Lung

Kenta is the leader of the Azn Bad Boys.

Background:

Originally, Lung was just the leader of a small-time street gang before triggering while suffering a drug overdose while fighting Contessa. He was sent to prison in the East and eventually escaped, making his way to America, where he defeated and absorbed a number of sub-gangs, retaining all the Asian members.

Appearance:

Lung is a tall, half-Chinese, half-Japanese man with tattoos of dragons running up his arms, back and neck. He wears an ornate metal mask and a pair of jeans.

Abilities and Powers:

Lung has a power that lets him gradually transform over the course of a conflict, gaining armor plating, enhanced strength, regeneration, claws, enhanced pyrokinesis, and other benefits.  At the most extreme end of his transformation, he is capable of trading blows with an Endbringer, though he has only participated in one such fight.

History

Lung first appeared as the Azn Bad Boys were about to go after the Undersiders. He gave them instructions, answered a question, and then twisted one of his subordinates' arms to get the time. When Skitter attacked, he blasted at her swarm with streams of flame. He then exploded in a blast of rolling heat to kill the insects that Skitter sent at him before detonating a second time.

He lashed out with fire the moment he saw Skitter's swarm again. When a wasp stung his eyelid, he detonated again and roared. The next time Skitter attacked his eyes, he covered himself in flames and then began looking for her. He heard Skitter when she attempted to leave and roared victoriously. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Gestation 1.4 </ref>

Having found Skitter, Lung then jumped onto the building she was hiding on and climbed the rest of the way up. Skitter's pepper spray grazed his shoulder and erupted in a short-lived fireball before she hit his face and he screamed, letting go of the roof, before hauling himself over. He hit her with a wave of flame and then lashed out with a broad wave of flame.

When Lung could see again, he saw the Undersiders and lashed out with streams of flame. One of Bitch's dogs landed on him, forcing him to his knees while he held its claws away from his face. He used his free hand to smack it against the snout before it rhino-charged him and sent them both crashing into the street. There, he fought against it before Bitch sent her other two dogs after him. They beat him before returning to Bitch. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Gestation 1.5 </ref>

When Armsmaster found him, he pumped Lung full of tranquilizers and welded a steel cage around him to temporarily restrain him. After Armsmaster talked to Skitter, he took Lung back to base. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Gestation 1.6 </ref>

One of Bakuda's implants got the story of how Lung was captured and relay that to her. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Shell 4.10 </ref> Oni Lee helped him escape during Bakuda's subsequent rampage before he was reinstated as the leader of the ABB. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Shell 4.11 </ref>

Trivia

• Lung's codename is a reference to the dragons of Eastern mythology, which are known as the Lóng or the Lung, usually with a prefix or suffix, such as T'ien-lung or Lung-wang.
  • The reason for taking this codename is likely his resemblance to dragons after he's transformed, with scales, wings (eventually) and the ability to produce flame (though it bears noting that dragons from Eastern mythology don't necessarily breathe fire). Lung may have taken this name because Dragon was already in use, because of racial pride, or a combination of the two.

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