Chapter 3: The Obsessive Scientist

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Long ago, there was a young genius scientist. He directed his immense intellect toward making numerous contributions around the world. But the world disappointed him. People praised the genius of his mind, but rejected the idea that obsessed him. Instead of developing human civilization, his one dream was the artificial evolution of the human species. But no one would cooperate.

Dr. Genus: "Argh! Those monkeys! They say it's dangerous! They call me a crank! Do they think the human race made it this far by avoiding risk?! Cretins who don't think they need to evolve... have no right to pass on their genes! Anyway, this plan is for me! If I have to, I'll do it alone!"

Even as a child, human imperfection dismayed him. Everyone around him... looked like stupid animals. This pained him. He was 15 when he thought of his plan for evolving the human race... to create a world where he could feel at home. After he turned 70, his plan accelerated. First, he regained his youth. Then he created clones of himself. Together, they preformed countless animal experiments before moving on to human subjects. He called their laboratory the House of Evolution. And their experiments gave birth to many new species.

Mahoraga: "Jesus Christ, just get on with it! Summarize it!"

Genos: "Master is busy. Shorten that to 20 worlds or less!"

Armored Gorilla: "S-sorry... so, uh, in other words... our boss is interested in your body."

Mahoraga: "I like tall women with big asses! Like Jennifer Lawrence!"

Genos: "That is not what he meant, Master. He plans to use your superhuman powers for his research. If we let him go, he will send more assassins. I have heard rumors of the House of Evolution before. I heard it was a cult preaching the coming of a new world... but judging from you and the Mosquito Girl... it is involved in something more dangerous. We cannot allow them to run free, so next time, we must initiate the attack!"

Mahoraga: "Yeah, let's go."

Genos: "All right, let's... huh?! Right now?!"

Mahoraga: "Yeah, tomorrow's bargain day, so I can't go then."

Genos: "W-wait, but what about the-"

Mahoraga: "Oh! I forgot I was holding on to you, mole dude. You good?"

Mahoraga, Genos, and Armored Gorilla all then notice that Ground Dragon is still in Mahoraga's hand, held by the scruff of his neck.

Ground Dragon: "W-what are you going to do to me? Please, just let me go, I promise I'll just stay away from humanity,just don't kill me!"

Mahoraga: "Jeez, dude, relax. You haven't really done anything except pull me underground once, so I'm not mad at you. In fact, a guy like you could be useful to me... hey, you're not a monster, right? You're just an evolved animal."

Ground Dragon: "Y-yes?"

Mahoraga: "So you don't have the urge to attack humans, right?"

Ground Dragon: "Yeah, I'm in full control of myself... why?"

Mahoraga: "So basically if I kept you as a pet, no one would mind it, right?"

Ground Dragon: "W-what?! Why would you want to keep me as a pet?!"

Mahoraga: "Well, I can't really go underground with my powers, so if there's ever a monster lopiving underground or attacking from the underground, you can help me out."

Ground Dragon: "O-oh... do I have a choice?"

Mahoraga: "Well, I could let you go, but I don't know what'll happen if you go back to your boss's hideout. Also, Genos might just kill you after I let you go."

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