Chapter 9: Chapter 9 - The Alchemist
The next day for me started with breakfast. Which was a little disappointing, since Lena and I had already eaten Erina's dish and now everything seems somewhat bland. My sister tried to find out who cooked it, but she didn't achieve anything. So on the way to university, she sulked at me, even though she wished me luck before we split up.
All acceptable bloodlines that could make me stronger right now are either expensive or have unpleasant consequences in the form of a change in appearance. The same Atlanteans may be stronger than people ... but they are stronger in the water, but on land, they are getting weaker and there is no point in taking them to me. There was a demon bloodline, but I don't want to become a demon... definitely not in this world. Suddenly one of the magicians will come and immediately send me to hell, it's better not to risk it.
Therefore, it turns out that it is better to finish with the university for now and interview professors, write a dissertation, and so on, and after I deal with Lex, it will be possible to think about more.
Today is the first day of the new month and I can buy one hundred Gacha points again, and I have already checked the cost, and it has become two dollars instead of one. It's still a small amount of money, but over time the cost may become more and more. During breaks between communication with professors, I looked into the Chat.
Hermione Granger: I don't know what to do!
Hermione Granger: I talked to Professor McGonagall, but she said I have too developed a fantasy and I need to sleep! Even Ron and Harry didn't believe me, even if they tried to pretend that it wasn't so!
Shinoa Hiragi: Your problems are easily solved, especially if you started looking like this at the age of fifteen... even if you didn't send your photo, I still know that you're pretty. I guess in reality I have already managed…
Hermione Granger: I'm not laughing right now! You-know-who is coming back, under the guise of Professor Moody, there will be a dark magician, and no one believes me! And you didn't send your photos either!
Anthony (Administrator): Don't be so nervous Hermy, this is a version of a parallel world to you and it doesn't have to be that way. How similar was the Memory Copy to reality?
Hermione Granger: Well, taking into account what I saw ... almost everything was as I remember. But, of course, many details are missing, but all the most important things are exactly the same.
Shinoa Hiragi: Administrator-kun is so informal about Hermione-chan... mmm, is there something behind this?
Anthony (Administrator): What are your thoughts for a fifteen-year-old girl... however, in your world it can't be any other way. Haven't you been given a loud guy in the squad yet?
Shinoa Hiragi: Squad? A loud guy?
Anthony (Administrator): Exactly. You're trying to restrain your demon right now, why did you decide to participate in the Chat more actively?
Shinoa Hiragi: The administrator-kun knows a lot, probably knows the color of my panties too…
Anthony (Administrator): Somehow I didn't think about the underwear of a fifteen-year-old girl, you never answered the question.
Shinoa Hiragi: Curiosity has been aroused.
Anthony (Administrator): So you don't want to know about your future?
Shinoa Hiragi: Even if I die, I don't think anyone will care. So I don't care.
Anthony (Administrator): I will care.
Anthony (Administrator): Okay, I have to go now. Hermione, don't do anything reckless, I'll be free in a couple of hours and we can talk in more detail. You're a smart girl and you should understand that sometimes the best solution is to sit and be silent.
Looking up from the screen, I went back to the classroom to the professor. Closer to three o'clock in the afternoon, I got free and went to pick up Lena, who was waiting near the exit from the university.
"Well, how's your score?" I asked, not paying attention to a pretty brunette literally staring at me... a very familiar brunette. (Picture)
"Hello, you are Anthony Luthor, and you are Lena Luthor, brother, and sister of the infamous Lex Luthor." the brunette said, tactlessly asking us a question to our face. At the same time, she was holding a dictaphone in her hand.
"Um, sorry Miss..". Lena tried to say something a little excited, and not in a good way.
"We are tired of studying, Miss Journalist, could you please not disturb us?" I asked with a tired smile.
"I'm Lois Lane, Daily Planet. I understand, but could you answer at least one question? When was the last time you saw your older brother? Is it true that he left you?"
" It was two questions." I said, squinting at my sister, who was looking down. "Lex and I haven't seen each other for a long time, he has his own life, and we have our own." I said honestly.
"And you don't want to..." she stopped as she noticed a tall guy awkwardly holding on to his glasses, a little taller than me under one meter ninety with obviously good muscles. "Well, you're a retard Smallville, I've already asked all the questions."
"Oh, I'm sorry..." he apologized. "You…"
"Yes, they are Luther's relatives." She nodded, rolling her eyes slightly at her partner's awkwardness.
"We have answered your questions, so we will go." I said and stood behind my sister and rolled her wheelchair to the subway.
"Hey, wait... damn. Clark, you're like always..." I heard the last one. I... felt strange. Realizing that this kind of awkward-looking guy can take tank shells at point-blank range and not scratch, make me tense up, even though I know that he's kind of a positive person... an alien. (Picture)
In a sense, I understand the fears of the same Bruce about the fact that such a huge force in the hands of one person is dangerous… over time, he slightly changed his point of view, but he still had a weapon against the Kryptonians, and especially against Clark. After all, Clark is able to simply vaporize me with one look, and even with one sneeze. And I am well aware that there is nothing I can do, we are just on completely different levels.
At that moment, Stark's skills and knowledge made themselves felt. A Mark XLIV suit, that is, a Hulkbuster, could give a small chance ... but I doubt that without the same Vibranium I will be able to oppose at least something to a more or less serious superman.
Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark (A) (20%)
I already know how to assemble such a suit and I know its capabilities, as well as I roughly know Clark's capabilities, so I understand that the suit will not help... if I don't have kryptonite. However, there is not one Superman here, the same Wonder Woman will most likely also be able to deal with armor, especially with a sword made of the Eighth metal. But there are also magical creatures like Black Adam, or even Red Lanterns... or gods…
"How are you? " I soon asked my still-silent sister.
"It's fine. " she said, clearly lying.
"Sister, I know when you're lying... like now. I'm sorry that I had to meet with journalists because of me."
"No, don't apologize... it's just unpleasant when people ask about him. It is difficult to call us relatives with such an attitude." I heard the girl's heavy sigh.
"Keep your head up. Do you want me to try to order something from that "miracle chef"? For example sweets…"
"Can you?" The girl turned her head sharply and met my smirk. "To-o-ny!"
"I can! Most likely... if this cook answers. But I promise I'll try."
" Hmm, okay." She looked proud, but couldn't completely hide her smile.
Entering the apartment, I kissed my sister on the forehead and quickly headed to my room with an indignant cry from Lena herself.
"I see you're having fun." I heard Cortana's voice and her avatar appeared on the table above the holoprojector... above the second one. Tony's knowledge and AI's detailed account of how to assemble a similar Holocron did not arouse my interest in the invention, so it was not too difficult to make a copy. Even if it is somewhat worse than the original holoprojector.
"Not without that. How are you progressing with studying the current economy?"
"I have already dealt with this issue and analyzed the assets of LexCorp to know how much work we have to do. Not too much for me. " I distinctly heard a note of pride in the AI's words.
"I had no doubt, you're an AI from the future. Moreover, we found out that your "fingerprint" of personality was copied from a person." I said, opening the Gacha. Cortana had no restrictions on the possible release of information, so she looked deeper into her databases and found out that she was a copy of the woman's identity... well, there's a long story there, but given that Cortana is here now, there's no point talking about it much.
"And it was a blow to me. Almost the same as your brother finding out that his brother is graduating from university as an external. " The avatar's voice sounded.
"Don't exaggerate. Your personality matrix is based on a person, which means that you have a moral plus or minus human views, I have already checked the written program ... or rather part of it and this is a masterpiece." I confessed. Even with 20% of Stark's knowledge and skills, I didn't understand much, but it's a matter of time.
I took out two hundred dollars from my wallet and chose the option to pay for one hundred Gachi Points. The money disappeared and Points appeared in the "status".
Name: Anthony Joseph Luthor
Race: Human
Title: The villain's brother, the "Genius"
Total Power: 10-B (The strength of an ordinary person capable of lifting twice his weight at most)
Assimilated Characters:
Anthony Edward "Tony" Stark (A) (20%)
Abilities:
Gacha Points: 103
The next time I will be able to get a hundred points, only in a month, so this is the last opportunity to get something good in the near future.
"Well, if you say so..." I heard Cortana's voice and the projection of her avatar disappeared.
She has something to think about. However, like me, I started ten scrolls at the same time on the window that appeared with the Gacha.
Rotten Giant's Tooth (D)
Teleport of Destiny (A)
Albedo (B)
Shampoo (E)
Batarang (D)
The Card of Getting Rid of Weakness (B)
Bus Wheel (E)
A4 sheet (E)
Fairy Pollen (C)
Scissors (E)
And again I was lucky, and I got an A-rank item, but after reading the description I was somewhat ... not that disappointed, but rather confused. "Teleport of Destiny" literally did what it has in its name. When this card is activated, I will be teleported somewhere within the planet, where I will meet fate, whatever that means. And I wasn't going to use it at the moment, it was too dangerous for me.
But the Item in B rank, Albedo, did not disappoint me. On this card was drawn a young-looking guy-blond with bright blue eyes.
This is a character card from a game I know Genshin Impact. He is quite a strong personality and, most importantly, he is a genius in alchemy. As far as I remember, he is capable of a lot of things, including controlling Geo, that is, the earth element with the help of the "Eye of God", a special artifact given to him by the Archon, consider God. He can use magic perfectly, including elemental energy and various spells. But again, the most important thing is Alchemy. This is an ancient art that can be used to manipulate the physical properties and fundamental principles of matter... including the ability to create a full life.
Albedo also had considerable combat experience, which is also very useful to me. So I chose character assimilation without hesitation and immediately felt some changes.
Albedo (B) (1%)
"What a... strange feeling." I said. I immediately felt that even this one percent made my body much stronger than it was before. However, as far as I remember, he is an artificially created man, and a more perfect creation than even the dragons of that world... as far as I remember, anyway. This one percent immediately gave me knowledge of alchemy. Picking up a pencil from the table, I began to follow the received memory, and ... the pencil crumbled into a handful of something resembling dust.
"Tony, what did you just do?" I heard the AI's voice.
"Transformed a pencil into... into something. Knowledge is still not enough" I exhaled. With living beings, such a trick just won't work, because they have an aura and a soul. Just as if on the periphery I felt... felt something malleable, something as if waiting for my command to move and change. Earth.
"I really want to have full-fledged sensors for analysis and other sensors. Was it... Magic?"
"Something like that. I'll tell you how I'll understand more myself." I replied to Cortana, still enjoying the feeling. But don't forget to contact Hermione.
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