Chapter 318: Examination... again

Chapter 318: Examination... again

(Ryoto's pov)

We knocked on the door to the mansion and waited for someone to open it. As we waited, Rin decided to start a short conversation.

"So, what do you think Mikado-sensei will test?"

"Well, I hoped to test most things. Mikado-sensei is one of the best doctors in the whole galaxy, and I trust her expertise. As you've seen, she managed to create gigai by herself without any help as far as I know. Maybe there are some alien spirit species in need of bodies like that, but I'm not sure. The point is that she is good, and she can help us figure out our limits in a safe environment, and she'll even give us some kind of explanation. She even worked on my eyes and blood before."

"And you trust her that much to tell her our secrets?" She inquired, and I nodded.

"There's a reason everyone knows of her. She heals you, doesn't ask many questions, and doesn't sell your information. She would be a good black market doctor with these ethics. Maybe she is, but I don't care that much." I shrugged my shoulders as I said the last bit and petted Yoruichi (cat), who was still sitting on top of my head.

What is with black cats and my head? Is it really that comfortable?

Then, the double door opened suddenly with great force, and Ryouko, with a disheveled appearance and an excited/crazy expression, appeared at the entrance. The kind that wouldn't look strange on Mayuri. Once again, I suddenly doubted my trust in this doctor.

"I was waiting." She said, still stuck in the position when she opened the doors.

I looked at her for a moment.

"I didn't notice." I said sarcastically.

Noticing what I meant, she quickly and hastily tried to fix her appearance with some degree of success. She then welcomed us inside, and only then did she notice a cat on my head.

"Her name is Yoruichi, and I picked her up today on the way here. She likes my head."

Mikado decided not to prey more into it and just accepted it as it was, but she changed into the main topic.

"I spent the whole day thinking about today's examination. You didn't give me many details, but knowing you, it could be anything. That's why I prepared everything I could think of in addition to what I already knew."

"You seem excited." Rin commented, and Mikado was happy to explain why.

"How could I not!?" She turned her head at impressive speed towards Rin. "Ryoto's eyes and blood alone are something of a dream for any researcher and scientist. And you two came in here with more hopefully unknown abilities. Also, did your eyes change?"

The last comment was about Rin's eyes. I noticed that she was using a Kido that she had developed herself. It wasn't anything special, and it was reasonably simple, making everyone see your eyes in any color you wish for. It was also user-friendly as it didn't use up a lot of energy to keep it up. I was never working on creating new Kido, but I was never that good with them. My Hollow Reiatsu was too wild for such delicate work, but I still learned somewhat complicated Kidos whenever I could.

Rin then stopped the Kido, and with the blink of her eyes, one of them changed colors into blue.

"Fascinating. "Mikado observed Rin with interest on the border of obsession. "Do you have the ability to control the color of your eyes, or is it an illusionary ability? I once met a species of aliens that were able to create gas in their bodies that would make others hallucinate. There's also Balkean's mimicry ability. Ahh~ So many possibilities~."

Ryouko isn't right in the head today. I think I may have broken her, and I didn't even reveal anything yet.

"So, where's Oshizu? I can't seem to find her in the whole mansion." I asked, not only to change topics for a moment but also out of genuine curiosity, as I couldn't pinpoint her location in the whole mansion.

"Shizu? I gave her a free day. Seeing her reaction yesterday to both of you, I was expecting her to disturb today's research, whether she wanted to or not. When she gets used to you, we can test even more things. Speaking of which, can you explain the cause of it? I think she called you Shinigami."

Rin and I exchanged looks, and after turning back to Mikado, I spoke.

"What do you know about multiverse theory?"

And so I explained Rin's and mine's small adventure while avoiding some details. The short version was our souls were sent to another world/universe, what can we do, and what we were planning on testing. I also requested an ordinary examination of our bodies. I was curious how they changed because the body reflects the soul, and the soul reflects the body. If one changes, so does the other, so it's strange for me when my and Rin's bodies stay in their teenage state while our spirit looks like they are in their mid-20s.

Seeing my expression, she realized that she hit the nail on the head, and her eyes went wide.

"Oh my God... You have the ability to control vectors..."

Without any warning, she threw a pen at me. It was incredibly slow, from my perspective, and I know why she did that. She wanted to see my ability in action, so I gave her exactly what she wished for.

It was the first time I tried using Vector Manipulation, but thankfully, I got the hang of it. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if the pen hit me in the face.

Before the projectile reached me, it flew in a completely different direction at a much higher speed and accidentally went through the wall.

Too much power... I thought my calculations were correct, but they were a bit off. It seems I didn't account for everything, Not to the point that I would get smacked by something, but I will need to train with it later on.

"Incredible! It wasn't telekinesis, control of air currents, or anything like that. You changed the Vector of the pen to change its trajectory and speed. The data I got from this small test says it all!"

The reason I wanted to test Vector Manipulation and, for example, not my elemental bending is because I can train bending by myself without any worries about the destruction of my surroundings. Just training my forms is enough, but even using both fire and water, I can do it relatively safely. This ability, however, depends solely on my capability of calculation, and if I'm off, the results could be catastrophic. That's why I wanted to see how it would work in a safe environment, and I was right, as I made a small mistake just now.

Seeing my new ability, both Rin and Yoruichi raised their eyebrows. I wasn't surprised at Rin's reaction, but my new cat seemed to have eerily human expressions. Seeing that I was looking at her, she meowed cutely.

Am I overthinking? Did Aizen really mess me up so much that I doubt an ordinary black cat because she looks like Yoruichi?

"Ryoto!" Mikado called me. "If you have anything more than that, I'm not sure my heart can take it."

"Then it's a bad time to say that I wanted you to take a look at one more thing. I don't need you to examine everything about what I'm about to do. I just wanted to test out this ability at least once to know how it feels. It's transformation ability, by the way."

Ryouko looked like she didn't have any more energy to get excited, so she gestured for me to start what I wanted to do. Her eyes were still sharp, meaning that she was still analyzing everything I was doing.

I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and released the air from my lungs. I repeated the process a few times until I felt ready.

Then I suddenly opened my eyes and gritted my teeth. My whole body started growing white fur with black stripes. Then my limbs started growing, all my muscles growing denser and even growing new muscles. My whole skeleton was changing, and I wasn't able to stand on two feet anymore and was forced on all fours. From the back, a tail appeared, and at the end of my now paws, large and certainly very sharp claws popped out. In my mouth, my teeth became sharper and longer, especially my fangs. Teeth that are perfect for an apex predator. On top of my head, a pair of cute feline ears appeared, and one of them flicked at the end. The transformation ended with me roaring for no particular reason, but it quickly turned into a yawn.

I looked around and saw shocks on everyone's faces. Yoruichi, on the other hand, was acting strange. She approached me and started rubbing herself on one of my legs. It looked comical with the size difference between us. She even started licking me and purred. Then she rolled on the floor and showed me her stomach as she blinked slowly at me. For some reason, I had an urge to lick her back as well, but I stopped myself. I took her, however, by her neck in my mouth, which was challenging because of my new size, and gave Yoruichi to Rin, who wasn't scared at all despite my new size. I was larger than any living tiger, but I was still smaller than the Hollows we faced. The rough estimation I would give myself was that I was about 3-4 meters tall, but I looked much more prominent thanks to my longer body. Not to mention that she knew that it was me, and she didn't have any reason to be scared of me.

It was worth mentioning that my scars were still visible in this form.

Not waiting for anything, I started changing my form again. This time into my Hybrid form. Every Zoan Devil Fruit user has at least three forms to choose from. The Human form, the Beast form, and the Human-Beast form is the form I'm testing out right now.

In this form, I became bipedal, with most of my beast traits still present. I checked my body a bit until I was satisfied, signaled by a nod of my head, and returned to being human.

"... I think I'm going to sleep on all these new discoveries because I'm afraid I really am going to go crazy. I worked on some unimaginable stuff before, but you managed to beat all of it, Ryoto."

"I'm always happy to pleasantly surprise." I answered.

We didn't have anything more to do here, and Mikado-sensei will need time to review everything she learned today, but this examination was a success overall.

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