Armored Convoy. Central Park Perimeter.
"Just wait. I will make you pay."
General Ross stared at the frozen wasteland that used to be Central Park. His eyes burned with humiliation.
"He's not a mutant," Ross realized. "The Cure didn't work. His power isn't genetic."
It reminded him of supernatural entities. Like the Ghost Rider.
"He controls Connelly," Ross sighed. "But he only has 18% of Oscorp. I can still use Harry Osborn to block him."
Suddenly, a thick mist surrounded the convoy. The temperature plummeted.
"Enemy attack!"
"Open fire!"
Soldiers gasped for air as the mist suffocated them. One by one, they collapsed, unconscious from hypoxia.
Ross drew his sidearm and aimed at the door.
Rip!
The armored door was torn off its hinges like paper.
Ross emptied his magazine.
Clink. Clink.
Vincent caught every bullet. He stepped into the vehicle and sat opposite the General.
"When disaster strikes, does the government rely on your bullets to stop aliens?" Vincent asked, flicking a bullet back at Ross.
"We are not gods," Ross said stoically. "But we protect this country. You... you create suffering."
"Suffering? Like the Hulk? Like the Abomination?" Vincent smirked. "You create monsters, General. Then you hunt them down to cover your mistakes."
Ross's jaw tightened. "The military will hunt you down."
"With what?" Vincent leaned in. "Your eleven carrier strike groups? Your hundreds of bases? General, do you want me to be a law-abiding billionaire student... or the Ice Demon?"
"Think carefully. I just want to be a humble rich guy."
Vincent hopped out of the vehicle and vanished into the mist.
Ross was left shaking. It was a threat. Leave me alone, or I sink your navy.
And Ross knew he could do it.
"I need a team," Ross muttered, his resolve hardening. "A team of monsters to kill a monster."
The Thunderbolts.
He had his candidates.
Harry Osborn. A boy consumed by hatred.The Abomination. Emil Blonsky, currently on ice in the Vault.
"Harry," Ross whispered. "Are you ready for revenge?"
Above Central Park.
Harry Osborn soared through the sky on his glider.
"Hehehe... interesting," Harry laughed maniacally. "The Ice Demon freezes the city. The Spider-Beast kills my father. And I... I am the Green Goblin!"
He looked down at the frozen park.
"New York, are you ready for me?"
Stark Tower.
"Jarvis, simulate the temperature required to create this ice," Tony Stark ordered.
"Sir, thermal readings indicate an instant drop to -270°C. Near absolute zero," Jarvis reported. "The Mark IV suit would freeze instantly."
Tony frowned. "Absolute zero... That's not just cold. That's the absence of energy. Entropy."
He started designing a new suit. An anti-freeze system.
"I need a heat source. A big one."
Vincent's Villa.
Dinner arrived late due to the chaos outside. Vincent didn't mind. He was starving.
After eating, he sat on his sofa. Gwen had left earlier, her suit torn again.
"Time to open the box."
[Red Blind Box x1]
He had two, but he decided to open the one from the Peter Parker fight.
"System, open it."
A heavy red box appeared. Vincent lifted the lid.
Inside sat a fruit. A swirling, flame-patterned fruit.
"A Devil Fruit?" Vincent blinked. "The Flame-Flame Fruit (Mera Mera no Mi)?"
[Congratulations! You have obtained the Logia-type Flame-Flame Fruit.]
"System, my name is Vincent (Ice), not Ace. Are you trying to turn me into Fire Fist Ace?"
[System products are modified. No side effects. You can consume multiple fruits.]
"No exploding body? Good."
Vincent took a bite. It tasted sweet—another system modification.
He swallowed it.
Whoosh.
A massive surge of heat exploded in his gut. It clashed with the cold energy of the Ice-Ice Fruit.
Fire and Ice. Yin and Yang.
Instead of destroying him, they balanced.
[Flame-Flame Fruit: Mastery Level (Intermediate).]
"System, upgrade it."
[Cost: 30 Million Wealth Points. Upgrade to Advanced Mastery.]
"Done."
[Cost: 5 Million Desire Points. Awakening Initiated.]
Vincent had just crossed the 5 million mark thanks to Gwen and General Ross.
"Awaken it."
The heat surged. Vincent panicked. If he lost control, he'd burn Manhattan down.
Ice Ball!
He encased himself in a sphere of absolute zero ice to contain the flames.
Inside the sphere, blue flames danced with white frost.
[Awakening Complete: Flame-Flame Fruit (Tier 2).]
[System Alert: Upgrade to Tier 2 Peak?]
[Cost: 400 Million Wealth Points.]
"Why 400 million? The Ice Fruit was cheaper."
[Extra cost to harmonize the conflicting energies.]
Vincent sighed. "Fine. I need the balance."
Now, he was both the Ice Demon and the Fire God.
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