-Welcome to Little Horn Star Travel Agency. You originally booked a place, but we detected more, please pay the additional fee of… - The electronic voice sounded as Black Spider and the clones advanced down the metallic corridor.
He didn't mind, in the end he paid and still had a little over 500 Enas left. Ringo, of course, chose economy class, with no interest in spending any more on empty luxuries.
-Payment confirmed. Class: Economy. Personal baggage storage function activated. Please store your baggage and proceed. - The electronic voice continued, causing a wall to open smoothly, there was a conveyor belt inside that would take the baggage to the cargo area.
Black Spider took the clones inside, ready to store anything that was unnecessary for the trip.
The group continued to move forward, finally reaching the end of the corridor. It was a large elevator. After they entered, the elevator went up and down, but also moved sideways. The galactic commercial spaceship didn't force the passenger to stay in one place, it was more like a cruise ship that had many entertainment and rest areas. Different sections of the ship had different environments to accommodate different life forms.
For example, human-like species that needed oxygen and low gravity to live shared a large lobby. Species that needed special environmental conditions also had their own section, such as Aquatic Creatures and Anaerobic Organisms, etc...
Ringo could theoretically request to be placed in any area, after all, he could evolve Black Spider's body to survive in most environments, although it would take time. Even so, he still chose to register them as galactic humans, it didn't make sense to request a change of location now simply out of curiosity.
The elevator stopped abruptly. The door swung open, and the agitated atmosphere enveloped the group. Before their eyes lay a large space: the economy class lobby.
It was spacious and open, offering all kinds of entertainment, like a place that was a mix of a ballroom, a dance hall, and a bar, as well as personal rooms and rest areas. One side of the lobby was a large window that offered a direct view of the beautiful starry universe.
All sorts of living creatures passed by them. They saw an octopus-man embracing a bald, featureless female figure. There was also a blue-skinned, earless guy hitting on something that looked like a Wookiee. Each of them had different scents and voices, communicating through the galactic translator, all of them mingling in a small space.
Ringo felt a little out of place for a moment, unaccustomed to all these creatures that looked like they'd come straight out of a zoo from a horror movie.
As Ringo looked around, a man with red skin and sharp horns approached, clearly dressed as a ship's crew member. He looked at Black Spider in front of him and spoke. -Sir, your room is ready.
//-//
At the base of Hell, Ringo stood beside Emma, staring at a Pod with a man trapped inside. Of course, to anyone else it was just an empty Pod with floating eyes, staring angrily at them, but to him, the form of a naked man was clearly visible, more precisely, shades of yellow, orange and red.
He was using thermal vision, that was the only way he could see the invisible Demon.
Yes, that guy who runs around naked.
The guy was a death row inmate who was used as a guinea pig and acquired a camouflage-worthy skin, the only visible part of him was his eyes.
But that was just the icing on the cake for Ringo, he had already had his eye on the man before and planned to capture him when Han Xiao sent him to Death Bell Prison. Unfortunately, he hadn't been sent yet, it was only now that Ringo managed to negotiate the man's transfer to the six nations.
Why would he want some perverted idiot running around naked? His Esper ability is acceleration, both physical and perceptual.
This, combined with his invisibility, made him an extremely difficult assassin to deal with, he would probably still be free if he hadn't clashed with Han Xiao.
Ringo plans to improve his invisibility ability and then ask Emma for help to acquire it. The goal is to improve the ability enough to make it an energy-based ability, not purely physical, so he won't need to take off his clothes.
Why does he need that if he has the hidden Nightmare? Precaution is one thing, having more power is always good for Ringo, but he plans to hone that ability and help Emma create others who can become invisible, creating a perfect assassin unit.
Another point is that he plans to enhance the invisible Demon itself to make it the avatar of his second clone.
Clones are strong on their own, but having a useful avatar is much better than not having one, it's basically gaining a different power for free, the guy's power deeply interested him.
Currently at Grade D, he's already a profound terror to the six nations, if Ringo improves his invisibility and his Esper gene... he's practically a speedster like Flash and Quicksilver.
Sure, there's no Speed Force here, but humans can become gods, imagine the nightmare of dealing with a speedster like a Beyonder calamity.
Perhaps it will even turn Invisible Demon into a Grade S Beyonder in the future.
That's why Ringo was excited about the prospect.
If Black Spider was chosen for security, Invisible Demon was chosen for power.
-I'll work with it for a while, activate a gene, try to turn the ability into a form of energy, then you can research it.- Ringo said lightly.
Emma nodded beside him, the woman was already at Grade D now, her strength improving slowly due to not training much, but with Ringo's help, she was growing rapidly.
-Okay, I managed to get the data from his original experiment, but it was by chance, trying to create another one failed completely, but it can serve as a reference.- Emma said lightly, without taking her eyes off the Pod.
Ringo could sense her feelings, so he knew she was only feigning indifference. Feeling the parasite hammering in his mind again, he sighed and ignored it before transforming into Nightmare and entering the invisible Demon's body. The whitish energy soon began to permeate the man.
It took almost an hour for his figure to actually appear, the man looked completely strange, with no hair anywhere, pale skin and bulging eyes.
Emma looked away, seeing him naked, but still opened the Pod, by this point, Ringo already had control over the invisible Demon.
Grabbing the clothes laid out beside him, he left without speaking to Emma, ready to train that body.
Ringo soon realized something, when he controlled the power of the invisible demon, he accelerated rapidly, but reflexes were something he couldn't activate, completely tied to the man's soul.
It was like having a Ferrari with the mind of a turtle.
Of course, it didn't matter much to Ringo now, his Grade B thinking was much faster than the Grade D Invisible Demon could manage, so he could still keep up.
But if Invisible Demon were to reach the same level as him, he wouldn't be able to keep up with his speed, not without a lot of training.
This didn't make Ringo upset, but happy, his ability would allow him to evolve to keep up with the increasing speed.
This means that the faster the invisible demon moves, the faster Ringo can advance.
To the point that when he leaves his body, it will be Ringo's turn to have the mind of a Formula One driver and drive an old tractor, but at that moment, his power will work again, adapting his body to his mind.
In other words, the invisible demon is a cheat device to improve his speed!
He could hardly wait to let the man evolve as quickly as possible, so he even called his second clone back, he didn't want to spend all his time inside his body, he preferred to wait for the clone to help him evolve before using him for training.
His initial plan was to have the new clone take the Invisible Demon's body into space, but now his plan is to use the Invisible Demon as a training device.