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, superhuman senses, 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 in the story 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> He caught overheard someone giving Skitter her name and spread it through the city as he looked for her. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Hive 5.2 </ref>

Lung was present during a combined raid against the ABB. He ripped a hole in a wall and then followed his thugs into a warehouse before Kaiser entered. He went to lung at Kaiser, but stopped to avoid impaling himself on a blade Kaiser created. He surveyed the room and then spotted Skitter. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Hive 5.8 </ref>

He laughed at Skitter and Kaiser before lunging at her. He was intercepted by Judas, but threw the dog across the room and then hurled Angelica at the other dog. He lunged at Skitter again and was stopped by a barrier of blades. He tried jumping up to the rafters, but was slammed back down by a steel pillar. After he was trapped inside a pyramid of blades, he used his pyrokinesis to soften the metal and then used his monstrous strength to start climbing free. He was then slammed by another pillar which carried him to the opposite side of the room.

Lung then went after Kaiser, sidestepping an outcropping of blades before being beaten back by Fenja and Menja. One blocked the flame he directed at them before Skitter sent her bugs at him again. He then raised a hand againstSundancer's sphere only for his legs to buckle when it moved closer. Kaiser pushed him toward it and he fell into the molten asphalt before impaling him through the heart.

He then removed the spear and took it out, snapping it with his claws. He stood up and then lunged at Kaiser, flying over the blades, before slamming him against the wall a few times. He detonated and sent Fenja and Menja back before driving his hand into Menja's gut. He stopped Sundancer from using her power and then blasted her with a torrent of flames, backhanding her aside once the flames died. He turned to Skitter, laughed, and wiped all of the insects she had on him with a rush of flames.

Lung grabbed Bitch from Brutus' back and grabbed Brutus by the neck. He threw Brutus aside and stopped Angelica and Judas from advancing by hurting Bitch. He advanced towards Skitter and picked her up before dropping Bitch to deal with a fly near his eye, stepping on her to prevent her from escaping. Skitter escaped his grasp before he fell forward, unconscious. Ending it, she cut out his eyes. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Hive 5.9 </ref>

Skitter then called 911 to arrange for Lung to be picked up. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Hive 5.10 </ref> Lung got away and was later seen in a photo where a subordinate was leading him through the Docks. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Tangle 6.2</ref> He was later brought into custody. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Tangle 6.4</ref>

Lung was then sentenced to the Birdcage. On the way to the prison, Bakuda wanted him to use his power. He told her that he couldn't, but she got him angry enough and he eventually complied. He told her that he would be surprised if Oni Lee came to help them before heating up another piece of metal. He then made a plan to use Canary's power to free them before he was dragged out of a van by a giant metal claw.

After being deposited in Cell Block "W", he went to the hole and gave some cigarettes he had obtained to the guard. He then gave some to a smaller contingent of guards as a gift for Glaistig Uaine]. Upon reaching Bakuda's cell, he informed her of the four ways one could survive in prison before she realized what was going on. She threatened to kill them both if he came closer only for him to say that she wasn't fast enough. <ref> "Worm" Web Serial, Interlude 6 </ref> He killed her and then went on to kill Prisoners 304, 2 and 445.

Lung later had dinner with Marquis. He was annoyed with how Marquis had run his own gang before arguing that Marquis controlled people through fear. He then accused Marquis of wanting something from him before he told him about his daughter and what had been going on in Brockton Bay. <ref>Interlude 10.5 (Bonus)</ref>

He was later present after Amy Dallon was sentenced to the Birdcage. He admitted to losing respect for Marquis and wondered if the man would see things through. <ref>"Worm" Web Serial, Interlude 16 (Donation Bonus #3)</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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