Tamer Gothic - Book 3 - Battle City
Part 50
Fortress. Mr House's Island.
"I'm sorry" Professor Oak said over the video screen "but I don't think that Callisto will ever recover from the damage done her mind".
This was not surprising really, and I'd never really like Callisto, she was an evil bitch after all, but hearing that she was effectively dead, that turned out to be a little upsetting.
"Normally a spell like Mind Crush would not do any permanent harm" Oak was now saying "But Callisto's mind was hardly stable to begin with, add to that two memory wipes, and its expected that she has gone into a deep coma".
I cursed in Edo under my breathe. I wasn't even sure what the words meant, but saying them felt good.
"If Callisto had an evolution option that could be triggered by an evolution stone I'd suggest taking that course of action, as it has been known to help in these sort of situations" were Oak's next words "But as it I can only recommend converting her into poke power".
That would involve sealing in her pokeball and having her converted into energy, which would then be used to power things. That was a way of executing pokes, and that was bad enough, to do on someone in coma was offencive to me.
"It's a sad fact" Oak said "however sometimes pokes do die even in well regulated matches. Now neither Yugi or yourself will be held accountable since no one will look too closely into the demise of Dark Lady, that is unless you want to sue Team Pharaoh".
While I was a little upset that Oak was acting as if Callisto was already dead, when she wasn't, I could understand that someone needed to deal with this matter.
"I'll need some time to think it over" I told the science guy "Just keep her in storage for now".
Perhaps there were medical options, but no one would want to fix a Dark Lady, even I bribed them. Still there could be other options I just needed to find them.
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(Written by Hero Named Villain)
The Elevator doors open in their smooth motion, revealing Conquistador Rey in his cocky glory, flanked by his Alpha, he lazily toss's his poke balls throughout the penthouse. His various pokegirls appearing in the viscous glory.
Without a moments hesitation he removes his 'Mask' , taking off his shades and with it the illusion, his face structure changing slightly. His hair becomes a darker shade of Gray, his body's stature changes becoming more relaxed and less obvious. He is no longer Conquistador Rey, the Rogue bounty hunter, nemesis of Falso Malo, and jerkish eccentric. He is now his true, in a sense, real self, Villain.
Villain rushes to his Work desk, ready for the various reports, ranging from Rey's spy network and blackmailed bureaucrat's, to Falso's informant's and goons.
The girls of his harem, start to rid themselves of their Conquistador disguise's, they too having their appearance's slightly changed when they remove their various hairclips, glasses and ribbons.
The ringing of the computer turns Villain's attention to the screen, on it a message informing him a Falso contact is calling, with quick precise movement he removes Rey's clothes and puts on Falso Malo's and the visor , which immediately changes his face in the slight ways to disguise himself again. He is now Falso Malo, Info broker, pirate collaborator and Nemesis of Conquistador Rey.
On screen appears the Chief of Police for Thrill town, on surface a tough on crime protector of the people, in truth a weak-willed monkey that only got in such a position of power, due to a stray bullet hitting the previous chief and Falso's machinations. Strangely enough Falso was not responsible for that at all, Villain was trying to save the late Chief, but is a story for another time.
With a practised focus, Falso Malo controls the [KNOW]
He does not [know] how to use his legs
He does not [know] how to speak in Spanish
He does not [know] Muay Thai
He does not [know] Wing Chun
He does not [know] craft skills
He does not [know] weapon marksmanship
Those are gone for now, trading that [know] for
Speaking in a French accent found in the red light districts of 1700's
Facial reading, vocal interrogation techniques, calm confident stature, and near perfect speech skills.
" Mr. Jones, it best be important enough that you are forced to call me outside of the schedule I assigned you." In his calm yet also aggressive nature he addresses his lesser. Mr. Jones visibly gulp's, his voice quivers a bit, knowing full well what happen to the last person that upset his leash holder. "S-sir I assure you, I bring nothing but good news for you, the kind that you would surly want post hence."
Falso tilts his head slightly to the left, "You think you have any right to decide what I decide is important enough" putting emphasis on the I, "tell me Mr. Jones what is this information, and it best be sufficient or else punishment must be dealt." The monkey quickly press's key's on the board, displaying several pictures of Team Gothic and Conquistador Rey, during the Tamer's Day, and afterwards.
" Sir I bring news that your Nemeses Conquistador Rey is in Town, and the Team you wanted me to gather info on has displayed a slight suspicion of him- a picture of Hunter Thomas is displayed talking to the Shadow Lord, their focus on Rey- certainly the prospect of them fighting would interest you, that and I wanted to know if you wanted me to due anything about them."
As if the monkey could due anything about either of them, obviously in Falso's opinion the fool thinks the mysterious owner would allow anything to happen without its/his/hers approval.
"No Mr. Jones you will not do anything, because you cannot do anything without harming your position, as for this information, unless you can bring me any useful intel that can push them to war against each other then I see no point of this report, there were plenty of reporters that would let the public know that Team Gothic and that Cocky bastard were there."
In a panic state Mr. Jones pop's up a picture of Thomas leaving a office, to be more exact a therapist office.
"A therapist that Hunter Thomas confides to, perhaps a simple set up, have the Hunter believe Conquistador killed her, it would have the entirety of Team Gothic fight him for you."
Falso tilts his head to the right, bringing his hand to his chin, a pose of thought. The monkey thinks Falso is contemplating the idea, when in actually Falso is thinking of a way to mend ties between Rey and Thomas, and that this monkey has overstep his boundaries, he must be replaced.
"You will be contacted in three days for now, do nothing but continue to remove the cameras, you dodged the bullet…... for now,".
With a flick the connection is severed, a quick motion the mask is discarded.
[Know] is reorganized to turn him from Falso Malo, into Villain.
"You are going to get rid of the monkey right, if you don't I will be disappointed?"
Akitzu say's from her spot on the velvet couch, her icy blue kimono contrasting her dark blue bloomer's and stockings. " oh I do hope you let me have some fun with the pipsqueak, it's been so long since I tortured someone, and really Akitzu bloomers just go full commando the views much better."
Lilith, the Succubus and devout believer in Villain's goal voiced her opinion from the loveseat, her eyes focusing on Kaguya's ass. Lilith dressed in her preferred clothes, a short skirt, leather corset, with the only thing covering her breast is two sizes to small black vest with red hearts decorated on both breast.
"Villain-dono will deal with him in time, the way he decides, so why don't you make yourself useful and cook dinner."
Kaguya finish's her stretches, no longer bending over and giving Lilith her entertainment. Unlike the others Kaguya's clothes and personality were never disguised.
"Three days of planning, and a dead Chief later, and we might have a way to make peace with Thomas, at least with Conquistador. Luckily, he is on good terms with Villain, Kaguya there's reports for you to see, maybe it's got some good news regarding your possible Queen evolution."
Villain leans back, going over the many possible scenarios this can go though, he is unsure of whether or not to go for the victory in this tournament, after all Falso was collaborating a massive pirate attack on the tournament, and of course Conquistador will be there to defend the innocent and collect the heads. Or he can go another route, have the pirates attack somewhere else, have Rey lose the cards to Villain and participate in the tournament personally. So many paths.
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Fortress. Mr House's Island.
After listening to the audio recording Mr House had played for me I was very confused, and more annoyed than I had been before entering the room. Right now one of my pokes was in a coma, and might ever recover, another was in a state of depression and another was an extended healing cycle due to breaking a leg. As such I wasn't really in the mood to spend time with Mr House.
Still I did work for the man, and he wouldn't have called me up for a video chat if it wasn't important.
"So Conquistador Rey is pretending to be his own arch enemy, a man called Falso Malo?" I asked.
I was unclear on this, although I did know that Falso Malo meant False Bad in spanish, and you didn't have to be a clever clogs to figure out this was a fake name.
Mr House was sure they were the same person because he'd tracked the call to a penthouse owned by Conquistador Rey, and at the time of the call Conquistador Rey hadn't been anywhere in public.
"Exactly" Mr House replied "and I want to know why".
Judging by the audio recording it seemed that Falso Malo or Conquistador Rey, or whoever this guy really was, had murdered, either directly or indirectly, the last police chief in Thrill Town. Which alone was a good reason to arrest him, or to at least investiagte him for murder.
"He's playing power games I guess" I said to Mr House "I do it too. I'm paying him to spy on me and to find out who else spies on me".
I was sure Mr House knew that already.
"Of course he is" my boss replied "He's a player in the game, I just want to know what his next move is".
Now we were getting to the point of this meeting.
"You want me to spy on the guy I'm paying to spy on me so I can find out who is really spying on me" was what I said.
This was already giving me a headache.
"Yes" Mr House stated.
Yep, I had a headace.
"You know I could just drug him" I offered "He's going to be at dinner later. I could put something in his food, then when he passes out we transport him somewhere.
Or have Illyria transport him for me. No amount of lies and disguises would stop her.
"I don't want him locked up" Mr House told me "I want him to be working for me".
None of this really interested me. I had Callisto to worry about.
"All I want from you is to keep a close eye on him for me and report back anything odd" my boss was now saying "I have other agents who can crack open his operation".
At this point I had just enough care left to wonder why he would be even bother to try to recruit Rey. The guy was a bounty hunter, he wasn't even one of really good ones. I'd never even heard of him until Thomas had told me about the guy, and after my decade away he'd become a semi-useful tool for me.
Then I wondered if I underestimating the guy, that was bad because it could turn around and bite me in the ass later, however I simply didn't give a damn enough to do anything about it.
"Fine I'll keep an eye on him" I promised Mr House.
Thomas was already doing that anyway so all I had to do was tell Tom to write down his observations. Besides it would be much work anyway the contest would be over in a few hours, and by morning we'd on the blimp going back to Thrill Town.
After a few more minor details, like being for the Duel Monsters finals I'd be able to leave Mr Houses service, and finally take a break. I was going to stay out of all this political stuff and go back to do what I enjoyed most. Which was wandering around, having adventure and having sex with pretty much any female I wanted to.
