Chapter 219: Itsuka Kotori
"Reine, I'll have to trouble you. Take him to the medical room first."
At this moment, Franklin was rapidly reading through the additional memories that had surfaced. As early as ten years ago, he had already arrived in the Date A Live world, and most of his abilities had been sealed.
Only a single skill called Spirit Seal remained. This ability was as shameless as a divine throw—so long as he could make a girl blush shyly and kiss her, he could obtain all of that girl's abilities for his own use.
And because of the Dimensional Heavenly Tome's long-laid plan to recover its fragments, he had, for reasons unknown, turned into a child and been adopted by the Itsuka family, his name still remaining Franklin.
Itsuka Shido was nowhere to be found, as if he had never existed in this world at all.
Due to special circumstances, he and his younger sister Itsuka Kotori had lived together the whole time. It wasn't until a few days ago, when the Dimensional Heavenly Tome prompted that his abilities could be unsealed, that the incident occurred where his fully unsealed power caused him to appear in the Neighboring World.
Yet even now, within all of his memories, there was still no scene of Kotori becoming a spirit, nor of saving Origami Tobiichi. His memories were still incomplete, with many gaps remaining.
After confirming that there were no other abnormalities in his memories, Franklin calmed his mind and let his consciousness sink into his sea of divine sense, checking the current basic changes recorded by the Dimensional Heavenly Tome.
Name: Franklin
Age: 42/2092
Race: Human (Saiyan)
Bloodline: [Human Bloodline][World Tree Bloodline](Primary)[Ultra Super Saiyan Bloodline](refined to retain essence and discard flaws)
[Ultra Super Saiyan Bloodline]: S-cells comprise 20% of the entire body; can evolve further
[S-cell Ratio]: 11% (Combat Power Increase 110%)
(When transforming into Ultra Super Saiyan, combat power can be increased 100 times under any circumstances)
Spiritual Cultivation: Nascent Soul Peak Stage (Nascent Soul growth age: nine years and five months; upon reaching nine years, eleven months, and thirty days, it will be Nascent Soul Great Perfection)
Body Cultivation: Early Qi and Blood Realm
Soul Realm: Fourth Realm, Mid Stage (equivalent to the soul realm of a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator)
Mental Power Cultivation: Oblivion Extremity Realm (survive desperate situations, never give up, break limits, fight without defeat. Combat power +50%)
Sword Dao Cultivation: Human Realm, Sword Momentum Stage
Cultivation Methods: "Space Overlord Art"(Incomplete) "Yin-Yang Twin Life Art"
Techniques: [Eye of True Sight·Purple][Advanced Five Elements Arts][Immortal·Ninjutsu][Life Burning][Kamehameha]
Bloodline Inherited Skills: [Illusory World Genesis][Rinnegan][Time Denial]
Talents: [Dimensional Heavenly Tome][Lightning Manipulation][Spirit Seal]
Spirit Seal: [Regeneration][Camael][Divine Authority Spirit Dress·Fifth]
Dimensional Heavenly Tome: [Dimensional Summoning][Dimensional Space][Dimensional Traversal][Mission Tab][Phantom][Bloodline Spirit Fusion Pill (5/10)][Guardian Sword][Bloodline Purification Pill 26/30][Youth-Preserving Pill 25/30][Ikaros][Nymph][Astraea][Dimensional Soul Division Technique][Longevity Fruit][Space-Time Anchor]
Overall Combat Power: ～ (520 million)
(Cultivation increase, base combat power, S-cell increase 110%, mental power increase 50%, base combat power 260,000)
(Soul materialization; Super Saiyan transformation increases combat power fiftyfold; Super Saiyan 2 increases combat power one hundredfold;
Life Burning can increase combat power twentyfold at any time; blood-energy amplification is included within Life Burning)
[Combat power is for reference only. Overall combat power is a visible, data-based value. Actual combat power will fluctuate upward or downward depending on techniques, talents, arts, and skills. The Talent Awakener is to judge specific situations personally.]
He had barely finished reviewing his changes when Franklin sensed a flash of light appear before him. His divine sense expanded instantly, and he abruptly sat up.
What came into view was Murasame Reine's face, with extremely heavy dark circles. Seeing this, Franklin frowned slightly.
"Those dark circles of yours are way too severe. It looks like you haven't rested in ages. Don't tell me Kotori's been squeezing you dry the whole time? That seriously violates human rights."
"You still have the mood to worry about others? How are you feeling yourself? The way you looked at me just now was really strange, like you were looking at a familiar stranger."
Feeling the soft, warm palm pressing against his head and hearing that familiar voice, Franklin felt warmth well up in his heart.
He already had a very sensible younger sister like Mikan, and now he had another one—a little sister with a dual personality who could be soft, sweet, sadistic, and sharp-tongued.
Soft mode was adorable, and sadistic mode was even more fun to tease. There was simply nothing more wonderful in this world—unless there was yet another little sister.
"Well, awakening power always comes with a price. My memories were sealed earlier, and they've only just come back now. Some parts are still missing, but it's enough."
When Franklin turned around, he met Kotori's gaze directly. Seeing that familiar look, Kotori instantly let out a sigh of relief.
"Now that you've become a spirit too, can you still seal other spirits' powers?"
"No, you've got it wrong. I didn't become a spirit—I'm still human. Even if you tested me directly, you wouldn't be able to detect any abnormalities at all.
The sealing ability is still there. I checked, and I've already sealed one spirit's power. It seems to be something called Camael. Sounds pretty strong.
I don't know how the spirit I sealed is doing. It requires extremely high favorability, and kissing is also necessary."
As he spoke, Kotori's cheeks grew redder and redder, and the curve of Franklin's smile deepened. As expected, teasing his little sister while she wore the black ribbon was much more fun.
Just as Franklin was smiling, Kotori—whose senses were keen—suddenly raised her head and met his gaze. In the next instant, a fist flew straight toward Franklin's cheek.
"You bastard big brother! Are you that happy teasing your own sister? Pervert! Freak! Scumbag!"
With a cold snort, Kotori turned and walked straight out of the medical room.
"Since you're awake, come along too. Your strength is much stronger now, but that doesn't help much. If you want to seal a girl's spirit power, you still need to raise her favorability and kiss her."
Listening to Kotori, Franklin muttered quietly, "Not necessarily. I'm short on everything except sealing techniques—and most of them are specifically for sealing spirit bodies…"
"Big brother, what did you say?"
Franklin, who had been muttering to himself with his head down, hurriedly looked up with a smile. "Ah, nothing. Just saying I'll definitely help. This is my lifelong dream."
The moment his words fell, Kotori's flying kick landed squarely in his stomach, sending Franklin flying backward.
"You perverted big brother! Rein in those dirty thoughts of yours. Kissing at most—if you dare go any further, I really will get angry."
A helpless Franklin climbed back to his feet and muttered again, "Well, I'll counterattack when we get home. Sadistic mode will fight back—little-sister mode won't."
The moment he finished speaking, Kotori's face flushed completely red.
"I heard that one."
She launched another flying kick, but Franklin—already prepared—dodged it and, in the process, swept Kotori up into his arms in a princess carry.