Chapter 149: The Origin of a Failsafe

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Chapter 149: The Origin of a Failsafe

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"If you only face forward, there is something you will miss seeing."

- Vash the Stampede, (Trigun)



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<(Bruce Wayne POV)>

"Five years of imprisonment for the Killer Moth and thirty years for the Firefly, huh? That is a long enough sentence for a city with a corrupted government like this. Of course, if they try escaping their cells and returning to their life of crime again, their punishment won't be mere imprisonment anymore. I believe in giving second chances where there is due but not third or fourth ones. However, that being said, Firefly won't be able to escape or do anything whatsoever in his current condition, although I have a feeling that Killer Moth won't try it either." I gave a knowing smile as I observed the case details of the two former criminals.

"You know, Killer Moth would have gotten a longer statement too but the fact that he pleaded guilty and that he hadn't actually killed anyone till now played in his favor. He was extremely lucky that he hadn't become a true villainous criminal yet, otherwise, this could have gone very badly for him, either in the form of a very long sentence in court or worse, a very agonizing punishment from you." Cortana agreed with me as she showed me the various petty crimes Killer Moth had been committing to try and start his career in the Gotham criminal underworld.

"Anyway, have you finally decided what type of body you want? I have been thinking about it for a while and I think you should go for a body that you could disguise as a human through hologram projection technology. If you want, I could even give it some unique abilities like elemental manipulation." I asked while imagining EDI from Mass Effect with the wind or magma manipulation powers of Red Tornado or Red Volcano. "Or I could also build you a body like the Terminator X, fitted to the brim with high-tech weapons and an advanced nano-tech mimetic poly-alloy. That could be quite versatile especially since this would be your first ever body." I advised her, trying to help her in choosing the most effective physical body for her. "But if you can wait just for a few more years, I think I can even build you a body that can change and adapt to anything," I muttered while picturing Amazo from DCAU or the Super-Adaptoid from Marvel. Hell, even the adapting Sentinels from Days of Future Past were OP.

"... Actually, I had been thinking about this for a while, Bruce. As much as I love your enthusiasm..., I think I have a better idea for my body than just simple mechanical androids. I remember that you once mentioned the concept of a synthezoid where one can merge an organic body with that of a machine using artificial tissue grafting and nanotechnology to create something... much greater than the sum of its counterparts. I think I would like something like that... with a little twist of course." She responded with a mischievous voice like she knew something I didn't.

"... A partially organic body? What do you have in mind exactly?" I asked while raising one of my eyebrows with some confusion.

"We still have that Kryptonian woman's body in one of our freezers, don't we?" she asked, trying to give me a clue as to what she really wanted.

"However, the only thing we will have to worry about is a power source strong enough to power a Kryptonian's body in case of an absence of yellow sunlight for extended periods, but I guess we can worry about that later when it comes to that." I nodded while contemplating if I could ever find something as powerful as one of the infinity stones for her in the DC universe, just like Vision had the mind stone in the MCU.

'Although, now that I think about it, I could build an energy source for her too. An arc reactor would be useless in her case since the energy it could produce at its peak would be like a drop of water in a well when it comes to the amount of energy a Kryptonian would need to function, but I could theoretically make a mini sun for her, much like Dr. Octopus once tried in the original Spiderman movie. A source of infinite yellow solar energy for a Kryptonian... Gosh, I am getting goosebumps.' I thought to myself with a dreamy smile.

"Thank you for respecting my wishes, Bruce. I promise you that I will do my absolute best to protect and serve you with my body." Cortana declared in a passionate voice as her hologram jumped in delight.

'I should start using hard-light technology in the cave as well. She will be of much more help that way especially since we will have to work overtime to make her new body.' I made a mental note to myself.

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