So you think you know bad guys?
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So you think you know bad guys?
"-Do you even want to fight?"
"Young Lady, no one should want to fight. It should always be the last resort." Dumbledore answered with just a touch of scorn.
"It's not about craving violence, Albus. It's about understanding that violence is a tool, and others will use it. Knowing when to respond with violence is just as important as knowing when not to.
You seem so sure your enemy is so insurmountable - let me tell you a little about my enemies.
Lung - the dragon. Leader of the ABB, a pan-asian street gang. Their main products were protection fees, human trafficking, illegal gambling and drug smuggling. Lung himself could become stronger as his enemies became more dangerous. At his height, he supposedly fought Leviathan head to head. Didn't stop it from sinking Kyushu in the end but he survived it's attention which is more than most can claim.
He had subordinates, Bakuda and Oni Lee - she made bombs with more potential effects than even you wizards could claim to use. He was a teleporter who made clones. Together they were a supplier and repeat suicide bomber.
He made a big deal of the 'known and unknown' fears. His strength was the known fear, the anvil. His temper was the unknown fear, the hammer.
He threatened to kill kids, so I rotted his crotch off on the first encounter, tore his eyes out on the second, and handed him over to the police. A man like that doesn't discuss, and so it wasn't a discussion.
Kaiser - the Fascist. You'd like him - lots of backstory and talk of family. He's also an unrepentant terrorist who would get along well with Tom if either of them could share power. He had an army of Neo-Nazis at his beck and call, heavily infiltrated the local police and politics. He liked to use underlings for his terrorist activities and only showed up to a fight in person when it suited his image - also very like Tom.
He ran into Leviathan, something that he couldn't fight with rhetoric and died in the street. Funny all that talk about superior race but Lung walked away from a fight with a true monster and he didn't.
His gang split afterwards but still stuck around - Nazis don't disappear when you chop off their leader's head. We chased them out of the city later, disappeared one or two to keep them compliant. Keep that in mind.
Next up was Coil - very much the pure Bond villain. Power for the sake of power, taken with efficiency and calculus. Came the closest to killing me but Lisa was better than him in the end. Also my first kill. Some enemies should not be left alive.
Leviathan was an Endbringer. They show up every few months, kill entire cities. Cold, impersonal slaughter. You don't fight these things with anything but violence. I did some damage, it broke my spine. I survived. Not much more to say.
Finally we come to the Slaughterhouse Nine.
The Nine were monsters. They delighted in causing suffering. Unfortunately for them, we eventually decided to play their game. Jack was always a scary bastard but face to face he's also very much the poser. Everything is about image. So we decided to play Slaughterhouse against their Slaughterhouse. Chased them out of the city, killed half of them.
Didn't get Jack.
Would have liked to have gotten Jack.
Still might if I ever get home.
I seem to have forgotten my point, but suffice to say your lich is not my first 'bad guy' and based on my experience, he's not the only one of them needing to get dead.
I appreciate you're trying, Albus, but it might be time for you to move aside and let the professionals work."
"-Do you even want to fight?"
"Young Lady, no one should want to fight. It should always be the last resort." Dumbledore answered with just a touch of scorn.
"It's not about craving violence, Albus. It's about understanding that violence is a tool, and others will use it. Knowing when to respond with violence is just as important as knowing when not to.
You seem so sure your enemy is so insurmountable - let me tell you a little about my enemies.
Lung - the dragon. Leader of the ABB, a pan-asian street gang. Their main products were protection fees, human trafficking, illegal gambling and drug smuggling. Lung himself could become stronger as his enemies became more dangerous. At his height, he supposedly fought Leviathan head to head. Didn't stop it from sinking Kyushu in the end but he survived it's attention which is more than most can claim.
He had subordinates, Bakuda and Oni Lee - she made bombs with more potential effects than even you wizards could claim to use. He was a teleporter who made clones. Together they were a supplier and repeat suicide bomber.
He made a big deal of the 'known and unknown' fears. His strength was the known fear, the anvil. His temper was the unknown fear, the hammer.
He threatened to kill kids, so I rotted his crotch off on the first encounter, tore his eyes out on the second, and handed him over to the police. A man like that doesn't discuss, and so it wasn't a discussion.
Kaiser - the Fascist. You'd like him - lots of backstory and talk of family. He's also an unrepentant terrorist who would get along well with Tom if either of them could share power. He had an army of Neo-Nazis at his beck and call, heavily infiltrated the local police and politics. He liked to use underlings for his terrorist activities and only showed up to a fight in person when it suited his image - also very like Tom.
He ran into Leviathan, something that he couldn't fight with rhetoric and died in the street. Funny all that talk about superior race but Lung walked away from a fight with a true monster and he didn't.
His gang split afterwards but still stuck around - Nazis don't disappear when you chop off their leader's head. We chased them out of the city later, disappeared one or two to keep them compliant. Keep that in mind.
Next up was Coil - very much the pure Bond villain. Power for the sake of power, taken with efficiency and calculus. Came the closest to killing me but Lisa was better than him in the end. Also my first kill. Some enemies should not be left alive.
Leviathan was an Endbringer. They show up every few months, kill entire cities. Cold, impersonal slaughter. You don't fight these things with anything but violence. I did some damage, it broke my spine. I survived. Not much more to say.
Finally we come to the Slaughterhouse Nine.
The Nine were monsters. They delighted in causing suffering. Unfortunately for them, we eventually decided to play their game. Jack was always a scary bastard but face to face he's also very much the poser. Everything is about image. So we decided to play Slaughterhouse against their Slaughterhouse. Chased them out of the city, killed half of them.
Didn't get Jack.
Would have liked to have gotten Jack.
Still might if I ever get home.
I seem to have forgotten my point, but suffice to say your lich is not my first 'bad guy' and based on my experience, he's not the only one of them needing to get dead.
I appreciate you're trying, Albus, but it might be time for you to move aside and let the professionals work."
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