Template Fusion Degree 45

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The moment Richard saw the Giant Male Agent get to his feet and rush in front of the Female Agent, shielding her behind him, his instincts told him that the relationship between the Giant Male Agent and the Female Agent might not be so simple.

Protecting comrades on the battlefield was perfectly normal, especially comrades who lacked direct combat ability.

But he trusted his instincts.

After hearing Richard's words, neither the Giant Male Agent nor the Female Agent spoke. They stared at him with wary expressions.

"Do you really have nothing else to say to each other?"

Richard planted Masamune into the ground and continued.

Perhaps they felt that there was no way the two of them could leave alive today. Or perhaps Richard's act of planting Masamune into the ground had shown enough sincerity.

After several seconds of silence, the Giant Male Agent turned to look at the Female Agent behind him, seeming as though he wanted to say something but could not bring himself to.

Though he said nothing, the Female Agent, who had shown little expression since appearing, broke into a radiant smile when she saw his face.

Then, she raised her right hand and took the Giant Male Agent's hand.

Neither of them spoke as they gazed into each other's eyes.

Though they communicated only through their eyes, that was already enough for them to understand each other's feelings.

Just as the saying went, some things needed no words! If Richard had wanted to attack them, this would have been an excellent opportunity.

But he did not. Instead, he gave the Giant Male Agent and the Female Agent enough time.

Under the watchful eyes of Richard, Phoenix, and the others, the Giant Male Agent suddenly canceled his transformation and returned to his normal human form.

He then pulled the Female Agent into his arms and gave her a deep, passionate French kiss.

Time passed bit by bit.

It was nearly half a minute before they finally let go of each other, and the Giant Male Agent transformed into a giant again.

"Thank you!"

After turning back into a giant, the Male Agent spoke to Richard.

Richard said nothing. He merely nodded, pulled Masamune from the ground, and aimed its tip at them.

Dimension Slash!...

Once Richard began using Dimension Slash, the battle quickly came to an end.

Neither the Giant Male Agent nor the Female Agent had any ability to withstand Dimension Slash.

Before the devastating and unpredictable Dimension Slash, they quickly fell.

Although they died beneath Dimension Slash, both the Giant Male Agent and the Female Agent wore calm expressions in their final moments, as though they did not care whether they lived or died.

Task "One-Winged Angel (I)" completed!

Task Reward Hell Gate and Black Magic Crystal delivered!

Skill Hell Gate and Black Magic Crystal awakened!

The instant the Giant Male Agent and the Female Agent died, the task completion notifications appeared in Richard's field of vision.

He paid them no attention and walked straight toward the mangled corpses of the Giant Male Agent and the Female Agent, then used Plunder.

New abilities acquired: Giant Body, Gravity Restraint!

Same-type abilities acquired. Ability Fusion activated!

Giant Body strengthened!

X-Gene Superpower data updated!

Alpha-level: Plunder, Super Strength, Super Constitution, Super Self-Healing, Teleportation

Beta-level: Repulsion, Ion Blast, Mental Isolation, Mental Charm, Giant Body, Gravity Restraint

Delta Level: Energy Absorption, Telekinesis, Beast Instinct, Bone Claws

After glancing at the corpses of the Giant Male Agent and the Female Agent, Richard used the skill Great Fire, summoning a blazing orange-red flame.

He then let the orange-red flames engulf their corpses.

It's over! Watching their bodies turn to ash beneath the orange-red flames, Richard sighed inwardly.

Whether because he had killed too many people these past two days, or because he had seen how calmly the two had faced death, he suddenly found himself feeling rather sentimental.

However, he quickly readjusted his mood, used Teleportation, and arrived before Phoenix and the others.

He then said to Phoenix, "The facts prove that your guarantee was useless."

"Please pass a message to the Professor. Don't use Cerebro to look for me, and don't send you people after me either."

"If I want to see him, I'll personally make a trip to the School for Mutants."

Phoenix nodded and slowly replied, "I'll pass your words on to the Professor."

Richard turned to Clarice and Sabretooth and continued, "Victor, you were a decent foster father, but you really weren't a good teacher."

"Besides, you can't protect Clarice for the rest of her life."

"Clarice's superpower is pretty good. If properly developed, she'll become even stronger than you."

"Here's a suggestion: let Clarice stay at the School for Mutants to study. It'll be better for both you and her."

Although he did not entirely approve of some of Professor X, Phoenix, and the others' methods, their ability to teach and guide students was indeed far superior to Sabretooth's.

Letting Clarice study at the School for Mutants was definitely better than having her follow Sabretooth.

Not only that, Clarice's identity as an Unregistered Mutant had already been exposed.

More importantly, the Department of Mutant Affairs had most likely now classified Sabretooth and Clarice as his accomplices.

If Sabretooth did not want Clarice to be captured by the Department of Mutant Affairs, then he had better let her remain at the School for Mutants.

"You don't need to tell me that. I already discussed it with Clarice last night."

"She'll study at the School for Mutants for a while."

"When the time is right, I'll come back for her."

Sabretooth replied quickly.

Richard looked at Sabretooth with some surprise. He had not expected the burly Sabretooth to have considered these matters as well.

"Maybe we'll meet again someday."

After saying that, Richard prepared to use Teleportation to leave.

Just then, a thought suddenly crossed his mind. He stopped activating Teleportation and walked over to Wolverine.

"Do you really want to know about your past? Ask him. He's your half-brother on your father's side."

Richard pointed at Sabretooth as he spoke.

Half-brother on their father's side? Upon hearing this, Phoenix and Wolverine both showed surprised expressions.

Phoenix and Wolverine were surprised because they had never known about this.

Sabretooth, meanwhile, was surprised because he had not expected Richard to know that Wolverine was his half-brother.

Although he had previously told Richard that Wolverine was his younger brother, he had never said that they were half-brothers on their father's side.

How did he know? Phoenix, Wolverine, and Sabretooth all looked at Richard with puzzled expressions.

Naturally, Richard had no intention of giving them a chance to question him. Before they could speak, he activated Teleportation and instantly vanished from their sight.

After Richard teleported away, Wolverine's gaze immediately fell on Sabretooth.

Time flew by.

Before they knew it, three months had passed.

Over those three months, Richard thoroughly experienced what life was like as an S-Class Fugitive of the Department of Mutant Affairs.

After he killed the Giant Male Agent and the other two, the Department of Mutant Affairs sent increasingly powerful forces to capture him.

However, he continued living his life in an orderly fashion.

Whenever the Department of Mutant Affairs had not discovered his whereabouts, he would find some secluded place to practice skills such as Dimension Slash, Hell Gate, and Octaslash.

Whenever his trail was discovered, he would fight the agents sent by the Department of Mutant Affairs in a battle where the loser went straight to hell.

Three months of training and combat not only raised all his skills to Level 3, but also allowed him to Plunder several decent X-Gene Superpowers.

For example, Heat Vision, which he had Plundered from an agent, as well as Telepathy—complete in function but less powerful than Professor X's and White Queen's—which he had Plundered from a Mind Ability User.

Not only that, the Sephiroth Template's Fusion Degree had also risen to 45%.

The skill upgrades and the increase in Template Fusion Degree gave him a flowing mane of silver hair that was no less striking than Sephiroth's.

Compared to short hair, waist-length hair was indeed much more inconvenient in many ways.

But Richard had no complaints.

Because he had discovered that after gaining silver hair as flowing as Sephiroth's, he had become even more handsome.

In the face of becoming more handsome, a few minor inconveniences in daily life were nothing at all.

In a forest dozens of kilometers outside San Francisco.

Richard, his silver hair flowing in the wind, was carrying out today's practice.

Dimension Slash, Hell Gate, Octaslash...

Time slowly passed.

After finishing today's practice, Richard opened the Attribute Panel.