"Do you now, haha?" Pirate let out a chuckle, and she turned around to smile at the teenage girl. "The Villains were... Amazing when it lasted. Hah, don't little to my old soul too much. Where do you even get money to pay for materials and construction?"
A small smile painted JJ's lips. "I have my ways, Pirate. Just don't worry about it."
Don't worry about it, huh?
It only takes one person with an identical serial number as one of their gold coins to ruin JJ's entire money counterfeiting and laundering scheme.
"Mom!" Jay excitedly pointed at a dirty water bottle half lodged in the ground.
Just to make his adoptive mother smile, he conjured all of his powers into what little water there was left in the bottle.
It didn't move one bit.
Frustration bubbled up his chest and his mind. Damn it, why can I use my power, System?
The cursed System remained silent.
