4) Things we buy

"The Plumber's badge also has a built-in Artificial Intelligence inside it. You can unlock it. However the badge's AI is encrypted by powerful firewalls as each Plumbers' badge is connected. Any lapse through one Plumbers badge could ensure the leakage of sensitive data of the other Plumbers. The ID confirmation is necessary for the AI activation. Moreover continuous biometric logging is required at every 20 hours to continue the Artificial Intelligence." Kevin read looking at the holographic image infront of him.

'Damn.' He thought with a frown. He tapped the side of the Plumber's badge to move forward. It made sense though. The AI would be a helpful tool to learn more about the Plumber's badge. However the constant biometric scans would be a problem. 

The page moved next. This time, it was another page with a 'yes' and 'no' option for the AI activation. He clicked the 'Yes' option at the holographic image. 

The Plumber's badge glowed green instantly. It opened another holographic page this time. This was different though. 

'Name - Kevin Levin

Species - Human

Limb scan - 

Retina scan -

Full body scan-'

He started to place his hand at the hologram and watched as it took every detail carefully. Thankfully once entering his species as a human, the awkward scans diminished in number. There were scans such as cranial scan, mouth scan, nerve scan and other things which he couldn't make sense of.

He slowly moved through the options and filled the details carefully. Once he filled them all, he slowly moved through the other formalities. Once he finished it, the Plumber's badge glowed green before it turned off dark. Slowly the next second, it glowed again with the same intensity as earlier.

"Hello. I am the artificial intelligence of your Plumber's badge." A voice emanated from the Plumber's badge.

Kevin smiled triumphantly. One more thing under his arsenal now. He knew the Plumber's badge had many functions. This AI will help him discover it and get hang of it within minutes. He wouldn't have to hit the trial and error method this way.

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"Your search's futile at the moment Mr Tennyson." Kevin commented driving his car. 

"What do you mean Kevin?" The frowning voice of Max Tennyson reverberated through the Plumber's badge on the hood.

"The Forever Knights cover their track well. And the suppliers have just vanished into thin air. There's nothing you can do except waiting." Kevin replied as he took a left from the Highway. He wasn't going to tell Max that he got a way to contact them. Some secrets were better kept to themselves. The sellers were definitely aliens. He didn't want to mess around unnecessarily until he got sordid information on them.

"How long can it take?" Max asked with a frown from the other side.

"Not much. The Forever Knights are a powerful group, however they are divided into various sects. Each one feels and considers itself superior than the rest. Pride, vanity, dangerous vices, you see. If one group acquires weapons better than theirs. . ." He left on the rest hanging for Max to understand.

"They would act like a fish out of water. They would desperately want to gain a weapon similar or more powerful." Max said from the other side. The older man's voice was full of pondering. He too saw the bigger picture now.

"I will broker the next deal. You can follow the sellers after that." Kevin replied calmly. He finally spotted the outskirts of the town he wanted to visit.

There was no reply from the other side. Half a minute passed before Max replied again. 

"You sound too happy about it." The older Plumber commented dryly.

"Why shouldn't I? I get a million dollar each deal between them. We get information. I get money along the way too. What's to complain." Kevin replied with a smirk. Max was different than him. But it didn't matter to Kevin. The older man had his own principles, he have his own. Since he wasn't doing anything extremely evil, he was okay with it. He was not conning someone. He was being legitimate in his business.

His Plumber's badge beeped signalling the connection being cut. Kevin smiled, it seemed he had chewed enough of Max's brain by now. Max possibly thought of him as a crook who got lucky. He was directly appointed as a Plumber and Max's superior afterall. It was quite fast even in his opinion. But then again, the whole thing was probably good. There were no active young Plumbers in Earth. Moreover his mutation and his control over them, gave him a impeccable finesse in his powers. He knew the Magistrata knew it too from his memories. He had purposed revealed his new way of usage of powers.

He drove through the town and finally stopped outside a rough looking building. He entered inside with an alert air around him. He couldn't be lax here.

The guards at the gate recognised him. They didn't stop him and simply opened the gate for him. 

"Welcome Mr Kevin." The guard greeted politely.

"Nice ID mask Gord. You too Ham." Kevin complimented to the muscular men at the gate.

The men smiled at the compliment. They nodded at their fellow acquaintance before they allowed him inside.

As Kevin crossed the door, he was greeted by men working inside. Inside the old runaway mill of clothes, a man wearing a suit came excited towards him.

"Kevin Levin. What a pleasant surprise!" The man exclaimed happily. He took his hand towards his head and removed the ID mask. A green skinned alien was now in place of the earlier man. It was humanoid and had four eyes in its head.

"Aritra." Kevin greeted as he shook the hand of the excited alien. The other people around them slowly removed their ID masks too. They too were of similar appearance, however thinner than Aritra.

"Usual business?" Aritra asked with a smile. He knew Kevin wasn't the one usually for friendly chats. If he had arrived here, it meant he was here for business.

"Yeah." Kevin replied with a smile. Aritra was a frigforge. Their kind had sneaked and formed a settlement in this town. They were the major tourists into space. They could give him what he wanted for sure.

"We can talk in my office." Aritra replied happily. It seemed Kevin was here for another alien technology this time. They were not the best suppliers but they were good enough with their frequent timely visits to the space. It was usual for them to get alien technology and later sell it to higher bidders.

Kevin nodded. He basically wanted the same thing. A good enough area for them to talk about it.

They reached Aritra's office amidst the curious eyes of the various Frigforges. The others discreetly observed as the human slowly went with their leader for another of his usual business deals.

They entered the office and sat on the chairs. Kevin looked at the green skinned humanoid man infront of him. He knew, he would get what he wanted.

"I want a spaceship. One big and fast enough to travel across the galaxies." Kevin said after a moment of silence.

Aritra wasn't surprised. This was expected one day. He had long figured Kevin as an ambitious man. Moreover, he was also passionate about rides and vehicles. There was no way that he was going to limit himself to cars alone.

"I have some. How much can you spend?" Aritra asked curiously. He wanted to know the budget. He would recommend him then.

"I want the best." Kevin replied with a frown. He had money to spend now with the help of his powers. There was no way that he wasn't going to exploit this chance.

Aritra was surprised. Usually Kevin didn't say things like that. He was budget friendly most of the times. He didn't seem to be joking though.

"Takion 935. One of the best travelling spaceships at the moment. Powered by Taydenite crystal, they could even escape Black Holes with minor scratches. I won't advise to try it, it burns the Taydenite crystal heavily to generate that much power. I have one. Wanted to keep it as personal spaceship though. Valued near 50 Billion Dollars, or possibly more so." Aritra said casually with a smirk. He didn't know if Kevin could afford it. However he simply gave away the information. It was business afterall.

Kevin reached to his pocket. He took out a large crystal of Taydenite. It was thick as half of his arm. It was around 9 inches and pure Taydenite.

"Will it be enough?" He asked handing out the large crystal of Taydenite.

Aritra took the crystal amazed. He hadn't seen such large crystal of Taydenite before in his life. That stuff was one of the rarest items in the whole universe. And here Kevin had such a large crystal of it. He checked it instantly. He opened his desk and took out his magnifying glass. Inspecting it, he was amazed when he found it real.

"It will." Aritra finally replied after a minute of inspection. He couldn't pass this deal. Kevin had overpaid him heavily. This crystal could buy three more ships like it.

"Will you take the ship now?" Aritra asked curiously. If Kevin wanted the ship now, he had to arrange some things fast.

"Well, I am little free. Complete the formalities." Kevin replied offhandedly.

Aritra nodded eagerly. He took out his phone and messaged the workers on readying the ship.

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Kevin looked at the spaceship in his garage. The Takion 935. A spaceship powerful enough to escape a Black Hole. Powerful enough to enter Hyperspace and many more. He had yet to read the whole manual though.

It didn't looked that cool though. He realised. Still, it would do. He wanted stuff from space at the moment. Something which would make him more diverse.

He would go and tour the space for some hours. The ship would make it easy for him to tour extremely fast. The only time he needed to stop would be to collect the items.

He thanked himself for getting the small Taydenite crystal from Mt Rushmore. He had absorbed it and formed a stash of Taydenite for him. Thankfully it worked for him now. He was filthy rich in the whole Universe now. No one valued Dollar or Euros in space. They only valued Taydenite or other minerals. It was the only currency that valued for most of the aliens. 

All things considered, he was really doing good for himself.