While fixing his ruffled clothes, Kisuke fixed his posture and made sure that the two women in front of him wouldn't notice that he was very drained right now, 'Why did they not notice me immediately?'
[The moment you assimilated with... Let's call it Prima Shadow for now. Your existence had to adapt to something close to it. Since it's normally impossible to sense anything that's a direct derivative of the Prima Materia, you slipped past their consciousness for the moment.]
'Assimilation, eh? Even though I'm the one who did it, I still can't understand how I actually did it.'
[That assimilation was also why I thought you'd become a withered old man. You are not simply being drained but you're changing into something that could use it. So don't expect it'll work how you normally handle Magic Power or Spiritual Power where those two will convert and assimilate themselves to something you could utilize.]
'Is that why you could only use the elemental types?' Kisuke asked. He had been wondering why Tiamat just settled for 'simple' fire or wind if she could use Prima Materia that could change into anything in existence.
[Probably? I'm also only learning about this power from observing you. I never really bothered in the past.]
While the two of them were talking inside Kisuke's head, Corvina and Adrenna were closely observing Kisuke's every movement while also secretly talking among themselves, [Corvina... How did he come in?]
[I'm still trying to figure that one out.] Corvina glanced at the shadow below her, [But I'm now certain that he used [Shadow] to reach this place.]
[Is that even possible!?] Adrenna is doing her best to keep a straight face, [I know he's the young lady's successor, but that's impossible if you're here!]
[He didn't just enter this place, but also hid his presence to the point that both of us never noticed his arrival.] Corvina saw the complete shutdown of the barrier she prepared to trap Kisuke for a bit and hesitated for a moment before adding, [...Unless-]
[Don't say it!] Adrenna hurriedly interrupted Corvina's words. She already knew what she was about to say and didn't want to hear it for the sake of her sanity, 'Unless he handles [Shadow] way better than one of the strongest [Shadow] owners in the entire history of their clan.'
That's impossible, both of them wanted to think that. However, they couldn't think of anything that would close that possibility forever, not even the tiniest of excuses.
Both sides silently stared at each other, trying to gauge what's the next appropriate set of actions.
The room was at a standstill for a whole minute and thinking that nothing productive would come out of it, Kisuke made the first move with a sigh, "I apologize for intruding. It wasn't really my intention."
Corvina was also of the same opinion and sent a message to Adrenna to prepare to receive their guest, "I'd like to know how you did it, but don't really have much time so let's set that aside for now."
Adrenna immediately moved and cleared out the room from distractions before quickly setting up a table and two seats. And while she was at it, Kisuke slowly approached Corvina, and making sure that he didn't appear threatening, he extended his right hand towards her, "I'm pleased to finally meet the illustrious Luxeux matriarch. Kisuke Urahara is the name."
Corvina first looked at his hand and then back to his eyes, 'Draconic Deus' greeting, huh...' A few seconds later, Corvina also extended her right hand to receive Kisuke's, "I was also hoping to meet you, my handful of a daughter's successor. You can directly address my name." She replied while gesturing for him to sit down.
Kisuke let go of her hand and smiled, "Then please call me Kisuke. Thank you."
The both of them sat down facing each other while Adrenna stood behind Corvina. There are no refreshments offered because it's not really a part of the Etoulde culture and they are here for a serious talk and not some snacks.
"Before we start, I first would like to hear it from you as to what really happened to Stralit back then. Yoruichi already told me the story but there are parts that she couldn't explain properly so I'd really appreciate it if you could give me a clear picture of my daughter's current state."
"Of course. I owe you the explanation for that." Kisuke then told the same story that he told Seraselbes, but a lot more obfuscated since he didn't want to allude to the existence of a new world. It is, however, difficult to hide the fact that there are others like him and Yoruichi out there.
It was still confusing due to all the omitted parts, but it's still better than Yoruichi's explanation of things, "So you're saying that Stralit just absorbed a unique Spiritual Ability?"
"She did. I already gave her a look and my partner, Benihime, is facilitating this absorption. I don't know how it'll end up, but I can't see anything bad to it." Kisuke replied while adding in his head, 'For now...'
Corvina was silent for a moment before saying, "Do you mind telling me all about this unique Spiritual Ability again? I think I heard some parts of it wrong." Adrenna also vigorously nodded behind her.
Kisuke chuckled and answered, "[True Name Manipulation via Ink]. The original owner of this ability is capable of manipulating the true names, the metaphysical representations of, among other things, sentient beings, which grants him power over those he targets with his power. One way he does this is erasing a part of his target's name and proportionally, that target will be weakened overall in power."
"He can also rename his target but I can't really explain how that works. All I can say is that if he rename you as 'Worm', you'll become an existence similar to that of a worm. There are still others, but those two are his main things."
When he described it like this, Kisuke also thought that it was a very terrifying ability. However, he also has a feeling that it won't be as effective outside of the world where the Soul Society is in, 'It's probably only that effective because everything originated from the Soul King. If I were to say in other terms, Hyousube Ichibei has some admin privileges in the system that the Soul King built.'
Corvina and Adrenna shuddered to hear about it again. They still couldn't imagine what this ability truly entails, 'Renaming someone and they will become the renamed existence? What sort of godly ability is that?' They really thought that they heard it wrong, hence asking about it again, "... Assuming that this ability indeed exists, will Stralit be able to use this too? And are there other practitioners of this power?"
"It honestly could mutate to anything and only Stralit will figure out what changed once the time comes." Kisuke answered the first question and thought, 'I should probably ask Ouetsu-san to make an Asauchi for her to contain that power.'
"And regarding your next question, you're misunderstanding something. We don't inherit our abilities like you guys. Not through blood nor through some ritual."
Editors:
28th00: They’re gonna have their minds blown.
"And regarding your next question, you're misunderstanding something. We don't inherit our abilities like you guys. Not through blood nor through some ritual." Kisuke added.
It comes down to the difference in physiology between the Soul race and the Etouldes. In the first place, the Soul race doesn't have any unique abilities they are born with unlike the Etouldes and are only capable of manipulating Spiritual Power through systematic means like Kidou.
If there's something close to Etouldes' inheritable ability, it would be the Hollows and Quincies' inherited and innate techniques and abilities.
"It's an ability that was spawned from... well, circumstances."
Although Kisuke was being deliberately vague, Corvina was still able to figure out what he was talking about, "...That sword, huh... This is getting weirder and weirder."
"From my point of view, you guys are the weird ones. Every soul is different so how come you can inherit your innate abilities and be wildly different from clan to clan? Where did it all start? And my biggest question is, how can you guys transfer these abilities to others? Even considering that you have to find a compatible person, it's still a nonsensical thing for me."
Naturally, Corvina didn't have the answer for that nor was she obligated to give him one.
She and Adrenna wanted to arrange their thoughts and gather more information from Draconic Deus because it's only now that they are realizing how little they know of Kisuke's quiet group compared to others vying for supremacy.
'Perhaps it's still too early. The situation within the Draconic Deus is explosive with fire all around it but I can't risk them meeting like this.' If it was any other person from the Draconic Deus, Corvina would have already led them to the Holy Mother, however, Kisuke was someone who could manipulate Spiritual Power in unknown ways and he was a genuine threat to every Etouldes out there. The Holy Mother may be untouchable, but she doesn't know what he could do to her. Corvina wanted to end it here, for now.
Kisuke noticed the change in her demeanor and guessed that this was it for his trip. Since he wanted to know her exact stance in all of this, Kisuke told her a few things more than necessary and that backfired on him, 'So it's really wait and see for me, huh? I feel bad for them, but as long as I can't pull the puppetmaster out of the backstage.'
Kisuke doesn't have any real incentive to participate in a war that those who started it won't even make their appearance, 'It's a shame but I would have to convince Sona and the others to back out. And I would have to negotiate with Kyouraku-san too to let us stay in the Special Region... Haahhh... Too much work.'
But just as Corvina was about to relay her intention, a fourth voice resounded throughout the whole room, [That won't be necessary, Corvina.]
Kisuke's eyes narrowed and hurriedly scanned the surroundings without hiding what he was doing. But even after an extensive search, he found nothing, 'The voice actually came from our heads... Is it a communication device and the one on the other side watching all of this?'
But contrary to Kisuke's expectation, Corvina was also shocked and instantly stood up from her seat, "Master!?"
Adrenna, on the other hand, immediately lowered her head and made herself look as small as possible.
'Master?' Kisuke asked himself while still trying to trace the source of the voice.
The voice, however, ignored Corvina and directly addressed Kisuke, [This is the first time we would be talking, Kisuke Urahara. I'm Chimune Chipaoti. The one they call the Holy Mother.]
Kisuke's eyes went wide open and also stood up as he scanned his surroundings with further fervor.
[And before we start the next part of this conversation, I'd like to let you know that I'm watching through my disciple's senses.]
'Disciple's senses? I couldn't even sense that someone else was looking at me. Is it because it's Corvina who's observing me?' Kisuke turned to look back at Corvina but even after a whole minute of silently and rudely staring at her, he couldn't figure out anything, 'She also went silent, so this voice was probably talking inside her head. What do you think, Tiamat?'
[I also can't see any sort of fluctuation from her.]
Although it's just a single minute, the silence is making Adrenna very nervous, and thought that it would never end until the one who introduced herself as the Holy Mother to Kisuke added with a seemingly amused tone, [You still don't get it?]
"...Get what?" Kisuke muttered. A certain possibility crossed Kisuke's mind and he started getting nervous too, 'Fuck me... Please don't be like that.'
[Then I'll give you another clue. I consider everyone who received my blessing as my disciple.]
"Fuck me!" This time, Kisuke exclaimed out loud, "You're not trying to say you blessed Issei Hyoudou too, right?"
[But that's exactly what I did back then?]
"..." Kisuke could only be silent and even though he tried smiling, he couldn't control his mouth from twitching. Right now, he's having the same feeling and experience as when he first met Seraselbes, 'Don't these Transcendents have anything else better to do other than just coming out of nowhere like this!?'
[If she's reminding you like this, then she's probably aware of what's inside of your treasure box.]
'Don't say it... And here I thought I had the upper hand.' Kisuke's back was sweating profusely but he was doing her best not to show that in his expression, 'There's no way I can leave now, can I?'
Kisuke sighed and sat down, "I apologize if I'm being rude. I didn't have enough time to learn your etiquette."
[That's alright. I don't mind.] Chimune replied while Corvina also nervously sat back down, [You're someone who's capable of dictating the fate of many worlds so it should be me who's trying to earn that respect.]
Kisuke smiled wryly, "You're too humble... That I actually feel uncomfortable."
"Excuse me, master. But what do you mean that he's someone who's capable of dictating the fate of many worlds?" Corvina couldn't hold her curiosity back and interrupted to ask.
[Hmmm... There's really no easy way to answer that, but in simpler terms, the man in front of you is fully capable of destroying your clan and the worlds you occupy even if you prepare for it if he becomes serious. Quite easily in fact if he turns into a terrifying monster.]
" "!?" " Corvina and Adrenna couldn't believe what Chimune said and wanted to refute it immediately.
But before they could say anything, they heard another sigh from Kisuke, "You even saw that? Just so you know, that form is a product of special circumstances that I doubt would repeat."
[We have a nasty serial peeping tom in our hands it seems.] Tiamat muttered inside Kisuke's head.
'Don't ever come out and say that out loud. You hear me?'
[Are you sure? It's going to be an amusing reaction for you.]
'...'
[You hesitated.]
'Shut up.'
Editors:
28th00: Gah, another spymaster type! It’s amusing seeing the other two immediately get told by their boss “No, you really don’t wanna fuck with him. When he has nothing to lose, we’re gonna lose most of our clans and worlds to him alone. Seriously, do not do anything.” completely seriously.
Goyya: They are having some funny ideas so the boss gotta reign them in.
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