บท 87: Blorg's New Inventions and Nacht's Problem
A week had passed and nothing out of the ordinary happened during that time.
Carl had reported on what had happened during the mission, and the agency even gave them a small reward for their troubles. After all, it was partly the agency's fault as to why the mission had failed as they didn't expect the heroes to be waiting for them, making a trap.
The mere fact that Carl and the others had not only managed to escape but had caused such destruction in the city with the help of other villains was reason enough to not only remove the mission from their record, not counting it as a failure but to also give them the reward.
One more week passed, and nothing happened still.
Silver Strike had left the region after seeing that there were no further attempts on his life. He was also slightly afraid that the villains, or the VSA, would send a more powerful villain to take his life, and thanks to the fact his father, Golden Strike, was currently far away on a mission deep in monster territory, he was unavailable and couldn't help him in any way.
He left the region, and with that knowledge known to them, Nacht and Blorg also left the region and returned to their respective hideouts. Blorg was back in monster territory, inside his hideout that was found deep inside a mountain, while Nacht was back in the other region.
"No Blorg, I am telling you, a death ray that will not kill but turn a hero into a younger version of himself is not good!" Carl said with a sigh as he stared at the ceiling while talking to Blorg.
"But why not, imagine doing it on a young hero, like Silver Strike, and turning him into a child!"
"You not only get to make him weaker, you get to kick his ass in child form too!"
"Maybe, but are you sure their powers would weaken as well, not to mention, what if somebody uses it on an older hero by mistake, wouldn't that make that hero go back to his peak?"
"Nobody has ever made such a thing Blorg, not only because of what I said, but because scientists all over the world have stated time and time again that in theory it could be done, but they have no idea how to really make it, do you really want to spend several months making something that will probably not even work, or will have limited effects?"
"Huh, I guess you're right Carl, alright, I'll go back to making the same old boring items that the bastards from the VSA have been asking for time and time again."
"I guess I'll just continue slaving away and killing myself with boredom for the next couple of years before I finally snap and put a death ray laser through my head."
'Who knows, maybe that will make your brain work a bit better?' Carl thought as he smirked before sighing.
"Come on Blorg, it's not that bad, you only do it for like 4 hours a day, and the rest of the day you're free to do whatever you want, it's not like you haven't made your signature items for long."
"It's not that brother, it's the fact that my creativity is being smothered like this, an artist like me can't simply work normally, I have to make what I wish, and those bastards, none of them want to even try using one of my awesome inventions!"
"I mean come on, look at this, isn't this cool?!!"
Blorg showed Carl what looked like a sword, but was entirely pink, had a figurine of a doll as a handle, and the guard was made to look like two horns of unicorns. The blade was decorated by some gems and white lines.
"Blorg, what kind of villain would use such a weapon?"
"One that understands its horror brother!"
"And what horror would that be?"
"Well, think of it this way, if a powerful hero was to die at the hands of a powerful villain that uses a weapon named 'Bane of the Living', 'The Scarlet Devourer' and the like, weapons that look evil and powerful, nobody would think anything of it, it's the nature of life, a hero uses cool weapons that look angelic and such, villains use evil looking weapons that look malevolent and powerful."
"But!!" Blorg suddenly yelled out with a crazed expression.
"What if you were fighting against a villain using this weapon, could you imagine it, could you imagine the shame of knowing you were about to die and be slain by the 'Pink Princess Sword of Love?!"
Carl suddenly spat out the water he was drinking and started coughing before he laughed.
[ This guy, he knows what's up. ]
'He's just insane, that's all.'
'But I have to admit, it does sound incredibly shameful and embarrassing to die against something like that.'
"Alright Blorg, just, don't go overboard, do remember how much money you are making from selling the items, without that, you won't be able to continue making your crazy inventions."
"I know brother, I know." Blorg sighed as he looked to the side.
"I'm gonna go and make some of them, talk to ya later."
Carl hung up before laughing some more. The mere image of an evil villain holding the pink sword was hilarious in his opinion, but the problem was the fact that the villain would be made fun of by other villains by using it, which makes that almost impossible to really happen.
'Isabella is doing well in the lab, Carla is doing whatever she is doing while Angela has managed to become a C-grade handler recently, things are good right now.' Carl thought before he leaned back in his chair.
'The craziest thing that happened in these two weeks was Blorg almost blowing himself and Nacht up while still being in the region after he tried making a new item, to be honest, having slow days and weeks like this isn't half bad.'
Suddenly, Carl's communicator rang as Nacht was calling him.
Carl suddenly had a bad feeling as he stared at the screen.
'Please don't tell me that nutjob has pulled off another crazy stunt.'
"Heeeyyy Carlll." Nacht appeared on the screen and smiled widely as blood was flowing down his head. From what Carl could tell, it wasn't his blood.
"What have you done Nacht?" Carl asked in a deadpan voice as he stared at Nacht.
"Well, remember that annoying sniper that took my hand a couple of weeks back?"
"You didn't." Carl opened his mouth and stared at Nacht who suddenly grinned before lifting something up. It was a dead body, one that was cut in half, the lower half of the body missing.
Her black hair was dyed in blood and there were multiple wounds present on her body as Nacht was smirking.
"I got her."
"Payback really is a b, huh?"
Suddenly, just as Nacht was grinning, the body turned into a wooden sculpture before the sound of a gunshot was heard.
Nacht moved to the side, but a hole was suddenly created through his chest as the laser easily went through his body.
"That b*tch, she tricked me!"
Carl was no longer able to see what was going on as the camera had been shot as well, but he was able to hear Nacht.
"Nacht, spread the cameras around, you have the small drones with you, right?"
"Please tell me you brought some with you."
"Yeah … just a second." Nacht's voice was heard from the other end, he was obviously in a lot of pain and was short on breath.
"That b*tch set a trap for me, dammit, how did I fall for this?!"
"Dammit, there are 3 B-grade heroes, and one A-grade closing in on me!"
"See, this is what happens when you let your emotions get the better of you, you should have first contacted me, and we should have made a plan together," Carl said as he started working immediately.
He immediately found Nacth's location and attempted to take over several cameras that were around, but he was unable to do so.
"Dammit, the heroes have already taken over the cameras, Nacht, I need those drones, otherwise I will be severely limited in what I can to do help you!"
"I got it, for f's sake man, I said I just needed a second!" Nacht shouted before Carl's eyes widened as multiple cameras appeared on his screen, all of them from the drones that Nacht released.
He could see the devastation that Nacht had brought with him in a city that was about 370 kilometers away from his hideout, but he was surprised to see that there was no casualties he could see.
"Bro, really, the lack of people around the area wasn't enough of a giveaway that he was a trap?"
"There were people present, they just all became statues at the same time this thing did!"
"That's probably an ability then, alright, let's see what we got here," Carl said as he cracked his knuckles and stared at the screen with a serious expression.
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