In the world of One Piece.
The cruise ship had sailed far and encountered quite a lot of places where the Chat Group members managed to secure a map and information mainly about their targets.
In the Captain's deck, Ainz held the map and let the AI scan the information before updating to include the world's map in preparation for their next destination, the infamous prison Impel Down to track down Ace and plot a prison break. At least, that was Ainz's plan.
"Are we really going to plan a prison break? Wouldn't that actually be messy since we might free those actual people that deserve to be locked down there." Rimuru questioned the plan Ainz proposed and the other Chat Group members agreed with Rimuru.
"I guess from the mission name, it stated to be a Great Prison Break. But our actual objective is merely to rescue this individual named Portgas D. Ace." Tanya chipped in her opinion.
"I guess…" Ainz immediately wilted down, perhaps too excited that he forgot such detail.
"I am actually in favor of infiltration. With Ainz [Perfect Unknowable] and [Gate]. We simply need to infiltrate, find the target and exfiltrate with the target. It's basically a fool proof plan unless the Marine could detect us through [Perfect Unknowable] and also inhibit teleportation." Tanya explains further her better plan.
"I see. Then, is there anyone who objects to this plan proposed by Tanya?" Ainz asked for the unanimous votes.
"I do." Kirito suddenly breaks his silence while sitting in the dark corner of the room, trying to act all dramatic.
"I wouldn't agree to such a cowardly method. If we're gonna do it. It's either go big or go home. So, I suggest we launch a frontal assault on the prison and help the target break out from the prison." Kirito suggested.
Then, Kazuma lifted his hand too. "I actually agree with Kirito. Aren't our group strong? Why should we sneak around like rats? We are here partially for fun too, right? So, I am in favor of a frontal assault." Kazuma said, definitely not being threatened by Kirito to agree.
"Kazuma. Blink twice if you are threatened by that idiot." Tanya asked with a deadpan face.
Kazuma wanted to blink but the glare from Kirito made him break out in cold sweat. In the end, Kazuma didn't blink out of fear of the vindictive Kirito because this mission is still far from over and they will be spending quite some time together on this ship in the middle of a sea without any place to escape to.
As such, they proceed with the infiltration plan since that plan received more votes.
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With Ray.
"I knew I forgot about something." Ray blurted out all of the sudden when he was watching Hinami having fun humming and drawing picture books while he was watching the TV on Kuroka's lap with Ryoko also on the opposite end of the couch near Hinami.
"Forgot about what?" Kuroka got curious too and stopped petting his fur.
"About Hinami." He said and attracted the gaze of the other two. "You know, usually after I adopted a daughter. I would have given them my blessing but I hadn't done it for Hinami." He said and Kuroka nodded in understanding. "Right, now that you mentioned it." She replied while turning her gaze to the curious Hinami.
"Uhm, Ray. What is this blessing about?" Ryoko was curious too and worried.
"Well, exactly as I said. My blessing as a God. You never know when she might be in danger. So, I would usually give out blessings to my lovely daughters so they would be strong enough to handle most threats on their own." He answered but saw Ryoko still a little confused by the power scale and explained further. "She would have enough power to destroy the world on her own."
"Isn't that dangerous?" Ryoko gasped, grateful that Ray would be willing to give away such power for her daughter's protection but also worried about such an amount of power in Hinami's hand.
"Of course, that's why she would need to train how to control her power later after Sirin returns to bring her to Orario to train." Ray reassured Ryoko. "Also, you should get one too since you are also my wife." He declared before teleported all three of them into his Shadow Realm since the procedure would be messy, missed how Ryoko looked incredibly grateful for his gesture and her heart warmed.
Inside his Shadow Space, Ray prick one of his toes with his fang and squeezed out a drop of his ink black blood and flick it at Hinami's forehead which immediately absorbed into her body and caused a burst of dark energy wrapping her body into a black cocoon.
As for Ryoko, he would give her much more than he gives Hinami like he did Kuroka. He summoned forth his true body to descend into his Shadow Space and squeezed out a drop of his blood from his true body and similarly dropped it on Ryoko's forehead before forming a cocoon too which wrapped her body.
Ray and Kuroka watch over their metamorphosis and Kuroka suddenly has a question for him. "Are you planning to turn Ryoko into the same race as you like me too?" She asked with suspicion that there is a different reason why Ray did it.
"Yeah. Her current body simply cannot contain that much power. So, changing her to a superior race, at least biological, is a must." Ray nodded but behind that reason there is another one, which is the natural contraceptive measure of the Eldritch Race's abysmally low fertility rate.
After all, he didn't want to accidentally spawn another offspring without him realizing. There is only so much milk he can buy before he gets caught on the run if there's too much of it. At least with the current preventative measure, he can keep their numbers in check.
After a while, both cocoons cracked at the same time to reveal Hinami and Ryoko both with their Kagune deployed. But one big glaring difference between the new them and the old them is their jet black Kagune, pulsing with ethereal and mystical glow.
When Ryoko tried to flap her wing-like Kagune, the power was so strong that wide cracks and fissures appeared on the fabric of space because she couldn't control her power yet and unleashed her full power.
"Well, retract them for now. You two need to train to control your power output first and also get accustomed to your new strength."
They both obeyed and willed their Kagune to return, which melted down into fluid form and back into their body.
When Ryoko tried to check on herself for any other changes, she also felt like her body had turned younger with her skin practically glistening and soft like a newborn baby. But behind such a frail looking body is terrifying power that she had yet to learn how to control.
While their empowered Kagune can be left aside. Their physical strength couldn't or they will go around cracking floors and breaking furniture. So, for the time being. Ray and Kuroka help Ryoko and Hinami get accustomed to their physical strength and get it under control.
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