The Undying Mecha Emperor

"Gene optimizing pill? Ha! The Gene Optimizing Serum is much more powerful and effective compared to the pill. This serum will fix all the errors and the weaknesses of your genes and revert you back to the most optimal version of yourself. In the process, the serum will also burn a huge chunk of the impurities found in your body.

One serum like this isn't enough to optimize everything, of course, but it'll be a good start."

"I see. Thank you very much for your gift, Ancestor!" I bowed in gratitude to him.

I knew that if the Ancestor did not intend for me to have it, I could try and attack him for the rest of eternity and I still wouldn't be able to get the serum.

"Good. At least you still have the good sense to be grateful." The Ancestor nodded in approval. "Serums work better than pills. But the pill is still an item of epic rarity. The Whitefrost Clan is doing you an extremely great favor by promising you the pill."

"I understand." I replied with a nod.

"They must be pretty flush with money if they're gifting such a precious resource to a random kid like you. Unless… Russel knows about your power?"

"Nope." I shook my head. "Well, Emma knows. She might have told her grandpa about it… But my gut is telling me that the old man doesn't know yet. He promised me the Gene Optimizing Pill as a reward for saving Emma from the kidnappers." I explained.

At my words, the Ancestor glowered in anger.

"Are the kidnappers all dead?" He asked with narrowed eyes.

"No." I shook my head.

"Hmmm. They should be soon. Unless that Whitefrost brat is going soft on me." The Ancestor glanced at Bruce for more information.

"Definitely not." Bruce chuckled. "That crazy bastard leveled the Empire's Embassy and slew both Charles AND William Leon in the process. I don't think that's something someone "soft" would do."

"Good." The Ancestor growled. "I am rather fond of the poor little girl, and I was thinking of paying the Leons a visit myself. Russel saved me a lot of trouble by doing that"

Just like the damned old man, the Ancestor had no qualms planning an attack on the European Empire's Embassy for the sake of revenge for Emma! It was an act that could potentially lead to World War 4!!

"What's with Emma?" I couldn't help but blurt out. "All her family members except her grandfather seem to hate her. And the Empire seemed to be extremely interested in her! You also made the President give her "The Core" in your memory. Is she a clone or something?"

The Ancestor bristled at my words, but immediately regained control of his emotions.

"That's not my secret to share. You're a member of the Whitefrost Clan. You should go ask them." The Ancestor said. "The same way I am asking you now about your powers, instead of asking somebody else about it."

I nodded in understanding and spoke no more about Emma. I resolved in my heart that I would go ask her myself at the first opportunity that I have.

"Drink the serum. You can consume the pill as well when you get it. The more the merrier. Now go. Drink up." The Ancestor urged me.

I obeyed him and immediately emptied the bottle into my mouth. Bruce and Jeanette merely looked on with pleased looks on their faces.

At that moment,I felt a warm feeling rise up in my heart. Knowing that you have people who were happy when you struck gold instead of being jealous is a really great feeling to have.

A feeling that I truly cherished.

However, the feeling didn't last long though. It was soon replaced with sharp and immeasurably excruciating pain coming from deep within my bones.

It was very nearly as painful as the first time I ingested the red mecha core!

I immediately collapsed on the floor and curled up as I tried to fight and endure the pain.

I could feel the deepest parts of my body, which had stayed absolutely still from the moment I was conceived in my mother's womb, begin to stir very lightly.

Minute changes were being made within it, changes that would have far-reaching effects throughout my body.

I was strong. Insanely strong. The mecha particles I had absorbed made my body near indestructible.

But I was like the largest and strongest building built upon an average foundation. There was a cap on how high I could go before the height of my power would cause me to collapse internally upon myself.

The Gene Optimizing Serum cleans up the errors and flaws in my foundation, thus raising the cap on how high my physical strength and power could go.

But it was a painful process, and especially so for me.

The stronger and bigger the building, the more difficult it would be to modify the foundation. A single tiny change in the foundation would cause a huge tremor to occur in the higher levels. The higher the level, the bigger the tremor.

In my case, the minute changes in my genes caused incredible movements and changes in the rest of my body. Painful changes.

"Strange. I didn't think it'd be THAT painful." Bruce muttered as he looked at my writhing body worriedly. "I was a pretty strong kid back then, and when I ingested the serum, I probably didn't feel even half the amount of pain he's experiencing."

"You were nowhere as strong as he is now." Jeanette replied.

"I know. But still, he is in way too much pain than I thought he would be." Bruce said.

"The more painful it is, the more work the serum is doing. It'll be good for him." The Ancestor said peacefully.

"AKHH!" I vomited out black blood.

"Good." The Ancestor merely nodded in approval.

"AGHHH!!!" I vomited out more black blood.

"Hmmmm." The Ancestor nodded.

"BLEAAARGHHHHH!!" I vomited out more black blood.

That third time, there was only silence.

"BLAGHHHHHHHH!!!" I vomited out bright purple blood.