Terror Infinity Side B

Chapter 45, HxH G.I Intermission

My next teammate to visit after Hikari to check in on Connor. I didn't feel the need to supervise his exchanges as Connor wasn't the type to choose something detrimental to himself or the team because it looked cool, but all the same I was interested seeing what our child soldier of the team had chosen. Connor's place within team Japan as an ace sniper and capable gunner made him a critical component within Team Battles, yet there was more to him than that.

According to what we had discovered after the Apocalypse Alice mission Connor was the descendant of a former Player of God's Dimension and this entitled him to certain benefits that normal Players like myself were not offered. Connor's ancestor had exchanged for powerful enhancements from the Demon Exchanges and Connor was born with a very high affinity for the same and so God offered Connor a discount of sorts. With the exception of weapons, God allows Connor to exchange for Genetic Mutations, Whole Enhancement, and skills without paying for their required points and just needed the rank rewards. He couldn't use this discount for exchanges over B tier and this didn't seem like that much at first, but in truth this gave Connor a huge advantage over others.

Shin: "I wonder what he'll get this time around. Connor also has a Trigger, he might go that way as well."

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As I went over to check up on Connor it seemed that I was too late to advise him on his enhancement path even if I wanted to. Connor was already lifted into the air by God and a beam of light showing that he was in the middle of enhancing himself. Particles of light were entering his body which is normal, yet there was something different this time around. Hovering in the air alongside Connor was his C-Class Trigger. Like Connor particles of light were entering into the Sci-fi device, turning it from its original white metallic exterior to a blueish-green color. Five minutes later the exchange was complete and Connor was let down by God.

Shin: "So how did it go? What did you get?"

Connor: "...Fine. And a few things."

Shin: "...Can't you give me more than that?"

Connor: "I had 9,020 points, 1B and 1D rank reward. I upgraded my C-Class Trigger to the B-Class Trigger for 2000 points and a C rank reward. The Trigger that I already possessed was upgraded instead of me acquiring a new Trigger and by Trion Energy increased in quantity by ten. Don't know why I wasn't given a new Trigger."

Shin: "That was probably to stop you from handing over your old Trigger to anyone else in the future. Hey, what happens if your Trigger is destroyed? Do you have to pay for another one?"

Connor: "Yes and No. When upgrading to a new Trigger you don't just gain a new device, but a higher level of Trion, so the device only makes up half the exchange. If the Trigger is broken I don't lose my Trion, right, so why would I have to pay for the full price? I have to pay the point requirements, but not the rank reward ones, and that's to my advantage. Points have less meaning to me at this stage, so I can always buy a new one."

Shin: "That's good to know. So did you get anything else?"

Connor: "After the Trigger I then used two C rank rewards to exchange for magic eyes and magic spell from the Demonic series. ’Demon Eye: Encroachment' and 'Demonic Weapon Augmentation'. Demon Eye: Encroachment is a magic eye that increases my vision and gives me the ability to afflict others with the Fear aliment when I gaze upon them when active. Demonic Weapon Augmentation is a powerful magic spell to increase the strength of any weapon or tool in my hands at the cost of a small corrosive effect. This includes guns, so this is the perfect magic spell for me since there aren't that many, if at all Demon skills or magic that use guns. Trigger would make a good combination as they're weapons born from Trion rather than real weapons. Lastly, I exchanged for a small storage item for a D rank reward as I need something to carry my weapons and used all of my remaining points to increase my stats."

Connor than went into a deeper into the details of his exchanges and his reasons, and I found myself fully agreeing with him. With the change to the B-Class Trigger Connor's combat effectiveness with Trion was now at battle standards as he would run out after a few shots from his weapons before.

Demon Eye: Encroachment was an interesting magic eye as one didn't have to see a person in the eye for it too work and worked just as well through the scope of a rifle. According to Connor it wasn't a good ability when you wanted to snipe the enemy in secret, but was an excellent ability in direct battles to use against an opponent who knew that an attack was coming and the magic eye would slow down their movements.

Demonic Weapon Augmentation increases the potential of all the weapons in his possession by a large amount. There was a general D tier weapon enhancement skill in the Exchange System, but the C tier one's exclusive for one type of energy would show vastly better improvements than the general D tier one.

Connor: "I'm going to practice on my own. Don't bother me."

Shin: "..."

And like so Connor silently walking away left Shin behind. Shin wished the child soldier of Team Japan was more vocal, yet he didn't push the matter and let Connor walk away.

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B-Class Trigger -

Rating 82.

Applicable to missions that require combat. Can store the user’s real body within the trigger and replace it with a B-Class Trion Body. Can download and use up to eight different types of triggers (must be obtained separately). Triggers have the bailout function. The user is able to escape after the Trion Body is destroyed, the main body will be ejected and fly away anywhere within 1000 meters of where Bail Out occurred. Warning: If the Trion Body is destroyed or Bail Out, the real body will be left in a state of extreme fatigue for hours. Gain access to Trion Energy. Requires 2000 points, C rank reward, and a C-Class Trigger.

Demon Eye: Encroachment -

Rating 51.

A type of magic eyes of the demon race. Those that are locked onto by these eyes will be inflicted with a Fear Aliment. Those simply gazed by these eyes will fall victim to a lesser effect. For those with a strong willpower they will only be a degraded effect or no effect whatsoever. Passively increase vision slightly. Requires 3,000 points, C rank reward, and any Demon race mutation.

Demonic Weapon Augmentation -

Rating 70.

Select any tool and vastly enhances it's performance with Demonic Power. Weapons and tools of a lower tier than C will experience degradation over time. Requires 4,000 Points, C rank reward, and Demon Count Genetic Mutation.

Subspace Ring -

Rating 45.

A ring created by Xiuzhen technology. It had a subspace of 1.5 cubic meters and can be activated with any energy. Requires 1500 Points and D rank reward.

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Connor - Team Japan.

Age: 10.

Mission's Survived: 2.

Exchange Points: 0.

Rank Rewards: S=0, A=0, B=0, C=0 and D=0.

Stats:

Intelligence - 188.

Mental capacity - 214.

Cell Vitality - 443.

Reaction Speed - 487.

Muscle Density - 419

Immunization Strength - 412.

EXCHANGE CATEGORIES

1. Sci-fi Weapons -

● Close Range: None.

● Mid-Range: BIM.

● Long Range: Eglet, Lightning, and Ibis. Also Anti-Material Rifle.

2. Magical Items -

● Tools: Magic Storage Ring.

● Equipment: None.

● Consumable: Low level Magic Bullets and Varanium Black Bullets.

3. Support items -

● Genetic Mutation Enhancement: Demon Count Genetic Mutation.

● Whole Body Enhancements: B-Class Trigger.

● Skill/Techniques: Demon Eye: Encroachment and Demonic Weapon Augmentation.

● General Goods: None.

● Other: None.

4. Entertainment - World Trigger Season 2 Blu-ray plus Commentary.

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The next stop as I checked up on my comrades was the lovely Aqua. Aqua was a close range fighter like myself, yet possessed a wider range of enhancement paths than myself with just Ki Energy and One-eye Ghoul Mutation. Werewolf Bloodline, Wolverine Mutation, and Nen were the paths Aqua had to enhance herself and this time around she possessed 8,530 Points, 1B, and 1C rank reward to do so. Aqua seemed to have already finished her exchanges, so instead of giving advice or my opinion of what to get I just got to hear what she exchanged for and why.

Aqua: "Shin, what do you think of me?"

Shin: "What do I think? Of course I love you my first wife to be. Did you need to confirm that before you finally allow yourself to fall to my protagonist charms and jump into my-"

Aqua: "Cut the crap! Sorry for the wording, but that's not at all what I was asking. I wanted to know what you thought of my fighting style."

Shin: "You really know how to make a man excited, but soon fall into despair Aqua... but that's just one of your charms I guess."

Aqua: "Shin."

Shin: "Fine... Okay, you’re a pure close range fighter. While I have skills to fight from midrange with Ki emission attacks and my Kagune, you can only attack up close and personal, but that's not a bad thing. I'm more versatile, but you’re by far stronger than me as I see it. You're highly specialized for close combat and that's where you shine the most."

Aqua: "I'm in agreement. All my mutations are for close range and I'm an Enhancer Nen User as well. All my enhancements are also all B tier and above, so they're incredibly powerful... but they limit what I can do. Putting aside Nen that can't learn skills, I don't have any magic spells at all. Equipment, but not spells. There are magic spells exclusive for the Werewolf Bloodline, so I just exchanged for one. Judgment of the Moon Goddess. A magic spell that'll allow me to attack from mid, possibly long range with the light of the moon. The longer the skill is charged for the more powerful the attack will become. It's a C tier magic spell, but has the high requirement of needing the A tier Elder Werewolf Bloodline. I'll show you what five seconds of charging this skill is like."

Aqua then decided to give a demonstration of her magic spell, Judgment of the Moon Goddess. Aqua extended and pointed her right hand towards the floor ten meters away. Then came a blinding light. From her fingertips to her elbow Aqua hand glowed with a white radiance. Then after five seconds passed a beam on intensified moon light shot out from her palm and impacted the floor. As if irradiated the section of the floor she pointed at was slowly dyed black. Once the white beam finished its job about a cubic meter of the floor was burned and gave off a horrible smell. From how the initial intensity wasn’t strong as it need time to burn the floor black it wasn't the most powerful magic in Shin's opinion, but remembering that the skill could be charged and what he had just witnessed was its lowest output impressed him.

Shin: "I think that was a wise choice. You’re unstoppable at close range after all, so this kind of magic spell that has high requirements that only you can use is great. Also, as I remember the Elder Werewolf Bloodline gave additional strength to magic exclusively for a Werewolf. This is skill that costed you just a C rank reward, right? What else did you get?"

Aqua: "I acquired a skill to improve – or rather that lets me reach my ultimate power. Do you recall my full wolf form and the problems that I'm having with it?"

Shin heard this question and couldn't grasp why he was being asked this. Aqua's full wolf form had left him scarred for life after all. For a Player like Aqua with the Werewolf Bloodline Aqua could transform into a half man half wolf typical Werewolf, or a complete wolf form, yet Aqua had special circumstances that separated her from others with the same bloodline.

Due to making misjudgments and unexpected highly compatible combinations of enhancements which should have resulted in her death or turned into a mindless monster, yet living with her human consciousness resulted in a mutation to occur. Werewolf Bloodline, Wolverine Mutation, and Nen which would automatically combine in a special way whenever Aqua would transform. Aqua for the most part lost her ability to turn into a werewolf and would normally turn into a full on wolf form... yet this wouldn't be a normal transformation.

Aqua's three enhancements came together to transform her into an incredibly powerful monster wolf. A giant monster wolf with bulging and thick muscles, Adamantium coated fur and fangs that reflected a silver light, and the Enhancer and Specialist elements of a Nen user. The monster wolf form of Aqua's was down right Over Powered the way her abilities came together, yet it came at a steep cost. Her mind. Whenever Aqua transformed she would lose all her reasoning and become a mad beast that only sought out blood and death. It was by far Aqua greatest ability, yet it wasn't something she could truly control.

Shin: "Yes I do. Out of all the things that I've seen in this terror filled dimension your silver monster wolf form about to eat my alive gives me the most nightmares. What does your new skill have to do with it?"

Aqua: "Well, I just exchanged for a interesting skill that might allow me to tame that form. The ability is called Focused State of Mind. An expensive B tier ability for the low cost of 2,500 Points. Highly focuses the state of the user’s mind. Its duration is based on one's willpower. However, you will be able to face any situation calmly while it is active. This ability has no offensive power, but its description is very similar to the first stage of the Genetic Constraint, though not as strong. You gain great focus and can be rid of one's fears, but there's no additional combat instincts. I've reached the First Stage, so the appeal of this skill isn't there but somewhere else. What I want from Focused State of Mind is the ability to reform my mind and eventually take hold of that monster wolf that's escaped my control so far. My mind just sort of goes dark after losing myself when I transform. I expect in the short term I can transform into a werewolf like before my abilities mutated, but in the long term it's my hope to retain my consciousness in the wolf form."

Shin: "Sounds like an amazing skill, but why now? You've had the points and rewards to exchange for this skill before. Did you not know about it?"

Aqau: "...No. I knew about it, but I didn't feel an immediate need for it before. Now I do. I felt confident about fighting against most of the members of Team Germany, but those like Klaus who sought after an extreme power in an area I was uncertain. Maybe if I accepted a desperate battle to the death I could have won even on my own. Jin won easily only because Klaus saw him on his last leg and thought nothing of him, and so he was given a golden chance to strike. With my current abilities, even if I had this new magic spell it would take a lot of effort to defeat Klaus, but in my full wolf form, or just the werewolf form I could kill him off with little effort."

Shin hearing this looked forward and not forward at this new development. If Aqua could tame her monster wolf form Team Japan could gain a trump card greater than the destroyed Unicorn Beam Magnum the deceased Kampa once wielded. On the other hand...

Shin: (Won't she be able to kill me whenever she wants? If the day arrives when the fourth member of my harem joins and she finally get mad... won't I get closer to the BAD END of being devoured alive.)

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Judgment of the Moon Goddess -

Rating 66.

Shine the intensified light of the mood at one's target. Once per day can summon a moon that shines down a light of destruction which will deliver Area-Of-Effect damage. Strength and range of the attack depends on the charge time of 5-180 Seconds. Requires 5,500 Points, C rank reward, and Elder Werewolf Bloodline.

Focused State of Mind -

Rating 79.

Suitable for users with strong power, but have weak willpower, and the majority of most missions. While the ability is active, the user will enter a highly focused state, greatly increases awareness, will remain calm and cautious, and will not be controlled by any Psyche Force ability. Passively reforms the mind. Every use of the ability changes the user’s mentality bit by bit. Long term uses can permanently increase the user’s concentration and calmness. Requires 2,500 points and B rank reward.

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Aqua - Team Japan.

Age: 22.

Mission's Survived: 9.

Exchange Points: 530.

Rank Rewards: S=0, A=0, B=0, C=, D=0.

STATS

Intelligence - 594

Mental capacity - 728

Cell Vitality - 1022

Reaction Speed - 1169

Muscle Density - 1185

Immunization Strength - 907

EXCHANGE CATEGORIES

1. Sci-fi Weapons -

● Close Range: None.

● Mid-Range: None.

● Long Range: None.

● Armor/Enhancement: None.

2. Magical Items -

● Tools: RPG Bag, Red Riding Hood's Cloak, Life Force Booster.

● Equipment: Thompson Contender Mystic Code

● Consumable: Magic Bullets [ Low Level ], Talisman×7.

3. Support items -

● Genetic Mutation Enhancement: Wolverine's Genetic Mutation and Elder Werewolf Genetic Mutation

● Whole Body Enhancements: Upper Class Hunter Nen.

● Skill/Techniques: Judgement of the Moon Goddess and Focused State of Mind.

● General Goods: Communicator Phone, Medical Kit and Ration Kit.

● Other: Life Force Booster.

4. Entertainment - Human creation×1, Paradise Cigarettes×20 and Computer.

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