Greetings! As usual, thank you for the support, no matter the shape!
I've also decided to change the summary a bit, to make it clear at what chapter the Remnant saga starts. Aside from that, I've decided to *ehm* correct my misspelling of certain characters and aspects in Chapters 3 and 6(?). If you recognise it, then yeah, you know what's gonna come down.
Oh, and if you haven't noticed, this a double-chapter update, just because I felt like it :).
Regarding Review Responses, I've decided to put them in the end of chapters, so as to not clog up the opening parts of the chapters.
Enjoy!
2 Days of Travelling the Fast Route…
The mood had noticeably soured throughout the rest of their journey, . Raiden kept an almost constant scowl on his face, not liking the facts he heard one bit. Jaune had an uneasy smile, but whether that was because of the others or himself, no one quite knew. Lastly, Taiyang always kept his guard up around the two swordsmen, yet inside he kept replaying the words over and over.
I mean, Hunters couldn't be that bad, could they?
Meanwhile, Jade tried his best to keep the mood up. He always smiled and spoke with cheer, even though he himself had things he had things to think about regarding their new arrivals.
They were reaching the end of the fast route now. Jade noticed this and decided to call to the rest of them, head popping from inside the caravan. "Hey! I think we'll be reaching Mistral's gates in two days, guys!"
Jaune grinned slightly as he tilted his head in Jade's direction. "Really? I didn't think we'd be there this fast."
"The faster the better." Raiden said, and Jaune could see his lips quirk upwards ever so slightly. Idly, the ninja crushed a shard of Electric Dust in his hand, part of a stash that Jade had spared some for them from his caravan. It was how Raiden could keep going past his initial predicted limit. The ninja sent an apologetic expression to Jade. "Ah, sorry for the burden."
Jade chuckled. "It's nothing, really. Besides, I don't think-"
"Footsteps." Taiyang interrupted them, "Someone's coming."
The group's movement ground to a halt. Jaune and Raiden snapped to attention, each shifting slightly to prepare for battle. At the same time, Jade nodded to himself and went back inside his caravan.
"I hear them." Raiden said cooly. "From a guess, that's around eighty people."
Jaune smirked, "Well, then let's hope they're friendly. Otherwise…" the samurai shrugged, but the rest of them caught the message loud and clear. It could end in a fight.
Their eyes scanned their front, the footsteps becoming louder and louder. At the same time, Raiden noticed that the footsteps also sounded a bit uniform, slightly disciplined. It's like they're troops of some kind… maybe a local militia?'
Meanwhile, Taiyang had a sinking feeling in his gut. There was a reason they chose the smaller route first, and that was because they didn't want to run into anyone else on their journey. Outside the walls, anyone can walk anywhere they want, and the most common routes are the ones with the most risks. And the fact that this mission offered a huge sum means that Jade was willing to fork over lots of cash to ensure his safety.
So why did he choose to leave their earlier route when Raiden and Jaune came? What made them ease his worries so well?
Did… did he know something about them?
Regardless, they were going to run into people, and based on his gut instincts, they weren't going to be good people either….
The Hunter's suspicions were proven correct when men and women wearing paramilitary attire and Grimm-inspired masks with angular shapes and red highlights, similar symbols etched on their clothing (three slash marks), walked into their field of vision. Worst of all, all of them were armed with weapons befitting a terrorist organisation.
"The White Fang." Taiyang growled lowly.
Raiden and Jaune quickly turned their gazes from the White Fang to Taiyang. Eyes widened slightly with realisation, the three of them prepared to draw their weapons and readied themselves if they needed to.
The White Fang's leader stepped forwards and spoke up, "Humans!" He yelled, "Explain what you are doing here!"
Taiyang opened his mouth to respond, but before he could do so, was interrupted by Jaune.
"Oh, us?" Jaune flourished HF Murasama with his left hand, posture relaxed. "Well, we were just passing by when we ran into you guys." He sent a smirk their way "That's not a problem, is it?"
"Then it's clear that you need to reach someplace, and going somewhere requires supplies, correct?" The White Fang leader asked back, not bothering to answer Jaune. Before any of them could respond to the new question, he spoke up again, "How about this, Humans? My men and I could use supplies to ensure our safety to Vale. Your caravan seems to hold those that we need. Give your supplies to us and we'll let you walk away with your lives."
Taiyang quickly shot a warning look at Jaune before the samurai could speak again, eyes saying 'Let me do the talking.' Jaune sent a side-eye view to the Hunter and rolled his eyes. Nonetheless, the samurai stepped back and let Taiyang take it from there.
"I'm sorry, but that's not going to happen." Taiyang said, then tried to compromise. "Maybe we can compromise? I doubt that what we have could keep all of your men satisfied, after all. I think we can just walk away and act like none of this ever happened."
The White Fang members all shifted somewhat. Then, their leader chuckled, then laughed, followed by his people behind him. "That's not going to happen, scum." Their leader growled with a smirk, all of The White Fang's postures preparing to attack. Their leader sunk to a low stance and brandished a pair of chain-sickles, eager for the fight. "You're either with us, or you're against us."
Raiden narrowed his eyes. He and Jaune withdrew HF Crocea and HF Murasama, while Taiyang flicked his wrist and LimitBreak transformed from vambraces to gloves.
"WE'LL KILL YOU, HUMAN SCUM!"
Chaos erupted around them. The leader and the people at the front charged at them, planning to overwhelm the three fighters of the caravan. In response, the three of them stood back-to-back, making sure none of them slipped to the defenceless Jade.
Jaune parried a club strike from a White Fang grunt. He smirked as the grunt stumbled back. 'Inexperienced, of course.' He thought idly, twirling HF Murasama to grip it pommel-first 'But…' Before the grunt could react, Jaune pushed HF Murasama's pommel into the grunt's stomach. Aura flashed, even as the grunt bent down with pain. 'His Aura's unlocked.' Jaune twisted his footing and kicked the grunt across the face, sending him face-first to the dirt. Before the grunt could get up, Jaune plunged his sword through the grunt's back. His Aura flashed uselessly against the HF Blade. With a flick of his wrist, Jaune pulled HF Murasama free and twirled it in his hand, eyes filled with mirth as he stared down the countless more grunts around him roaring with rage. "Come on! Let's make it interesting, everyone!"
The grunts yelled with rage and attacked Jaune as one, each pair of eyes burning with anger and hate. Jaune chuckled as he ducked low, avoiding much of their initial strikes. With many of their guards wide open, Jaune spun on his heel, still ducking, bringing HF Murasama around him as he did so. The sword cut cleanly through his surrounding opponent's Aura, many of them yelling out in pain as they fell, their legs useless and sprouting fresh red blood.
The samurai looked up and saw a new grunt leap over his comrade's bodies, knife in hand. Jaune titled his head to the side, avoiding the knife's descending lunge. The new grunt landed on his feet in front of Jaune, who titled an eyebrow in response. Roaring with rage, the new grunt slashed and slashed at Jaune, and yet every attack was dodged with barely any struggle. In response, Jaune rammed his knee to the new grunt's stomach before he could start another attack. As the new grunt skid back, Jaune had already lowered his foot to the ground. With his stance now firm, Jaune dashed forwards and slashed the grunt's stomach wide open with HF Murasama. He stopped with a knee to the ground, flourishing his sword as the new grunt's body fell to its knees behind him. Blood splashed from the wound, tainting the grass with red blood.
Jaune smirked and turned to his side. He easily stabbed another grunt, this one freezing mid-overhead slash as his chest was suddenly pierced. The samurai noticed footsteps coming from behind him and sent out a kick to his back, hitting the sneaking grunt dead-on in the stomach. Hearing the footsteps stumbling back, he shifted his grip on HF Murasama and turned around while slashing, cutting the grunt in front of him in two and the one behind him across his chest.
Blood splashed across Jaune's face, and yet he couldn't care less. His smirk was ever-present across his face.
Meanwhile, Taiyang ducked under a chest-level sword swing from a grunt he was facing. The grunt didn't let up, shifting his stance to quickly slash at the Hunter again and again. Taiyang weaved his body between the swings, dodging the attacks with no excessive moments. The grunt roared in anger and poured his energy into a final upwards slash. It missed Taiyang completely as the Hunter stepped to the side. Taiyang took this chance and swiftly jabbed the grunt two times straight in the face. As the grunt stepped back, disoriented, Taiyang stepped forwards and punched the grunt across the chest, sending him tumbling back and crashing into his comrades behind him.
The Hunter noted another grunt rushing in from beside him. He brought his left hand to his side, the metal of LimitBreak clanging against the grunt's steel club. Taiyang shifted his left hand and stepped closer to the grunt, punching the enemy across the face. As that grunt stumbled back, another rushed at Taiyang from behind him. Taiyang brought his right hand up and smashed this new grunt's face with the back of his fist. He twisted his footing and spin-kicked the new grunt away. As he landed, he kicked the previous one away with a back-kick.
Taiyang let out a breath as he finished his combo. Then, he looked up and noticed a firing squad assembling before the three of them. "They're gonna shoot!" He shouted warningly to the rest.
At the same time, Raiden stabbed HF Crocea deep into a grunt's chest. He turned his head towards Taiyang as he heard the Hunter warn, before turning his head and narrowing his eyes at the firing squad before them. He pulled HF Crocea free and released the Ripper, his senses enhanced to an astronomical degree. As a red glow surrounded his body, he leaped forth, electricity crackling from his heels as he reached the firing squad before they could react. One of them panicked and fired at the ninja, only to have her bullets cut in two by HF Crocea. Raiden roared and grabbed her by the collar, pulling her back and stabbing the grunt behind her. He kept his grip on her tight, swinging her in front of him to block a hail of bullets coming at him. The grunt's body spasmed as the bullets hit her body, even as her Aura blocked most of it. Didn't mean it didn't hurt, though.
Raiden shifted his grip again and threw the grunt towards the remaining firing squad, her body crashing into them and forcing all of them to the ground. Raiden prepared to dash towards them, but was caught off-guard when a chain-sickle wrapped itself onto his hand. The ninja turned his head and saw the White Fang leader scowling at him, his chain-sickles firmly in his grip and stance ready to fight.
Raiden yanked the chain-sickles towards him, but was a bit surprised when the White Fang Leader unwrapped it in time to make Raiden's move useless.
"TAKE THIS, HUMAN!"
Raiden clenched his teeth as he parried the leader's chain-sickle attacks. They came from both of Raiden's sides, forcing the ninja on the defensive. He parried a strike from the left, then jumped as a leg-sweep-slash came from his right. The White Fang Leader retracted his chain-sickles and twirled it beside him, charging them with Aura and causing their blades to glow a menacing green.
"RAAARGH!"
The White Fang Leader launched them both at the same time towards Raiden. The ninja smirked and lowered his sheath to his hip, unsheathing HF Crocea as he did so. With his hands now free, Raiden yelled and put them beside him, the Ripper intensifying as he did so. He caught the twin chain-scythe's blades with his hands, their glowing Aura-enhanced blades spinning uselessly against his palms.
The White Fang Leader gaped in shock. "W-what?!"
Raiden laughed menacingly and clenched his hands, the blades stopping dead in its tracks and crumbling uselessly to dust within his grip. He gripped the left chain with his hand and pulled. As the White Fang Leader was dragged to him, Raiden put his hand in HF Crocea's hilt and in one motion unsheathed it and struck, slashing the White Fang Leader deep across his chest. The White Fang Leader fell to the ninja's side with a thud, not cut in two yet blood leaking profusely from his wound all the same.
Raiden rolled his shoulders as he stepped away from the White Fang Leader. He flexed his fingers and gazed at his hands. They were scratched from the blades, but nothing more than that. 'Hm, no cracks, no metal failures, nothing. ' He smirked, 'Pretty good.'
The ninja glanced around him, noting that both Jaune and Taiyang had already finished fighting. What remained of The White Fang were either dead, knocked unconscious, or had run away to parts unknown. Raiden did a quick headcount of what was there of their fallen enemies. "74 down, huh?"
Jaune cracked his neck as he walked towards him, sheathing HF Murasama while he did so. "Well, what do you think? Was he a challenge?"
Raiden gave a 'so-so' gesture with his shoulders.
"Hmph, thought so." Jaune smiled just a little, "Well, judging from how he fought, he's not Hunter-trained. Just an above-average Aura-activated combatant."
Taiyang walked towards them next, shifting LimitBreak back to its vambrace form. "Looks like you guys've... ensured... That they won't come after us again." He said, while gazing at the various corpses littering the battlefield. The Hunter had a small, almost unnoticeable look of uneasiness on his face.
If Raiden saw it, then he didn't pay it any attention. "...I don't have any problems with how I do things, if that's what you're asking." He twirled HF Crocea, cleaning it off of any blood and then sheathing it to the sheath now behind his back.
"Hmph," Jaune spoke up next, "Well, up until a few days ago at least." He pointed out with a smirk.
Raiden rolled his eyes. "Yeah yeah, keep rubbing it in my face, Jaune."
"Hey, at least it's the truth!"
Taiyang decided to turn away from the talking pair and walked towards Jade's caravan, carefully stepping away from any corpses around. He reached the caravan and knocked on its walls, and sure enough Jade's head popped back out.
"Is it over, Mr. Xiao Long?" The Weapons Specialist asked.
"Yeah." Taiyang answered, "Want to continue?"
Jade stayed silent for a second, taking a moment to survey the aftermath of the battle behind Taiyang. Judging from the number of dead grunts as well as the leader's corpse beside Raiden, then The White Fang didn't really seem to have stood a chance. And judging from how easily they were killed, the utter amount of them that were killed, and how nonchalant Jaune and Raiden seemed to be, then his suspicions seemed to be more and more likely.
These cyborgs were strong. Like, strong strong. He's only seen that kind of cyborg strength once before, and as far as he knew, she was one-of-a-kind. He helped build her, after all.
And even then, she couldn't even come close.
'But come on, calm yourself here... We're not the only ones that have cyborg tech, right?'
He wished he could believe that, even if it wasn't true, because the alternative meant so much worse.
Jade tried his hardest to keep a smile on his face as he looked back at Taiyang. "Okay then, Mr. Xiao Long. Let's move out. Mistral's gates awaits!"
Two Days Later...
Raiden heaved a relieved sigh as they walked away from Mistral's gate control. After initially arriving at the gates in the morning, Taiyang had stepped up to the gate guards and proved his Hunter status as well as the mission-in-progress. After going over some verification, they had easily let Taiyang and Jade through.
Raiden and Jaune, however, almost didn't make it in. They had no documents, no real proof of their existence to the Kingdoms. Thankfully, Taiyang and Jade were willing to vouch for them. And since Taiyang's record was practically spotless, the guards, after some heavy discussion with their higher-ups, decided to let them pass with no small amount of scrutiny.
As they began walking inside the kingdom proper, Raiden took the time to admire-slash-analyse his surroundings. He could definitely see the appeal of the kingdom; a lot of the visual styles were reminiscent of Neo-Japan, Neo-China, and even some Neo-Morocco. They all blended in to create one beautiful and sophisticated-looking architecture.
He could see himself using this place as a temporary base, if the name wasn't the same as someone he chopped to bits, that is.
His thoughts were interrupted when Taiyang spoke from his left, "It's been a while since I've been here." He had a small smile on his face as he talked, "Doesn't seem to have changed one bit."
"Well, I did hear that they liked to keep it traditional over here." Jaune piped up next to Taiyang, "Trying to preserve cultures or something like that."
"And that is what's gonna make this place good for business!" Jade piped up excitedly from Jaune's left, "The workshop I've set up's got some high-tech weapon gear, by far the best you're gonna get in Mistral. That's sure to attract lots of customers!"
Jaune hummed in response.
Jade decided to continue, "Speaking of which, why don't you guys head on over there with me right now? I" He looked at Taiyang first, then at the test of them, I've got things to discuss with all of you."
Taiyang grinned just a bit. "Is it about the payment, Jade?"
The Weapons Specialist rubbed the back of his neck in response, looking sheepishly at the ground."Heheh... Well, about that..."
"What do you mean you can't pay up?!"
Jade laughed nervously, holding his hands out to Taiyang apologetically. They were sitting across from one another in his workshop's reception room, decorated with a small table between two sofas, a reception desk, and a dispenser with glass for drinks. Jaune and Raiden stood to the side of the two, Raiden with a raised eyebrow and Jaune with an amused gaze.
"Sorry, Mr. Xiao Long." It's just I was so excited to travel to Mistral, I... kinda... spent all of my money?" Jade chuckled nervously at Taiyang's unflinching gaze.
The Hunter kept his gaze firm.
Gulping, the Weapons Specialist forced himself to continue. "I spent it all on getting this place set up, as well as some resources to start work immediately!" Before Taiyang could respond, Jade brightened just a bit as he realised something, raising a finger to the air. "Maybe I can give you something that's worth just as much, Mr. Xiao Long! Maybe an upgrade, or some extra armour? You never know when you'll need it!"
At that last line, Taiyang relented. He closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose. No, he couldn't blame the man. He's seen the sorry state Jade's homeland was in. The place they started this mission at, Mantle.
Atlas both literally and figuratively flew away from their past, and that made Mantle unbearable for the Hunter, even for the short while he was there. He couldn't imagine himself settling down there at all. It must've taken a shit-ton of time for Jade to save up, get enough money to by all this weapons tech and move out of there. Not to mention getting to know how to use them in the first place and sending his family here once he saw Taiyang was the only one who took the mission...
Taiyang let out a breath. "It's fine. I'll... think of something else." He opened his eyes and looked at Jade again. And since that's the way it's going to be... "I'm probably gonna stick around for a while, Jade. Just pay me back when you've got the chance."
Jade visibly relaxed in his seat, sinking into the brand-new chair. "Heheh, sure thing!" The Weapons Specialist flashed a thumbs up at the Hunter. Taiyang gave a small, uneasy smile in response, then got up and walked towards the exit.
On his way out, he looked at Jaune and Raiden. He nodded towards them. "I'll be waiting outside."
Jaune and Raiden nodded back in response.
Taiyang exited the workshop, the door closing shut with a click. Jaune and Raiden walked to the couch across from Jade and took a seat.
"So..." Jaune began, "what did you want to talk to us about?"
Jade coughed into his hand and leaned forwards, his expression sincere. "First of all, I'd like to thank the both of you for helping us. We managed to get here before schedule, and that's something that I can't describe to you just how good it is. Travelling outside the walls was beginning to take the toll on us both. So again, thank you. For that." He almost forgot the last part of the sentence.
Jaune and Raiden nodded their heads in response.
"Don't mention it." Jaune waved a hand.
"We would've done it even if we didn't have anything to gain." Raiden added.
"Oh, well that's nice to hear… really nice…" Jade trailed off and sunk back into his chair. After a moment of silence, he leaned back forwards. "In any case, you've heard how I told Mr. Xiao Long how good this workshop is, right?" at their nods, Jade decided to continue, "Well, I want to test that now. And then I figured, what better way to stress test it by using these tools to fix the both of you?"
"What makes you think we need any fixing?" Raiden said defensively.
"Oh please, it's clear as day to a specialist like me, Mr. Raiden." Jade gave a small smile, "and besides, it'll be easier if I were the one to do it anyways."
"Hm?" Jaune leaned in, interested. "And what makes you say that?"
"It's better if I show the two of you right now." Jade said cheerfully and stood up from the couch and moved to stand behind them.
In response, Raiden looked at Jaune's body language and noted that the samurai forcibly relaxed. 'If he's going to fake a lowered guard, then I guess I should do the same. He knows these people better, after all.'
Raiden followed Jaune's lead, and soon Jade was standing behind the two of them. The weapons specialist closed his eyes and his hand glowed green. As the hands gave out a low hum, he put them on the shoulders of the two U.C warriors. While Jade's hands were hands touching them, Raiden and Jaune tried to feel if anything felt out of place.
Yet, weirdly enough, they didn't feel any change at all. No good changes, and neither bad ones.
A few seconds passed, and Jade nodded to himself. He opened his eyes and lifted his hands. Walking back to the couch, he took a seat while chuckling to himself in amusement at Raiden and Jaune's perplexed expressions.
"What I did just now was scan your blueprints and your damages." Jade explained, "With my tech, it should take a few days for me to make fixes for both of you."
Jaune nodded along, while Raiden narrowed his eyes at that information. It seems a bit too convenient… but there was nothing he could do that wouldn't tip him off.
"Of course, if you wanted to be fixed by anyone else, then you'd have to lay on a table while they do who knows with your systems. So then, any problems?"
They shook their heads.
"Well then, you guys can go along now." Jade spoke, turning his back and heading to his workshop room. "I'll be here for a few days, working on those fixes. Ring the bell outside anytime, and I'll give update you guys on the progress from inside!"
"Thanks, Jade!" Jaune called out.
"Yeah… thanks." Raiden finished as Jade walked into his workshop and closed the door behind him.
"Well," Jaune shrugged. "That went well."
"Hm."
As the door behind him closed, Jade waited just a moment until he could hear Jaune and Raiden lift themselves from their seats and walk away. Once he was sure they were gone, he turned on the lights to his workshop.
Bright white lights illuminated the room, with the low hum of an engineering-standard ventilation system providing a white noise he was used to after all these years. For a moment, he admired many of the tools he had on-site, displayed proudly on tables he had specially commissioned when he ordered this building to be built. They were all shiny, scratchless, and glinted in the bright lights of the workshop. They were practically begging to be used.
However, Jade wasn't particularly interested in any of them today.
Instead, Jade walked towards a table he cleared save for a single tool that he held dear to his heart. It wasn't broken per se, just well used.
The tool was a simple metal box, with a hand-sized circular hole where he could put his right hand in. In the middle of the hole was a knob that Jade was supposed to hold on to. On the device's right side was an On/Off switch, and on its left side were cables that connected the device to a screen above it. There were clear marks of use on the tool, from small scratches on the sides to the sizable dents on the knob. Like he said, it's been well used.
He called this device the Neural Blueprint Scanner, and it played a hand in 90% of the technological advancements in Remnant over the past 4 years.
….Eh, maybe it's more around 85%, but the point still stands, y'know!
Humming to himself, Jade flicked the Neural Blueprint Scanner on and placed his hand inside it, clutching the knob inside all the while. A brief tingly sensation went on in his right arm as the device did its work, the screen above it turning on and showing the blueprints he had from Jaune and Raiden.
Giving the screen a once-over, he nodded and turned the Neural Blueprint Scanner off. He took his right hand out and put it in his pocket.
Jade looked at the blueprints displayed on the screen intently. They were detailed, extremely so. And yet he wasn't confused one bit, because he's seen something like this before.
No, this time there was no denying it.
Jaune, Raiden and her…
They've all got roots in the very same technology.
The technology of that 'Metal Gear'.
How does Jade know what a Metal Gear is? And what are is his intentions, exactly? That'll be revealed later, later on! mwahahaha!
Review Responses!
To Shashenka, I'm glad you did!
To Reader1O1O, hope this chapter helps with the 'repair' part!
To cortescen, thanks! I'll try my best!
To 31, wow, thanks for that! I'm glad you've enjoyed this so far!
To schwarzhayasaka, you've reminded me of the little Mistral name part, and for that I thank you. Regarding the Atlas/SDC part, I'm… still not really sure on how they'll handle it (if it'll be like you said or not, or maybe some other variant.) I'll have to review RWBY on that part, since I'm… kinda?,,, getting mixed impressions here. It's all good though, everyone has their own opinions!
To frostxd60, thanks for sticking around this far! Hope everything will be worth the wait!
To SolSparda369, of course, that's for sure, and that is the stark difference between him and them.
To Mattysteel, who'll have to die? That's a mystery!
To Skeletalrepublic, I hope I'll deliver! Thanks for staying tuned!
To Zain Blazye, glad you liked it! And thanks for the slow burn bit, I'll be using it right now.
To Benyx, glad you liked it, and I'll be sure to keep doing my best.
To RenegadeForLife, I just felt like it was tapping into the 'Sam'-y part, really, but thanks for the input!
To VirtualExodus, thanks for the ideas for combos, hehe! And regarding the mariachi uniform, I'll put it in if I remember to. And the drip doesn't just disappear, it just goes under a new drip.
To Salamandra134, yeah, I placed Bladewolf on the bus. He'll be a player again in the next arc, but sooner than that, he'll make an appearance in the 'Aftermath' part of this current arc.
ToTheNineNerdGhouls, one of those is right…
To Bahhh, thank you!
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To Alta, oh he won't agree with Salem and Ozpin, that's for sure. And thanks for the feedback regarding spell checkers! I'm already writing on Word + Grammarly, but the second part usually confuses things between British and American spelling (I prefer to use British most of the time). And of course, I can't get justice for two series without constant feedback. Keep 'em coming, I'll be listening!
To Null, why thank you! And I do certainly hope to honour both of the series. Thanks for the tips!
To Jack1nTheBox, thank you, glad it worked!
To Kabuto S. Inferno, uhh… wow, what a long review! And honestly, thanks for your two cents. I'll try to keep in mind what you said about Ironwood, as well as what everyone is saying. Aside that, it was spot-on, touching things I didn't even think about. If you see anything that directly and or indirectly lines up with what you said, than here, in advance: Thank you, so much. Really, what a review. I had to keep going back-and-forth to read it lol.
To ScruffinMcGuffin, thanks for the compliments! And for Raiden/Ozpin introduction, that's still something I'm gonna think about first.
To NerdGamerLOL, thank you for the positivity and support! For Remnant's beliefs and politics, I'll admit that's kind of a scary topic to tackle, so I'll have to see later…
To Havel the Hebel, thanks for that! This might be a little, okay not a little late, but happy Ied to you too!
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To Arkanatarasia, we're at Volume 2-3 ish, basically just those events stretched out over a 2,5 year period.
To Guest (2), true true!
To Reader, that bit about Ozpin's legacy is… scarily accurate I have to admit. I didn't even realise it, but you make a fair point.
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To Dr. reaper, hope this is good enough!
To DrTheo, I… don't… quite understand…? *opens up Know Your Meme* ohhhhhh…..
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To XXxxxadisxxxXX, to be honest, I see your point. I've added a note at the summary. Sorry.
To Krecier, of course not!
To Reader, you're right in that of course their reintroductions won't be as easy as they dreamed. And of course, the Hunter dream isn't so black and white. As for the others, please stay tuned! Thanks for the review!