Kaijin Fighter: So I Have to Make Monsters, So What? Chapter 439: MY Driver flashback

*Bing-Bong*

It has co to the writer’s attention that he forgot to include a rather crucial scene explaining so events occurring in this current arc.

Naly, why the fuck our intrepid protagonist is suddenly transforming like a demonic Mister Hyde.

A slightly more demonic Mister Hyde.

Anyways, we will now be interrupting this story for a flashback explaining what the fuck the "MY Driver" is.

This flashback takes place a little after "Aranea" and "Lucille" beca the new secretaries for the clan, but before the branch Zhen Clan left for Pearl Tusk with the main Zhen Clan.

Now, please enjoy this cringe-fueled anxiety driven ss of a flashback.

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Did we really need to include this blurp for a flashback chapter?

Don’t most other stories just go right into it?

|Usually, yes, but I wanted to at least give so of the readers a heads up that shit is gonna get weird.|

Aight.

*Bing-Bong*

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"Why the fuck is my armor not working?"

"I’m not sure milord, but you look like you might pop a blood vessel out of sheer frustration at this rate. Maybe you should take a break?"

"That’s...a fair assessnt...thanks for reminding to relax, Nepherage."

"Anyti."

In the familiar confines of an abandoned quarry training ground, Zhen Liu had schedule two important tasks for the day.

The first task was to synchronize all of the kaijin that were not yet at the Grandmaster rank to Grandmaster rank.

Evidently, this was the easiest part of his day.

Zhen Liu only had two kaijin that weren’t Aether Grandmasters yet, who were none other than Nepherage and Hurricroak.

Frosttusk broke through on his own, Lacerage and Archanida ca out as Grandmasters right from the get-go, whilst Spring Brawler and Razor Maiden were proto-kaijin, so they couldn’t be synchronized.

That being said, he was fairly certain those two were going to beco fully ford kaijin soon, he just didn’t know when, where or how.

"Ooooh, so this is what it feels like to be a Grandmaster! I can feel the power coursing through my veins!," Hurricroak proclaid after her synchronization, "wait, do I even have veins?"

"Rather...not...think...about...that...," Frosttusk rumbled.

"Fair enough!"

After making sure everybody was up to the sa rank as himself, Zhen Liu gave the kaijin free ti to go do whatever, as long as they didn’t stray too far from the quarry.

This free ti usually amounted to Nepherage, Hurricroak and Frosttusk doing their own thing, while Spring Brawler and Razor Maiden did their own thing. Granted, this ti around, Nepherage decided to stick near Zhen Liu to see if she could assist him in his training.

’Hmm. Maybe I should make a third proto-kaijin...and a third insect type kaijin now that I think about it...wait, don’t I also need to make a stealth based kaijin and an aquatic kaijin too?,’ Zhen Liu thought to himself, ’Bah! Think about those things later, you got armor to try and make!’

The second task was to exercise the latest ability he had unlocked after breaking through to the Aether Grandmaster rank, [Aether Armor], but he wasn’t exactly having any luck with that.

For the past hour or so after syncing with the kaijin, Zhen Liu had tried and failed multiple tis to condense his power into a suit of armor that he could use to enhance his combat capabilities.

"Co on, co on..."

Multiple tis he had gotten close to condensing his aether into an armor, but like it was a throwback to his days before becoming a(the?) Kaijin Lord, his attempts exploded in his face.

A lot.

"Okay let’s try-BAH!"

"Whoa there, milord!"

There were actually multiple points during this practice session that Zhen Liu would end up blasting himself backwards into a wall or upwards into the air during his attempts, thankfully he had Nepherage nearby to catch him in case he was sent flying.

At this point in ti, he was sent flying a dozen tis or so.

He did however take a break around the thirteenth ti at the request of Nepherage.

Whilst man and kaijin were sitting on the ground and relaxing, the latter decided to try and get her lord’s mind off of things with so small conversation. Naly about where his consorts were at.

"Milord, I don’t an to be rude, but isn’t this usually sothing that Lady Jin Fang should be doing for you at this mont? Catching you, I an. Is she okay?," Nepherage asked.

"I actually did invite her tag along," Zhen Liu answered, "Rianna too, but apparently my mom needed the both of them. I’m not entirely sure why."

"You didn’t ask?"

"I did, they just gave vague non-answers."

"Ah...your mother scares ."

"Completely understandable. Now then," Zhen Liu said as he stood up from his seat, "let’s see if I can get it right this ti."

Spoiler alert, he didn’t.

Boom!

"Gah!"

Soone once said that the definition of "insanity" was doing the sa thing over and over again, but expecting different results.

While Zhen Liu wasn’t doing that exactly, the amount of tis he was getting blown up was starting to get worriso.

The most frustrating part about this endeavour though, was that he had no idea why this was happening in the first place.

He knew how this process should work on paper, he had seen his grandfather, father and uncles do this dozens of tis at this point, so why couldn’t he do it?

Thankfully, on Zhen Liu’s fifteenth attempt, Logos and Pathos finally decided to speak up.

=Do you need our advice, milord?=

’Oh thank gods, yes. Why didn’t you two say anything sooner and do I need to head to the Library?’

=In order, we figured you wanted to discover what to do yourself...=

’Sure.’

Zhen Liu got up from his latest failed attempt and tried once more to concentrate his energy into the form of armor.

However, the mont he started doing so, Logos and Pathos imdiately interrupted him.

’Huh?’

=I concur, what you’re doing is reckless even by our previous lords’ standards.=

’What the fuck are you two on about? What do you an reckless?’

’I am?!’

=Oh, he doesn’t know. Sending the information we have received from armor creation attempts now.=

’Wait, hold on-BAH! TINGLES!’

As soon as this revelation ca into being, Zhen Liu’s brain started to buzz as Logos sent a slew of information about why he wasn’t able to make aether armor in a rather straightforward manner.

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Simply put, most other warriors, once they reach Aether Grandmaster, are able to create their armor quickly due to being well versed in the practice of infusing their limbs and other body parts with aether for the sake of strengthening.

By regularly causing the aether in their bodies to flood certain internal channels, this causes those channels to strengthen so that they could be used to handle heavier and higher quality flows of aether.

In Zhen Liu’s case however, he didn’t have those traditional channels, instead he had to use [Chaos] to perform such activities...and he’s only been able to access [Chaos] for a ti significantly less than most other Aether Grandmasters.

Making matters trickier, Zhen Liu had been unconsciously trying to use both aether and [Chaos] at the sa ti to make his aether armor, using [Chaos] to create artificial yet temporary channels and then having aether flood in those channels.

Unfortunately, aether and [Chaos] don’t exactly mix all too well.

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’Ouch...,’ Zhen Liu groaned as he grabbed his head by the sides.

He could never get used to sudden information dumps directly to his skull, no matter how many tis he went through it.

It was efficient sure, but it still fucking sucked.

’So let get this straight. I can’t make my armor because I’m using too many types of energy without even realizing it?’

*Skrit, skrit.*

=Indeed milord. If you want to make armor, you’re going to need to try and focus your mind on either using just aether or just [Chaos], which might be hard given your unfamiliarity with the aether...at least for the ti being until you can get to the right ranking...=

*Skrit, skrit.*

’What was that last part?’

=Nothing.=

’Sure...’

*Skrit.*

’Okay, what the fuck is that scratching sou-’

’OH SWEET GODS WHY!’

Imdiately after this exclamation, Zhen Liu’s mind was flooded with yet even more information.

However, this ti it wasn’t a detailed explanation of why he couldn’t make aether armor.

This ti, he was sent a detailed schematic on how to make it so he could make it so he would only use [Chaos] or aether when making his armor, and now to alternate between the two.

It was straightforward, it was flashy and seed to be a part of the trend where his abilities seed to manifest as weaponized toys.

He just had one question in regards to its functions.

’What the fuck does the MY stand for?’