Chapter 454: 154: Time to Gloat

Chapter 154: Time to Gloat

The buzzing from Dr. Zlo's communicator barely caught the villain's attention, his assault on Matt-att blocking out most other distractions. Dr. Zlo only noticed because he kept the communicator in his watch pocket, and the vibration rattled his teleporter. Without letting up his attacks, the villain grabbed his device and spoke.

"Who is it? I'm rather busy at the moment."

"It's Dextra. I've finished fixing your device. It's ready to fire when you're ready."Cheêck out latest novels at novel35.com

Dr. Zlo's mouth twisted upward, "Excellent! Now no one can stop us!"

The villain turned to Matt-att, the player still struggling to escape Dr. Zlo's incessant barrage. "My moment is here!" Dr. Zlo shouted. "Soon, I shall unleash my greatest invention since last Tuesday! The Wave Widget!"

"That is the dumbest f*cking name," Matt-att countered.

"Silence!" Dr. Zlo thrust his cane like a cattle prod. "My naming sense is like my inventive mind, pure genius!"

The villain fired a few more lasers, keeping Matt-att in his sights, "Soon, my device will explode, unleashing the salty waters of the sea onto the hapless civilians inside Haven City. The destruction we've caused will be wiped away by nature's fury, leaving vacant lots where homes used to be, and showing the world that I am not to be trifled with!"

"Are you monologuing?" Matt-att asked incredulously.

Incredibly, Dr. Zlo's evil grin spread wider. This, this right here was the reason Dylan loved this character. He got to do all the fun parts of villainy, the gloating and the inflated ego, and not to mention all the fun minions. The feeling he got was akin to the rush he felt when on a rollercoaster. That heady feeling that filled Dylan's thoughts with ideas and delusions of grandeur.

It was something the player knew he could never get as a hero. Sure, he might feel a spike of adrenaline from defeating a hero or stopping a crime, but it would never give him the same rush that came from gloating. Dylan realized now why villains liked to give away their entire plot to trapped heroes. It gave a feeling of satisfaction like none other to know that the one who tried to stop you was helpless to do so.

A hint of movement brought Dr. Zlo back to the fight. It seemed someone was making their way up to Dr. Zlo. The blue rings of a flight pack revealed the player's Trollstomper allegiance, and Dr. Zlo realized that the person wanted to take him down despite the leader's orders.

For a moment, Dr. Zlo considered stopping the player. It would only take a second of focus. But another idea entered Dylan's head at that moment; this was the perfect chance to pull off the "you can't escape" monologue. Yes, while Dr. Zlo gloated and spilled his entire plan to the trapped hero, someone would swoop in at the last moment and disrupt everything.

"And there's nothing you can do about it!" Dr. Zlo cackled. "I have you trapped inside my web, hero! You'll never escape my fangs! I've spent a long time planning my scheme, taking into account every eventuality! Yes, I even suspected someone like you would come to spoil my plans. It was inevitable, really. I made an announcement to the world that I was going to war against the status quo, so I assumed someone would try and stop me. Multiple someones, in fact.

"I'll admit, Cartis was a miscalculation. I underestimated my companion's short-sighted need to surf absolutely anything. But the idea was sound. Distract the heroes with various villainous crimes while the Wave Widget powered up, then unleash its might onto the unsuspecting city! It was genius if I do say so myself."

Matt-att grunted in frustration. Despite Dr. Zlo's long-winded speech, the villain never stopped pressuring. Red lasers and white gloves forced the streamer back time and time again.

"Get to the f*cking point already!" Matt-att shouted. "I'm not here to listen to your speech."

"But listen you shall!" Dr. Zlo gloated. "For as long as I have you, you will listen to my words!"

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"That f*ckin lucky punk got me," Matt-att said, shaking his head in wonder.

The streamer's chat filled with questions, which Matt-att answered by explaining his thoughts.

"So, whatcha think, chat?" Matt-att said. "We have a few seconds to hear your opinions."

Matt's subscribers overwhelmingly asked to chase Dr. Zlo. They wanted to see more of the ridiculous, over-the-top villain that stole their hearts.

"Well, I'm nothing if not loyal to my watchers," Matt-att said. "Our villainous foe did say he had a few more pieces of tech up his sleeves. What say we go break 'em?"

With that, Matt-att blasted off toward the Zloppelin. On the way, the man called up Ixzay.

"Ix, I need you to send all the Trollstompers toward the coast. Dr. Zlo activated his bomb, and we need to stop it."

"What? That's like, game over, man!" Ixzay said.

"Nah. Dr. Zlo told me we have about a minute. Well, probably about thirty seconds now."

"Sh*t I don't think we can stop it then."

"We don't have to stop the bomb, not really," Matt-att explained. "Dr. Zlo kept saying the city would drown beneath the waves. That leaves plenty of options."

"Like what," Ixzay asked.

"F*ckin' drain the sea? Break the bomb before it makes too big of waves? There's got to be someone out there with a power that counters this, don't you think?"

"Agh, fine. I'll send everyone over. What are you going to do?"

"Stop Dr. Zlo from getting away," Matt-att said.

"Man," Ixzay complained. "Why are you leaving all the hard work to me?"

"Because you know you f*cking love it," Matt-att said with a smirk.

"Yeah, f*ck you too," Ixzay replied as he closed the communicator.

Matt-att chuckled as he made his way to the Zloppelin. Bantering with Ixzay never got old.

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