Chapter 15 - Ceremony [Rewrite]

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As Ryo thought so, the Carrier had already landed. making Arato instruct them to form a line with each other's Parasite Partners, making them form a pair of lines in front of him.

Most of them were feeling a bit of excitement brewing inside them. After all, it was going to be an important day for them. 

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Ryo, who was standing in the frontal-most of the line had adored a specially tailored suit of his. He was wearing a pure white suit which consisted of a white shirt with purple edgings and black buttons. There was also a light purple neckpiece over his body. And overall, he looked absolutely stunning. 

On the other hand, Zero Two who was standing by him holding his hands was wearing a red tailored suit specially made for her.

Although because of her special request, there were no major changes but, she adored almost the same clothing that she was wearing on normal outdoor occasions. The only thing extra was that she had attached a white shirt to her upper clothing which was the same as his shirt, complete white with purple edgings and black buttons. 

While the others of the Special Forces Unit adored the Special Parasite uniform emblazoned with a combination of White, gray, and gold. They looked 'special' with how they were wearing special clothes and gave off the aura of Mystery and Power.

As both Arato and Kiara continued the warning and instructions on how they should behave in front of the crowd, a notification to their comm made Arato turn to them, and with a serious face, he said, "Prepare yourself. We will be going for the ceremony."

With that, he moved to the side, revealing a door closed with reinforced with metallic armor.

Knowing what would be happening that day, all of the team 10-s walked forward, and as they were a meter away from the door, the door started to open after sensing the Identity Scanner of all the 10-s members.

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-- [ Plantation 09: Siren ] --

*Swish* 

As soon as the door opened, their eyes were blinded by the bright light for a short instant, but as soon as their eyes adjusted to the sight, they felt amazed at the sight presented to them.

In front of them was a huge wall covered with white and red metallic structures. It looked so huge that it towered over them.

The most special thing was that the place they landed was actually a super long carpet, making even Ryo amazed at how long and big it was.

"Hey! Special Unit 10's! This will be the last time we will be seeing each other."

Looking back, all the members watched as the Carrier Airplane slowly started to levitate while both Arato and Kiara were standing in the doorway, which was still open. 

"Do your best! You have a bright future ahead of you guys! I hope that I don't have to see and attend your funerals."

With a cheeky smile, Arato gave them thumbs up as he held the support and watched them, while Kiara looked at them and after staring at them for a short time, nodded at them with a soft smile as the Carrier Plane started to take off.

'Well, they were quite great trainers.'

Looking at the Airplane taking off to their previous location, the 'Garden', Ryo looked at them leaving them.

Although Ryo would not say that he was attached to them, he did indeed feel a bit sad as they left. He knew that they would leave after their mission was over, so Ryo had been keeping his feelings in check, but the same cannot be said for... Zero Two?

Looking at Zero Two holding his hands without any negative feelings, instead having the usual jolly feelings she has whenever she's by his side, Ryo's worries were washed away. But he instantly understood why she was like that.

The experiments and training just made her hate for Humans grow at an astonishing rate, but she still discarded most of them, as she knew that it was useless to live a life of hatred as it would not bring anything good to her.

As for the other 10's members? They were raised with an emotionless mentality, so for them, having any emotion is like having a weakness, but for the sake of not having any problem, they gave off a goody-guys look to not make anyone feel negative toward them.

*Shiver*

As Ryo gave them a glance, Code Delta, the girl with short green hair and eyes shivered in fear and hid herself using the body of her partner, Code Epsilon, the guy with an everlasting smile. As she hid, Epsilon looked at her and then looked at Ryo in a confused manner as his smile flattened a bit.

As they both stared at each other for an instant, Code Alpha who noticed it, interrupted, "Don't make any scene here, Epsilon and Omega (Ryo). Papa and the Adults will be watching us. We don't want them to see us in a state of conflict, now do we? "

"Heh."

Scoffing at them, Ryo looked away from Epsilon. As they were included in the Special Unit, they were given special code names as a member of the Special Unit. Thus Zero Two was named 'Code Iota' while Ryo or Zero Three was given the name 'Code Omega'.

"Weaklings. Can't even look at me in the eyes."

Saying that Ryo corrected his suit and looked at the place they were designated to stand and walked up to it while Zero Two followed behind him, completely ignoring the other members of 10's as she understood what was acting.

Looking at their backs, Code Alpha turned his sight to Delta who was finally out of her partner's side, he narrowed his eyes and ordered, "Code Delta, meet me after the Ceremony is over over the practice ground. It is my duty as the captain to maintain the actions of my team members."

Code Alpha smiled as he prompted her, sending a shiver down Code Delta's spine. As Code Alpha was chosen as the leader after their training was completed by the order of the Seven Sages, Code Alpha started to become more and more indifferent to keep the members of the 10's in control.

But the same cannot be said for Code Zero Two and Code Zero Three, who just look at him with disdain and completely ignore them. Making him feel an unnatural anger and grudge against them, which although he didn't show on his face, Ryo was easily able to see through it.

Hearing the order, Code Delta nodded with a bit of hesitation and corrected her body language. It was humiliating for her, but since Ryo had looked at her with the intent to kill, she felt her eyes blank out for a second as her breathing stopped for an instant, making her feel an unnatural feeling of death.

It was as if Code Zero Three was looking at her as if she was his prey... no an ant in front of him, which he could crush in an instant. So Code Alpha's looks and actions look nothing in comparison to.

Even after several months, it was still livid to her, making her feel like her mind went blank for a second whenever Ryo looked at her.

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After the short confrontation, the whole 10's Special Team positioned themself in the place they were instructed to stand. As they stood, they all took out a small ring-like strap and used it to tie their pinky fingers with their partners.

"Attention! The ceremony will now take place."

With a serious face, Code Alpha warned all the other members to prepare themselves for the event that was about to happen.

*Swish*

As they stood there, the large frontal metallic section of the Plantation started to open up, revealing a grand scene. In front of them was a huge stadium-like setting where a lot of high-ranking 'Adults' were sitting on a circular platform of the inner section of the stadium.

In the middle of the stadium, there was a small stage erected for someone 'special' to give a 'Motivational' speech to them. The whole stadium was heavily guarded with a lot of soldiers who were specially trained for the purpose of taking care of any nuisance there might be.

On the other hand, each of these 'Adults' were using their respective small hand telescopes to observe them with an interested face.

Although most of them had the same expressionless face, Ryo's eyesight was super enhanced and he was easily able to see each of their faces even when they were sitting at a very faraway place.

As he observed through the crowd of the 'Adults', his eyes finally found the person he was acquainted with. It was none other than Werner Franxx, who was standing by a pair of adults pair of people, one was an adult man in his early twenties while the other was an adult woman who was also in her early twenties.

As he looked at them, Franxx was also looking at him, using his binoculars programmed in his glasses, and nodded at him when their eyes met.

The reason why Ryo was looking out for Franxx was that their experiments were in the final stages and it was just a matter of days before Ryo might be able to achieve his goal, the goal to be able to improve his Bloodline.

The only thing that made Ryo a bit uncomfortable was that even after all the upgrades, although he was able to reach great success in the experiment, his speed was feeling a bit slow for him.

From his memories, Ryo felt a bit uncomfortable as even after all the increase in talent, he was nowhere near the talent of superheroes of various different franchises like Reed Richards, Doctor Doom, or Mister Sinister who literally have unattainable feats. 

Although he could easily create Iron Man suits in the middle Marks Models, he was not that great in the Physics and Biology sectors.

Furthermore, he was busy the whole time, giving him very little time to make a special model for the Iron Man suit himself, but he has almost absorbed all the new knowledge available to him. 

He will soon have the time he wants to create and develop some of the 'Special Items' that will be very helpful to him in future worlds before the main plot starts and keep them in his inventory.

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"My Children! You are the chosen ones! You are given the responsibility to protect, defend, and help the Humanity!"

As time went by, after a short instance, a Holograph of the head of the Seven Sages, the Chairman of the APE council slowly formed on the special stage. As soon as his hologram appeared, a lot of 'Adults' gasped in amazement.

"I hope that you prove your worth as a blazing sun and help the Humans have a bright future while shedding every bit of your blood."

"I pray for you to become a blazing bright future filled with hope for Humanity!"

As the Chairman appeared, he started to give his speech, and as his speech came to an end, the whole crowd started to cheer in amazement.

'An easy way to motivate mass and brainwash them.', Ryo thought as he saw the effect of the speech. After living hidden in a safe place underground, the people had become a lot number and had started to lose their emotions.

So when the Chairman gave a super effective grand speech that could make one feel their blood pump inside their body, the masses started to feel an unintentional responsibility over them, making them brainwashed.

'A pitiful sight... Well, it's not like I feel any pity for them anyway...'

Looking at the numb crowd cheering unintentionally, Ryo reminisced how normal humans were in his previous life. The gifted ones were treated specially while the normal mobs were trapped in a constant loop of living a repetitive life. Making them look like a mindless zombie horde going to do their work to survive.

It was truly an ugly and pitiful sight, Ryo concluded when watching the ceremony coming to an end. 

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As the ceremony came to an end, the holographic image of the Chairman slowly disintegrated while the 'Adults' continued to cheer for a short while. As the cheering died down, the platform slowly started to return to its original position.

Looking at the Plantation surface, the 10's stood there motionlessly, except Zero Two and Ryo, who stood more relaxed after the ceremony.

Although they were relaxed during the ceremony, they still did their best to act disciplined as it would be a bad hit on his reputation for both Zero Two and Ryo.

If they leave a bad impression on these 'Adults', they might think of them as a nuisance and will try to observe their movements and will even spread rumors about them. Although it might not affect them much, this will make others, especially the main characters who Ryo will need to believe in him.

'Not that I need them to believe me... I just don't want to give the 'World Will' any reason to strike me somehow.', He has various plans to make them dispose of the 'Main Characters'. It was just his current main priority was building the serum.

With that, he will be focusing on the main characters and finding a good way to make his UP skyrocket. 'Maybe I can let some of them get raped by the 'Adults'? Nah, they don't have the organ to do that... How about I do it myself?'

'Well... My heart aches when I think about it... Damn, I shouldn't have taken that love potion. Well, I will look at the situation and decide. I will decide if I have enough time to waste on these 'Main Characters'...'

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As they waited for a few minutes in their position, two people, a man, and a woman approached them. Ryo recognized that they were the same pair of humans who were standing by Franxx during the ceremony.

If Ryo was correct, they were none other than the supervisor of Plantation 09: Siren, who looked after the daily life and activities of the Parasites who were staying in the bird cage and protecting the Plantation, the Squad 09 of the Plantation.

"It is a pleasure and honor to meet you, Special Team 10's. My name is Fujimori Toru. I and my partner will be temporarily taking care of your living for a short time till your stay in Plantation Nine, Siren. By my side is my companion-..."

"Hello! I am Minami Ayumi! You can call me Ayumi if you wish to!"

Cutting off Toru introducing themselves to the 10's, Ayumi cheerfully said out her introduction, making Toru sign to her actions.

Unlike Arato and Kiara who are veterans and professionals, to Ryo. the people in front of him looked like clowns in his eyes, not that he minded. But he felt that Ayumi's personality was much more than what eyes could meet.

'Toru looks like a gloomy introverted guy who is like a loyal dog to the higher-ups while Ayumi looks cheerful and rebellious in nature, but it cannot be pinned right now as I am feeling a bit off about her personality, it feels a bit forced, but, I do not have much of an interaction with them. People have hidden personalities, the side which they hide from the world.'

Toru had an emotionless smile, it looked forced while Ayumi's expressions looked unnatural and some of her actions looked suspicious as she looked at both him and Zero Two, with a bit of deeper tracing, Ryo realized that she had been staring at their horns.

'I have some good acting skills myself... Well with an S-class talent, it's almost humanly impossible to hide their true emotions from me...'

Observing the behaviors of his new temporary caretakers, Ryo assumed their personality. He has his fair share of encounters with psychopaths, but it was of no importance for Ryo to try to know them personally.

'Looking into her and trying to use her right now is more disadvantageous to me...'

He will soon be reaching the end of his research and will be soon leaving the world, so doing something this pointless like uncovering some rando's hidden personality. Just a few days and his main project will be bearing fruit, so there was no point in wasting time on these random mobs.

Although seemingly ignoring her, Ryo started to play and stroke Zero Two's hands which were intervened with his own hands, making Zero Two smile and counter Ryo's hands tickling her hands. But during this, Ryo kept his ears out for any potential unique information.

If there is anything important to one, it will be either money, power, or information.

Information is one of the three fundamental sources of domination. Furthermore, having more information on what out there is, for Ryo was important as it will be helping him gain UP if it is related to the plot.

On the other hand, Alpha looking at Omega(Ryo)'s and Iota(Zero Two)'s actions decided to ignore them as to him, they looked like barbaric clowns, doing whatever they wanted without any sort of thoughts about the consequences.

"As you know, due to a decrease in Magma energy, we will do a small Magma transfer from the Fuel Tank which will be arriving via space station, but this will also lead to Klaxosaurs out there, which will be attracted to the energy source to come attack the Plantation."

"As usually, the energy transfer is usually in moderate amount, the Gutenberg class has been the highest we have ever seen. "

"Although this has led to a lot of causalities of Parasites, with the involvement of the '10's'-Special Unit, it will be an easy task in defending the base. Furthermore, this will be used as the training as this will be the first time you will be officially going to fight Klaxosaurs in real life." 

With the normal introduction done, Toru informed them about the plans that the Seven Sages had for 'The Tens' Special Forces Unit.

Since the Special Forces is a grand trump card that the Seven Sages had for their fight against the Klaxosaurs, they had been taking extra protection measures for them.

As all the members especially the Omega and Iota had super-human abilities compared to even the veteran human parasites, the death of anyone from the Tens Special Unit could lead to serious harm to the team's firepower.

This made them send the tens of Special Forces Units to Plantation 03, the Siren, to get a hold of the real fights and adapt to the real fights.

Furthermore, since the Siren has been having a lot of causalities in their Parasites during the Magma Transfer that they do every five or so years, they decided that sending the Tens would kill two birds with a single stone.

The Plantation 09, the Siren will be able to stabilize itself while the Tens will get the experience they needed for their next battle which will be the deciding factor for the fight between Humans and the Klaxosaurs, the Battlefield of Gran Crevasse.

'If it is as I have planned, and if the variable called 'Minami Ayumi' will do what I have expected and anticipated to do, I will be able to earn a large influx of UP while reaching the peak of this world... Hehe.'

Thinking about it, Ryo controlled himself from grinning out loud as he chuckled, making others look at him strangely, of course except Zero Two who knew his attics and knew that he had some plans in his mind or he would be doing something weird stuff again.

'Well, I don't need to keep acting every time. As long as I don't mess up and let some information slip, I will be fine.'

Knowing that others were looking at him strangely while Zero Two looked at him with a gaze of inquiry, Ryo returned to his expressionless face again as he thought, 'Phew. I can understand how the Villains feel when they have grand plans and everything is going according to their plans.'

'Although I had experienced this feeling long ago, I can't just stop myself from feeling that... Manipulating people makes me feel so good~'

"Please follow me, I will lead you to your dorm where you will be resting. The Transferring Drop takes place tomorrow. Till then, you can understand the terrain more to plan for the battle that is about to take place."

Saying that Toru invited the Tens toward their dorm while Ayumi tip-toed with them in an excited way.

{ Note: I did not use the Plantation Kissing term as the Magma Energy Transfer that was happening is different. Since this is not a large-scale transfer, they will be using an Aerial Magma Tank to transfer the fuel, this will not attract large Klaxosaurs as the fuel is less than Plantation Transfer. }

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"Hmm."

Ryo observed the room they were assigned to. Each of the parasites was given a personal room, but because of his and Zero Two's conditions, they were assigned to a twin bed sharing room.

The room looked mixture of traditional Japanese Bed but with futuristic gadgets and looks. the walls of the room were curved, without any corners while a lamp hung at the center of the ceiling.

In the center of the wall by their beds in the room was a 'Real' window from which they could look out to watch the outside, although there was nothing much out there to see.

"Huep!"

With a yelp of excitement, Zero Two climbed over the bed and after a bit of testing of its durability, she started to jump in excitement, "Darling~ Let's jump on the bed! It's much more bouncy compared to our bed!"

Looking at her calling him out loud, Ryo looked deadpan at her, and with a sign, he signed and decided to join her with a helpless smile. He knew what her plans were and he didn't deny that it was childish. Although it looks childish, these childish acts are one of the things that can make him feel relaxed and happy.

The positive energy and activeness of Zero Two makes him feel himself becoming more... happier. 'How many years since I have become such carefree?'

Although Ryo knew that there were a lot of things out there for him to do in the future, he knew that it would be counter-measuring if he didn't enjoy the joyous moments of his life when he could. What if this was the final moments of his happy life?

*Thump* *Thump* *Thump*

"Huff" "Hmuff!"

Jumping on the bed with happiness, Ryo felt refreshed as a small chuckle left his mouth as both he and Zero Two held each other's hands and jumped over the bed as the poor bed creaked under their pressure.

*Bam*

Then as Ryo had expected, the bed finally wasn't able to hold much of their merciless attacks and broke, making both him and Zero Two fall over the mattress safely. Then they looked at each other as Zero Two laughed out loud and Ryo chuckled a bit.

Zero Two wanted to destroy the bed as it would be not of any use to them as they usually sleep in the same bed. So for fun, she decided to destroy it, as it was funny.

{RIP Bed-chan. We will be remembering your sacrifice. Comment F for paying respect.}

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'I am feeling bored... Since I cannot go to Franxx right now as Alpha and others will be observing me, why not utilize this time for something better.'

After a short time of resting, Ryo thought for a while as he looked toward Zero Two, who was lying by him on his bed hugging him while staring at his face peacefully thinking about something that he couldn't comprehend. 

Although he knew that she was thinking about something, he didn't know what it was. When he tried to ask what she was thinking, she just hummed and smiled a bit in mystery, making him feel confused, although... he was able to smell a constant smell of her being in 'heat' whenever he was around her.

'Does she want...? Although we have done everything to satisfy each other, we are yet to cross the line... if I did it right now, I... won't be able to control myself and make her pregnant.'

Ryo worriedly though.

'But why is my heart feeling anxious of... disgusted by these thoughts? I took the love potion... I should be feeling the opposite...'

He does have to say that Zero Two was the most beautiful person he had ever met and one of the most caring and important people to him.

Even though he cared for only 2 people in all his lives...

So he knew that if they both tried to have sex, they wouldn't be able to stop during the releasing part and this could cause Zero Two to get pregnant, which he wanted to avoid the most.

'It's just one part of my mind feel repulsed... But why? Was it because of my previous 'Love'? Is that really the case...? Was that really the love I felt... I don't know...'

Signing, Ryo thought for a while and asked, "Darling, let's go explore the place. This is the first time we are outside that place."

"Really? Yes! Let's go! I want to see the Sea and Ocean that was always mentioned in the books."

"I want to see why it was mentioned as the most beautiful sight the main characters had ever seen in their life!", In an instant, Zero Two straightened herself and looked at Ryo in excitement.

With a deep breath, Ryo made his body stand up and after a bit of stretching, he rubbed her head and replied, "Darling, there are no sea and ocean left in this world.", As soon as he saw her face turn a bit sad, so he quickly continued, "But we can find a pond out in the bird cage. Additionally, I will find a way to take you to see the sea and ocean." 

"Really!? Promise?"

With a bit of an unsure face, Zero Two looked expectedly at Ryo. Although she knew that what Ryo said might be false, she still believed in her darling. 

Knowing full well that Zero Two was skeptical about it, Ryo pinched her cheeks softly, and after stretching them a bit, he replied, "I promise. What are the sea and ocean? I will bring you a star if you want."

Thinking that Ryo was boasting too much, Zero Two slapped his hands away from her cheeks softly and with a pouting face, she hmup-ed, "We will see about that. Whether you will be able to fulfill your promise or not, time will tell."

With that, she escaped away from Ryo, who tried to squish her cheeks again.

*Blegh*

Showing her tongue, Zero Two taunted and escaped from the room while laughing, making Ryo smile in helplessness.

Although he knew that it might look cheeky for him to say something so cringeworthy, he was sure that after he was strong enough in the future, he would be presenting a sun to her. After all, although he never believed in promises, he will be keeping the ones that he wanted the most.

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