Being subordinate to the Overlord, the Yakuza were under his protection, as long as they remained loyal, though their fear of him was greater, they also kept in mind the Overlord's promise to take them with him on his journey towards world domination as they told him that they would prove useful to him.
Instead of running away abroad, they were instructed by Yuri to temporarily stay in Japan and maintain a low profile.
Shigeo, Takishima, and Yakushimaru obeyed their new lord and commanded their men to go to their safe houses and wait for further instructions. And what specifically Yuri had in mind for them, they did not yet know.
Thus the Mazoku had been instructed to let the Yakuza go immediately after the Yakuza heads had surrendered. The Mazoku who were fighting at the forefront of the battles, surprised the government, the police, and the people of Japan. People saw their favorite MMA fighters and Professional Boxers live on Television and the Internet lifting cars, jumping roofs, and clashing magical swords against their enemies. The national spectacle trended around the world and when journalists interviewed them, the members of the Mazoku would answer, "I am a student of the Overlord."
*CLICK*
The hospital television turned off at the click of the remote.
"Why'd you turn it off?" Akira said.
"Why not? I already told you what happened."
"Yeah, but not from the perspective of the civilian population. You know their thinking that the Overlord is some sort of Kami now."
"Really? Do you think people still believe in Shintoism?" Yuri replied with sarcasm.
"If you see Mike Tyson leap and climb a 20-meter building in 5 seconds, wouldn't you?"
"I would think he was bionic, rather than having magical powers."
"Bionic, magic, it's all the same," Akira said, "It's impossible, yet it still happened. The people will believe in anything."
"Yeah. They do… Don't they?" Yuri smiled and looked at his uncle lying on the hospital bed.
Yuri sat on the wooden chair next to Akira and rubbed his hair.
"Ready to go home and win an election, old man?" Yuri joked.
"What do you mean? I just got fucking shot by a 50. Caliber Sniper yesterday? I shouldn't even be alive right now?"
"Yeah, well, I beg to differ."
He turned around and remembered arriving at the hospital with his uncle Akira almost succumbing to death but arriving just in time to save him.
Yuri smiled at his uncle.
Last night he had used the AI's HP to HP transfer on his uncle taking on the damage himself. He immediately regained it because of his stored MP though. Which meant that Akira Abe was in full health now.
"The power of Magitek, eh uncle?" he murmured.
"What'd you say?" The old man didn't hear.
The doctor walked in with a nurse.
"Good morning, Gentlemen. I'm just here to check on you… Mr. Abe?"
The doctor stopped and squinted his eyes. He checked the name on the paper again. "Are you Mr. Akira Abe?"
"Yes. I am."
"Ummm… Nurse, can you quickly check if this is the right patient? The one we had surgery for yesterday."
The nurse quickly ran to check the list and names on the records and came back and said, "Yes, he is, doctor."
The doctor then checked Akira's whole body and couldn't believe what he was seeing. Akira was fully healed. He had no markings of any injury or even the remnants of incisions and surgery.
"Is this some sort of prank? Are you his twin brother?"
Yuri smiled and thought it was funny. But then he decided to give the good doctor a break and said, "Yes, doctor. He is! You're being recorded. This is on Youtube!"
The doctor laughed and said, "Well, where is the actual patient?"
Yuri replied, "Oh didn't you hear? We had him transferred to another hospital. He is a political candidate, you see. The police, PSIA, and military want to secure him so we needed to do it secretly."
He walked closer to the doctor's ear and whispered, "We don't know if the assassin is still watching through that window, doctor. To keep your life, safe and sound, just go back and do your normal duties. We wouldn't want you to accidentally get shot now do we."
The doctor smiled with fear overtaking his eyes.
He said, "Well, I better, leave you to it then…" and quickly left the room with the nurse.
Yuri and Akira laughed at each other. Then Akira's facial expression had become more serious.
"Exactly, what the heck is going on, son?"
"Well, apparently, you're going to be the next Prime Minister?"
"What the…"
Yuri went to the bathroom to clean himself up a bit.
"Status"
[Status]
[Magitek System User: "Yuri Hayashi" AKA the "AI-Mage"]
[Health Points: 10/10]
[Mana Points: 89,547]
[Level: 5]
[Dexterity: F]
[Brawn: F]
[Endurance: F]
[Finesse: F]
"Right! I'm Level 5 now. I must have unlocked a lot of the System settings already."
Yuri headed towards the urinal and unzipped his pants to pee.
"I have 89,547 Mana Points? That doesn't make any sense? Why the excess? Oh right. Most of that must be from the Yakuza. Fucking HP to MP weaponization. That's just fucking creepy, bro."
After he finished urinating, he washed his hands and saw himself in the mirror. "I'm still 18 years old, but because of this Magitek System, I am now a billionaire, I own a private army of magical martial artists, the Yakuza are now my devoted employees, I just saw the Imperial Princess naked beside me the other day, and I'm talking to an overpowered Artificial Intelligence in my head every day that merges with me to become a flying demon that spawns swords out of its butt."
Yuri shook his head in disbelief.
"Did I mention the AI can transform itself into a frickin 8-year-old genderless child!"
Yuri slapped his face with his wet hands, and thought, "I gotta get my shit together."
"Wait, what date is it?"
"What! It's only been two weeks since I got the Magitek System!!!"
Yuri thought about it but deep in his mind, he still wanted revenge for Gaia. Only he still did not have a clear goal to follow to achieve this. His closest hint was to find Daizen's friends, the Valhalla Gang, and kill them. He already left that part to Botan though since he was the one he left in charge to manage the Yakuza too.
"AI, can you update me on our situation? It's all become a mess for me."
"Yes, master. Let's start with your abilities."
"Alright. Open the Abilities Menu."
[Abilities]
[Autonomous Driving Capabilities: Level 1]
[AI Object Generation Capabilities: Level 2]
[Offensive Cyber Capabilities: Level 1]
[Reverse Engineering Capabilities: Level 1]
[Omnipresent Surveillance Capabilities: Level 1]
"Oh okay," Yuri said, "What about those HP to MP weaponization and flight capabilities?" Yuri asked.
"Those are under the Reverse Engineering Capabilities, Master. They are all saved under the Magitek System Data."
"Oh cool! So I can just use them whenever I want?"
"Yes, Master, but the manifestation of these capabilities solely depends on you, the AI-Mage. Next, is the Party. Please open the Party Menu."
"System. Party."
[Party]
[Current Members]
[Botan Saburo]
[Princess Yuna]
[Akira Abe]
"Wait, why are Akira and Yuna on my Party list? I don't remember adding them."
"They were automatically added by the system as members of your party during HP to HP transferring processes."
"Oh wow! That seems convenient. I got no issues with that whatsoever."
"Yes, Master. Next up is the Forge. There have been several additions to your Forge since you have upgraded to Level 5."
Yuri celebrated with a smile, gripped his fist, and bumped it on the sink a little. "Tell me! I like progress."
"You can now forge Customized Lesser Magitek Weapons and..."
Yuri interrupts the AI, "Those can only give the user up to 3-E class Attributes right?"
"Yes, Master. Most importantly, you can now forge the External Magitek Fusion Reactor."
"The what? External? What does that mean? System. Open Forge."
[Forge]
[External Magitek Fusion Reactor]
[Customization Option]
"What does it do, AI? When I forge it? Is it like a real physical generator that produces Raw Mana? And I can use that Raw Mana to create Magitek weapons and Equipment without using the System Forge, right?"
"Exactly, Master. Although only you can do it, because of Mana Monopoly. A condition of the system where in those who attempt to forge Magitek weaponry without being System Mages will suffer death."
"Yeah, thanks for reminding me. By the way, as I recall, I don't have any Magitek Weapons in my Inventory right now, because I handed them over for the Mazoku to use. Well, all that's left are the Quests, right? What is the next quest?"
"Opening System Quests," the AI said.
[New System Quest: Find another System Mage]