17 Chapter 16: Meeting and Training Gon

Tatsuya was contemplating on what to do after he saw Gon.

Should he approach him or should he not.

Approaching Gon means he's about to be part of the plot development since he interact with the protagonist of this story. This could be beneficial to him since he will proceed and finish the exam faster and if he help a little it will be much faster.

Not approaching him is weighing in his mind since he didn't want to create a butterfly effect and change the plot since that was his advantage.

[Master doesn't need to worry about changing the plot since once master is done with the mission, all memories about you will be erased and the kaleidoscope will communicate with this world's lesser god and will rearrange the timeline so that everything will go as the story is]

Sarah reassured Tatsuya about the mission and his worries decreased.

"That's right, I didn't have the chance to ask earlier but how come the kaleidoscope is helping me?"

[Ah! That's because in the past I was the kaleidoscope but then I was demoted as the supervisor of the kaleidoscope and recently I was turned into a system which is the state I'm in right now. That's why I am able to communicate and use the authority of the kaleidoscope]

Sarah stated so casually and calmly like there isn't any problem about that.

Tatsuya was stunned when he heard that his system is actually a very awesome system that was once the most powerful object in the known Omniverse. But at the same time his mind worked like miracles and made theories and calculations about Sarah and concluded that since Sarah has been the kaleidoscope long ago, her powers should be the minimum. His dreams were crushed but he will not give up. As for what his dreams are, Imma keep it a secret.

"..."

Tatsuya was silent for a minute and said, "So does that mean I can affect the plot as much as I want as long as it's nothing major like killing or incapacitating Gon or any other vital characters, right?"

[...Yes, that's basically the gist of it]

Sarah was silent at the definition of her host.

"Alright I know what to do."

He tried to move forward again but this time, he almost fell down and he felt his body getting heavier and heavier.

He knelt on one knee and his face is almost touching the ground, his back and forehead full of cold sweat.

'What is happening to me?!'

[Master's body is being restricted by the kaleidoscope in accordance to this world's lesser god's plea with the excuse of you being too powerful for the quest. Recommended actions: Turn off gravity field, unequip weights and wait for 20 minutes]

He hurriedly deactivated his abilities as well as took of his weights and felt liberated from all the heaviness assaulting him, but he still can't move because of the feedback.

Tatsuya continued to watch Gon wondering if he got transported when Gon was about to catch the Master of the Swamp, he waited for 20 minutes watching every of Gon's movement.

After 20 minutes his sore body is now back to normal and Gon was still sitting atop the tree.

Tatsuya activated his Kenbunshoku Haki and searched the waters for the Master of the Swamp but he felt something wrong, his Kenbunshoku Halo's range and proficiency was lower then before.

'So this is one of the restrictions, huh.'

He shook his head and continued to search the waters, even without much proficiency in Kenbunshoku Haki it is still usefull since it is not detectable unlike using En to detect enemies and attacks.

Tatsuya quickly found the Master of the Swamp and used his psychic ability to forcefully make it bite Gon's bait.

Gon looked surprised and shook of the leaves on his body to stand up and used his unbelievable strength(for a kid) to pull in his catch, he was smiling since this catch was stronger than any of his past catches and was excited wondering if this was the Master of the Swamp.

Tatsuya made himself invisible and silent by bending light away from him and using wind magic to erase his smell and sound. He walked towards Gon and realized he is struggling to pull out the Master of the Swamp and used his telekinesis on the string to pull it a little and Gon will do the rest.

A/N: Imma call the Master of the Swamp - MOTS.

Gon successfully pulled out the MOTS and carried it back to the village but he stopped when he saw someone standing besides him, he was startled at first because he didn't know the boy was beside him until he look at the boy but shrugged it off and introduced himself.

"Hello, who are you? How did you get here? Why are you here? Ah, my name is Gon Freecss, you can call me me Gon. I want to be a Hunter."

Tatsuya smiled at his way of introducing himself and introduced himself as well.

"My name is Shiba Tatsuya, how I got here is not important but what I came here for is the same as you, can I ask when the Hunter Exams will start?"

Tatsuya wants to know in which timeline he ended up into by asking Gon and if he said it begins next week then he was right at the beginning of the plot.

"Hmm? It starts next month and I was planning on staying here until I catch the MOTS but I catched it earlier than I expected, this was supposed to be my test to make Mito-san mark my inscription card for the hunter exam."

Gon said looking happy since now he can follow his father's footstep and be an amazing hunter.

"I see, so I came earlier than expected. Anyway, can I follow you? If you want I can also train you. I may look like a kid but I'm strong and I'm sure you are as well."

Tatsuya decided to befriend Gon and change some of the plot to his liking and also the benefit of being with a protagonist is quite good.

[Choice Function triggered]

[Master has chosen to befriend the protagonist:Gon]

[Rewards: Slight lift of the restrictions]

!!!

Tatsuya was surprised since this function is extremely useful and he also felt his body gaining a lot of energy.

A/N: Ofc it's a lot since he is overpowered in DxD and his powers were sealed only to be lifted slightly and that slightly is enough to overwhelm a high-class devil.

Gon also felt the change in Tatsuya and was wondering how he can be strong like him.

"Anyway, bring the MOTS first so you can get your stamp. I will wait for you."

Tatsuya's voice brought Gon back to his senses and hurriedly went to the village and Tatsuya just sighed and followed closely behind him.

He took a cloak and wore it on his body to hide his physique to avoid unwanted attention.

Gon reached the village and everything goes the same as the manga but this time Gon headed towards Tatsuya to ask him to train him.

Tatsuya spent an entire week making Gon do basic exercise of 100 push ups, 100 sit ups, 100 squats and 10 km run and told Gon that this practise once made the strongest Hunter(Hero) and as gullible as Gon is he believed it and trained non-stop. Whenever Gon finishes the routine, Tatsuya told him to meditate and try to feel his surroundings while Tatsuya is secretly leaking out bits of magic power and straining Gon's body.

On the second week, Tatsuya taught Gon some basic hand-to-hand combat to match his extraordinary strength and self-defense to handle criminals without injuring them since he knew that Gon is very kind.

On the third week Tatsuya and Gon sparred with each other with Tatsuya holding back as much as possible to not hurt Gon enough to challenge him. Gon asked Tatsuya to use his full strength but Tatsuya said no and walked towards a boulder 20 meters in diameter and punched it, the boulder turned to dust and Tatsuya said "That's why." and Gon never asked about it again because he was a little scared of Tatsuya's power.

On the fourth week they spend it all on meditation with Tatsuya now releasing more magic power just a tiny bit more than what Gon can handle.

They just repeated the meditation technique that Tatsuya invented to recover and increase stamina and to fortify the mind.

Tatsuya was not idle either and created his own background in this world with the help of Sarah and got his own "permission" to take the Hunter Exams.

Tatsuya also asked Sarah to collect various famous articles in this world related to ACGN (anime, comics, games, and novels) to read and he can also use it as source of income if he made it in DxD.

On the last day of the fourth week, the boat that is used by the Hunter Association for the first exam has arrived and their journey starts now.

A/N: I know that the Hunter Exams starts on like the beginning of the week but this is AU and fanfic.

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