8 Clashing Personalities
'Fuck. What do I do? I originally thought this wasn't a supernatural world, but seeing the man in front of me, I was wrong. Now that I know his name, this man in front of me is definitely the main character of Solo Leveling. Not only that, but this is likely him after the events of Solo Leveling. Meaning that this man is someone who can easily destroy a continent at least, and even maybe a planet.'
'From the way he was talking earlier, he's definitely evaluating whether I'm a threat to humanity. And if he does, there is no way in hell that I can beat him. Not even considering the fact that I probably wouldn't be able to even hit him, but even if I did, I probably couldn't kill him.'
'Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can only kill people who carry the concept of death. Sung Jin-Woo, with the full powers of the Shadow Monarch, is fucking immortal. Whether or not this is the type of immortality that still carries the concept of death and can be killed, I'd honestly rather not find out.'
Activating his Observation Haki, Jin felt a shiver of fear travel down his spine. Jin-Woo's aura completely overwhelmed his senses with the amount of sheer power emanating from him. Adding on to the immense pressure, was the millions of auras coalesced within Jin-Woo's shadow.
Trying to act normal, Jin returned a smile and spoke. "Sung Jin-Woo, huh? Nice to meet you. I'm Jin. Saito Jin." He took Jin-Woo's gloved hand, giving a firm handshake.
Reciprocating the handshake, Jin-Woo spoke bluntly. "I know you have special abilities. And judging by the way you moved today, it seems that you've only recently gotten them. I've just come here to tell you that as your senior if you ever need help in controlling your abilities, you can come to me. Of course, provided that you don't use your powers for evil."
Handing over his contact information, Jin-Woo finally left, allowing Jin to ease up. The moment he felt all the presences around him vanish, he collapsed to the ground in exhaustion. He may not have been doing much, but the mental strain of being among millions of beings, and knowing that your life is in another person's hands, is a lot.
'Thankfully, he was just scouting me out. He probably came to me to make sure I wasn't a threat and also due to a sense of responsibility. He probably thought he was the cause of my powers since as a Sovereign, his sheer presence in the world can drastically change it. The good news about this is that I have an incredibly strong potential ally and mentor. The bad news, obviously, is that if he deems me a threat to Earth, he can easily kill me,' Jin thought.
'Fuck it. I'll think about this later. I just want to take a nap.' Sighing, he began his walk home.
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Finally arriving home, Jin checked the chat group to see if there were any new developments. Mostly, the group members were probing each other and discussing what they saw in the videos. There were too many messages to go over each and every one of them, but there were a few notable developments.
[The King of Heroes: Demon Emperor... how arrogant. To see a powerless weakling to so flippantly declare themself as Emperor through inane trickery disgusts me.]
[The Demon Emperor: Inane trickery? Are you referring to my Geass? It is power just as valid as any of your flashy weapons are. To question the validity of my title... who gave you the right? Rather than I, aren't you that arrogant one?]
[The King of Heroes: Mongrel! You dare to question the King of Heroes?]
So... that happened. Jin could already feel the upcoming headache. With all of these strong personalities, there were bound to be conflicts sometimes. Thankfully, the conflict was somewhat resolved after at least hundreds of messages, with Gilgamesh somewhat appreciating Lelouch's intelligence and defiance once the initial anger cooled. Still, they were far from being on good terms.
However, there were some more positive interactions. Sometime after Gilgamesh and Lelouch's proverbial dick-measuring contest, Gojo seemed to have started a conversation with Adam.
[The Strongest Sorcerer: Oi, Adam. You said you were the first human to be created, right?]
[The Father of Humanity: Yeah. Why do you ask?]
[The Strongest Sorcerer: Then, shouldn't you be old? You said earlier to call you Pops, but you look younger than me. Are you immortal?]
[The Father of Humanity: No, I'm dead. In fact, I don't even know how I'm currently conscious. Dying while in the afterlife should've permanently killed me, but it turns out I just got sent to some sort of white void. To be honest, this is my only entertainment.]
[The Strongest Sorcerer: I have so many questions. I regret even asking. Let's move on. As the Father of Humanity, you have to be decently strong, right? Of course, no matter how strong you are, you're still weaker than me. After all, I am the strongest.]
[The Father of Humanity: You really are one of the most arrogant individuals I have ever met.]
Well, at least they're not fighting. Other conversations and interactions popped up throughout the group chat, but Jin found those two most interesting. Just as Jin began to type something in the group chat, a message popped up from the system.
[Detected growing hostilities between group members! Issuing cooperative mission. During this mission, all acts of violence will be firmly prohibited. Please work to get along and complete the group objective!]
[Mission Location: Randomizing]
[Mission Objective: Randomizing]
[Randomization has been completed!]
[The mission has been decided!]
[Issuing Mission]
