3: NPC Parents

The darkness around Jay started to disperse, and before he knew it, he was a baby in the girl's arms again. It seemed like he's back to where he left off when she lifted him up in the air and called him Kaon.

"Cute little guy!" She giggled as she gently swayed him around.

System!

Jay called out for the system as he's being swayed in the air. The teenage boy was laughing on the floor as the girl played with him.

[ USER JAY ]

A blue interface showed up in front of his vision, and this time, he wasn't taken away into a black room somewhere. The two teens are still going about their things; nothing was stopped.

Oh, so the private user-system interface was the black room thing, and this is the overworld. Fine, fine. Jay wasn't very knowledgeable about the system genre, but he'll survive, surely. His eyes blinked, and he looked at the girl holding him.

System, who are they? Who are the teens?

Another blue interface showed up over the girl's head as she placed him down on a platform made of wood where she sat down and fed him a moment ago. The teenage boy was laying his head on this platform, and a blue interface screen also showed up above his head.

Both of the teenagers seemed to be indifferent... They can't see the screen nor interact with the system like Jay can, so they're NPCs. His NPC parents?

The interface screen above the girl wrote:

[ FEMALE CARE GIVER

REAL NAME: JAY PLENG

PUBLIC NAME: JAY JUE

ALIAS: Jay (future JJ)

CURRENT AGE: 13 YEARS 2 DAYS

LEVEL: 20

SUPERPOWER: - locked - ]

Shit, she's JJ? JJ the spy? JJ who helped with the hero council's invention of the power blockers? JJ who betrayed the entire hero council so she could figuratively and literally suck another side villain's dick?

Jay doesn't remember JJ's superpower since it was very vague, and she did some shits ranging from walking through walls and created a huge energy blast which destroyed half of the villain prison. She'll die before the climax fight between Kaon and Kade, so her superpower didn't matter. Hell, in the original work, she was mute and communicated exclusively through sign language.

However, now she's thirteen years old, and she's mothering Kaon, and she's speaking just fine.

Baby Jay made a noise when he turned away from her. His eyes read the interface above the teenage boy's head, and fuck...

[ MALE CARE GIVER

REAL NAME: JAY PLENG

PUBLIC NAME: JAY ROMANOV

ALIAS: RED KING

CURRENT AGE: 15 YEARS 2 DAYS

LEVEL: 21

SUPERPOWER: - locked - ]

Remember when Jay said JJ betrayed the entire hero council so she could suck a side villain's dick? This is the guy whose dick she was sucking. Red King was one hell of an opponent, and his superpower was like a fever dream. "Anything can happen" was his motto, and really, the guy got the name "Red King" because he made people explode from inside out. The only downside to his power is that it takes a fuck ton of energy and usually wore him out after just a few rounds of fighting.

The Red King was an older villain in his mid thirties by the time Kaon the Red Rain came into power. Red King's name was Jay Romanov, and the hero council thought he was dead a long time ago until he launched a direct attack on the heroes' headquarters to free Kaon. Later, Red King was killed by public execution when he was recaptured, and the ever loyal JJ followed him to his death.

Now that plot point makes a lot more sense because Red King and JJ had a past together, and that past is raising Kaon the Red Rain. Well, the original Kaon grew up fucked in the head anyways, so the two caregivers' input wasn't significant.

Also, why the hell is everyone named Jay? JJ's real name is Jay Pleng, and Red King's real name is also Jay Pleng. Then, there's their public name? Jay Jue and Jay Romanov? Hell, Jay the baby is also named Jay, but he's Kaon for now.

"He's sleepy." JJ's words snapped the baby back to reality. "I'll put him to sleep, then it's my turn to go out."

"There's nothing out there. Same as what you saw yesterday. I collected all the canned food I could find from the bunker." Red King replied with a sigh. Then, he gave a smile at Jay when he caught the baby's eyes. "Hey, hey, little guy. The world is shit right now, but you don't have to be."

A large finger poked baby Jay's stomach, so Jay gave out a giggle in response. Be cute. Be cute for the villains.

"Bundle of joy, huh?" JJ smiled as she picked something up from the ground. "Jay, look after him okay? I trust both of you to stay alive until I come back."

"The house won't burn down just because you're out for five minutes, Jay." Red King pointed his index finger at JJ accusingly, yet he has a smile on his face.

Also, the Red King called this tent a house?

JJ strapped a backpack to her front before putting on a cloak. She gave the Red King and the baby Jay a wave, then she unzipped the longest zipper which went to the floor. After she's out, deep red eyes looked at Jay, and the baby blinked back at his male caretaker.

"Miss her already?" Red King let out a laugh, a genuine laugh which came from the depths of his chest.

The teenage boy took off his jacket and threw it to one corner of the room. There's nothing interesting for Jay to explore, so he decided to crawl towards the jacket.

And he completely forgot that he's on a raised platform. He yelled when he lost footing, but he was immediately lifted up in the air by a pair of strong arms.

"Jay will have my head if you're hurt." Red King gently held the baby to his chest. Jay, who was still filled with adrenaline from that two seconds of panic, laid his head on the teenage boy's board shoulder. A large hand laid on the baby's back and began rubbing circles. "Time to sleep, little guy. Unless you wanna play?"

Jay never thought the Red King would be this gentle. In the original work, even when the Red King was in bed with JJ, he literally threw his "queen" around.

Maybe at one point Red King lost his gentleness, and at one point JJ lost her voice. At one point, JJ will start working for the United Superhero Council even though her loyalty lies with the Red King. At one point, the Red King will gather a legion of villains who hold personal grudges against some superheroes.

At one point, things will fall apart, but right now, Jay was enjoying being a baby.

"No response, huh?" The Red King chuckled as he paced around the small tent, his head was an inch away from scraping the ceiling. "Let's go to sleep, okay?"

Baby Jay burped a little. Thankfully, he didn't vomit on the villain's back. Red King seemed like he's used to it, and he even sent encouraging pats on the baby's back.

Then, the Red King started humming a song. Is this how he's putting the baby to sleep? Well, it's clearly working because Jay's eyes were getting heavier by the seconds.

Suddenly, the System's interface screen popped up to disturb the peace.

[ USER JAY, ONE ADVICE: DON'T GET TOO ATTACHED. ]