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Inside the forest, next to Leo's mansion. There were a lot of danger beasts surrounding a young man.

The danger beasts varied from earth dragons to wolves and other small creatures in the forest, but the young man didn't care about them.

Leo stared at these danger beasts that were almost reaching him before he took a deep breath and raised his hand.

*Buzzzzz*

Yellow electricity appeared on Leo's hand before it gathered and became more concentrated. More and more electricity appeared before it formed a blade of lightning instantly.

Danger beasts sensed the danger, but it was too late as Leo moved forwards and waved his hand.

"Lightning blade..." a yellow flash passed in front of Leo before most of the danger beasts were cut into two pieces. Other danger beasts saw this and ran from this place as they understood that this isn't an easy prey. historical

"This Teigu is really underrated..." Leo looked at the blade of lightning in his hand as he realized the power of the perfector when it used on his whole body.

Leo finished his walk as he rushed back to the mansion. He gave Venom the two Teigu and made him copy their powers, which gave Venom the ability of space and extraordinary precision.

Leo is now trying this new power as he learned how to control the power to a whole new level. Creating an armor of lightning for defense or increase the speed and power by lightning is an easy feat for Leo now.

Leo control on his body and energy reached a very high level using Venom, and that will slowly be learned by him and become an instinct.

"Well, this is enough..." Leo stretched his hands before he said " Now, the field is ready and what left is the players"

{My lord, I don't think this will work...} Venom voice sounded in Leo head { If the enemy was the system user then it's very unreasonable for him to do these actions}

Venom, who has a connection with Leo mind, know about the plan which Leo made but he can't understand how can an enemy with something like a system make some ridiculous mistakes that his lord predicted.

"Venom, you need to know that humans aren't really reasonable most of the time, and our target is one of the easiest types to keep an eye on" Leo smiled as he fixed his monocle " He's a coward"

"Sometimes you'll feel that people' actions are unpredictable and unreasonable. But honestly, they are simple and easy to predict after you learn the pattern of their movements" Leo looked at the south in the capital's direction " Do you remember the user of thunder Teigu?"

{Yes my lord, the one that was mind-controlled by the enemy} Venom answer made Leo smile before he said " That was the first sign. Do you know, Venom? Mind controllers split into two categories in my opinion"

"One is an excellent strategist, and the other is just a coward that likes the effortless way" Leo smile grew wider " Having the general in his hand, but he still waits for the plot is just an unconfident act. These kinds of people are just too easy to read, even if I didn't meet them"

" Even if it was unintentional, but that nuke is the spark that broke all that guy plans. First, the nuke put him in total confusion about what's happening now, and with the system mission if he gets it at the start or any other time, will make thing more confusing for him, as he'll be pushed into an edge called things went out of control" Leo raised his hand as fireball appeared on it " Then do you know what will happen to him when he knows I found his puppet? He'll get overconfident"

{Overconfident? Shouldn't he be worried?} Venom started to feel that people's emotions and actions are very complicated and don't make sense.

"No, he'll get overconfident because... I, who hold the nuke didn't come to him after knowing his identity, and as with any friendly system, he surely got something good if the mission difficulty was high. If that didn't give him confidence, then I don't know what will" Leo made the fireball turn into small butterflies around his hand.

"Then I had to give him another simulation with that Doctor. Killing that doctor with all that light show will give him some worries, but that will let even more confidence sneak to him which will turn into a poison called pride" Leo made the butterflies gather on his hand before he said "This is a rollercoaster of emotions and mind plays which put our victim in the worse position ever"

Leo made more fire butterflies before he said " That why I said he's a coward. His weakness and lack of security made him a puppet"

"A puppet who has two strings... One is me" Leo made a puppet from the fire before he said " And the other is his system"

{My lord... I can't seem to understand how people think, and why they do such actions. It seems totally out of logic} Venom didn't understand why that victim in his lord's mouth will act like this. It doesn't have logic or a clear goal, and it's filled with mistakes.

"One day, you'll understand that even if it just some predictions, but they are very close to the truth..." Leo extinguished the fire before he said " From my past life, I learned that I should always look for details and never miss a single one"

" That why I always observe and try to understand people around me" Leo smiled before he said " Why don't I give you an example"

{Example?} Venom was confused by his lord that usually never share these kinds of thoughts before Leo said " Yeah, Let's start with Mikoto"

"Mikoto even if she seems to be angry at those times, but she's trying to join the fun or learn how to enter in a good conversation with us. She even wanted to thank us a few times, but her tsundere side will kick in" Leo shook his head helplessly before he said " Kazuma is trying to learn all that he can from us, and take some points from this mission before he uses the Chat Room and his adventurer job to learn all the skills in his world"

"Whitebeard seemed to have something interesting going on, but I bet it's related to his family" Leo smiled slightly before he said " And Saitama is enjoying moonwalk before he gets bored from it"

{What about the old hag, my lord?} Venom said the official name of Kaguya in Leo's mind.

"The old hag? Well..." Leo put his hand on his chin before he said " She's trying to troll me and if we count her personality with the power of time, then traced my own steps because she's after me..."

"She's collecting Teigu" Leo didn't even change his expression with those facts, but Venom had another reaction { Do we prepare for battle, my lord}

"No, it's unnecessary... And we'll not Muda her..." Leo looked at Gold Experience, raising his fist before he said "... Yet"

{Why do you seem to be calm about this, my lord} Venom always put Leo goals as his wishes, so he couldn't tolerate that old hag.

"Well, it's Kaguya so something like this was meant to happen, but it's nice for someone to collect those Teigu with me" Leo waved his hand as he didn't seem to care because he knows how to get those Teigu from Kaguya hand.

{My lord, sorry to be rude but w-..} Venom didn't finish his words before Leo interpreted him "You want to ask why I didn't get the Teigu first or why my actions that seemed without reason all have a secret behind them"

"Well, that because I hate planning. Honestly, I'm annihilation maker, not tactics maker, and I'm not obligated to share or explain my actions to anyone" Leo smiled as he fixed his monocle " I don't care what others think, but if I'm going to do something, then I'll do it in my way which include a lot of jokes, trolls, and making fun of people"

"Like our group here. Do you know why Saitama and Whitebeard didn't go to the capital until now? It's because they don't want to lose control and do something which will ruin the team plans" Leo knows that Saitama and Whitebeard didn't want to see the Empire condition with their eyes or something bad will happen.

"Never underestimate us just because we love to have fun. That'll be your downfall if you underestimate an enemy without knowing the reason behind his actions, even if it seems to be ridiculous"

{I see, your wisdom completely shocked me even if I didn't understand the reason behind it. As I expected from my lord} Venom swear he'll learn from his lord which made Leo nod before he said " Oh, good luck"

"Let's go back now..." Leo walked from this place before Venom said { What about the old hag, my lord}

"Don't worry about it. As a man of culture, I can see that Kaguya isn't doing this for no reason and that reason will probably make me laugh" Leo smiled before a normal yin/yang circle appeared under him.

Venom has already copied Shambhala powers and he can use it freely, but the circle is normal yin/ yang, unlike the purple one.

Leo suddenly felt something before he smiled and looked at the capital direction. But if someone looked at his monocle, he'll see the reflection of a hallway with one man walking on.

"Oh, right! I didn't tell you the reason why I did all of those actions" Leo smiled before he said " Let's say I want my two targets to be in the same place and make sure they stay that way"

With those words, Leo disappeared with a black glow.

Meanwhile, in the Empire capital. There was a giant building in the middle of the capital. This is the royal palace. But today it didn't seem to be normal.

The palace hallways were too quiet as all the guards and maid disappeared, leaving one man walking in the hallway in the direction of the emperor's throne.

This man is Liam who changed after these three days. He was taller and his hair grew past his shoulders.

"I need more... This isn't enough" Liam clenched his fist as he felt the power contained in them now. He's now sure to take down nukes easily without threatening his life.

"Hey, who ar-" two guards appeared in front of Liam, but they didn't finish their words before Liam put his hand on their heads. Blue aura passed from their bodies to Liam before they fell to the ground dead.

"This is really fascinating..." Liam has no doubt now to complete the mission. He got two of the most broken abilities from this system and his enemies didn't seem to be strong as they were afraid to attack him.

Liam now will take care of the emperor and the prime minister to get more points. He wants to become stronger before he sees those entities. But he didn't notice that he wants to stay in the Empire waiting for the chat room members, as this place will become his grave with the Empire.

(Time skip to mid-night)

The bright moon was shining in the sky, bringing some light to this night. The light breeze was blowing the leaves as tonight was slightly cold.

Misaka was inside her room checking from papers about her formula and making sure she understood everything. Unlike Leo that only needs to know how and why it works, Misaka needs to learn and optimize the data before she includes them in her formula.

Misaka didn't sleep these days a lot because she didn't want to waste time. But she noticed something now.

"Woooo~~" Misaka turned her head to see Kuriboh looking at the window. She felt that he wants to go somewhere.

"Hm? What happened to you?" Misaka moved closer to Kuriboh before he pointed at the forest next to the mansion.

"The forest? But what do you want to go there?" Misaka frowned, but Kuriboh kept insisting on even dragging her, which made her sigh.

"Okay, okay, I got it... Let's go" Misaka didn't understand what Kuriboh wants but if it seems to be something important.

So in the eager gaze of Kuriboh, Misaka walked out of the mansion and went to the forest.

After that, Misaka followed Kuriboh for a while before reaching to an empty spot in the forest. There was nothing in that spot except grass.

"Are you sure this is the place?" Misaka frowned because she walked for over 10 minutes. But Kuriboh ignored her and rushed forwards.

Misaka watched Kuriboh flying forward until he disappeared from her vision. "What?!"

Misaka stood there for a moment before she rushed forward to check what happened. But suddenly, she felt her body passed some sort of a barrier before clashing voices reached her ears with powerful winds blowing.

"What's this... Huh?" Misaka blocked the wind with her hand before she saw Kuriboh staring and two men in the middle of the empty spot.

The ground was destroyed, and potholes filled the place. Misaka was having a hard time believing this is the previous spot, but she noticed two familiar figures in the middle of the battlefield.

*CLANG!!* *CLANG!!*

A Katana and a Naginata were clashing against each other, making sparks in the air. Leo and Whitebeard were fighting with their weapons only as the wind was blowing from every hit they exchange.

Leo was moving faster as he was dodging or looking for an opening before striking Whitebeard that remained calm and blocked each hit before sticking. But Leo dodged all his attacks with the least movement needed.

*CLANG!!*

Leo and Whitebeard's weapons were interlocked before Whitebeard said " You got better, kid"

"Well, it not like I'll stay the same, isn't it?" Leo smiled, but Whitebeard rotated his Naginata and made Leo lose his balance. Leo didn't have much time before he rotated Yamato in his hand and blocked Whitebeard attack, but that made him retreat 10 meters.

"But it seems you're still cheating" Whitebeard hit the ground with his Naginata before he looked at Leo and said " It feels like you're very uncoordinated "

"Didn't I say it before, old man? I'll come with more tricks..." Leo smiled before he said " And I can't stop even if I know this is wrong because this is me"

Leo was feeling a little helpless because he finally knows more about his essence. The Fool essence is powerful and opens a lot of possibilities for Leo, but if there is something good then there'll be something bad.

Jack of all trades is one of the symbols of this essence or can be called power. Leo noticed that anything he starts can be learned quickly, even if it was something he never knows before, like DNA recherche.

Leo feels it more like enlightenment as he could start and learn it faster than Misaka with her LvL 5 brainpower, but that power also has its drawback.

Jack of all trades can never be the master of something, and this also implies on Leo. He can never be the best in something because he was never meant to be the first in a single thing.

Leo can't just take a sword and train to be the strongest swordsman ever. Even if it isn't impossible, but it very hard to accomplish. He can have all memories and abilities of swords, but Leo can't be the strongest in it. So, as a fool and jack of all trades, Leo needs tricks, different moves, and powers.

If he can't be the first in one thing, then he'll have tons of others to fill the gaps. Leo will combine those powers and make it his own style. This is the correct way of the Fool.

"Tricks and more tricks... This will be my way" Leo smiled before he rushed forward and stabbed with his Katana.

Whitebeard frowned before he raised his Naginata and blocked the strike, but Leo move Yamato with an extraordinary precision a millimeter to the left which made Whitebeard Naginata slid on Yamato.

Leo pushed Yamato as he almost hit Whitebeard's neck, but he tilted his body to the side, avoiding a punch which made him miss the target.

"Not bad..." Whitebeard had a grin on his face before he raised his Naginata.

"I could say the same to you..." Leo had the same grin before he raised Yamato and a new clash happened between him and Whitebeard.

Misaka outside the battlefield watched Leo and Whitebeard fight as they seemed like trying to kill each other but they seemed to hold back at the same time which seemed to be strange for her. It was like they both know that the other will be able to dodge or block.

Watching the battle for a while, Misaka wanted to interfere, but she stopped and watched the battle silently with Kuriboh next to her.

1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours. Whitebeard and Leo clashed their weapons for the last time before they stopped. Leo put Yamato in his scabbard before he massaged his shoulders. Even if the dragon organs are stringing Leo's body by their vitality, but Whitebeard is still a monster.

"This is enough for today..." Whitebeard rotated his Naginata before he put it on his shoulder.

"You're free in which way to become stronger" Whitebeard acknowledges that Leo's actions are correct. Everyone will have differences, and that will also reflect in their powers. Leo chooses to walk in his way, which earned Whitebeard respect as this is the right thing to do.

" Before you leave, take the little girl with you" leaving those words, Whitebeard left the place by moonwalk.

"*Sigh*... What she's doing here anyway" Leo stared at the side of the battlefield to see Misaka sleeping next to a tree.

Misaka didn't sleep well these days, and it cost her too much to make lightning with Leo this morning. So, she surrendered to sleep a half-hour ago as she couldn't keep watching Leo and Whitebeard exchanging hits.

"Did you bring her here?" Leo walked towards Misaka and asked Kuriboh.

"Wooooo~~" Kuriboh nodded while floating around Misaka, which made Leo sigh again.

This whole place is set with a barrier that blocks vision and sound from the outside world, which makes it invisible, but Kuriboh can just feel where Leo is at.

"Well, come here..." Leo picked Misaka before he called Kuriboh to get closer as a yin/yang circle appeared and they disappeared from this place.

Inside Misaka's room, Leo appeared holding Misaka before putting her on her bed and leaving the room. Kuriboh looked at his master leaving before he went with Misaka and closed his eyes.

"What a day..." Leo was walking in the mansion hallway as he was thinking of his next action. He has a long space DNA that can blow his mind just by thinking about it and a lot of different things to try.

Leo was walking as he was thinking about his plans before he noticed something at his side. On the balcony of the upper floor, there was a girl with long black hair staring at the bright moon in the sky. The scene was beautiful with the enchanting look of the girl, but Leo's reaction was different.

"Ugh..." Leo was feeling very unlucky to run into this old hag in the middle of the night.

"Ah? Hello, Leo..." Kaguya smiled before she said " It's a very beautiful night, don't you think"

"Honestly, It's better if you don't smile... It's creepy and doesn't suit you at all" Leo had a deadpan face while looking at Kaguya.

"That's a very rude thing to say to girls, but you're right" Kaguya went back to her degenerate mode before she said " My face hurt from all this smiling"

"Aren't you an immortal with regeneration abilities?" Leo deadpan face didn't change much, but Kaguya ignored the question.

" So, what are you doing?" Leo looked at Kaguya to see her looking at the moon in the sky before he said " Homesick?"

"Well, I would be lying, if I said no" Kaguya smiled while looking at the moon in the sky.

"Tha moon, huh..." Leo frowned because he thinks this is a sensitive subject for Kaguya. He can troll people and play with them but he doesn't like to bring the people old scars.

"You should know my story already, so it doesn't matter... But I'm curious what do you know" Kaguya looked at Leo that moved closer to the balcony.

"Not a lot, just an elixir, and then you were exiled from the moon and loved the life at the surface then you went to Gensokyo with your friend Eirin" Leo gave Kaguya a resume of what he knows about her, but that made her frown.

"That's all? There's no way an anime will only tell those things" Kaguya frowned but Leo gave her a light laugh before he said " Game, a small bullet hell game. No anime, but the art is cool. Even so.. Meh"

Kaguya clenched her fist while looking at the smug Leo before she took a deep breath and said " I was a princess in the moon, but I was exiled after using the forbidden Hourai elixir which made me an immortal"

Leo raised his eyebrow as he was looking at Kaguya, giving him her origin story without him asking.

"I was exiled to the earth for thousands of years for my crime and went to live with the humans that I once despised. But I come to love this new home... Unlike the icy moon where everyone was like machines, humans and earth felt real and warm" Kaguya sighed before she said " I learned a lot of interesting things during my stay in the earth. I remember that time some people came to ask for my hand in marriage but no one could complete my five impossible requests"

"Hold on, who the stupid that will go for something has the word impossible on it?" Leo felt some people were lacking some screws in their heads to play along with this demon called Kaguya.

"I know, right? But they tried and didn't win" Kaguya smiled while Leo was feeling a little sorry for the poor guys.

"So, after years and years of calm life, I found that I really loved this new place, but something happened..." Kaguya looked at the moon before Leo said " Let me guess... You forget that your punishment is over and was surprised by the moon people that came to take you back"

"No! I didn't forget... Okay, I forget" Kaguya admit defeat under Leo interrogating gaze before she said " Then I found Eirin which helped me to flee with her to Gensokyo"

"We found an old mansion in the forest and took that place as a refuge. After that, I lived a most carefree life with Eirin and this is my story" Kaguya looked at Leo as he was putting his hand on his chin before he said " I'll give it a 4/10 for cliches and predictable storyline"

Kaguya clenched her fist again before she said " Oh, yeah? Then tell me yours!!"

"My story? It's your normal life, nothing special. It had happy moment where I smiled, and it had sad moments were I cried, nothing special until I got reincarnated" Leo shrugged his shoulder before he said " I'll give my story a 2/10"

Kaguya stood there speechless as she didn't know what to say to someone roasting himself.

"Honestly, you shouldn't think too much about it" Leo waved his hand before he said " You're afraid that the moon will come looking for you and your friend, but if you want to move forward and stop these moon staring nights, then you should face your fear"

"Happiness and sadness, we all had moments from them in our lives. No one can live without taking his share of happiness and pain from this life" In Kaguya's eyes, Leo smiled before he said " There's no use in running away from those things because they define what we are now. I personally felt pain and sadness in my life, even that regret that was tearing me apart, but I learned to accept it and live past it"

" You'll have a lot of scars during your life, some will heal and be forgotten, and some will never which will keep remind you about your lesson that day, and this made me myself today" Leo looked at the moon before he said " I don't care about other people way of looking at me, so I live as I like? But even someone like me has things to live for and people to care about"

"So, even if they called me a hero or a villain, a murder or a complete madman that will not change who I am" Leo looked at Kaguya before he said " This is me, Leo Arisaltek"

Kaguya stared at Leo for a while before she said " Your speech is too long"

" I know, but you'll listen to it anyway" Leo was laughing while Kaguya sighed.

{Honestly, You're the most human person I ever met, even if you aren't a human now. You feel so real even if it with all those flaws, but you walk past them without fear} Kaguya sighed again before she said " What happened to you in your past world?"

"Sorry, those are personal information" Leo answered instantly which made Kaguya frown before she said " Shouldn't you tell me your after I told you mine?"

"You told me without even asking my approval to listen to you and your story..." Leo fixed his monocle before he said " Even if you're ready to live past your regrets, sharing them with the world is another step"

Kaguya pouted but Leo didn't care about her as he walked away, but suddenly Kaguya said " Why don't you stay and watch the moon with me?"

"What the point in looking at a giant rock in the sky?" Leo raised his eyebrow at this request before he said " Or you're inviting me?"

"Oh?" Kaguya put her sleeve in front of her mouth before she said " Who knows, maybe someone asked for my hand first?"

Leo remembered the accident when he first arrived in this world before he said "... Good grief"

"Did you have to make it a Jojo reference" Kaguya sighed but Leo smiled at her before he said " Do you think I'll wait for you to make it a Jojo reference?"

" Well, you can say..." Kaguya smiled before she said " I was waiting for the new moon"

"Then you'll have a stand that can control gravity" Leo raised his eyebrow before Kaguya nodded.

Both of them stared at each other before laughing slightly. Leo sighed and moved next to Kaguya and looked at the rock in the sky with no reason while Kaguya smiled.

After a while, Leo felt this is more painful and less entertaining than looking at the sun burning his eyes. But Kaguya said "Hey, Leo"

"What?" Leo looked at Kaguya that looked at the moon and said " Thank you... And that monocle look stupid on you"

"My badass style isn't for you to worry about, and you're welcome" Leo looked at the moon again as the silence filled the place again.

"Hey, Kaguya" Leo broke the silence before Kaguya said " Yes, Leo"

"So... Did you collect the Teigu?" Leo stared at Kaguya that flinched before she said " Yes"

"All of them..." Leo asked again while Kaguya was looking at his face before she said " Almost all of them"

"Oh..." Leo looked at the moon again while Kaguya was on edge right now before she said " What with that weak reaction?! Shouldn't you be pissed and bring out your nuke or something?!"

Kaguya felt her prank went downhill without any result before Leo said " Should I run after you with a nuke? Are you a masochism??!!"

"...." Kaguya stared silently at Leo before she said " At least, show me a reaction"

"A reaction?" Leo put his hand on his chin before he extended his hand to Kaguya and said " I'd like to order one Incursio and a water ring"

"It's called Black marlin, get it name straight !! And do you think this is a store?!" Kaguya almost crushed the balcony fence.

"This isn't a store?!" Leo had a shocked expression before he calmed and said " Well, after jokes and the fact you're trying to troll me, what's your other goal?"

"Oh? How did you know?" Kaguya was slightly shocked but Leo had a deadpan face and said " Honestly, I know you better than all this team and it's something I'm not proud of"

"I think that's a blessing" Kaguya had a serious face, but Leo said " No, It's a curse"

"*Sigh* Anyway, I want to be the very best" Kaguya raised her fist as Leo understood that she wanted a pokemon, but the next words shocked him slightly.

" I want special effects on my ability!!" Kaguya said it like it was the most important thing in her life before Leo said " What?"

"Leo, I realized in my long life that I always lacked something in my power... It was coolness!!" Kaguya raised her hand to the sky while looking at Leo deadpan expression before she said " I want something that gives my dull no special effects time stop, the effects of THE WORLD!!"

"You mean THE GLOBE?" Leo didn't show any excitement, but Kaguya snapped instantly" THE WORLD!! the globe is very stupid!!"

"Okay, okay, but you have to know that I'd give it to you, if you asked nicely without doing these ridiculous actions" Leo met Kaguya gaze before he said " I'll tease you a little first, but I'll give it to you"

"I can't believe that someone like you will do something like that without a reason to anyone" Kaguya tone was filled with disbelieves, but Leo stared at her and said " You guys aren't anyone"

Kaguya stood in her place before she sighed. She felt defeated in both physiological and reasoning warfare, which made her surrender.

"Okay, here..." Kaguya pulled Incursio and black marlin from her sleeve which made Leo eyebrow twitches but the next scene made him put a Saitama face.

Leo can swear that Incursio was normal, but the next second it was filled with pink hearts, ribbons, and a phrase called tsundere sword.

"...." Leo looked at Incursio and Kaguya for a while before he said " Seriously?"

"Yes" Kaguya replayed seriously, which made Leo extended a hand from Venom and catch Incursio with black marlin. Venom sacrificed for his lord.

"Tch..." Kaguya clicked her tongue before she sai-->>

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