FVN Chapter 40: Life’s just a game full of Disappointment
Chapter 40: Life’s just a game full of Disappointment
Chapter 40: Life’s just a game full of Disappointment
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"Knowing you're different is only the beginning. If you accept these differences you'll be able to get past them and grow even closer."
-MISS KOBAYASHI, (DRAGON MAID)
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"So, let me get this straight. You went to Zatanna's father to ask him to teach you magic after telling him that you know all about him and his family being a real magical family which you had been planning for the last few months and after just asking once, he agreed to teach you magic without even being surprised... just like that?" Cortana asked in somewhat a surprised voice.
"Yep just like that." I smiled, satisfied at having managed to surprise my AI assistant which was a pretty rare feat.
Truthfully, even I was surprised about the turn of events. In fact, I had made about a dozen countermeasures in case the senior Zatara wanted to erase my memory to make me forget everything to keep the concept of magic a secret or if he suddenly determined that I was a threat to him or his daughter and decided to eliminate me.
I had taken my anti-mind manipulation necklace with me at that time to make sure that nobody mind rapes me or something.
I had also worn my new John Wick-inspired bulletproof suit although I doubt it could tank the bullshit power of magic. Additionally, I had my now improved and heavily armed Bat-tool with twenty-plus different weapon modes.
But still, my biggest defense against him was not any of these but it was none other than his own daughter, Zatana who was supposed to hide during my conversation with her father and come out of hiding to stop or persuade her father(whichever was required) if things went south.
But contrary to both my and Zatana's expectations, Giovanni Zatara just sighed after my big reveal of knowing about his family's magical heritage and just agreed to teach me magic.
It was that easy. I didn't even have to use my puppy eyes which was my number twelfth countermeasure to convince him in case everything else failed.
But unfortunately, not everything was as simple as it seemed. Giovanni had agreed to teach me 'about' magic but had also informed me a certain thing about magic that I wasn't privy to before.
***(Flashback starts)***
"I had suspected you of knowing about magic and my family's special talents in it for a long time Bruce, especially after I started sensing such an influx of... life inside you. Also, I knew that my daughter would never be able to keep her mouth shut for long even if you don't figure it out yourself, Can you now my little sugarpie?" He concluded while looking at the door of his office room.
"You knew?" Zatana asked as she entered the room with a guilty face.
"You might have learned a lot of magic Zatana but you still aren't as good as me and you will have to work a lot harder if you ever want to be... Also, I knew someone was stealing my unused magical contracts. Those things are not cheap to make and I keep count of every single one of them." He added with a mock smile.
"Yeah sorry." Zatana laughed a little nervously.
"It's okay. How can I be angry at my little baby witch for stealing my extremely expensive contracts? Just remember to ask Daddy next time." He teased.
"Oh COME ON Dad. Stop embarrassing me. Geez." Zatana huffed as she marched to the nearest sofa and sat down there with a pout on her face to show her anger at her father's teasing.
<(Omniscient POV)>
"AHHHHHH AHHHHHH, please, I told you, I don't know anything. Just let me go. Pleaaaase. AHHHHH." A well-built man tied to a chair with blood everywhere on him was crying his throat out as a group of intimidating people wearing formal suits continued to torture him.
"Now, do you remember anything?" An African-American woman sitting in front of him asked in a calm voice, not showing even an ounce of emotion.
"I told you. I d-don't know anything. I just did w-what Lionel Luthor hired me to do. I only collect certain things for him and do s-some security work. I have no idea about any attack. P-Please just please believe me god please." The man shouted and cried shedding tears trying to plead his case.
"You know what Richard. I know liars when I see one and you are not lying. I know you are innocent but you see my bosses do not know that and I'll have to answer them. The government really likes to pin its faults on innocent common people like you and I'll have to do exactly that if you do not cooperate. But I want to help you. So let me help you. Give me something significant enough and I'll let you go and I promise you'll be with your family in no time." She said, still not showing a single expression.
"I-I..."
"And don't say 'I don't know' because I neither have the time nor the patience to hear that come out of your mouth even one more time." She interrupted.
"... Look, Lionel Luthor found something in Smallville, some sort of super secret technology that he excavated from one of the old caves in the city. He was doing illegal experiments with it. Whatever happened that day was because something from those experiments got out. He tried really hard to cover it up and recover whatever got free but as far as I know someone else did it before him because he never found what he was looking for." The man named Richard confessed.
"I see and what happened at his black site research lab that night? I heard a lot of people lost their lives and it got completely destroyed." She enquired further.
"I don't know, I wasn't there but the people who were said that they were attacked and some ninja infiltrated the site to steal information and they were successful. The thing that Lionel found from the cave would have been stolen as well if Lionel hadn't already moved it to somewhere else that evening."
"Anything else?" Waller asked with a raised brow at which the man could only shake his head.
"No, that was all, am I free now?" The man asked, hopeful for once.
"Oh yes of course. You are very much free but you see I can't have you go back to your old employer wagging your tail like a loyal little dog. I know it as a fact that once Luthor complains about me to my corrupted superiors addicted to his fat pockets and sugary titties, they will find a way to demote me or shut down the investigation. But I really am sorry to do this." As soon as she completed speaking, one of her subordinates suddenly slit the tied-up man's neck from behind not giving him even a chance to defend himself.
"Get me a list of everyone important who was in Smallville on that day, anyone with money or political connections or public influence or some other shady background, and get a team in that cave. I want to know exactly what Luthor has as well as every dirt you can get on him. I want to know everything that happened in Smallville, EVERYTHING." She ordered at which her subordinates nodded respectfully and went to do their designated work.
'This is a golden opportunity for me. There is a chance that I can use this to get a hold of the Luthors and climb the ladder that those fat pigs aren't allowing me to climb. All I have to do is just either figure out what Luthor found in that cave or who infiltrated his little illegal laboratory. And soon I'll be one of the people playing the game instead of letting myself be manipulated by others like a pawn." She thought as a small cold smile manifested on her face.
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