies for a long time."

I see. And here I thought that Azazel was always a demon, but this explains why the meta-power of Kurt is the "demonic power" of the father. So from the mother, he only took the blue color.

"This is an interesting subject... I think I will write a thesis about this. 'How the metage can awaken Hidden/slumbering heritages in the human genome'." I comment

I remember that the quirk [All For One] fused with my metagene when I upgraded it. But, what if my slumbering metagene was of the Trump classification already?

So this is why it fused with All For One and not other power...

And other questions are raised. If an alien has a child with a meta. Does the alien inherent power become a meta-power?

A child of a Skrull becomes like Mystique... Heck, maybe Mystique has Skrull blood in her Family tree.

Hm, an Asgardian with a meta. Can the meta-power work with inherent magic? Is this what happened with Wanda? Did Illyana's long exposure affect her metagene?

So much to research...

One of my blindspots is that I can't copy/steal inherent powers... But if I take the long path with a little genetic engineering I can manufacture a meta clone of an alien species, with a powerset that I can copy.

Loopholes people! Abuse them!

The Ancient One let me to my thoughts for a while before interrupting

"Now, a little moral question... Who do you think is right between the Neyaphem and Cheyaraphem?" he asks with a mischievous smile.

"..." I look at the guy. What is this? A classroom? "I don't know..." I answer truthfully

"Oh~" He smiles interested

"If I need to guess... The right one should be the one formed last." I answer.

"Why this?"

"First... This looks like one of that tricky questions, but I'm old enough to know that not everything that shines is gold. I wouldn't say that the Cheyaraphem is good because they look like angels or whatever. I can grow wings too..."

"And sincerely, these self-righteous people always got on my nerves. Imagine giving yourself a 'holy mission' only because you shine in a golden light and has wings. A little arrogant I would say... But if they create this group to stop whatever evil deed the Neyaphem committed, all good."

I continue "But... I know very well how humans can treat someone that is different. Imagine if you look like a demon. Should has been much worse thousands of years ago... 'If everyone treats me like a monster, I will act like one' " I shrug my shoulders as a I quote

"In the end, I don't know the members, their motives, the backstory... Maybe the Neyaphem is a group of outcasts that want better lives. Maybe the Cheyaraphem are truly good guys that want to use their power for good. Maybe the two are right, maybe the two are wrong..." I explain and stop

Looks like I talked too much to say "depends"... But I don't see the world as black and white.

The Ancient One looks at me for some time.

His gaze makes me frown a little. I can't decipher this guy feelings... He hides it too well. My powers can't pierce whatever defenses he had.

Then he laughs a little "This is so like you..." he shakes his head and sighs

Now I frown. Is he observing me for a long time? Maybe saw a future or an alternative version of me.

"Dude, stop acting all cryptic..." I sigh at him "And metaphors are my things, by the way..." I add.

He is stealing my character traits.

For some reason, to my joke, he laughs out loud.

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Later, abusing of his goodwill I speedrun a lot of questions.

I ask for books to help Illyana and other things.

Some important, others not...

"From how long you're the Sorcerer Supreme?"

"A thousand years..."

"Didn't it get boring? You look has a lot of free time seeing that you're here with me."

"Hoho~ Sometimes, and some of my responsabilities can last for years and my free time can last as long. But Sorcerer Supreme is a 24/7 job..."

"Are you training a successor?"

"Why? Want to candidate yourself? He asks jokingly "This would be interesting..." He rubs his chin

"Yew... Hell no." I show my disgust with the responsibilities "But what is the perks?"

"None that you wouldn't have if you aren't the Sorcerer Supreme. The man makes the Job... This Job doesn't make the man."

"Cryptic again..."

"Heh~"

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"Do you have an Infinity Stone?" I ask if like is a casual thing

"Yes..."

"Is the Time Stone?"

"No. The Soul Stone. Do you want it?"

"If you give to me, I would throw it in a parallel universe..." In truth, I would use a Travel ticket to take the stone to another multiverse and let it be there.

There it would be only a shiny rock and no more Infinity Gauntlet or Snap.

"You're not a greedy one, right? But you study with such fervor... Really contrasting actions..." He looks at me "It looks like you're more complex than you show, Eidolon."

"..."

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"The Brimstone dimension of Azazel is part of Hell?"

"Sort of... A subsidiary backwater part of it..."

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"How many Sorcerer Supreme candidates are out there?"

"More than one would expect. I can't tell you about them, would be not ethic."

"There are ethics in this line of job?"

"You would know if you take our classes... There are some unwritten rules."

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"How are you so hard to read with my powers? Is there some trick about it?"

"Hm, we are always emitting thoughts, and emotions all the time no matter how small. It's hard to completely shut it off without cutting your humanity... Don't try to rush it. With time you will get better." He raises his hand and some books fly to it "There some mental exercises here. And self-defense spells to hide things like your lifeforce, thoughts, feelings, and others." He said giving me the books

"Thank you..."

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"From how much you will keep the title?"

"Less than necessary, more than I want..."

"Cryptic again... Are you gonna keep living after that? Have a retirement plan, old man?"

"Hoho~ Maybe I can go back to farming... But no. When the duty ends, so does the man." He says with a calm smile

"...I thought that the man makes the job."

"Heh~ I'm on this for so long, that I'm not myself anymore. For a long time, I'm the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme... Yao is long forgotten." He says with a melancholic smile

"... I can understand this a little."

"I know that you can." He looks at me mischievous again.

It's like he knows a joke that I don't.

"You're creeping me out."

And he only laughs.

Weirdo...

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After some time I leave Kamar-taj

Sincerely, the Ancient One is a little weird.

He is treating me too well... Is he that nice? Or he is grooming me to some big play? Maybe I'm the key to solving some future crisis and I need to sacrifice myself...

Well, it is my pessimism talking. No use thinking too hard about it.

I will just continue to keep an eye open and learn magic. I'm profiting anyway...

And about the Sorcerer Supreme position and the Soul Stone.

Well, the stone is safe with him. Andi s not the Time Stone! This changes things a little... Maybe I should go to space and check that planet with the Power Stone.

And when Thor visits, try to hint to him to take me when the Convergence happens, so that I can check if the Reality Stone is embroidered with the Ploto f hi movie.

The Reality Stone is the one that I'm most wary.

And about the Sorcerer Supreme position... Meh, Strange can have it.

Till he mess up big with his big-brained friends... I don't want to myself, but maybe I can put a summon on it.

Someone like Raven... yes, I'm obsessed.

But I accept Zatanna, Dr Fate, and Constantine. Heck, there a bunch of Magic Users in anime that can fit the position.

Fate is full of them.

But I will not have thoughts while the Ancient One lives.

Now, I will stop at the station for a little and go to the X-men.

...

Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters

"Eidolon, tell Ms. Ororo that I'm responsible. I will not use the chainsaw sword in anyone..." Kitty whines at my side.

We are sitting in the living room, some of the X-men are here. By the way, I also copied her power. It's like Mirio's quirk, but hers is much easier to use, so is a good addition to not waste effort.

"She is responsible and she will not use the chainsaw sword on anyone..." I deadpan to Storm.

Apparently, she apprehended my gift for being "too dangerous". Tch.

"C'mon... Take it seriously!" Kitty balances my shoulders, but my face remains impassive. I'm used to it.

"Sorry, Kitty. But she is your guardian. She has the right and responsibility to keep you safe. Trust in her judgment." I say full of righteousness "Use your power to take it back when you want..." I whisper to her in a low voice after that.

Her eyes widen and she nods at me conspiratorily.

Our exchange didn't pass unnoticed by Ororo, I'm not trying to hide anyway, and she is staring sternly at us. Her hand crossed over her chest. A big chest by the way... Gaia perk?

"What?" I ask, acting confused

"You shouldn't give something dangerous to them..." She says with a small frown

"Relax... They live with something dangerous every day. If they are responsible with their powers, they can have a chainsaw sword." I argue

"This and that are two different things." She says tapping her foot.

"Not really... Trust them a little more."

"I trust them, but they can make mistakes because of clumsiness."

"There's failsafe. It can't turn on by accident."

At this, someone interrupts "You two look like a married couple arguing about their children." Illyana says with a weird look before plopping herself on the couch on my front.

"All of you as our children? Must be the reason for our white hair." I quip making Ororo take her hand to her mouth to release a chuckle.

I decide to change the subject and ask Illyana "How are you doing?"

She shrugs "Overall it is a little weird... But it is okay."

"I see. I visited na acquaintance that is well versed in magic and did a compilation of books that can be useful to you." I say taking out some books that I wrote myself. "This one here talks about Soul Weapons. This one, harmless Demon Magic..." I explain.

She holds them while I point explaining the others.

"I thought that you probably are not used to using smartphones or tablets, so they are books. But I brought a smartphone to you too..." I give her as a gift. "Already has the number of your brother and one special to contact me."

She looks at the smartphone for a while before finally nodding at me "Thank you..." Her attitude is a little cold. Must be a rebellious phase.

"Well, that's all for today. Mikhail said that he is gonna visit more frequently now... We are having trouble with his documents, Russia you know- Hm?" I was saying before something caught my attention.

I look at Rogue intently

"W-what?" She asks a little nervous.

"Hm..." I start to speedwalk in circles around her like Kazuma with the sleeping Megumin in that movie. I'm messing with her a little because seeing her flustered is cute. But there's really an issue here...

"You have awakened Nen." I say stopping in her front.

Obviously, everyone looks at me confused.

Well, a surprise... But makes sense.

Normally, I wouldn't like someone gaining a power of mine like that. But is one of many, and I consider Rogue almost one of mine already.

And in the future, I plan to spread the teachings of Nen to humanity anyway. It's a good discipline to delve into, like yoga. Not like all Nen users are fighters.

This could be an opportunity too.

"Nen?" They ask confused

"Let me explain..." I say before sitting down "Nen is a power system that uses lifeforce. Like Chi or Qi. I call it aura. Everyone has lifeforce, but using Nen you can harness it and empower yourself in many, many ways." To illustrate that I make a hologram of a person and steam around it.

"So like those power from anime?" Kitty asks and the people around roll their eyes, unaware of how right she is.

"Exactly like an anime." I smile "From what I can tell, Rogue awakened her aura when she absorbed my own. My huge life force was like a flood opening her nodes. Now even when the effects of absorbing me wear off, she still will have her aura unlocked and ready to use."

"And what did this change to her?" Ororo asks

"Hm... There are many advantages... There's only one disadvantage, really. It is that you can waste your aura, shrinking your lifespan. As you woke your aura forcibly, and right now you're still under the effects of absorbing myself and my experiences... There's the Danger that after the effect of your power wears off, your life force will leak uncontrollably without my experience to help you." I explain and see some eyes widening

I continue to calm them "Relax, in truth... With a basic control, you can keep your aura from escaping and slowing down your aging." I say

"Oh! It is because of that that those Shaolin monks live like for 150 years?" Kitty asks in sudden realization

"Yeah, you can say that... We are constantly losing lifeforce, with a good control you can increase your 'efficiency'." I indulge her thoughts, she is not that far off.

"Makes sense..." Jean comments

"That means that I will live for a long time?" Rogue asks a little confused

Girl, you can be fucking scary now. You are a meta and Nen user with the power to absorb people's lifeforce/aura. You're the new Selene Galio.

If she could keep the "maximum aura" stolen, she could speedrun to Meruem level in a day. But she doesn't have a huge "reservoir", any aura stolen will dissipate eventually...

"You could probably live for thousands of years... Rogue, you can absorb lifeforce. You're immortal from the beginning. If you want." I say to her, shocking everyone "You're simply more efficient now, with Nen. Oh, you guys never thought about that, huh?" I say looking around

"No... Like... Thousands of Years... Everyone here would be dead..." Rogue comments with a distant look.

Typical of her, thinking already on the dark side of this whole ordeal.

I go to gain some brownie points "Relax, apparently, I'm immortal too. Heh~" I say attracting her attention "Logan will live for a long time too, The Thing from the Fantastic Four, Thor, Kurt... Even Colussus and Robert..."

"We?" Iceman asks in surprise, pointing to himself

"You don't age in your Ice form, if you stay like that eternally... If you want, obviously" I say and this makes him think "Even Colossus with his metal form, giving up our meat bodies we could achieve a life expectancy as big as the material in question." I explain.

I remember that there's a dystopic future where Emma Frost is immortal because she is always in her diamond form.

My little speech shocked them again, I think they didn't think that far ahead. But is a reality... In a hundred years, 90% of the heroes and other people of interest will be dead.

I gave a small glance to Jean. She is a smart girl, she immediately noticed that I include her in the list of long-lived people. But I didn't say out Loud for a reason.

She still hasn't talked about the Phoenix with the rest of the X-men, I can respect that.

"Stop thinking about so far ahead... One of my mottos is 'If you suffer for anticipation, you're suffering more than necessary'. Just live your life right now." I give some advice "I will be alive in a hundred of years too, if you feel bored, we can go on an adventure in another universe. There are infinite things to do after all..." I offer with a playful smile "Heck, there are 2 trillion fo galaxies only in our universe... So much to see, visit..."

She gives me a half-smile at my words, and blushes a little. Girl, your pale skin didn't help you in hiding your emotions. You need to improve your Poker Face.

"That puts things in perspective..." Jean says with a sigh

After that, I give a small explanation about Nen and promise that I will be back to teach Rogue. A good way to steal her from the X-men.

While I say my goodbyes I ignore Kitty elbowing her goth friend in the ribs with a mischievous grin.

...

Mary Jane P.O.V.

Midtown High School

Ugh, I was never a morning person, but trying to regulate my sleeping schedule is destroying me. Why did I listen to Hector about this again?

Annoying know-it-all guy...

Oh, there he is. Normally, I can only talk with him before the class start and after, we sit far from each other in class and at lunch.

I approach him to do my daily routine of annoying him... hm? Hmmmmm? Is he hurt??

I accelerate my steps and arrive at his side while he put some things in his locker "What happened?" I go straight to the point

"..." He moves his eyes to look at me and then takes his time to go through his locker and close it. This is an infuriating thing about him, he lets the silence stretch without a care. I mean, he is not like the other guys that are always talking, afraid of being forgotten. It's a nice change of pace, his confidence. But now is annoying me "Good morning to you too." When he finally makes a show of slowly closing the locker he says to me with a sarcastic smile

"Ugh... Good morning." I roll my eyes "Now, what happened?" I ask again looking at the wounds on his face. A broken lip, a cut on his eyebrow, and a yellow mark that can only be a contusion, that was previously purple. These are fight wounds "Did someone hurt you?" I ask, showing my worry

He chuckles "I fought a demon immortal sorcerer in Hell..." He makes a show of thinking, " but he was weaker than I expected."

Ugh, this guy is good at lying.

I slap his shoulder to make him be serious.

"Ouch, ow." He touches his shoulder where I hit and makes a pained expression. Even crouching down a little.

"! Ah! Sorry, sorry... Are you hurt there too?" I ask trying to, I don't know... caress his shoulder to relieve him from the pain in some way.

But he suddenly stops and looks at me with a smirk, completely fine "I'm touched by your worry about my well-being, Mj1." He says cockily.

Grr... I hold back the urge to smack him.

"Be serious..."

Seeing my non-joking tone he relents "Okay, okay. Relax, it was a small scuffle. Nothing serious..." He says

"..." I stare at him. This guy, acting all mysterious.

"Sigh, you probably will know what happened by the end of the day. A little out of character on my part..." He adds and doesn't continue

"..." I look again at his wounds. This was absolutely a fight "Is hurting?"

"What? Wanna kiss it better?" he smirks and points to his broken lip

Yes... "You wish." I huff and turn away and walk to class, leaving him behind.

The guy is handsome even with wounds on his face, it even gives him a dangerous sexy air.

God has his favorites.

...

I discovered what happened.

During class, when I saw Flash entering the class with similar injuries, but worse, I thought that Hector and Flash ended up fighting.

Well, I'm correct... In the wrong way.

Flash fought WITH Hector, not AGAINST him. Hector saved Flash ass from four guys that jumped him yesterday after school.

Apparently, the other party is from another school, the one that our football team will face in the next game. Really, people? School rivalry? Men...

Flash explained that is more common than I would think, specially if there are bets involved.

Well, Flash is our ace. But ambush someone because of a High School game... I can only roll my eyes at these people. So childish.

But let's focus on the present.

Heh. Hehe... I can't stop sending Hector a smug grin "Well, well... I remember someone saying something about 'never sitting at the popular table'." I say to Hector at my side, sitting at the 'popular table'.

His groan makes me laugh even more. His annoyed face is a work of art to me.

Flash dragged him to the table before Hector can't even react. Acting like they are childhood friends, as if all the bad blood between them is gone.

"... then he swung his backpack at one face while kicking the other in the chest..." Flash is telling the tale of the fight to the table exaggeratedly. Hector groans while nursing his food and listening to him.

I make sure that he sees my amused face.

"Didn't you guys hate each other earlier?" Sally Avrill, asks from her seat on the table.

Everyone pauses and the mood gets strange.

Ugh, this chick... Always annoying. Get some tact, girl.

"This is in the past..." Hector says calmly, his words disperse the heavy mood easily.

"Yeah, I already apologized to him. So is all good." Flash adds hooking Hector's shoulder with his arm.

"So this is all it takes?" Liz Allen asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Men friendship..." Hector says with a shrugh and the guys on the table nodding agreement like this is obvious.

The talks go on and on, and Hector surprisingly fits well. He can be sociable when he wants.

"Damn Hector, I haven't noticed that you put some muscles..." Liz comments, now at Hector's side. She took the opportunity when Flash stood up.

"Maybe you should go to an Ophthalmologist, I can recommend one really good." Hector says seriously

Pfft. This guy... I hold back a chuckle by biting my lip.

The sarcasm probably flew over Liz's head, because Hector really has a good poker face.

She laughs, thinking that he is joking with her "Stop it, silly." Silly? "You always use loose clothes, that's why..." She says feeling his biceps.

Now I'm frowning. She is touching him with such intimacy, Hector doesn't like that.

My bad mood evaporates a little seeing Hector's face. Pfft, haha. The way she looks down at her hand touching him. His face screamed "Bitch, can you not?"

"I started a healthy lifestyle last year.." He says and casually takes her hand off him. Holding her watch with two fingers, like he is disgusted by it.

Damn, compared to this, the way he annoys me is nice.

I was taken off from watching Liz annoy Hector, in not a good way, by Harry Osborn. He is at my other side, trying to make a conversation.

"My birthday has already happened, but this weekend I will make a big party..." He says, inviting me to the party. I already know about this, but he is inviting me personally.

A little weird to make a party when his dad died not long ago... But people can grieve in different ways, right? I think...

I'm trying to be nice to him because of his circumstances, but I think he is interpreting this as having a chance with me.

Sorry, but no pity sex from me.

"You can count me there..." I say to Harry with a plain face, suddenly I think of something. "Oh, Hector, what about coming to Harry's party too?" I turn to him with a smile.

"..." He looks at me silently

Oh god, haha. His face. This guy is really an anti-social creature.

But at this moment Flash returns and acting all friendly with Hector says "That's an excellent idea! Just come, I will teach you how to have fun!" He says animatedly

Hector puts on a thoughtful expression.... Wait, is he really coming?

"Hm, next semester I will finish High School... So this is the last opportunity. No prom to me..." he says with his chin on his fingers "Okay, if is not a problem, I will go Harry." Hector says turning to Harry.

"No... No problem at all, the more the merrier." Harry says with a... strained smile.

Hm? There are sparks flying between the two? Why?

Wait! More important... Hector is really going? Hm? Why I'm a little uncomfortable with it now?

I look at him again and watch as Liz continues to try small talk with him... I can't be jealous, right?

Like Hector is some sort of thing that I discovered and I want to monopolize...

I mean, she is acting too familiar with him... It's only that. Nothing more.

.....

Eidolon P.O.V.

Later that night

A party? Haha, Why don't you scream to the world already? "I was a disappointment to my Father, now I'm happy that he is dead."

But okay. Like All for One said "Everything can be a opportunity to gain some Advantage". Let's play detective and take care of any "goblin remnants" in the Osborn manor.

This took the need to invade anyways.

The whole thing with Flash was more of a chance encounter... Yesterday after class, when I on the parking lot ready to go home I find the little ambush on the guy.

I debated in helping only for a second, before deciding to act as a Hector.

Obviously, I needed to receive some punches, and because of this the wounds.

The way Shego laughed when she saw...

Now Flash treats me very well. Meh, I don't have hard feelings at the guy. He is so small in the great scheme of things, I'm not that Petty.

And I remember that in the comics he has his redemption, going to the military, losing his legs to save a friend, and becoming Agent Venom.

The guy is not evil, just immature. It is a thing of age.

Children are pure... Pure evil. Children can be mean in a merciless way, teenagers are not that different.

No need to demonize the guy because he gave me names and pushed me sometimes in the hallway.

And Liz Allen, huh? Being handsome makes life so easy.

The girl is interested in me... Not so much. Only 30% of her interest is because I'm a catch now. Another 3% is because she saw MJ being all friendly with me. Some sort of female competitive spirit.

The other 40% is because I ignored her. Seriously, she is so used to having everyone's attention she can't handle me acting disinterested in her. She is craving my approval now.

Sigh... This generation. I even saw her going to talk with some nerds of the school, just to have them gawk at her so to boost her confidence.

She is so superficial.

Now, focus on the present...

"I will be very happy if you all can go to the nearest police station and turn yourselves in..." I say in my threatening Eidolon voice to the ATM robber group that I just captured

They all nod fearfully at my words

"Remember, I can keep track of you guys from a distance..." I death glare them "If you guys stop, take another route or lie. I will come back... Do you want to see me again?"

They all shake their head. Good boys...

Criminals never stop, but I need to keep these guys on a tight leash.

Crimes will never stop. But the violent crime rate dropped significantly because of me. People prefer to explode at an ATM than steal a woman's purse.

Good, very good.

Oh! She is nearby... Maybe I can stop by to have a little talk with her. I still have to gauge her Character to decide how closer I will keep her.

....

Emma Frost P.O.V.

In my limousine I look at my tablet to keep up with the News, still working even in my breaks. That's my life.

I normally would not spend much time on the internet. But I think the internet is a gold mine. Those old-time CEOs underestimate the potential of this thing, thinking that other mainstream media will be strong forever and the internet is only a "phase".

"I think I will fire all of my marketing team for a younger batch..." I mutter to myself "Social Media is growing strong..."

Going through the News, obviously, there's a focus on the heroes. There are no newspapers that don't report the deed of the costumed super-powered people.

Eidolon is always the more present guy... Hm, he saved a bus from falling from a bridge. The guy really is everywhere...

But now I know that he is not that pure-hearted good samaritan that everyone thinks.

Replaying our encounter in my mind is possible to see that he is cunning, deceitful even. He is not the stereotype of a musclehead hero.

In hindsight, I gave too much information for free...

He tired me mentally in his mind, but I couldn't call him out on this. It was my fault that I invaded his mind in the first place.

He fucking played me!

I fell too easy to his game of going away. Tsk. I can feel the frown grow on my face.

When I see him next time...

"What is disturbing your mind, Ms. Frost?"

I'm not proud to say that I jumped a little on my sit in fright. Fucking Eidolon is sitting calmly at my front.

"! You..." I look at the front seats, where my driver and guards are, none of them moved a muscle.

"They can't perceive what is happening here right now. A small trick with people's senses... You can do it with your telepathy too." He says calmly watching my line of sight.

Well, that is a scary use of powers, and this coming from a telepath.

This doesn't mean that he can go anywhere unhindered? I mean, he can already do that... But him using brute force and him doing what he wants and no one noticing has a huge difference.

This guy is really scary.

"What do you want, Eidolon?" I ask with a hint of displeasure in my voice

"I thought that someone like you would mind breaking your guards, I'm surprised..." He comments looking to the front seat.

"I'm not that much of a monster..." I say, but I admit that I check almost every day the mind of the people close to me. I would be a fool to not use my best weapon "And most of them can be kept loyal with these." I joke arching my back and showing my cleavage. Trying to see his reaction.

I'm only a little surprised that his eyes don't accompany my movement and are kept on my face.

He snorts. "Be safe then." He advises

"Hmpf, no man in this world can touch me if I don't allow it." I say with a snort

"That's not true, but okay..." He says calmly and doesn't pursue the matter.

Changing the subject I ask about something that he said earlier "So you can tell if someone has his mind tampered by someone?" That's interesting

He looks at me "You probably didn't meet many skilled telepaths, huh?" Well, no... There's that bitch in my college years that gaslighted me, but she was just an ant.

He continues "There's no perfect crime... Your mental energy leave traces, only in your wavelength, your signature, like psychic fingerprints. And is easy to spot something wrong with a person's mind, you should already know that..." He says

Yeah, it's not that easy to mess with people's memories, like the body, a mind will try to heal. But I didn't know of psychic fingerprints or whatever... I will check it later.

"Now, I don't believe that you came here just for some small talk. We are both busy people, after all." I say uncrossing my legs and crossing it again, now with my right leg over the left.

Again, he didn't even spare a glance at my thighs or my panties.

"Are you a eunuch?" I ask casually while taking something to drink and offering him too.

He laughs and declines with a raise of his hand.

"No need to have your self-esteem attacked, Ms. Frost. I'm just used to beautiful women and this kind of trap." He says playfully "And indeed, I came here to warn you... I already had a good idea of the hideouts and shady business of the people that you passed the information to me last time."

He looks at me more seriously "As per our agreement, I'm here to warn you. Till the end of the next month, all these guys will... be out of the picture. In one way or another." He says with dead eyes

And I hate to admit that I felt a shiver from them.

"So, it's time for to you prepare whatever you're going to do." He finishes

Hmm, so it's time to move the moles planted on the many businesses of those bastards. If everything goes well, I will take good employers, deals with governments, shares at a cheap price, and much more.

I notice that he is staring at me while I'm thinking "Try to not go overboard." He warns and I huff.

"I'm an upstanding citizen..." I lie easily and he scoffs.

And I'm not so dumb to do something that would make Eidolon go for me as much as he will go for those scum.

I already figured out how to deal with Eidolon, it's very simple. It simply doesn't antagonize the guy, I even stop some of my more unsavory business because of that.

No need to wake one day and have the guy hovering above my home, ready to take me to jail.

It's simply not worth it.

Ah, and be honest. I noticed that he surprisingly answer seriously when I asked something, even if it was a joke.

He likes honesty. So let's try being upfront with the guy.

"What's your endgame, Eidolon?" I ask seriously

I noticed the shift in his posture. Some people would think because of the fact that I'm a telepath, I don't know how to read people normally.

But is the exact reason that I'm good at reading people. I can see what people are really thinking and comparing with their facial expressions and body language, with time you crack the code.

He stares at me for a while before letting out a chuckle and looking out the window. "I think I know from where this question comes..." He comments before turning to me again.

"After starting all this hero work, I noticed that people tend to project themselves in me and in the other's heroes... Not-so-good people think that I'm up to something. That I can't have all this power and be this... saint. Hehe." He laughs a little melancholic "The people that defend me are the ones with a more optimistic view on life, they're good people. Better than me even."

He shakes his head "The thing is... People nowadays confuse cynism with intelligence and a good heart with naivety and stupidity. No one wants to be hurt, to be taken advantage off... They don't want to risk be on the short end of the stick. So they attack first and became the offenders, afraid of being hurt..."

He looks at me with a deep gaze "You're like that Emma Frost."

"..."

"You're a power-hungry woman, that aims for the top to not be hurt by anyone. You're going all out in a preemptive strike in being better than everyone... So you find it hard to believe that I'm simply a guy trying to do good. Because you wouldn't do that..."

"..." He is not wrong

"If you had my powers... You would already be the Empress of the world." He laughs after saying this.

"Hm, I like the sound of that." I quip back

"Heh. I was like that in the beginning too, you know? You can imagine my thoughts when I gained my powers and discovered how many strong people there are out there..." He looks at the window again "I was so eager to get power, to be capable of defending myself. To have power so that I wouldn't lose anything anymore..." He gives me a meaningful stare

"..."

He chuckles again and reclines himself on his seat in a relaxed way "I'm more chill nowadays. You have to be careful with these things, Ms. Frost. If you do anything to get on the top... If you sacrifice everything... Even if you arrive at the top, you will look around and notice that you have nothing. Seeking power from itself, without a reason... is a goose chase."

"..." For some reason, his words remembers me of my brother.

My homosexual brother that suffered a lot of abuse from my father because of this fact. He was my best friend, till he was broken by that shitty father and his homophobic views. I accomplished my revenge, my father can't hurt us anymore, but...

When was the last time that I visited Christian? Last Christmas?

Christian is a shell of his former self. Tried to commit suicide, drinks a lot, and barely goes out...

Sincerely, became painful to visit him... Maybe this is why I'm trying to avoid it.

Now I'm here, working 16h a day for more money and more power, and then what? I don't know...

After I deal with Shaw and everyone that can threaten me, what will change? I will continue to work, maybe be even busier.

"Now that you understand, I can answer your question..." Eidolon's voice cut my depressive thoughts. He looks at me with a sympathetic look. Grr, I don't want anyone pity

"If I really wanted to indulge myself I would have already done that, well I could simply abandon Earth and go to a planet where strength rules and live a life of debauchery and pleasure, doing nothing."

"That looks fun." I comment with a smile.

An interesting thought, the guy can already conquer planets and he didn't do it.

"So are you saying that you're a selfless guy?" I ask with a raised eyebrow

He laughs like he heard a huge joke "More like being the Emperor of Earth sounds like a hassle, not worth it. I'm not that crazy power-hungry guy, but I have an ambition too Ms. Frost... My endgame..."

"I talked early about empires that span an entire galaxy... Do you know that I can end them? Me alone..." He says narrowing his eyes

"..." Well, well...Isn't this a scary prospect?

"I can reach the top easily, Ms. Frost. I want to reach it, but..." He raises his hand and clenches it in a fist "But I want to bring everyone to the top with me!"

"...!"

"The future I envision for our race... No more deformities, everyone will be a super-soldier, will be beautiful and healthy. People with powers are assets. Entire solar systems colonized, maybe even the entire galaxy."

"I believe that in a few decades, I can fast forward humanity standing in the universe in dozens of thousands of years. That's my ambition." He finishes Looking at me with infinite determination in his eyes

"..." Okay... I hate to admit that my heart skipped a bit with his speech.

*Huff* This guy has charisma... He is more dangerous than Magneto

"Do you think will be easy? You must know that people can be difficult." I say to reason with him.

He only smiles with his eyes "When any change is easy, Ms. Frost? The beginning is the hardest part..."

"This world is divided into so many countries..." I say to probe.

It's this guy planning world unification? That's crazy... How many languages are out there? Currency? Cultures?

To my probe, his only answer is "I have time..." He says calmly "Good night, Ms. Frost" He finishes before Looking out the window, his move makes me do the same and when I turn again he disappeared.

"..." I nurse my drink in hand, before downing it. All those World Leaders and schemers, thinking that at some point they will grab Eidolon's weakness and control him.

All of them are idiots.

"People are still underestimating him... No, their brain can't gauge that guy's character. Their imagination doesn't reach his depths..." In truth, I think he didn't said all.

And this is another scary fact... He just talked about global unification, the solar system colonization and much more

And that is not everything!

What more does that man have in mind?

I recline in my seat and trying to relax but is impossible "If that guy woke one day and choose violence, we are fucked."

...

Third Person P.O.V.

Harry's party night

"Thanks again for giving us a ride, Hector." Mary Jane says in the passenger seat of Hector's car. She is not as much dolled up as someone would expect, only using a little makeup, a Loose blouse and jeans.

Well, the jeans are a little tighter than normal, Hector noticed, showing that she has huge assets and the loose blouse shows her midriff. But overall, very normal. Not that she needs to use anything extravagant. She is still one of the most beautiful women Hector met.

"Yep, helped a lot." Peter says from the backseat, he is together with Ned that nods and thanks him too.

"No problem, I didn't think the two of you would go to parties like that. Like me, I thought that you too would prefer to assemble a lego Death Star." Hector jokes Looking at the rearview.

"Oho, normally yes. But a man needs to let their cave sometimes. To hunt..." Ned says exaggeratedly cocky, even adjusting his collar and cowboy hat(?).

Mary Jane shakes her head and laughs at the guy's antics. "Wow, maybe I should warn the girls that Ned Leeds is out there Looking for prey."

"It will be good." She points at her "And now that we're on this, maybe you should introduce these girls to me too." He says a second later, in a pleading tone.

They laugh "And throw my friends directly at your jaws? Na-ah. Hunt alone, chad." Mary Jane jokes

"Hmpf, I'm more of a lone wolf myself anyway." He shrugs

Peter can't take anymore and decides to interrupt Ned "I and Harry are friends for a long time." He explains Hector's initial question

"Oh... I see." Hector decides to not say what he is thinking 'You two didn't sound too close right now'.

This would create an awkward mood in the car, and be an indirect hit on Mary Jane. Sometimes, it's better to say nothing. The guy knows how to be social when he wants.

"Gwendolyn will be there too?" It is what he decides to say

"Yes." Peter answers.

"As if he would dare to be at a party without her." Ned scoffs and chuckles

"Oooh. Whipped already?" Mary Jane asks with a big teasing grin on her face.

"N-no, it's... I mean, obviously will be better with her." Peter mumbles

"Totally whipped." Ned declares "He is even toning down with... ouch" he starts saying before being elbowed by Peter and realization hit his face "With his hobbies!" Ned says suddenly

Mary Jane "..."

Hector "..."

This is a little awkward. Everyone in this car knows what Peter and Ned are talking about.

Because everyone knows that Peter is Spider-man.

Ned is referring to Peter's night heroic activities that have been slowed down a little thanks to Gwen. While Peter is Looking out for the city, Gwen is looking out for him.

Gwen is very against Peter going out at night. She is okay with him being Spider-man during the day, but Peter is not the type of guy that knows when to stop and ended up staying all night as Spider-man.

They tried to make a compromise where Peter would go back home to sleep at a certain time, but the guy can't hold his end of the bargain.

So Gwen still tries to keep him from leaving at night, but Peter being Peter still goes 8 out of 10 nights to patrol.

But is a progress at least.

Hector decides to mess up with the people in the car "Tsk, Tsk. Going to a party with alcohol, promiscuity, and without an adult to supervision... You all make me sick, what Spider-man would say?" He shakes his head in a fake disappointment "Even Gwendolyn, the daughter of the Chief of Police."

"Look who is talking... You're also going." Ned says

"Just to keep an eye on you young'uns." Hector says like an old guy "I'm an adult... technically." He says a little smug

"That's not how emancipation works, I think..." Peters states the obvious

"And I don't think Spider-man would care." Mary Jane says, giving a sideglance to the backseat

"True, with those powers, he should have been crazy in High School." Hector comments lightly

Ned laughs "I don't know, maybe he was more of a nerd..."

"Spider-man as a nerd??" May Jane scoffs exaggeratedly "Impossible!"

"He must have got all girls in his school..." Hector comments.

Peter is holding back the cringe in the back seat.

This car has a strange and funny situation.

Again, everyone knows that Peter is Spider-man, but Peter thinks that only Ned knows. And Ned thinks the same. At the same time, Mary Jane knows and thinks that Hector doesn't know, but Hector knows about everything.

So, they're playing clueless to the others while teasing Peter discreetly, trying to hide a secret that is not a secret, without letting go of the opportunity to mess with the poor hero.

"Spider-man~ Spider-man~ Do whatever a spider can~" Hector sings a little before smirking "If this is true... Do you guys know that some Spiders can hypnotize the females... The dude must be a chick magnet." He says hiding his amusement and everyone doing the same.

And Peter can only hide his face with his hands.

...

"You should comb your hair to behind more often... And trim a little too." Mary Jane comments while trying to adjust Hector's unruly hair with her fingers

"Woman, stop it. I'm driving..." Hector deadpans

Peter and Ned exchange some glances "Are you guys dating?" Ned asks

"Wha- No! We're friends.." Mary Jane denies it a little too fast.

"She tried to get on my pants, but I'm not that easy... She needs to conquer me first." Hector jokes with a serious face, receiving a Flick on his ear from the redhead.

"As if..." She says

"Please... You're totally head over heels for my charms." Hector rolls his eyes like is obvious

"What charms?" Mary Jane asks, Half-outraged.

"My adorkable energy obviously. Women simply can't resist a socially inept awkward nerd..."

This makes her laugh out Loud. "You are not in this category anymore, Tiger. Going to parties..." She gives him a big grin "Entering in fights... Very normie."

Hector groans "What fight? I simply threw my bag and kicked a guy."

"Heh, the way Flash described, you fought an Avengers-level threat with your bare hands." Mary Jane laughs

Hector snorts "I just kicked a guy in the balls and threw some hands."

"Dude, you can't kick someone in the nuts! It's not honorable." Ned says with shock

"There's no honor in a street fight." Hector says casually, but deeply.

....

"Now we're on the Upper-class part of the city, guy. If you look to your left you can see the natural habitat of Unum Percentis, more popularly known as Super Rich People..." Hector says like a tourist guide "These fantastical animals had the custom or having homes too big for them. Scientists theorize that is to compensate the emptiness of their being or the sense of impending doom that not all the money of the world can't alleviate them from... Or their small genitalia..."

"Pfft. Stop that." Mary Jane slaps his arm while laughing.

They just entered the neighborhood full of huge villas and mansions, they occupy entire blocks, so big that in some you couldn't even see the mansion.

"Looks at those houses... I can almost smell the old money." Ned jokes

"What we can see now is not the real 'Old money'." Hector says "These people become rich relatively recently, even Stark and Osborn are not Old Money. If we go a little more deeper in this neighborhood we can see real Old Money. People that invested first in oil... Heh, their families practically invented capitalism and founded this country." He laughs

He continues "People like Stark can still lose everything if they do huge a mistake, or someone does something better than him. These rich people just need to exist and the money multiplies."

"Wow." Ned exclaims "I can't even imagine all this money."

"And how do you know of these rich families living here, Hector?" Mary Jane asks

"..." Hector pauses. It looks like he is not gonna answer, till lhe makes a sharp turn to the left and after some detour in the Route he gestures to the side with his chin while driving "That one is mine."

"Wha-" They look at the huge wall stretching through the block. The car continues to go through the empty street till it passes by a huge gate with a "B" and a circular Shield with a Caduceus in the Middle, the symbol of medicine, the Staff of Hermes.

"Belluci. My grandpa started our wealth. He served with Captain America, you know that? Cool, huh?" He says casually and a funny thought pops into his mind.

His grandfather knew Captain America, he was part of the Howling Commandos.

His parents worked in the same hospital as Dr. Strange.

And he is Spider-man's classmate.

'Weird...' He thinks 'Once is chance, twice is a coincidence but the third time... Three generations are close to superheroes. Is Destiny again? I'm tied with the supers? Tangled in the mess from the beginning?'

He starts overthinking before stopping himself.

"I didn't know that you're this rich." Ned comments "And your grandfather fought with Captain America? Fucking badass." He exclaims afterward, focusing on the interesting part.

"Right? A pity he died some years ago." Hector says with a sigh and receives some condolences from the three "And I'm not that rich. Not multi-billionaire rich, my mother never cared about money too so I was raised far from it in Brazil." He shrugs "Hm, this remember me, my uncle's wife was living in that house... I will talk with my lawyer to give them an eviction order."

"Hector?" Peter looked at him weirdly and with a little shock in his voice

Hector sighs "Peter, it's not because someone is your family that they're good people." He says and Mary Jane imperceptibly nods "They are assholes... The mother is a stuck-up bitch, the son is a lazy bastard that parties every night and uses drugs, the daughter is her mother in miniature but a kleptomaniac to the booth."

"..." Everyone is shocked by his bluntness

"I won't probably even live there, but that is the house my grandfather built. I will burn in the marble of the Nth hell if I allow my cousins to turn it into an orgy club."

"..."

"Well, I can understand your point..." Peter says in defeat

"Don't pity the human trash, they have enough money to live a decade maintaining their lifestyle... After that..." He scoffs

He can almost see in the future, they will continue spending money as nothing changed. But they are not receiving money anymore. They will not prepare themselves and will waste everything.

In some years, they will turn to him, creating trouble.

'Hm, plane accidents are common in this world full of superheroes, right?' He starts thinking about murder

"So... If that house is yours... Do you have small genitalia?" Mary Jane asks slowly, biting her lips to stifle a laugh.

"..." Hector slowly turns to her "Every response that I can give you now will be the wrong answer. So I will use silence to not be canceled." He turns his eyes to the front road again "You can't win against women sometimes..." he sighs and the other three laugh at his expense good-naturedly. He doesn't mind, it's a good way to seem approachable to people.

....

They finally arrive at the Osborn mansion.

It's a huge gothic-style mansion in a ridiculous big land.

The area is full of cars that are using the garden as a parking lot, it's possible to hear the loud music of the party that is already going on inside.

Hector's eyes gain a sharp glint while looking at the mansion, a change no one notices.

They enter the mansion without a problem, if someone was paying attention would be possible to notice the way that Peter winces slightly because of the loud music and Hector's eyes narrowing in concentration to not suffer from his own super-senses.

They are greeted first by Harry Osborn that was talking with Gwen that was waiting for Peter.

After the customary greeting and compliments of the house, they start talking while walking inside.

"Everyone from our High School must be here..." Ned comments while Looking Around

"Yes, and even more people from some colleges that I know." Harry says a little proudly.

'And some S.H.I.E.L.D agents too...' Hector thinks to himself. He also notices the amount of attention that Osborn is giving to Mary Jane 'Someone is trying to get lucky tonight...' He laughs to himself without a care before scanning the surroundings and finding some Hidden places

"How was the ride?" Gwen asks Peter at the side

"Uneventful, but fun. We talked about a lot of things." Peter says

"Really a lot, from Science and technology, to rich people's genitalia and Spider-man's capability to hypnotize females." Hector adds with a smirk.

Seeing Peter blanch and the way that Gwen looks at him makes him hold a laugh. 'I understand now why the writers love bullying the poor guy. It's so fun.'

"HECTOR!" They hear Flash shouting when they arrive the place where most of their classmates are talking and drinking.

"Flash, aren't too early to get wasted?" Hector asks casually

"Pfft, I still have a long way to go till I get wasted~ Here, drink with me." Flash offers

"Nah, I'm the driver this night..." Hector declines

"Looking good, Hector." Liz says approaching him and giving him a once-over. The guy is a little more fashionable, with clothes a little more form-fitting and with his hair taken care for.

"My grandma always said that I'm a handsome boy." He jokes

"Well, she is a wise woman." Liz says with a flirty smile "And what do you think she would say about me?" She says showing her outfit

"..." 'Are't you too forward, woman?' "Hm, not bad I guess..." He says disinterestedly making her huff before getting even more clingy.

.....

"There's a study about women fetish, women fantasy... Do you know what they are? Pfft, vampires, pirates, werewolves... Those shit. It's the old liking Bad Boys. The Beauty and the Beast..." Hector says to his table with the guys "So this is why Eidolon won that poll of the most sexy hero. He is the 'Bad Boy' of the heroes. Dark, unaprochable... The girls think that he will be nice only to them, that they will be special, 'I can fix him'." Hector says to Laguhs

"Oh god, that is so true! 'I can fix him' HAHAHA" One guy wipes a tear off after cackling

"It makes so much sense!" Flash wheezes

"It's not like Eidolon is the most handsome, we can't even see his face... He is just everyone's fetish." Hector concludes

The girls look around in silence "... How did the conversation arrive on this topic?" Mary Jane asks

"I don't know, we started normally with a simple 'Red or Green' question..." Flash says

"Boys will be boys..."

"And they are discussing it so seriously..." Sally says with a huff

"It's just a simple Women Psychanalisys..." Hector comments "Now girls... Did I say any lie?" Hector looks at them.

"..."

"..." They can't deny it.

....

"Go Flash! Are you really gonna lose to him?" One of the boys shouts Half drunk at the quarterback that is struggling in the arm Wrestling with Hector

"Hnng, I thought I got you earlier..." Flash says through gritted teeth.

Hector also looks like is struggling. "Yeah, it's all part of my plan... Boost of strength waste energy, Mr. Quarterback. Explosiveness needs to be used in the right time..." Hector smirks "I held my ground and the bet paid off..." he says slowly while his arm gains more ground. "You can't turn this around... Your energy is slowly sipping away... And... Boom!"

*Bam* Hector slammed Flash's arm into the table. All around them people cheer and jokingly mocks flash with "Oohs~"

"Lost to a nerd!! Hyaha" One of Flash's friends shouts throwing himself backward while laughing

"The guy is stronger than he looks, I want to see you try." Flash gumbles.

"Brain Power..." Hector jokes strikes a pose, a double biceps.

....

Hector throws the ball at the table, it bounces, landing perfectly in a cup.

People cheer and force another cup at Flash "Fuck, how you are so good at this?" He asks

"I'm the one that is not drunk to start..." He deadpans

"I think I'm gonna throw up..." Flash says with his face blank, staring at the void

Hector just won this game eight times in a row.

....

Hector after emptying all of his social Battery goes alone to catch some food and drink something

"Is everything here alcoholic?" He comments with a sigh

Turning around he met Peter, Gwen and Ned talking. He walks to them and hooks an arm around Ned's shoulder "Come with me, third wheel. Loners should stick together." He says without giving the guy a chance to respond and walk away with him.

He looks around a little 'Little older, another school, internship in Osborn, ex-fat and with a more pretty friend...' He locates his targets

"Hey, have you met, Ned? He is already accepted in Caltech..." He spins, smoothly delivering Ned close to the girl and hooking up the other friend with his arm and taking her away without elaborating further.

Ned splutters a little before realizing what just happened and starts to try talking with the girl.

The friend doesn't even protest after seeing his face, height, and body.

'Is that easy? Just hook your arm around a girl and bam. Well, if you're unattractive is sexual assault, if you're handsome you have rizz...'

After talking and entertaining the girl in his arms for a bit he dumps her smoothly too and goes in his own way.

'There are some hidden rooms and a hidden lab in this mansion... The fust shows that it has not been used for some time. So Harry didn't discover them, probably...' He thinks while using X-ray vision discreetly

'If I deal with it now, I can stop the birth of another Green Goblin... Well, he knows about his father's secret life everyone else in the world... If he wants to go down in the same path he will go. But I can make things difficult to him.'

"Hectooor!!" He hears a shout from the side, in a second he is being dragged across the corridor to another living room by Flash "Come play a game, with you the men-women ratio will be perfect." Flash says

"What type of game?" Hector looks at him suspiciously "Is not the bottle game, right?" He asks and Flash pauses

"No... I mean, yes... But more exciting." The quarterback says with a big smile

"Ugh..."

"Relax, you big nerd... There are only hot girls there. And is much better because is the bottle game fused with Seven Minutes in Heaven." Flash starts to explain

"Oh my..." Hector considers karate chopping this guy's neck. 'Well, it's not much of trouble to avoid doing anything with my powers...'

He ended up going with the flow.

Now in the living room where the people are gonna play this game, he found familiar faces like Harry, Mary Jane, Liz, Sally, and others.

He noticed that Mary Jane sat down reluctantly after seeing him.

'Hm... I have a bad feeling about this...' He thinks

Flash makes Hector sit between two girls "It's simple, someone spins the bottle, when lands in the closest of the opposite sex, the two will go to a empty room and have to stay the for 15 minutes..." Flash says

"15 minutes?" Hector raises an eyebrow

"Yeah, to do something naughty..." Flash smiles conspiratorily

"Whoa... And what do I do with the other 14 minutes? Play Rock-Paper-scissors?" He jokes, making the people around him laugh.

A self-deprecating joke is always nice to break the ice. And when you say these things with confidence no one really believes or care about whatever you said about youself.

The game goes on, and some couples leave the circle.

Some return and is possible to know that nothing happened. In the end, is the girl's choice if really something naughty happens in those 15 minutes.

"...!" Hector that was disinterested for most of the game, suddenly focus when he sees the bottle that Mary Jane just spinned.

It landed in him perfectly. It did not land in one of the two girls at his side, what would count him by the way, it really landed in him. Dead center.

And no, he didn't use telekinesis to cheat.

"..." 'Yuuki Rito's luck is really something else...' He thinks while the people around him whistle in provocation to the couple. Mary Jane's faces go a little red and she discreetly checks Hector's reaction.

Hector that was with his face blank till now, surprises everyone by spinning the bottle fast.

People raise some eyebrows in confusion. Is he rejecting Mary Jane? Even her face fell a little...

Till the bottle land perfectly in Mary Jane.

"Whoooa~" People go crazy "What are the chances??"

"One in 32..." Hector answers calmly "Well, it looks like is destiny." He says with a smile while getting up.

Instead of acting embarrassed by the situation, he goes around the table and then like a barbarian he lifts Mary Jane by her waist to carry her on his shoulder.

He ignores her yelps and weak protests, feeling her laugh and enjoyment over the treatment "Let's play Rock-Paper-and-scissors." He jokes again before walking away amidst the laughs and whistles of the others.

He didn't miss Harry Osborn's sour face.

'What's the problem, Little Goblin Junior? Gonna cry?'

.....

A.N.:

Hello There,

Life can be unpredictable, I had some things to do and even had to go to a bunch of birthday parties recently. Ugh, I'm not cut to the social life.

Initially, I was putting a lot of effort into writing the chapters to meet the schedule and the I stopped...

"Why I'm killing myself doing this again?"

Don't take me wrong, I like writing. Like that you guys like my writing, but if become a chore... Will burn me out. It's a hobby.

So I took a break and relaxed. It was good.

Sorry to make you guys wait, but it's not like this is my job. Hm, maybe I should make a P A T R E O N...

Anyway, now we are back on track. Hope you guys liked the chapter. The little calme between arcs. I will deal with the Kingpin before the next gacha and the Travel ticket arc.

By the way, relationships will become a thing now, so to train my writing I have a surprise for you all.

A new fanfic with side stories of Hector's adventures!

Go to my profile or search "The Gacha Master Omniversal Adventures".

There I will put stories that have no space in this main fanfic, like a Travel to a world just to have fun.

The stories are independent of this main one. More like One-shots with the guy completing his bucket list. Him, in the near future where he can relax a little.

Go check it out, depending on the feedback I will continue it.

Mostly to train my writing in lemon too, this story will start contain it from now on.

There's another small thing to address. Recently I read a comment about how the girls fall easy for the MC...

Sincerely, I disagree...

No one falls for him that hard. Many have crushes on him. Others have good feelings fro him that may blossom if nurtured like Jean. But these are fairly young and inexperient.

The adults ones flirt with him and find him hot, like Emma, she-hulk or Black Widow, but none of them has fallen from him.

The truth is... The guy has charisma people.

Look at his assimilations... Light Yagami, Rito, Oden, Roger, FUCKING YUJIRO, Helltaker... The guy has a magnetism. Not only for chicks. He probably can start a cult if he goes preach.

These high school girls have no chance.

So is not weird if girls will thirst for him, sorry.

I even have a meme for this, about the MC being "perfect".

He has OP power with Batman's work ethic. I have seen a comic about how strong Superman becomes when he trains.

And angers me people with OP powers that commit silly mistakes because they don't train.

I remember reading about a fanfic where the MC has the Speedforce in Marvel. I don't remember the name.

Dude... The guy was shot...

Seriously, how do you let a goon shoot you with the speed force?

My MC could've received his powers as a gift but he puts in the work.

It's not a surprise that he is"perfect".

He has his flaws in other ways. Like morals, overthinking and other things.

This all for today, don't forget to check the side stories. They are fun, I promisse.

Bye, bye.

Till next time.