Null sat up slowly.
"Wow, That is the most aggressively textbook shonen protagonist I have ever seen."
He raised his hand and began counting. "Number one: a pure-hearted, sixteen-year-old boy dreaming of heroism. Number two: mysteriously missing parents. Number three: raised by a supportive grandfather in a sleepy rural village. Number four: a childhood friend who is one hundred percent the primary heroine."
He tilted his head. "Let me guess—she has a massive crush on him, and he is too dense to notice?"
[Probability: 94.7 percent,]
Null nodded sagely. "Naturally. Throw in the hidden reincarnation of an ancient legendary hero, send him to the world's most prestigious academy—which conveniently collects every future legend, villain, and divine prodigy in one convenient location. Honestly, the concentration of narrative density must be downright terrifying."
Since his fivs fingers weren't enough, Null switched to his other hand solemnly. "And then, the tournament arc. Every academy setting requires a tournament arc, where our protagonist naturally suffers a humiliating defeat by the top-ranked student to establish a rival. Which triggers the sacred shonen ritual."
He cleared his throat, mimicking a heroic cry. "'I must become stronger... the TRAINING ARC."
A slow grin spread across his face as he sank back onto the mattress, interlacing his fingers behind his head. "Oh, this is brilliant. This is ultra-protagonist plot structure. Tell me, Fantasy Omniscience-san, does this script include the classic power-of-friendship combat boost?"
[Affirmative.].
"Perfect. All hail the sacred art of the mid-battle emotional speech." He dropped into a grave voice. "'I may be weak... but I'm not alone! Because my friends believe in me!'"
He snapped back to his regular tone, snorting. "And then his power level instantly triples. Brilliant. Classic mechanics."
Then, he narrowed his eyes slightly. "But there's one particularly interesting element: the overarching antagonist. The Evil Divinity. A near-omnipotent malevolent entity commanding True Darkness. That's quite the ultimate boss. Do we have any early hints about who it actually is?"
A short pause filled the room before the voice replied, [Information classified within the highest narrative strata. The identity exists within a protected layer.]
Null froze. "Excuse me? You're telling me my omniscient ability just hit a spoiler-protection protocol?"
[Correct.]
He rubbed his face, letting out a dry chuckle. "Unbelievable. I possess literal omniscience, and our cosmology still implements anti-spoiler blocks. Why do I feel like you're lying to me?"
[Master, you must be imagining things.]
"Whatever," Null smirked, completely unfazed. "Honestly, a lack of spoilers makes things more entertaining. Since it's an academy setting with training arcs and friendship building, the story is still in its infancy. Soon we'll get a dungeon expedition, a demon invasion, a hidden artifact, maybe a betrayal arc. This world runs on premium-grade fantasy clichés, which means things are about to get very interesting."
He closed his eyes, relaxing completely into the bed. "Let's keep reading."
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Next moment;
His eyes snapped open. He shot upright as a sharp spark of realization hit him. "Wait a minute. Fantasy Omniscience-san! If that youth is the central axis of fate, doesn't that mean he must have a massive cheat code. For example, an Ultimate Ability on par with mine?"
A faint ripple passed through his consciousness as the Akashic Omniscient View quietly scanned the strata of reality once more.
[Well, Master, he does. However-] she calmly offered.
"Of course he does. Otherwise in a world like this—where something as ridiculous as literal omniscience exists. There's no way a normal person could survive long enough to become the protagonist."
[However, I must correct one detail. In all of existence, there is no cheat code on par with me. Please refrain from making inaccurate comparisons.]
Null waved his hand lazily. "Yeah, yeah. You're literal omniscience. No matter the cosmology, you reign supreme. I'm sure everyone agrees."
Deep within the informational architecture of his mindscape, the avatar of Fantasy Omniscience, a teenage girl quietly pouted.
"Anyway," Null continued casually, leaning forward with genuine curiosity. "Pull up the data on Brave's Ultimate Ability. I've never seen another one besides mine."
[Understood, Master.]
Deep within Null's mind, Akashic Omniscient View began its analysis. The streams of information unfolded again. Causality records, ability frameworks, and narrative strands began to rapidly converge on a single individual: Brave.
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» # Ultimate Ability: Aeternum Potentialis (Potential) «
* Divine Singularity: Hope
* User: Brave
Overview:
Potential grants its wielder authority over latent possibility itself. The user is entirely unbound by fixed talent, rigid fate, or apparent impossibility. Instead, Potential continuously guides the user toward the realization of possibilities capable of advancing them toward their goals. It grants no immediate power—only the possibility of obtaining the power required.
* Primary Principle: Potential actualizes possibility. The more intense the user's desire to achieve a goal, the aggressively Potential seeks and constructs pathways capable of transforming that possibility into reality. It does not hand out victory; it ensures victory is reachable.
* Core Functions:
* Possibility Realization: Continuously identifies and pursues future possibilities beneficial to the user's growth and survival. If a path exists—no matter how improbable—the user is guided toward it.
* Adaptive Actualization: When confronted by obstacles beyond the Weilder's current capability, Potential gradually actualizes possibilities capable of overcoming them, triggering the manifestation of necessary talents, spontaneous insights, or situational opportunities to make that outcome reality.
* Limitless Development: Removes fixed ceilings on growth. Training, combat, hardship, realization, and near-death experiences all become catalysts for further development.
* Possibility Alignment: Subtly draws the user toward critical encounters, powerful allies, escalating challenges and experiencing necessary circumstances needed to fuel their future ascension. This is achieved not through fate manipulation, but through alignment toward realizable outcomes.
* Fundamental Limitation: Potential cannot realize a possibility that does not exist. The ability functions through the discovery, cultivation, and realization of existing possibilities. If every conceivable path to a possibility has been exhausted, Potential becomes incapable of further advancement until a new possibility emerges.
* Observed Phenomenon — "The Persistence of Possibility":
The wielder displays an abnormally high tendency to survive circumstances that should result in certain death. Coincidences, opportunities, miscalculations, unforeseen variables, and improbable outcomes frequently emerge during moments of extreme danger. In numerous recorded cases, survival has been achieved through chains of events whose probability borders upon impossibility.
Whether this phenomenon is the result of Potential actively pursuing survivable possibilities or merely a natural consequence of its authority remains unknown.
* Current Status (Early Narrative): The ability remains largely dormant. Currently, Brave only exhibits an exceptional growth rate, unusual luck in combat, and sudden breakthroughs during impossible situations. No one realized an Ultimate Ability is quietly shaping the course of his evolution.
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The Omnicience dissolved, leaving the spartan room in heavy silence.
"Holy shit, That is the most perfectly engineered protagonist cheat power I have ever seen."
He ticked off his fingers. "Limitless development, ideal path alignment, and adaptive breakthroughs whenever he hits a wall. Ridiculous."
"But it explains why he is the protagonist. In a world where monsters, ancient relics, and reality-breaking lunatics exist, you'd need something like that just to survive the story."
He stared up at the silver-washed ceiling, a smirk tugging at his lips. "Honestly, it's an elegant design. No cheap shortcuts, no instant victories. Just guaranteed growth until he is strong enough to win. That is actually terrifying."
The colossal moon outside shifted, casting long, pale shadows across the stone. Null closed his eyes, entirely relaxed, letting his thoughts drift.
"Still, one thing bothers me," he murmured into the quiet. "If this story is spinning a grand heroic arc, then someone out there is eventually destined to step into the shoes of the final antagonist."
"Poor guy," Null chuckled softly. "Whoever that unlucky soul turns out to be... their future looks rough."