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A relatively unsuccessful thief finds it hard to make it at what he is attempting to do. After all, there's tons of big name villains around a la Clown, Blitz, and so-on. His luck increases one day when he find some sort of Ancient Device that seems to allow him to override the wills of others (thus solving his problem with the reality benders, no-one will fight back if they have no will to). However, this individual is still relatively weak or unknown, so he strikes a deal with Necro Berserk's aforementioned villain. As a team, with the Thief maintaining everything from the shadows, Necro's villain is basically the spokesman and convinces the city he is making a maximum security prison that will help them etc. i reality, it is so that it benefits him and the Thief.