"You expect me to believe that nonsense?" Biscuit snapped, arms crossed.
She had barely walked across the street, and now he was claiming to have already developed his Hatsu?
And not just any Hatsu—but a Specialist-type, the most complex and rare of all?
"What, do I look that easy to fool?"
Aoki Hiroshi said nothing. Instead, he calmly activated his aura—infusing it with intention.
Zzzt...
Tiny blue sparks began flickering across his body, crackling sharply.
"Huh?" Biscuit blinked.
ZZZTTTT!
The current intensified, growing more concentrated with every breath.
In mere moments, Aoki's entire body was bathed in searing light—electricity surging across his frame like a thunderstorm.
He raised his hand.
Massive arcs of lightning converged in his palm, forming a dense, blinding orb of white-hot plasma.
Chirrrrp chirrrrrrp!!
It screamed with high-pitched static—like a thousand birds shrieking in unison.
Raikiri... Chidori...?Wait—wrong franchise. This is clearly Henka-kei: Den (Transformation Type: Lightning)!
Biscuit froze in place, stunned.
"You actually did it... You really developed your Nen ability!"
The pure intensity of the plasma in Aoki's hand made her skin crawl—her instincts screamed danger. Even if she reverted to her muscle-bound true form, she doubted she could block that attack unscathed.
"And it's a lightning-based Transformation ability too... Top-tier for pure offense," she murmured, eyes wide.
In combat, electricity was among the most devastating elements.
For someone like Aoki—already a prodigy—it was a terrifying match.
"Honestly... this is perfect for you, Aoki. If you develop this right, your power will skyrocket."
Aoki nodded in agreement.
Few forces in nature matched the raw violence of lightning. With mastery, his strength would soar.
"Wait a second!"
Biscuit suddenly frowned and looked back at the table.
The water in the cup from the Water Divination test still hadn't returned to normal.
The traces of all five system reactions remained.
"Wait—Transformation my ass! You're clearly a Specialist! Where's this lightning ability even coming from?!"
"Who says a Specialist can't use Transformation abilities?" Aoki replied coolly.
"That's BS!" Biscuit barked, no longer holding back."Specialists have the lowest compatibility with every other category. Developing other systems is practically impossible for them!"
It had taken her a moment to even process what she was seeing.
This guy—clearly a Specialist—had just created a Transformation-based lightning Hatsu?
That broke every established rule.
"No. This is my Specialist ability," Aoki said, letting the plasma dissolve into nothing."I call it... The Complete One."
"The Complete One?" Biscuit raised an eyebrow.
Even the name reeked of ambition.
It spoke of mastery over all weaknesses, a pursuit of ultimate perfection.
But perfection didn't exist in reality.
Every creature—every being—had flaws and limitations. That was nature's law.
"Yes. The Complete One," Aoki repeated calmly."I don't have a traditional Specialist ability."
"Instead, I can learn from the other five categories—Enhancement, Transformation, Emission, Manipulation, and Conjuration."
"If I study them... experience them... understand them deeply enough—then I can develop or replicate abilities from any system."
His eyes glinted with a layered, distant emotion.
In the broader multiversal framework, Nen was merely a premature glimpse of Soul Light—the crystallized will of one's inner world.
A soul's mirror. A mental landscape.
And Aoki Hiroshi had already mapped his own.
Unlike most Nen users who obsessed over refining a singular ability, Aoki didn't care what kind of Hatsu he had.
Because his path… was the Gene Lock System.
Nen was just another supernatural framework—useful up to Tier 4. Beyond that, it was obsolete.
This was the unspoken truth of all reincarnators:
Gene Lock was the foundation. Everything else was disposable.
Other power systems were temporary—tools to unlock stages.
At Tier 4's opening stage, I'll be able to absorb genetic traits from all species and optimize myself at a fundamental level...
Tier 4 mid-stage grants direct access to core domains—matter, energy, time, space—transcending all physics.
And at Tier 4 peak, I'll casually wield the four fundamental forces on a quantum scale.
Aoki's thoughts flowed quietly.
And Tier 5?
He didn't even need to elaborate.
Tier 5 Saints could mimic 99.9% of all known supernatural systems.
They didn't use "powers." They rewrote rules.
In truth, I don't respect Nen at all.
No—I don't respect any supernatural system.
Without the protection of the Great Orb Lord-God, most abilities fail the moment you switch dimensions.
They just stop working. Poof. Gone.
Aoki let out a wry smile.
To him, Nen was something you could drop at any moment. It held no sanctity.
To other users, this mindset would be heretical.
"The Complete One… it really is terrifying," Biscuit murmured.
"You've abandoned fixed power for near-unlimited potential."
"With that monster-level talent of yours, Aoki..."
"Someday, you might truly master all five categories—and become the Complete One."
She was stunned.
This ability—so pure, so absolute—was an open declaration of self. It embodied the entire philosophy of Shingen-ryuu.
Chairman Netero was right…
She stared at Aoki, her heart stirring.
This guy… He's going to surpass Netero. He'll become the next most powerful Nen user in the world!
As Biscuit stood there dazed, Aoki had already gotten up.
He stepped into the bathroom, washed up, and emerged in a clean jacket.
"Let's go, Biscuit."
"Huh? Go where?" she blinked.
"Training."
"Training…?"
"What, you thought I hired you for lectures?" Aoki said bluntly."I only brought you here for your Cookie-chan massage."
"…"
Biscuit's face twitched.
So I'm not even a teacher... I'm a glorified masseuse!?