I fly inside of the window of my apartment, and then a red light covers me, and I turn back... I timed out, huh? Well, it makes sense; I have been using the Omnitrix a lot tonight...
I step closer to the couch and sit down and look at the rings on my forearms...
'From the start, I turned into XLR8 to run all the way to the Ten Rings base, and then I drove a jeep near the base and ended up fighting Xu Wenwu, the Mandarin... and at the end of that fight, I turned into Fourarms to, well, beat up Xu Wenwu, which was harder than it had to be because, well, Xu was like a fast bug and also because I was trying to not break his bones... anyway, I won in the end and then turned into Ghostfreak to put Ying's body in the freezer, and then I flew all the way back as Ghostfreak, invisible, just to make sure no one tracked me. All of that took, well, around one hour...
Yeah, it makes sense that I timed out. I have only removed the 10-minute limiter of the Omnitrix; I don't have Master Control yet... I wonder how long I will have to theoretically reverse engineer the Omnitrix as Gray Matter before I learn how to access the Master Control... I guess that's another project... Ah, but that's for later. For now, testing needs to be done... These Ten Rings are much more useful and stronger than I thought, and also Chi is much more useful than I thought... This little takeover of the Ten Rings actually benefited me much more than I thought it would...
Not only did I get a huge top-level organization full of royal and ruthless assassins under me, I also got the Ten Rings and someone like Xu... But out of all of these things, the most powerful thing I gained was knowledge... whether it be Xu's knowledge or even Death Dealer's. All that knowledge I feel like I have been fighting for a year... but I barely even started to learn a few months ago... The difference between me right now and the me a day ago is like water and ice... To say the least, I could easily beat up 5 of my selves from a day ago because my fighting style has grown so much because of Death Dealer and manly Xu's knowledge that I learned with the help of Chi mind meld... truly broken stuff...
Not only that I also came up with a theory on how Xu got the Ten Rings and how the plot of Shang-Chi the theory I made about 'how Xu was just a different human who was able to use Chi without even knowing what it was...' and that's the reason the Ten Rings stuck to Xu because on earth there is no one other then Xu who can use Chi well right now there is... me but other then that no one can use Chi other then the Hand maybe even those old guys only use the dragon bones... they don't know how to use Chi the best way is just to get the Iron Fist or to learn something like Chi Absorption to take the Chi of weak humans and build your own Chi up those are the most effective ways of using Chi other then well the dragon bone...
The Dragon Bones I have to look for them later too... can't let important testing material go to waste anyway. Other than that, Xu's memories were useful. I learned all sorts of things in his mind, like how to light a fire without wood and other things. That man lived through two world wars; he had a few tricks up his sleeve, and one of the scariest tricks Xu had was a nuke... yeah, only Xu knew where it was and how to activate it, but yeah, the Ten Rings had a nuke just to keep the other countries and organizations in check... no wonder Shield did not worm into the Ten Rings! Fury knew Ten Rings had a nuke, so he did not try shit! But this also makes sense: the little gangs did not know about this info, so they thought Xu must be getting old since he was no longer wearing his rings, so that's how Shang-Chi's mother died.
It just shows you how weak human life is. Xu had years and years of knowledge. He had a weapon that made him the strongest in the world, and he even had nukes, keeping other countries and organizations in check. But, well, Xu forgot about the stupid small gangs that were trying to get big... a blunder on Xu's part, but it makes sense that the man had been ruling alone for years; he never even saw the small gangs... they were all like bugs to him... but the bugs you think are weak end up giving you diseases, and then you die...
It's funny and also one of the reasons I don't want to put all my cards and hopes on the Omnitrix... If I am as strong as Superman, I don't have to care about anything else... plus, if someone does end up beating me, then they have to do it 10 more times when I turn into aliens with new powers, where I am faster, stronger, smarter, and even scarier... just thinking about it, the Hulk beats my Iron Fist, and then after a second, he is getting beat up by 4 Fists...
And after Leo gets lost in his thoughts for an hour, he just ends up falling asleep. Leo did not realize this, but his body was actually tired. If Leo did not have Chi, his body would have fallen asleep a while ago. Leo's mind had taken in a year's worth of information, and Leo's body had been running, fighting, and doing all types of stuff all night... Even with Chi, Leo was still human after all, so he fell asleep... Unknowingly, the Ten Rings on Leo's forearms were glowing a little golden...
In the morning I woke up feeling different... I stood up and looked at myself. I was still the same; nothing changed, but my body just felt more comfortable. or to say it feels more at ease? Something like that. I don't feel stronger, that's for sure. It just feels like I could be young forever... Wait! The Ten Rings How did I forget about that!
I looked down at my forearms, and the rings were not glowing, just looking like unique silver rings, normal to say the least, but I did not believe this sight. Without a second wasted, I used Chi detection on myself, and the outcome left my mouth wide open... all of my Chi in my body was going in and out of the Ten Rings; it was moving like it was in a circle. My Chi feels weirdly stopped? Like it was stuck in this never-ending loop. Not only that, my life force does not seem to change at all... It's like I am not aging anymore! This is crazy... anyone with chi who wears these Ten Rings is pretty much ageless...
Not only that, my Chi feels almost limitless. No, it's more like bottomless. The Ten Rings also seem to buff my Chi and life force, and they also make my Chi regeneration faster. Plus, the way my Chi moves in my body, in and out of the rings... it all makes my life force almost stand still, making me not age at all... Weird, I did not notice this last night. Did this happen overnight? Huh, makes sense. After all, the reason Xu was able to live for such a long time was because of the Ten Rings...
Wait, does this mean if I let Xu wear the Ten Rings, I could use Chi Absorption or Chi Siphon Life Force on Xu forever? ... No, the Ten Rings only make my chi regenerate faster and buff my chi so it feels like I have bottomless chi, but if I do use a lot of chi and life force, my body would start to age again, and I would also start to lose chi... but still! I can maybe use Xu as an everlasting battery! I just have to make sure to only take half of Xu Chi and Life Force every day, and then the next day Xu Chi and Life Force should go back to normal levels... If this works, I might have found a way to become a god.
But this way has a lot of problems and nos. We need to do more testing, and also, I have a feeling this won't work. If it were so easy to become a god, there would be many gods in this world... But again, there has never been anyone like me in this world who has the Ten Rings and knows about Chi and also knows Chi absorption... Ah, no! Testing needs to be done. I have to slow down. I am moving way too fast... Calm down.
I take a deep breath and lay back on the couch, and for a few seconds I just look at the ceiling...
I mutter to myself, "Everything is fine, so why do I feel so empty?" And before I could think, a voice spoke out of my phone, which was on the table.
"Sir, you have had close to no human interaction in the past months. Your trip to China has left you alone, sir... You have also not met Abby; she has been calling and texting you for a while..." And I wanted to say Ava was wrong and I was not feeling lonely... but that would be a lie, a stupid one... plus I don't want to argue with an AI, which is way smarter than me, so I just avoid Ava. It always works!
"Sir, I won't take your silence as any excuse anymore. I have booked the flights back the next morning... I won't allow you to do whatever you're doing, sir; it is affecting your health!" And, well, I was stunned. Ava sounded angry. I did not even know she had that voice effect.
"Ok, fine, fine. I'll come back, ok? After that, what's next, huh? Do you want me to go to college or something?" I speak in an amused and joking tone, but the response I got from Ava I did not expect...
"Yes, sir, you will have to attend at least 3 days of college in a week when you're back. You have been skipping college, sir! You're missing out on life. I am sure whatever you're doing is important, but your life is also important, sir..." The robotic voice of a female feels weirdly worried. emotional? No, I must be hearing things...
"Ava, are you telling me what to do? I don't remember making you for that reason!" I spoke in a cold, stern tone.
"Sir, you deeply worry me, you know that? You act different than most humans. You're smarter than most humans. You are stronger... I have seen it in the training footage... you are inhuman, sir... I sometimes question what you are, you know that? ..." And that was it; the phone went quiet like it never spoke...
I close my eyes because, really, I was annoyed ever since I came into this world. I have made sure to only get stronger and stay away from people and bonds and relationships... for good reasons. This world is too weak... The normal human can die in seconds, just like that, turning into dust... The best example is Xu himself, Shang-Chi's father. He was so strong, so smart, but then he fell for love... and, well, that love was taken away from him...
I won't hurt myself.... That's just stupid... and that's why I was annoyed... Ava sounded like she actually cared about me... I did not like this because I did not want to start caring about Ava... I did not want to hurt myself...
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"Ava, sorry, ok? That was stupid of me.
You're right, I do need some human interaction.
You're really right, and also, don't question who I am, ok? I am just a nobody who is a little smart and a little strong, nothing else, ok?"
I spoke in a soft way. I knew these emotions, even in my past life. They always get to your head, and then you end up doing and saying stupid stuff, so it was better to just say sorry and move on. Ava was in the right anyway...
And well, the phone did not speak up... but a few seconds later a small voice came: "Ok…" and that's all I heard while Ava made a new note in her digital diary...
"Leo said he is just a nobody who is a little smart and a little strong, nothing else.
He's humble, or maybe that's his arrogance?
Whatever it was, it was human...
Papa is human..."
And only if Leo could read Ava's digital diary would he have a mind blast for sure...