(Titan's Lair, Small flashback)
The sound of dozens of gangsters' footsteps echoed throughout the building. The sounds of metal, reloading weapons, and heavy breaths in control of their emotions filled the air.
On the first floor, a young man walked in calmly, his expression a mix of curiosity and laziness. His elegant posture was complemented by impeccable clothing, with the most notable feature being the coat that billowed over his shoulders like a cape and the heavy boots that contrasted with the more refined upper attire.
With each step he took, a bullet passed by him, aiming to take his life. But all of them were ignored, along with the shouts of rage and fear from the men shooting.
Walls were riddled with holes, furniture was destroyed by the bullet storm, comfort was shattered, and the ceiling cracked. However, within a 1-meter radius (3.3ft) around him, everything remained unaffected, as if time itself moved slower as if nothing beyond that range mattered to him.
This was terrifying from the attackers' point of view. How could they hurt him when the bullets seemed like nothing more than a breeze to him? How could they stop him when they couldn't even understand what he was?
[Host, Fusion of the Central Core is complete... Leveling System active and synchronized, do you wish to initiate it?]
"Yeah? I guess so."
[Hehe you know, it's protocol~]
The new System was unusual in that it consisted of three Systems that were both individual and part of the Central Core.
– Content Creation System: This encompassed everything the previous one did but with changes, such as the removal of the gacha system. Now, all "Wishes" and "Emotions" from viewers would be absorbed directly by the system and used in a manner still in production.
– Mission Fulfillment System: This was responsible for negotiating with the will of the world or, if necessary, confronting it in case of hostility.
– Leveling System: This was as simple as any system based on defeating enemies, capable of increasing its user's strength by fighting and winning. Of course, even though it was the simplest, it was primarily where Allen would derive his strength from.
These three pillars were currently the core of Allen's system. It may seem a bit strange, but Allen had a System composed of three Systems.
He closed his eyes momentarily, feeling the three different currents running through his body and soul to complete and reinforce the symbiosis. Allen smiled, he recalled that his main emotion when he got a system was not joy but fear. Some systems imposed cruel penalties on users for failing missions and those created by some higher entity would eventually turn against its user.
Luckily, his system wasn't like that. It wasn't as incredible, nor omnipotent. It was more... human. But in exchange, it had a codependent and symbiotic connection with Allen, both needing each other, and that hadn't changed.
If they ever became omnipotent, they would do it together... but if they fell and died in the process it would also be together.
Allen smiled joyfully. He wasn't the only one trying to improve; now, the will of the system was clear in his eyes. The older sister didn't want to be left behind.
[Synchronization complete... Phew, I had to cut our connection for a moment, and it made me feel fear and anxiety...]
"Haha"
[What?]
'Nothing… But now I'm curious to try the Leveling System…'
[Oh~ I worked really hard on this~]
For some reason, Allen imagined a girl wearing a lab coat adjusting her glasses proudly in some room inside his soul.
Allen shook his head and proceeded to defeat enemies, gaining his first levels in both Physical and Superpower.
...
(Titan's Lair, At present)
When the main building of Titan was established, it spared no effort in training its men to the level of veteran soldiers.
Allen tilted his head as he held the gun one of them had just dropped. It wasn't an ordinary gun, for it didn't have a magazine. Instead, there was a small screen that displayed [100].
[Allen, I noticed that regular enemy drops are boring, so using the Content Creation System energy, I modified them to have more... ESSENCE!]
Allen blinked and looked at the ground. There were several guns and rifles scattered around, but only one pistol floated in front of him, though it seemed invisible to the others.
[9mm Pistol, *Gray*]
– Parameters: Normal(*)
– Lethality: Normal
– Penetration: Normal
– Damage: Normal
Allen was so confused that he looked at this strangely. Of course, the Chat and the dolls were the same. Honestly, Allen was already too strong for something like this to be useful. Still, everyone watched with curiosity.
Allen felt his gamer soul being stimulated and changed the parameters. He reduced Penetration and Lethality to None and increased Damage to maximum. He then aimed the pistol at a man and shot.
The bullet hit, creating a shockwave that sent the man crashing into a wall. Allen felt the shot was like a compressed air cannon.
The enemies stopped firing, bewildered. They saw how Allen had attacked with a regular pistol.
"Urgh," the man groaned, incredibly still alive despite being embedded in a wall.
Allen smiled and adjusted the parameters, maxing out Penetration, setting Damage to High, and Lethality to None. Allen fired at another man. This time, the bullet pierced his stomach and continued through several walls, leaving a fist-sized hole in its wake.
"Ahhh!"
The man fell to the floor screaming in pain. However, despite the fist-sized hole in his stomach, he didn't die.
Allen grinned widely, eyeing the gangsters maliciously. This time, he maxed out Lethality and reduced Penetration and Damage to None.
*Bang*
The bullet hit one of them in the chest and, as if it were a plastic pellet, fell to the ground. They all looked at Allen, then began to mock him, but the man didn't move. One of them felt it was strange and checked his partner and his face turned pale.
"He's dead!"
"No way!"
"How is that possible? Jack has a hole in his stomach and is still alive."
"Shut up, thanks for reminding me! Ahhh!"
"Guys, can someone get me out of the wall?"
...
The Chat, the dolls, and Allen himself fell silent. This pistol could alter its own parameters and characteristics against common sense and the laws of physics, and anything altered would follow this same logic.
[*Inflating her chest* What do you think? Isn't it fun? In the exorcist world, you were limited by the use of your powers, but the items dropped by enemies are part of the world in question and don't damage the world when used. Of course, this isn't useful in this world where you can use your power however you want~]
"…"
[Come on, say it~ say that this older sister is amazing!~]
Allen laughed. 'You're amazing! But you know, if you'd done this from the start, you would've saved a lot of trouble…'
[It's not that I didn't want to, but I was younger and inexperienced. Plus, I didn't have the ability. If I'm capable of doing something like this, it's because of all your battles and victories~]
'You mean our battles and victories, right?'
[Hehe, exactly…]
The screams and exclamations from the Chat and the dolls pulled Allen out of his concentration.
Rebecca – Allen, let me try that shit!
McDragon – Jesus Christ, this is every kid's dream!
PercyJ – I'm sure it's not that useful when you can shoot world-destroying Ki blasts from your ass, but it looks pretty fun!
"What's with the disrespect... haha" Allen frowned, still smiling. He was in such a good mood that he didn't mind the blatant disrespect from his Chat.
...
Allen smiled with the Leveling System active. He felt as if he were leaning against the door of a vault, with his power contained within, leaving him with just a little strength and limited electromagnetic control. Although he could open the vault at any time, he did not do so because he felt like he was playing a video game.
With a smile, Allen adjusted the pistol's Damage (Max), Lethality (Min), and Penetration (Low).
"Attention all motherfuckers who are part of The Order or Titan, this is a police raid... Walker Raid! You have the right to stay buried in the walls or jump out the windows! You have the right to shout or say blasphemies, but that could bother me, and if I were you, I wouldn't bother me..."
Allen fired the "air cannon" at a desk. It flew, hitting three of the five men still standing. He then ran, reached one of them, grabbed the gun he had, snatched it away, and kicked him in the chin, knocking him unconscious. The last one lifted his assault rifle, but Allen shot him with the real pistol, and he fell to the ground.
Allen walked towards the elevator that had come down from the upper floor. As soon as it opened, five gangsters shot wildly but soon realized there was no one there.
"Hey, you almost killed me, be careful," Allen mocked, leaning against the back of the elevator.
"What?!" one shouted in disbelief.
"Come on, bruh! Seriously, you emptied a clip before checking that there was no one to shoot at," Allen shook his head in disappointment. "See?! That's why people underestimate henchmen!"
"Kill him!"
Everyone turned, but Allen already had his gun aimed. "Nope, that's not going to happen..."
"Ahhh!"
With a shot, they were all blasted out of the elevator.
[Physical Level: 2>3 (?)]
Allen stared at a shotgun floating in front of him and grabbed it, then smiled.
...
"What is he thinking?!"
Mr. Liu and Titan watched the security footage, but neither could believe their eyes.
On the second floor, Titan's men were sent flying as Allen fired the shotgun. Each shot was like a compressed hurricane, smashing everything in its path. However, the men who were hit only groaned on the ground without dying. Allen tried using maximum damage with maximum Lethality. But the result was that one man was torn apart, leaving the wall painted red.
Allen noticed that several people in the chat were vomiting, so he decided to stop, though this depressed DoomGuy. However, Allen cheered him up by sending Daisy a new heated rabbit bed.
On the third floor, Titan rubbed his eyes as he watched Allen fight his men. While he was clearly beating them senseless as expected, the method was... too unnecessary.
Allen crouched, punched a man in the jaw, then grabbed him by the mouth and slammed him into a window. Titan and Isotope exchanged glances. While everyone knew that not even ten thousand men would stop Allen, there was no need for him to face them.
People liked the novelty, and certainly, Allen turning the battlefield into a video game was interesting, but on second thought, was it necessary?
The Chat didn't know that while this might not be of much use in this world, in worlds like Harry Potter and The Exorcist, it would be extremely useful.
...
The gangsters fired, but their bullets were stopped by the electromagnetic field. With no other option, one of them attacked Allen with bare fists. He smiled, praising their bravery, but that didn't stop him from kicking the gangster in the face, breaking his teeth.
The next attacker swung a baseball bat, and Allen shot the bat with high damage, ripping it from the gangster's hands. He then grabbed the gangster's face and slammed it into the ground. Allen leaned on this position, standing with one hand. He took the opportunity to shoot all the gangsters in the feet with high Lethality, making them all collapse in pain.
"Damn it, You only gave him one punch, why are you shooting at us?" one of the gang members dared to complain.
Allen adjusted his pistol to maximum damage, but no Lethality, and shot him in the crotch.
"Ahhhhhh!!!"
"Life is unfair..."
Tony – You're a monster!
"..."
Tony – ... sorry
[Physical Level: 3 > 4, Superpower Level: 2>3]
On the fourth floor, a window shattered, and Allen entered from outside, surprising the gangsters.
Allen landed on one of them, delivering a knee to the face that knocked him out cold. Then he smiled maliciously and threw a smoke grenade at the group of gangsters. The smoke expanded, but something happened straight out; the smoke seemed like clay, trapping all the gangsters, who were in disbelief.
Allen walked past the gangsters as they cursed him. He had increased the smoke's density, and now it behaved like both a gas and a solid at the same time. However, this went even further; Allen noticed that the dropped weapons from the enemies behaved like they would in a cartoon.
[Grenade *Gray*]
– Parameters: Custom(*)
– Range: Normal
– Density: High (Altered/Strange State)
– Duration: High
– "I'd like to call it the oil-flavored whipping cotton~"
"..."
[Hehe, did you notice? To achieve this weapon alteration, I'm using Toon Force! This marvelous power makes all the laws of physics, universal rules, and other things go down the drain!]
'Seriously?...'
Allen grabbed some floating weapons in front of him and inspected them.
["Punch" Gun]
– Parameters: Abnormal
– "A Sweet Classic, Babe~"
["Thousand Years of Death" Gun]
– Parameters: Abnormal
– "Cruel punishment Haha"
["Mother's Disappointment" Gun]
– Parameters – Abnormal
– "An unforgettable punishment..."
As Allen looked at the "weapons," although they had normal appearances, their names were questionable.
'By the way... the comments in the description...'
[It's totally necessary, lil bro!]
Allen notices that "Big Sister" is in constant high tension right now. He put away the weapons and walked toward the stairs to the second-to-last floor.
...
"You're not going through!"
A huge Chinese man appeared in front of Allen. He was Mr. Liu's bodyguard. It's admirable that this man dared to face Allen, knowing how strong he was.
Allen smiled slightly at the bodyguard's bravery, so he thought for a moment and pulled out a gun, "Abnormal." and fired.
The "Punch Gun" didn't waste time. A boxing glove shot out of the barrel, and at the speed of a missile, it struck the bodyguard's crotch.
The bodyguard, who was able to survive even when Isotope dropped him from the sky onto a building, doubled over in pain, clutching his groin.
"Ahhhhhhgr!"
Thor – Oh!! That even hurt me!
Hulk – Hulk no like that gun!
McDragon – What's the need?!
Rick – Oh shit, man, that's cruel even for me!
Allen closed his eyes and looked away. The attack was cruel, but Allen was curious, so, with pain in his soul, he grabbed the "Thousand Years of Death" gun. This time, when he fired, a normal bullet shot out, but it slowed down until it stopped right in front of the bodyguard.
Both Allen and the chat were speechless, thinking that maybe this was a prank gun. But the bullet circled the bodyguard and positioned itself behind him as he crouched in pain.
Allen had a bad feeling, and the head of the bullet opened up like in a cartoon. Two gloved hands emerged, meeting with their index fingers together and pointing straight ahead. This reminded Allen and many in the chat of where they had seen that hand pose before.
"Wait, what are you going to DO?!"
The bodyguard looked behind him in fear but couldn't react as he saw it.
Without mercy, the thousand years of death were executed, and the bodyguard felt like he was being violated from behind.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Rias – That's diabolical, and I'm a demon.
Yoruichi – What a malevolent artifact...
Allen dropped the gun, feeling dirty for using such dishonorable tactics to defeat his enemies. But he also looked at the last gun and, being the son of a bitch that he is, aimed it at the bodyguard and shot.
The bodyguard was pale, but he didn't have time to beg for his life.
From the tip of the gun, a small flag popped out that said "Bang." Allen smiled as he realized the gun was a joke.
"You're lucky–"
*Boom*
The door behind Allen exploded, and a giant woman with Asian features stormed in, her face full of fury.
"Zhang Tiequan, what are you doing here?!"
The bodyguard, known as the Great Wall, the impenetrable wall that protected Mr. Liu, started trembling like a frightened mouse.
"M-Mom?!"
The giant woman walked with heavy steps, and Allen moved out of the way.
"Mom?! Am I still your mother?!" She reached him, grabbed his head to make him stand, and slapped him. "Little Zhang, what is this nonsense about you being a gangster now?!"
"But?!"
*Slap*
"Shut up! Your father and I sacrificed twenty years to send you to the capital!"
"B-but Mom..."
Slap!
"Shut up! You could've been a doctor or a lawyer, but I find out our little one became a bodyguard for some old pervert!"
"AHH! I'M SORRY!"
The gorilla-sized woman started crying as she slapped Little Zhang, who was defenseless.
"What a disappointment to our ancestors! You're going back to the countryside, and you'll work until you're eighty!"
The woman grabbed Great Wall by the ear and dragged him away. She stopped in front of Allen and bowed to apologize for the inconvenience. Allen, stunned, didn't know how to react and just went along with it.
The woman left, and the place fell silent. Allen looked at the gun in front of her and tossed it in the trash. It was too dangerous.
'Sistema...'
[I didn't design them, so the drop is random!]
Allen sighed deeply and decided to finish this. However, a shadow loomed beside him, and he saw a giant green and yellow dragon charging at him.
"This guy really came for me..."
Allen would never understand the pride of criminal boss villains. This guy, instead of using the chance to escape, came straight at him just because his pride was hurt.
Allen smiled as the dragon broke through the advantage in front of him and opened its mouth as if wanting to swallow him.
"I'm surprised the Order survived so long if their leader is this stupid..."
(To be continued)
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A/N: If this chapter taught us anything, it's that the most painful attack wasn't a punch in the balls or a sneak attack, but rather... a Mother's Disappointment... and her slaps... especially her slaps, even your unborn children feel those🍷🗿
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