Ultimate DMC Sytem In Marvel

Colleen grinned, smug. "Then you've got nothing to worry about, do you?"

Sue scoffed but couldn't help the small smile tugging at the corner of her mouth. "Whatever. Just don't start writing poetry about his hair or something. I swear, if you start saying 'his silver strands gleam like moonlight'—"

"I was going to compare them to enchanted spider silk, actually," Colleen teased.

Sue groaned. "Oh god. I'm going to the training room. Let me know when you stop being weird."

As she walked away, Colleen chuckled to herself and looked back at Alex—still sleeping soundly, his features calm, almost boyish now that the usual weight and darkness had lifted from his face.

"You really are something else," she whispered, the mug warm in her hands, the morning unusually quiet.

The sunlight filtering through the window warmed Alex's face as his eyes fluttered open. For a moment, there was stillness—a rare, unfamiliar kind. No gnawing darkness under his skin, no flickering rage pulsing behind his eyes. Just… clarity.

He exhaled slowly, staring at the ceiling.

"So this is what balance feels like," he muttered.

He swung his legs over the side of the bed, his movements fluid and relaxed. There was a lightness in his limbs that hadn't been there before. The Demonic Core, now bonded to Cypher, still fed him—only now the energy was clean, refined, filtered through her control and devotion. It was no longer a storm raging inside him. It was a river flowing through.

Purified Demonic Mana.

Alex closed his hand and watched the faint black-and-silver energy coil across his palm like silk smoke. "I'm finally free to grow properly… no corruption, no burden."

But now he faced a new problem.

Chi.

He'd seen it in others. Colleen's steady control. Cypher's unnatural reflexes. Even Sue was beginning to develop a crude sense for it. If he was to fully master himself—body, mana, and spirit—then Chi was the final piece of the puzzle.

He dressed in his black undershirt and light gear and stepped out of the safehouse quarters. His bare feet made little sound as he padded toward the familiar wooden floor of the dojo.

Inside, Colleen stood with her arms folded, observing Sue who was awkwardly trying to hold a basic Chi stance. Her brow furrowed in concentration, one hand extended, the other at her core, struggling to maintain her balance as a tiny flicker of energy danced at her fingertips.

"That's not bad," Colleen encouraged. "But you're forcing it. Chi isn't just about pushing—it's about flow. You don't dominate it. You guide it."

"I am guiding it," Sue grunted.

"Looks more like you're trying to win an arm-wrestling match with it," Colleen smirked.

That's when Alex stepped in.

Both women turned—Sue immediately straightened, nearly losing her balance. Colleen raised an eyebrow.

"You're up."

Alex gave a nod. "Didn't expect to sleep that well."

"Your body needed it," Colleen said, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear. "So… what now? Want to sit and sip tea while we mock Sue's energy control?"

"Tempting," Alex said with a smirk, then turned serious. "But no. I need to learn. I've got control of my mana now… but not Chi. I need to understand it. From the ground up."

Colleen paused. There was something different in his voice—not just strength, but humility. Discipline. The evolution had shifted more than just his power level.

"…You're serious."

He nodded. "I want to learn the real way. No shortcuts."

Colleen's lips curled into a slow, approving smile.

"Alright then. Let's start from the beginning. Empty your thoughts. Sit. And breathe."

Sue, already sweating, looked over and mumbled, "Oh sure, now he shows up when we're already halfway in hell…"

Alex chuckled softly and moved beside her, folding his legs neatly as he joined them on the dojo floor.

Colleen circled Alex like a quiet instructor observing a first-day student.

"Chi," she began, voice steady and low, "is not about power. It's about presence."

Alex sat cross-legged on the dojo floor, his eyes closed. His breath was steady, but his mind buzzed faintly—thinking, analyzing, reacting. Colleen could feel it.

She lightly tapped his shoulder. "You're already doing it wrong."

Alex opened one eye. "I'm sitting and breathing. Isn't that how it starts?"

Colleen smirked. "Chi is internal, but your mind is still external. You're thinking about me. About Sue. About everything else. You need to turn inward."

She knelt in front of him and placed a hand at his center—just below the solar plexus.

"Right here. This is where your Chi coils, where your breath meets will. Focus on this—not with your brain, but with your awareness."

Alex closed his eyes again.

"Feel your breath enter. Don't control it. Just follow it."

Inhale.

He pictured a small thread of light coiling into his chest.

Exhale.

The thread loosened, spiraling out gently.

Colleen's voice softened. "Now extend that awareness. Follow the air through your arms, your spine, your legs. Let it flow."

Alex sat still, gradually lowering his heartbeat, gradually releasing every muscle in his body except the ones holding his posture. His Demonic Mana flickered briefly, but he didn't reach for it. Instead, he let it settle like coals under ash—present but still.

Minutes passed. The dojo was silent except for the rhythmic creak of the wooden floor as Sue tried and failed to hold a balanced stance in the corner.

Alex's perception began to shift. His breath no longer just moved in and out—it circled, looped, sank. He could feel the echo of it in his limbs. A strange warmth collected at the base of his spine, like liquid copper, and then drifted up along his back like a feather drawn by wind.

Colleen nodded as she watched.

"Now," she said quietly, "you're beginning to feel. That's the first step toward using Chi—not by thinking, but by being."

Alex slowly opened his eyes.

His pupils were clearer. Calmer.

"I felt it."

"Damn, you're fast—most people need at least a month just to feel it," Colleen said, a bit surprised.

Sue, still catching her breath on the side, muttered, "But I also did it in an hour, didn't I?"

"Your situation is entirely different" Colleen shook her head.

She sat up and added, "It's like… while others are digging through a haystack for a needle, you're diving into the ocean just to find water. Your vitality is insane—it's like you are the ocean, so of course Chi comes easily to you."

"You've got so much natural energy that even if no one taught you," she said with a small laugh, "you'd probably still end up discovering and shaping your own Chi anyway."

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