Chapter 77: Dragon Bones & Elixer

Chapter 77: Dragon Bones & Elixer

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A/N: The next arc starts soon. This is the last recap sort of chapter. I know some of you are getting impatient and want some action. I'll give you a hint to the next arc: Green.

With Red garbed ninjas appearing in every major city around the world, the news picked up on this fairly quickly and began broadcasting any information they could gather.

That information being groups of ninjas that patrol the streets, stopping crime and saving those in need. The whole world was divided on their opinion of this new group of vigilantes.

Some loved them and others hated them. A few cities mobilized their entire police force trying to catch them but the Hand is just too skilled and slippery to be caught by some undertrained police officers.

It certainly didn't help that the Hand isn't afraid to kill the more hardcore and unredeemable criminals, and steal money from all of their 'victims' as well, which would only fuel the opinions of those that hated them.

Though Peter didn't mind.

He has the Hand in these cities to stop crime, not win over public support or anything of the sort. As long as his subordinates stick to the rules and do their jobs, Peter is happy.

Speaking of the rules, Peter knows that although he killed many who opposed him, there are still some in the Hand that are unhappy with the new regime so to speak.

Malik and those that followed the now deceased Sowande being one group of them.

Peter has Scythe keeping these people watched and listed down. They may not rebel as Peter thinks, but it's always best to keep a lookout. Who knows, maybe after some time passes they would come to like the new Hand.

He'll just have to wait and see.

Other than the Avengers and Hand business, nothing much has changed in Peter's personal life.

He's still dating MJ, friends with Ned, and lives with his aunt May.

MJ has been seeing her dad a lot after that Christmas night. Fury comes to visit her and her mother Grace a couple of times a month now, which they were happy about.

Using modern science and technology, Peter found that these bones were old and fossilized. Other than that he couldn't study the energy inside them, so he went to Kamar Taj to find a solution.

Peter had a similar problem when it came to the Resurrection Elixir as well. The black substance had large amounts of the same energy the bones had, but none of his equipment could get a read on it. All he found out was that it was a mixture of fossilized bone dust and human blood.

Looking at the manufacturing process that Scythe gave him, Peter confirmed his findings. The Hand would use both the bones of Dragons as well as human blood to make the black liquid that would keep their former leaders alive.

They would often force human subjects to provide most if not all of their blood reserves to create the substance, killing them in the process. The combination of the two elements was done so in almost a ritualistic manner, which Peter wasn't sure was necessary.

Peter didn't plan on kidnapping and sacrificing people for more power, so he would need to figure out a way to alter the recipe so to speak.

Yeah, he could get unlimited longevity, an upgrade in his powers, and the means to return from death, but at what cost? He wouldn't sacrifice his morals for something so little. Especially when Peter could use the Mystic Arts to alter and maybe even enhance the Elixir.

When he returned to Kamar Taj for help with his studies into the Dragon bones and Elixir, Peter was once again told that the Ancient One was busy.

Ever since he brought up her possibly joining the Avengers, the Ancient One became distant all of the sudden. He knew that she was torn between the plan she formed for her future with the Time Stone's help, or saying 'f*ck it' and joining Peter to change everything.

Peter would give her some time to think before confronting her about it again.

Seeing that she was hiding from him, Peter went to the library and started researching Chi and mystical ways to study objects and substances.

Chi is a mystical form of energy that is present in every life form. From insects and fish to brainless animals and humans. Anything that is alive has Chi. Some ancient groups with mystical knowledge have learned how to channel chi, using it for both therapeutic and martial arts purposes. As a weapon, chi is capable of generating an internal force that removes the need for charging momentum into attacks.

Although Chi is mainly an internal energy, it can be used externally if you have enough reserves to wield outside of the body. A good example of this would be the iron fist, Danny Rand, and any other that came before him.

With the Chi boost from completing the Trial of Shou-Lao, the mythical dragon of K'un-Lun, and the origin of the Iron Fists power, Danny would have so much Chi that he could use it externally for things such as healing others and the generic Chi blasts.

Sadly, the 5 founders of the Hand are nothing but dust, so Peter would have to learn how to manipulate Chi from the books in Kamar Taj.

After looking for a while, Peter found a few practice techniques for using Chi and a handful of spells that can be used to scan items. He even found one spell that breaks things down to their base ingredients.

If he were to use this spell on the Elixir, the bone dust and blood should separate from one another but he would have to test it to find out.

A/N: 1630 words

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