A long silence followed after her words as it took Kairo a while to digest everything.
So she was probably a princess that Imu lost control over. But how the fuck did that even happen?
His brow furrowed, his mind cycling through hundreds of scenarios while the system helped him generate a baseline logic where all of this actually made some kind of sense.
{Analyzing Subject: Shuri}
{Known Facts}
Subject claims to be Princess Shuri of Esperia.
Esperia Kingdom was destroyed approximately 60+ years ago.
Subject physically appears 18–20 years old.
Subject possesses traces of Abyssal Energy.
Subject displays no signs of deception.
Subject possesses fragmented memories spanning approximately 60 years.
Subject claims direct contact with Nerona Imu.
Subject claims former identity designation: Saint Manmayer Gunko.
{Generating Explanations...}
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Possibility #1
{Soul Possession Event}
Probability: 91.4%
Original Princess Shuri existed 60 years ago.
Imu forcibly possessed her body.
Subject's consciousness remained trapped within her own body.
Subject recently regained partial control.
Assessment: Most likely explanation.
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That made sense. The body was originally hers. Kairo had done his own research on the kind of abyssal power Imu was using—which was basically tied to their devil 'fruit.'
While the possession trick looked impressive, the original person's soul didn't just vanish; it lay dormant inside. Kairo had actually worked hard to develop a technique specifically for dealing with that, completely separate from his clan's archives. Using his knowledge of devil fruits and the mechanics of the soul, he had created a move designed to pull the original soul back to the surface.
The catch? His Conqueror's Haki was still way too lacking. He would need it to be significantly stronger to affect Imu directly. In his current state, he'd probably need to land a thousand consecutive punches on Imu before the original soul would even think about waking up.
Though honestly, he doubted that guy would ever snap out of it anyway; Imu had fully made him his bitch. But oh well. The move could still work on the Five Elders, stripping them of Imu's borrowed power. And he wasn't talking about how Joyboy's Haki merely reverted them to human form—no, he was talking about completely splitting that shit apart.
The power of immortality sustaining those old fucks for so long? Cut. Even if the power managed to reconnect after a few seconds, they would be long dead by then. Old bastards.
Still, he needed more theoretical data to work with.
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Possibility #2
{Immortality Side Effect}
Probability: 83.7%
Subject was granted immortality by a similar process affecting the Five Elders.
Physical aging halted.
Consciousness remained active throughout entire duration.
Assessment: Compatible with current biological readings.
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Possibility #3
{Failed Vessel Conversion}
Probability: 78.1%
Subject was intended to become a permanent host.
Conversion process failed midway.
Original soul survived instead of being erased.
Assessment: Would explain residual autonomy.
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Now that... was actually pretty good. That would perfectly explain her broken abyssal mark. In the process of turning her into the perfect doll, something must have snapped her out of it.
He paused.
Maybe it was Brook. He seemed to be the only specific thing she remembered outside her kingdom being centered around music. Maybe she heard a certain song somewhere along the line and it broke the trance.
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Possibility #4
{Devil Fruit Possession Mechanism}
Probability: 14.9%
Subject consumed unknown Devil Fruit.
Imu exploited fruit properties to invade consciousness.
Fruit resisted complete takeover.
Assessment: Insufficient evidence.
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Yeah, that theory was straight ass.
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Possibility #5
{Ancient Weapon Exposure}
Probability: 2.2%
Subject came into contact with Ancient Kingdom technology.
Exposure damaged possession process.
Soul became resistant over time.
Assessment: Not plausible.
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Yeah, Imu only had access to one Ancient Weapon, and the bum had no current way to power it up anyway, so that was a complete no-go.
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Possibility #6
{Haki Rebellion Event}
Probability: 7.8%
Subject unconsciously developed powerful willpower.
Conqueror-class spiritual resistance emerged.
Possession weakened over decades.
Assessment: Nearly impossible.
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Yeah, that one was also garbage.
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Possibility #7
{External Interference}
Probability: 39.4%
Third party disrupted Imu's control.
Event occurred recently.
Subject escaped during resulting instability.
Potential Actors:
Monkey D. Dragon
Red-Haired Shanks
Revolutionary Army
Unknown Joyboy Candidate
Assessment: Evidence insufficient.
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That seemed decent on paper, but no. For one, Dragon was a total bum in Kairo's humble opinion. All the guy ever did was stare blankly towards the East; he would never have the balls to infiltrate that deep into Mariejois without a massive reason, and Shuri definitely wasn't it.
Shanks was also a no-go. While the man could easily walk into the Holy Land, he had already pulled that specific stunt before. The World Nobles would have to be monumentally stupid to fall for it a second time.
...An image of a typical, braindead Celestial Dragon flashed through Kairo's mind.
Okay, fine. He would file that theory under 'probable.'
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Possibility #8
{Imu Temporarily Weakened}
Probability: 36.7%
Imu suffered recent injury.
Control over possessed vessels weakened.
Subject regained autonomy during recovery period.
Assessment: Would explain sudden escape.
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Did the bastard actually leave the Holy Land? Kairo couldn't think of any other reason why Imu would be weakened. Absolutely no one currently alive could beat that cuck in a straight fight.
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Possibility #9
{Original Soul Refused Erasure}
Probability: 28.3%
Subject's soul possesses abnormal resilience.
Imu successfully occupied body.
Failed to fully destroy original consciousness.
Assessment: Rare but possible.
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Hmmmmm.
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Possibility #10
{Ancient Bloodline Reaction}
Probability: 19.1%
Esperia royal family possessed unknown lineage trait.
Trait interferes with Abyssal Energy.
Control system degraded over time.
Assessment: Requires additional genetic analysis.
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Additional Theoretical Scenario
{Nerona Imu Did Not Lose Control}
Probability: 8.2%
Subject was intentionally released.
Escape was permitted.
Subject unknowingly serves a greater objective.
Assessment: High-risk scenario. Recommend caution.
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Additional Theoretical Scenario
{Subject Is Saint Manmayer Gunko}
Probability: 4.7%
Princess Shuri identity partially fabricated.
Subject genuinely served Imu.
Current personality created through memory corruption.
Assessment: Contradicted by emotional response patterns.
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Additional Theoretical Scenario
{Unknown Variable Detected}
Probability: ???
Assessment: Current information insufficient. Historical records involving Nerona Imu remain incomplete. Additional data required.
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{Conclusion}
Most probable sequence:
Princess Shuri was captured approximately 60 years ago.
Nerona Imu occupied her body through Abyssal Energy-based possession.
Subject remained conscious but imprisoned within her own body.
Recent destabilization event weakened control.
Subject escaped.
Five Elder entities were deployed to eliminate the witness.
Overall Confidence: 87.6%
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Kairo stared at the final analytical breakdown for a few seconds before arriving at a much simpler, far more practical conclusion:
"So basically... Imu is a way bigger asshole than I originally thought."
{Conclusion accepted.}
{Probability: 99.98%}
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A/N So like, while i was drafting the werewolf shit in naruto, i realise something, i cannot make that shit work, 1, there would be no stakes early part at all, till Madara is reached, and that only because of truth seeking orbs.
2, I made those fuckers very durable, like tank a nuke ad regenerate from the bone durable.
3, the way to kill them is not something i see Naruto character figuring out easily, for one, they would need pure silver, even an ounce of impurity and it won't work.
And somehow find away to paralyse said beast, and then hack away at its neck, which are pratically made out of adamantium, cut the head from the body and then burn that shit.{Yeah that how they can be killed, not a spoiler since i revealed that shit long ago]
Then there the fact their inner beast would make it hard to get caught in a genjutsu since that shit pratically make them like a perfect jinshuriki.
And that excluding all the spoiler stuff.
So like can't do it, i need another world, i thought Merlin but, nah, not doing that, Grimm, not trynna give Nick ptsd, before now being on 50/50 between vampire diarie and supernatural, second of which heavily inspire my novel in some aspects.