Death

"Argh!" Shinji groans in frustration, after another failed sculpting attempt. Seeing another sea urchin born in his hand Shinji can only sigh sadly

'Is it because of my association with seaweed making me easy to carve a sea urchin?'

Its been two days since Hinako cry

The atmosphere between Hinako and Shinji was awkward, usually, Hinako will follow Shinji exploring the area but since the day she cries, Hinako only staring at the wall, the light in her eyes faded. She didn't move one inch since that day

Thanks to that, Shinji was stuck in this hotel. Sure, Shinji can just leave her alone but Shinji still want to exploit her usefulness as a legal guardian

Traveling around the world as a 13-year-old kid in the year 2000 will raise some questions, usually for magus, they just solve it using a simple hypnosis spell to solve the problem, but even though he has The Third, Shinji magecraft was shitty.

I mean really shitty. Each time Shinji uses Reinforcement, the target always explodes. Projection? Explode! Alteration? Explode! Bounded Field if Shinji didn't forget to connect it to the power source? Explode! Hypnosis? The practice dummy (gang mooks) explode…making Shinji slaughter the rest of the gang to cover it up.

At this point, Shinji was more focused on making the explosion colorful than using the spell

'ART IS EXPLOSION!'

Why Shinji, not searching replacement for Hinako as a legal guardian? Dude, in Nasuverse a magus that has good morals aside the main character is rarer than gold.

"Damn what wrong with me,?!" Shinji rubbed his head in frustration" why the heck it is really hard for me to learn anything?!"

"Let us just check The Root..." with that Shinji start to meditate and enter The Root

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[Q: My Status! ]

[A:

True Name:?

Name: Shinji Matou

Title: Face-Smacking Magician, Master of Heaven Feel, Seaweed

Race: Human

Strength :[Will get beaten up if fight a grown man normally]

Endurance :[Can make a new body if the body destroyed. An ideal punching bag]

Agility :[As fast as someone that never exercising]

Mana :[Theoretical Infinite, but the output was limited. ]

Luck :[Depending on the Author mood]

Skill:

Connection to the Root: Record & Source of All Event & Phenomena

The ability granted to Shinji by the unknown god in the void. Allowing Shinji to reach Omnipotent and Omniscient in a certain sense.

Restriction: Only allowed Shinji to browse and take the information. Note: Restriction can be lifted by doing &*()$ _#

Heaven Feel: The Materialization of Soul - The Manipulation of Soul

The Third True Magic gained directly from the root, thanks to Shinji Connection to the Root, the Magic advanced from a mere Materialization into total Manipulation. Allowing Shinji to control, create, modify, resurrect, materialize any soul. Everything that happens to the soul using this skill will be reflected in the body/physical form.

Shinji Matou: Stupidity of Starter Villain

The canon Shinji influence, just like every starter villain, it influences the current Shinji to makes a stupid decision. Locking Shinji wisdom at the human level…and sometimes lower. Grant -90% Experience in learning everything…]

Seeing his own stats Shinji want to cry, especially after seeing his last skill, which grants him slow learning speed at anything

"Damn, Shinji influence was more dangerous than I thought"

[Q: My luck stat! What is the meaning depending on the Author mood?]

[A: Duh, you are an MC of shitty fanfic, if the author is in bad mood he will just send something like One Above All or a similar being to fight you for shit and giggle]

"..."

[Q: How can I improve my sculpting skill quickly?]

[A: You can't, I suggest for you just buy an Eastern Dragon statue, even if you spent eternity your sculpting skill will never improve]

"...are you kidding me?! I can just buy the statue?!" Shinji bang his head at the white void

[Q: How can I remove canon Shinji influence?]

[A: There are many ways but in this dimension, the fastest solution was to complete the Dragon Ball and wish to remove it]

[Q: How can I lift the restriction that limiting my authority in The Root?]

[A: You just need to ^*R%#$_)(* or wait until the author grant it. It was your plot armor after all]

Shinju eyebrow twitched

[Q: Is the location of Houtengenki provided by Hinako true?]

[A: Yes it is true until 100 years ago, but now it was in the hand of the Einzbern family…]

"Well it seems I can pay a visit to the Einzbern and accidentally destroy them"

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Returning to the reality Shinji first thought was 'why the heck my body is wet?'

Checking his body Shinji realizes, the wet feeling is not water…is his own blood. The place where the heart supposed to be is empty as if someone just pierces and takes his heart.

'Who!?'

And everything starts to turn black…only for Shinji eject his own soul and start to make a new body.

"Damn no matter what happens, is still weird to see my own corpse"

With that Shinji starts to strip his own corpse afterall his new body didn't come with new clothes

"But who is the one kill me when I am visiting The Root?"

Suddenly everything turns into red, the clothes in his hand fall to the ground, only to realize his new body explode…truly the explosion is a form of art

Enraged, Shinji starts to track his assailant in his soul form, only to find…Hinako?

'Wait, there is something possessing Hinako…'

Shinji feels a cold sweat on his back, seeing the possessed Hinako that seems to hold boundless power.

'…there only one being can possess and control Elemental in this world!'

'The Counter Force! Or precisely Gaia!'