Operation: [Consequences]
Yu who had returned from his mission, had decided to spend his time in the Student Council for the whole day alongside with the others. After the event earlier or you could say Tomori's welcome and ending punch, it was now relatively peaceful and Yu and the others were talking animatedly.
It may have been comfortable and the fact that everyone was participating in the discussion was pretty nice and comforting, if it was not for a certain member of the group who was acting a bit... uncharacteristic to say the least.
Yu had believed anyone can show care and love in their own special way. Be it secretive in nature or directly show it in the open with the correct and sufficient motivation allowing for them to do. It was human nature to do so but...
"Um, Tomori?" Yu asked looking at Tomori who seemed to be pretty satisfied by what she's doing.
"Call me by my first name from now on" she stated while looking at him with a smile.
"Okay then, N-Nao what are you doing?" Yu asked while using her first name. He was taken aback by that sudden request but seeing Tomori's smile brighten, he just let it go.
"Hugging you what else?" Tomori bluntly said making Yu look at her with wide-eyes from the frank statement.
"Wha- *sigh*" Yu sighed rubbing his temples; he couldn't understand the strange action of the girl beside him.
...he could never expect that a girl with a passive and cold exterior whose voice was always blunt when speaking with others and seemingly only cared about a select amount of people, her favorite band and of course food in general that was somewhat eccentric on some occasions albeit with the right trigger, would...
Tomori continued smiling towards him that made him feel nervous for a reason.
...no, he could not believe that Tomori of all people would just march to him directly before abruptly latching on his arm burying it on her-um, developed mounds of flesh that have gotten bigger since he last saw th-*ahem*, like nobody's business and keep up a smile on her face while doing so.
It was very different to what he had expected from her! It was so-, but upon feeling such comfortable pair of orbs on his arm, his thoughts simply disintegrated and indulged in the feeling of her so-
Yu shook his head vehemently trying to get rid of such thoughts.
"Anything troubling you?" Tomori asked leaning her head on his shoulder but Yu ignored her question just turning to the others to find some help, to why she was acting like this.
To Tomori, she had done it because... well she wanted to. She could not explain the exact reason why she had done this kind of act that was very unlikely based on her personality. Yes she felt a feeling of embarrassment from the act but it slowly diminished leaving only a feeling of... contentment whilst hugging Yu's arm despite where it was placed but she ignored that particular bit. Her own heart proceeded to tell her to act this way seeing him here safe and well by her side after a long time of waiting. Like some of her urges had jus-
Her internal monologue was interrupted when someone from the three suddenly toughened up and asked a question but...
"W-" Takajo opened his mouth to only get a intimidating glare that came from Tomori which he immediately shut his mouth closed.
"If you continue your question I will beat you up" Tomori stated simply with a glare facing him.
"But you always beat m-" Takajo whined but was interrupted when Tomori spoked.
"Zip it" Tomori growled venomously that made Takajo flinched in surprise.
The others were taken aback from the words of Tomori except Ayumi who could only tilt her head in confusion. They never thought that she could mix her words with so... very poisonous venom.
"Nao, why are you acting like this?" Yu who was really unnerved had finally asked what was on everyone's mind.
"I don't know, you tell me" Tomori returning her view towards Yu's face while smiling, playing hard to get, before she continued to hug his arm tighter that made Yu's arm feel those protruding objects from her chest more clearly.
"You're acting weird" Yu said with a raised eyebrow.
"Am I?" Tomori countered which made Yu sigh from her vague answer.
Well not that Yu hated it, how could anyone hate this kind of treatment if it was a girl who was a bit eccentric but cute nonetheless, with white long hair with blue eyes that really brings out her charm, overall she was-
"Yu, you're staring" Tomori stated seeing that Yu was staring at her for a while now, which the latter quickly recomposed from.
"Well... you know the reason why right?" Yu asked raising an eyebrow indicating to her weird behavior.
"What?" Tomori tilted her head cutely which he tried to ignore. "You don't like it?" she added while he kept ignoring.
"Do you want to do more?" now that made Yu halt from his thoughts.
"..."
'W-what did she say?!' Yu thought with an incredulous and shock expression with his mouth agape and the others who had the same expression while Ayumi was growing more confused.
Tomori seeing Yu's reaction became confused, she blinked before smirking secretly, understanding his current shocked expression, this was a new experience for her and was just following what was on her mind, and now her mind was telling her ... to embarrass the black haired teen even more.
Tomori proceeded to kiss Yu on the cheek with her soft lips...
...and unlike earlier when she got really embarrassed during their first kiss session albeit with awkwardness, she suddenly felt confidence in doing something similar for the second time... such was how quickly Tomori adapt to any situation... including this one apparently.
Yu who had received the soft and sweet treatment grew redness in his cheeks while Tomori just smiled oh so innocently.
"Did you remember our promise?" Tomori suddenly brought up with a smile before moving her lips towards the blushing male's ear to not let the others hear what she had to say. "Since you returned... I. Am. Now. Yours, correct?" she whispered somewhat seductively (that Yu had a hard time comprehending if it sounded truly like that) in his ear while Yu who felt her hot breathe hit his skin whilst she was talking that way, sent shivers from his spine and the redness from his cheek grew more vivid.
"I-I'm going to change uniforms!" Yu who couldn't take it anymore hurriedly said releasing Tomori on his arm, before quickly making his way to the door... he was unable to see Tomori's sly smirk from his reaction.
Tomori who was smirking was truly enjoying Yu's reaction to all of this and she seems to be enjoying the role of a teaser when it comes to him. It looks like she had a new interest to tease... him that is.
"What happened?" Ayumi asked innocently not understanding what happened.
"You're brother is just being shy Ayumi-chan" Tomori said with a smile while Ayumi nodded her head in understanding which made Takajo and Nishimori sweatdrop.
While Yu who had retreated because of Tomori's... aggressive behavior.
"What the hell?" Yu stated.
Upon closing the doors he sighed before getting rid of the healthy blush that was adorning his face.
Tomori was acting weird and he doesn't know what the cause was-, well he could guess what, but...
...he could not believe that Tomori had extracted such an expression out of him. In his mission he had to show an unbending cold exterior to fight against enemies and save his fellow {Ability Wielders}. He was used to showing such expression but also keeping in mind to express emotions that will balance out his cold expression all the time, so he would not turn into an expressionless doll when he finally returned to his home. Even though he used that way of thinking, he found himself reacting only slightly to those sudden emotions showing only calmness in return.
This means that certain emotions such as embarrassment or nervousness (though the future will prove him wrong), should have never elicit this extent of a reaction out of him from earlier... until realizing something.
"Well, if anyone could, she absolutely could do it I guess" Yu said with a smile.
Thinking further he concluded that it was pretty normal seeing who it was that had elicited such a reaction towards him and the fact that her whole sudden change in personality caught him off-guard to make a calm judgment only added fuel to the flame and the fact that-, his thoughts was interrupted remembering that he had to change his uniform quickly. So with that in mind he used {Teleportation} before his figure flickered in existence disappearing from sight...
A few minutes passed, Yu arrived by opening the door. He was wearing the standard Hoshinoumi Academy Uniform making the others look at him in surprise for the quick change while Tomori had a smirk on her face which he tried to ignore for the time being.
Sighing he took a seat on the edge of the map table while Tomori immediately move to him to latched on his arm once again.
"You're doing this on purpose aren't you?" Yu inquired sighing dejectedly making Tomori look at him.
"Hey, it's not bad once in a while right?" Tomori asked back making Yu reluctantly nod in uncertainty before proceeding to cough taking notice of the looks that the others were giving him.
"Anyways... do you have any questions about my mission?" Yu said facing the others.
The three people in front of him glance at each other. They were waiting for an opportunity to ask him some questions regarding about his mission, but taking note of the outfit he was wearing earlier and seeing how torn up it was indicating that he probably met some... unpleasant experiences along the way and would somehow made him uncomfortable.
"But is it alright?" Takajo asked.
"W-we don't want you to recall some b-bad stuff Otosaka-san" Nishimori stuttered whilst shaking her head.
"Yeah, Yu-niichan might be uncomfortable" Ayumi said.
But Yu and Tomori was having none of it.
"You don't have to be so reserved around me, all of you have a right to know such details... if you want to of course" Yu said with a smile making them turn towards him with confirming stares which he replied with a nod in exchange.
The former did not mind discussing this kind of topic with his friends that changed him for the better, in his mind they all had the right to know what happened on his journey and he would answer all their questions with his utmost honesty no matter how uncomfortable it was for him.
While the latter was simply interested and disregarded the fact that he would get uncomfortable knowing that somehow he would never mind at all, but she could not tell how she felt that way. So being the more eager one to hear the detail she asked first.
"Then if you're here... you managed to loot all the abilities in the world?!" Tomori with sparkling eyes said truly interested while she was pointing her camcorder directly on Yu's face (too close in fact), that she had gotten on the small bag on her waist, making said male and the others sweatdrop from her enthusiastic demeanor... except Ayumi of course!
Yu remembered the same question his brother asked albeit less enthusiastically.
Flashback
Secret Research Facility
"Then if you're here... you managed to loot all the abilities in the world?" Shunsuke while standing asked Yu who was sitting on a couch while three people were accompanying him.
When information about Yu's sightings on China had been sent to the Secret Research Facility, Shunsuke and the others immediately head out themselves instead of assigning anyone in their group to get Yu.
By using a helicopter they managed to get to China quickly. They spent two days acquiring information despite Shunsuke's blindness being adamant to learn the location of his younger brother. When they heard that a male with a mask had been seen in the areas around Beijing, they didn't waste time and immediately travelled there even if the information was false or someone similar was mistaken.
Their guesses were correct when nightfall arrived. They managed to see Yu overlooking the city on top of a building who was about to travel, Shunsuke leaned on the helicopter's door to promptly called out to Yu despite the others holding him in place making sure he would not fall, but was rewarded when he had managed to get the teens attention.
The events continued, the group had managed to leave China with Yu alongside them for the ride. Shunsuke being a loving and worried brother had cried and hugged the teen seeing that Yu had been alright. Yu accepted the elder brother's reaction seeing that he had been gone on a very dangerous mission.
When they got to the Secret Research Facility, Shunsuke asked Yu to rest for the day which Yu immediately declined saying that they should ask questions lingering on their minds for the time being. Shunsuke protested at first, but hearing Yu's reason, being that they should know about certain information regarding his journey right away where they have nothing to do instead of something interrupting their discussions, he eventually accepted.
So here they are now in the living room waiting for Yu to answer their questions.
"Well except Japan that is, but yeah I successfully looted all of them" Yu answered while they sighed in relief and happiness about the news.
"So the world is free of sickness huh?" Shunsuke said before remembering something crucial. "But what about you Yu those abilities should have affected you... seeing those abilities you looted can amount to serious numbers" Shunsuke added.
"You don't have to worry about me nii-san... I managed to find a method to protect my mind from the strain" he said but looking at their faces filled with doubt, uncertainty and confusion, Yu sighed before he started explaining.
In his travels when he suddenly felt his mind was going on an overload that could affect his body, he had been rummaging around the abilities that he looted. Seeing that he had many abilities that he could work on, he started fortifying his mind and body right away.
This was where he found out that his abilities could merge together. Explaining further the abilities that he found were mostly incomplete, for example is an ability that could mend cuts, bruises or wounds but the ability can't heal fatigue and he also had an ability that can reduce the pain of a wound but the said ability can't heal that open cut, but by using this method he can use both of them at the same time to avoid where it would become mostly time-consuming if he had use it separately.
"I found a method where I can use those abilities by combining them, thus I was able to get rid of possible mind strains and other similar problems" Yu explained which made everyone listen closely.
Now this is where he found out about the method he called {Merging}.
One day he had met some people who were very injured who was close to dying and decided to help them whilst he needed to be quick to save them, upon serious occasions he had concentrated hard enough to see that he was using two abilities reflexively by only activating one process.
Indicating that if he could concentrate by using two or more abilities at once that needed to use multiple turns one after the other, he would only need to use one process to activate multiple abilities thus reducing the time consumption.
"Did your method work with your other abilities?" Shunsuke asked.
"It works on most abilities that were compatible with each other" Yu stated.
Seeing that it was very helpful and can immensely help him at times of trouble, he tried using {Merging} with his other abilities to see if it could happen again. But had found out that only abilities that were compatible or doesn't directly affect each other's processes can only merge together. The method had given a hard time in getting used to, but with enough practice he can easily perform it. Currently he can use {Merging} easily with simultaneously using less than ten abilities in his arsenal.
But it isn't the same as activating two abilities at the same time. It's like where the abilities that he merged combined its process, allowing him to focus on using one ability rather than focusing on using two abilities at once, kind of like the abilities were meant to be combined.
Abilities were like jigsaw puzzles where it can temporarily be separated but are originally one big picture. Where one flawed ability was a part of a complete ability, kind of like fragments that were once part of a whole.
It was a very helpful method that helped him in fortifying his mind to stress and strain seeing that he can do all the necessary things to completely heal the potential backlashes in one go. While he can use the method efficiently, if he uses more than the number limit that he can manage, it can make him experience headaches that was very painful to bear.
But overall it was one of the very over-powered possibilities that he discovered... yes one of them.
And judging from the amazed look of the others, he was right in that regard.
"Hmmm... I never thought that was possible, any thoughts?" Maedomari asked with finger on his chin glancing at Shunsuke.
"Never thought that abilities can be merge or whatever your saying" Shinchino said as well.
"Though, I think it is only possible for Yu-kun here" Medoki stated while Shinchino looked at him curiously.
"How?"
"Well for starters, he has the ability to steal other abilities right?" Medoki inquired which everyone gave a nod to. "Then when he started looting abilities until it became a high number on its own, I think those abilities may be able to connect with each other because it is genetically acquired or anything similar to that" Medoki continued. "So with that, like how we grow continuously, our muscles, bones or tissues connect to adapt to our growth as well, simply put with how many abilities Yu-kun here looted, the abilities must have connected to somehow adapt in a single body but the difference is that they can be separated in the start to begin with" Medoki concluded making the others shocked in her very plausible deduction.
"Your deduction abilities are always perfect Medoki, good job" Shunsuke praised with a warm smile making Medoki blush from his complement, but Yu could see that it was far from surprise and embarrassment... if Shinchino's smirk is any indication.
Yu turned to Shinchino with a raised eyebrow as if asking why. Shinchino merely grinned before turning to Maedomari who simply nodded and smiled to Yu which the latter understood quickly.
His elder brother had a (not so) secret admirer.
Well that had a high possibility of happening since that Medoki was the only female in the main group of this secret syndicate for the protection of {Ability Wielders}, she had been in this group for a very long time alongside with Kumagami, Shinchino and Maedomari since it started.
And maybe seeing how Shunsuke was very obstinate and determined in his work primarily for other people, not just himself. It made Medoki feel some feelings for the responsible and the big brother of the group.
Though how those feelings developed and matured into love was a story for another time.
Medoki who was still blushing eventually realized how she was acting. She quickly glanced to Shinchino who was giving her a smirk while Yu and Maedomari were content on giving out a smile.
"You guys!" Medoki was about to refuse what they were thinking when Shunsuke called out.
"Hmmm... something up Medoki?" Shunsuke asked hearing Medoki shout which the girl quickly replied.
"N-nothing Shunsuke, nothing at all" Medoki excused while waving her hands which Shunsuke just gave a nod to.
So the only one who was not currently aware of Medoki's adoration was the young man himself who was being adored.
It was pretty understandable, not that Shunsuke was dense or anything like some of those stupid harem protagonists, he was currently blind which made him unable to see Medoki's attraction towards him... because there's nothing to see at all. And the time he spent on managing and leading their secret organization that mostly use and spend his time on, only made it harder for Medoki to show him some affection without being awkward.
Medoki of course knew this, but she would not give up in reaching for Shunsuke's attention even if the road was encompassed by darkness making the man she adore unable to see her that way, and not just for her own reason, she would allow him to see all the effort he had given for them and the result of those actions that led them here today.
Shunsuke, who had started a education system where {Ability Wielders} are safe from scientist that wants to capture them, which was currently built around Japan and had created a syndicate where they had invented a vaccine that can stop the development of abilities in the future.
These were the things he created alongside the others through continuous {Time Leaping} to avoid scientists from finding them out as they form the group that had been doing a great job until now which in turn made him sacrifice his eyesight because of his ability for the group to be formed.
If there was only a way for Shunsuke to see the fruits of his hard works...
She was interrupted by her thoughts when Yu suddenly got up from his seat before going past her telling something as he walked by.
"The blindness is the burden right?" Yu inquired making Medoki confused. "Then let me lift that burden for the two-no, for all of you" he finished before getting in front of Shunsuke until he raised his hand to cover his elder brother's blind eyes.
Yu had seen the current conflicting expressions on Medoki's face knowing that it was Shunsuke's blindness that hadn't allowed him to see the development he had given his whole life into making and the certain special prize (Medoki) he had yet to claim. So he concluded that getting rid of Shunsuke's blindness was a good start, which in turn will remove the original problem right away.
"Yu wha-" Shunsuke said hearing Yu's voice while a hand was on his face or more accurately on top of his eyes. But was interrupted when he suddenly felt a warm feeling that was released from said hand, which was very soothing as if removing a large weight on his shoulders.
Yu's hand glowed blue releasing warmth that Shunsuke could only feel. About a few minutes the glow disappeared and he proceeded to slowly remove his hand on his brother's face until he let it fall to his side.
He activated one of his healing related abilities called {Cure} where it can heal a subject's current condition; however it's flaw was that it can only provisionally cure the disease because the other organs that were infected by that disease are not actually healed only temporarily cleanse or purified making it a somewhat useless ability, unless the subject can find a way to cure the organs inside him involved in causing the disease.
Any type of healing-related abilities he had was the same, even the most simplest {Heal} can only mend cuts and wounds but it can't restore a person's fatigue because of its supposed flaw. And that was why Yu thinks that {Merging} was a very helpful method, he can use other of his abilities to cover each flaw and successfully heal even the most serious illnesses though how it is done so is another explanation.
But it was enough for Yu to heal Shunsuke's blindness because his eyesight was lost since it came from the flaw of his brother's former ability called {Time Leap}, and since there was no infected organs and the brother's former ability was lost, that were the causing him to go blind it was easy for Yu to heal him.
Yu who was done with his treatment gave a smile to his brother who was still closing his eyes.
[Play: Kokuhaku (ANANT-GARDE-EYES/Jun Maeda) Charlotte (O.S.T)]
"Nii-san, try opening your eyes now" Yu said before adjusting his position to the side while the brother nod in acceptance, the others who were watching in waited breath.
Shunsuke started to open his eyes slowly, seeing blurriness for the first time before blinking repeatedly until his whole vision was clear, now seeing his three comrad-, no friends in the room who was waiting in anticipation.
Maedomari had short blue-ish black hair and light blue eyes and the calm and docile look in his face like what he had remembered from the past.
Shinchino with sharp golden eyes had mid-length blonde hair that was slightly longer than what he had remembered.
And Medoki who was now different unlike the other in terms of appearance had her salmon-colored hair in a mid length cut, unlike her long salmon hair in the past that she usually ties to a ponytail with her matching salmon eyes.
He could clearly see his friends' change in appearance as time passed by but had still loyally stood by his side until now; he was stuck in his place feeling sudden emotions from his chest before he felt something warm cascading from his now functional eyes. He instinctively place a hand on his cheeks to only feel it was tears that he had been holding back because of the condition of his eyes and the fact that he could clearly see his loyal friends now in front of him, made it hard for him to keep all the tears that he had piled up in secret, in exchange for the effort and sacrifices he gave to lead them all.
Now with those emotions present inside him, he could now release his burdens of keeping up a professional facade in front of others to lead them towards a future that they could truly feel safe and enjoy.
Until he felt someone embraced his chest tightly, upon looking downwards he saw Medoki who had her head buried on his chest.
"Take it all out Shunsuke" Medoki said before continuing.
"Cry out the entire burden that you had to carry..."
"...you who deserved it more than anyone else."
Medoki lifted her head from his chest looking towards Shunsuke with eyes of gratitude, appreciation and adoration. That sight let tears from his eyes fall almost endlessly albeit silently, until he felt two hands on both of his shoulders, looking up he saw Shinchino and Maedomari with eyes full of genuine loyalty with a smile on their faces.
"You heard the girl" Shinchino said with a grin before Maedomari continued.
"Show us three-no, show how Kumagami and the three of us gave you our trust and support with those eyes full of conviction" Maedomari stated with a grin as well.
Shunsuke seeing them with their current expression proceeded to rub his eyes to get rid of the tears before showing the eyes of the leader that was full of determination and unwavering resolve that he had shown to lead everyone of his comrades to success.
"Right!" Shunsuke shouted with a smile making the occupants in the room smile in response.
"Now that's the leader we know!"
They cheered before laughing heartedly knowing that Shunsuke would now not only make them guide in a better path that he could see alongside them but allow himself to view the future he help in creating and had yet to see the result he had been yearning for with his own two eyes. Before Shunsuke remembered who caused those things to happen in the first place.
"Yu, I truly and sincerely give you my gratitude" Shunsuke stated getting out of Medoki's embrace before bowing while the other's followed as well that made Yu smile.
"You are my stubborn brother after all, but a loving brother nonetheless" Yu replied making the others chuckled in response.
"No, this was all possible by you Yu" Shunsuke said before referring to the Secret Research Facility. "All of this was just a stepping ground that I created with my will and resolve to keep you all safe, and you, as the one who had proceeded to take the steps to achieve the impossible, created a hope that we can rely on for the future" added Shunsuke.
"But nothing can begin without anyone starting remember" Yu said with a grin.
"You are right but-, *sigh* there I go making excuses again" Shunsuke sighed.
"Don't worry about that now Shunsuke! You deserved this after all and not to mention a special prize" Shinchino said who gave a glance to Medoki who blushed in response.
"Nope this isn't done yet, and I will work hard for that special prize I will achieve one day" Shunsuke who was misunderstanding it as peace for all {Ability Wielders} which made everyone in the room stifle a giggle except for Medoki who was blushing madly. "Anyway Yu, after about two years meaning that you're powers will disappear, until then help us achieve our goal" Shunsuke said to Yu whose smile fell making his eyebrow raise in question.
"Is there bothering you Yu?" Shunsuke said concerned from how Yu sighed.
"Guess I can't hide it in front of all of you huh?" Yu said before standing up from his seat before proceeding to turn around not facing his brother and the others. "And I was planning to avoid it but..." Yu said facing them with sad smile on his face. "Seeing that display earlier I might as well tell you... it'll eventually be discovered either way"
"Yu please tell me... what is going on?" Shunsuke asked while the others listened attentively sensing that the atmosphere in the room was tense unlike earlier.
"My abilities..." Yu started.
"..."
"...are permanent and never going to be disappear"
That statement made the others take a few moments to absorb and comprehend, until Shunsuke managed to come up with a response albeit barely.
"...How?"
Yu sighed getting ready for a long explanation.
"It's just as I said, an unknown accident made my abilities permanent"
In his mission he experimented on his abilities if they affect one another, earlier he had said that a method of what he called as {Merging} was possible and can affect his abilities by combining them together to create an entirely new ability and lessen the time consumption, but it never did strengthen the power/quality output of said abilities.
Within his travels his abilities had been getting stronger and stronger unlike the first time that he had acquired them. But how could those abilities get stronger, is there a method that can amplify an abilities' power making it more powerful? And how did that possible method turned the ability that was known to disappear once a person reaches the peak of puberty into permanent, making the known and proven information investigated by professional researchers about it turn invalid and false?
Now this is where those questions are answered...
...Another one of his findings is that he found out more about the ability to make sicknesses and illnesses worse or ability called {Disease Manipulation}. At first it was an ability that can accelerate the growth were the ability is developed making the {Carrier} turn into an {Ability Wielder} that has active powers in an instant.
He had found it by pure coincidence when he decided to prove his doubts on how he can make his abilities stronger and then suddenly remembering the information he got on the ability of what he called as {Disease Manipulation}, he knew its original power was to accelerate the process of growth of said abilities instantly. But he got curious as to the nature of the ability... why not make his current abilities "worse" seeing that it could accelerate the not yet matured abilities of {Carriers}? If it could "accelerate" unborn abilities to appear there has to be some kind of factor where it had to "strengthen" the abilities enough to be used properly by {Ability Wielders} right?
He turned the nature of what {Disease Manipulation} is known for as "the ability to make abilities worse for {Carriers}" into "the ability that can {Develop} the abilities of {Ability Wielders}"...
With that kind of motivation he tried his assumptions. But made sure to be careful seeing that he would strengthen all the abilities he looted in one go, knowing that he is a single vessel which holds a very high amount of abilities and he can't possibly do it separately. And upon finishing, he proved his theory to be correct seeing and feeling that his ability had leap in bounds in terms of firepower while his other non-combat abilities had improved on their own.
But his healing-related abilities remain the same and his {Disease Manipulation} only improves its speed of process, it was probably because his healing abilities are considered as "complete" in terms of uses. His healing ability already completes its necessary function, even if they have their own individual uses no matter how long they took. So he needed to rely on {Merging} to bring the potential of his healing-related abilities to perfection.
But nonetheless it had shown great use when applying but like many of his ability there is a very crucial side effect that he was not quite sure yet...
He had found this out when he scanned his body, to check if he got enough energy or vitamins in avoiding particular diseases which he had always done on a two-week basis to keep him safe and healthy. Inspecting closer he was surprised that the certain part of his brain that was temporarily opened which was only triggered by inhaling those unknown particles that came from {Charlotte}, had been reinforced and opened perpetually by some unknown factor.
He had grown confused and bewildered by the sudden development, and can only speculated that it was because of {Disease Manipulation}... though he isn't quite sure yet.
He concluded that it was the continual use or exposure of {Disease Manipulation}. The supposed flaw is that itmakes the ability permanent or specifically it makes the certain sector of the cerebral nerves that was dormant that allows the development of these special powers to stay active therefore allowing his abilities to be recognized by his brain as an innate function that will continually improve as his body develops.
Simply put, he concluded that as he uses {Disease Manipulation} to {Develop} his abilities, it also {Develops} his abilities to be reinforced inside his body.
But nonetheless Yu had learned of this possible side effect too late while improving his own abilities with the use of {Disease Manipulation}, meaning that even if he goes beyond the age of an adolescent, Yu's abilities aren't able to disappear because it is already reinforced as a natural function/ability of his body that will continue to grow alongside him.
And there was another effect or two that Yu had discovered about the ability {Disease Manipulation}, but that explanation is for another time.
Despite that he accepted this outcome, and continued in evolving and improving his current abilities. He accepted that the sickness of the world will now forever remain on his shoulders, until something happened to be able to remove those abilities that he looted which was unlikely.
Shunsuke hearing the explanation of Yu was very conflicted with himself, and started to feel self-blame knowing that he was a part of the reason why his brother will continue to carry the burden of the world on his shoulders and will face possible consequences.
"So all those planning that I've done was useless, huh?" sighed Shunsuke.
He had planned ahead knowing that Yu's troubles should be lifted after two years allowing him to carry on with his normal life while he as his brother would protect him from potential consequences...
But alas that preparation was all for naught seeing the unwanted result that he should have seen through. And with that mistake this was going to lead to a dangerous problem.
"Shunsuke! This is very dangerous information! If those fuckers found out about Yu's abilities being permanent they would capture him immediately at all cost!" stated Shinchino with clenched teeth. He was implying about those scientist or other crime syndicates that may found out about Yu.
"It may even affect other innocent bystanders" Maedomari speculated. "They would use underhand methods just to get Yu" he added.
"Yes he would-, wait a minute" Medoki said realizing something before abruptly sprinting towards the door to get outside of the room while the others grew confused.
When she exited Yu had faced the remaining people in the room who were having their own discussion
"You don't have to worry guys" Yu said trying to calm the situation down.
But it did the opposite effect...
"How can we not worry?! You're in a very dangerous situation here!" argued Shinchino.
"I'm afraid to say that he is right Yu-san" Maedomari said.
"Yes, Yu it will be very difficult to make moves here from now on" Shunsuke concluded.
They currently believed that the situation of Yu had been moved into a very dangerous position. Yu, who accidentally found out about a method where he can make abilities permanent. He would be the primary targets of crime syndicates seeing that he was a very precious specimen for them to control or be experimented on.
While Yu who was waiting for them to calm down could only watch in defeat, seeing that whatever he said would immediately be brought down.
He never told that them there was a positive side to all of this that was very obvious from the start, but they're reasoning was overshadowed by the fact that crime syndicates would make a move on him
With the methods to how to manage his powers efficiently, knowledge about how he could prevent the backlashes of said strain from said abilities and the fact that his powers will remain with him alongside his growth. He can protect his loved ones from danger, from organizations that may target him and also other potential arising problems, and that was not all he had done as a countermeasure which he would be probably uncomfortable to discuss but it had to be said.
The others continued their own loud discussions.
And with that his patience slowly diminished before he finally had enough.
"Listen to me!" Yu shouted making the others stopped talking before looking at Yu in confusion and surprise. "You don't have to worry about those guys because I finished almost all of them!" he added without hesitation.
The others were silent from the outburst and were about to question what he meant, but before that the door opened and Medoki returned with a folder in hand.
"*Pant* *Pant* I got them!" Medoki said while panting catching her breath.
"What are those papers Medoki?" Shunsuke inquired curiously.
"It was a report that was supposed to be handed to you Shunsuke, but the informants got delayed in sending it to us that particular day..." Medoki answered before opening the folder then giving the papers to Shunsuke. "...so it ended up on the queue getting piled up by other papers but I was lucky enough to glance at the title earlier in my desk and ended up recalling it now"
Shunsuke who took the papers proceeded to read the report's title, then with one glance at the title he was standing there in shock with wide-eyes before turning to Yu who was meeting his gaze.
"Yu, what you meant by finishing almost all of them..." Shunsuke said still in shock and unease.
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Yu who was now the center of attraction merely met there gaze with now empty eyes.
"Yes, I was the one who had wiped out most of those illegal syndicates and stopped prohibited experimentations" Yu stated to the shock people that were listening.
{The One-Eyed Grim Reaper} was Yu's alias in his mission around the world. People based the name on his appearance because of his one functional eye under the mask that he had been wearing, thus naming him as such. But he was remembered by that nickname as the one who fearlessly infiltrated facilities to facilities despite that death was always present on his excursion. That's why he was named as {The One-Eyed Grim Reaper}. But that title was not his only one.
While he was a hero to those {Ability Wielders} he saved, he was the enemy of the corrupted Government that hailed him as a criminal for a lot of reasons that were not even justified, it would had happened if he didn't think things through... which luckily he did. He managed to bend some truths before it got to public by using the ability to purge memories of some people and instead of a criminal he was thankfully called a mere vigilante and used different aliases to avoid being discovered.
And from then he proceeded to carefully move forward by using different identities. But {The One-Eyed Grim Reaper} had been his most used and prominent title that he used as a name to remind people that death was only their salvation if they crosses path with him again. That was mostly false seeing that he mostly had used his ability to purge memories from those members of crime syndicates and scientists that had experimented/recruited {Ability Wielders} making them forget that they had an organization to begin with.
But on rare occasions he had no choice but to kill people that were truly going too far, be it dangerous people or fellow {Ability Wielders} and also where facilities are destroyed by those evil people for a chance to escape just to get rid of the evidences... bringing down the innocent {Ability Wielders} with it.
The others could only listen unable to console him.
Most horrible scenes that he had encountered were the {Ability Wielders} themselves. He watched as they struggle with the experimentations they were experiencing. Some {Ability Wielders} had lost their sanity and became a dead husk of their former selves while some had gone mad harming anyone in their vicinity, no more possible cure to treat them of their sufferings.
And the most malicious were the disposed {Ability Wielders} that had proven their uses... their dead bodies dissected and piled up with their former friends that had experienced the same thing... but at least their torture have ended with their death.
The others could only listen to what Yu had faced all by himself.
So yes Yu did encounter some dark moments while on his mission that he wanted to avoid but, it was the whole world that he faced. Along with its cruel and inhumane system that hides it's workings from society and with this kind of mission that he had committed to, it was inevitable that Yu would witness such moments no matter how he likes or not.
But thankfully he had his abilities to work with, if it was any person without the powers he possesses, they could have lost their sanity from what he had seen, but in the end no matter how many abilities he had, or how he used it, those gruesome scenes affected him in some way or another.
The others who could only listen went silent for a while until...
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Present
The others who could only listen went silent for a while until...
"..."
They're reaction and reply to his answers that day was forever etched onto his mind...
And...
...as the sound of a camcorder fell on the ground catching Yu's attention, he could clearly see how Tomori hid her growing expression upon listening to their discussion with a fake indifference on her face...