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It's been two months, not much left until the ARGUSA troops enter Starling City. I've done a lot in that time.
First of all, I ate quite a bit of bone marrow, and I noticed some pretty obvious changes. Since then, I've managed to find four more criminals that I've stabbed, and I've had a good meal.
I started eating humans more intelligently. I started with the eyes and tried to keep the victim alive as long as possible. Then I moved on to the bones and marrow. I had to study anatomy to find the places where it was most concentrated. So, in that time, I've become noticeably stronger and more educated. Not a warrior under the mirakuru, or a great scientist, but I'm already an extraordinary man. Even my muscle mass has gotten pretty good, a couple more months and I'll be back to my old form.
I noticed improvements not only in my body, but also in my brain, information was easier to remember, and I could recall something from the past almost instantly. The same was true of my eyesight, the acuity had reached a very high level, probably five times my normal level at least. Although, as far as I know, there are people with sharper eyesight among ordinary people, but I think I'm not far behind them.
As for my body, it's even better, I'm not just stronger than a standard human, but faster and more resilient. My muscles are growing faster, my wounds are healing faster, not by much, but you can see it. My whole skeleton is renewed and stronger.
Of course there were also problems.
First, it was hunger, it came every week, and once every seven days I had to treat someone. I did an experiment on myself. A couple weeks ago, I got my appetite back and went hunting. I caught my prey, but I didn't eat it right away, I waited. I managed to last only two days, then I began to weaken very quickly and my thoughts began to get confused. It was strange, because it had never happened to me before. At least I didn't feel so shitty eating the food in the asylum. Probably tasting human meat had affected my body in some way, and now it was the only thing keeping me strong. So now I realized that I could go eight to ten days without food, and I didn't check beyond that, it might have been something bad. Well, it was not so bad, the main thing was to satisfy hunger in time and that's all.
Speaking of food, after last night's meal, I realized that my ability has limits. More specifically, the limits of my development by eating bone marrow and human bones. I noticed that the influence of marrow, bones, and eyes had noticeably decreased, and it was decreasing with each meal. If I understood correctly, it seems my body can't go beyond human by eating its own kind. So after a few more eating, the marrow will be eaten uselessly because I'll reach the maximum. This maximum is rather not my body, but the maximum effect of the bones, brain and eyes of ordinary people on me, I will just reach a more perfect stage where ordinary marrow, eyes and bones will be useless to me. I'll probably need to eat already stronger creatures or more intelligent ones, I'm not sure.
I'm not sure because I haven't tested the effects of body parts of anyone other than humans on me yet. It sounds ridiculous, but I'd rather kill a drug dealer than a wild animal.
More recently, I've been curious about how the bone marrow of meta-humans would affect me? I mean, they're not really human, but they're pretty much the same, just have some mutation in their genes. When I thought about it, I had a huge urge to go to Central City and do the experiment. Most meta-humans are bastards, and it wouldn't hurt to eat them. But now's not the time, even in the news, so I'll finish up in Starling first, and then wait for Barry to wake up. It'll be easier if he's a flush, I'll know roughly which meta he's after, and I'll be able to intercept my prey. So I'll wait...
By the way, I finally got my papers done and entered myself into all the databases. I'm now officially a citizen of Starling City. I've even got a residence permit, I'm renting an apartment not far from here, and I'm a part of Starling City life. Still, I'm planning not only my secret life, but my secret life as well. I'll find some money, set up some business and hide my future base there. Having my own territory is a lot better than hiding out in the middle of nowhere. Although I have made a good security system here, but there are things that can't be organized, and having my own territory everything will be easier and safer.
But money isn't important right now, and neither is business. I'm fully prepared for Destroke and Quinn's war. The suit is complete, the weapons are loaded. The plan is in place.
The plan was quite simple, first, I would take the key that could open any lock, a key created by Quinn's company. That's what Detstroke will steal from Arrow's base, and I'll take it from Detstroke, if I can find it. I'm not gonna confront Detstroke, but I'm sure he won't be carrying the key around with him. Why would he? He'll probably leave it somewhere.
I also haven't forgotten about the money, I'll try to take as much out of the banks as I can, if I can find the key. Well, that's all I need. That's all I need. Money to start a business, the key to all the doors for the secret business. I'm not going to take Mirakuru, she's too bad for people, and it's unwise to create an army I can't control. It's the same with weapons, I don't need them anymore, if I have money, it won't be a problem to buy them. Although, the machine that Detstroke used to pump blood out of the Arsenal is worth taking, it's rare and might come in handy. Now that I can develop my brain, I might as well get into genetic engineering or something. It's a lot easier to memorize information, so maybe one day I'll become a genius, who knows, rare equipment wouldn't hurt anyway.
Okay, time to go for a run, because my body has become more enduring, I have to run for hours only to run out of breath. It's quite a problem, but I've found a solution, running with weights. What's there to run with, I'm always walking with them now, practicing so to speak. Yeah, I couldn't even do that in my previous life, but this ability is really good, even though I have to eat raw meat....
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