Innovate Clear
Hello everyone, today's rant is about the Longinus, Innovate Clear. So let's get started.
1-Base Form:
> Roygun Belphegor-san then said
> "—[Innovate Clear], right? One of the Longinus."
> Nakiri-kun was surprised by Roygun's words and nodded.
> "Yes, [Innovate Clear] is an ability that enables the user to create an ideal world in another dimension…that's its normal ability."
> "So it's like [Dimension Lost], huh." said Xenovia.
> Nakiri then responded
> "It might look alike, but there is one thing that is clearly different. It's the fact that [Innovate Clear] can create even living things in that world. It's a Longinus capable of creating a fake universe."
> …Even living things could be produced if it's in the world created by the user of the Sacred Gear… I had heard a bit about the Sacred Gear's ability, but…
> "So the ability of the [Sacred Gear that lets impersonate God] that we heard in the human world is real, huh." said Crom Cruach while eating a banana.
> "It seems like it captured the best parts of both [Dimension Lost] and [Annihilation Maker]." murmured Irina-san.
> "However, there are of course conditions. The living things created can only live in that world," explained Nakiri-kun.--Volume 25, Life 2, Part 3.
So to begin with: Innovate Clear, also known as the Miniature Garden of the Green Tree of Innovation, is a Longinus that is a mix of both Annihilation Maker and Dimension Lost.
Now despite being a mix of both, it doesn't have all of their functions. Here are the limitations:
--Innovate Clear can't be used to teleport around like Dimension Lost, it can only take people inside of it or expel them outside.
--All creatures created in it can't leave outside of it, so it's useless for warfare against factions.
These are basically the only 2 limitations it have. Despite not looking like much, they are quite the harsh ones, as the best feature of Annihilation Maker is that you can use leash your monsters wherever you like, in multiple places at the same time.
And not being able to teleport around with Dimension Lost limits the mobility of the "Space" created by the Longinus
Now, to understand how this Longinus work, you can look at this passage:
> The young man took out — a blue terminal. As he slid a part of the gauntlet that was equipped on his left hand, a space to insert something was revealed, and he inserted his terminal there. As he touched the screen of the terminal, a faint blue light was released and spread to every corner of the room. The uneasy feeling that filled the room instantly disappeared. The Grim Reapers stirred in response to this.
> <<—! It's [Innovate Clear]!>>
> "It's just the simple version though. With this, this whole area is now mine. Now, I guess I will use another one." --Volume 25, New Dark.
So, what Innovate Clear did here is basically create an artificial Dimension that is identical to their surroundings, and drag everyone in it. Much like how George replicated the Bridge scene when they first met, it was basically a replica of the place they were standing in just a moment ago.
Once deployed, he can play God in this place. Not in the sense that he can bend reality however he like, he can just terafform the land, spawn any kind of creatures he want, change the Dimension settings like gravity, temperature and shit however he likes.
2-Balance Breaker:
> [[Innovate Clear] and [Telos Karma].]
> Suddenly, both of his gauntlets caused the space to shake and rumble with a 'Dun Dun' sound. His gauntlets started to emit an ominous teal and jet-black light that wrapped around the young man's whole body.
> [—Transcendental Arrive.]
> As the young man said that—
> [Innovate Clear Balance Breaker!]
> [Telos Karma Balance Breaker!]
> His gauntlets emitted machine-like voices. Immediately after that, both of them emitted a voice simultaneously.
> <<[Transcendental Arriver!]>>
> As the space behind the young man distorted, sparks crackled and something which resembled a powered exoskeleton appeared. The powered exoskeleton's head, body and limb parts then opened and latched onto the young man's body. The helmet was equipped on his head last. His whole body looked like it was clad in a futuristic powered-exoskeleton suit from sci-fi movies. Unlike the armor that his son Issei wore, Gorou felt that this one seemed much more machine-like. The Grim Reapers were surprised by the young man.
> <<—!? T-This is, did you artificially awaken your Longinus' Balance Breakers….!?>>
> The young man said as he stepped forward.
> [—It's a technique called Transcendental Arrival.]--Volume 25, New Dark.
This is kinda iffy to be honest, as we can't make heads of tails of what the he happened here. All we know know is that he materialised his Sci-Fi suit thanks to Innovate Clear, and that the Balance Breaker allows Telos Karma Balance Breaker to be absolute in its area, able to affect even Gods.
For those wondering, here is the picture of the sci-fi suit.
It can produce a blade of Light from its left hand that was able to annihilate some Grim Reapers with just one strike, leaving nothing, as if they were erased.
And that's about it for this Longinus, as far as we know.
A fun fact to know however, is that Mitsuya Kanzaki, the weilder of these 2 Longinus, isn't there original weilder, he is just "Borrowing" their power using the gauntlets and terminals mentioned above.
Another fun fact, is that this Kanzaki dude is the 1st Protagonist of Ishibumi. He is from the author's first work, called Denpachi, featuring an innocent boy who got dragged into a deadly game called "Innovate" that let's you gain powers in real life, but the game also takes place in real life, with all contenders trying to beat the game first, and be the last standing.
Why? It's because the game claims that the "God" who made this game will grant any kind of wish for the winner.
As said by the author, while they aren't the same, the Kanzaki we have in DxD is considered a " What-If" iteration of the original one, their circumstances are somewhat similar in concept but different in application.
I guess that's that, see you all in the next rant .