Chapter :-124 “Someone Similar to Me…?” (Part-1)

Chapter:-124 "Someone Similar to Me…?" (Part-1)

(At Kudou Mansion)

"Elder Retsu…." The guards standing outside his study bowed a little to show respect to the Old-man standing in front of them. Retsu was an elderly man, whose age was nearing 90 years old.

Once hailed as the pinnacle and the craftiest of magicians, Kudou Retsu rose to prominence during the early days of the Ten Master Clans as a soldier within the National Defense Force.

He was a veteran magician of hundred battles and had participated in the military engagements occurring within the East China Seas against the magicians of the Guangdong Army.

After retiring from the military, Elder Kudou had since chaired the committee for the Ten Master Clans and currently remains a magic adviser to the Ministry of National Defense.

"Did someone enter my study…?" Despite his old age, his sharp, hawk-eye like gazes and booming, clear voice contrasts his aged appearance. He asked the guards if someone had entered his study.

"Yes sir, Clan Head Makoto-sama entered the study a few hours ago…." The guards replied to the elderly man who just replied with a nod before entering the study.

He twisted open the doorknob and entered the room, closing the door behind him he moved towards the book-self around the fire-place. He pulled out a book and waited for a few seconds, soon enough a red beam scanned the whole study, to match Retsu's biometric records and also search for anyone spy or spying device.

*Beep*

"Welcome Elder Retsu..." A soothing voice entered Retsu's ears as the biometric scan confirmed his identity. The fire-place split opens into two, revealing a narrow passage illuminated using blue side-lights.

Retsu entered the passage as the fire-place once again returned to its original state and he disappeared from the room.

Approximately 300 feet below the ground, under Kudou mansion, was an underground facility created by Kudou Makoto, Retsu's son who was also in charge of the [Ninth Institute].

Makoto was an old man near his 60s, just like Retsu he had inherited a strong skill in magic and had the same dark eyes as Retsu.

Makoto in his youth aspired to become one of the strongest magicians within the [10-Masters Clan], unfortunately, Genzou's daughters who were born with very powerful abilities overshadowed his achievements.

Angered by the fact that he didn't possess the same strong magic like the Yotsuba's, he vowed to create a magician so powerful that even his father, who was considered to the pinnacle of Modern Magic would be dwarfed by him.

Makoto went too far in the pursuit of power while Retsu couldn't stop him from doing as he pleased.

Thus, as a result, Makoto planned on creating an Augmented Magician created from the genetic material of his sibling due to his warped idea that he had to produce an heir far stronger than anyone.

Minoru was the son that Kudou Makoto created using technology, an augmented newborn child who was still going through body and magic modifications within the underground facility of the Kudou Family.

Officially, Minoru was being created using an egg from Makoto's wife, his youngest sister who had married into the Fujibayashi Clan; inseminated with Makoto's sperm.

"I must not allow Makoto to create any more newborns; Minoru is already suffering inside that chamber. His body is already unstable from all that magic power that is being stuffed into his body, any more and he may collapse…." Retsu knew that the mandate placed on Magicians by him and other leaders to create humanoid weapons out of magicians would surely create a rift between Magicians and the rest of humanity.

Yet he was powerless to influence the world as a whole on his own, even though Henrik and the other Greats clan were already doing multiple things to avoid such circumstances from ever taking place.

He kept walking towards the end of the passage where inside, a container filled with green fluids was placed in between the facility, a few of Kudou researchers and developer were watching the vitals of the little newborn floating inside the fluid chamber.

Makoto stood near the monitor as he gazed at his augmented newborn which a power hunger and chaotic gaze.

ᒥ....You will become the strongest magician Kudou family would ever produce….especially after using 'that' as your core....ᒧ

Makoto knew that even with the technological aid, Minoru wouldn't surpass the most elite Magicians, the elites on the same level as the main family of the 4-Great Clans.

He wanted his son to achieve the same level of psion count as the family that created Modern Magic, a true Mikaelson level off-spring. But the psion stored within a Mikaelson was impossible to be stored inside a magician with a human body acting as a container. Thus, Makoto used the family-heirloom, a "bleeding" crystal as the core for Minoru's magic capacity.

Unfortunately, it seemed as luck wasn't on Makoto's side.

*Alarm*

Suddenly all kinds of alarms went off within the underground facility of the Kudou Family. The whole facility was suddenly illuminated with red-lights, the fluid container displayed movement and the newborn inside the container started to turn.

"What is happening…!?" Makoto was angry and anxious at the same time as he also one of the researchers about the current situation.

"The newborn already had an incredibly weak constitution which is the byproduct of gene manipulation. His body suddenly started producing different energy along with psion and pushion. This energy is much more destructive and powerful when compared to psion but that extreme power is also damaging his already weak body."

"In the usual scenario, Minoru's psion should have suppressed the strange energy but the strange energy is much more powerful than Psion thus, is breaking his body at a cellular level."

Hearing the researcher words, Makoto clenched his fists and asked in a restrained tone. His body trembled from anger and chaos and he tried to control himself.

"Is there a way to save him or stop the damage….?"

"Negative, we can't counter the strange enemy and healing damage at the cellular level is not possible. Minoru wouldn't survive for long….that energy would break him."

*Bam*

Makoto smashed his fist into the table while grinding together his teeth. Retsu looked toward Minoru with a sad expression and was about to comfort his son and maybe change his ideals but a researcher suddenly stopped him.

"Excuse me, sir….?"

"Hmmm….yes?"

"Henrik Mikaelson of the Mikaelson family has come to pay you a visit and request an audience with you…." Hearing the name shocked him as he thought to himself.

"I have a feeling that something is about to happen…."