New York.
If the Underworld Forces had entertained ambitions before, they had even more now.
The twelve seats of the High Table had all set their sights on something else.
The Ability Capsule, also known as the Extremis Capsule.
It was a capsule invented by Doctor Maya Hansen, something that could grant people near-immortal healing abilities and superhuman physiques in a short time.
In the Super Heroic Age, the rising cost of crime did not mean the decline of the Underworld Forces.
On the contrary, it was a business they could monopolize.
Only a minority of people could develop mutations, while the Underworld Forces had ample starting capital that allowed them to arm themselves more comprehensively.
They had also "invited" the mad scientists who emerged to join them, either by recruiting or kidnapping them.
With those scientists helping, their upgrades came at jet speed.
Many among the Underworld Forces were itching to make a move. You could even find pointed-eared elves among them.
Those were some of the elves the Wild Hunt had left behind in this world.
Almost all of them were on the Aurors' wanted lists. The Underworld Forces promised the elves shelter, and in return, the elves had to serve them.
It was a worthwhile deal. Most of the Underworld Forces ran legitimate businesses, and some could even drum up votes for members of Congress.
The emergence of the Wizarding Kingdom had caught many people off guard, but it had also strengthened the Muggle governments' commitment to defending their rights.
Aurors attempting to enter those premises without justification would inevitably encounter obstacle after obstacle.
For elves who could not return to their own world, that was a tempting offer.
With these supernatural powers helping them, the sources of crime became even harder to track down, and the