Chapter 40

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Finished with the test, I finally exhaled in relief. This guy's abilities were really frustrating to test. I had to sit for hours and wait for the transformation, and then look for people for my next appearance. It took a lot of time, and I had to get rid of his corpse sooner than I thought.

But when I was done, I could finally summarize the results. First of all, I was very satisfied. Just as I had expected, the abilities had improved noticeably after the full absorption. Now I didn't have to worry about the transformation time. It turned out that it worked for more than two days, I didn't check more, I was bored. Two days was enough for me, so I was satisfied. It was not necessary to spend time on a full test, in case I could take the appearance forever? Anyway, that was taken care of. The second thing that pleased me was memorizing the appearances of others. I didn't have the memory of Faceless One, of course. He could memorize seemingly everyone he came in contact with, but unfortunately I only had five. Yes, five people I could easily remember forever, and reincarnate into them at any moment. In fact, I would have been happy with one, but five was even better. I could choose to erase a certain appearance from my "memory" or something, and replace it with another image. Anyway, the major drawbacks of the ability were solved, so I could finally rest.

When I was done with that, I checked all my other boosts, but the gains were not very big, so I can ignore them. Except that my weight had decreased again. That was good, because after Tony's absorption, I weighed almost two hundred pounds, and that was a bit of a problem. Unfortunately, with the weight loss, I was also losing mass, so I was able to hit very hard. But that was okay, I'm already very strong. I don't have to rely on the weight of my fists for powerful attacks. I think the weight loss is precisely due to the fact that my body is readjusting every time, and the abilities of other metas are adapting to my body. A body that is too heavy is very uncomfortable for me, so it's like my body decided to get rid of the problem on its own. The surprising thing was that the main advantage of Rust's ability didn't go anywhere, I still remained very strong. But my weight had decreased quite noticeably, I weigh a little over a hundred, and for a normal person, that's a normal weight. Although, with my build, I should weigh less, but I think I'll get back to normal one day.

Finished with all the chores, I decided to relax and wait for something interesting, now I just wanted to take a break from all these problems.

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My suit was already complete, Hartley said it would be ready in about a week. That was good, but the blade would have to wait, he hadn't even begun to create it. He has a few tweaks to make to each piece of equipment and then he'll combine everything with the system I've created. Hartley explained it to me quite clearly, so I knew what I had to do. And he took care of all the electronics and fitting them into the suit, of course.

Things have been moving very quickly lately, and it won't be long before the final fight with Thawne begins.

The Flash's team is determined to expose the Reverse Flash, but unfortunately for them, he's been anticipating everything for a long time. He's known everything Flash and his friends have been doing for years. He had installed numerous cameras in all the places where Barry and the others were staying, they just couldn't hide from his eyes. So all their cunning plans were useless against him. What's more, even I, in the past, because of my carelessness, accidentally revealed my face. I think there was probably a camera in Caitlin's house, maybe more than one, so Wells probably already knows what I look like. I didn't say much in there. He definitely doesn't know that I know his real identity, which was good. So I don't think he's gonna do anything against me. Anyway, even me, Thawne was able to detect me, unpleasantly.... When I wrote down all my knowledge of the canon, it turned out I'd missed quite a few details. Including Thawne's cameras and Barry's time travel.

I'll try not to make that mistake again, or it could be costly. If I had revealed something important that day, I could have been seriously hurt....

The canon situation with Faceless Man didn't happen, Joe couldn't kill him because he wasn't there at all. Thawne just ran off and laughed at Barry. And then, of course, he stole Eddie, so we're very close to the end.

But that's all for later, right now I was packing for a trip to Nanda Parbat. I can't wait to run into the League of Assassins and test one of my ideas. And I'll get to meet Arrow's crew. I think I'll have the costume all ready by then, which makes me feel even better. I hope Hartley doesn't screw it up or throw anything away.

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*♪ Screep ♪

I opened the steel and creaky door and immediately asked:

«How's it going? Is it ready?

Hartley grinned at me and yawned:

«Uhhh, well, everything seems fine, I hope you keep your word.

I nodded:

«If you don't throw anything away, you're free to go right after this case. And don't forget the blade, of course.

«Huh, okay then, let's go... - Hartley smiled and led me to the mannequin that was wearing all my armor. It had been created thanks to Hartley's abilities, as well as his inexplicable forging skills. Of course, he was mostly using his own strength, so it was probably due to his abilities. But metals still had to be melted and alloys and billets had to be created. So he really is a master craftsman... He could have easily used his powers to escape, but he didn't. He really understood his situation and didn't take any unnecessary risks.

The armor was of high quality, with many sharp angles and different patterns. Of course, it was all thanks to his power, it's almost impossible to forge such a thing by hand. Huh, I can't believe it, and I thought his ability was useless.... It's really good for this kind of jewelry work.

The piper grinned:

«It's been a bit of a challenge... It took me almost a week of training and some resources to make this armor... I had a hunch that my powers could be used like this, but it was just a hunch. Turns out vibrations are really good for it.

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