It was an ordinary Tuesday, when the clairvoyance warning came out, from the Monitor himself.
Only a name and a city, but for me it was more than enough. Magdalene_Kyle in Gotham. Rule breacher: Roman_Sionis also known as Black Mask.
I dropped the work on the 2.5 Power Pill, dressed up as the Grey Wizard and teleported on my cruiser. By now, the cruiser I got from Daxam was almost ready for real combat, its armor upgraded with Nth metal coating, just as my Away Teams got for their power armor.
"Grey Wizard. Serious stuff?" Deimos asked as I stepped beside his monitoring station overseeing the entire Earth.
"A rule breach in Gotham. Stand by for extraction." I explained curtly, then teleported at Magdalene's location, while invisible and phased by my ring.
The Black Mask villain, wearing a mask made of black onyx, was actually trying to convince this woman to eat her husband's eyes, using mind-control. Normal stuff in Gotham, but only this minor feat wouldn't trigger a rule breach by itself.
In a second however, the clairvoyance made everything clear. Black Mask was after Catwoman, and decided to target her sister Magdalene and her husband as some form of revenge by proxy.
Well, I could use better mind-control.
"Amusing as this scene is, going after family is specifically mentioned in the unwritten rules." I spoke in a grave tone, and dropped my invisibility.
"...Rip out your eyes and eat them!" Black Mask demanded in a mind-controlling voice.
"I will add attacking the rule enforcer to your crime sheet. Punishment will be depowerment, and writing the rules with your own innards. Enjoy!" I decided in a calm voice, and proceeded to execute the sentence on the spot.
*Ding
Rule enforcement:
-Black Mask was killed and lifeforce drained. + 5 WIS.
-mind-control slightly enhanced. Mind Block Perk upgraded. 50% block.
*Catwoman affection +10. 20/100
I turned around while another mind dusted off the remains of Black Mask and collected the mask item in my inventory.
"You are real, Grey Wizard! Thank you for saving my sister." Catwoman spoke as she just arrived a bit too late.
I measured the woman with my honed senses. Her body was a masterpiece, bodacious and muscular, round boobs wrapped in black leather hanging out as an appetizing meal, and a lure for fools.
She even had a whip, climbing three more steps on the attraction level. Not quite the same as Wonder Woman, but high enough.
I just stayed silent, and began healing her brother-in-law, who actually suffered the most from this vendetta. "When committing crimes against crime lords, you surely expected some kind of response, Catwoman. At least act by stealth or leave a fake trail leading to another crime boss." I muttered while growing the man a new pair of eyes, even healthier and lacking the myopic problems.
The Heal spell will take care of any lingering adjustment problems, and cure his ulcer and various other minor stuff.
Magdalene rushed to hug her husband, bawling her eyes out and crying "Simon, Simon." every few seconds. So she fell asleep by accident just as Simon did before he could open his eyes.
Deimos teleported them back to their home, leaving me alone with Catwoman.
"This kind of insight into criminal endeavors. Batman would never propose such a method." Catwoman observed and subtly changed her stance, becoming a lot more seductive and coy.
"Would you like to work for me, Selina? For example, by taking over the criminal underworld in Gotham." I asked in a level voice, and dropped the phasing ability, now looking like a normal man wearing grey robes and a cowl.
"...That doesn't sound like something a hero would do. What are you, Grey Wizard?" Catwoman asked while teasingly stretching her body like a cat.
"Did you hear many news of me punching muggers in the street? Arresting criminals? Rescuing cats from trees?" I asked in a teasing tone as well.
Catwoman licked her arms, like a cat. "Miaww. Is that work too boring for you?" she wondered and stepped much closer, trying to peek under my cowl.
"No. I simply have other people doing the mundane work for me. Instead, I just finished dealing with the 7th alien invasion of Earth, and created some miracle cures. Like this pill." I explained patiently and took out a Power Pill 2.4, granting 160 to all attributes except MAG, slow flight, slow health regen and +7 Deflection. Plus fast reflexes and enhanced proprioception.
Catwoman swiped the pill from the air with deft fingers, and examined it for a long minute. "This is the reason why all the heroes in the Justice League have become so much better in the past decade! You're giving them enhancing drugs?"
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"Try it. It's nothing too strong, but will act as kevlar armor against bullets and stop most blades. Plus some other bonuses." I urged her with a calm voice.
Catwoman licked the pill to test it for poison, then gulped it in one go. "I'll trust you once, Grey Wizard. You saved my family." she decided in a level voice, and more serious.
I just took out a bottle of fine whiskey, and began preparing a drink for myself, while she trashed on the ground in great pain. It was pretty bad, I could sense it with my Pain Mastery, but it wouldn't kill a healthy human.
I could eat a hundred of these pills for breakfast and not even feel a tang of pain. Sadly they wouldn't work to add more attributes after the first pill, and like all other Miracles, they would only increase the effect of a previous version, not add a full boost of stats.
Sure, even +10 to all attributes wasn't bad for me, but 160 attributes to a peak human like Selina would add a great deal more. Almost 10 times more.
*Affection +3, 23/100
Catwoman rose to her feet, then floated a palm over the ground, looking rather amazed. "This levitation ability could stop me from falling...even from a plane, right?" she asked a bit curious.
"Yes. It bends gravity in a certain form, using the Higgs bosons like springs in a mattress. Sadly, gravity is the weakest force in the universe, so it cannot do much for normal humans." I said in a scientist tone.
Selina flew closer to me, and dragged a finger over my chest in a very seductive way. "I am getting more interested in this plan of yours, Grey Wizard. I suspect you have more pills like that?" she demanded in a wry tone.
"Perhaps. Care to join me for a few drinks, while we go over my proposal?" I wondered in a slightly tensed voice. It was one thing to believe you had willpower, and another to have it tested by a succubus in human skin, dressed in tight leather and acting like a horny cat. Or maybe I wanted to be seduced. Yeah, let's go with that.
I took out a Fortify and a Beauty potion, one glowing a bit brown-red, the other dark blue. "Remember, all I can offer is a potion. What you do with it is your choice."
Catwoman's eyes glinted like a cat's, and she swiped both potions from the air. She inspected the label with a frown. "Fortify formula, 4.9. Grants durability, stamina and longer lifespan. Painful." she read out-loud, then drank it without hesitation.
*Affection +11, 34/100
"Miaw! It still hurts. But bullets would hurt much more, not to mention old age." she mused in a wise voice, while playing with the other vial. "Beauty formula, 3.9. Grants a minor body enhancement and extra beauty. Minor pain. How can you bottle beauty in a bottle?" she asked in a really curious voice.
"It's less about conceptual beauty, and more about symmetry and proportions, minor skin flaws and other genetic fixes. I saw this potion turn a tomboy girl into a supermodel. But since you are already at the peak of human beauty, it should enhance that to something spectacular." I added in a knowing voice. Lemon wasn't even attractive before she took the Beauty potion. Or maybe I had just become used to my perfect wives.
"Oh! You think I am already beautiful?" Selina wondered and leaned on me to showcase her bountiful plot. She didn't even have plot armor!
I just smiled, and gently lifted the vial to her lips. I kinda wanted those succulent lips around my dick already.
Selina drank the potion and transformed in a seductive nymph, while her body shifted minutely to conform to some abstract beauty formula that the System thought it was right. And the System was always right.
*Affection +15, 49/100.
"Oh my. I suddenly feel very hot. Or maybe my suit has become too tight?" Catwoman asked in a hot voice.
I drew her into a long kiss, while my other hand abused her armor-less plot. "I think I want to see your breasts. Wrapped around my dick." I spoke in her mouth.
"Ahhh. You make perfect sense, Grey Wizard. I have a house nearby..." Catwoman proposed, and we got teleported by Deimos right inside her living-room, on her leather couch.
I tapped her plot and stored her cat-suit, then stored my own robes as well. Selina rose her eyes, and stared at me for a long minute. My CHA was over 4000, which is why I normally wore an illusion over my real face, even in civilian identity.
*Affection +5. 54/100
"Flawless face...is your body just like that too?" Selina asked and peeked towards my dick.
I simply took her head and lowered her hot mouth on the dick, and enjoyed my flawless victory. Teenage dream, achieved!