39 Chapter 39: Team JNPR (6)

Chapter 39: Team JNPR (6)

~Jack POV~

Whew~

Have to admit it's starting to feel like Hogwarts every first-year enjoying some dinner for a change like in the movies.

Hmm…

5 points to Hugglpuff was it called that?

Glancing at everyone I see that they are enjoying their time here to the best of their abilities although Weiss Schnee could start being more open about herself.

Still though looks like the talk with Prof. Ports seems to do wonders.

Talking with everyone here has been nothing but fun….

This makes me feel like shit because this was supposed to be Jaune spot but... I really do need a place to train and my needs surpass his.

Sigh… no use thinking of what if or whatnots in this case.

It happened and I replaced him with my presence here as it causes some drastic changes no matter how small or how big it is. Take Torchwick's hat for a prime example and another with how everything is different from what I know.

Feeling a tap on my shoulder I see Ruby concerned about me as she spoke enjoying the fun with the others, "Hey Jack you alright? Do you seem to be in deep thought? The sparing bothering you that much?"

Chuckling at her answer I simply replied reassuring her I'm fine as I spoke to her "No not at all bothered. It's just that everything here is new to me."

At this Ruby just smiles at me as I enjoy my time with everyone around me.

All of this is what makes living enjoyable.

Enjoy with friends and everyone that truly care… including Weiss.

What can I say she finally got attached to me… just less rude as usual?

Ruby laughs at this as Yang teases her teammates as I talk with everyone we pretty much enjoyed each other company to each other before the time comes at the end of the day…

Feeling a tap on my shoulder I looked at Ren as he looked at me confused as he spoke to me, "Didn't you want to keep your semblance hidden? Now everyone knows that you have a copy-type semblance what happened to that?"

Shyly looking away while whistling I kind of honestly forgot about it in the heat of battle testing myself.

Hindsight is 20/20 on that one when in a fight or heat of the moment.

I'm just human after all I'm prone to make mistakes no one is perfect.

Returning to eye level with Ren I began to reply to his question as I responded a bit ashamed of myself for the results, "Right… I might have forgotten it in the heat of the spar. Also, I think I might be a hypocrite about it. In the end, I guess I finally lost to care if people knew or not about my Semblance. Guess I worry you guys in the morning for nothing huh?"

Nora stifles a laugh at me as she eats slapping my back as if she gets my understanding, "Ha! Sheesh! No worries leader that happens to the best of us. In a fight or sparring, you just can't exactly stay at the same level of fighting holding back but needing to go out!"

Next came Pyrrha as she nods at this in understanding with Nora as she also smiled in my direction, "True. While you may have wanted to keep it a secret, I think this outcome would be better for you in the end. At least this way you can train the other semblances you have copied in the open."

A small smile escaped my lips as I can see the pros in this as I shouldn't let myself hide my skills be a waste.

And now that I do think about it hiding it like those OP protagonists wouldn't have worked with me and how long would I exactly need to hone those skills before being found out?

Yeah…

Maybe trying to hide it wasn't the best of ideas to do.

When the day is near its end however I glanced at Pyrrha with a confident smirk on my face as I toasted to her, "Say Pyrrha I want to ask how it feels to have good friends to rely on in the future?"

Pyrrha looked confused but saw the gestures before smiling and toasting to each other as she reassured me that we will be friends, "Of course Jack. Everyone on our team is my friend already. I can't help but be glad to meet you on Nights. Cheers for Team JNPR?"

Couldn't help but try to raise my team's spirits I raised my glass motioning Pyrrha, Ren, and Nora to follow, "Cheers Pyrrha. Ain't that right Nora and Ren?"

Nora replied in her usual upbeat manner, "Cheers leader!"

Ren being the calm ninja that he is raised his glass, "Sure."

Like that we toasted as I can truly feel that we are friends with one another.

[Ding!]

[-You have met the conditions-]

[-Which skill would you like to copy from Pyrrha Nikos-

-Blunt Weapon Mastery Lv.1

-Shield Mastery Lv.1

-Polarity Lv.1

…]

Give me the skill <Polarity>, please.

[Ding!]

[You have successfully copied the skill <Polarity>!]

[<Fusion> LEVEL UP!]

Skill list.

<Polarity>.

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<Polarity> (Active) Lv.1/100 Exp: 0/100%

AP Cost: 10 AP/Sec.

Description: Polarity, which allows the user to command the force of magnetism. The user could manipulate scores of metallic objects simultaneously and accelerate them to high velocities as well as bend and destroy them. Essentially this is the power to manipulate magnetism and magnetic fields but at a lower scale.

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Nice!

This will certainly come in handy in the future and adding it with some training.

Becoming Magneto from Marvel is no longer a fleeting dream and that guy is very creative as hell.

But in all becoming Master of Magnetism aside I wonder how to people deal with the economic population of the people here.

I mean with literal killer monsters around and how the Kingdoms deal with their inner walls and villages on the outside I can't but get curious about it.

How do they respond to this kind of situation though?

Although I was curious about one more thing as I figured to ask Pyrrha about this as I tilted my head, "Say Pyrrha this is an odd question but are there more people beyond the Kingdom gates and how do they manage them? I mean there is more Grimm than people so how do the Council keep the population exactly?"

Pyrrha shrugs at this but then came some odd expressions from Ruby, Yang, Blake, Nora, and Weiss giving me an odd look.

Blinking in confusion at this was when Ren was one to explain with a sigh as he explained to me, "Sigh… guess you really lost your memories if you don't know the basics, my friend. This is something they teach in Combat Academies or on the street. So, I'll explain it in a summary as best as I could."

Why do I get the feeling I'm being the child here?

Well, regardless Ren began to explain the economic state of the people to me as I was flabbergasted by what I heard.

What?

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It was already nighttime when we returned to our Dorms as I asked a few things from Remnant related questions about the economy with my fellow friends and I have to say I was surprised to hear the news.

Well…

For someone like me, that is.

Later in the night as everyone is now asleep, I was given some fresh course on this world of polygamy being a thing here and it's taught in the early Combat Academies but not a rule they all follow but a choice.

And there is an actual reason for why and that's because of the lack of population in Remnant.

So yeah, being in a post-apocalyptic world seriously does affect the economy of how many people are alive in this world.

And because of this, it is implied it's ok to procreate at times with more branching family groups to keep humanity alive and more people to fight Grimm.

Since with the constant rise of Grimm attacks in villages or the rise of death rates of these attacks, it's sort of enforced as a GOOD thing to procreate or have multiple girls to have around but not everyone has to agree with it.

Hell, it's even taught in Schools which left me baffled, and with Ruby also saying how her dad used to have two lovers which… makes sense considering he fucked Raven and Summer so that checks out.

Anyone could have a harem it's just the thing though there are lots of personal issues about it for each individual, especially for Hereditary Semblance that are extremely useful like the Schnee's <Glyphs> for example as they are sought after but can't force them to like them.

Hell, even Yang or Ren speculated I might be a rare case as well because of my display of having multiple semblances I have at hand that it might be possible for me but I would rather look after my own issues before finding any love life thank you very much.

But I also learned that while the Council of the Kingdoms does take care of their inner walls of citizens, they don't enforce villages that live outside the walls of the Kingdom but do send Huntsman to protect the more important villages.

Like ones that provide food, clean water, Dust Mines, etc.

However, they also look for people with unique semblances that could produce spectacular results for humanity as a whole like the OP ones to make a few out that Ren provided Space, Time, Gravity, Future Sight, Precognition, and Replication that's just naming a few.

Especially having a space-related one like <Deep Pockets> for one since those kinds are extremely rare in Remnant.

Hmm…

I wonder if I fuse <Telekinesis> with <Deep Pockets> will I get Spacial Manipulation somehow?

<Fusion>.

[-Choose the following Skills to Fuse into a new one-]

Ok then… guess I can figure this out.

[-Telekinesis-]

[-Deep Pockets-]

[-If the following <Telekinesis> and <Deep Pockets> fused might result in: <Spatiokinesis>-]

[-Notice if fuse you lose the materials used to fusion-]

…

Fuck if I use them, I can get Spatiokinesis which is something related to Space Manipulation frankly though I would lose my inventory and I have plenty of stuff inside.

But another issue with this while extremely powerful I would have no means to actually use it per se since every skill I have was something I can work on and having a base on something that could be used as a reference.

Sadly though Space isn't one of them for a few things like how do I train it or even use it?

Sigh…

Shaking my head at this turning it off my skill I don't have any reference of how people use space attacks in anime or manga, but the issue is how exactly do I train using it from scratch, and would it use a lot of energy to do so?

But would this bring too much attention for me if I did fuse?

…

I'll think about it for another time when I need those skills.

Returning to a different matter about the economy, however…

The main one is because having more people in the world to fight Grimm is necessary but fortunately or not depending on who's looking at this one is about having a harem is that it's uncommon to happen because of the kingdom's ideology.

To think having a Harem would actually help out the world huh?

Go figure.

Vale is ok with it but just uncommon, Atlas not so much because of Faunus segregation laws, Mantle is not sure about it but they are okay with from what I read so long as he Huntsman provides, Mistral is iffy about those with humans and Faunus but in same race ok, and Vacuo though really ok so long as your strong kind of deal.

No idea what Menagerie is like with that.

I thought this was supposed to be a kid –

Wait a second…

Yeah, I might want to stop thinking like that because clearly that doesn't how the world works.

There are even some families that do incest kinds to keep the family blood flowing… I feel very disgusted about such a thing actually.

I really hope that's not going to be a thing to deal with in the future, but there are some reports about it in other families in the past as I checked it out to see if it was real or not…

I regret it. Why did I check it up to be a thing? Oh god, I'm going to hurl…

But shaking those thoughts away turning off my Scroll I have better things to do than seek out a love life right?

And that's to get stronger and live for now though I do question the procreation or sex of RWBY is VERY questionable at best.

Then again though while it's possible doesn't mean it hasn't worked.

Better to leave it that way and focus on my way of life first.

Huff…

Why does it feel like I'm getting more tired…?

Strange?

Maybe I should've taken this with the nurse after all.

But I shouldn't be this tired after everything today…

'It'll never happen faker.'

Huh?

Turning around I soon see… myself transparent in front of me as I was bewildered at it as it began to speak to me mentally, I think, 'The truth is you've got no right to be here. What the hell was I thinking stealing friends from the MC? Greedy much? You know as better as I do you don't belong here, and you know it.'

What?

*Squish*

Before I could do anything, I see some kind of thorns surrounding me as I suddenly felt more…

Sleepy?

Actually… I'm feeling more…

Sle…e…p….y…

Zzz….

Before blacking out I managed to hear one more thing from that… thing in front of me…

'Don't you agree?'

[Ding!]

[Notice of Grimm Nightmare in Host!]

[Grimm Nightmare infection spreading the soul….]

[Negative Jack Nights has been created – Error!]

[Grimm Nightmare influences dreams – Error!]

[Grimm Nightmare took root of Aura – Error!]

[Error!]

[Adjusting…. Loading….]

[Notice host mind being heavily influenced by Grimm Nightmare…]