Jaden was not a martial artist who adhered to a strict will.
If one had to say, he was a combatant who adhered to victory.
He was very similar to those who installed ultrasonic equipment in their bodies, used high-tech bionic eyes, or even poisoned their opponents during matches, performed surgery to grant themselves superpowers, or used the rules to undermine their opponent even after losing-he was like them.
The only difference was that those people did these things because they wanted to win, no matter the means, they absolutely had to win.
Jaden, on the other hand, felt that he would definitely win, so since the outcome was already predetermined, the means used didn't matter; it just depended on whether he wanted to win quickly or find some fun in the process.
And Jaden also knew he wasn't a martial artist.
With the potential for the highest level of Observation Haki, he knew from his earliest interactions with seekers of the path like Ohma that he was destined not to become a man like them.
So, Jaden never participated in matches organized for martial artists, other than the Kengan matches and the Shinomiya family dispute-which were competitions for combatants.
But...
"Fighting against people who have been role-playing since birth, who have never had their own thoughts or possibilities, and who don't even know who they are-even I find that kind of thing boring."
He killed Jack, sent Lu Bu to Arkham-and then there's that Original Kure and Adam... once he found out more, he would just kill those who needed to be killed and send the rest to Arkham sooner rather than later.
Resurrection...
This disgusting technique needed to be ended here.
While Jaden was lying on the couch thinking this, Otto received a phone call. After hanging up, he spoke to Jaden.
"Mr. Yuki, the Original Kure you were looking for has been found."
...
Underground laboratory.
After Adam reopened his eyes, he immediately sensed a difference.
Edward Kure, who had been guarding him, smiled at that moment.
"It looks like the surgery was successful-it was merely an operation to change your ocular perception and judgment, but the effect on you is different."
Hearing Edward Kure's words, Adam blinked and nodded silently.
He tested it briefly, then reverted to his half-closed eye state.
"If that's the case, then when that Jaden comes, I will drive him away..."
Edward Kure merely shrugged at Adam's perspective and thoughts, offering no comment. Resurrection was like that.
Although it was a brainwashing technique, because the brainwashing was so thorough, the first five Resurrected individuals of any given person would still retain the personality of the living person.
However...
After five generations of this kind of personality inheritance, the personality would gradually be ground away-the unnecessary aspects of their personality would be thoroughly polished away, and the accumulated suggestions over generations would turn them into his most obedient subordinates~
Although the result of this was that some Resurrected individuals would completely collapse or be discarded during the process, luckily, there were still some who could be continued...
And the results from those who were continued were quite good!
Even that Lu Bu, after a thousand years of Resurrection inheritance, only had a trace of obsession left.
As for this Adam...
Heh, they would see in a thousand years~
"In that case, Adam, you might have to prepare for battle right now-our few informants just told us that Jaden seems to be heading toward our location. If you go to prepare for battle now, you might run into him soon."
Hearing Edward Kure's words, Adam nodded and silently walked out.
When Adam's business was concluded, Edward Kure returned to Heracles's room.
At this moment, several technicians were calibrating Heracles's body data, and Edward Kure approached and asked:
"Why hasn't it been calibrated yet... didn't you say it could be awakened by now!"
Hearing Edward Kure's interrogation, several researchers frowned, and the lead researcher began to explain.
"Sir... when we first discovered the Heracles gene location, we found a total of two types of genes-one that is known to humans and common, and another that is a gene we humans have never seen before..."
"Although the researchers at the time unanimously believed it was because Heracles was a demigod, which is why he had two different genes, after subsequent investigation, we found a local legend in that area that said Heracles was originally human, but drank the divine blood of Zeus because he wanted to protect humans against the army of the gods, thus becoming a demigod..."
"Sir... I wanted to mention this when you first instructed us to try cloning the unprecedented gene-if we only clone the unknown part, is what we clone truly Heracles, and not Zeus or something else?"
"The current situation is similar..."
The researcher handed the data to Edward Kure.
"The Resurrection audio you specifically programmed for Heracles... it seems to be incompatible with his current body. I initially thought this was a calibration issue, but after many calibrations, we found that it is simply incompatible, and it seems to be an issue with the Resurrection audio itself... It might sound a bit strange, but this body itself seems to be rejecting Heracles's Resurrection..."
Before the researcher could finish, Edward Kure grabbed him by the collar and yanked him up.
"What I want to hear right now is not you telling me he can't be awakened, but how to awaken this man!"
"Since Jaden is here, that means Lu Bu is dead, and it's hard to say if Adam is a match for that monster!"
"I don't care if he's Heracles or Zeus or whatever-all I know is that he's strong, and if we don't wake him up, Jaden will kill all of us!"
"I'm asking you, can you awaken him now? Can or can't, give me an answer!"
Hearing Edward Kure's roar, the researcher pursed his lips and finally sighed.
"...We can!"
"When we cloned his body, didn't we embed that thing... the Royal Orb inside him... It has been proven that his body can easily withstand and even ignore that curse, which would instantly kill any human... So, if we stimulate the Royal Orb inside him using related legends and wishes, we might be able to forcefully awaken him using the power of the Royal Orb-but the consequences after awakening him..."
"I don't care!"
Edward Kure didn't wait for the researcher to finish speaking and immediately threw him to the ground.
"Whatever happens afterward doesn't matter! Jaden has started looking for us. Judging by his attitude, if he finds us, we will die instantly-and even if awakening this man leads to him destroying the world, at least there's an extremely high probability that we won't die immediately..."
Edward Kure's face darkened, and he issued the order directly.
"So-now, you will stimulate the Royal Orb inside him and forcefully wake this man up!"
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