Chapter 75
Yun Che looked at her and answered "Yeah, sort of." Well, he did knew her from the manga and anime. Maybe this and that from the Bleach wiki in the internet.
"So, who is she?" Kon suddenly asked from his shoulder.
Yun Che took a deep breath and said "Where should I begin? Hmm, let's see her as an artificial modifiable ent.i.ty."
Jasmine and Kon were dumbfounded and Jasmine decided to ask "What in world is that?"
"An artificial modifiable ent.i.ty is a being basically the same as Kon. These beings are modified from a regular dead human soul and transforming them into a modified soul able help s.h.i.+nigamis to fight hollow. Basically, giving them a life by enhancing dead human body if placed." Yun Che explained before continued "Kon's power was able to enhanced a human's legs. However, since Kon was a Super Rare. His power might be a little bit different."
Jasmine asked again "So, Kon's power is different from his original world."
He answered "I don't know what it is going to be. Looks like we have to find out about it later"
Then, he continued "Back to the story, an artificial modifiable ent.i.ty is an enhanced form of Kon. It's a powerful ent.i.ty and enhanced in every way. But, she is just a modified soul granted with a living body. She couldn't even wield a Zanpakuto. That's the sad part about it. Powerful but not powerful to challenge a s.h.i.+nigami with active Zanpakuto."
Jasmine nodded and said "I understand. Basically, she's powerful because she was modified?"
Yun Che just nodded. Basically, Nemu relied on Kurotsuchi Mayuri's modification to become stronger in battle. As she weren't modified in the first place, there's no way she could take on an arrancar or a quincy back then.
This is taking a while and Yun Che decided to ask the system. "System, is there any reason why she's not awakening?"
[Ding…. As a gift from the system, host can choose whether to wake her up. If she wakes up now, she will become an artificial modifiable ent.i.ty and gain all her abilities as well as memories from her previous life. She'll depend on modification to cultivate.]
Yun Che's hunch was right. Nemu will be what she was from the day she was created. However, it'll be a pain to upgrade her every time they face a stronger opponent. Basically becoming an a.s.sistant just like Mayuri's situation.
[Or, host can make several modifications to her abilities, memories and personality before the system can transform her soul into a real soul. Giving her the ability to birth her own Zanpakuto. However, the process of transforming the soul will not be instant.]
This makes him think, he can make modifications later like Mayuri or make modifications now and turn her into a real soul. Thus, making her able to level up just like him, Retsu and Kon. But when it comes to soul transformation, it won't be an instant.
Yun Che nods in understanding. "So that's how it is. How much time needed to transform her soul? 5 hours? 5 days?"
[Ding… three months.]
"That long?!?" Yun Che suddenly shouted earning both Jasmine's and Kon's attention. Kon suddenly fell from his shoulder and shouted at him. "Oi, Whats your problem?!?"
"So, anything?" Jasmine asked from beside him. She knew if he's taking with the system, he didn't talk out loud but he had to speak from his mind.
"Well…." Yun Che told Kon and Jasmine about Nemu's conditions. As both of them listened, Kon still having trouble of understanding but Yun Che made it simple for him. Jasmine didn't even think and just ask him to choose. As one time decision, he needs to think this through but she knew what option he is going to take.
Yun Che gave them a nod and decided to maximize Nemu's capabilities. He didn't think and said "System, choose option two. If five months enable her to become a powerful s.h.i.+nigami, I'll take it."
[Ding… Option two chosen. Any modification host wish to make?]
Yun Che immediately accessed her trivia on the egg. The system given him a holographic keyboard to make his own modification. It's just reading her personal wiki where it tells all her life stories, personality, abilities. However, Yun Che didn't want Nemu to be tied to her past.
He keeps a serious face and begin to type on its keyboard. Since the keyboard looked holographic and using English alphabets, Jasmine's having trouble of trying understand the function of those alphabets. Yun Che just erase all of Nemu's memories and make her a clean slate. As for her personality, he just let it remain as it is because the previous Nemu was cool to begin with. For her abilities, he just let the system fuse her original abilities into her soul. Some abilities like instant learning are default from the system.
Last thing, he erases Kurotsuchi's name on her real name due to because he hated that b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Looks like he really tortured her as a guinea pig from she was little. To think that she was abused for the sake of research, he doesn't need her to remember all of them. He just made her name 'Nemu' as it is.
[Ding…modifications made. Beginning memory erasure, Erasing complete.]
[Beginning soul transformation. Estimated completion time: 2 months 29 days 23 hours and 59 minutes]
Yun Che touched the surface of the egg and looked at the sleeping Nemu inside it. "I'll see you in three months, Nemu. I promised you'll have a wonderful life as a powerful full fledged s.h.i.+nigami." As Yun Che said that, the straps from the system binds the egg bubble and sent Nemu to his inner world. He had his Zanpakuto spirits
"Now, that's done. Let's see what you're made of, Kon." Yun Che begin to access the stats section and select Kon's name. His eyes widen and said "Wow, Holy f.u.c.king h.e.l.l."
"What is it?" "Yeah, spill the beans man." Jasmine and Kon looked said at the same time.
"Kon basically has two forms. His original form is right in front of us, a mere lion plushy doll. While he is in this form, Kon couldn't fight at all regardless his cultivation. Well, that's obvious."
"b.a.s.t.a.r.d" Kon punch his face resulting a plushy sound came from his hand.
Yun Che ignored him and said "But, he gained additional skills in this form. He can transform himself into a small pill and place himself in anyone's body regardless if they are alive or dead. If the one he controls has a powerful soul, he must depend on his cultivation to overpower his opponent's soul. However, if the soul is weak, he can take over them as usual and a.s.sumed their cultivation. While taking over, Kon can use their skills and his kicks will become more powerful.
Nodding in understanding, Jasmine said "So, this ability originates from your home world?"
"Yeah, sort of. Basically all modified soul can use this but they didn't last that long. Kon was one of the modified souls can still exist for a long period of time.
Jasmine looked at Kon and asked again "So, Kon can take over anyone?"
Yun Che nods and said "Yeah, anyone. As long as the soul is weak or his cultivation is higher. Dead or alive."
Kon shown his famous smug face and said "Hmm, not a bad ability I might say."
Then Yun Che continued "And one more thing, while in this plushy form. Kon is invulnerable to damage. No matter how hard we punch and kick him, he'll still able to survive them. But if he takes over anyone, he'll be ejected from their body if the damage is too much." That's probably why he was able to survived Yun Che and Jasmine's attack.
"So, I can use him as a punching bag?" Jasmine said while punching her right fist onto her left hand, earning a s.h.i.+ver from Kon's spine. If he had a spine.
"Yeah, he'll never die and he's invulnerable in this form. So knock your socks off." He said at the same time scaring Kon out of his wits.
"Korra, I am not a punching bag. Please have mercy." He said while kneeling down on the floor.
Yun Che and Jasmine laugh at Kon's antics. Then he continued "So that's all the skills he had on his plushy form. But his real form brings out the most powerful ability. It says here that he can transform into a 'Winged Golden Lion G.o.d.' Don't know what that is." When he stopped, he saw Jasmine's eyes looked like she had seen a ghost.
"Impossible…. Impossible…. It couldn't be." Jasmine murmured quietly. Yun Che and Kon saw her weird behavior and Kon said "Nee-san, you okay?"
Jasmine ignored Kon and asked Yun Che with anxiety. "It's impossible, are you sure it's the 'Winged Golden Lion G.o.d?' Are you really sure?"
Yun Che simply said "Its said so in here. Why?" He was quite shocked. Why would Jasmine reacted to a 'Winged Golden Lion G.o.d?'
Jasmine was too shocked and couldn't calm herself down. It took a while for her to regain composure and said "The Winged Golden Lion G.o.d is the most powerful primordial beast ever existed in this universe. It reigns supreme as the conqueror of the primordial beast once terrorized the Realm of the G.o.ds back then. The book from the hidden archive I found in there said that, millions of years ago. The last of the Winged Golden Lion G.o.d spearheaded a war against G.o.ds and Devils back then. However, there are almost no records of the existence of the beast and some said the beast was just a legend."
Yun Che and Kon kept quiet as she continued her story. As for Yun Che, he was thinking "Okay, this is something new and way different from the original series."
"As the high ranking family, I was able to find just one book in that archive containing legends of the primordial beast when I was a little girl. I even thought this beast was just a ruse from the ancient times. Besides, it's a story around millions of years ago. No one wanted to know anything behind it. So, over the time, the record slowly diminished until just that one book was the only thing left." Then she slowly looked at Kon with widen eyes.
She continued "To think that Kon is actually 'The Winged Golden Lion G.o.d."
Yun Che and Jasmine looked at Kon at the same time. To think a 'Winged Golden Lion G.o.d' become his companion. Yun Che tried to ask the system if there's any records on the 'Winged Golden Lion G.o.d' but all the system shows him was....
[Ding… There are no records on the existence of the Winged Golden Lion G.o.d. System requires an Upgrade before accessing the hidden archive.]
Yun Che just sighs as he meets a dead end and close the interface. He faced Kon and said "Wow, never expected you're more than meets the eye Kon. No wonder you were summoned as a Super Rare character. What did you do before you died?"
"Who knows, I can't even remember anything." Kon just said doing his usual thinking pose.
"Died?" Jasmine asked him as well.
"From what Retsu told us before, Yachiru knew her from the day she was born until the day she died in her previous world. If Kon was summoned, it means Kon died before he came here. Wonder what happened before he was summoned?" As for Yun Che, he only knew the story of Bleach until Yhwachs defeat and the epilogue of the manga. As for what happens next, it was unknown. Probably hundreds or thousands of years pa.s.sed since the epilogue. From what he knew, Retsu died from the hands of Zaraki Kenpachi back then. Yachiru told them all about it. But as for Kon, his fate was unknown. What kind of encounter cause him to die in the first place?
Yun Che just dismissed the thought of digging into Kon's past. There's nothing he can do about it. All he can do now is to forge his own story line while bringing his new companions with him.
Then, Kon climbed back to his shoulder and asked "By the way, how do I access my powers?"
Yun Che simply replied "Hmm, it says before that your powers are accessed once you're broken through into the cultivation realm. But the lion form will go from cub till adult. So, you can't immediately access your full lion form just yet."
Kon sighs immediately. "Ehh, that'll make me weak."
"Deal with it, dumb-a.s.s."
Jasmine sighs at this statement. Kon might be the Winged Golden Lion G.o.d but he's just a weakling to begin with. "But Kon can't even put a dent in this form. How can he use his cub form?"
"I might have something for him. It'll be enough to push his cultivation into the Beginner's Profound Realm and have him accessed his lion mode. When that happens, he can level up as he fights." Then, Yun Che looked at Kon and continued "As for now, try not become Jasmine's punching bag." and cause Kon to s.h.i.+ver down his spine again.
Jasmine looked at Kon and ponders for a while. If the legend is true, then Kon will be targeted once he arrived at the Realm of the G.o.ds one day. As the only existing Winged Golden Lion G.o.d, there's no way those from up there can resist the urge to acquire him or prevent him from becoming stronger. He can hide his aura right now but his aura will be detected once he broken through into the Divine realms. She'll make sure to have Yun Che to hide his Divine aura to prevent Kon from being detected by those from up there. Yun Che might be strong but there's no way he can fight those who at the pinnacle of the Divine Realm.
"All right, we spend too much time setting Nemu and learn about Kon. I need to get this trial started so we can proceed to our next destination. What about you two? Want to stay here and watch me or get back to the inner world?" Yun Che asked both Jasmine and Kon since the trial only allows one person to compete.
"You have an inner world?" Kon asked with antic.i.p.ation.
"Yeah, but I'll let Jasmine explain that to you." Kon just nods and keep caution around Jasmine just in case she decided to punch him again.
"No, I'll think I'll stay here. I wanted to know why the Primordial beast wanted to set a trial in the lower realm. I was shocked at first when I found out this place belongs to the phoenix itself. There must be something special about this realm if the phoenix itself is here." Jasmine said as she started to look around the arena to find something that can help her understand the situation of the phoenix G.o.d.
Kon raised his plushy hand and said "Then, I'll stay here as well. I could ask Nee-san to explain what is going on."
Jasmine shows him a creepy smile. "I could but if you're thinking something perverted, my fist really needs a workout."
Kon went shaking and bows his head "Hai, I understand." With that, Yun Che stayed at the middle of the arena while Jasmine brought him to the empty seating area on the arena. Since the arena has only the three of them, at least he had some spectators.
Yun Che just sighs as he looked at both of them. Jasmine can control his perverted behavior in check when they went into the real world later on. As for now, he deals with Kon's situation later and decided to focus on completing the phoenix trial.