"I don't want to be a boring hero like you, Dad!"Dante's voice echoed loudly in the dimensional living room of The Hub, shattering the warmth of the newly gathered family.Desmond, who was sitting casually on the sofa, merely looked at his son calmly. "Being a protector isn't boring, Dante. It is a responsibility.""Your responsibility, not mine!" Dante argued, his face flushed with overflowing teenage angst. "You spent your life saving people, building dimensions, playing the benevolent god. I am sick of hearing about it! I have Demon blood in my veins! I am supposed to destroy, not protect!""Dante, watch your tone in front of your father," Mia gently reprimanded from the corner of the room."You are just the same, Mom! You are all too soft!" Dante clenched his fists. A dark purple aura began to radiate from his body. "I am going to Earth. But not to be a good little tourist. I will become the greatest villain to ever exist! I will be your ultimate nemesis, Dad! I will make the who

"I am going to kidnap the Mayor's daughter," Dante hissed while crushing the remains of the digital newspaper in his hand. "Let us see if this damn media can still call me a hero after I demand a ransom of one trillion credits."REVERSE TYRANNY SYSTEM RECEIVES A NEW QUEST: HIGH CLASS KIDNAPPING. TARGET: CHLOE, DAUGHTER OF THE MAYOR OF NEO-NEW YORK. REWARD: 2000 VILLAIN POINTS AND ELITE VILLAIN REPUTATION."Good. You finally give me a quest that makes sense," Dante said, tossing the newspaper into the trash. "Kidnapping is the true art of crime. No one can twist the fact that I am kidnapping an innocent girl from her bed."Dante darted toward the elite residential area at the top of Neo-New York's artificial cliff. The Mayor's mansion stood majestically, guarded by patrol drones and laser fences."Too easy," Dante mocked.He transformed his arm into a Demonic claw and tore through the laser fence as if tearing a paper curtain. The alarm di

"Break the door down now!"A loud crash from outside nearly tore the motel room door off its hinges. Dante snorted in annoyance, adjusting his black shirt which he had just half buttoned."Your father's troops really have no manners, Chloe," Dante said as he stepped toward the door. "Even though we just finished our syndicate formation meeting."Chloe chuckled softly. She had already put on Dante's leather coat to cover her torn dress. "They are elite mercenaries, Dante. My father must be panicking because the key to his secret vault is in my head.""Good. That means we have seed capital," Dante grinned, his eyes glowing red. "Hold on tight, Princess. We are taking the aerial route again."CRASH!The motel door was smashed open by five armored soldiers. But before they could raise their plasma weapons, Dante had already kicked the vanity table straight at them with full force. The table shattered into pieces, sending the five soldiers flying out into the hallway.Dante wrapped his arm

"Did you think that toy rocket could destroy my property?!" Dante yelled as he leaped into the air.Dante swung his fist, coated in purple void energy. He punched the fast-approaching rocket right in mid-air.A massive explosion erupted above the orphanage. Thick smoke and metal shrapnel rained down onto the street asphalt, but the old building remained safe without a single scratch."That was a close one," Dante grumbled as he landed back on the street. "Who dares to send cheap fireworks to my evil lair?""So the rumors are true. There is a demon guarding the Mayor's adopted children."A very cold and hissing woman's voice sounded from the direction of the explosion's smoke.From a helicopter that was beginning to fly away, a figure jumped down. The figure did not crash into the ground, but instead fired a thick white web at an electric pole, then swung and landed nimbly on the roof of a junked car.A woman. She wore a

The explosion of white light above the orphanage roof made Dante kick the basement door until it shattered. He shot into the night air, leaving Viper who was still adjusting her black leather clothes.On the roof, the metal-winged figure had just raised the energy cannon on its arm, preparing to destroy the old building below."You want to destroy my roof shingles?!" Dante shouted.Dante did not wait for an answer or a declaration of war from the artificial creature. He swung his arm roughly, releasing a sphere of purple void energy straight into the mechanical figure's face.BOOM!The metal-winged figure shattered into pieces before it could even pull the trigger. Its iron shrapnel fell like a rain of scrap onto the street asphalt, leaving a puff of black smoke in the air."Just a low-level recon drone," Dante snorted. He landed back on the roof, which now had a scorched hole.Chloe ran up the emergency stairs panting,