CHAPTER 60

SI- Waifu Catalog, Multicross

STARTING WORLD- RWBY

World Rating 7= 590 points.

Substitute Jaune Arc -2 588

Stamp 0 588

Shroud of Power -80 508

Sticky Fingers -5 503

Faerie Feast -10 493

Dragon Heart -100 393

Dragon Scale -100 293

Dragon Thrall -100 193

Everlasting Talent Free 193

Body Talent Free 193

Wild Talent Free 193

Soul Talent Free 193

Body Defense Free 193

Wild Defense Free 193

Martial Talent -5 188

Social Talent -5 183

Psychic Talent -20 163

Mind Defense -15 148

Soul Defense -15 133

Trace Defense -15 118

Destiny Defense -15 103

Pocket Apartment -20 83

Sweet Home -10 73

All Roads lead to Home -10 63

Life's a Beach -10 53

Talent Sharing (Everlasting) Free 53

Talent Sharing (Body) Free 53

Talent Sharing (Soul) -10 43

Talent Sharing (Martial) -10 33

Sexual Calibration -2 31

Fertility Calibration -2 29

Total Points 29

Pyrrha Nikos Captured +12 41

Exit Stage Left -5 36

Mapper -10 26

Target Tracker -10 16

Melanie Malachite Captured +12 28

Miltiades Malachite Captured +12 40

All Roads Lead to Home -10 30

Neopolitan Captured +12 42

Ilia Amitola Captured and Sold +16 58

Bounty Tracker -50 8

Emerald Captured and Sold +16 24

Cinder Fall Captured and Sold +16 40

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ARTHUR WATTS POV

'Cinder Fall. If you get this message then reply to me asap. Your absence has been noted and our queen is not happy. It's been a week since you last communicated with us. If you don't send back a reply or call back within a day then I'll be forced to take this matter to 'her'. Over.'

He played the recording once again and then sighed.

It has been a day since he had sent this message to Cinder Fall. A week since she last communicated with him and told him about the progress of her mission.

He looked at the three laptops he had been working on day and night to create a virus that'll be able to break through the defenses of the central command of Ironwood's forces and turn those ships and the robots against the same humans they were created to protect.

A virus that he would have to rely on Cinder to implant on the central control system for it to work.

Except… Cinder had gone missing a week ago and had not communicated with him since then.

Which could only mean that she had either abandoned their cause, a foolish notion if there was any, or… she was captured by Ozpin's agents.

He tapped his fingers on the laptop and considered his next options.

As if he had any options to consider in the first place.

He would have to go to Salem and tell her about this. And hope that her displeasure at Cinder's failure doesn't fall upon him.

Being near a displeased immortal witch isn't good for your health.

His course decided, he closed his laptops and shut down his secret facility before he took a Bullhead and left for the Land of Darkness.

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A few hours later.

"I know." Salem said without any loss of composure and he wasn't sure if she actually knew or was just pretending to know.

Being an immortal gave you a lot of time to practice your poker face.

"You do?"

"Yes." Salem replied as she continued to look at the desolate land in front of her, not even bothering to look at him. Not that he had any problem with that. He was perfectly fine with not being the center of her attention "I lost contact with the Grimm I had given her a week ago. The Grimm has either been removed by Ozpin or she's dead."

Oookay… So what now. Has the plan gone to shit or what?

"You did well to come and tell me about this. But I'm displeased with how long it took you to come to me." Salem said in the same tone that one might use when talking about the weather. But talking about weather won't having him shaking in his boots. Salem was silent for a long moment before she turned her eyes to look at him "I assume you've completed the task I gave you."

"Yes your grace. The virus is ready and one only needs to implant it in the Central Control System to get it to work." He said with his head bowed and a knee on the floor.

"Good." She said as she turned to him and started walking down the stairs until she was just in front of him. "Raise your head, Arthur."

He did and looked at the face of the oldest being on Remnant.

"I have a new task for you." Salem said, "You'll go in place of Cinder and see the plan through to the end."

Ah shit. This was exactly what he was afraid of.

"Your grace." He said, hoping she won't take offense at his words "My expertise lies in technology and cybernetics. I'm not nearly as good at leading people."

"I'm aware of that." Salem said, waving his concerns away "That's why you'll take Tyrion and Hazel with you."

Ah. A madman and a man with as much emotional intelligence as a Doll. Perfect.

Well, at least they knew how to kill people. So that was something.

"Very well your grace."

"Good. You can leave." She said as she turned around and waited for him to leave.

He was all too happy to do just that but before he could leave the room he felt a magical presence wash over him and froze. Literally. He couldn't move a muscle as he froze in his mid-stride.

"And Arthur."

"Ye… y… yes yo… Your grace."

"Don't fail me." She nodded. He felt the magical presence wash away and felt himself being able to move once again.

He quickly walked out of the room and then out of the castle.

Only once he was inside his Bullhead and flying away from the Castle did he take a breath of relief.

Even then, he wasn't sure if she didn't have a way to observe him inside the Bullhead.

For now, he had to contact the two other pawns and hope that they'll of some use to him in this plan.

Yeah, he could already feel that this was going to end badly for him.