Some might wonder... Why not use super speed and phasing to go in straight or teleport inside? Well, I 't. Although Emma's spies disabled the outer nullifiers, the security measures in this room are different. The direct trol is in Mr. Sinister's hands and that fug wall has ied nullifiers. In short, mutation won't work. But I almost fot that mutant sers don't work on me. So, getting in would be a piece of cake, hopefully. If things go south, I'll simply burn this pce down to ashes.

  I stepped into the chamber. The doors sealed behihe ser whirring to life, bathing me in its cold, blue light. As the beams traced up and down, I forced myself to remain perfectly still, exuding the calm fidence of the assistant doctor I was impersonating.

  The ser's lights flickered, then shut off with a click. I'd passed.

  Stepping forward, I emerged oher side, greeted by a vast, sterile b. The walls were lined with intricate maery, t tai units, and gss-walled observation chambers that stretched out in a perfect, pristine arra. The b's cold, ical atmosphere seeped into me, its silence like a coiled snake ready to strike.

  Just ahead, across the polished floor and behind a thick wall of reinforced gss, I saw them.

  I could see them: Mr. Siall and imposing with that pierg, inhuman gaze; his suit of dark armlinting uhe sterile b lights. o him, in a sealed tai pod, was All For One, or rather, the remnants of him. He was just as Emma had described—a faceless, bnk mask of flesh with only a closed, metal-bound mouth visible. The sight of him sent a shiver down my spihat guy is fug dangerous.

  Sinister gestured at a nearby monitor showing a long, plex geic sequeo another doctor—the likely result of their years of experiments with the faceless spe. The pod All For One was in seemed to pulse faintly with a life-support system, a tangle of wires and tubes feeding into his body to keep him stable. I he meticulous design of everything around them—every pod, every piece of equipment screamed of Sinister's obsessive attention to detail.

  I stayed in the shadows, keeping my borrowed fad stance rexed to avoid arousing suspi from any guards who might gnce my way. I gnced around for the quickest way to disable the pod or, better yet, destroy it entirely. No amount of Sinister's expertise or twisted sce would revive him if he was vaporized into nothing.

  I picked up a data pad from the nearby table and began walking toward Sinister, doing my best to look like just another assistant handling routine b work. I kept my steps steady, my face calm, eling every ounce of the assistant doctor's fidence from his memories. Sinister's back was to me, engrossed in the swirling dispy of geic data, unaware of the Phoenix Fmes gathering silently around my hand as I held the data pad in front of me.

  The other stists didn't even gnce my way. They were too busy w under Sinister's tyrannical supervision to notiother assistant approag. I could feel the heat of the Phoenix Fmes beh my skin, just waiting for my signal. One shot, orike. I just had to get close enough.

  As I reached his side, Sinister finally gnced over, perhaps to instruct me on whatever monotonous task he thought I was here for. His face was calm, almost bored, as he looked at me, his sharp eyes not sensing the storm about to strike. He barely opened his mouth before I moved.

  With a nice smile, I drove my fist straight into his chest, unleashing the Phoenix Fmes. The fmes erupted from my hand burning through yers of flesh and armor like they were paper. His expression shifted instantly from boredom to shod pain as the fire burhrough his body, his scream filling the b.

  "ARGGGG!!!" Mr. Sinister screamed in pain.

  The stists and guards turheir eyes wide with horror, but it was too te. Sinister's body vulsed, writhing against the grip of the Phoenix Fmes as I twisted my fist, ensuring every inch of his insides was charred beyond recovery. The fmes ate through him mercilessly, disiing him from the i. His screams faded to a whimper as he colpsed into a sm pile of ash at my feet.

  That fucker is dead!

  I gnced around, the fmes still burning in my hand as the guards began to reach for their ons. But before they could move, I raised my hand, sending a wave of Phoenix Fmes crashing toward the closest ohe fire roared across the room, engulfing them in an instant, and I could hear their panicked screams fade as they disappeared in the bze.

  All For One's pod hummed, still intact behind the gss wall. He was sealed within, powerless for now. I approached the sole and typed in a and, log the b doors to trap any remaining staff. The b was in chaos, people shouting, the arms bring, but nothing was going to stop me now.

  I approached the tai pod, the faint pulses of All For One's life-support flickering on the monitors beside it. The pod seemed to radiate an oppressive aura, even in its dormant state. I took a deep breath, letting the Phoenix Fmes roar even brighter around my hands.

  "Not today," I murmured.

  Instantly, the pod exploded outward, shards of gss aal scattering as an intense, dark energy burst free. I barely had time to throw up a barrier of Phoenix Fmes to shield myself as the bst radiated outward, filling the b with an overwhelming force that tore everything apart. The maes crumpled like paper, walls disied, and the eructure shuddered uhe weight of All For One's raw power.

  When the shockwave finally dissipated, the world had transformed into a desote, silent white ndscape. Snow bhe ground, c every trace of the b, the maery, the guards—there was nothi but a cold, barren wastend.

  And there, in the midst of the snow, stood All For One. I could feel the weight of his presence pressing against me, a horrifying blend of twisted malid unimagirength. He took off his mask and smiled. But he's still injured. I could feel his life force waning.

  He chuckled softly, his voice a dark, rumbling echo that seemed to vibrate through the air. "Well, well... the Phoenix itself has e to greet me. How quaint."

  I met his gaze, fmes still dang around my hands, defiant in the face of his power. "You should've stayed dead," I said, letting the Phoenix Fmes intensify until they glowed like molten va.

  All For One's expression shifted. "And miss the opportunity to devour the very fmes of rebirth? I think not." With a flick of his hand, dark tendrils of energy shed out, g toward me.

  I unleashed a wave of Phoenix Fmes, meeting his dark energy head-on. The impact shook the very grouh us, sending waves of fire and darkness rippling through the snowy wastend. We cshed, fmes r against shadow, each force vying to e the other. I could tell that the dark energy radiating from that freak was the power of decay.

  "Your power... It's magnifit. To think that e could withhold such power..." All For One sneered. "Doctor really outdid himself. Well, I'll take what's mine now, thank you."

  "I don't think so," I unleashed a t pilr of fire that spiraled toward him. The fmes morphed, transf into a phoenix-shaped bze that soared toward All For Os fiery wings stretg wide. The heat scorched the very air, and even he flinched as it bore down on him, engulfing him in the heart of its fmes.

  But, All For Oeleported behind me and was about to grab me. "This is your end."

  I decided to stop suppressing the Phoenix Force. Instantly, a burst of fmes erupted, pushing him back. I could feel it. The limitless power of the os. I could see the life force around me clearly. It's hard to expin but everything was clear and I could see every miail and the flow of energy arouhen came the torrent of information on how to use the real power of the Phoenix For my mind. It was as if the Phoenix itself was guiding me.

  The Phoenix Fme is a itity after all. And I am the Phoenix, the physical representation of the Phoenix Force.

  And this man... This freak is just a bug!

  "Bastard!" All For One yelled, releasing a massive gravity pressure around the pce. "I'll crush your body if I had to."

  "Hahahaha!" I couldn't help but ugh at this bug's pathetic attempt to crush me. The gravity pressure of this level... What a joke! I do that with my pinky.

  "What's so funny?!" All For One was furious. He increased the iy of the gravity pressure.

  "You are already dead," I said, pointing my fioward him. "Disiion Ray."

  An intense beam of golden light erupted from my hand, vaporizing everything in its path. The ray tore through the snowy wastend, obliterating the very grouh it. And finally, it struck All For One, iing him in an instant. His body turned into golden dust in the air.

  I watched the dust float away in the wind, the weight of his presence fading from the area.

  That was easier than I thought. That guy is such a joke! He's no mate. I ched my fist and then released it. This new power is incredible. It felt like I could take on anything. But just to be sure, I used Phoenix Force to s the surroundings. All For One's life force really did disappear.

  "That bastard is dead! Phew," I sighed in relief.

  This power is a freaking cheat. Jean struggled so much just to use a tiny portion of it and look at me now... I was overpowered beyond words. Anyway, I killed major enemies ihan two months or so. Stryker, Shaw, Sinister, and All For One. Now, all I need is that data drive in Bck Cat's head. I just had to make sure that they don't have any es shit and all that. Besides, I'm curious to know what's in that drive.

  Well, time to go back...

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