In a cozy living room filled with warmth and soft ambient lighting, JacQuarius, Kiyomi, Ian, Midnight, and Tela gathered around, their faces reflecting curiosity and eagerness.
JacQuarius, with his demon-like demeanor, sat cross-legged on a plush rug, his eyes reflecting the flicker of the fireplace nearby.
Kiyomi, her gentle presence exuding tranquility, sat beside him, her hands folded gracefully in her lap.
Ian, a seasoned cultivator, occupied a comfortable armchair, his posture exuding confidence as he prepared to share his knowledge. Midnight, a man of few words but profound insights, leaned against a bookshelf, his gaze focused intently on Ian.
Tela, with his inquisitive nature, perched on the edge of the sofa, ready to absorb every word spoken or fight at any minute.
"First let me start with how everything works in the hidden Cultivation world of Japan. Japan is different from China and the USA. China does Sect Systems, the USA does Gang Systems, and Japan does Family Systems. A Family System works like this ↓"
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| Patriarch/Mistress |
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| Grand Elders |
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| Elders
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Allies Branch Family Members
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Starting With the Highest Rank, there is the Patriarch. The Patriarch is the leader of the Family, next is the Grand Elders, second highest in Command, but on the other hand they are also ranked from 1st to last, 1st has the highest command. Elders are the same, just below Grand Elders obviously. "
Everyone began to soak in the information, before Midnight began to give off his lecture.
"Now let me teach everyone about Cultivation and Heaven Qi. Cultivation as you obviously know is filtered into different ranks from Bronze, to Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Emperor, and ending in Legend. As We Progress through each rank, and the 9 layers of each Rank, it'll progressively grow harder to breakthrough as we get more and more Heaven Qi to nourish, with each rank having their own Unique Heaven Qi.
Heaven Qi is pretty self-explanatory, but it fills our Soul Ocean. Our Soul oceans are obviously the foundation of our Cultivation, in which you can't form it without a cultivation technique. For example, my Cosmic Sanctuary Cultivation Technique is an Advanced Rank Space/Healing Style cultivation technique. But Cultivation Techniques have pros and cons. For example, my Pro is that my space style skills are enhanced at night, but their weaker during the day. The sunlight reduces the power of my space style moves. Every cultivation technique, has flaws making no one invincible.
Cultivation techniques are similar. They're ranked from Beginner to Intermediate, Advanced, God, and Sacred. Cultivation techniques can't breakthrough, and high rank Cultivation techniques are incredibly rare, most found in inheritances.
Artifacts are the same as Cultivation techniques, with the same rankings and take Heaven Qi to activate.
And Finally there are Heaven Animals. Heaven Animals are legendary animals that rare in existence, only few Emperor-Legend Rank Cultivators have ever owned one. They're incredibly powerful being in 3 different ranks; Earth, Heaven and Sacred. An earth level animal would be for example a normal Dragon. Heaven ranked would be something even more powerful for example like a Desolate Night Wolf, and a Sacred Animal we've only known of 1 in existence and that was Heaven Shattering Phoenix."
JacQuarius, Tela, and Kiyomi listened with keen intent to learn.
JacQuarius awoken with a more calm demeanor, he now had another purpose to live.
Kamakura, Japan
"Nakimura-san, you have to persevere. You can't just give up, I called in a favor from an old friend to heal your legs, you can't just give up now. Learning to walk is the hardest step of recovery, once you complete it, the rest is a cake walk. Nahihara-san, come help him!!!"
Selena opened the sliding door, and walked in the small rural japanese room.
"Nakimura-san, you can do it I believe in you. I know. The road of recovery is a hard one, but you're not alone. I'm here for you, Master is here for you, so why do you want to give up? We're here for you and want to help, but you have to reciprocate the effort or else it won't work. Please Nakimura-san, do it for me?"
Selena gave Daniel a look of deep encouragement, breaking through his mental barrier of quitting.
Daniel then grabbed onto the walker, and began to try his best to stand up.
As he pulled himself up while holding the walker, his legs barely moved like he had no control over them.
He finally pulled himself up, while Chenjao secretly watched from outside a secret door.
"Lord Kiyosaki, he's finally done it. I knew she could do it, the words of a beautiful woman always out-power the words of a man. Now do the last finishing touches, he's regained his spirit."
Lord Kiyosaki then activated a skill, a small wisp of heaven Qi flew through the secret door hitting Daniel.
He immediately stood up, dropping the walker and pinching his legs.
"I CAN FEEL THEM! SELENA I CAN FEEL THEM!"
He begin to cry tears of join, and hugging Selena.
Selena hugged him back, feeling intense joy and happiness for Daniel.
Then they made deep eye contact, and the unthinkable happened.
They kissed!
Immediately after the kiss, Chenjao walked through the door, stopping the situation from going anywhere forward.
"Well well well, look at this. You two have grown very close, I see. But we have no time for this, we have to go, we have serious work to do. Daniel we have to fix your serious flaw, we can't risk another situation like that again, and you have to learn to be less careless. They're investigating the murder of Mrs.Nahihara so you two will have to travel with me as different identities to avoid any unnecessary complications. Daniel you're the Twilight Dragon and Selena is the Lady Of Justice. After you two breakthrough to Silver Rank, I'm leaving you guys in Japan for your first mission, Taking over Japan. We're going to make preparations for the next 1-2 months, after that the mission is left to you too. If you two can complete this mission, the organization that I work for will grant a wish for each of you."
Daniel and Selena both looked at each other in unison, with expressions of extreme joy.
After Chenjao's lecture, The Twilight Dragon and Lady Of Justice set foot on their journey of preparations.
2 Weeks Later.
Ian and JacQuarius were sitting across from each other, Cultivating, nourishing their Soul oceans.
The group had drastically improved, and the Akihabara Family had rebranded, with new members.
The Akihabara Family is now the Kawasaki Family!
JacQuarius, Ian and Midnight, cultivated together intense for the past 2 weeks straight.
Tela worked himself down to the bone, and Kiyomi trained her aim.
JacQuarius, after waking up, had matured a lot and formed a new mindset. That ass whooping really changed his life, literally knocking the sense back into him.
His 5 step plan ended in an utter failure, he realized he was purely blinded by revenge and wasn't rationally thinking at the time.
Like Seriously, he was a Bronze 4th layer at the time, what was he thinking?
He now had a new goal, World Domination!
He wanted to make the world feel his pain, but he knew he couldn't do it alone.
With his Grand Elders: Tela (1st), Ian (2nd), and Midnight (3rd).
Why isn't Kiyomi a Grand Elder?
Well she has a different role, JacQuarius could personally feel the love, loyalty, and care she had for him, making her his Head Mistress.
She had Authority over all the grand elders.
I know what some of you, may be thinking "But She isn't a cultivator?"
JacQuarius had plans for that, already thinking of the situation.
Ian had told them about secret cultivation markets, stores etc.
All hidden in plain sight, where they could get cultivation resources, techniques, artifacts etc.
After their 2 weeks of straight training, they now had the confidence to go back outside and move tactfully.
JacQuarius, Bronze 6th layer!
Ian, Bronze 8th Layer!
Midnight, Bronze 6th Layer!
"Let's go everyone, we're running out of food here and we're dead broke. But I've already planned for that, we're going to start by hitting Yakuza's businesses one by one, robbing them and raising our wealth. Then we're going to take back The Black Dragon Hotel!"