Choosing a country could wait but first I have to deal with some issues that have popped up. I don my coat and make way to one of Hydra's bases. It is located in a crowded area of the city. I had many reasons to choose this place, one being in a crowded area with heavy traffic makes it easy to be unknown and people tend to not look for villain organizations in such places . I chose a building with two floors and if an ordinary person walks in, they will see it as a security company.
Also almost all civilians here are a part of Hydra and if they find somebody snooping around, they will immediately act on it. All of them are on standby and should the need arise, they will attack.
You see I have made it look like a security company that has bodyguards for hire but I also built a secret room underneath that acts as the base for Hydra.
Baroque works has been doing well now, slowly expanding into the black market. Giran is highly capable and his connections are helping its growth.
Giran was a broker and recruiter for the League of villains, taking advantage of this, I made him continue his job but instead of scouting for the League I have him some scouting for Baroque works and then I made him send Hydra spies to the League.
I have kept Giran being the leader of Baroque works under wraps and he only manages it secretly. I still have him continue his broker job but I have provided extra security. I do hope he recruits some powerhouses for Hydra like he did for the league.
I soon reach the place and after crossing a busy street, I come face to face with the building. I enter it and find it empty. I then keep walking towards the back where a Hydra grunt in disguise spots me.
As soon as he sees me, his eyes widen and he gets in an alert posture and stretches his arm in a familiar pose and says, "Hail Hydra!.... Greetings Master, Officer Giran is waiting for you and it will be my honor to take you to him."
I agree and let him lead me to a secret door in the wall which opens to show a stairway going down.
Once we reach the bottom, the grunt leads me through a corridor which then finally ends and we reach a huge room almost the size of a football stadium. This entire place was built in secret and people didn't notice it because one those who tried digging deeper were added to Hydra's ranks and are now sleeper agents on standby and the others think it was a government approved project that was improving the sewage and replacing old structures. This part is true or at least on paper.
Using some corrupt government officials under my thrall, I had them approve of this and then after getting the builders under my thrall too, I had them build a Hydra bunker.
Of course, not all Hydra bases take this long of a process as the others are just abandoned buildings or new buildings that show a different front to the public while being a secret base on the inside.
In the room there were many people who were doing their 'jobs' in various fields. As soon as they spot me, all of them stop doing whatever they were doing and stand, then with a salute they chorus, "Hail the Master! Hail Hydra."
I feel pride surge up in my chest and looking at all of them makes me realise how far I have come.
After they calm down, a grey haired middle aged man with a moderate build approaches me. He is wearing a pair of matching violet pants and blazer along with a light coloured muffler. Slowly walking up to me, his face carves into a grin showcasing his missing front teeth.
After arriving in front of me, he bows and says, "Welcome my Lord and I am very honored that you answered my summons."
This man was none other than Giran, crossing my arms I asked him, "Why have you summoned me Giran ?"
"My Lord, some of our agents assigned in Baroque works were attacked by some filthy low class gang. They thought that they could mess with us since we are a new group and we annihilated them. We have captured a few of them and now we await your orders."
Hmmm. It seems adding everyone to Baroque works made it seem like we only have money. Baroque works just got started and while we have connections, we don't have much credibility. Some groups are wary and have held back while some are trying to scare us into hiding.
Guess I have to show them the meaning of fear. Most of the people that have been added to Hydra were all added into Hydra secretly and all the people we have killed have also been done silently so people don't know of our true strength.
But now its Baroque works and we can't hide our strength, it will make people underestimate us and we will be able to take them by surprise but it will also make them think that we are only winning due to surprise attacks.
I now get why Giran asked me to come here. He probably wants to know if we should attack them head on and destroy them or if we should just end them silently.
Both ways have their pros and cons but what Baroque works needs now is a reputation. AIM already got one and now Baroque works needs one too.
"Lead the way to them. I want to have a look at their faces and then we shall decide their fates."
"Yes my Lord"Giran says and then he leads me to where they are being kept.
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Soon we reach a part of the sewers where there is a prison of sorts. In it there are three people chained to the walls with some bruises on their bodies.
We walk up to them and they see us approaching.
"So…." putting on my fake smile I begin, "You guys are the delusional fools that attacked us."
The first one, a fat man with dog-like features speaks, "You bastard… You don't know who you are messing with. Our boss will destroy you but if you let us out now, we will grant you a quick death."
Okay…. This one was clearly delusional if he couldn't understand the situation he is in now or maybe his tiny brain can't accept the reality and he's denying it, still it is quite amusing to see him bark.
And looking at him gives me an idea. Calling the Hydra grunt that was still with me I say, "Go quickly and get those bombs we have."
His eyes widen and he says, "Will do Master but may I know which ones to get ?"
Thinking for a second, I answer, " The ones that blow up a building or two."
He then trots away to get the bombs. Next I approach the second one who is of average build and the only thing that's special about him are those blades growing out of him.
It seems that he is still struggling. I approach him and as I am about to speak, he spits on my shoes, my shiny black might be expensive shoes.
I clench my fists to curb the anger that I am feeling. In all my time here, I hadn't been treated this way and now a random no name dares to do this!
Giran seeing this gets angry too. "You filthy piece of shit, how dare you desecrate our glorious master's shoes."
He then proceeds to kick him a few times till he draws blood and then asks me for forgiveness for letting such a thing happen. He also wants to kill this guy but I stop him.
Giran is forgiven but the same can't be said for this guy.
"Kneel"
He immediately kneels.
"Now what you did was very rude mister and you will pay for that. But first clean it, then we will play a fun game."
The guy having no choice cleans my shoes with an angry expression.
"Okay…. Now that you have done this, let us begin. Tell me who/what is your most precious thing/person in the world ?"I ask.
The man's face morphs into unease and I can see that he is getting afraid. With great difficulty, he speaks up, "My beautiful wife and my son."
Feeling a grin forming onto my face, "That is great. Now I don't care about your backstory or even who you are but here is how it's going to go."
"First, you will follow all my orders from now onwards but you will have control over your thoughts while I have control over your body."
"Second, you will take this earpiece" I say while handing him the earpiece. "You will follow all orders that come out of it."
I ask Giran to free him and once he's free, he picks up the earpiece and inserts it into his ears.
Then I turn towards the first man who we captured, the dog guy. I then proceed to quickly put him under my thrall and give him the command to obey Giran's orders.
"Giran, I have put this mutt under your command and I want you to strap him to those bombs that the grunt has gone to get. After that, send him back to blow them his gang up."
I have made my decision. I will destroy this gang and then strike fear into all the others. It seems that I have to crush them all.
Again turning towards the second guy, "I order you to take me to your house."
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[POV change]
[This is from the second guy or aka the one who spat at the mc. This shows how bad and petty the mc can get]
Yami(second guy) was a happy man but this time he knew that he had bitten off more than he could chew. He feels stupid after having spat on the boy's shoes but he just couldn't help it. The boy was handsome, had a powerful quirk and had power over such a strong organization. He was everything he was not. It made him envious and he couldn't take it. Why wasn't he born with a good quirk or a good face.
He was just an average guy and somehow the girl he always admired liked him too and he married her. Hana was a beautiful girl and he was ecstatic when he married her but then the issues started. He was fired from his job because he offended the boss's son.
His wife still stayed with him and they even had a son who they named Yuuki. But he always felt bad and insecure when he saw his wife doing the earning when he just lazed around the house.
It's not that he didn't try for another job but nobody would take him after he was blacklisted. And because he couldn't handle insecurities, he joined a gang of villains.
After joining it, he started getting money and he lied to his wife. Everyday he would leave his house dressed like a salaryman but would discard it after moving away and then go help the gang.
He was trained to use his quirk and today was going to be a simple mission like his boss said. Just go in and beat some new organization and then take all their money but look where that got him.
He had left with 20 people and now only 2 remained.
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After getting ordered by the boy, he sat in a car provided by him and he drove home. He was feeling terrified now, he had never felt this helpless and he was also terrified of what the boy, no ..the monster in human skin, would do to him and his family.
He had heard the boy ordering someone to strap bombs on his fellow gang member and he said all that in a casual tone as though he was speaking about the weather.
Soon they reached his house. The house was nothing special, it was just a one storey house that his wife's parents had left after they passed away.
The boy got out and after stretching his arms, he spoke, "Nice house you got there. Well, not as nice as mine but I am just being polite unlike you.."
When he received no reply, "Right then, lets get on with it. Invite me in"
With shaking legs, Yami led the boy inside.
"I...I am home"he said and his wife came running out.
"Welcome home,dear" and then she sees the boy.
"Oh you brought guests, you should have told me before."
But she invites them in anyway and after making them sit in the living room, she leaves to get some tea.
The boy turns to him after she left and says with an amused look on his face, " When she comes back, slit her throat."
Yami's entire body feels cold and he starts shivering. He is very very scared and he looks at the boy with pleading eyes, he wants to beg him and prostate but his body won't move.
He only asks with a hollow face, "Why are you doing this?"
"Hmm.? Why I am doing this?Well I was angry at you for spitting on my shoes and messing with me but that's not the only reason. You could say that I was bored, I missed the feeling that I used to get when I did this." the boy says with a smile.
"Manipulating people, toying with them and then watching the hollow look on their face as they drown in despair makes me amused. I never went this far or more like I couldn't go this far but as they say, there's a first time for everything right?"
"Daddy!!" A tiny voice interrupted them as a boy around three walked in and jumped onto his lap.
It was his son, Yami wanted to shout, 'Run' but he couldn't and could only watch the monster pick his child up and play with him.
Soon his wife walked in and the boy just grinned at him and said, "Do it.!"
His body moved on its own and moved towards his wife. His hands grabbed her head.
She was surprised, "Dear...what are you….?"
*Crack*
*thud*
His wife, his beautiful wife fell to the floor with lifeless eyes.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh"
He stared at his hands, the very same hands with which he killed his wife. How could he!!
This was not happening, he thought. He collapsed on the floor and broke down, "Nooooooo."
*Clap**clap*Clap*
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POV change[back to Mc]
Clapping at the mess of a man at my feet, I smile. Now was what I did bad? Yes. Was it excessive? Again yes. It was also petty but that never stopped me.
I was angry when he spat on my shoes but in reality I was just looking for some amusement. With the power to control minds, it gets boring when everyone joins you so I came up with this game. It was fun only for me but still quite fun.
I had done bad things in my previous life but I did it to those who were in my way. Same case here. Of course I also destroyed his family but well not like I gave a damn about them.
He was still crying and his son was just sitting there feeling confused. Looking at the man I say one of my favorite lines ever spoken by a character, I make a V-shape with my fingers and place them over my eye, "The Master commands you….Die!"
A butchered version but it still works, the man sprouts blades from his hands and then stabs them through his eyes after which blood starts sprouting and he falls down in a bloody mess.
Well that does the job. His son now feeling something wrong starts crying.I hate crying so I ask him to be quiet and he stops. I can't give him anything excessive as his brain is just developing so this simple command is enough.
After waiting for a while I call Hydra agents to come pick me up. I hand the child over to them and ask them to add it to the indoctrination camp or one of the orphanages.
I could just spare him but what if he becomes a protagonist.
Oh well! That's one problem solved. I wonder if the explosion has happened yet.
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[In a gang base]
A man is seen running inside the building. All the gang members try stopping him but its too late.
"Hail Hydra"
*BOOOM*
Everybody dies and the few that were far enough get shot down by Hydra agents in waiting.