It was already past midnight, and all students were already asleep as they had classes the next day. JNPR's dorm, Ren was sleeping in his bed all tucked in…too tucked in. He looks like a dead person.
Nora, she was sprawled in her bed, snoring the fatigue away. Pyrrha, well, she was having her beauty sleep. She looked great even while sleeping. As for Jaune, he was normal. Jaune looks like he has a sweet dream, but his 'dream' is anything but sweet.
In Jaune's 'dream', he was panicking as he was stuck in a white room. He tried running for fifty minutes, but he was going nowhere. Jaune tried shouting, but no one was answering. Since nothing Jaune did was working, he decided to just waste time by training.
"Ha-ha-ha! Even knowing you can't get out of here, you are still calm," A mysterious man said. Jaune looked in the direction of the voice. "It's nice to meet you, Jaune Arc".
"Who are you?" Jaune asked. "And do you know where this place is?".
"I am known by many names, but you may call me Jin Mori," Jin Mori said. "And this is inside your mind. If you remember, you went to bed before you suddenly appeared here".
"Okay…How do I get out?" Jaune said. "I can't stay here forever".
"That's simple," Jin Mori said. "All you have to do is wake up".
"Wake up?" Jaune said. "What do I do? Pinch myself. Heard that works".
"That won't work because this place was something I created for training purposes," Jin Mori said. "You'd have to inflict pain than a pinch to wake up".
"Wait…Training purposes?" Jaune asked. "What do you mean?".
"When you touched the book earlier, you felt an energy enter your body, right?" Jin Mori said. Jaune nodded his head in acknowledgement. "That was me entering your body, but don't worry, I'm not here permanently. Only until you have enough control over your Monkey King Mode".
"Monkey King Mode? That sounds awesome," Jaune said. "But what is it?".
"Monkey King mode is your God Form," Jin Mori said. "By accessing it, you would amplify all your normal abilities".
"Uhm…There might have been an error or something," Jaune said. "I'm not a God! I'm Jaune Arc, born from two human parents. No god heritage here".
"Ha-ha-ha! I know," Jin Mori said. "But the moment you were able to read the words in the Re-Taekwondo book, you were already chosen to inherit my powers as a God and Demon.
Haven't you realised that you could read languages you've never learned before and see further than anyone? Most of all, you could see energy that ordinary people could not. That's you inheriting my Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils".
"Okay, I get that I was able to gain your Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupil, but that doesn't mean I became a God or something," Jaune said. "Besides, doesn't God have some special energy that makes them…well, a God".
"That's right, and you have one," Jin Mori said. "A few years ago, when you fell asleep while reading the Re-Taekwondo book, the God energy I sealed into the book seeped into you as you were accepted and found worthy to inherit my power. Over the years, it's growing to become your own, and thanks to your partner, it was activated. Hence the appearance of the Loop of Binding".
Jaune didn't know what to think after everything he heard Jin Mori say, but there was not a single word that Jin Mori said was a lie, at least to Jaune's knowledge.
"Now, let's begin your training," Jin Mori said. "Bring out the Weapons of the Three Gods and Yongpyo".
"Are you talking about Kinto-Un, Gourd, and Yeoui?" Jaune asked. Jin Mori nodded at him. "Uhm…I don't have them; I also don't have Yongpyo".
"You do," Jin Mori said. "The energy that entered you earlier wasn't only me. It was also my three weapons. You have to command them to appear to bring them out. But make no mistake, they are sentient weapons. The moment they no longer find you worthy, they would no longer appear".
Jaune tried to do as Jin Mori asked of him, and he tried imagining the Three weapons to appear along with Yongpyo. It took a moment. They all appeared. Jaune was awed at his new armour and weapons. But most of all, Jaune was looking at Yeoui since whenever he held a weapon, it felt weird, but Yeoui felt natural in his hand as if it was a part of his limbs.
"See, you have them," Jin Mori said as he summoned his own. However, the ones that Jin Mori was wearing are no more than a shadow of the original. "Now, I'm going to train you in using your new equipment and your Monkey King Mode. This will be fun".
Jaunt trained with Jin Mori for a long time. He thought that since the place he was in was his mind, it would only last for a few hours, and his training could end until the next night, but he was wrong. Time inside his mind was moving faster than the real world. One hour outside is equal to a week inside his mind.
Six weeks! Jaune has been training with Jin Mori for six weeks! Jaune has gotten the grasp of using his new weapons and his armour. Most of all, he could access some of his God energy. However, he has a time limit.
Jaune could only access his God energy for an hour. After that, the Loop of Binding would take effect, his powers would be sealed, and he would feel excruciating pain.
Not long after the training with Jin Mori, their place was starting to crumble as Jaune was waking up.
"Well, you're waking up," Jin Mori said. "Before you leave, I want to warn you, do not train with your team. Until you gain full control over your God energy, you have to train away from them as you could accidentally release too much and kill them".
"What? But won't the Loop of Binding seal away my power?" Jaune said. "That way, I don't have to worry about anything happening".
"The Loop of Binding would only seal away your power if you're using too much energy or for too long," Jin Mori said. "Remember, Jaune, you're no longer an ordinary person.
What's normal for you isn't the same for other people. A weak kick for you may be a death-dealing kick to others. Although… if you want to train with someone, you can train with them if you lend them Yongpyo".
"T-That makes sense," Jaune said. He then remembered what happened to the Death Stalker he met with Pyrrha in the Emerald Forest. "I remember kicking the Death Stalker lightly in the Emerald Forest, and it few so far back into its cave…Yeah, okay. I understand why I can't train with my team".
"You may have control over the God energy you have, but you don't have control over your physical strength yet," Jin Mori said. "I could have started your training on controlling your physical strength, but I was afraid that you might release too much God energy and kill people before the Loop of Binding seals your power. When you go to bed tonight, I plan to train you in your physical strength control".
"By the way, you said that you wouldn't be here permanently," Jaune said. "How long exactly could you stay in my mind?".
"A few months, no more than that," Jin Mori said. "I sealed a fragment of myself in the book to help the person who inherits my power to control it and make sure it isn't used for evil".
Jaune understood what Jin Mori was saying. Could you imagine if the power he received was in the hand of a raven-haired woman who's power-hungry? That would be devastating.
Moments later, Jaune heard his alarm, and he woke up. Jaune was trying to piece together if what he dreamt of was real or not. To test it, Jaune tried to summon Yongpyo, and it appeared around his body.
"Huh? I guess it's not a dream," Jaune said. He then felt something messing with his ears. "Can you stop that? I'm ticklish in my ear".
Yongpyo then stopped messing with Jaune's ears.
"Hmm…Jin Mori said that I shouldn't train with my team until I can fully control my strength," Jaune said. "But he also said that I might be able to train with someone by lending them Yongpyo…".
Jaune looked at Yongpyo.
"You don't mind being worn by others, right?" Jaune asked. Without Yongpyo saying anything, Jaune knew the answer. "Good, I really didn't want to train on my own, that's boring, and I've been doing it for more than two years now".
Jaune stood from his bed and changed his clothes. He was going to do his morning routine. After that, he took a shower and got ready for the day. Surprisingly, Ren, Nora and Pyrrha were still asleep.
Jaune thought they would be awake by now as it was already seven-thirty. Seems like their alarm were useless. Jaune sighed and woke them up one by one. Ren and Pyrrha woke up without a problem, but Nora tried to hit him with Magnhild.
