A Day Of Introspection In Brockton Bay

Entry 32:

Linus Ozias POV:

You know, when I got these powers, I wanted to do so many things.

I wanted to create wonders: large citadels inlaid with beautiful sights, vessels capable of interstellar travel, weaponry capable of destroying every enemy before they could even blink, and ultimately provide others with a chance to explore the stars.

Now, I am able to do that, but I can't, unfortunately.

"Dread, what is the status of the orbital station's construction?"

[Current status is 75% and rising due to the aid of Mag and his fellow Magnamite.]

Yes, I allowed Mag to create more magnamite because they are handy, and as long as I provide housing and power for them to gorge on, they are thrilled to help.

I will provide them with their planet once I create my first space fairing vessels.

I do not mistreat my help as each member of my retinue and company is provided many benefits and good salaries.

Honestly, the looks on some people's faces when you provide a decent salary genuinely surprise me as a man who came in to interview for Ozcorp looked like he was about to shed tears at the fact that he was getting a good salary.

Those small sights make me smile as I am genuinely happy to help them. I also give my Androids breaks even if they don't need them.

Each Android is integral and essential to me; to be candid, they're like my children. Is this how Ainz felt in Overlord when he looked at the NPCS that came to life at the beginning of the anime?

Life is genuinely complicated sometimes. I do hope that in my next world, things will be more straightforward.

While things may seem easy, and it could be more complex, the waiting that's killing me as each second passes, the more random things could become.

I've been watching each of the end bringers along with Zion, and while they are maintaining their courses or just their positions, they could change at any moment.

Simurgh alone could destroy many of my operations, and one scream could kill me even with my Kryptonian abilities. Even with my abilities developing quickly, I've finally been able to shoot lasers out of my eyes, so that's a plus.

I have been testing my strength in magic as I've waited, and while my Kryptonian strength has increased to that of multiple city blocks, based on the force I can exert, my magic has developed to the peak of high class.

(For future reference, our MC's magic pool growth can be tracked like this: Low-Middle-High-Ultimate-Monarch-God-Cosmic-Primordial-Extradimensional)

I have been chiefly biding my time this week while talking with the Herbert family and working with Chloe at Ozcorp.

In addition to keeping up on the various supercriminals on my "Un Aliving" list, the Faerie Queen, Nilibog, and Heartbreaker are at the top of that list.

To put it in perspective, the Faerie Queen can create shades after touching dead parahumans like shadow monarch shadows and use the powers of her shades. In contrast, Nilibog has the capability of high-level bio tinkering, and the Heartbreaker can control others through emotional manipulation powers.

Luckily, they all share the same weakness: they are all as vulnerable as normal humans once found, and with my orbital guns nearing completion within half a year, I will have the means to view and strike at any point across the planet.

Although the orbital platforms will be completed much faster once the frontier station is constructed.

(I will put a picture of the station in the comment section.)

"I feel like every big brother stereotype right now," I think to myself as I help Chloe with paperwork.

Honestly, Chloe is a godsend for paperwork as the woman can sign and check her work in seconds, and that is saying something. I have a growing perception of a Kryptonian on my side.

But as it was getting late, we were able to finish today's work, which mostly involved approving various international deals and signing off on new products.

Our " scientists" creating new products are just androids I use to introduce new products.

Many of our subsidiary companies are very successful, and our competition keeps us on our toes. While my company being hacked is possible, I have Dread and Cyber on standby.

I could leave most of the work to Chloe and Dread, but I want to be part of the process and enjoy my office view.

But for now, the day is over, and I return home with Chloe, another day at its end and another day closer to my plan's completion.

Connor has been searching the Birdcage (PRT Superprison) for the Faerie Queen and where Nilibog is inside Elisburg because the man often uses dummies to interact with others.

But compared to Zion, those two are just another piece of the puzzle.

Once the orbital platforms are completed, I will fire multiple shots of STING-infused payloads that phase in and out of reality so that they can't avoid them.

In addition to the fact that each payload could destroy multiple galaxies individually. But that is for the future. I want to get tech from Xeelee or the human races from the Culture.

Any one of those tech trees would make killing the entities a breeze, or Ben 10 because of the ability to create Annilarghs that create and destroy universes.

As I open the door to the mansion, I am greeted by Marcus and Kara, as these two are essential to keeping the place in order.

I then eat dinner with them and converse about many things, from daily life to my plans and other things, like Marcus has created a line of self-help books. Kara joined a homeless shelter to help make food.

I am happy that they have evolved so much, as each step my androids take fills me with pride, as while they may socially and mentally develop, they will always be with me.

You could call it unhealthy and sad that I created friends for myself, but without Marcus, Connor, Chloe, Kara, and Cyber with Mag and Dread, I would have gone stir-crazy.

Or maybe I was just trying to prove I could make friends rather than find them, but then I remembered the Herbert Family and smiled.

"It is always the little things that matter," I say to myself as I look at my newest creation, my own Amazo.

He will be my last resort as he has been modified to fight entities, and I installed multiple fail safes if he ever evolves past my initial simulations.

Dr. Ivo tech for the win, but he will be my last weapon in case the orbital cannons fail.

I then use my nanotech to break Amazo down and add his tech to my suit so he will always be with me and ever adapting.

And tomorrow, more knowledge will reveal itself, and March will begin.

But for now, let's focus on the here and now.

I hope the next world is less stressful because I would have gray hair if my hair was not white already.

(It won't, but he doesn't need to know that)