[Material Statistics]
[Intangible Statistics]
Might
1805 1903
Fortune
40 41
Fortitude
1794 1887
Majesty
31 32
Intellect
1860 2043
Charm
47 48
Resilience
2137 2234
League
26 28
Acrity
1882 1975
Determination
27
Precision
1874 2055
Fht
34
Aether
6659 7363
Fate
23 25
[Material Skills]
Rank
Css
Type
[Aetheric Skills]
Silver e
Rank 5
Imperious (6)
Rule (5)
Eight Moons Chakra work
Rank 6
Imperious (6)
Rule (5)
Aether Manipution
Rank 7
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Aether bat Teique
Rank 5
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Body Enha Boiling Blood
Rank 5 Rank 1
Powerful (4)
Imperious (6)
Foundation (4)
Principle (7)
Ether Healing
Rank 9
Imperious (6)
Artifice (6)
Aetheric Chirurgeon
Rank 9
Rank 11
Imperious (6)
Legendary (7)
Principle (7)
Law (8)
Adherence Manipution
Rank 3
Rank 5
Noble (5)
Law (8)
Crude ???????? Manipution
Rank 1
Powerful (4)
Law (8)
Split Thoughts
Rank 5
Rank 6
Noble (5)
Imperious (6)
Foundation (4)
Rule (5)
[Elemental Skills]
Chakra Of Space
Rank 3
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Space Manipution
Rank 3
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Third Eye Chakra Of Full Moon Light - Masu
Rank 4
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Light Manipution
Rank 5
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Throat Chakra Of New Moon Darkness - Shisu
Rank 3
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Darkness Manipution
Rank 2
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Heart Chakra Of Wind
Rank 6
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Wind Manipution
Rank 6
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Sor Plexus Chakra Of Fme
Rank 6
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Fme Manipution
Rank 6
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Root And Sacral Chakra Of Wood
Rank 3
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Wood Manipution
Rank 4
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Sacral Chakra Of High Moonlight Spirit Water
Rank 4
Noble (5)
Foundation (4)
Water Manipution
Rank 5
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Root Chakra Of Earth
Rank 5
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Earth Manipution
Rank 5
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Lunar Chakra Of Seven Primal Elements And Wood
Rank 4
Imperious (6)
Artifice (6)
[Cultivation Skills]
Moonlight Jade Qi Refining
Rank 2
Powerful (4)
Artifice (6)
Spiritually Pure Dual Cultivation
Rank 2
Noble (5)
Artifice (6)
Spiritually Pure Physique
Rank 3
Noble (5)
Principle (7)
Third Noble Pursuit: Talisman Crafting
Rank 1
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
[Physical bat Skills]
Spatial Perception
Rank 2
Rank 3
Powerful (4)
Rule (5)
Spear Teique
Rank 5
trip (1)
Simple (1)
Sword Teique
Rank 5
trip (1)
Simple (1)
bat Teique
Rank 5
trip (1)
Simple (1)
Elemental on Teique
Rank 3
Suffit (3)
Foundation (4)
Void Motion
Rank 2
Noble (5)
Principle (7)
Tsumura Arts
Rank 2
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
[Practical Skills]
Crude ???????? Crafting
Rank 1
Powerful (4)
Law (8)
Adherence Crafting
Rank 1
Noble (5)
Law (8)
Ether Crafting
Rank 5
Powerful (4)
Foundation (4)
Dvergr Teiques
Rank 1 Rank 2
Noble (5)
Rule (5)
Alchemy
Rank 1
Suffit (3)
Foundation (4)
[Intangible Skills]
[Unique Skills]
Mystic Eye Of The Tree Of Knowledge
Rank 4 Rank 5
Legendary (7)
Law (8)
Kin Bonding Aoration
Rank 6
Legendary (7)
Principle (7)
Foehn, Iinguishable Bze
Rank 7
Imperious (6)
Principle (7)
Might Of Iructible Jade
Rank 2
Noble (5)
Artifice (6)
The Future Reflected By The Moon
Rank 3
Legendary (7)
Fate (9)
Promiwilight
Rank 2
Imperious (6)
Principle (7)
Boiling Blood Resonance Link
Rank 1
Imperious (6)
Principle (7)
[Level]
138 145
[Css]
Kami-Blessed 12/20 queror 19/50 22/50
Wielder Of A Mutated Element 7/10
Wielder Of Elements, Primal Seven 2/20
True Faeduine 5/30 Qi Refiner 2/10 Dual Cultivator 2/10
Master Of Many Crafts 1/20
Prodigy Of The Lower Worlds 1/10
Shaper Of Flesh And Spirit 1/20
[Mastered Css]
Fae-Souled 30/30
Wielder Of Elements, Cssic Western 10/10
Territory Rank
3
“A lot has ged in a short time.” I mused, pleased. While some gains, such as my Talisman Crafting skills and Alchemy had e from prior training, the majority of gains were fed in the crucible of battle, so even without the Favours obtained, it had been well worth it. Although… I never did he Talismans I made with Daiyu. She’ll be disappointed, but hopefully relieved I never he insurance, my will being firm enough. Oh well, they’ll e in handy at some point, it’s not like they have a shelf life…
As I read out my stats, my sis looked envious, and Shiro shook her head wryly, remembering how boastful she’d been about her own stats. Arisu-san, who had heard some details about my abilities before, was rather taken aback at the bre of abilities I possessed, only to match Shiro in shaking her head, deg it hardly mattered, as we were tied together by bonds of alliance, and I knew Arisu-san would never betray us, as she was a friend of Shiro’s, and hated betrayal more than anything. I think she knows I won’t turn on her either.
One person was different though. Yu-mi was a little fused. “You said it wasn’t a game but you could see things in a game-like manner.” She spoke slowly, thinking hard. “But you have stats, levels, skills and csses. That’s exactly like a game…”
“It’s not really like that.” I expined again, using the trusted metaphor of a Piano Pying Skill, that Miyu had used tue against me, what seemed ages ago now but was actually only months. “So it’s a bit like a sing its own tail. The Skills are showing I know how to perform the reted as, but also seem to empower me to perform better ied field. How it works… I have no idea. But even though we ’t see them, everyone has the ce to gain such abilities, if they meet the prerequisites.”
“I see.” Yu-mi was a clever women, so she grasped the point. “That’s why you said having a way to see such things was a big advantage. But… and I’m sorry if it’s rude to ask this, but you told us the numbers, and have already said the sequences if we are careless, so… just what do the numbers mean? Fortitude, for example. That’s your toughness, right? But no matter how strong you are, the Republic Of Korea Army could still take you down, couldn’t it?”
“You think so?” It was Shiro who spoke up, grinning. “I’m not so sure. At least, not without some serious colteral damage. Shame we didn’t bring any guns with us, otherwise I’m sure Aki would be up for a demonstration…”
It was then that Park-ssi spoke up. “I… have one.” He pulled out a K5 pistol, which was one of the standard-issue firearms from the South Korean military. On seeing that, Yu-mi’s mouth dropped open.
“Hey dad, why do you have that? Civilians aren’t allowed guns in Korea.”
“I pulled some strings.” He admitted. “I wasn’t going to e to such a dangerous parmed, especially ning you, Yu-mi. Though it has been many years since I did my stint in the Army, I’m still fident I hit a target if I have to.”
“Cool.” Shiro ughed cheerfully. “Seeing is believing, so they say.” She snatched the gun out of his hands, surprising him. “Is this loaded? Uh… I think so. I’m not really ied in guns. So, who wants a go? Hinata? Aiko?” she looked at Arisu-san then. “Or maybe you’d like to pop one in our pyboy here?”
Arisu-san snorted. “Leave me out of yames, White. Besides, I already uand how this demonstration ends. Furthermore, pressure in an enclosed space such as this will surely only harm them. I would resider this foolish idea.” Likewise, Haru showed no i. My sis stuck up her hand, boung up and down, and Shiro tossed her the gun.
“Ever since Las Vegas, I’ve wao shoot some muns.” My sis decred, disengaging the safety expertly. “I guess my thing is ranged ons. As for shooting my bro… there are times he pisses me off, like the versation we’ve just had here. I mean, we’ve beehis. This isn’t a romantiedy bro, misuandings are annoying. Sure, Hinata- and Shiro were bad, keeping things from you, but holy… they were only thinking of you. So don’t be too harsh on them. Not that you could be. Big bro moonstone is a pushover…” She looked at Yu-mi then. “Seriously, if you help my bro work through his feelings, I’ll be grateful. God knows we’ve all tried, and he’s much better than he was, but… ugh, well, you see how he is!”
“Sure, I have a good idea.” Yu-mi said nervously. “You leave that to me, but… are… you’re not really going to shoot him, are you?”
“Sure am.” My sis ughed at her tremulous question. “e on, don’t you watch the news? Remember my bro lost an arm in London, but don’t you see him with two now?” She rapped her knuckles on my armour. “Hey, since you’re in armour it’s not much of a demonstration. So I’m going to have to headshot you, bro! But I think you might have to do some of those tricks you do with wind element. Thinking about it, Arisu- is right.” She poihe gun directly at my face while I held in a sigh.
"Fine. I have a little wind element to spare." A green glow flickered faintly around me as I made to swallow the pressure wave, dispersing it, muting the noise and damage.
“Wait a mihis isn’t funny!” Yu-mi squealed, suddenly frightened, but her father merely looked on impassively, too old and wise to misinterpret our as.
“Bang!” With that word my sis fired off a couple of rounds in semi-automatic mode. Oruck me in the forehead, the other on my cheek. I felt a brief sting of impact, as the bullets deformed and bounced off. One ricocheted off towards Yu-mi so I snatched it out of the air, shog her. As she gaped, my sis flourished the gun. “This was kind of fun. Anyone else want a go? No? Oh well…” she pressed the gun into Yu-mi’s trembling hand, before pointing it at me. “…see? No problem. Shame we don’t have anything higher calibre, but it’s not like we use that in a helicopter. I don’t fancy skydiving without a parachute. But it’s a little more ving if you do it yourself, to see there’s no tricks.”
“Wait, I ’t…” she panicked, but I merely smiled, rubbing my forehead. It was certainly a lot quieter when tained by wind element.
“It takes more than bullets to hurt me now. Maybe a missile. A nuke, certainly. But bullets? My League is probably too high for that.”
“League?” Yu-mi asked, swallowing as she held up the gun, the barrel shaking, her aim unsteady.
“That’s basically the strength of one’s existehe most important of all the Statistics.” Shiro pointed out. “And Aki’s is stupid high, I’m still not sure how. Must be all those Csses, Tan says. Plus he’s been quering a fair bit. So don’t worry.”
Yu-mi squeezed shut her eyes, but my sis patted her on the shoulder. “No point unless you’re looking. I get it. Violence is frightening. My bro is a bit of a worrier, as you’ve seen. At first he tried to keep everything a secret to protect us… but not knowing doesn’t proteyone. Just like not asking Eri for her real feelings lets my idiot bro imagihe worst. He was out on a date…” she narrated the story of our trip to Inuyama and when I came bajured and they had to pretend they didn’t see. Yeah I’ve no idea how I thought they wouldn’t notice. Yae did as well… “…so yes, violence, fighting… it's not a good thing. But we saved lives, didn’t we? Including your cousin. Haru-’s new friend too.” She mentiohe brave yet tormented Kim Eui. “We have it on very good authority that the world is in trouble.” She g Shiro, who held Tan within. “This is just one mess out of many. So… at least if you do this, you’ll know that there are those strong enough to protect you and those you care about willing to stand up to those who’ll do evil.”
As my sis squeezed Yu-mi’s hand, keeping the gun poi me, Yu-mi opened her eyes. She looked at me, unsure, but as I nodded, she ched her teeth, and squeezed the trigger. Her aim was lousy, but at this ra was impossible to miss. Again I gathered the bullets that boune, but in a moment it was over, and Yu-mi, panting heavily despite having only pulled a trigger, looked at me, ed.
“I’m fine, see?” I grinned. “So does this expin enough?”
Yu-mi took a deep breath, and hahe empty gun back to her father. “It looks like you wasted your time, dad. Even if you had a gun, if somethi wrong we’d be screwed. It’s obvious, otherwise why would the polid the Army have failed to save everyone?”
“I wouldn’t go that far.” My sis enced her. “I’m not bulletproof, far from it, though yeah, I’m not likely to die from a few shots unless you get me in the eye. Not every Chosen is my bro’s or Shiro’s level.”
“Hey, I’m no monster like Aki, though I’d say I’m not too worried by a little pistol like that now. It’d still hurt and bruise my skin though, I bet. So no thanks!” She crossed her arms in the ive. “I don’t want to ruin my beauty! Besides, Haru has the true immunity.”
“I think we’re getting off the point.” I halted that versation. “Yu-mi, Park-ssi, basically you assume that over time, while the numbers of Chosen will reduce, their average strengths will rise, and it’ll bee increasingly difficult for modern society to supress them. Which is necessary, as when the chaos starts, if we are too weak, theh as we know it is probably screwed. But we… we’re ahead of the curve. So we want to make sure what we want to protect is safe. So far, that’s Japan and Britain. But…”
“…but you’re not particurly patriotic, or have hatred towards other tries and races.” Yu-mi said, uanding. “It’s just where your friends and family live, and a culture you’ve long grown up in. So…” She screwed up her brow, thinking. “The answer is easy. I want to join Adamant. Please.” She said to Hinata. “I’m asking you too, Akio.” She stopped callih awkward honorifics. “Because whatever the reasons they had making it, this is yanisation.”
“Are you sure?” My sis asked, curious. “You were listening when Hinata- said just what Adamant is all about.”
“Yes, I heard. But don’t worry, I won’t tell what I know to the other members.” She assured us. “I won’t spoil your efforts. As for the loyalty and obedience… Akio already turned me down, and if he ged his mind, I’d have to relent anyway. He saved my cousin, and will heal his mental scars too, won’t you?” As I nodded, she smiled. “Besides, I’m not going to say I love my try deeply, but… I’m Korean, my dad’s Korean, my family and friends are… I like what we have. You’ll see soon.” She smiled at me in a style remi of Hinata, rather sly and amused. “So I want you all to like Korea too, despite where you e from. Because I don’t want it to disappear. And what better way than showing my… our value? Dad will definitely succeed in helping you get that hotel back, and he’ll show the others who hate Japan they might o ge their minds.”
“That’s a bold move.” I said, scratg my as I sidered it. “I mean, we’re based in Tokyo, you know?”
“I ute. I don’t o be there every day, right?” she shrugged. “But of course if called, I’ll drop everything. What do you think, Hinata?”
Hinata eyed Yu-mi, before nodding. “I think you’re not as stupid as you thought. Though ahat turns down Akio has no taste in men.” She giggled then. “Since yoing to make up for my horrible mistakes and fix Akio’s guilt over Eri, I’ll respect you, and give you an officer rank. You be in charge of our South Korean division, with power over recruitment. In exge…” Hinata looked at me then. “…sorry Akio, your work is never done, but we ’t have a member of Adamant who isn’t able to access the Boundary. Besides, I’m curious about that Css you received. Shaper Of Flesh And Spirit. I imagi ties in nicely.”
“I would think so.” My Eye fred as I checked the details. It wasirely clear, another Css that had some question marks blog out useful information, but what was revealed was illuminating.
“What do you mean?” Yu-mi asked, a bit worried, and her father seemed unoo.
“It’s fine.” Haru assured her. “Akio-kun is able to perform a special sort of magical surgery, and it opens up mystical abilities in ordinary people. Not like we have, of course, but certainly special.”
“The downside is, it’s ly pleasant.” My sis ughed bitterly, remembering. “Though my bro’s probably got better at toning down the pain, and at least you don’t have to strip now…”
Shaper Of Flesh And Spirit is a Css gained when the ability to manipute, modify and repair both Material and Astral bodies reach a level where one potentially touch the Higher ????????? ??????? , and it allows oo partially perceive and uand the likely effects of perf Chirurgery or Healing upon Material or Astral bodies, and allows finer trol and manipution of the physical and spiritual stituents of those bodies, as well as ???????? ???????? ????????? ?????????. Precision increases signifitly, and as this Css grows, ability to trol Ether, Aether, Adherend ???????? increases, and the ability to ie these also improves.
“Strip? My heart isn’t ready…” Yu-mi flushed, before she realised she wouldn’t have to a out a breath. Before she could rex though, Tan took trol of Shiro for a moment and spoke sfully.
“I would hardly rex, woman. Akio here has a wandering eye, and no clothing bar his vision. Should he wish to see any woman unclothed, he do it as he pleases.”
“Tan, you know I only looked at Shiro to try and find a way to Heal her…” I protested, but it was Shiro who answered.
“She’s said her piece, Aki. Don’t mind her, she’s been in a bit of a strange mood retly. Not that I don’t get it. But don’t worry, if Aki turned you down, he’s hardly going to want to sneak a peek, right?” She teased Yu-mi.
“That’s right.” she breathed. “But somehow I’m offended. Anyway, I’m ready.” Having made up her mind, she managed a smile. “But be gentle.”
“Why does everyone say stuff that be misuood?” My sis pined, as we took some jackets for a bed and id down Yu-mi.
“Ask yourself that, young Oshiro-san.” Arisu-san said, and as the women bantered, and Park-ssi looked on, I tuhem out, trating on Yu-mi and her rather ordinary body. I see. That’s iing. Even the perfectly ied Eight Moons Chakra work, which seemed a miracle, wasn’t perfect. It was ied with the Material body fwlessly, yes, but there was something else present, that I could vaguely see a shadow of, an absence. Just like Yu-mi tained a tiny amount of aether, like all living beings, just a far cry from even the weakest spiritual beings, she also taihis, whatever it was. I don’t know what it is, but I know what I think it is…
Time seemed to slow down as I used all my Split Thoughts at oo pte several matters, and to run a number of simutions. Whether it was the Css was too low-level, or whether the mysterious po was out of scope of what I could uand, I couldn’t work out how to ie with it, I only khat it was something that could and likely should be. Cheg my mysterious new skills, I uood, at least a little.
Crude ???????? Manipution is a Skill to slightly manipute the energy and ??????? of the ???????? and Higher ???????? ????, unleashing signifit power and ?????????. However your trol is shogly rudimentary, and will likely cause signifit damage to the ???????? if used carelessly.
Crude ???????? Crafting is a Skill which allows creation, modification, enha and bination of items, abilities and ????????? using the energy of ????????, creating ???????? which have a tangible, living presen the ????????? ????????? ??????. However, your handling and uanding of ???????? is crude and insuffit, so any created ???????? Crafts will likely not eheir ???????? scattering to ???????? ???????.
“All done.” I said, the groaning Yu-mi suddenly looking fused. She had cried out a bit, but it hadn’t hurt too much.
“That wasn’t nice, but it was no worse than a trip to the dentist, just… everywhere.” She said stoutly. “I’m all right, dad. But I feel strange. Huh…” she blinked. “It’s like I’m full of energy!”
“All right.” Hinata said seriously. “We’ll send you a uniform, so I’ll need your three sizes. Or you call tell Akio if you prefer.” She giggled. “But the most important thing is we have to teach you how to ehe Boundary, and you have to swear not to enter by yourself. It’s very dangerous!”
“Dangerous?” she swallowed.
“It’s a whole different world, where magical creatures live, intelligent races from myth, and more. Of course there’s danger. But if you are in a friendly Territory it’s fine.” Hinata tinued, lecturing her. As she listened, I decided to check a few st things, hoping parison would help.
Adherence Crafting is a Skill to create, modify, enhand create items and miraculous tris and effects that have a sting effe the Material, Astral ??? ???????? ?????, in a simir mao Ether Crafting, though instead of being fuelled by Ether aher, it es Adherence. Greater effects be achieved, though the ??????? of the Adherenvolved will have a great influen the oute, and improper ??????? of Adherence will cause such Crafts to degrade over time and fail.
There’s definitely more to it, and I knoill know. “Tan, you answer me a question?” I asked, and as one of Shiro’s eyes turned a brilliant crimson, she spoke zily.
“That depends on what it is. I would hardly wish to be too helpful to my rival, despite your ear pleading.”
“Yeah, it’s about the mysterious third po of Favours. Even now I slightly manipute it, I don’t uand or even really see it so well. And when you mentio before, I couldn’t quite grasp it.”
“Of course. It is not something easily uood at all. As I told you before, even I am only taially aware of it. My father, he knows more than I, of course, for he create and transfer Divine Favours. But even he is but scratg the surface.” She paused. “Allow me to offer an analogy, fresh from the mind of the princess. You hardly o know how a puter works to utilise it to do many things. And even should you know how to build a puter, as the princess intimates you do ihoughts…”
“Of course I . It art of my time at uy, plus most of us hobbyists could put together a det PC if given the pos, oh…” I realised what she was getting at, and Tan spoke triumphantly.
“…indeed. Even though you build a puter, you manufacture the chips, the circuit boards, the fans, the wires, all the parts that make a puter a puter? Perhaps you might be able to fix some broken parts, a bit of solder here, straightening a bent pin there, but even if you uand how such things are made, and use the parts, you do not create it yourself.”
“I see. So I’m an idiot barely able to swit a puter, and perhaps see a bootup menu, not knowing what it means but able to hit enter a few times until it boots, but a wrong press here or there could pletely brick it. You… know a little more, maybe you open a word processor, or a spreadsheet, but you still are only using it. Your father…”
“Yes, you could say he toy with a number rams, and assemble parts in a fashion he uands, to create something usable. But even my her has his limits.”
“Yeah, let’s face it. Divine Favours sort of act like items, Tan.” Shiro talked out loud for our be. “But they are definitely different, and have unusual properties. I mean, Aki could whip us up a huems and we’d be able to use them all, but Favours are… more ied, I guess? Deeper?”
“I ot speak of this further… rgely because I fess to my ignorahere is ohing in on that every being who pass down Divine Favours has in on. I will not speak of it, but perhaps you derive it from what you know. But when it es to expertise…” she snorted bitterly. “… go prostrate in front of the Throne, and ask he who calls himself the Only God, the Orue God. For I suspect that being is the one who uands what you seek the most, and is closest to unravelling the yers of mystery above us. Though there are others who search, who seek to uand, to cultivate truth. But such a path is a long one, and would require... suffice to say, many will seek knowledge and few will ever grasp it.”
“I see. That was helpful.” I thaan, who again said as much with what she glossed over as what she actually said. I think I’m starting to see vague hints, just like I slightly perceive the subtle hidde within the Favours. If I experiment… I was now determio take the risk and try and break apart Morana’s Favour too. Losing it would be a blow, but even in failure, I might learn something, and failure wasn’t guaranteed…
“Is this the sort of thing Adamant does?” Yu-mi asked, and my sis grinned broadly.
“Training is the most important thing we do!” she insisted. “Not fawning on my bro, despite what Shiro, Shaeu and Hinata- want. After all, being strong means you choose your owiny. Nothing is sadder than bei behind when those you care about are risking their lives. Do your best, so that you don’t look ba regret one day, wishing you had power, Yu-mi.”
“I see. Yeah, dad knows that pain well, right? You couldn’t help auntie, or my cousin.”
“Yes. And South Korea has suffered for ck of power. Uh…maybe it is time for me to let that go…” Park-ssi said, troubled.
“You don’t have tive. Japan has done some terrible things in the past. Britain too. But every try, every people, has their own sins.” I pointed out. That reminds me… the Kamuy… I wonder what happeo them. Are they all gone, driven out by the Kami? There’s just so much to look into. I do definitely need more trustworthy, loyal hands, Hinata wasn’t wrong… “But… I’ll create a world where the strong shelter the weak, and we solve our issues with fairness. And you’ll help us do that.” I insisted.
“I have no choice. I’ve taken something that ’t be bought, right?” Yu-mi agreed.
“We’ll be nding shortly.” The pilot called, and I realised time assing. Nodding to Yu-mi, I quickly double-checked my final abilities.
Master Of Many Crafts is a Css gained when one has lear least five different Crafting Skills, and it increases Precision, Fortune and the success rate of creating items and materials. It also offers slight bes to maniputing fual energies such as Aether, and ???????? ???????? such as Elemental essences when using them to create.
Alchemy is a Skill specialising iing potions, powders, chemicals and ois that have mystical and magical effects. It also dabbles with metallurgy and healing, and the arts of transmuting oerial into another. Infusiher and Elemental essences into Materials bees slightly easier.
“Sadly I never did get a ce to test Boiling Blood Resonance Link properly.” I sighed, as the helicopter was ing in to nd.
“You should save your strength.” Hinata advised me. “Because you’ve got a lot to do now.”
“Haven’t you learned your lesso, Hinata?” Yu-mi said, feeling a bit like a teasi supportive older sister to her for a moment. “Don’t just decide things, tell Akio what you want and why.”
“All right. You’re right. I’m getting carried away again. It’s a bad habit of mine. I’m not as headstrong as Mayumi, or as stubborn as Sakura. I’m not!” She took a deep breath as the helicopter nded. “Look, just like Park-ssi and his fellows aren’t fans of Japan and the Japanese, a lot of Japanese feel the same towards our neighb tries. And we’ve already had issues with the talk show you and Arisugawa-san did, where they attacked you over healing the rich.”
“Such idiocy. They are finished.” Arisu-san promised. “They betrayed my trust, so I shall not sit idle.”
“Scary.” Hinata shuddered, half amused and half actually intimidated. “Anyway, this operation is a secret, but we know secrets always leak. So if you now help with the rescue and healing of Korean citizens ahead of our own… it won’t look good. So I’ve brought over a number of people, carefully selected, for Healing. That way, even if news gets out, we’ve acted beforehand, so we look more sincere. Besides… I know you like to help people. But you must be tired, so I’m sorry.”
“You see, this is the sort of surprise I don’t mind.” I rubbed her head reassuringly. “Nobody could pin at this, and yic makes sense. Yeah, I’m still exhausted, and have many demands on my strength, but… I’ll make it work.” With those words I stretched, yawning. All right. In theory, the hard part is over. Now it’s the -up, and all the politics that es with it…
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