The next day, the Maximoff siblings' identity issues were resolved, and after they returned from sightseeing, I decided to awaken their abilities imdiately. I took them to a plot of land near New York that I had bought to use as a future Avengers base.
There was nothing there yet but a few warehouse buildings, so I chose this place because even if the buildings were destroyed, it wouldn't matter.
"So you're saying you're going to give us powers?"
Pietro, not believing it, kept asking.
"No, I'm going to awaken the latent powers within you. Let's do it one at a ti. Who wants to go first?"
The two looked at each other, then Wanda stepped forward first.
"I'll go first."
Then Pietro grabbed Wanda's shoulder and said,
"No, I'm the older brother, so I'll go first."
Wanda looked at Pietro incredulously.
"You sound like an older brother."
"Hey, I was born 12 minutes earlier!"
"What difference does that make?"
Not wanting the sibling argunt to go on forever, I decided for them.
"Let's go with Pietro, who was born 12 minutes earlier."
"Good!"
Pietro was pleased. Wanda looked exasperated. I used the Mind Stone, which I had removed from the Chitauri Scepter earlier, from my inventory to awaken Pietro first.
"Oh, is it done?"
"Yeah. I don't know what ability you got, so take it slow and check your body."
"O-okay. I thought it would be more painful or sothing."
Pietro seed deflated that it ended so anticlimactically. Anyway, he started checking his body. Having seen the original story, I knew what his ability was, but I couldn't tell him.
"I don't feel any different."
"Then try moving your body."
"Okay."
Pietro walked slowly, then tried jumping and then running. Suddenly, he moved at an incredible speed, lost control, tripped, and tumbled across the warehouse floor.
"Ugh!!!"
Crash!
Wanda and I quickly went over to check on Pietro.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Pietro got up, dusting off his head, apparently fine.
"I-I'm okay."
Seeing that, I pretended to think and said,
"Hmm... It seems your ability might be super speed."
"Yeah, that's what it looks like! Aweso, right?"
Pietro, smiling, seed pleased with his ability. He looked at his body, then said to us,
"Can I try running?"
"Start slow. You can't control your ability yet."
"Okay."
Pietro started running slowly, gradually increasing his speed and adapting. He soon beca incredibly fast, to the point where even my eyes had trouble following him.
"Yahoo~~!!!"
The problem was, since we were inside a warehouse, he was just running around inside at high speed. This kicked up so much dust from the floor that Wanda started coughing heavily.
"Cough, cough! Stop!"
"Hey, that's enough!"
When I shouted, Pietro finally stopped.
"Ugh... dust... cough!"
We hurriedly opened the warehouse door and went outside. Dust was pouring out of the doors and windows as if the warehouse were on fire. Our hair and clothes were covered in white dust. The Maximoff siblings and I were dusting ourselves off, and Wanda, apparently angry, smacked Pietro on the back with her palm.
Slap!
"Ouch!"
"Use so sense! Look at my clothes; I just bought them yesterday."
"Haha, sorry... I got too excited..."
We roughly dusted ourselves off. Since the first warehouse was dusty, we moved to another one to awaken Wanda.
"Will I get super speed too?"
"I don't know. It could be the sa ability, or it could be different."
"This is kind of nerve-wracking."
"Anyway, let's begin."
I again took out the Mind Stone and awakened Wanda. Like Pietro, she didn't feel any major changes.
"Is it done?"
"Yeah. Check it out."
Like Pietro, Wanda checked her body, then walked around and tried running.
"Huh? I don't have that kind of speed."
Watching this, Pietro started teasing her.
"Maybe you're a dud? It seems only I get the cool abilities."
"What did you say!?"
Wanda got angry. Suddenly, a red aura swirled around her and spread outward, causing the dust on the floor to fly in all directions. We were covered in dust again and quickly ran out of the warehouse.
"Cough, cough! Seriously!"
"These dust siblings!"
Wanda, seeing us covered in dust again, smiled awkwardly and apologized.
"Ahaha, sorry..."
"Sigh... Anyway, Wanda's ability seems to be psychic. You've both awakened and know your powers, so let's go ho and decide on a training direction."
"Okay."
And so we returned ho. Natasha and Jessica, who were at the house, were very surprised to see us covered in dust.
"Where did you go to co back looking like that? And who are these people?"
"Ah, I haven't introduced you yet. Let's shower and talk first."
The Maximoff siblings and I showered and then joined Natasha and Jessica in the living room.
"These are the Maximoff siblings. This is Pietro; his ability is speed. And this is Wanda; her ability is telekinesis. They're new mbers."
"I'm Natasha, and this is Jessica. Nice to et you. By the way, Jin, where do you keep finding people with abilities? Are there more?"
Natasha greeted the Maximoff siblings and then asked if there were more.
"There are. But the ti isn't right yet. I plan to recruit them later."
"Geez... Well, okay."
Natasha, apparently tired of asking, just said okay.
"First, since the Maximoff siblings just got their powers, their training will focus on learning to control them."
"Okay." "Got it."
"And Jessica, you've had your power for a while, so we'll skip control training. I need to see how well you use your power, so let's go outside and spar with ."
When I said that, Jessica looked very worried and said,
"Jin, I don't an to sound big-headed, but you could get hurt. My power isn't normal."
"Don't worry. I'm not normal either."
We went to the empty lot in the backyard. Jessica and I stood facing each other. She still looked worried.
"Let's begin. Attack."
"Okay, I'll go easy."
Jessica ran toward and threw a light punch. But I caught her fist easily. Jessica looked very surprised.
"That won't do. Give it your best."
"..."
Realizing from the feeling of my grip that I was no pushover, Jessica finally started throwing punches with full force. I stayed where I was, dodging and blocking her fists, observing her condition. After sparring for a while, Jessica seed tired, breathing heavily. I raised my hand to signal a stop.
"Hmm... As expected of a superhuman strength user, your power is good, but your use of your body is terrible."
"Haah, haah, haah... How is this possible."
Jessica looked incredulous.
"Jessica, I blocked and deflected all your attacks with less strength than you. You're not using your power properly."
"Sigh... I see. Sparring with you made that clear."
From the sparring, I gauged Jessica's strength. She was much stronger than an enhanced soldier, but not as strong as Hulk or Thor.
"First, you need to know that there are many people with powers stronger than yours. If you only rely on your super strength, you could be in big trouble."
"Yeah..."
"So starting tomorrow, you'll learn martial arts. Your teacher will be Natasha."
Suddenly called upon, Natasha was flustered.
"Huh? !?"
"Yeah. You need to teach your junior. You didn't just buy things for Jessica yesterday; you bought a lot for yourself too. If you spend, you have to work."
Yesterday, when Natasha went out with Jessica, she bought things for herself as well.
"I saw a pretty bag and bought it, and now it's coming back to bite ."
"It wasn't just a bag, was it? A dress, shoes, and..."
"Okay, okay! I get it! Stop!"
Watching this, Jessica couldn't help but laugh.
"Pfft... haha... sorry..."
"That's enough for today. We'll start tomorrow. Jessica, you have a place in New York, but stay here. I'll give you a room."
"Okay."
The next day, everyone gathered in the gym. Natasha started teaching Jessica modern martial arts. I bought several large Lego blocks for kids and gave them to Wanda.
"What's this?"
"Build this. Don't use your hands. There's a manual, so read it as you go. The caras are watching, so if I see you using your hands, no dessert tonight!"
"Geez... fine."
"And even though the martial arts training next to you might be distracting, focus on your task. That's part of your training too."
"Okay."
"Pietro, co with ."
Pietro and I went to the backyard hill. I had attached balls to many drones.
"You see those? The balls attached to the drones."
"Yeah, I see them."
"The drones will fly away quickly in all directions. Your job is to retrieve all the balls."
"That looks easy."
"Is it? For your information, if you exceed the ti limit, the drones will fly up high and signal that you've failed."
According to Nano's calculations, it was impossible for Pietro to retrieve all the balls within the ti limit given his speed. Also, the fact that the area was a forest with many obstacles was a problem.
"Try it."
"Good! I'll show you how easy it is."
After Pietro loosened up, I gave the start signal. The drones began flying away like mad. Pietro started retrieving the balls quickly, but as expected, he didn't even retrieve half within the ti limit.
"How was it?"
"Wow, that's hard! Not just the balls, but the forest has too many obstacles."
"Right? For now, your goal is two-thirds. If you fail, this monitor will tell you how many you missed."
"Okay, I'll try."
After assigning them their training, I moved to my lab and started designing custom costus.
The next day, Toos and Tinkerer returned from their vacation. After greeting the mbers training at the house, they moved to the island and began testing the modified Vulture.
Months passed, and winter arrived. The training was progressing very smoothly. Jessica still had a long way to go, but she was starting to show structure rather than just relying on her strength. Wanda was easily assembling difficult Lego structures using telekinesis. And Pietro, even with a few added obstacles, had a ball retrieval success rate of 70%. The funny one was Deadpool, who still hadn't gotten his driver's license. I had no idea how he got his license in his own universe.
And now, two Talaria RVs, five horse-drawn carriages and horses, and Odyssey 2 were also completed. All the ordered vehicles had arrived and were stored in my inventory. But the androids were not yet finished. Also, while I was at it, I started producing more standard Talaria vehicles.
It seed the ti for Iron Man 3 had arrived. News reports were covering terrorist attacks by the Ten Rings, led by the Mandarin, all over the country. So Natasha stopped teaching and, along with the Vulture, began traveling around the US, helping to stop the Ten Rings. It was a spectacular debut for the Vulture.
Of course, concerned about potential issues with the Vulture, I had inford Tony and motherfucker in advance. I also received word that Captain Arica had joined them to help. Jessica had taken over the training.
Eventually, everyone ca to my house for equipnt maintenance, and Captain Arica was with them.
"Long ti no see, Cap!"
"Long ti no see, Jin!"
We shook hands and sat in the living room.
"How's the terrorist situation?"
"Well, the guys with guns aren't a problem, but there are so strange people mixed in that give us trouble."
Natasha agreed and continued.
"Right. Their bodies turn red, and not only do they have superhuman strength, but they can also lt tal with their intense heat! And when we finally manage to take them down, they suddenly explode."
"Hmm... I see."
I looked at the Vulture and asked about his debut.
"Vulture, how are you liking it? Any problems?"
"Boss, it's all good, but the serious problem is having to co all the way here for maintenance when the consumables run out."
Natasha agreed again this ti.
"I agree. It's a hindrance when operating far away. I realized that traveling around the country."
Both the Vulture and Natasha, having more equipnt, seed to have problems with resupply.
"Hmm... I see? I'll figure sothing out. For now, rest here today."
"Okay."
They had a drink at the house and rested. The others training downstairs ca up and greeted Captain Arica, and they all had a drink together. Captain Arica was very surprised to see so many people with abilities, so I told him to keep it a secret for now.
While they were resting, I prepared the Odyssey-class ship. I had planned to unveil it after Hydra was dealt with, but I didn't want Natasha or the Vulture to get hurt due to lack of supplies, so I decided to introduce it a bit earlier than planned.
The next day, after breakfast, I took them to the island. Of course, I also brought Tinkerer along to handle maintenance.
"Where are we going?"
Captain Arica, curious during the ride in the Talaria, asked.
"I have sothing to show you in my lab."
"Ah, you an Gundam Island."
"Yeah."
We arrived at the island and showed them the Odyssey-class ship at the dock. Everyone seed very surprised.
"Wow~ When did you prepare this?"
Natasha asked, so I answered.
"I've been preparing it for a while. I thought we should have a mobile base. But this one is unard. It can only provide living quarters and maintenance. It has stealth capability thanks to active camouflage panels. Just think of it as a mobile ho."
"So that's why you brought Tinkerer."
"Right. So use it like a house, but don't operate it in dangerous areas. It's quite valuable."
"Got it."
I looked at Captain Arica and said,
"Cap, you know, right?"
"Yeah, it's a secret. Jin is truly amazing. No wonder Natasha boasts about you."
Hearing that, Natasha smiled and linked her arm with mine.
"He's my boyfriend. Of course!"
We boarded the Odyssey-class ship. I imdiately showed Natasha how to pilot it manually. The controls were similar to the Talaria, so she learned quickly. Although it had auto-pilot, I had to show her in case of problems.
"Then, good luck."
I gave Natasha a short kiss, got off the ship, and waved goodbye. The Odyssey-class ship slowly rose into the air, activated its stealth mode, and flew away. I watched for a mont, then teleported back to my New York house. I trusted they would do well on their own.
[Master, Aldrich Killian, the CEO of A.I.M., has contacted you, asking for investnt.]
"Finally, it begins."
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