3rd Pov:
Tense in the 10th unit meeting room was at an all time high, higher than anything anyone has experienced before. Their expressions were neutral but the twitching of some of their brows exposes their true feelings to the open.
All seats were occupied, except one. The tense silence was broken by the commander, "They were lured into a trap and were killed before back up could arrive, whoever this is, their methods of dealing with us is growing more violent by the year"
"And for our overconfidence in our abilities, we have been given a great loss"
Just as the room was about to be plunged in silence, the double doors to the room were opened as an assistant to the 10th unit came in with pieces of paper.
"Madam, I have a letter for you from the president" she said.
"Leave it in my office, I'll have look after the meeting is over" she dismissed the assist while waving her hand.
"But Madam... this letter concerns your position..." the assistant said hesitantly.
On the seat where the purple haired woman is seated, no one saw that her smile grew, 'about time they approved of me'
The commander's expression flinch slightly, "read it out loud"
The assistant nodded before looking down at one of te pieces of paper she has in her hands, "from this moment forth, commander Tobera Azuma is advocate her status of the commander of the demon defence force as well as chief of the 10th unit and will return to 9th unit to be the vice-chief" everyone's eyes widen at the change, usually they would hold a vote in Shangri-La by other chiefs for the commander position to be swapped with a chief but the commander would still hold their position if they receive the votes of enough chiefs.
Shangri-La is accessed through a large wooden gate. Inside is a vast open field of flowers, this is perfect for people to use abilities to their maximum without affecting the outside. The dimension does not follow the regular flow of time, with days or even weeks in Shangri-La passing by an instant back in the real world.
The assistant continues, "The position of commander as well as the 10th unit chief will be given to Lady Ren Yamashiro of the 4th unit from this moment forth"
Everyone's expression froze and their eyes instinctively turn to the woman mentioned, who sat there with a satisfied smile.
Tobera's lips trembled with frustration before sighing, it will be bad for the Azuma family if she let her anger out like some rabid animal.
She slowly got out of her seat and bowed slightly before moving behind her daughter's seat, Fubuki Azuma, the chief of the 9th unit, who looked at her mother with slight concern before steeling her expression.
Confidently Ren moved out of her current seat and sat down in the commanders position, her smile ever present but it held an invisible weight that would make any lesser being shudder.
"Thank you, you may leave now" Ren dismissed the assistant as she left the room obediently.
Ren scanned the room with satisfaction of her position before pulling out a list of people, "on this list are people who have potential to be greater than some of the current Chiefs, I will have a file sent to you of those potential individuals for your units..."
As she continued, inside hers and some others body's, deep inside. A white flicking flame floated in an empty black cocoon, that cocoon being their body's and the white flame is their souls.
But now and then it will pulsate and grow ever so slightly, with hints of gold flowing inside it, almost like someone is adding something to those white flames, allowing it to grow.
Someone was interacting with their souls, someone of higher existence that Xicor would kill at any cost, and it's not just those in the meeting room as back in the human world, those people Ren had on her list are having a similar affect.
2 Years Later:
Xicor sat on a stone pillar overlooking most of the training ground, with his arms crossed over chest as one his hands cupped his chin in thought.
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[Yoruzu Template: 47% ]
[Cursed Technique: Construction]
[Speciality: None]
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[Iori Template: 85% ]
[Cursed Technique: Explosive flesh]
[Speciality: RCT]
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[Uraume Template: 100% ]
[Cursed Technique: Ice formation]
[Speciality: Ice resistance]
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[Megumi Fushiguro Template: 99% ]
[Cursed Technique: Ten Shadows]
[Speciality: None]
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[Hanami Template: 26% ]
[Cursed Technique: Disaster Plants]
[Speciality: None]
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Construction has been slightly difficult to master as in order to create something, the user must have the full data of the object such as its mass, weight, length and all other things down to last detail but some cursed tools that another matter.
Cursed tools usually come at the cost of user life at the use of a binding vow but that's ultimately down to the ability and strength it has.
Sukuna's trident, Hiten, is almost impossible to make as Xicor does not know its full data, mainly its cursed technique. But his Kamutoke is another matter, he has it all understood but cost will most certainly his life with how powerful the weapon is but Xicor has a way for that to work.
Forcing some into a binding vow for the weapons creation, after all, they still have the faithful.
Xicor looked at his techniques as he raised a brow, 'I could have sworn I would have anoth- oh right, I forgot to use the roll' With that he used the roll as anticipation spread across his face.
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[Ryomen Sukuna Template]
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[Ryomen Sukuna Template: 0% ]
[Cursed Technique: Shrine]
[Speciality: Acrobatic, Karate, Martial Art, Aerobic, Battle Intuition]
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'0h shit' Xicor thought, staring at the new template in a daze. The information of the technique, open domains, fighting style, everything that made Sukuna a terrifying fighter flowed into Xicor's mind at a steady pace as to not overload his brain with so much information.
He stood up fully as he raised his arms up in victorious celebration, "Lets go!!"
"Change!" He yelled with enthusiasm before he swiped his hand to the side as a rock formation not too far was sliced.
His grin grew even wider, "oh, I'm definitely gonna master you"
Xicor made 2 clones, one with disaster tides and the other with ice formation, "you two will help me get this template up" Xicor said, his grin ever present.
The clones nodded as they blurred away and appeared on opposite sides of Xicor as one of them clapped their hands together like they were about to fire a piercing blood but instead they fire a high pressure stream of water.
Xicor tilted his head out of the way before sending out a dismantle to him to knock off his balance. The dismantle land, leaving a long shallow cut on the clones chest, causing it to recoil back and shift their hands up as the beam of water whipped up in the roof of the training ground.
The other clone, placed their hands on the ground as ice rapidly spread towards Xicor as he blitzed away and kick the clone in the face.
"Is this all you can muster with techniques like that!" Xicor taunted, "show me more!"
The water clone raised their hands up as multiple large orbs of water formed at the air above before the rained down high pressure water beams.
Xicor ran around, avoiding each beam by a hair while occasionally slashing some way with dismantles before he reach the water clone but before he could land a strike, he froze.
Alarmed, he looked back to find only his feet have been encased in ice. He didn't get an opportunity to get out as the water blasted him away with a large water beam.
Xicor got out of the rubble and wiped some dust on his shoulders before rolling his neck. His scanned the field to find more water orbs are being created but he didn't see the ice clone which means they're hiding somewhere and acting as a defender for the water clone who is the offence.
Xicor smirked as he sent a dismantle through the air as it sliced a boulder in two, revealing the ice clones location.
Without wasting a second, Xicor blurred his body behind the clone and plant his hand its shoulder, "Cleave"
A grid of lines appeared around the clones shoulder before they became slash marks. The clone grunted from the pain before it used its leg to kick Xicor away but caught the leg by the ankle and used Cleave once again, this time the foot flew off.
The clone fell back but Xicor grabbed it by the head and throw it at the water clone as multiple beams of water came crashing down on Xicor's position.
Shrine has 4 moves, the first is dismantle which is a ranged, invisible slash used to cut through inanimate objects and opponents but depending on the opponent's cursed energy outputted in the attack.
Dismantle can be used to create minuscule slashes around their hand, similar in motion to a chainsaw, in order to seize bladed weapons without fully touching them.
The second is Cleave, this attack adjusts its power depending on the targets toughness and cursed energy level to cut them but one must have physical contact for it to be used. Spider web is an extension of this attack as it is applied to the inorganic environment. The user would place their hand on the ground and slice it in the form of a spider web.
The third is Divine Flame, this attack can only be used once the user has used the dismantle and a cleave on the opponent, it allows the user to create and manipulate flames for long-range attacks by forming into the shape of an arrow before launching it, causing immense destruction.
But despite its power, divine flame lacks speed and has a narrow effective range. To mitigate this weakness, Sukuna imposed a binding vow on himself, restricting him from using the attack against multiple people within his domain. As a result, the cursed technique of Sukuna's domain is extended.
Truly, a master genius when it comes to combat.
And finally, Malevolent Shrine, this summons a grotesque Buddhist shrine with skulls at the base of it and large human mouths on four sides of the shrine.
This domain can be a barrierless domain but range would be increased to a maximum of 200 meters with the use of a binding vow of allowing a way out of the domain.
This domain unleashes an unrelenting barrage of dismantles and Cleaves, completely disintegrating the target in a millisecond.
Back at the fight, the smoke cloud slowly cleared at the clones watch in bait breath but Xicor wasn't there, they scanned the environment but couldn't find him until he blurred behind them. They couldn't react as their heads were blown off.
As the clones body's slowly began to melt away, Xicor looked down at his hand as he went into thought, 'those slashes felt weak, it must be the template'
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[Ryomen Sukuna Template: 3% ]
[Cursed Technique: Shrine]
[Speciality: Acrobatic, Karate, Martial Art, Aerobic, Battle Intuition]
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'I'm gonna have to use it on a constant basis for it to go up, better get this to 100% before facing Mahoraga, just to be safe, after all the dude can adapt to anything and Sukuna's the one I sure can kill it in one go ' Xicor thought as he walked to the entrance of the training ground and as usual, Shikoku was there reading a book.
She noticed his presence as she raised her eyes to him as they soften, "You've gotten stronger" she remarked.
Xicor let an amused smirk grace his lips, "can't be too careful with humans, they can be unpredictable, I would that because I am one"
She covered her mouth as she giggled before she got up from her seated spot and walk over to him, "now that you're done let's go" she said as she interlinked her arms around one of his as she guided him somewhere.
"Where too?" He asked curiously.
She glanced at him with amusement as a playful smirk grew, "Why to somewhere to enjoy what humans call, a date, I've been reading a lot of romance books and the topic came up so much so I decided to experience it myself with my consort"
"Are you going to disagree, my dear?" Her tone turned slightly dangerous and a glint of something Xicor can't make out flickered in her eyes.
"N-No, I'll join this very moment" he said quickly as a satisfied smile graced Shikoku's lips.
"Good, now come along, it's better to do this in the human world since it's a beautiful place in some areas.
A gate slowly split open in front of them as Shikoku pulled Xicor along through the portal. As the portal closed, not too far, watching around the corner was Kuusetsu.
She eyed the spot they left before let out a sad gurgle and wander back to her room with a slight drag her feet.