Chapter 3

Hidden laboratory, somewhere in the island 4 thousand kilometers off the coast of Australia...

The island was around 22km in diameter, it's originally was a great nation. A nation with one of the highest living standards in the world but sadly it fell and got the nickname of "the country that ate itself".

Years passed by and Gerald Sparrow decided to buy this piece of island for a good amount of money. How did it got sold to him was another matter that has direct roots to corruption.

When he bought it, he just planned to use it as a storage facility but then things turned for the worst and he immediately renovated it. Building all sorts of high tech stuff in it. Making it the unofficial tech capital of the whole world. The sheer technological level of things on this island is enough to propel the entirety of humanity directly to a type 2.5 civilization in the Kardashev scale.

The personnel here was all androids with the face of a human. They're a hivemind with the queen that is Zero controlling them to the very last action they do.

Currently, a two people cna be seen on one of the deepest parts of the island. They're inside the underground secret laboratory as the surface was turned into a storage of materials with different labels on the shipping containers to fool the satellites in space. The whole island has the capabilities to dock large ships and facilitate their repair and other things necessary.

"Gerald are you really sure about this? Is there no other way? Possibly activating your own superpower? We can create the extra chromosome and design your own superpower!" pleaded Zyril as Gerald slowly walked towards the tube that looked like a cryon freezing tube.

"That's more dangerous Zyril, you know that as the risks of being dumbed down is truly horrifying. Using this serum would be far better than manipulating the genetic makeup of someone. I wouldn't want to do such a thing, at least for now." said Gerald as he let the machines strapped syringes and all sorts of technology stuff on his body. The hatch slowly closed as Gerald raised a thumbs up and smiled towards Zyril.

"But still..." Zyril's words was cut off as Gerald just nodded at her direction telling her to stop worrying and everything will be fine.

Zyril slowly walked towards the control panel and sat on the chair at the center. She closely observed the vitals of Gerald.

"Zero, tell me truthfully, what's the chances of Gerald surviving this? Don't lie to me!" said Zyril as the holographic face of Zero appeared on the largest screen and spoke.

"Miss Zyril, the chances of success of this operation is truly high. Your concerns and worries are not needed." the voice of Zero started to be heard as sets of data in form of table, graphs, charts, and many more started to pop up like an annoying advertisement.

"Really? That's truly relieving to hear. But make sure that's all true! Or else I'll be plugging your wire out of the outlet!" warned Zyril playfully as Zero just nodded probably thinking something along the lines of "you're my daughter why would you even do that?"

"Commencing operation Super soldier... Vital scan at 45%... Vitals at optimum level...Administering General Anesthesia...General Anesthesia successfully administered... Injecting Serum 1... Injected Successfully..." countless pop up notifications was seen and heard as the largest monitor on the laboratory has countless windows popping in and out as the reports regarding the state of the operation was seen.

"Please work, please work, please work" prayed Zyril as she looked at the monitor intently, quickly processing the immense data in her mind.

As the pop ups became more and more so do the face of Zyril. Her facial expression improved with each pop up as all of them was absolutely successful and if this trend goes on, Gerald would be out in no time.

...

Gerald slowly opened his heavy eyes as he surveyed his surroundings. All he can see is white. He figured out he must be in the hospital inside his laboratory on a certain mountain.

His body felt heavy and he can't feel his arms and legs. He tried to sit up but intense pain assaulted his body, forcing him to lie back again.

"Gerald! You're awake!" the sound of the voice of a woman was heard as it's followed by light footsteps rushing rapidly towards the position of Gerald.

The woman then hugged Gerald tightly as a tear escaped her eyes.

"You made worry about you!" complained Zyril as she lightly hit the chest of Gerald. Gerald just chuckled as he moved his hand up to the waist of Zyril and hugged her back.

"D.. id..I?" the voice of Gerald was really weak as it sounded like a whisper which made Zyril hit him in the chest once more.

"You stupid man! Of course you do!" whispered Zyril as she gently pecked the cheeks of Gerald.

Just then, a droid suddenly came in with a nurse outfit. It pushes a cart filled with all sorts of labeled medicine as it stopped by the side of Gerald and took his wrist and inserted a small syringe, taking blood sample.

The nurse then inserted the blood sample on the machine under the cart and waited for a few seconds for the result.

"The result is... good." the clearly robotic voice of the nurse was heard as it administered painkillers directly to the bloodstream of Gerald.

"Ze..ro... how is... th... e... operation?" asked Gerald as he let the android nyrse do its job.

"Master, the operation was a complete success. The serum perfectly combined with your body, changing its composition and enhancing you DNA. The next phase of the operation is to be done after 3 days as the side effects of the serum would be visible in this 72 hours." the voice of Zero suddenly sounded as she reported everything to Gerald. Gerald just nodded and gently closed his eyes.

Zyril on the other hand was really happy. She knows that the serum was perfect and the side effects of aching body is nothing but a small price to pay for becoming a "superhuman".

"Thank you Zero!" shouted Zyril as she picked up a chair and sat there, playing with Gerald's hand including his fingers.

...

3 days later, somewhere on the laboratory...

Gerald was walking towards the testing site with Zyril following beside him, clinging on his arm. He's wearing a patient's gown while Zyril was wearing a simple short shorts and a T-shirt.

The test site was completely reinforced with the most durable materials that's found in nature with those materials being strengthened even more through artificial means.

This whole room can easily withstand a barage of the most powerful nuclear bomb currently in existence even if it's a direct hit.

"Welcome master! The test is ready, this will be a two part test. The first part will test your physical capabilities without your suit. The second part will test your capabilities with suit. Please proceed on the spot with a glowing green mark and wait for further instructions." the voice of Zero blared on their ears as Gerald slowly walked on to the spot.

Suddenly a punching bag appeared in front of Gerald. The punching bag has the words "Punch me with all you got" printed in it.

Gerald just chuckled on this childish act as he clenched his fist and positioned his body, preparing for the punch. He's waiting for the voice of Zero to give the signal.

"Punch!"

Gerald threw his fist towards the punching bag as a boom was heard, signifying the speed breaking the speed of sound.

The punch connected as the punching bag was immediately destroyed the moment it made contact with the fist.

Ding...

Ding...

Ding...

Blaring sounds of notifications was heard as the data was immediately processed.

"Strength at... Speed at..." the voice of Zero wa sheard as she delivered the news about the processed data.

When Gerald heard this he was absolutely happy, the serum worked like a charm and he might just as well use the serum for Zyril.

Zyril on the other hand, was happy too, her unofficial boyfriend gained new strength and she's more than happy about it.

"Part 1 of the test complete...Part 2 commencing..."

...

Yaoyorozu Mansion,

The grandiose of a mansion by one of the most powerful families on the entirety of Japan was currently in turmoil.

The Yaoyorozu family has seen significant changes and improvement over the past years. Their former level of being a second rate clan in Japan was directly catapulted to a top of the line clan. All of this was because of the partnership with the Sparrow Group.

They had connections on all parts of life and they even contacted a man who introduced himself as All for One more than once.

All for One was like a perfectionist and opportunistic type of guy. He wants everything under his control and will eliminate anyone that stands between him and that goal. The Yaoyorozu only kept the minimal amount of contact as they had a deal of helping each other, just like the deal with the Sparrow.

The Yaoyorozu as a whole clan has started to have their own quirks awaken as it narrowed down on something to do with able to influence something on a certain scale by touching it.

The head, Kishimoto Yaoyorozu just received the email from Gerald Sparrow himself that he wants to meet with him to talk about something.

This email from the man named Gerald Sparrow himself! The sole owner of the whole multi billion dollar Sparrow Group whose assets are predicted to grow to a more than a trillion in 5 years!

Gerald Sparrow was a myth on the among the capitalists. He's a kid 7 years ago, someone like a normal kid with intelligence far surpassing many men as he speedran school.

Though it's not reported all over the world about his absolutely unrealistic intelligence. He and the other high ranking capitalists know about the truth. He's really smart, probably smarter than he and all the capitalists combined.

They also know about the truth regarding the metal men that has long since disappeared from the public eye as they turned into an urban legend, at least some truth about it.

But after that incident on his school, he suddenly changed. A complete 180 degree turn of personality. His childish, carefree attitude changed. He became this dark figure, like the Prince from Machiavelli's "The Prince".

People who doesn't know about his complete self will in no way love him. They'll only fear him.

Luckily for Kishimoto, they still have an ongoing mutual partnership and he even helped them settle on Japan. So, he and his family business that is the real estate wasn't affected the at all on the sudden entry of this monster of a company in Japan.

On a large meeting hall inside the mansion, Kishimoto, along with the most important members of the family including his wife was sitting on the large rectangular long table to discuss about this email.

"Mr Gerald Sparrow sent an email hoping to talk with me. This can be a great opportunity for us to exploit if we'll play our cards right." opened up Kishimoto as the copy of the email was sent to each one of the present people inside who slowly but surely read it.

"Kishimoto-san, I suggest we try and go with the plan to try and gain more benefits. We can't be the losing side here!" said a fat man as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. Some of the people nodded in support.

"Can that even be a certainty? I mean, they're the most powerful, richest, and an absolutely influential group of companies in the world. I feel like we should at least be more of a conservative in approach here to save our necks." said an old man as some people nodded too in his statement.

"We should just have a passive and active approach in regards to the context to have our necks saved. This way, Kishimoto wouldn't be pressured to gain more benefits nor lose on any benefits." said the oldest man as he stroked his chin.

"Now, whay do you think is the subject of the talks?"

...

Sparrow's mansion, Tokyo...

A convoy of black cars with the flag of Japan on the hood can be seen traversing the streets towards the mansion. This convoy was the convoy of the Prime Minister of Japan.

He's here to have a talk with the woman in the mansion to try and get her support in upcoming election.

At the gate of the mansion, two guards in a simple combat equipment with just a flak vest and a high powered rifle can be seen guarding the gate.

"Halt! Present your invitation!" shouted a guard in the megaphone as the Prime Minister just chuckled and ordered his assistant to deal with it.

Time slowly passed by as the convoy finally got the clearance to enter the premises. Zero was monitoring every action of this convoy as they'll meet Gerald's mother.

The cars stopped in front of the main door as the Prime Minister exited and walked towards the already waiting Samantha.

"Good afternoon Samantha-san, I'm the Prime Minister of Japan. Nice to finally meet the woman behind the success of the Sparrow Group." said the Prime Minister as he locked eyes with Samantha who was flattered.

"You're holding me in high regard Prime Minister, I should be the one flattering you." chuckled Samantha as she extended her hand for a handshake.

"I'm truly flattered Samantha-san." replied the Prime Minister as a subtle glow in his eyes was seen.