Chapter 33 - Naoto New Ability
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After Crush said that, the man in the Cerberus mask then came down from above.
"What a shame, why don't you put in more effort against his abilities."
The man in the Cerberus mask sighed regretfully.
“If I try hard, there really is a way to cover his line of sight.”
"But doing that can only be used once, after all, one of my favorite lines is 'Don't try too hard if the benefits are very little'."
Crush said in an even tone to the man in the Cerberus mask in front of him.
Hearing this Talus also nodded in agreement.
As former mercenaries, they also did such things before the entire G-BF group was caught and brought to this Tartarus prison.
"Hmm... So it's like that."
"Alright, now that I'm announcing that the winner of this 8th match will be Talus from the G-BF group, give them both a round of applause."
Said the man in the Cerberus mask while clapping his hands.
"Now, let's see the points for this third day."
Then the virtual screen above the arena displays a number of points for each group.
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1. D-H&= 1200 points
2. G-BF= 1200 points
3. Z-OO= 800 points
4. D-Ex= 800 points
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“Alright, since today's battle is over. You can now disperse to rest in your respective areas.”
"See you tomorrow."
After saying that, the man in the Cerberus mask disappeared in front of all of them.
“Hey, two women over there!!”
Suddenly a male voice came from behind Jin Kazama's group.
The man had long yellow hair and walked like a woman.
Everyone in Jin Kazama's group looked back.
"If I'm not mistaken you are a member of the group, Z-OO."
"What do you need?"
Jin Kazama turned to him in confusion.
"Introducing, my name is Imani of the Z-OO group. Actually, I wanted to ask for a little time with your members named Noel and Tsugumi.”
The man named Inami asked for permission from Jin Kazama who was the leader of their group.
Jin Kazama turned his head towards the two of them.
“Jin, he was a member of my previous group.”
Tsugumi explained it to Jin.
Jin heard this and then nodded his head.
“Alright, you two have to be careful. I don't know what they want to do, but it seems that our group's actions with the G-BF group have a lot of suspicions."
Jin Kazama reminded the two of them and headed towards their area.
On the way to their resting area, Claris Lily asked Jin Kazama.
“Jin, is it okay to leave them like that?! what if those two are traitors and leak our cooperation plan?.”
Claris Lily asked in a worried tone to Jin Kazama.
"Don't worry, I've confirmed that the two of them are good people so there's no way they'd leak the plan."
Jin Kazama said in a tone that calmed them all down.
"I hope what you say is true."
Claris Lily gave up when she heard Jin Kazama's decision.
"Anyway what we have to worry about now is Naoto's condition, it seems his abilities have managed to improve."
Jin Kazama said so while turning his head towards Naoto who was being carried by Drogoz's back.
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Naoto immediately said what he felt at that time.
"I don't know, I don't know how to explain it to you guys but at that moment I felt a warm feeling in my heart."
Naoto then touched his chest.
“Looks like the same thing happened to me before.”
Drogoz nodded his head to confirm Naoto's words.
“Jin, what exactly happened to me?.”
Naoto asked Jin Kazama who seemed to know that.
But before Jin Kazama answered, Claris Lily, said it first.
“What happened to the two of you was a state where the Seeders had accepted the reality of the world's reality.”
Claris Lily said it in a serious tone.
“Accepting reality against the reality of the world?.”
Except for Jin Kazama, Hazama, and Claris Lily, everyone was very confused about the meaning of that sentence.
“A sentence that is very easy to understand for you is that you begin to accept the condition you are in now.”
Jin Kazama said to all of them.
“Naoto, do you still have the energy to bring out your abilities?.”
Jin Kazama said to Naoto in a serious tone.
"If it's a small thing I can still do it."
"What do you want to do, Jin?"
Naoto asked Jin Kazama in confusion.
“Hazama, let me borrow one of your bullets first.”
Jin Kazama turned to Hazama and extended his hand.
"What's Jin for?"
Hazama took out a bullet from inside his finger.
"I just wanted to make sure my guess was right."
“Crush, can I ask permission to use your power?"
"Sure!"
Then Jin's palm burned, then clenched his fist until the bullet cracked.
“Naoto, try to touch that bullet.”
Jin Kazama passed the cracked bullet to Naoto.
Naoto took the cracked bullet in Jin's hand and held it.
When held by Naoto's right hand, the bullet shattered into pieces just like his previous ability.
“Did I guess wrong?.”
Jin Kazama frowned upon seeing this, then Jin Kazama tried to remember something with his head down. He was trying to remember when Naoto was fighting Ash.
“Naoto, try holding the cracked bullet in your left hand.”
Jin Kazama raised his head and gave a suggestion that confused everyone.
"Isn't it still the same if I do that Jin?."
Naoto confusedly asked Jin Kazama, even so, he still obeyed what Jin said.
Naoto suddenly felt a strange vibration in his left hand.
They were all shocked after seeing the bulletin Naoto's hand that had initially cracked apart began to reassemble back to its normal state.
"As expected."
Jin Kazama muttered under his breath.
“What the...”
Hazama saw that becoming speechless.
“Hey Jin, can you explain why this is happening?.”
Naoto asked Jin Kazama in an astonished tone.
"I don't know why this happened, but what is certain is that every time we feel a change in the seed in our heart, your abilities will definitely increase."
Jin Kazama explained what he himself had experienced to all of them.
"Hey, isn't Naoto's ability like the twin seeders the scientists say?."
Crush reminds everyone of the twin seeders.
When Jin Kazama heard those words, his face immediately changed drastically.
“Twin seeders? if you think about it, it does make sense.”
Drogoz and Hazama nodded their heads in agreement.
“No, you are wrong. Naoto's ability isn't like a seeder that has two abilities."
Claris Lily suddenly interrupted the two of them.
“Unlike Naoto, a twin seeder is a human who has 2 seeds in his heart.”
"When one of the seeds blooms, the seeds next to it will also bloom at the same time."
Claris Lily explains to the layman what happened to the twin seeders.
“If that's the case, then why am I the only one who gains a different ability when my seed ability increases?.”
Naoto asked that in confusion.
"According to my estimation, you've been mistaking Naoto's abilities all this time."
A small female voice sounded from behind Jin Kazama.
Rachel, who had always been silent all this time, suddenly joined the conversation.
Everyone turned towards him.
“Are you saying that Naoto's touch of destruction is just a part of his true ability?.”
Jin Kazama frowned and asked Rachel.
"That's right, I didn't expect you to immediately understand what I said directly."
Rachel said praising Jin Kazama.
"Hey what are you guys talking about?"
Naoto said curiously.
"Actually, among the Seeders, there are many who misunderstand their abilities."
“For example controlling and freely making fire like Noel's and Crush's fire palm ability are two different things.”
"Noel is able to control and create fire freely as long as there is the air around him, but it's different from Crush's fire which is directly created from within his body."
Jin Kazama gave an example to the confused Naoto.
"So that's how it is, doesn't that mean we seeders haven't been fully unleashed yet?."
Naoto tilted his head in thought.
"It seems so, but I don't know much about it."
Jin Kazama responded to Naoto's question by shrugging his shoulders.
“Hey, are you all waiting for us?.”
Suddenly a female voice came from behind them.
It was the voice of Tsugumi and Noel who had returned from their business.
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