Chapter 12: Hinokami Kagura and Sunshine
[Novice Gift Pack includes:]
- Skill Book: Hinokami Kagura (Sun Breathing) – The origin of all breathing styles in the Demon Slayer world, a special swordsmanship technique that mimics the power and movement of the sun through precise breathing control. The user's breath technique increases the amount of oxygen in their blood, boosting their physical abilities: strength, speed, stamina, and reaction time.
- Ability: Sunshine – Escanor's ability in The Seven Deadly Sins. It allows the user to grow stronger as the sun rises, with peak strength occurring at noon when the user becomes as powerful as they can bear. After that, their power starts to return to normal. At noon, the user will transform into "The One"; during that brief period, the user reaches their peak power. All stats and abilities are maxed out. Note: The ability can be turned on and off manually.
- 10,000 XP
- 10,000 Teaching Points
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That's right, this is what she received from the novice gift package: one skill book, one ability, some XP, and Teaching Points. It's very generous.
Just the effect of "The One" from the Sunshine ability is worth the gift package, not to mention the rest.
When she activated the system and saw the teaching function, she thought about what to do with it. First of all, she can't teach them chakra; they aren't descendants of Kaguya, who after more than 1,000 years of development and Hagoromo sharing his chakra made the Naruto world filled with chakra users.
She also didn't have enough chakra to share like Hagoromo did, and this is Earth, not the Naruto world, with a population that definitely didn't reach 10 million at its highest.
Now, with the Sun Breathing technique, she didn't have to worry about what to teach. She thought, 'So, should I open a school or a hospital? Or should I create an organization? Or even create a hero association?'
'Should I play it low-key and develop my power, or should I just go with the flow?'
The Sunshine ability from the system allows the user to grow stronger as the sun rises. This means that, in addition to her original power, with every second passing while the sun rises, she would become stronger.
She didn't know how much stronger she would be in "The One," but the system said all her stats and abilities are maxed out. This means, at noon, the breathing techniques, her healing technique, and even her chakra would rise to the maximum level. Wouldn't she be at the same level as the chakra ancestors for one minute every day if she activated it?
'Well, how about first starting by getting a disciple to test the teaching function and understanding how many points one can receive?'
She quickly made up her mind about this. Now, the problem had shifted to finding who should be her student.
She didn't underestimate the Sun Breathing technique, even though it came from a world with a lower power scale like Demon Slayer.
Just imagine, in this world where power is limited, normal humans after training were able to fight ghosts with supernatural powers.
If she remembered correctly, Yoriichi Tsugikuni, the first Hashira, managed to slice Muzan into 1,800 pieces instantly and swiftly.
Slicing something into 1,800 pieces in an instant? Even in the Marvel world, this would require a mutant at the Alpha level to do.
If she played this card well, wouldn't she be able to have an army of city-level people or many students at the city level? She could literally make Earth as strong as Asgard, which Odin managed to use to conquer the entire universe.
Emma was so excited about the future that she knew she definitely wouldn't be able to sleep tonight. She activated the TV, wanting to see the entertainment in the Marvel world. That's when she saw something that made her smile unconsciously.
<Flash News: A mutant fight broke out today on a street in New York.>
<As you can see from the footage, a woman was saving civilians here despite how dangerous the situation was. She is Emma Müller from the military, who was just on leave and happened to pass by where the conflict occurred.>
<Thanks to her, many lives were saved, as you can see, but unfortunately, she was injured in the fight and was knocked down by a car thrown by one of the mutants.>
<The military has reassured the public that she is recovering, and nothing serious has happened to her. She is recovering right now. God Bless America. In this situation where mutants are so rampant and unreasonable, we need heroes like her.>
This is what made Emma smile. Although technically speaking, she wasn't the one who did it, anyway, it's really pleasant to be liked by so many people.
No wonder Tony always wanted to be at the center of attention, it's really cool. But she didn't know why, Emma felt a little weird.
There are literally all kinds of conflicts happening everywhere in the United States in the Marvel world, and there is no lack of people playing superhero like her, yet why was she the only one to appear on TV?
You know, no matter the superhero who debuted later, whether it was Tony Stark facing opposition from the military, Spider-Man with Jameson, or even the entire Avengers band, things weren't so smooth for them, let alone being praised by the military like her despite being a mutant.
She started switching to different channels, and weirdly enough, all of them were about her, telling how great and heroic she was to not hesitate to sacrifice her life to save others.
There were even some literally broadcasting her past, like how she abandoned school and joined the army to serve the country.
All this kind of propaganda would likely make her a superhero overnight. 'Wait, propaganda? Is the government behind this? Why?' she wondered. 'I don't think they want to clean up the mutants' reputation; they want to make it as bad as possible.'
This simply doesn't make any sense according to what she knows about the Marvel world, as she didn't remember any universe where the government worked with mutants.