The Chronicles Of Zero

Chapter 43 - 38: A button to become one of the strongest in the world

( A/N: Ok guys, I went into another delirium while writing this chapter. As usual, read if you like it and for those who don't I won't hold you back. And for those of you who are still raving about the number of girls in the harem, shut up, I do what I want.)

After announcing that I was childhood friends with Ran, Tomoe, Moca, Tsugumi and Himari everyone seems surprised at the news.

Moca: Oh~ Moca-chan is very surprised to see you again, after so long.

Moca says to me with a voice that seems to be tired

Zero: Always with a "my pace" behaviour, Moca-chan

Moca: Whatever happens Moca-chan will always remain Moca-chan, but you Nii, you've changed a lot, don't you think Tsugu?

Tsugumi: It's true, Zero-nii seems different, but that makes him cooler than before.

Zero: Ya, you're going to make me blush Tsugu, but thanks anyway.

Tomoe: Although I'm also surprised to see you again Aniki, I'm even more surprised that you never told us you were making music.

Zero: A lot has happened, sorry Tomo-chan.

Tomoe: You don't have to apologize, the way you played the guitar and your voice were so fantastic and inspiring that I can forgive you.

When all of a sudden Himari starts crying, taking everyone by surprise...

Zero: Wow, Himari what's up?

Himari(Bandori): *sob* I'm just happy that Nii-san is back.

Himari's answer made almost everyone comically fall to the ground.

Zero: You haven't changed at all Himari, still so emotional.

I c.a.r.e.s.s Himari's head to try to calm her down with Tsugumi and Ran trying to calm their friend too, seeing this scene brings back a memory that looks exactly like this moment, making a smile appear on my lips.

Of course, this smile does not escape the gaze of some people.

Misaki: Why are you smiling?

Zero: Hm... Oh just a memory, or rather an event came to mind.

Kokoro: What is it? I want to know.

Zero: It's the day I and the girls met for the very first time, although it was a funny story in itself.

Girl's band: Oh!!!!

Ran: Wait...

Zero: If I remember it well it happened on Christmas Eve, I was on my way back from buying ingredients for the dinner my mother had asked me for, it was on this trip that I saw Himari and Tsugumi crying and Ran on the verge of tears in the middle of a crowd of people, from my point of view they seemed lost, I went towards them to see what I could do, after a few minutes of talking and a few c.a.r.e.s.ses on the head to calm the three of them, I took them back to Tsugumi's house, all along the way they didn't let go of me once and it was after taking them back that I met Moca and Tomoe. And after that day we became friends, I became the big brother of the group and acting as such.

The three girls in question start to blush when they hear my little story which makes Tomoe and Moca laugh. Ran under the effect of shame starts hitting me on my c.h.e.s.t with her fists which honestly don't make any effect on me.

Ran: You promised you wouldn't say anything to anyone.

Zero: Hehe

Ran/Tsugumi/Himari: Hehe 'Te Nandayo

After a bit of coercion to calm Ran down, the other girl's band presented themselves band by band and I got along with them very quickly.

Poppi'pa is a band that seems to have a lot of interesting things to do and with whom I think I can talk about anything and everything.

Afterglow is already a family for me with whom I can have a good time together.

Pastel*Palettes are an amalgam of a girls band and a group of idols that can be perfect rivals for µ's and Aqours.

Roselia is my starting point in the world of music, guiding them I think we will be able to create the music that will become a legend for years to come.

Hello Happy World is just as I imagined it would be, crazy but fun to be with.

RAS a band that has the potential to revolutionise the music industry and with which I will build my empire.

And finally Morfonica a band with potential that makes you want to support them.

Of course, as a curse I found myself embraced by the girls who don't seem to know the meaning of personal space who are Kasumi(Bandori), Hina and Kokoro.

It doesn't take a genius to see that they seem to like me already more than just an acquaintance because they keep asking questions related to my love life and as if that's not enough to attract everyone's curiosity, but I manage to deviate from the conversation by talking about something else.

But I can't help but observe the obsessive look that Chisato Shirasagi of Pastel*Palettes giving me.

It seems that I have attracted the attention of Touko Kirigaya from Morfonica who is an influencer on social networks under the pseudonym TOKO, the latter doesn't stop winking at me as soon as our eyes meet.

Some of the girls asked me for advice about music or musical techniques which I answered with my experience and knowledge of the skill [Music EX] which piqued the interest of Sayo, Ran, Arisa and Rei.

// Timeskip //

I am currently in my room in my house in Tokyo, after doing my monthly draw and some extra draws at the Abyss Auction which luckily had a branch here.

I received a skill book for the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu, a large red button on a white box called 1 Million Years Button and a skill book called Space and Time for Noobs and the two additional draws were a Young Ten-tail Fox Bijû, a Yin-Yang Pendant containing the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal and a skill book called Ancient Strengthening Technique (AST).

I look at each object with great interest

[ 1 Million Years Button - Rank SS

Description: A magic button that can produce the same effect as training for 1 million years if you press it. Transports the participant(s) to a suitable environment to train their skills. Infrastructure and food will be provided and in sufficient quantity for the duration of the stay. ]

Zero: This button, wouldn't be a downgrader version of the one in the Web Novel "The Failed Swordsman Who Became the Strongest After Spamming the 100 Million Years Button". When I think back on it now, the protagonist has spent over 100 billion years of training with this button and still manages to have a hard time fighting certain characters.

I say remembering the script of the book

Zero: but still, 1 million years of training at the push of a button, no matter what you may think, being able to train during this period will allow me to become the strongest being in this multiverse and if I add the effect of my origin plus what I have just pulled into the equation that already makes me completely broken, I wouldn't have to worry at all about the supernatural but there is one negative point that is not said on this button, it is that the person will lose all memory of these 1 million years and if you press it again you get stuck in an infinite loop.

A slight smile appears on my lips

Zero: But I'm really lucky that I got the technique I need to get around it.

Indeed thanks to the Multi-Shadow Clone it's allowing me to create clones of myself that are independent and have their energy reserves that will stop me from entering this loop.

So I'm preparing a list of techniques and skills I want to train as well as the elements I'll need. As for my Bijû, I intend to raise it correctly as it should be and then merge with it to make me a Jinchûriki, it will make a good companion spend time with.

My Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal is like the one in the book Ancient Strengthening Technique.

The domain allows entry only to the sovereign of this realm. Apart from the ruler, no other human being is allowed to enter here or to make a spiritual connection.

Time passes at a rate of 100:1 in the realm of immortal violet jade in relation to the outside world. In other words, 100 hours in this realm is equivalent to 1 hour in the real world.

The landscape of this Realm has a circ.u.mference of about 50mu (50mu = 33,000 square metres or 8 acres), inside there is a small pool of water, which has a circ.u.mference and depth of about 10m. The water in it seems to sparkle with the brilliance of the crystals and it looks so pure and v.i.r.g.i.n, free of all pollutants.

It can store objects in this Realm and each increase in the layer of this Realm will increase the space (landscape and pool of water) in this Realm.

Zero: With this Realm, I can grow rare and ancient medicinal herbs faster than in the sanctuary, but the ingredients that come from there will allow me to deepen my culinary and also medicinal knowledge.

I take the pendant out of the Yin-Yang and pour some of my blood on it and the pendant merges with me, thus selling my property on this estate.

As I enter the domain I can see that it already seems to be well developed, I approach the stele which must be in the centre of the domain to see that it is already at the Eighth Layer :

1st Layer:

Strength Enhancing Fruit Tree :

- 100 years to m.a.t.u.r.e.

- Produces 10 Strength Enhancing Fruits every 100 years.

- Increases strength by 500 jin.

- Maximum of 2 consumption per person.

- Can be used as an alchemy ingredient.

Time flows at a rate of 100:1 (1 hour outside = 100 hours inside)

Entry lasts for a total of 2 hours per day (200 hours per day (or 8 days per day))

2nd Layer :

Realm expanded by 1.5 times its previous size in the first layer. Pond doubled in size and increased depth.

Agility Enhancing Fruit Tree :

- Produces 10 Agility Enhancing Fruits every 100 years

- Increases one's original speed by 50% permanently

- Maximum of 2 consumption per person

- After second consumption, consuming more will increase 50% speed for 15 minutes

- Can be used as an alchemy ingredient

3rd Layer :

The length and breadth of the Realm of the Violet Jade Immortal had each increased by over 40 meters. The pond had also increased to a little over 30 meters wide and with a depth of 20 meters.

Defense Enhancing Fruit Tree :

- Produces 10 Defense Enhancing Fruit every 100 years

- Each fruit will increase one's defense by 500 jin.

- Maximum of 2 consumption per person

- Can be used as an alchemy ingredient

5,000-Year-Old Golden Medicinal Turtle :

- Blood used for alchemy, replacing the ingredient required from any normal demonic beasts.

Drunken Fragrance Tree :

- Produces 100 Drunken Fragrance Fruits every 10 years

- Can be used for cooking.

- One fruit is sufficient for creating condiments.

4th Layer :

Realm expanded the land to about 100 mu

Tree of Physicality :

- Produces 10 fruits every 100 years

- Increases one's lifespan by 50 years

- Maximum of 2 consumption per person

- Can be used as an alchemy ingredient

1,000-Year-Old Clam :

- Blood used for alchemy

- Can be used to replace a common beast to cultivate medicine

10,000-Year-Old Chinese Parasol Tree :

- A fiery bird on top of the Old Chinese Parasol tree

- The fiery bird can be ridden and engaged in battle

- Possessed a hint of the phoenix bloodline

One Perilla :

- 100 leaves can be harvested every 10 years

- Tasted very refreshing and could be used for sauce, seasonings, broth, and such

One Thyme :

- 100 leaves can be harvested every 10 years

- Tasted very refreshing and could be used for sauce, seasonings, broth, and such

You could only spend four hours inside the spatial realm every day.

5th Layer:

Space is 2 times larger than when it was the 4th Layer. The crystal pond increased by 2 times and measured about 80 meters in length and 50 meters deep in depth.

Energy Fruit Tree :

- Also known as the Beauty Fruit

- Will bear 10 fruits every 100 years

- Consumers would gain an increase in their spiritual energy depending on the individual's physique

- Maximum of 2 consumption per person

- Can be used as an alchemy ingredient

A whole mass of Coral Reefs :

- Can be used as an alchemy ingredient

A mass of Water Grass, Algae :

- Beneficial to aquatic lives living in the pond, increasing the quality of their flesh and vitality

A mass of different varieties of rare fishes, turtles, prawns, crabs, eels, clams.

A pair of Mutated Golden Horn Fire Tailed Fish :

- 100 years infancy phase

- Another 100 years to maturation

- Able to use as alchemy ingredients, or to eat as food

- Those who consume it would gain an increase of 100 jin in strength

- Mystical effect granting consumers a 1% chance to break through a single realm of any grade

- Limit: 5 fishes per year per person

- Effective for cultivators below Martial King

A stalk of Millennium Nine Petal Lotus Flower :

- It could speed up the growth of living things in the water within a radius of 100 meters by 20%.

Time Ratio Increase

- 150:1 ( 1 hour outside = 150 hours inside )

- Owners time in the realm increased to 6 hours. ( 6 hours par day = 900 hours per day (or 38 days par day (6 weeks par day))

One Vermilion Fruit :

- Ripened once every 50 Years

- Effects: Increase the power of the meridians by 1%

- Could be used for wine-making, however, the effects would be lowered

- Only 100 could be eaten at most

Mutated Plum Blossoms :

- Could be used for wine-making

- Had slight meridian cleansing effects

- Can refines muscles and bones.

6th Layer:

Realm has been increased by a thousand meters. The pond expanded by a hundred meters or more

Five Elements Fruit Tree :

- Bear 50 fruits every 100 years, 10 for each element; metal, wood, earth, water, and fire.

- Each fruit was able to strengthen the ability of the five elements attributions, allowing the user to cultivate techniques that corresponded to their elements to yield twice the result with half the effort.

- The Five Elements Fruit would not increase the consumer's strength, but it could improve the consumer's bodily constitution and lifeforce.

- Most importantly, the fruit would be able to purify the consumer's corresponding element.

- Only allowed to eat up to 10 Five Elements Fruits that corresponded to their own elements per person.

15 types of 3000-year-old herbs :

- Ten 3000 year Milkvetch

- Ten 3000 year Thousand Orchid

- Ten 3000 year Blood Jade Ginseng

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300 Rainbow Trout Fishes :

- The species that would lay 100 eggs once in a hundred years. After that, it would take another 100 years for the little fishes to m.a.t.u.r.e.

- Each fish can increase one's energy level by 200 jin, as well as strengthening the consumer's meridians and the vital organs of their body. They would feel as if their spirit has been cleansed slightly after consuming the fish.

- Will feel the effects until consuming 10 Rainbow Trout Fishes in a year. More would not do anything other than tasting delicious

- Can be used as a component of medicine, and as an ingredient for wine.

- Evolution of the Gold Horn Firetail Fish

A Mysterious Fruit Tree :

- Produce only 1 fruit every 500 years.

- After the fruit is consumed, it would have a 1% chance of giving a random unexpected result. The result would be a random increase in one of the following:

- strength

- defense

- speed

- a breakthrough for a random martial arts technique

- comprehension of the five elements profound theory of any cultivation technique

Bees Nest :

- Consisting of an army of 100 Jade Emperor Bees.

- Bees can speed up the growth of medicinal herbs by 10%.

- Jade Emperor Queen Bee would be able to produce 10 offspring's once every 100 years.

- M.a.t.u.r.ed Jade Emperor Bees would have at least the strength of a Martial King;

- Long body, yet they were known to be extremely fast and poisonous.

- Each year, these bees would be able to harvest 10 jin of Jade Emperor Queen Bee Nectar

- Jade Emperor Queen Bee Nectar can enhance the potential of the human body, and strengthen the physique of one's body.

2000 Jin of Violet Jade :

- A localized material that could be used for forging and refining.

10 Cinnamon Spices

10 Purple Bamboo Tea

Time Ratio Increase :

-1:200 (1 hours outside = 200 hours inside)

( 1200 hours par day = 50 days par day = 7 weeks par day)

7th Layer:

Realm: Approximately 10,000 meters long and wide, achieving a distance of 20 Li. (Expanded 10 fold of the 6th Layer.)

2 Mysterious Fruit Trees

- Bear fruit every 500 years

- Consuming it, there is a 1% chance the consumer would get an unexpected gain :

- strength

- defenses

- speed

- User's techniques making a breakthrough

- Enabling the consumer to comprehend the 5 elemental secrets of their techniques.

Quantity of the existing medicinal herbs doubled :

- Medicinal age increased by a thousand years

- 5 Elements Fruits did not increase.

- 1 Extra Vermilion Fruit

- Peach of Immortality and the 1000-year Gloomy Wood did not change

Demonic Beasts inside the Realm of Violet Jade :

- There was still 1 Jade Emperor Queen Bee

- Amount of Jade Emperor Bees doubled. Total of 800 Jade Emperor Bees

- All Jade Emperor Bees broke through by a grade from their original grade. (Ex. Grade 1 Martial King to Grade 2 Martial King)

- Five-Colored Daylily Python and Five-Colored Daylily Grass multiplied.

- Ordinary aquatic animals in the pond all increased by 2 times

- Golden Medicinal Turtle and the Thousand Years Clam increased age by 1000

50 pieces each Medicinal Herbs :

- 7,000 Years Indigo Heart

- Snake Bone Herb

- 7,000 Years Ginseng

- 7,000 Years Cloud-Mist Herb

- Black Ember Flower

- 50 Golden Bull Grass

- 7,000 Years Starmoon Flower

- 6,000 Years Blood Coral

- 6,000 Years Five Qi Sun Grass

- 7,000 Years Earth Essence

- Eight Immortal Grass

- 6,000 Years Sunflower

- 7,000 Years LingZhi

Clear Heart Fruit Tree :

- Bears a fruit every 500 years

- Purifying Fruit could help solve evil spirits residing in one's mind and help purify the soul.

- It would slightly change aptitude and stabilize one's mind

- Raise one's consciousness

- Amount taken depends on the consumer's body

- Some can take 1 before it lost effects

- Some would be able to consume a lot of them.

- Time gap between taking 2 fruits had to be more than 1 year

Cleansing Fruit Tree :

- Bear 1 Cleansing Fruit every 500 Years

- Cleansing Fruit could be used for Meridian Cleansing

- It would clean the impurities within the body and purify the Qi Force within the meridians, adapting the body for even more efficient spiritual qi absorption and speed up cultivation.

Bohdi Tree :

- 10 Bodhi Seeds every 500 Years

- Could be used to make tea, refresh one's mind and make them achieve a state of supreme enlightenment

- Could also increase the chance for a cultivator to breakthrough

50 Golden Carp :

- Taste delicious

- Legend has it that after 1,000 years, the Golden Carp had a fixed chance of condensing a Golden Carp Pellet

- Apparently, it had the godly effect of providing a significant boost to the consumer's strength.

- Only a few Golden Carp would be able to live up to a few thousand years

100,000 Jin of Star Steel :

- Also known as the Meteorite from Heaven

- Favorite material for refining tools

Time Ratio Increase :

- 1:400 ( 1 hour outside = 400 inside )

( 2400 hours a day = 100 days a day = 14 weeks a day = 3 month a day)

Zero: Hum, neat.

When all of a sudden something takes off from the Old Chinese umbrella tree, it's the Fiery Bird that resides in that tree, it circles me in the sky of the estate before landing on my shoulder and looks at me as if it's watching me.

I c.a.r.e.s.s the bird under its beak with one finger and it seems to appreciate the treatment, as I walk around I pick all the fruits and leaves from their respective trees and put them in my inventory after that I sit under the Old Chinese umbrella tree with little Suzu the Fiery Bird and make a sign of the cross with the two fingers of my two hands.

Zero : [ Kage Bunshin no Jutsu ]

*Poof*

Clone Zero: Yo.

Appears in front of me an identical clone of me what surprises little Suzu to see a copy of me, she looks at me then she looks at the clone before going on the head of my clone and pecks him on the top of the skull with her beak seeing that he is real then lands on his shoulder.

My clone and I look at each other and then shrug our shoulders at the same time.

Zero: You know what you have to do.

Clone of Zero: Osu. As soon as you press the button I'll take it out of your hands right away.

I nod my head and check one last time that everything is in place then I take the button out of my inventory then press it then a white light surrounds me then disappears, the next moment my clone takes the button from my hands but when he looked at me he had a shocked look on his face.

Zero: What is it?

The clone leaves the button on the floor on the side and traces a mirror and turns it towards me only to see the face of a handsome, almost demonic-looking guy who could charm anyone.

He has a soft skin of a refined white colour rivalling that of a woman, his eyes are amber brown and piercing as if he could see your soul, his hair is completely white with finely black tips, and has a long ponytail and wears a suit with a mix of Chinese and Western-style.

Zero: That's... me? I look a lot like Zhongli

I say by touching my face what the reflection also reproduces, then my clone activates his Rinnegan and exclaims.

Clone of Zero: Wow

Zero: What?

Zero's clone: I don't know what you've been doing for these 1 Million years but you must have made a monster of progress, I don't see any form of energy escaping from you, only your natural aura emanates from your body as if you were one with nature, your breathing and the way you behave have completely changed and you seem more balanced not to mention you look like a protagonist of Xianxia or Wuxia, I'm starting to doubt my s.e.x.u.a.l orientation now.

Zero: ...

Clone of Zero: I was joking when I was talking about my s.e.x.u.a.l orientation.

Zero: But now that you say it I feel that my fighting power has greatly increased that I can't measure it precisely although I have forgotten how to use it my body seems to remember instinctively. I think I must have cultivated AST and reached the Xantian stage.

Clone Zero: Um, hey Boss, try to do a [Rasengan].

Zero: Why a [Rasengan]?

Clone Zero: Just to see if you followed the list of skills to train.

Zero: Okay.

I leave my domain and then create an ID and end up in a training room with training dummies. I approach one and raise my hand and try to create a [Rasengan] following the manga method when all of a sudden a swirling orb quickly forms in my hand and I look at it with wonder.

Zero: I did it

Clone Zero: This is so cool.

Then an idea came into my head, I tried to add Futon nature to the [Rasengan] which worked and easily even, creating a [Rasengan] with a green colour and a ring of wind around it.

Zero: That's what a fully mastered [Futon: Rasengan] looks like.

Instinctively I throw the [Rasengan] onto one of the training dummies a little further away which is completely shredded by the wind element before exploding by the release of energy generated by the [Rasengan].

Zero/Clone of Zero: ...

My clone and I look at each other and a smile appears on our lips, immediately I use another combination of [Rasengan] with another type of chakra which worked just as well and the result was that each training dummy was annihilated, then a crazy idea comes to mind.

I remember the Senjutsu Technique that I've read from the scroll and try to channel natural energy inside me like it says to do it then I created a [Planetary Rasengan] with a normal [Rasengan] combined with natural energy in the centre and then 5 more [Rasengan] each with a different chakra type and being smaller in size revolving around it.

And to my surprise the jutsu seems to be stable, I run with it on a training dummy and hit it with it.

Zero : [Sage Art: Elemental Breakdown]

Which is sent away before being engulfed by the different elements of the [Rasengan] creating a giant explosion that leaves only a giant crater in the training room.

Zero: Note to myself do not use this Justu in an enclosed space.

[Skill [Sage Art: Elemental Breakdown] created and added to the [Rasengan] category.]

Seeing the window, I hit my forehead like a fool. I just thought I forgot to open my skill page.

For more than 1 hours I scroll through all my System and discovers several things.

On my skill page to see that the list of my skills has grown and become very long and also that all my other skills before pressing the button are at Max level and have also become EX. Luckily each skill is sorted by section, category and universe.

For example, there is a section dedicated to the skills of Naruto's universe like jutsu of every elementary nature, my chakra modes, close combat technique, and many other techniques.

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Naruto Universe :

[Jinchûriki (EX)]

[Taijutsu (EX)] - Max Level

[Eight Gates (EX)] - Max Level

[Jutsu]

Katon], [Suiton], [Doton], [Raiton], [Mokuton], [Inton(Yin)], [Yōton(Yang)], [In'yōton (Yin-Yang)] all in (EX) and Max level

[Fūinjutsu (EX)] - Max level

[Summoning Jutsu (EX)] - Max Level

[Senjustsu]

[Touki (EX)] - Max level

[Senjutsu (EX)] - Max level

[Six Paths Senjutsu (EX)] - Max level

[Mode]

|Elemental (Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Lightning, Wood, ...) Sage Mode (EX)] - Max Level

|Nine Tail Fox Sage Mode (EX)] - Max Level

[Ten Tail Fox Chakra Mode (EX)] - Max Level

[Tail Beast Mode (EX)] - Max Level

[Tail Beast Sage Mode (EX)] - Max Level

[6 Paths]

[Six Paths Sage Mode (EX)] - Max Level

[6 Paths Techniques (EX)] - Max Level

[All Things Creation Technique (EX)] - Max Level

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Looking at my titles I notice that I received the title [Sage of Six Paths] for having mastered all jutsu of every kind and having mastered 6 Paths and Rinnegan.

My Rinnegan seems to have evolved into a Rinne-Sharingan giving me access to other Mangekyo techniques such as Obito's [Kamui], or Shisui's [Kotoamatsukami] and many other techniques of other Uchiha who had Mangekyo.

As for my Bijû, I have raised her and gave her the name of Yui then merged with her making me her [Jinchûriki] allowing me to have a giant reserve of chakra in addition to the great quantity of my Chaos energy gives me, I made the seal in a way that will allow Yui to come out of my body as she wishes but with only 20% of her power and a shape the size of a normal fox.

I see that I have trained all types of weapons at the highest possible level of mastery and all of these weapons masteries have come together in one skill called [Eternal Arms Mastery].

The same goes for my magic, I have deepened my knowledge of all types of magic to the point where I can use it just by snapping my fingers or just by thinking about it.

I also see that I have been able to complete the [Armament] spell of my [Erebea Magia] allowing me to absorb a spell within me and become one with it, giving me the power of the armed spell. Allowing me to expand my range of combat techniques and upgrade old spells with this spell.

I also see that I have been training an ancient Breathing Styles called [Hinokami Kagura] or also known as the Breath of the Sun given to me by Amaterasu a long time ago. Creating other Breath Style derived from it called the Breath of Lightning and Breath of Water in the meantime.

I've also evolved a technique of the Breathing Styles called [Total Concentration Breathing] which is a state where a Breathing Style user inhales the maximum amount of oxygen within a specific breath pattern to raise their physical and mental prowess to their utmost limits into [Total Concentration: Constant] which is a Total Concentration Breathing state during the morning, noon, and night, and even while asleep.

It seems that I had a good idea by recreating God Shiba Tatsuya's equipment and spells, making two Trident CAD that I named Trident-Divine Left and Trident-Demon Right with my [Forging] skill at the Max level and [The Ancient Art of Forging] of the AST and recreate almost all his magic like [ Mist Dispersion ], and [ Material Burst ] deriving from the spell [ Decomposition ], as well I recreate is spell [ Re-growth ].

It also seems that I have unlocked my Sin Devil Trigger thus creating a new demonic sword called "Demonic Sword Zero" which changes my race from [Demon] to [True Demon], bringing a balance to all my bloodlines.

I see that I have evolved the Balance Breaker of my Sacred Gear which looks a lot like Elsword's Shung Tactical Trooper armour, it seems that I have even created a Subspecie Balance Breaker allowing me to unleash the power of my 5 dragons at the same time, and it seems that my 5 dragons have evolved and reached the rank of True Dragon God.

But to be able to create this Subspecie I had to transform my heart and a portion of my bone marrow into those of a dragon making me 20% Dragon God, 20% True Demon (Incubus/Dark Knight Demon), 20% God, 20% Shinso Vampire, 20% Human (Ship boy) and I trained my Dragonic part up to the level of a True Dragon God with the help of my Realm, crowning me [True Supreme Dragon God].

And I also managed to understand the laws of space and deepen my knowledge of the laws of Time thanks to the skill book on this subject.

After inspecting my other parameters I was able to deduce that I am a Tier 4 in normal times and a Tier 5 if I fight at my maximum output.

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( A/N: This is my ranking and can change at any time )

Tier 1: Human, (Low to High class) Devil, Fallen, Angel, Yokai, Vampire

Tier 2: High Human, False Satan and Ultimate class Devil, Seraph, Cadre Fallen, Yokai Leader, (Low to Dragon King class) Dragon, (Low to High class) Demon, Ultimate Vampire

Tier 3: Super Devil, Governer General, High Seraph, (Low to High class) God, Servant, Heavenly Dragon, Evil Dragon, Ultimate Demon, Shinso Vampire.

Tier 4: Dragon God, Ultimate God, True Satan(or True Demon), Biblical God

Tier 5: True Dragon God, True God, True Demon God, Great Servant, Triexia, Beast

Tier 6: Dragon God-King, God-King, Demon God King

Tier 7: True Dragon God-King, True God-King, True Demon God King

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Zero: Um... I think I'm safe for future events.

Clone of Zero: You're right, but don't forget that...

Zero: I must always be on my guard and always take my opponents seriously, no matter who they are, I know.

Clone of Zero: Well, I think I'm going to go ahead and put the button away and don't press it.

Zero: Who do you think I am? really.

Clone of Zero: Don't forget that I am you too, I know how you think.

The clone tells me with a look that seems to judge me then disappears, I look at the time seeing that the sun is going to set. I decide to go for a walk in the nearest park because I feel I'm going to meet someone. I change into my usual clothes and leave my house.

// Park, Tokyo //

I arrive in a park already empty of people, from here I can see the sunset. I sit above the Jungle gym for the children.

And admire the sunset and start humming a melody, at that very moment a halo of light envelops me and appears in front of a Persona and not just any Persona but it is Orpheus but his Picaro.

The latter is at my level and accompanies me in my song.

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Sleep while the night is young

Dreams carry you far from harm

Free from alarm,

Safe in my arms,

Please live your life for you and for me

Still, you must carry on,

Bearing your burdens for long.

My wish for you,

Can only come true,

You'll still be here when I am gone.

Share your smile with the world

Live for the path you choose

Know you were the only one

That I could never bear to lose.

Sleep while the night is young

Dreams carry you far from harm

My gift to you

Too precious to lose

Know that you were the future I chose.

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Nature around seems to be happy, I feel energy circulating that I am not very familiar with, which spreads to any form of life around whether it be trees or animals. After a moment's reflection, I deduce that my singing must have unconsciously acted on the natural energy around me since I am a master of Senjutsu, a Sage.

Zero: Thank you Orpheus for accompanying me in my song.

Orpheus: It's nothing Invocator it was a p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e to meet someone so invested in music, I will come to your aid if you need me.

Orpheus turns into a mask which is put on my face which disappears immediately, I look at the sky and see that the Moon has decided to show itself, I close my eyes and enjoy the breeze. When I heard footsteps coming from behind me.

???: Uh...

Zero: Um...? Oh, I didn't know I had an audience.

I said, not turning around, still enjoying the night breeze.

??? Zero: I'm sorry I didn't mean to listen but your voice was so beautiful and mesmerizing I couldn't help myself.

Zero: I see.

I jump from my perch without any effort and land on the ground like a feather and any noise. When I looked at the person I was talking to I was a little surprised. It was a young girl wearing a middle school uniform with blonde hair with a flower-shaped brooch and blue eyes, and it was someone I know, by the way.

Zero(thought): Ma~Ma~ she looks delicious... huh?! since when do I think like that?!...Hmmm...Hmmm... Oh, that must be my dragon blood... I see I see...

When the girl saw my face she started to blush and then after what seems to be observing my face a smile appeared on her lips...

??? You are...

Zero: I am...?!

???: You're Ciel-sama from RAS, aren't you?

Zero: Oya~ I've been unmasked? I take it that you are one of my fans.

???: Yes, I like your songs very much.

Zero: I'm glad to know that our songs bring joy to others... you know what you're lucky as I'm in a good mood I'm going to give you a present.

??? Zero: A gift...?

I'm taking out a copy of the songs that Chibi-Zero had recorded before at Galaxy and I'm also taking out a signature marker.

Zero: Now that I think about it, what's your name?

???: Ayase Alisa

I sign the CD box with my signature and add "For my biggest fan Alisa-chan".

Zero: Here is for you.

Alisa: That's... ?!

Zero: A CD with exclusive music just for you.

Alisa: Kyaaa, thank you very much Ciel-sama

Alisa jumps for joy as she holds the CD in her hands.

Zero: Oh now that I think about it you wouldn't be Eli's little sister by chance.

Alisa: You know my big sister, Ciel-sama?

Zero: In a way, let me represent Alisa-chan, Ciel being my artist name but my real name is Zero Akatsuki, and I know your sister because she is my girlfriend or I would say, my fiancée.

Alisa: Is it true? So that means...

Zero: I am your future brother-in-law.

I think I can see stars shining in the girl's eyes.

Alisa: Onee-chan is lucky

Zero(thought): She accepted the fact that I am engaged to Eli without question, does she trust me?

Zero: Although your sister and I are only recently dating Alisa-chan is taking care of me.

Alisa: No, it would be better for me to ask you to take care of me, Onii-chan.

// Timeskip //

I decided to take Alisa home as it is getting late and I don't want anything to happen to her on the way. Alisa seems to love me very much and already considers me to be her big brother while holding on to my arm and talking to me.

When all of a sudden a familiar silhouette appears in my field of vision

Zero: Um, that wouldn't be...

Alisa: What's up Onii-chan...

I am pointing my finger at the figure in front of us.

Alisa: Ah... it's...

We approach the person

Alisa: Onee-chan!

Alisa's voice startled Eli

Eli: Eek!

Eli turns around to see me and Alisa

Eli: Oh, it's only you Alisa and ...Z-Zero is that you?!

When Eli saw me, he was surprised by my change of appearance, which made her blush very violently.

Zero: Yes it's me but are you all right Elichika? You're all red.

I asked her by putting my forehead against hers as if to check her temperature, which made her blush even more.

Alisa: Onee-chan has become even redder.

Alisa comments on the side. Eli comes to her senses but her cheeks are still pink.

Eli: I'm fine it's nothing, but what happened to your appearance?

Zero: I don't think it's something to talk about in the middle of the city, are you going home?

Eli: Yes, I had some work to finish at the student council after training.

Zero: You are dedicated to your work.

Eli: Of course. But I had to stay so late to do it, but may I ask what you are doing with my sister?

Zero: Oh, it seems that Alisa-chan was captivated by my song while I was singing in a park and since it was getting dark I offered to take her home.

Alisa: Onii-chan has a beautiful voice when I hear her singing it's like I'm being taken on a journey.

Eli: ... I can see

Eli takes me aside and whispers to me

Eli: Does Alisa know about our relationship?

Zero: Whether we are engaged yes, for the harem no.

Eli: Thank God I haven't told my family yet and I am afraid of their reactions especially my grandmother.

Zero: Don't worry about it I am with you to get over it.

Eli: Zero

Alisa: What you are talking about, Onii-chan, Onee-chan, Alisa also wants to be part of the conversation.

Alisa starts to sulk, which made me laugh and surprised Eli to see her sister acting like that.

Eli: It's the first time I've seen Alisa become attached to someone so quickly apart from Umi-chan.

Zero: I think me being one of her favourite artists coupled with the fact that I'm her future brother-in-law must have played in the balance.

I scratch my head and say

Eli joins us in our journey towards the house of the Ayases, of course, we hold hands like a couple which seems to calm Eli from her fear of the dark, as for Alisa she holds my other hand with a smile that doesn't seem to please Eli too much but lets her scoot free.

(A/N: Uh... dude we don't hold hands before the wedding)

Of course, I got the jealous look from the other males and those who had bad thoughts about them, I would give them a piercing look while releasing a little Qi on them making them either run away or faint.

We also did some shopping in the shopping district near Eli's house, having offered to prepare dinner for them. Of course, the merchants who seemed to already know Eli well didn't stop teasing her about how we look like newlyweds.

// Ayase's house //

After talking with Eli about the reason for my change, I'm in the kitchen of the house preparing a Russian meal a Borscht but in my way.

I put on my apron and my Yukihira-style bandana and start cutting the vegetables for the broth and then the soup.

I use the Culinary Qi technique that I learned from the AST which is purely and easily an improved version of my way of cooking with my magecraft.

Of course, I make sure to balance the amount of Qi in the preparation.

During the preparation, I add as condiments the herbs I picked in my immortal purple jade field.

The fringing of the dish spread throughout the kitchen and then throughout the house.

At the kitchen door, you can see Alisa and Eli watching me cook and the smell makes them drool unconsciously.

// A few hours later //

I put the pan on the dining room table, Alisa and Eli seem to be impatient to taste my dish just by their reaction.

Zero: This is my original recipe of Borscht that I named Zero Special: Borscht of the immortal. Feast your eyes on it!

I say as I lift the lid of the pot showing a shiny red soup, the smell it gives off is much more pronounced than before.

Alisa: It looks delicious.

Eli: I heard from Maki, Hanayo and Rin that you are a very good cook but I didn't expect you to be at such a level.

Zero: I have to say that I learnt to cook from the age of 3 years old it was the same for my little brother and I can thank my father's cooking style as well as my personal experience as a sous-chef.

Eli: Heh. I didn't know you had a little brother.

Zero: We only see each other very rarely during the holidays but after what happened to me three years ago I haven't visited him once and although we don't have the same mother he remains my precious family.

Alisa: So you are both half-brothers, what's his name?

Zero: Yukihira Souma

Eli: Why does he have a different last name from yours?

Zero: The Akatsuki name is quite heavy from its history of being one of the largest and oldest families in Kyoto and Japan and as my father is the son of the current patriarch of the clan so we are both the current heir and so as not to overburden Souma with this responsibility it was decided that he should bear his mother's maiden name making me the sole heir to the Akatsuki name.

Eli: I see, is he like you?

Zero: No, he's quite normal although he's destined to become a great chef like my father and me, he has the talent for it. But no more talking about me and eating while it's still hot.

I serve a plate to each person by putting a spoonful of fresh cream in it.

Alisa / Eli: Itadakimasu

By putting the food in their mouths, Alisa and Eli feel the flavours of the vegetables and the soup explode in their mouths. And as soon as they start chewing they were taken by ecstasy, it was so good.

The food was so divine that they couldn't stop m.o.a.ning with p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e. When the two girls came to their senses they started to blush and then continued to eat.

Alisa: This taste is like tasting the Borscht made by grandmothers but more delicious.

Eli: Indeed the vegetables are cooked perfectly, the meat is tender and juicy and melts in the mouth, not to mention the soup - the aroma it gives off is so delicious and dashing.

Zero: Osamatsu

After we have all eaten, Eli offered to do the dishes and I help Alisa with her homework.

Zero: You use this formula here and then here so you can solve any equation of the same kind.

Alisa: Your method is easier than the one you learn at school.

Zero: I'm just one genius among many.

Alisa: You are modest, compare to the boy in my class you are the perfect man.

Zero (thought): I think I have just made it difficult for Alisa's future suitor.

Alisa: Say Onii-chan, can you listen to one of Alisa's wishes?

Zero: Okay, a wish shouldn't do any harm, as long as it is within my capabilities.

Alisa: I would like to become Onii-chan's girlfriend.

Alisa's request froze me on the spot and then I look at Alisa who is a little red... no, she is completely red.

Zero (thought): Ok, now I give up, I'm just going to end up giving myself a lot of headaches trying to find the reason why these girls suddenly have a great affection for me.

Alisa: Is it no?

Zero: Alisa-chan, why me?

Alisa: Because Arisa fell in love with Onii-chan the first time we met. You were so kind to me, you were so attentive to me, you spoiled me, you protected me from the vicious looks that were cast at Onee-chan and me and you prepared a meal for us that was delicious. Compared to the boys I have met so far who only know how to talk about themselves and their strengths or flatter me for my beauty because I am half-blooded none of them talk to me in a normal way, or cared what I could think of. The only one who has managed to make my heartbeat is you.

Zero: We've only known each other for a few hours. And I am engaged to your sister.

Alisa: I know, but something inside me tells me not to give up this newborn love for you.

Zero: You know I'm not as fantastic as you think, I'm the worst trash that can exist in this world, I go out with several other girls at the same time who also have feelings for me besides your sister you know.

I look Alisa in the eyes and she turns into dragon eyes as she brings my face closer to hers by putting my hand on her desk. Alisa looks at me with her eyes wide open.

Zero: Knowing that you still want to love someone like me?

Alisa: Yes

Zero: Why?

Alisa: Because I can see in your eyes that you are not that kind of person.

Zero: What makes you say that, that it's not a facade to deceive you.

Alisa: You wouldn't ask me all these questions.

I release a sigh and my eyes become normal.

Zero: What do you say, Eli?

Eli walks into Alisa's room with a serious look on his face.

Alisa: Onee-chan, were you there?

Eli: From the moment you confessed to Zero.

Alisa's face turns red and then Eli turns to me.