Chapter 18:

The Quake Blessing

My Near-Death Is A Blessing!


(Meanwhile across the land of Japan in Himeji, the strongest of the Blessing users in Japan was walking freely among the streets while standing at 8'10 feet as he was accompanied by his clan.)

"Jikouji Norikata (The Eastern Quake | Power: Quake Blessing | Clan Leader): ...No rouge mercenaries? Check the areas, three of you."
"Three Clan Members: Will do boss!"
"Jikouji: Ugh..."
"Xing Tu: If you took care of these rouge Mercenaries earlier, your city would be flocking with civilians freely going about their lives!"
"Jikouji: My family and lovers come first, Tu."
"Xing: Tch... Its useless arguing with you sometimes."
"Jikouji: I leave things to my clan to deal with. When its urgent and my executives are hurt, that's when I step in. And speaking of stepping in..."

(In the distance, Jikouji noticed a barrage of over twenty shuriken from the sky which resulted in several elemental combination explosions. As a male shinobi then jumps out of the shadowy portal he has created, Jikouji and his clan was unphased by the attack nor were they hurt.)

"Jikouji: I step in whenever I'm directly challenged."
"???: Jikouji Norikata. I've been given an order to assassinate you by chief leader of the Rebel Crusader Clan."
"Jikouji: Assassinate me? I'd like for you to try."

(After the assassin draws his sword, a large number of both kunoichi and shinobis arrived as they were all representing the same clan to assassinate Jikouji. As he then inhales and exhales a deep breath, he'd then take off his jacket as Jikouji's muscles were gigantic enough to rip his own shirt off of his body.)

"Jikouji: Everyone, stand back. This is going to get ugly."
"Xing: ..."

(As Xing and the other clan members fell back, Jikouji was standing alone against countless members of the Rebel Crusader Clan to kill him. As his hand was then clenched tightly, five shinobi began to strike first as one crack of Jikouji's finger was enough to create a gusting wind along with thunder as he then punches the air, sending all five away with a powerful blast of wind as the rest of the assassins began fighting Jikouji whom was taking countless combos of cuts and blasts as he was building enough energy to defeat them all in one attack. As one of the assassins smartly backs off, the kunoichi notice the rising power in Jikouji as he was finished charging, takes a massive jump back and pumps every ounce of energy into his hands, delivering a powerful thunderclap targeted at where they stand as he launches a massive beam of seeable thunder and neutralizes every assassin in the way as the remaining kunoichi uses her blessing of lightspeed to cut through and fight Jikouji with everything she had while the crew was watching.)

"Kunoichi (Thinking): In one attack, he wiped out everyone sent to kill him... He's not part of the Big 4 for nothing..."

(As the two separates, Jikouji and the kunoichi then battles hand to sword combat, Jikouji using the power of his condensed quakes to counter any incoming sword attacks. After manipulating thunder in one hand, the kunoichi's sword was then countered once again with a strong attack of thunder blowing away the ground they currently stand along with her mask, revealing her yellow light colored flowing hair along with her star-pupiled eyes due to her active Blessing.)

"Jikouji: If you're thinking about turning back, might as well do it now. Unless this hole becomes your grave."
"Kunoichi: ...I don't run away from a target. I'll fight even if you kill me here and now.."
"Jikouji: So be it."

(As Jikouji then dissolves his thunder, he'd clap his hands again and begins to generate enough thundering and loud energy within his fists for an ending finish as the kunoichi then begins generating a yellow colored aura while her sword began to extend to the size of a lamppost as she began jumping sideways to generate enough lightspeed to finish Jikouji in one strike.)

"Jikouji: I must commend you on being bold. No being has ever stared death in the face when challenging me."
"Kunoichi: I appreciate it, Jikouji of Japan's Big 4! Light Sword: Tranquility Of Heaven!"

(At the speed of light, the kunoichi swings her extended sword as Jikouji delivers a punch of thunder as all that was heard was silence. After a massive slash from the waist to the neck by the kunoichi, her entire body began to shut down as the punch may have been slower than light, the power of sound then creates a loud boom of thunder from the direct hit, strong enough to skin the grass off of the surface in the surrounding areas along with pushing the clouds back a far distance as a tremoring earthquake was heard and ongoing across the entire land of Japan. Jikouji then falls to one knee as the kunoichi was now unconscious but most likely deceased as Xing and Jikouji's crew regrouped with Jikouji and helped him back to his feet while tending to his wounds.)

"Xing: You almost got killed...!"
"Eda Yachu (Jikouji's Clan Member | Power: Key Blessing): You're alright boss?!"
"Jikouji: I'm quite fine. It's been a while since I used that attack."
"Xing: ...Hmph, I'm just grateful there weren't any civilians in the vicinity."

(As the clan then returns to the center of Himeji, the remaining shinobi whom was critically injured then contacted the leader and warn the Rebel Crusader Clan leader that they've failed he mission expectedly.)

"???: Oh it's quite alright."
"Shinobi: ...?"
"???: I did put you all against one of the Big 4. Are you the last one alive?"
"Shinobi: ...y-yes..."
"???: I'll have a transport team come and pick you up, you've done well to survive against such a powerful blessing. But don't worry, its been long since he's touched his prime strength. The more we wear him out with larger numbers, the easier he'll be to kill."
"Shinobi: ...T-Thank you, leader..!"

(As the call ended, the crusader clan's leader then began preparations for the next plan. Meanwhile in Kumagawa, the group was enjoying a lovely lunch together at the Kokei family vacation home as they heard the powerful rumbling of an earthquake which Negan was getting irritated on what Jikouji could've been doing.)

"Negan: ..."
"Bai: A lot of earthquakes recently, hm...?"
"Kokei: Its too often nowadays throughout Japan."
"Jia: I hope its nothing too serious."
"Negan: Bai, I need to talk to you once we're finished."
"Bai: Uh, alright.."

(After lunch, everyone went back to doing their own thing as Negan was smoking a cigar and Bai was cleaning the front porch of the vacation home.)

"Negan: Those quakes aren't coincidences."
"Bai: What do you mean?"
"Negan: Did you make up with your Blessing spirit yet?"
"Bai: Yeah, I did. We made up well."
"Negan: Then train as much as you can. It's a short amount of time until Jikouji begins his hunting seasons for strong opponents. Your task is to get his attention."
"Bai: Huh?! What are you talking about get his attention?!"
"Negan: I'll dumb it down a bit, fight him."
"Bai: Negan, are you trying to get me killed?!"
"Negan: ...Ugh... Okay, the Justice Blessing hasn't advanced once for the last few months. As of right now, you're not even a threat."
"Bai: ...Am I that weak..?"
"Negan: Yes. But there's a valid reason why I'm telling you to do this. Remember when Kokei told you about every country having four powerful Mercenaries? Well, Jikouji is one of the Big 4 of Japan. He currently sits at the top as the strongest in the entirety of Japan.. but he's also one of the first responders to the Triple Ghoul's attack in the United Kingdom, three years ago."
"Bai: ...!"
"Negan: If you manage to win his respect, he could teach you everything about the Triple Ghoul from his perspective."
"Bai: ...I see."
"Negan: The Triple Ghoul is continuing to watch our every move and until you get stronger, he'll keep hiding until he's ready to kill you again."
"Bai: I promise you, I will kill him. But there's a problem. No one in the school besides Jia knows my true Blessing, how am I going to camouflage my real power?"
"Kokei: Leave that to me."

(As Bai was then curious, he'd follow Kokei and a scientist into the 2nd lower level of the manor's basement and enters a lab of doctors, nurses and scientists who diagnoses, studies, research and experiment on Blessings for compatible sources.)

"Dr. Ennon (Blessing Scientist | Power: Blessingless): Mr. Zhen, this is a top secret facility ran by the Uesaka Empire, here we do our own research with Blessings and turn them into permanent or temporary Blessings."
"Kokei: So you'll be given a new Blessing of your choosing."
"Bai: I thought you could only be born with two or more blessings by luck?"
"Dr. Ennon: Well.. Blessings were originally discovered years ago back in 1871. The first blessing that was researched happened in 1900, back then it was confirmed you can actually engineer a Blessing out of the original user's DNA and compost it into a new entirely different Blessing if you add the main key component."
"Bai: I see... So this will truly work?"
"Dr. Ennon: Of course, we have the best on staff today so I guarantee our success at 100%!"

(As the scientists then began to work Bai's body and his capabilities, they were examining at over 100,000 Blessings they've stored and researched on. After a few minutes of searching through, they've found several 99% matches on a Blessing for Bai.)

"Bai: Wait, what's that Blessing?"
"Dr. Ennon: That is the Jet Blessing. The Jet Blessing allows you to glide, fly, fight and more at supersonic jet speeds but it's also an Exquisite Blessing."
"Bai: So how fast can I go exactly?"
"Dr. Ennon: If you're willing to test it, we can implant then transfer the power inside you."
"Bai: Hm... Let's give this a try."
"Dr. Ennon: Prepare for operation!!"

(As the scientists and all were preparing for the Blessing transplant, Bai was then placed on an operating table as they were beginning to operate immediately. A few hours later, Bai was then taken to an experimentation room where there are countless test dummies ready for Blessing training. Bai then scratched his chest where it itches.)

"Bai: Whoa..."
"P.A Speaker (Dr. Ennon): Just a heads up, the training dummies are resistant. In order to activate your new blessing, you must awaken your Blessing's spirit."
"Bai: That I can do!"

(As Bai then sits down and meditates, he'd then focus and enter the added realm of his Blessing. After entering, he'd see a high speed moving bullet move rapidly across the entire realm. Before Bai could call out his new trainer, the movement ceases as the individual was revealed to be a muscularly thighed and bodied woman with a long braid turning around to meet Bai.)

"Spirielle (Jet Blessing Spirit): You must be my new apprentice, nice to meet you, Bai Zhen."

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