TATSUO HAKAMOTO.
Kenji's grandpa was sitting there lost in some thoughts when he saw Kenji coming out of the room, He grinned
"Haha Haha, How have you been in the last month, my boy"
Kenji had a very open relationship with his Grandpa, he always treat him like his best friend, then being an old man who was quite senior in age to him. so as always, he replied without much of a hassle.
"Don't sprinkle salt on the already burned wound old man" Kenji mumbled and then smile while looking at his Grandpa he said "You were gone for a whole month, If you didn't return soon I would have reported you dead already Oji-san"
Tatsuo's expression instantly crumbled and some veins appeared on his forehead.
Kenji's sentence may express his worry but that cheeky smile gave it a whole different meaning, resulting in a thousand points of internal injury.
Bang
Rubbing his fist on his palm in front of him Tatsuo said "Kenji, you smelly brat, do you want to have a taste of my fist again"
'Oh no fu*k it looks like I overdid it' Kenji thought as he sprinted towards the door at his back
But Tatsuo suddenly jumped at him as he shouted " Taste my Iron fist kid"
Nooooo, he really wants to beat me
For a moment there Kenji thought he should tell his Grandpa how much he misses him in this one month.
But when he turned around the thing that greeted him was the enlarging fist of Tatsuo.
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"I'm ss.... ssoorrry" With two panda eyes, a big bump on his head and some teeth missing his voice sounded a little hilarious.
"You got guts to talk to me like that Smelly kid"
Talk to you like that? my arse you overreacted old bastard That's what he wanted to say but instead all that came out of his mouth was
"You are rrrr.... rrrright, I was rrr.... rong"
Suddenly Tatsuo Brought two items out of nowhere and place them on the table before him.
Seeing them Kenji was shocked because he can recognize one of the two items
An apple-like ability fruit in golden color.... seriously where the heck did he even get one
Ability fruits are too few to be counted on one hand only limited numbers of these fruits came into beings every hundred years and to be able to get his hand on one will be a wishful thinking
the second item was a katana with a blade made of some blackish material.
"This is....."
"This sword is one of the ranked weapons thought the lowest one but has an ability to evolve with its wielder" Tatsuo pointed toward the black katana and explained "While this Fruit ..... as you can guess is an ability fruit but what ability it holds is unknown"
Glup
Looking at these two tressure presented in front of him Kenji was shocked
He shakingly raised his hand and pointed towards these two tressures and said "Are those for me Pappy"
Seeing the excited look on Kenji's face Tatsuo smiled a little "Yes, now what do you think isn't your pappy amazing?"
If it was some other time Kenji sure would have laughed his arse off at his grandpa but now he was too excited to even care about it as he replied "yes you are Pappy"
"Hahahahahahhahahaha" Tatsuo place his hand on his head as he laughed but after laughing for some time his face suddenly became serious as he reminded Kenji
"you must think this through this isn't a small matter, this fruit might contain some serious fault"
of-couse Kenji knows the danger ABility fruits hold, with an unimaginable power this fruit also places some curse on its wielder, every fruit has a different curse. The lowest of which is the inability to reproduce and many more.
Let me give you an example suppose someone got his hand on an ability fruit which gives him the power of peeking through the river of time, but this power comes at the cost of his own vision, lost forever. that person will not be able to see anything except his dreams throughout his whole life. mark my words I'm just giving an example the curse can be way worse than just not being able to see.
But that particular fruit in front of his grandfather, Kenji knows what power this fruit represents and even the mysterious said curse of it.
And he knows the way he is now, he will never be able to wield this fruit mainly due to the frightening curse it implements on its user.
This Fruit contains the power of Hellfire. A type of fire that can turn anything to ashes no matter what that thing as long as it keeps burning no one can survive this terrifying heat, and as the user's powers grow this Hellfire fruit's powers grow with him.
Now, this ability may sound amazing but it came at a price, a very frightening price. because this is the first fruit that implies 3 different kinds of curses on its user.
The power level of this planet consists of five levels starting from Delta level mutant, Alpha level mutant, Beta level mutant, Epsilon level mutant, and last but not the least OMEGA level mutant. This fruit contains power equal to an Epsilon level mutant.
The stronger the power, the user gains, the stronger the curse will be.
Now what these 3 curses are will be explained further into the story.
"Don't tell me you were gone for a month to collect these things for me pappy" Kenji asked feeling a little touched inside.
"How can the Grandson of Totsuo Hakamoto can remain ordinary, at least it's my duty to give you a chance to see the real world, it's the least I can do for you my boy," Tatsuo said while looking straight in Kenji's eyes. "You have two choices now Kenji, take these two items and become strong at the risk of some curse, or remain ordinary for your whole life, It's your choice"
'No you are wrong I only got one choice, Imagine living in a chaotic world where war happens all the time, sometimes it's between humans, sometimes it's against foreign races, and sometimes with the Fallen ones. Then consider yourself being left at the mercy of others, what will you do if you were presented with the option to live on the mercy of others or create your own path' Kenji was extremely perplexed right now, his one choice will change his life for better or worse.
Seeing the troubled look on Kenji's face Tatsuo didn't rush him but said
"You don't have to give me your answer right now, take your time think it through, and tell me tomorrow What your choice is"
Dated
Tuesday, 3rd March, Year 3414