CHAPTER 61 - A MORNING WORKOUT

A/N: My uploads this week might not be stable, just a heads up

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[Vision POV]

One thing I dearly miss about being human was the refreshing feeling of satisfaction one gets after a good night's sleep. I can't even fall into a deep sleep, talk less about taking a peaceful afternoon nap.

'Any schedule for the day?'

[Generating today's workload…]

Since I have nothing of importance to do today other than my normal daily routine, I think I should spend it doing a little introspection.

While walking out of my room to the kitchen to grab a healthy breakfast, I went through some things I've been putting off for some time now.

[The Mind Stone can now be safely dislodged]

[Be advised: Removing the Mind Stone completely from your influence will drastically hamper the efficiency and functionality of some of your rather extensive abilities]

'What about finding a way to traverse the Quantum Realm and, who knows, maybe pocketing a part of it?'

[Collection of data regarding the Quantum Realm cannot exceed 70% as most of its progression is highly based on theories and might fluctuate lower once their veracity has been verified]

[The most efficient way to increase your knowledge of the Quantum Realm is to Quantum-shift]

… and we're back to that.

There's a reason why I still have yet to dive into the Quantum Realm and that's because of the innumerable dangers and problems that came with it.

I have it on good ground that there are more than enough viruses and other unexplainable phenomena there that could outright affect or kill me and while I might just be overreacting, it is better that I have all my bases checked and accounted for before taking a step deeper.

Phasing through the kitchen door, I stopped to look at Laura who was sitting on a stool and staring in my direction.

"Waiting for me?"

"Mmn." She nodded.

Seeing I wasn't the only one ready for a morning fix, I immediately went to work with something light – pancakes.

"Mind helping me out?" She left her stool and helped me mix the batter while I attended to the toast and whatever add-ons the others might want.

'Will I become weaker by just removing the Stone from my head?'

[Negative. Though there are factors that will reduce your use of the power of the Mind Stone with distance the most prominent of them]

This was nice and all but I still have yet to come up with an alternative power source and honestly speaking, there were none. What could be a better power source than an Infinity Stone?

'Wait, can the Infinity Stones work in the Quantum Realm?'

[It's a probability. Based on information gathered so far, the Quantum Realm is a nexus point between multiple universes, which means it eclipses most, if not all, universal laws. While it will be severely hampered, it won't be a problem for you to use the power of the Mind Stone to fully power yourself as normal]

[Though it might be impossible to exact influence on the Realm itself with the Infinity Stones]

I see. That takes care of a lot of problems and opens up a lot of avenues for future enhancements.

"Vision."

"Hmm?" I raised my head to look at Laura who was holding a bowl of perfectly mixed batter. I smiled and took it from her and set about making pancakes.

With Laura not being a talker and me being an empath, conversation between us flowed smoothly and unspoken while remaining peaceful and lighthearted.

The others joined us for breakfast, those currently around, and since I volunteered for the morning work I had to make enough for everyone.

"Pietro and Davis, you're coming with me after this." I told the both of them and Davis eagerly nodded, already knowing what was in store for him.

After breakfast, the both of them followed me to one direction of the large expanses of the land around the Compound.

"Our training is simple. I'll be gauging Davis' mental faculties while putting him through high stress, and as for Pietro, you better start moving those limbs of yours."

Those words were the only thing they needed as an impetus to get moving.

Davis grunted and went on all fours as he shed the outer layer of his skin to reveal the huge bulging muscles underneath with bony spikes growing from different parts of his body.

"Let's rumble."

[Enable defensive and counter attacking protocols against target Pietro and Davis?]

'Nah, no need.'

"You sure you want to fight the both of us?" Davis' deep growly voice sounded out as he got up from his crouching position.

"Trust me. There are easier ways to handle my mornings and this so happens to be one of them."

They must have been irked by my words as they forewent all thoughts of probing and came at me as if I was the one who murdered their dog.

Pietro rushed at me before Davis could even take a step and this was where dealing with the speedster became frustratingly annoying.

I can't move my limbs as fast as Pietro.

Since this was just an observatory battle, ending it quickly will serve no beneficial use for what I wanted for the both of them so I had to figure out a way to keep up with Pietro's movements.

I charged my body with electricity and despite what most people might think, that didn't automatically make me fast, not it did… but it did give me a way to deal with Pietro for the time being.

A barrier appeared in front of me, narrowly stopping Pietro's punch from reaching my head and the moment where he took to react to the surprise was all that I needed to use the shield to bounce back all the kinetic energy that was impacted on it in the form of an electric blast.

After sending Pietro crashing a few meters away, a huge shadow came over me, giving me the only advice I needed to change my position before Davis crashed into the spot where I once was.

'How is he?'

[Despite the peak in negative emotions he's currently feeling, all his mental wavelengths points to him still in full control of himself]

'Good, then let's switch it up a bit.'

I ducked under the punch Davis threw and my eyes actually widened in surprise as I saw Pietro running through the body of the grey behemoth, trying to catch me off-guard, which he did for an instant, but me seeing there was no way I could react with enough speed to dodge the both of them, went for one of the few options available in this scenario.

I sank into the ground, thereby dodging the both of them before turning invisible as I exited the dark ground and flew over Davis before grabbing he head and slammed it into the ground, shocking them both.

Pietro tried to move but I was one step ahead this time around as he found his leg buried under the ground. Davis' growls alerted me to turn around to see the bones around his knuckles and joints extending outwards by a few centimeters.

"I'll redact my statement. There are more productive ways to spend the morning."

[Based on the increasing number of striations bad longer bones in his body, target Davis seems to feeding off from his frustrations directed towards you]

'Though it's nothing new for a Hulk variant, it doesn't make it less interesting.'

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