Chapitre 19: Power Rating.
He can also acquire information about the abilities of villains from the terminal. The normal web does that for heroes, but villains keep their powers secrets as best as they can. All it will take is some money for him to pay for an investigation into any being.
That is the main function of the terminal. That and hiring villains, or in his case, putting himself up for hire. Since he is an independent, he doesn't need to put up a portfolio and hope to be hired by a gang or maybe even a corpo. He can peruse the mission list open to a villain of his rank and then choose which mission he wants.
The rank they use is based on power rating. Power rating is considered the total stat points of all 6 attributes multiplied by the ascension of their destiny. It is also temporary destiny x permanent destiny x tier.
Power is not absolute, as the effects of abilities influence the outcomes in battle. So power is just a means to categorize people based on potential danger and threat.
According to what he knows, the power rating goes like this.
No. Rank: Total Stat
0. Unranked: Less than 1,000.
1. F: Above 1,000 (Thousand Mark).
2. E: Above 10,000.
3. D: Above 100,000.
4. C: Above 1,000,000 (Million Mark).
5. B: Above 10,000,000.
6. A: Above 100,000,000.
7. S: Above 1,000,000,000 (Billion Mark).
8. SS: Above 10,000,000,000.
9. SSS: Above 100,000,000,000.
10. X: Above 1,000,000,000,000 (Trillion Mark).
He has a total of 180 in his stats, and since he is in Tier 0, or what is called the amateur league, that makes his total power equal to 180 multiplied by 1. That is definitely less than 1,000, so he is unranked.
Even if he were more powerful, the league will still consider him unranked until he proves himself otherwise. That's why they made F-rank missions available to him. They will always make missions that are one tier above his available. That way, he will be able to work his way up until he reaches his limit.
Unfortunately, he is not some powerhouse just starting out as a villain looking to make a name for himself. He is truly an unranked, so he won't mess with F-ranked missions at all. The gap between 180 and 1,000 is just too wide for his ability to make a difference. So he only checked out missions for those who were unranked.
There were a lot of those missions. In fact, the number of missions for the unranked is probably more than the other 10 ranks combined. It didn't help that there were missions from other leagues from all over the world. So he will certainly find something that suits him.
He narrowed down the search to only missions that he could do in New London. The filter out to be mission reward, but he skipped that in favor of mission types. He decided to go with missions that require him to kill a target since that's the way to steal their destinies.
Then he narrowed down the targets to other shapeshifters so that he would be able to improve his. There were a lot of this type of mission even after he narrowed it down by so much.
There was a guy who could turn into a minotaur. There was another who could turn himself into a liquid form, a lady could shape her bones into weapons such as claws, and a man who turn himself into some sort of gas.
There was also someone who could impersonate others by copying their looks, voice, and habits. This grabbed his attention immediately.
He muttered, "That one is weird. How do you copy someone's habit?"
Wrath replied, "That's not a shapeshifter. I bet it is a Psychic-class super that uses illusions. People just think it is a shapeshifter because it looks like one."
Kelvin was impressed. He even said so. "Oh. So they will see what they think a person should look and behave like when they look at the super, which fools them into thinking the super is a shapeshifter. Pretty impressive."
Wrath didn't care for it. "It is just parlor tricks. Or a circus act, if you will. Such a super is weak and can be easily crushed."
Kelvin didn't agree. He said, "But they can fool me into giving up and running away if they look like a demigod. That has to count as something."
"It could, but it will only work if you know what a demigod looks like and how they act."
"But I know what a demigod should look like."
"Hmmm. That's true," Wrath said in contemplation. "But I doubt you would be fooled if you see Icon right now. You know he is dead."
"Alright, alright. You win. The ability is shitty. Let's move on."
He continued his search for a viable target. The target had to be weak, but possess an ability with potential. He eventually narrowed it down to three options. One man can turn his bones into metal, while another woman can turn her skin into metal.
The man has permanent metal bones. They do very little for him apart from making him stronger and more durable. He doesn't have to fear broken bones or a bullet going through his skull, but a bullet can go through his heart and a knife can spill his guts just as well as a normal person.
The woman with the metal skin, on the other hand, doesn't have permanent metal skin. Her ability is temporary, like his. It requires energy to make her skin metallic, but once she does, she becomes resistant against bullets and other forms of attacks.
The disadvantage is that if caught off guard, she can be killed easily. Her natural suit of armor cannot protect her from an assassination.
Kelvin asked Wrath, "So which one should I go for first?"
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A/N: Which should he go for?
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