"That is something I can't say, yet. Just keep an eye on her. I will disclose the information when the Potters are present and the time comes"
Hearing Dumbledore's orders, the few members of the Order of Phoenix felt an ill omen. This operation is indeed a little secret where the potters are excluded due to the nature of this activity.
However, they didn't take this seriously until now.
...
New Orleans, USA
While the meeting was being held, Lucy stood before the two small Gargoyle statues in front of her. They are on the sides of the gate of a house in an old Street near her hotel room.
It's 10 in the night, the street is especially empty. Lucy can sense everyone on the street either sleeping or doing other activities.
Lucy wore a black costume covering her entire body except for her eyes and nose. She has a black backpack.
Although Lucy is here for the Gargoyles, she doesn't make eye contact with them; instead, looks at the gate in the middle. She looked as if she was about to open the gate but suddenly, she held the necks of small Gargoyle's and used all of her strength to squeeze the necks of the rocky Gargoyles.
The statue-like figures moved, but it was too late; her superhuman strength crushed the rocky necks into smithereens, decapitating them. The statues froze on the spot.
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires. (3/10)]
Seeing the number increase, Lucy smiled and ran away from that street at superhuman speeds.
She could see various blind spots in the streets where it's least likely to be observed and quickly climbed a building through the emergency steps on the side.
Even though it's still the late 1990s, there are still security cameras on streets; although rare in this city, they definitely existed, but they mostly focused on the ground.
Lucy jumped through the terraces of adjacent buildings with great agility. Even if buildings are a few feet away, she could make a massive leap.
Finally, she landed on a building and saw a graveyard 2 kms away. The building is the highest vantage point.
She knelt on a knee and took out a sniper rifle from her small purse. Then loaded the sniper rifle with her custom silver bullets.
There is no scope but with her senses, she can clearly see a few kilometres without a problem.
The graveyard contains zombies, of course, they are not open to the public but are trapped by some magic. Only wizards or squibs can see them and for some reason they can't come out of the graveyard but for Lucy, this is more than enough.
Lucy equipped the silencer and aimed at the Zombies.
Silver is a threat to Zombies, Werewolves, and Vampires. It can kill them.
While aiming at the Zombies, Lucy simultaneously focused on her Mission screen and pulled the trigger.
*Splat*
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires. (4/10)]
The head of a zombie opened as brain matter splattered.
*Splat*
*Splat*
*Splat*
*Splat*
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires. (8/10)]
*splat*
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires. (9/10)]
When Lucy is about to kill another zombie, She pauses and adjusts her aim, and then suddenly, she turns around and hits someone with the sniper rifle.
However, even with her superhuman strength, a person dressed in noble attire didn't budge; he looked at Lucy with interest. He has a pale complexion and blood-red eyes.
"Young lady, Why did you kill my meal?"
Lucy threw the sniper away and punched the vampire, who easily blocked, but he was a little surprised due to her strength.
"oh my~, This is the first time I felt pai-Gurgle*Ack!"
While he was chatting nonchalantly while blocking the feint, he didn't notice a silver knife stabbed into his heart.
The vampire turned into dark particles and evaporated.
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires. (10/10)]
'There are no true immortals in this world. Even vampires with eternal lifespans can be erased with a mere silver knife and cease to exist '
Lucy could have used the knife first to directly erase the vampire, but there are vampires with illusion abilities that can trick the senses. So, she first used the sniper to test if the vampire was an illusion or reality.
Lucy packed the sniper bullet shells, rifle, and knife into the pouch and left the scene.
This is too much commotion. Magical people have too many convenient abilities. Knowing this, Using her superhuman speed, she jumped down into an alley. She took out a new set of clothes and changed into them. She placed her black clothes, and backpack into the pouch and then, reluctantly burned her pouch
'My convenient pouch, I can't bear to part with it'
When a storage item is destroyed, the things inside will be destroyed as well.
Lucy knows the risk associated with killing zombies and the vampire is in range of expectations. After all, such an open display of zombies meant that they had a master, and zombies were the food sources for vampires. If any vampire dared to enjoy human blood, American wizards would give them a First and last visit.
However, Vampires come with another problem. They are social creatures too.
Their kin will definitely find her. There are also magical American wizards. So, she could only erase all the evidence.
Lucy returned to the room and saw that Noah was nowhere to be seen.
Not minding it, She took a dip in the bathtub with extremely cold water. Wisps of steam have been released due to cold water reacting with her literal hot body.
Releasing a sigh of relief, She contemplated her experience.
Although, everything she did went like a smooth sailing. Lucy was internally stressed.
'Thank you, Miss Carter. It's all your abilities that are helping me all this time. Sorry to look down on you. I couldn't have gotten a better template'
Her professional actions are experiences and abilities of Captain Carters she imitated. Initially, Lucy was disappointed but she understood, especially after tonight how valuable the combat intelligence and miscellaneous skills importance are.
She couldn't imagine her pre-awakening self doing what she did.
'Now that I think about it, I've been behaving completely differently after the system awakened. Like I gathered intelligence first, then prepared, and only then did I act. There's also this'
Lucy glanced at the system screen.
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires (completed)]
[Reward: 25% Assimilation.
Would you like to receive it?]
'Should I do it now? Or later when I return to England?... I don't know what abnormal changes would happen to me if I assimilated. I have already grown 2 inches tall and changed a lot, at least physically. These changes are minute and barely recognizable, and it was only 15%. It's better If I wait until I return to England'
After some time, Noah returned and was surprised to see Lucy reading a book.
"Where have you been?" Lucy asked as she set her book aside.
"You just left a note, and I was worried. So, I went looking for you"
"Liar"
"Fine, I have no money. Do you think I can afford this place, what if something happens to you? I have almost no funds" Noah replied while feeling disappointed about his financial situation.
"Can't you work part-time in the muggle world or just magic your way through this place with charms?"
"You think the feds are stupid? The use of magic on normal people under any circumstances is a crime. And the magic side can't legally get a normal job because the government fears we will magic our way through the jobs decreasing the quality of the workforce "
"That's actually genius!" Lucy exclaimed feeling proud of the American rules. Even though she's a Brit now, she was an American for the longest time.
"Anyway, after this date, will you return to England?"
"I must. I have something to do there. Once that's done, I will come here and we can marry"
"What! No! We are still minors"
"Right.... I forgot this is the US. Sorry, in England, we can marry if we get consent from our parents at 17 too. It's alright, we can marry when we are 18, it's just one year away anyway. I'll move to the US permanently too"
Time passed and soon, Lucy returned to England.
Lying on her bed, Lucy checked the date, it was the end of January.
'The school must have already started. Now, for the plan to complete the next two Missions'
Lucy opened the missions menu from the system.
[Mission 3: Kill a werewolf
Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires (completed)
Reward: 25% Assimilation.
Would you like to receive it?
Mission 5: Eat werewolf heart.]
Closing the missions menu, she contemplated looking at her status.
[Name: Lucy Evans Potter
Level: 0
World: Low
Templates: [Captain Carter] [Jacob Black(15%)]
New Draw(s): 0
Missions: 2]
'With my current strength, infiltration is the only best thing I can do. Any battle with those involved in magical society is hard for the current me, but to kill a werewolf, I need even more strength, and ... There's only one werewolf I know. Is he my only chance?'
Lucy clenched her fist contemplating the ruthless decision hanging over her head.
'Strength... Yes, I need strength. Since it's too late for magic, this is my only hope to get stronger. No one will save me, I have to save myself. For that, I have to use all my resources '
Finally deciding, she opened the missions panel.
[Mission 4: Kill 10 Dark/cold creatures like vampires (completed)
Reward: 25% Assimilation.]
She mentally accepted the reward in anticipation of what the reward might be.
The first change began mentally, where she felt a connection to every surrounding mind as if she had access to every memory in front of her.
At the same time, fur began to grow all around her whole skin except for her face and cleavage, her nose and jaw became snouted while her hair increased in volume like a mane.
'A werewolf transformation? So, this is just a partial transformation. And this telepathy ability. I know Jacob black has it but shouldn't it be working with only packs? Why can I access even random people's thoughts as well? Is it the super soldier serum effect again?... Then... Can I do the same thing if I am human as well?'
Thankfully, Lucy can transform back into human form. To her surprise, she can still feel the mental connection with others but this time, she couldn't read their memories.
'Since no one reacted to anything, then is it only one way of reading? It makes sense; alphas can close and open their minds. But, can I talk to them telepathically?'
Going to the balcony, she watched a pedestrian walking and tried to talk to him telepathically
'I'm here'
To her pleasant surprise, the pedestrian looked towards her directly. She pretended to not see him and returned to her crib. The man shook his head thinking he was just mistaken.
'So the good news is, I have telepathy now. The bad news is, the people on the other end seem to sense my presence mentally. Makes sense since this is an ability developed to have better coordination in packs.'
"Thankfully, I didn't waste my time developing the combination of occulomency and psychological resistance in the US"
For the first time in many years, Lucy openly relaxed, thinking out loud.
Due to her enhanced physical senses and now mental sense, she's sure no one is spying on her near the house.
"Now, time for a few more experiments"
After experimenting with her new powers. Lucy found she could telepathically talk to others and sense them in human form. In her werewolf form, she can read others' thoughts and memories completely but can't influence their thoughts.
There is no change in her physical abilities like strength and speed though.
"It seems, I am left with complete shapeshifting, enhanced physical abilities, and regeneration from the Jacob black, which makes it a 100%"
She could feel that the powers were slowly merging with her, but there was still some left.
"But... This is game-changing enough for me"
With that, she began her grand plan.