Chapter 38: Divine Power And Authority
When Sister La arrived at the Training Ground, Aoxi and Obei were already standing there obediently. She mentally calculated the time and realized she had arrived five minutes early.
She figured these two little ones were still feeling guilty about the morning’s events, so they had deliberately come early to wait.
『Had she been a bit too harsh on the two of them earlier?』
Looking at the two standing ramrod straight without even the smallest Action, Sister La couldn’t help but reflect on herself inwardly.
“No need to be so tense, relax a bit.” She deliberately slowed her Tone.
“Oh~ Got it. Wait, no! I-I’m not afraid of being settled with later at all!”
Aoxi hurriedly waved her hands, her ear tips flushing a thin red. Obei covered her forehead with a sigh beside her, clearly feeling utterly helpless toward her cheap Sister’s Trying to Conceal Something Behavior.
“Sigh~ The morning’s matter is already over, I naturally won’t pursue it further.
In the future, if you two Spar again as long as it’s not too excessive, I won’t interfere anymore, and I’ll give you more Freedom.
After all, This World isn’t safe either, more Battle Experience is always good, and I won’t interfere excessively anymore.”
This was also why Sister La was eager to personally teach the two—whether Haki or the upcoming control over Egyptian God Cards’ power, learning it a day earlier meant one less day of Accident risk.
“Really, Big Sister?” Aoxi asked cautiously.
“Naturally.” Sister La nodded.
“Yay! Now we can Battle to our heart’s content!”
Aoxi of the red system seemed to have a mysterious Interest in clashing with the strong.
“Alright, back to the main topic.” Sister La stepped in front of the two. “This afternoon, what I’ll teach you is control and application of Divine Power.”
“But we already know that, Sister La.”
As Aoxi spoke, a crackling Thunder formed in her palm. Now, she was quite adept at this simple Divine Power release.
Looking at the Thunder splattering with Golden Light, Sister La shook her head.
“The control I mean isn’t just simple Divine Power release, but understanding the essence of Divine Power and Authority.
For a simple example, the Clothes on you are still woven by me with Divine Power before. Can you now weave a set with your own Power?”
“Ah! Hehe~ Sister La, I would’ve forgotten if you didn’t mention it.
Sister La, how did you do it? Why can Flames create this kind of texture? Clearly before, it could only simply block Line of Sight.”
Aoxi tugged at her own Skirt hem; the texture was delicate and warm like the finest silk, and as it swayed, bits of fluorescent light scattered, making it even more dreamlike.
As her mastery of Power grew more proficient, Sister La had upgraded the two’s ‘Clothes’ not long ago; now Aoxi and Obei wore the same ‘real’ Clothes as Sister La.
“Very simple. Before, I just simply controlled the Flames’ temperature and form with Divine Power and attached them directly to you; that ‘Clothes’ was essentially still pure Flames.
But this one now is Threads first spun from pure Divine Power, then woven into cloth according to warp and weft—it’s a true ‘divine garment’.”
Sister La opened her hand, and specks of golden particles shimmered in her palm, looking breathtakingly beautiful.
This was the purest Divine Power before Authority transformation.
“When you were learning Armament Haki this morning, you should have noticed that the Divine Power in our Bodies is essentially a highly ‘malleable’ ‘universal particle’.
Its nature can almost change arbitrarily according to our needs.”
“Like programming, everything originates from C language?” Obei quickly understood Sister La’s words in her own way.
“Then doesn’t that mean we can rely on Divine Power to accomplish almost anything?
Like direct nuclear fusion in the palm… As long as we find the right code, it’s not impossible!
Going further, isn’t our Authority actually like a built-in program, where we just input Divine Power to directly get the corresponding wind, fire, Lightning? Is that it, Sister La?”
This kind of logical divergence based on certain assumptions was exactly what Obei excelled at.
“Mm… yes, but not entirely right. Our Authority should theoretically be something even more inconceivable; compared to ‘program’, I’d rather liken it to a ‘lever’.”
“Ah, huh? Lever?! Why a lever?” Obei was puzzled why she mentioned the name of physics’ holy sword.
“Because ‘It’ is precisely the foundation for us to pry open the laws of the real world.” Sister La said calmly.
“Divine Power’s universal particle-like nature can indeed be called a Miracle, but its products fundamentally still follow the physical laws of Reality.
Like the nuclear fusion you just mentioned—even if you combine those Divine Power particles suitably for fusion reaction, they won’t actually start fusing.”
“Because the physical conditions aren’t met?” Obei quickly realized.
“Exactly.”
“The physical laws of Reality are always an insurmountable shackle, and Authority is the ‘holy sword’ that forcibly pries it open.”
“【Divine Power】 and 【Authority】—at the intersection of these two Miracles, we possess the Power to create ‘miracles’.”
Sister La held out her hand, and a small ‘Sun’ hovered quietly in her palm, steadily emanating light and heat.
!!!
“Th-this won’t be…!” Obei stared dumbfounded at the small Light Orb in Sister La’s hand.
“Mm, correct.” Sister La nodded again, affirming her guess.
“So-called ‘Divine Power’ and ‘Authority’ are more or less like that.” The Light Orb extinguished and vanished from Sister La’s hand without a trace.
“What you’re doing now is increasing your degree of control over Divine Power and understanding of Authority. Got it, Obei, Aoxi?”
“Aoxi?”
“Ah! Mm… um… Sister La, when did you change our Clothes? How did I not notice at all?”
Aoxi, who had been lost in Thought, lifted her head and asked somewhat Shyly.
Sister La: “…”
Obei: “…”
“Haha, it’s mainly that stuff you said about programs~ fusion~ I really couldn’t understand it~”
The Girl rubbed her red hair somewhat embarrassedly.
…
“In short, changes in Divine Power’s nature aren’t as simple as you think.
Though it can be molded at will, we’re not skilled Artisans ourselves, so the final product may not be what we want.
At least for now, the only usable nature change is Haki.”
Sister La doused the eager two little ones with a bucket of cold water using facts, telling them not to aim too high.
“That’s not right, Sister La. Aren’t the Clothes on us also transformed from your Divine Power?” Aoxi rarely chimed in.
“That’s just the most ordinary change in particle spatial positions and arrangements—a quite shallow change.
Whereas something like Haki, which directly alters Energy’s nature to fuse into a new system of Power, that’s true mastery of Energy’s essence.
Like the difference between clay blank and finished porcelain, got it?”
“G-got it…” Aoxi said very reluctantly.
Realizing her Tone wasn’t very convincing, Aoxi hurriedly spoke up to change the subject.
“So… so what exactly should we do?”
Perhaps noticing Aoxi really wasn’t good at these theoretical things, Sister La followed her tangent and continued.
“Very simple: find the smallest unit of Energy you can control, then based on it, keep raising the Energy level while maintaining control.”
A very classical incremental method—indeed simple.
Like hell it is!!!
Even someone as confident as Obei couldn’t help but feel her scalp tingle.
“In other words, we have to control every strand of Divine Power in our Bodies like an extension of our limbs, no longer just dumping it out all at once like before…
Th-this is impossible, right!”
This was like saying: “You’re good at rolling Bullets, now go make ballistic Missiles.”
And it even required making them smaller than Bullet size!
“I-is this something a person can do?” Trembling, Obei touched her Skirt hem, feeling the warmth transmitted from it, her whole self somewhat dazed.
For the first time, she clearly realized what kind of ‘Monster’ her Big Sister, who seemed to know everything, really was.
“‘People’ may not be able to, but haven’t we already stopped being ‘people’?”
She calmly stated this, the golden Girl’s Tone no different from usual, as casual as saying ‘nice weather today’.
Hearing this, both Obei and Aoxi were stunned.
This was the issue they had been deliberately or half-heartedly ignoring before; even when they told Burufaruto and others they were ‘Egyptian God Cards clan’, it was half-joking.
But now, Sister La said it in a casual yet irrefutable Tone, forcing them to face it.
And they both knew what the unspoken second half of Sister La’s sentence was.
“We are… gods!” Obei murmured; this ordinary sentence’s Impact on her was greater than all previous events combined.
Aoxi also rarely fell into deep Silence.
“Correct, no matter from which aspect, it’s hard to call us people anymore. Body, mind, even Soul.” Sister La coldly stated their trio’s current state.
“Big Sister, do you want us to abandon human concepts?” Obei clearly couldn’t adapt to her current identity in a short time.
“No, what concepts to hold is your own choice—god or person, it doesn’t matter.
My point is to break out of the limitations of Thinking when you were ordinary people; many things impossible for ordinary people we can now do easily.”
For example, the three now had no theoretical ‘Lifespan’ anymore. If they wanted, they could live until the World ended.
“Don’t trap yourselves in the ‘human’ cage. Remember, we now wield Divine Power with a god’s Body.”
『Transcending ‘human’ shackles… is that why you’re always ahead of us, leaving me and Aoxi far behind?』
Obei looked at Sister La, who had been completely calm from start to finish, feeling half admiration and half bitterness.
…
“Meaning we can be inhuman on top of being human, or inhuman in Thought but human in Behavior.” Aoxi’s understanding was as uniquely quirky as ever.
“What strange tongue twister is that?”
“Hey~”
“What’s up? Sneaking peeks at the Navy…”
Obei turned to look at Aoxi, only to see her face full of DIO expression.
“I’m not human anymore, Obei!”
As expected, Aoxi wouldn’t pass up a chance to meme.
Thanks to her, though, Obei’s mood improved again.
…
“Right, Sister La. You just talked about how to train Divine Power, what about Authority?”
Class rep little Aoxi raised her hand to ask, her scarlet hair tips swaying lightly.
“Don’t know.”
“Eh?”
“I don’t know.” Sister La repeated, indicating she hadn’t misheard.
“Authority is like Instinct to me; I really don’t know how to teach you something as natural as ‘Breath’.”
“Besides, everyone’s Authority is different, so this time you have to rely on yourselves. Only Methods figured out personally are the most suitable for you.”
“The front Area is for you to explore yourselves~”
As Sister La spoke, she hooked the Corner of Mouth with her finger, showing the two a smile with a greater arc than before.
It counted as evolving from ‘smile’ to normal-level ‘laugh’.
“D-damn! This smile… my heartbeat, and my missing… that thing! Guaah—”
The unsinkable ship named Osiris sank once again.
Ultimately, under Sister La’s Attractiveness offensive, the two little ones with flushed faces gave up pressing further.
…
“By the way, how’s your Haki cultivation going?”
“Uh…”
This was a painfully awkward Silence.
Seeing the two’s hesitant, desirous Expression, Sister La guessed the gist.
But in the end, Obei spoke first.
“How to put it, Big Sister. It’s that we can use it, but only a tiny bit.”
As she spoke, she extended thumb and index finger, pinching out a gesture of losing a certain country’s Market.
“Hm? Don’t beat around the bush, Aoxi, you say.”
The named Aoxi shuddered abruptly.
“Uh… it’s just, the first strike at the beginning comes out with Haki, but after that I completely can’t react. Um… how to say…”
“Like just getting familiar with Skill key positions, then suddenly being told to compete in pro matches, and fumbling because the pace is too fast?”
Sister La restated her meaning in language Aoxi could understand.
“Yes yes yes! Exactly! That’s the feeling!” Aoxi nodded repeatedly.
“It’s that frantic feeling where others are about to hit your face but you still need to mash a dozen keys to get the Skill out.
Anyway, I subconsciously Give Up Haki and counter with normal Attacks.”
“I think we might need some time to adapt to Battles incorporating Haki, Big Sister.” Obei said helplessly.
Even with their terrifying Talent, crossing in one morning the Realm others needed years of Effort to reach was still unrealistic.
“Alright, I was too hasty.
Hearing Jhin and them say they also took years to master Haki, expecting you in half a day is indeed forcing it.”
“Mm! Mm!” Aoxi nodded vigorously in agreement.
“Then future lessons change to practical combat practice. Anyway, I’ve taught you the theory; the rest is to familiarize and master in Battle.”
“Ah?!” *2
“Sister La, you’re going to personally Battle us?”
“Correct. Of course, I’ll hold back appropriately so you won’t get hurt.”
Theoretically, neither Aoxi nor Obei had seen Sister La truly make a move; objectively, it was just changing sparring partners.
But Instinct is very subjective; Fear is Fear…
“Hiss! I refuse.” Aoxi clung to her last shred of luck and rushed up.
“Mm↓ Hm↑”
“O-okay, I get it.” Aoxi admitted defeat.
“In that case, today’s lesson ends here.
Oh, leaving you homework—make a set of Clothes with your own Divine Power and Authority; deadline one week.
Then I’ll disperse the Skirts I wove for you; those who can’t will have to go bare-bottomed.”
Sister La stared straight at Aoxi as she spoke.
『S-so petty! Just because I refused her once?
Sister La, the current you is really despicable!』
Of course, Aoxi only dared think the above inwardly; saying it out loud would probably advance bare-bottom time to tomorrow.
Obei beside her, hearing this ‘homework’, began pondering with lowered brows, seemingly already having ideas.
“Hey, Obei, what do we do? Can you do it?” Aoxi elbowed Obei, who didn’t react.
“Man?”
“Smallest unit, Authority, god… Aoxi don’t bother me, I’m Thinking.”
Obei dodged Aoxi’s elbow while muttering to herself.
“You wouldn’t already have ideas, right?! No, you can’t know how! If I go bare-bottomed, you have to with me!”
Aoxi widened her eyes, clinging desperately to shore-side Obei like a river water ghost.
“What are you doing! You idiot, I don’t want to with you! Let go!”
“Gua! Not letting go, beat me to death and I won’t! Either help me figure it out too, or we both die!”
“You!”
Sister La watched the tugging two, left a “Don’t forget Dinner time” and left the Training Ground.
