#6: [天竜] Tenryuu

The news that day was king of off, the newscaster said that murders all around their area were caused by a group, a planned murder, or to be precise, a killing spree. This caught the attention of the higher-ups who noticed that humans can absorb mana. And made a secret company to investigate the matter. "Today, I will be unable to entertain your questions after class, and probably the day after today as well" Itsuo said. A classmen asked why but he said that it's be confidential matter. Shiro had suspicions about Itsuo not being able to work after classes and began to look into the murders on the news.

They discovered a species which fed on humans and transforms their limbs to fight, they called them "Ghouls" many of the investigators died in the matter but managed to drive them off.

A month later, Shiro was drafted into the newly built corps, A-DL [Anti-Demon Legion] as a soldier, where they fend off ghouls that disturb human peace. "So you can't go back after school huh?" Ryuu asked "Don't worry, we got shifts" he replied. The news spread throughout the entire school that Shiro was drafted and began praising him. The next general assembly, he was called to give a speech, he went to the podium and spoke "Don't push your luck, just because I was drafted, doesn't mean I'm qualified enough to enter. I am still about to partake on the qualifications examinations, so don't befriend someone like me about to go through the exams as if we already passed it" he said.

The exams were simple, first, hand-to-hand combat against the formulated technique devised by the A-DL, in which Shiro saw openings and won, the second, Mana manipulation where they have to spar with your instructor. Shiro held back quite a bit so that he won't be found out and passed. The last test was a written test, an essay "If a ghoul were to attack someone you know and someone you don't at the same time, who would you save?" it asked.

Shiro passed all of the tests and was placed under squadron three: vanguard squadron. "Congrats man" Ryuu congratulated Shiro "Now, I will have an inside sight on their operations, but still, I think I'm lacking something" Shiro explained "What is it about?" Himari asked "Well, I get a sense of familiarity whenever I get close to a certain facility of the HQ" Shiro explained. The next day, after class, Shiro didn't get as much attention as he wished that everyone will get false information about his results. He heads to HQ to the bar where he get the sense of familiarity "Oh my, aren't you too young to take a drink from here?" the bartender said "Shut up and pour me something non-alcoholic" he said. A few missions passed, he always comes back to the same bar, and to drink the same thing until "Kurokai Izanami" she spoke "What?" Shiro spoke in confusion "I believe I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Kurokai Izanami" she explains "Shiro, Akumu Shiro" he responds.

How did you know that I was under-age?" Shiro asked "When I took this job, I memorized each and every one who is under-age, so that I can keep them out, though you are a different case" Izanami responded.

Days go by and Shiro's concerns grew by day. The tournament was close, High-school students are slowly taught was mana is and how to manipulate mana, and how to release it as their own. Shiro on the other hand was exempted to these activities due to reasons unknown to the public…

"Itsuo-sensei, why call me here?" Shiro asked. Shiro was called to the branch head's office. "Welcome child" a man's voice was heard from the corner of the room "You should really stop doing that, Noro" Itsuo said.

Atsushi Noro, the Japan branch head for the AD-L.

"Sir, may I know why I am told to go here?" Shiro respectfully asked "Well, you see that case there?" Noro asked pointing his finger at the case placed on top of the table "That's yours, you will be able to use that until you decide to end your service, you won't be able to take it once you leave though" Noro explained. Shiro opened the case and found a gauntlet inside "This is a ghoul's arm?" he asked "Yes, but modified for human use, it's called a Legion" Noro spoke "That model is named "Yukimura" a mass-produced kind" Itsuo explained. "So can I modify this further, just to make it my own" Shiro requested "If you can, why not, but if you can't, then just don't" Noro gave his permission.

That night, Shiro went to the Alchemy lab at the Akumu manor in Hell "What is it this time son?" Hanzo spoke "I'm going to use the Alchemy room for a bit, I just had an idea" he replied "I just need two ghoul tails and a ghoul's whole right arm" he added "What are you planning to do with it?" Hanzo asked once more "Making a weapon, Humans thought that Ghoul's armaments can be used as weapons as long as they modify the parts. I thought if I fuse their mass produced weapon and modify it with Hell's alchemy, it will be proven more useful" Shiro explained "Here you go again with these absurd experiments" Hanzo said letting off a sigh in relief.

That night, Shiro finished forging his Yukimura into a new one, a half-invoker type Legion.

Half-invokers are weapons that are originally weapons infused with invoker abilities.

The next day, he went to the HQ to report of his experiment… "How's it go?" Itsuo asked "You will just have to see when we get there" Shiro replies. They go into the office and Noro greeted them "Take a seat gentlemen" he said "I will stand as the process requires me to stand up" Shiro replied "Very well"

Shiro asked Itsuo to hit him with his legion "Why should I?" he asked "It won't activate unless I'm in danger, thus you have to make the first move" he explains. Itsuo charges at Shiro, his eyeglasses dissolve into his arm releasing a black smoke. As the smoke dissipates, Shiro's arm was covered with a black gauntlet, an armor-like gauntlet with spikes. "This will be my Yukimura" Shiro said "This is excellent, how did you make the concept for this?" Noro asked "I first thought how it would be convenient for me to carry it around with me, and so, made it to look like my glasses" Shiro answered "The black dust was a mechanism that gives the legion time to form itself around my arm, distracting the opponent with a smoke screen" he added "Fantastic results boy, you will have a future in legion-creation" Noro said "I'm sorry, but I don't have any intentions to join the creators, I like fighting, so I can't really stray from that, and besides, crafts is only one of my hobbies" Shiro respectfully declined the offer.

"Boy, may I mind you, that is no longer a mass-produced Yukimura, what would you call it?" Noro asked "天竜の雪村 [Tenryuu no Yukimura]" Shiro replied "Tenryuu?" Itsuo wonders "Yes, I would like to ask you one thing, make Akumu Shiro's records in the database, vanish and replace it with "Tenryuu" this is to further conceal my identity" Shiro asked a favor.