Chapter 3: Planning

~Zack POV~

"And their mister Ray. The medicine should help you with your malnourished body."

Replying to the nice doctor of Vale I thanked him for the boost of my physical body as I thanked him sincerely, "No. No doctor it was clearly thanks to your work that I get to be this fit. Like really fit."

The doctor was smiling at this as he replied to me clearly showing my appreciation while glancing at the notes, "Nonsense young man. From the way, we saw your body it was clearly weakening. Thankfully the medicine from Atlas will help you get into tip-top shape. I would dread what would happen if you went on like this."

Nodding at this I was really thankful that Roman was a very wealthy thief after he stole from the bank full of Lien for me to use as I responded, "No kidding. I didn't even realize I was that weak sir. The wonders of medicine of Atlas am I, right? I can already feel my body becoming strong as we speak."

No kidding honest.

I never expected the citizens here to be that strong though but from my standpoint, I was clearly weak. I was extremely lucky that Roman dropped his guard and landed a killing blow or I would become a paste.

Thankfully in RWBY, it's more advanced from my world by miles ahead extremely. The medicine even made me become strong as I speak to the doctor. If there is anything to be glad of in a future post-apocalyptic world is the fact, they have advanced medicines to help the weak be like them.

Despite the different evolutionary path, it was still miles ahead of what we are capable of but lacked the general human areas of emotions and such. That would be their downfall, but I won't explain much about it.

The medicine they gave me enhanced body strength, speed, reflexes, thought processing, and agilities only to the average citizen. And by average just enough to dodge literal bullet firing speed and that's fucking fast.

Would explain how the people here aren't dead from the gunshots in the show…

Interrupting my thoughts, the doctor began to analyze the notes of my body as he glanced and replied to me with curiosity, "Hmm… I'll be a damned son. According to this, it looks like you had a virus undiscovered in Remnant that may cause some deaths if wasn't taken care of. Good thing for the neighboring kingdom of Atlas with their fast-acting healing gels, right?"

Wait for the fuck up!

I have the fucking COVID and they cured it for me in an instant!

…

Have I ever mentioned how much I loved the fiction of RWBY before and not hater?

Because I'm one now!

Leaving the place and thanking the doctor I accomplished what I had to do here was to get a bodily checkup using the stolen Lien from Roman's latest heist of stealing from a bank. I hid the weapon Melodic Cudgel in my coat.

Still, though I can clearly feel the difference what the doctors here did to my body by injecting me with their gels. Supposedly from Atlas to help the other kingdoms out and their sickly bodies better prepared.

The reason, why I came here first after leaving the Penthouse of Roman, was to see how I stack up with the people here as they are different. Just I didn't expect to be that much of a margin to notice how much I lack compared to the normal man here in RWBY.

Like I said before but thankfully having Lien of Roman and stolen ones from the bank it was easier for me to get a checkup. Taking out a new scroll after selling Roman out I managed to get my own identity here in Vale with the multipurpose options even a bank account.

Still, though that leaves me with some options to do next. That would be getting some proper help is one and I know just how but would be risky at the same time.

That would be to release the info regarding the private school.

Lady Browning's Preparatory Academy For Girls was a prestigious school for wealthy and socialite girls located in the City of Vale and was secretly a faction of spies and assassins aligned with Spider. The Academy's Headmaster was Beatrix Browning, also known as Lady Beat.

Neopolitan, Melanie Malachite, and Miltia Malachite were students of this academy, prior to it being publicly exposed for its criminal actions and rendered inactive by Lisa Lavender, who'd been given information on it by Roman Torchwick and Neo.

Lady Browning's Preparatory Academy For Girls was founded by Beatrix Browning, a socialite woman with criminal and spy affiliations, having partnered with Spider at some point.

Carmel Vanille and Manda Rin both graduated from the Academy's secret program, with the former eventually marrying Jimmy Vanille, siphoning money to the Academy through "charity", and the latter becoming a Huntress and private tutor for future assassins.

When an 18-year old Trivia Vanille acts and nearly burns down a part of the Vanille Estate, Carmel decides to take her daughter to the Academy, in hopes that she would turn to be an assassin and spy for Spider. Trivia meets Lady Beat and is left to study there.

At the same time, Lil' Miss Malachite sends her twin daughters, Melanie and Miltia, to spy and kill Roman Torchwick, an ex-Spider deserter. They quickly join the school's elite program to hone their skills.

After a scuffle between an unknowing Trivia, the Malachite Twins, and Roman, Lady Beat recruits Trivia who unbeknownst to them takes the new name Neopolitan, or Neo to help kill Torchwick. However, the rising criminal reveals to know about this faction and charms Neo into not selling him out.

Neo is pressured to help kill Roman, and between her torn allegiances and feelings of superiority, she soon realizes the organization's connection to Spider.

Neo breaks into The Room and learns about the Academy's ulterior scheme: using triskelion pin body cameras to obtain information worth billions of Lien, pressuring the Xiong crime family out of Vale so that Spider can take its place.

Hei Xiong was the former leader of the Xiong Family and the father of Junior Xiong.

Under his control, the Xiong Family rose to be the greatest crime syndicate in Vale during his time, using the Vale police to monitor official actions. At one point, the group had some control over the Dust shipments in Vale through corrupt councilman Jimmy Vanille, who was pressured into helping the organization by Hei. He would become Trivia's honorary uncle through this connection.

After getting to know her, Hei Xiong treated Neo better than her parents did such as buying her gifts that she actually enjoyed. However, he was not above using her as a hostage when it was in his favor.

Junior inherits his father's syndicate after his demise in a gang war between the Xiong Family and Spider at the Vanille Estate. However, the syndicate began losing influence in Vale because of this with Roman taking their place and starting losing influence over the Vale Police Department as well.

At least that was all according to the story of the novel...

In all honestly though if I get in favor of Hei Xiong since he seems way more competent than Junior will ever be and save his ass he owes me a favor. And that would be using Neo's help to make it easier to talk to the two.

Helping a crime family as influential as him would definitely give Neo the help taking over her family once she realizes how much trash they are once she found out that her bedroom was the 'secret' stash of Dust that her father had held for the longest time cheating from Hei deals in the process.

Adding the fact I carry a Roman weapon and killing the bastard will certainly earn more sympathy points with Hei since Roman was stealing on his turf. He managed to piss off two criminal organizations and was lucky he got rid of them in an explosion.

While I could go that route it will leave a power vacuum of sorts in Vale without one of the players to be alive… and well Roman is out of the question. And with Hei showing care to Neo already has a place here to let him be the one to continue in charge.

And what's the best way to get a guy like him to join my cause and help?

Simple.

But pointing out a rat he has working for him. I'm just glad I re-read the RWBY: Roman Holidays to better understand the situation… but only when Neo finally leaves the area herself.

I have plenty of time for that to happen. Now the real question is what the living hell is my Semblance?

Semblance is a power exhibited by certain characters in RWBY. It is developed from a person's Aura and typically helps in the battle against Grimm. Semblances are different between people and can range from super-strength, manipulating objects to disorienting opponents.

However, there have been cases of those never figuring that out like with Roman. Still though one must have confidence in what they do or else they are bound to fail and for that, I need to wait till chapter 13 happens which won't happen for a while.

Now if only I knew how to use my powers would be good and keep an eye out for the Spiders would be good or steal one of their pins at the school to show to Hei then it would secure much of his respect. First things first I better get something to eat after all planning everything like this takes up a big appetite.

That and the medicine gave me the major cases of the munches.