In the middle of the night, a cult of a strange deity of quirks, whose name cannot be pronounced without hesitation, made their way to a waterfall, where, according to the story of one of the members, there could be a defenseless victim, which their priest would definitely approve as an offering to the God Trantikhanara.
- A god who has a hundred quirks will easily accept such a sacrifice. (Burmese)
A dozen occultists in robes were rampaging around the area, kidnapping people for the sacrificial altar. The altar was ten kilometers from the nearest point, where they had already raided for victims, but some brat had interfered with them. Apparently, the victim, who was so eagerly asking for it, was probably a sign from above from their Deity, living in quirks.
Nobu was lucky that at that moment he had just returned from a sortie and noticed from afar some silhouettes in the darkness, getting closer and closer to his shelter. They obviously expected to find Nobu there. He sighed from fatigue, but gathered his strength into a fist and decided to act while it was dark; the falling water from the waterfall would drown out almost all sounds. The occultists did not understand that they had landed right on the territory of this predator, which he valued most of all. The waterfall became a gift in the forest, rewarding him with shelter, water, and a secluded place in the most dangerous jungle.
A strange movement in the bushes attracted the attention of one of the occultists, and he approached in order to first examine it, and then stick his hand in there to feel the irritant. The snake that Nobu had previously grabbed hissed with its black as an abyss mouth and with a sharp jerk grabbed the occultist's hand. He screamed and fell on his back from shock; the angry snake hissed and crawled away. "The black mamba has shown itself." - Nobu finally remembered the name of the snake, and practice with its poison helped not only learn how to catch them without killing them, but also to lubricate the knife with this deadly poison, which literally paralyzes the respiratory system and a person is guaranteed to suffocate after half an hour, but before that, he will definitely be in death throes and convulsions.
After exploiting the mamba, he released it, but it did not crawl away, as luck would have it, but it did not bite, and did not show aggression. After that, he began to notice it more often, closer and closer to the waterfall. Surely, she began to consider him harmless after he released her. She even brought him some mice-rodents that usually hide in the trees. Then he thought: "Well, what a strange snake." After that, he could confidently say that he tamed it. The mamba was kind to him, not only because of the lack of fear of her, the seemingly princess of the jungle, with her invincible poison, high and cunning intelligence for snakes and nimble appearance, but in general all mambas were more kind to him after the incident with the Rollback, but this is a rather rare snake even in the jungle, there are more of them in Africa than in Myanmar. They somehow felt his closeness to them because of their immunity to the poison.
Nobu quietly crept up in the darkness to the worried most extreme idiot who dared to invade his abode and stuck a knife in the stomach, pulled it out several times and stabbed again. The man fell and groaned muffledly, unable to concentrate and use the quirk. Nobu immediately hid among the damp and mossy stones, with his powers he would not be able to hide the corpse. Therefore, it is necessary to remove them one by one as quickly and more or less safely as possible. Colleagues already rather dead idiots, discovered their two epileptic bodies and got nervous, a group of ten people took the corpses of their guys, went down the waterfall and returned to the jungle in order to escape and call the priest.
-Where are you going? I will not let you go ... - Nobu quietly said with predatory red eyes in the darkness. Mamba crawled out of the jungle and rushed to Nobu, he did not understand, was it aggression or ... Mamba approached the hidden Nobu, slowed down so as not to scare him off and slowly Climbed his body, enveloping his hand. Then slowly sank her teeth into his neck. The mamba's quirk worked. A light glow imprinted a tattoo on Nobu's neck, and he passed out.
When Nobu came to, the snake was nowhere to be found, but something was wrong with him. "It seems to be a mamba's quirk. Incredible, the second animal that has a quirk. I just don't know what it is." Nobu looked into the crystal water and saw a tattoo in the shape of a snake on his neck.
- She somehow marked me... We can't stay here, the smell of blood may soon bring predators. Nobu climbed up the vine and went to look for a secluded place to wait out a possible attack. The smell of blood attracted a couple of fanged monkeys.
Only then did he realize the changes from the mamba.
The Aspect of the Snake was received, which increases agility, agility, and after some time, infrared vision inherent in snakes will become available. All debuffs such as the bad resolution inherent to snakes do not affect Nobu since he is a human.
What is an Aspect? It is a fictitious definition of changes related to modifications and permanent buffs, but is not a quirk. It can also have the meaning of: totem sign and passive ability.
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For six months, there were many skirmishes with occultists who prevented Nobu from leaving the jungle. He could not kill them all at once, they had to act more covertly and on their own territory. Initially, the whole crowd of occultists numbered about 50 people, but the methodical cutting of the fanatics who dared to hunt Nobu led to the priest, being their leader, going crazy and taking this as a sign of their deity. The remaining dozen of them arrived at the waterfall, laid down their weapons and bowed to this place and Nobu, who was watching them.
-We worship the spirit of nature and quirks! The wild and merciless spirit of the manifestation of the quirk of frost! - Nobu looked at this show with satisfaction, although he did not understand what they were saying, but he liked their changed tone more. - Feed on our blood, feed and become stronger! Illuminate this world with the radiance of the dawn of a new era, your arrival with our sacrifices will mark the end of suffering on the earth of mortals! Rejoice brothers! - Nobu didn't see the danger and came into the world to see what they would do.
- Naga-Novadara! - the crowd buzzed and repeated enthusiastically. Then they took out their knives.
- What are you... - Nobu didn't have time to finish speaking, as all the remaining brave fanatics cut their throats, fell gurgling and choking. - You... oh fuck... - Nobu walked away, quite surprised. - Idiots! You'll attract half the jungle here! Fuck you. After a while, Nobu heard a roar a couple of kilometers away from him, and birds of various species took off and anxiously left their perches, hinting at an approaching disaster. He couldn't confuse it with anything. A tiger. He smelled it, followed its tracks from the very beginning and finally found it.
Nobu saw the third animal that had received the ability. Sharp blades flew out of the darkness, Nobu managed to roll, and the blades dug into the wood. The tiger, coming out into the light, demonstrated the ability to create blades and freely manipulate them. Nobu was horrified, but there was no time to decide, he chose to run away, leaving the waterfall and rushing to the altar, climbing trees, jumping over obstacles and bushes, scratching himself on the branches. The tiger threw sharp blades at him, they changed the trajectory of the flight. Nobu received a couple of accidental non-critical cuts.
"Damn you! I'm not leaving." - Nobu turned around, knowing that the blades would continue to follow him along with the tiger, so he would quickly become exhausted and weaken. "Then there is only one way out." Nobu took out a bone and a knife. He prepared for battle, slightly trembling before the king of the jungle. The two masters of the forest clashed in a confrontation.
- Come on! - Nobu shouted not to be afraid of the mighty yellow-black tiger, it seemed to have become even bigger. Now it doesn't matter how he awakened this ability - accidentally or intentionally. The idea of just standing was not the best, so you need to constantly move like a nimble snake to be able to avoid the slashing blades.
Dodging another hail, he ran past a tree, something resembling a saber stuck into it with great force. The blade twitched, then broke out of the grip of the wood, scattering tree bark. Swords, knives, sabers, katanas flew with the aim of killing Nobu. The hurricane of cold weapons did not last long. Nobu knew that with long-term use of the quirk, something like overheating begins, and further use can adversely affect the health of an untrained user.
After some time, fewer and fewer blades flew after him, while Nobu ran around the tiger looking for a place. It was definitely hard for the tiger to use his newly-developed quirk for too long, so he limited himself to one blade and went on the offensive. The frost breath helped keep the dangerous opponent at bay, whose paw strike could tear Nobu's body apart. As soon as he managed to dodge the blade, Nobu released a stream of freezing air from his mouth, the training of his lung capacity helped to slightly increase the flow and its control.
The arctic cold hit the tiger, he staggered sideways, half of his body was covered in ice, leaving the other half normal. The ice limited his actions, now he himself would not be able to escape and attack for some time. Out of breath, Nobu did not hesitate, took the saber and rushed towards the tiger to strike him. His body was covered in small cuts from blades and sharp branches. He had to ignore it in order to survive and freely dodge in such cramped conditions. Nobu struck the tiger, barely breaking its skin, he struck it as many times as he could until he was out of breath.
The tiger became angry and the ice began to crack. It was difficult for Nobu to think on adrenaline, but he instinctively sensed danger and retreated. The ice shattered into small fragments and fell from the frozen body of the tiger, now it was not constrained, and he could attack. Nobu wondered as he ran, "Why am I running? I can use my quirk again and strike him. No. Let him think that I can't do it anymore and wait for the right moment." The furious roar of the beast thundered. It tried to chase Nobu, but it was difficult for him to run as fast as before due to frostbite. Nobu climbed a tree and began to wait for the beast to approach. "I hope he retreats because of his wounds." But the jungle monster was already unstoppable.
Nobu's small and agile body allowed him to not be caught so far, as well as frostbite of the tiger, but it did not save him from several rather painful cuts of blades and razors. Nobu decided to try his luck with Samsara, he activated it and did not wait for the result. This will increase the chances of survival. What's the point of waiting for the last moment?
The average superhuman who has a quirk from birth has an average potential, say 30-45%, half of its power will not be able to be released. However, under certain conditions, they can go beyond the normal use of the quirk. This is called Plus-Ultra. For example, when there is a risk of death or a strong emotional shock, a hidden reserve is released, sometimes quirks gain new properties due to such overstrain. But Samsara is unique. All the quirks it grants have 100% potential for power release. Nobu only needs to learn to control this potential.
On the white wheel with black arrows, an ability called Stealing Feelings fell out - this time a one-time use, not temporary as it was with Frost Breath. In short, the ability steals the perceptions of one opponent, making Nobu's perception stronger. Forever. There is a general strengthening of the senses: hearing, sight, smell. Against this background, the overall reaction speed increases. "Once again!" he spun the Samsara wheel again, wanting to knock out the abilities at once. Two names appeared.
- Adhesion (from Latin adhaesio - "sticking") (Permanent)
- Expansion (Permanent)
Samsara let out an abnormal heartbreaking scream throughout the area. Nobu covered his ears and winced, he was not ready for this and fell out of the tree. The tiger was also disoriented. This sound marked the end of Samsara's cycle and the end of all its gifts. Samsara was created from the synthesis of many Quirks and was unstable in power, so to compensate for this instability, it divided this power between four Quirks: Frost Breath (temporary), Sense Abduction (one-time use), Adhesion (permanent) and Expansion (permanent). Samsara's tattoo lit up, then it dissolved, and Nobu's hair turned slightly yellow and gave off a bright blonde color.
He had completely lost and cured his albinism back when Ash was gone, it turns out he was the cause of it, but only now did the Quirks affect his hair color.
"Ugh. Calm down, pull yourself together."
Nobu looked at the tiger and activated Sense Abduction, receiving the strongest perception from the tiger. It turned out that this was a one-time enhancement of perception and the strength of the enhancement depended on the user they looked at, that is, the tiger. Nobu was somewhat taken aback by the sudden change in the environment. The Tiger Aspect submitted to Nobu.
Smell, hearing and vision became much sharper. "Holy shit." He received eternal enhanced perception like a tiger. All dark details outside the field of vision and in the dark became distinguishable. Night vision was enhanced several times. Smells became clearer and sharper, and the nose and ears were more sensitive to changes in the environment. Peripheral vision received more information.
The tiger activated its quirk, but Nobu was nowhere to be seen. Now it was as if the prey and predator had switched places. If this continued for too long, he would become vulnerable to a surprise attack. This was Nobu's plan. It was impossible to approach the tiger, this was fundamental to survival. Nobu resorted to a simple tactic that he could think of. This is kiting.
Kite* is to deal damage to an enemy from afar, preventing them from getting close to you in melee range.
Having used Frost Breath on the tiger several times, significantly weakening and immobilizing it. Out of desperation, the tiger activated his quirk and created a real hurricane of cold weapons. The hurricane protected the tiger from Frost Breath.
-Well... huh... And how long can he hold out such a hurricane? Ouch! - The blades flew in different directions, hitting trees, breaking branches, bushes and then returning to the general formation of the hurricane. Nobu hid behind a tree, and even behind the tree, several blades almost hit him. The hurricane stopped from fatigue, he was unable to concentrate such a massive attack for long. The blades stopped at once and fell to the ground. The grinding and clanking of metal was heard.
-Finally, you're out of breath. - Nobu approached the helpless tiger and thought. "It is impossible to describe with physical laws how an ability can create a bunch of steel weapons out of nothing. Throw away all the textbooks." He took a light dagger and aimed at the eye, because it would be impossible to pierce the skin with his strength. The tiger roared shrilly and with his last strength sent one of the blades straight at Nobu. Nobu felt the change in the air, but he only managed to turn his body and avoid a critical hit.
-…- He looked at the knife sticking out of him and his eyes began to run away from fatigue and pain. The pain slightly brought him back to consciousness. He couldn't take out the blade. It would start bleeding heavily and then he would definitely die. Weakness and body aches made themselves known.
-W-we need to go f-further.- Nobu was sure there could be a village somewhere nearby. He could to save himself, the main thing now was to move forward and not stop. Barely making his way through the bushes, his legs could barely hold him up. "Just a little more. Just a little bit." Pushing aside more thickets, more and more followed him. Hope gradually faded. The wounds that had overlapped each other hit his consciousness. The cuts bled slightly, exhausting him even more after the battle. "Please go forward, I beg you!" tears of hopelessness appeared. Where to go? Where is the end of these wild places? How much longer?