Maya Hansen

*Maya's pov*

*The day before, Ten Rings base*

"Hello Tony, I hope you're well. You have probably guessed the reason behind this recording but I will go ahead and confirm it for you.

I fucked up yet again. After the incident with AIM, I was desperate to create a perfect version of The Extremis so I did what I did with AIM, but this time around with someone far more dangerous.

Tem Borjigin, The CEO of Prometheus Gentech as he called himself But I have recently found out that he is Mandarin, the leader of a terrorist group called Ten Rings.

Yes I know, it's AIM all-over again but he was the only one who actually accepted to give me funds for my project and I just couldn't say no. Extremis is my lifelong project, the fruit of my labor and you know that well too.

Anyway, let's go for the reason behind this recording already.

As was the case till now, he too wants to misuse my creation for a world domination agenda. But his method is different from every other person who wanted the same from my Extremis. He wants to infect the whole world with an incomplete version of Extremis, eliminating anyone who's not able to bond with it and ruling the rest.

He is much worse than AIM, Tony. I'm not saying it lightly.

If you have received this video then it is the most likely case that I have already died trying to stop yet another madman from abusing my work, so I want one last favor from you.

...Destroy The Extremis."

I ended the recording with a heavy heart and leaned back on my chair, feeling like the world has crumbled on me.

Even though I am stressed by the fact that mankind might meet its end by my creation, the main reason for my sadness and grief is the last line that I said.

Extremis is my everything and I mean it.

I have broken every moral that could be broken, I have hurt so many people to collect more data for its creation, and I even went against the very same thing that inspired the Extremis in the first place.

I completely forgot why I wanted to create it. It was to find a cure for incurable diseases I think? I don't know anymore.

How ironic. The thing that was supposed to save lives took so many of them.

*Sigh*

No use in dwelling on it anymore. I better start and delete everything from the servers first.

*The next day*

"Did you really think that I would not find out about your measly meddlings, Miss. Hansen?"

Tem- Mandarin asked me from his position beside the security guard that caught me when I was cleaning the servers, looking at my body bond to a chair in front of him.

The plan went downhill right before the critical point. The part where I run after disabling all of the missiles.

On a side note, I should have checked if the security guards were dead or not. Regrets for the next life I guess.

"You have disappointed me, Miss. Hansen. I thought of you as someone smart enough to see the bigger picture. To see how fragile humans truly are. To understand my ambitions.

But I guess even I can be wrong once or twice.

When my plan comes to fruition the few humans who have survived will be reborn as a powerful race under my rightful rule. It's such a shame that you will not live to see it yourself."

By the end of his speech, he has already aimed a sword at my chest.

"WAI-"

*Swish*

I felt a sudden wave of pain in my chest before I could even plead with him to buy some time for myself.

*Thud*

The chair that I was on top of fell backward because of the power behind his strike, changing my view to that of a broad ceiling.

"Destroy this place and proceed with the plan. I do not want any more delays."

So this is it huh?

Somewhere inside, I had this little ember of hope that Tony will come and save me, but I guess that's not going to happen this time.

I feel so sleepy right now. I just...want to close...my...eyes...

*Present time, Kotaro's pov*

Watching as the healer did her job I took note that I have no means of healing myself at the moment.

I, of course, have received a few of the famous Health Potions from the dungeon drops here and there, but they weren't of high quality in most cases thus making it an unreliable method until I learn how to make them by myself.

Alchemy is one of the arts that I will no doubt try to learn right along with Blacksmithing and Runes mastery. Any self-respecting gamer knows making your gears is by far the best option out there.

Not only self-made items usually are of better quality but they can also be sold to other players for in-game currency making it a flourishing business.

But until then I need a replacement for healing, and I rather have it sooner than later. You never know when you're going to need it.

Considering my current arsenal of masteries there are a few things that I can do to gain such a replacement.

The first and the least impressive is the Mystical Palm Technique. The commonly used medical ninjutsu of Konoha.

Even though it is certainly a good healing technique, it takes too much effort and therefore it is useless in the heat of a fight.

The second is for me to create a Jutsu on my own.

Even though I can easily create any skill as long as I have the appropriate mastery for it with the help of the Game, my lack of expertise in regard to the human body makes it a little inefficient compared to the third method.

Which is The Creation Rebirth.

Creation Rebirth is a medical jutsu created by Tsunade Senju. It uses a large quantity of Chakra (in my case MP) to simulate the body cells divide faster thus making way for passive regeneration of kind with the drawback of shortening the lifespan of the user.

That drawback is null for me because of the existence of Gamer's body, a truly cheat skill. This skill effectively removes the aging process because as long as I have even 1HP remaining I will live no matter the condition.

And if I want to make the most profit using this technique I need another one as a support for it. that skill would be none other than Strength of a Hundred seals, a jutsu in the form of a rhombus on the user's forehead where they store Chakra for later uses.

By using these two together I will have an almost instantaneous healing factor that can be supported by external or internal energy sources and more importantly, will not require any active conscious effort on my part to keep active because it will work on its own in the case of a serious injury.

And let's not even talk about how I will be able to use the seventh gate of Eight Inner Gates for a prolonged period of time without worrying about dying from the self-destruction of my cells.

I'm not counting on it for the eighth gate. I honestly don't want to risk finding out what status effect I will receive for activating it before I reach the required VIT check.

I remember receiving a status effect while using the seventh gate. It would have killed me in a few seconds if I kept it on, so no, I'm not risking my life for a test to see what is the one for the eighth gate unless it's absolutely necessary.

But all of these thoughts must be placed in the back of my mind for now. It seems that while I was thinking this the healing process has already ended and Dr.Hansen is about to wake up.

Let's have a little chat and see where it goes from there.

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