That his superpowered form looked identical to his now-vanished Jusenkyo-cursed girl-form was a tweak in the nose from the Powers That Be when they'd removed the Great Will. They'd figured out what he had done, and simply wanted to rub his nose in his arrogance at thinking he could pull one over on them.
So here SHE was, with an apologizing wizard who had absolutely no idea why Ranma Saotome was now short and busty and redheaded. Wearing a little white demi-cape, red dress, boots, gloves, and so on. Perfectly normal Mary Marvel costume.
Mary Marvel shrugged. Well, at least it wasn't a case of someone easily guessing that secret identity. And it wasn't like he'd accidently transform.
Her eyes went up to the words, giving out the names associated with the old wizard's trigger.
Solomon - Wisdom. She could outperform the Mercury Computer in some respects if she set her mind to it.
Hercules - Strength. He hadn't been a slouch in the strength department previously, but SHE could juggle train engines if she saw the need to do so.
Atlas - Stamina. Again, not that Ranma Saotome was a slouch here. This sort of stamina was different though, making Mary Marvel tougher than practically anything on the planet.
Zeus - Power. Which included handy things like flight.
Achilles - Courage. Everything was relative, some things could definitely hurt Mary Marvel or at least stun her. It just took very specific things, and typical weapons weren't on that list.
Mercury - Speed. Another case where Ranma Saotome may have not been lacking, but things were relative. Mary Marvel was a lot faster than Ranma had ever been.
While he didn't care for being of the female persuasion while doing superheroics, it could have been worse and now he was going to be able to do exactly as he had wanted. Escape from his previous life and go out to do things that had Meaning.
He'd start with:
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