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After spending three days straight doing nothing but tinkering on his Jack-bots and binging on junk food, Jack realized he is bored.Not just bore in general but with the way his life is going,with a side of malcontent,Ennui that the word.Three weeks ago he graduated 2 years early from college only to go back to chasing after a Wu, a ultimately useless paper weight because he can just make a machine that do the exact same thing.
'6 years of doing exactly same thing' 6 years of chasing Shen Gon Wu after Shen Gon Wu,trying to impress Chase Young,trying to prove his "evil". Looking back,before he had open that stupid puzzle box, he had been just as bored and was just playing around with the idea of world domination and villainy due to said boredom.The revelation of magic and spirits fascinated him and as embarrassing as it is to admit he was also an edgy brat or Chuunibyou as the Japanese called it.
And thus started 6 years of "villainy" that honestly wouldn't look out of place in a cartoon.He was home schooled after pushing someone off the third floor in second grade so he didn't need to go to school every day. He was a budding genius in everything science so the only subject he needed to worry about was literature, which you could just bullshit your way through and still get a decent enough grade as long it reach word requirement and show that you at least skim through the material.Or Google.The only reason he went to college in the first place was because he wanted to see how it was like.
He was sullen, disgruntle, miserable, bored .
Why was he still here? Here he get no respect.Due his immaturity and pigheadedness of being a good "villain" more times then not he lost and got humiliated,badly at that.After he wisen up and got his act together, he had already got a reputation of being nothing but a joke,a wimpy brat with delusion of grandeur. An insecure loser for everyone to insult,ridicule and push around to feel better about themselves.
So why is he still here?
Shen Gon Wu? Most of them he doesn't really have a use for.He only needed one to figure out the magic in it to make other, better things.
World domination? He could list haft a dozen reasons to not do so.When he was young and ignorant, he thought that ruling the world would just mean sitting on a fancy chair, looking menacing. But now he knows that it involve paperwork, listening to various people either kissing his ass or planning my death, be on the aware for spies, traitors, assassination attempts,heroes,etc,etc... What would he even do with the world after conquering it.
Evil? Evil is basically immorality.He's not immoral just amoral.He has lines he wouldn't cross (unless necessary) but couldn't care less if people around him does. Morals are societal construct, what is consider normal to one culture is consider down right evil in another.Or even just different time period, racism was consider completely normal just a few decades ago.
Respect? Why? Maybe when he was still a child that was important but now why would he want respect from a bunch of nobodies.He was a genius in ALL things science, or at least the important ones. Engineering was just a fast rewarding past time and even then the things he had made would have got him a Nobel prize, revolutionizing the machine industry and gain him the respect of scientists and world leaders, immortalizing his name in history.
He went to the fridge and got himself a soda,taking seat and look back at his lab.
'6 years of work'
So why did he do it?
'Because I was bored. Because it sounded cool. Because it was new and fascinating. Because I wanted to.'
Ah, that's it.
So, what does he want to do?
For starter, he still want to be a villain and take over the world as a side project and something to do if noting else.
He want to be a scientist, which is honestly not that hard.He had already got a PhD in Robotic,Computer Science and Programming. He has been self teaching himself since he got home schooled so that is a pretty impressive feat. Already he has received various offers that he still hasn't look through.
'I should really get start on that' He mused.Taking a sip of soda, he turn back to his thoughts.
He'd began dabbling several not-so-legal activities to fund his other very illegal activities which, monetary wise, is not that necessary as he had already inherited nearly half a billion in countless account oversea from his grandmother but it will help him get his name out there or at least a pseudo name and build some connections.
Pulling open a laptop, he orders a plane ticket to France, a room at a high end hotel. He already has a business transaction there in 2 weeks, migh as well take a vacation while he's at it.
Looking around,finishing his soda slowly as if to stall.
"Activate Program: HERMIT CRAP"He murmured.
"PASSWORD" a robotic voice echo as the room come alive.
He went to get another soda as he countdown to the correct time.
'3...2...1' "I have a pure heart " He absently said as he cracks open the soda can.
"CONFIRMATION?" Echoed back.
"Soda pop" He continued before chugging down the whole can.
"ACCEPTED" At that Jack take one last look at room before heading upstairs
"Thank you and goodnight"He thrown back one last time.
As soon words register, the room spring to life, Jack-bots began to pack up everything important, quick and efficient.
'Welp, everyone have to grow up eventually'