12 Chapter 12 - The First

"The doors are open, the cameras won't see you." Cortana instructed me as soon as I got close to the main LexCorp building, which was close enough to the Daily Planet building, literally across the park and a couple of streets. (Picture)

With the help of Cortana's and nanosuit's capabilities, as well as magloo-repellent charms, I had no problems getting into the building itself unnoticed. Soon I took the elevator to the upper floors and then went out onto the stairs, which I climbed to the floor where Lex is currently resting. There was a table opposite the elevator where Mercy was sitting, which is why I went up the stairs.

Opening the door, locked with an electronic lock, I entered a cozy and equipped room.

"Turn left to bypass Mercy and approach Alexander Luthor's office." I heard Cortana's voice and followed her advice. Soon I found myself in front of the door to my brother's office, which I slowly opened and went inside. The office was more than spacious, three times larger than Lena's and my apartment. There were no cameras in the office itself, but various sensors were present.

Lex himself was now sitting on the couch and had a glass of wine in his hand, and he was looking towards the big TV, where various shots of "superboy" were being shown. Although yesterday Lois released another article where she used the word "superman", so soon that's how he will be known in the world. Soon, instead of Superman's frames, the pictures switched to the general spending schedule, which Lex himself switched remotely.

"The office is equipped with the most modern presence sensors, silent alarm, and fire extinguishing." said the AI.

"Mercy, bring me the Cadmus project files." Lex spoke into the communicator. Meanwhile, I was looking around the room and trying to figure out how to proceed. The original plan included the use of Murasame, whose poison will absolutely kill him and it is unlikely that doctors will find anything because the poison is magical. But with the wand, I have more ideas and the easiest way is to simply set a fire and not let him get out of the office.

"Cortana, can you find out anything about the Cadmus project?" I asked quietly, being in the farthest corner of the office under disguise and enchantment.

"Most likely, Alexander Luthor's main computer is disconnected from the general network, so I need to connect to the local network to receive data. Come closer to the computer and I'll try to connect." I did as Cortana said, anyway Alex himself was now on the sidelines and talking to Mercy. (Picture)

"There is access."

Nodding at these words, I took the wand out of the Chat and went to the wall behind which there was a large cluster of different wires.

"Cause a short circuit in the entire building or arrange a power outage for at least a second." I said and prepared the wand. When the light blinked for a moment, the sensors "accidentally" turned off, I started action.

"Confringo." he uttered a spell and the tip of the wand lit up a little, and the wall began to burn from the inside from the side of the wires. Then I walked around Lex and pointed my wand at him... and stopped.

After all, it will be considered the murder of a person. Even if not literally with my own hand, but because of my actions, a person will die, even if he is as rotten as an older brother. But this hitch didn't last long, I don't know exactly why, maybe because of Stark's experience or Albedo, but I pulled myself together.

"Confundus." I said, looking at Lex literally disoriented for a minute and just didn't understand what to do, his thoughts were confused and he just stood there. The fire flared up more and the smoke began to fill up the office.

"Mr. Luthor?" on the other hand, Mercy tried to open the door and she failed. She could already smell the smoke, but the door wouldn't budge.

"Confundus." I said again when I noticed that Lex was getting his sense back. In general, theoretically, it was possible to study imperio and tell him to kill himself or throw himself out of the window, but as for me, there will be fewer questions if he suffocates with carbon monoxide due to a fire caused by a short circuit. "Confundus." I sent the spell into him again, and Lex was moving away from the spell faster and faster by the minute and clearly began to panic.

" Kha, kha, what…"

"Confundus." I sent another spell, and he fell, began to crawl to the door. Because of the regenerative oxygen system in the suit, I didn't have to worry about smoke or other gases. My disguise had already ended, and I was standing tall behind Lex.

"Mercy... open... the... door." he was knocking on the door, and his secretary was also trying her best to open the door. She even tried to de-energize the entire floor so that nothing would interfere with opening the electronic door, but Cortana wouldn't let her do it.

"Confundus." the spell hit him in the back and he turned around coughing and looked straight at me. In the suit's visor, I could see my pulse and I clearly had a rapid heartbeat, in addition, the suit recorded adrenaline in the blood because of what was happening. I perfectly saw Lex's uncomprehending expression when he saw my figure, there was also a flash of fear and even despair.

" Kha, what did I do to H.I.V.E? Kha..." he coughed again. I... it was hard for me to look at it, but I forced myself to continue. I am in a world of dangers, in a world where there is no place for weakness, otherwise, those who are dear to me may suffer.

I wanted to eliminate him simply because of the knowledge of his future, without any clear reasons. Perhaps if it wasn't for the information that he decided to get rid of my sister and me out of harm's way, then I wouldn't have dared to take such a step. But it was he who decided to simply place an order for our elimination, without talking, without questions, and without regrets.

He lost consciousness and sprawled on the floor, it won't take a long time for a person to die from carbon monoxide, especially since its concentration has increased so well, all the windows are closed and smoke is accumulating in the office.

"Dead..." I said softly, ignoring the fire and smoke. Soon the door opened due to the fact that the building was disconnected from electricity, Mercy did it somehow. But then it was too late to do anything because Lex had been in a room with a high concentration of carbon monoxide for more than ten minutes, his brain was most likely already dead. Mercy couldn't even find the bodies right away when she opened the door because of the smoke.

It was my first murder. And yes, it was I who killed, even if I didn't pull the trigger and didn't break his neck. I was the one who didn't let him recover for a long time, and I started a fire. I've heard that some people can feel absolutely nothing when killing a person as if they just... stepped on an ant. I have also heard about various mental illnesses that occur in people after they see death. Now it is not clear whether it is my deviations that I decided to do this or the influence of assimilation.

Once on the street a few hundred meters from the fire, I turned towards the building from where I heard a loud sound, it was Superman who flew in and broke the glass with his carcass, apparently trying to help Mercy.

I hadn't been in this world for a week when I decided to commit a full-fledged and deliberate murder. And after all, if you think about it a little longer, there was not only a desire to protect yourself but also to get Lex's wealth, his company, and what would come with it opportunities.

I mean, I'm no better than those bastards who kill for money. Lex himself did exactly that with our parents, and now I did it with him, it's a family thing. Fortunately, I am comforted that I did not kill an innocent person, and no one else was particularly hurt by this.

"Judging by the data of your body, you may feel bad now ..." Cortana's voice sounded. "I'm not good at calming people down, but I can say that his death is better than yours." I saw her avatar in the visor. "Perhaps your family relationship affects you or the fact of the murder itself. In war, all means are good, and from the data I received from you, I can say that life in this world is not much different from this."

Calmed me down. I chuckled. In the apartment, I put the suit in the Gacha inventory and lay down on the bed, almost instantly falling asleep.

***

"It's Rias-senpai! First-class beauty!

"Be my girlfriend!"

"What did you say? Do you know who you're telling this to, you bastard?"

"Beat him!"

Being a Demon, the heiress of Gremory perfectly heard all these cries and laudatory odes in her honor, which, of course, she liked, but now her head was occupied with other thoughts. The first beauty of Kuo Academy was thinking about her possible future.

"President, tell me what is gnawing at your soul, if, of course, such a pathetic servant as I deserve to know it." putting on an innocent and offended look, her Queen said as soon as she entered the office of the Occult Club.

Rias couldn't help but frown. She didn't like lying to her friend, but to say so right away about the Chat and the possible future... as if she wasn't mistaken for a mad woman.

"Oh, the president called me by name ..." "embarrassed" she put her hands on her cheeks and turned away.

" Stop clowning around." the girl exhaled heavily and only now noticed that her rook and her friend Koneko Tojo, who was sitting on the sofa and eating cookies, were looking at them.

"Koneko, how's your task going?" she decided to change the subject and sat down on the sofa.

"He's disgusting and a pervert." she answered her indifferently, without changing her face. "But yes, I feel a strange energy from him, perhaps it is the dragon. But it's too small to track somehow, and if I hadn't been focusing on it for a long time, I wouldn't have noticed."

"I see." Rias nodded, already expecting this. No matter what Issei is, he is still a strong enough pawn. If she offers him to become a demon, then most likely he will not refuse such an offer, but will just stare at her breasts and drool.

But still, this week her outlook on life has changed somewhat and the prospect of remaining a sacrificial lamb, which will be saved by a "hero", does not appeal to her too much, even if it is very romantic. And she likes such romantic stories ... but looking from the outside at the events that may happen because of her weakness, she exhaled heavily again.

"President, are you all right?" she was distracted from her thoughts by the voice of the "Knight", Yuta Kiba. He politely kept a distance between them and looked at her with concern.

" I'm fine. I was just thinking."

"This has been happening too often lately." Akeno said, having already brewed tea and put the mug in front of her.

"I... am it very noticeable?"

"Very much." Koneko nodded and a hint of excitement appeared in her "unfeeling" look.

"I'm sorry, I don't mind telling you, but... it's hard to believe. Even more than that, even I didn't believe at first and tried to figure out if I was under the influence of the magic of the fall, for example, or someone else."

"Rias, try it. She will probably tell us about her imaginary boyfriend. Are-are, Rias, I could help you find a worthy candidate." her Queen smiled.

"We are ready to listen to you and help you in need. " Kiba said somewhat aggressively as if he was preparing to cover her back.

Rias took a breath and thought about what to say. They don't want to lie at all, but she didn't even tell her brother about the Chat and its capabilities, because she was worried that he would start to worry a lot and ban her somewhere to make sure that she was safe. The chat rules do not prohibit the disclosure of information, but she understands perfectly well that it is impossible to talk about it at every corner.

Chat is her trump card, especially since her new friends are probably there. Tony-kun's advice and suggestions have helped her so far, and she has learned about his world and that he is a magician and an alchemist, well, a swordsman to boot.

Most likely they will meet one day on the same Mission, but the Chat Points will come in handy. She saw a couple of interesting items that she wouldn't mind buying. Moreover, it would be nice to buy a Longin for yourself, but there are other things there, for example, "Bloodline Medicine", which, judging by the description, should fully unlock the power hidden in her blood ... she read something like that somewhere in the manga, sounds interesting.

"Okay, I'll tell you, stop looking at me like that. " the princess of the Gremory clan surrendered. But then she will recoup in training... truly a demoness.