Chapter 3: Vinsmoke Gochiji

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Her mind is so focused that she doesn't realise someone is already behind her, observing her behavior like a stalking cicada. Gochiji's abrupt departure from the laboratorium intrigues Reiju's curiosity.

She doesn't know why she felt there is a secrets behind Gochiji and Rokuji's 'birth' or what they were hiding beyond those brains of theirs or even how to uncover it without arousing suspicions that would endanger their relationship.

Reiju sinscrely cherish her sisterhood with Gochiji but she always felt there is something Gochiji is hiding that she can't point out since they just came to exist in the world for a few months and everything they did were monitored and observed.

Nevertheless, she was insistent on following her intuition until a clue give away itself or Gochiji reveals it herself. No matter how careful someone is, they will eventually stumble and this is what Reiju have been waiting for. She glanced around the library to make sure their presence won't cause disturbances that would announce mystery to outsiders.

Slowly but carefully, her eyes wander at the book Gochiji was intensely focused on.

'[LOGOS and CHAOS] Hmm, a book containing some interesting materials in the aspects of souls and consciousness.'

Her thoughts immediately formed a point of interest since she also skimmed the book in the past but doesn't understand most of its contents. It's just recently that her interest of Souls and Sea of Consciousness were definitely hooked and when she got to the part that interest her, the book suddenly close.

"Gah!" Reiju subconsciously let out a grunt but closed her mouth with her small hands swiftly.

Gochiji were scared out of her mind that she turned around with alarmed expression almost stunned in silence. Fortunately, Reiju quickly cover her mouth with both of her hands and spoke with her eyes to calm her down first and foremost.

Gochiji tried to look for excuse as though her disguise were exposed. Her shifty eyes combined with her sweaty palms indicate her unsettled sense of unease but Reiju stroke her head and said in a very calm voice.

"Don't worry, your secrets safe with me. I'll wait for to to take the initiative to tell me, okay?" Her eyes smiled in crescent as if consoling a scared little cat.

Gochiji pulled herself together and looked down, trying to think of a way to grasp her situation. In her heart, she's still the same awkward girl she originally imagined.

Her secret was meant to be her only preserved sentimental value of her past as she's always afraid of losing anymore memories. Gochiji once again was reminded of the assimilation, the void and the entity inside of it.

Her mind drifted to her last memory before her 'rebirth'.

...…

A majestic formation of otherworldly posthumous memories forebode a proper appellation. Her initial impression depicts the following transcendental moments as chaotic domain of unearthly mysteries.

The CHAOS Void.

This unearthly experience ingrained into her mind like a dream of forthcoming figure. A realm where God meets the soul of the dead.

The LOGOS Entity.

However, what awaits her in the CHAOS isn't GOD or a Deity but an amalgamation of her Conscious Avatar. An amalgam of essence of life that transcends her understanding of it if not for the observation prowess she come to possess called Minds Eye.

Her mind works wonder like it's alive and everything in her head conjugated a perpetual cycle of conscious thoughts that allows her to find the answers she's seeking through her post numinous memories.

.....

Her name, Godileve Chitaranji.

Her past transcends to her present.

Both life experiences created a sensation of waves through her mind, which coincided with her death and rebirth as if trying to bridge the gap between both sides. Albeit, one memories comprise of a decade long life experiences of early adulthood. Another is a short period of life which differ greatly from her former life.

Conversely, one is a slow process of development as a human while the other is a gradual transition to an independent genetic organism which was artificially altered towards a more sophisticated form of modified human.

This process further divides the factor of LOGOS Entity in her mind that subsequently assimilates itself into a single amalgam of her conscious form.

Consequently, she has now become an integral component of Conscious Avatar into a mystical realm of CHAOS.

.....

Later that night.

Reiju and Gochiji together opted to go somewhere else except for the both of them. Their lithe figure shone their charms under the light of the moons as their hair glistened with appeal. The night was cool but both cloak themselves with appropriate attire.

Reiju's pink head poised higher than Gochiji's adorable purple head. Their height doesn't match since Reiju already steps to adolescence while Gochiji still resembles a pre-pubescent girl.

Reiju refrain from saying anything as she gives her time to formulate her words. Gochiji didn't fidget like a nervous cat, her mind already made up to what she was ready to share.

Moments passed.

The cool breeze caress their smooth cheeks as they stood along the edge of Reiju's balcony in Reiju's Castlean Boat.

" The Book."

Reiju's swriling eyebrows perk upon the mention of it as she understood what she inferred.

"The LOGOS and CHAOS?"

Gochiji nodded her little purple head and her eyes bore straight onto Reiju's.

"It has something to do with my 're-birth'. I can't make a concrete statement about that particular journey because its fleeting as its perpetuity—it's complicated to explain without Minds Eye." Gochiji's expression highlights her recent comprehension about the nature of soul and consciousness. She proceeds to proclaim her manifestation of Minds Eye and the idea of LOGOS entity being the essence of life for all living souls in the world.

"What you're saying sounds mystical, though it seems you don't have any reasons create a false existential crisis for yourself, right?" Reiju's little face shone under the moonlight and took a deep look at Gochiji's sincere expression.

Reiju opened her mouth before Gochiji can resume the discussion " So, who are you?"

Gochiji's eyes widened, her lips quivered in distress as if Reiju's words caught her in a moment of panic.

" You mention evoking the Minds Eye but according to the text I read, this ability were meant to be evoked by people with powerful souls. It's not that I doubt you, but I am not ignorant enough about altered genetic archetypes of modified humans suchlike you."

Gochiji's silence empowers Reiju's intuitive understanding of the mysteries behind her 'rebirth'.

"It's just not possible for a Clone to understand souls and consciousness independently without transcendence of mystical existence. Unless your are one, so who are you?"

...…..

The Project Archetype, a project which involves building a web of genetically modified organisms and using their compatibility to one another to create a sovereign lineage for human modification. This project were first proposed by Magnaem Areis hundreds of years ago, his ambitious endeavour envisioned through an unfinished project written on his journals in great detail for hundreds of years.

Many thought as they read a rewrite version of his theories and hypothesis for themselves as vain attempt, referring them as fictional science and fantastical theories.

Nevertheless, Vinsmoke Judge believes it was his time to be the pathfinder prospectus of his era that would accomplish this vision for certain period of history. He researched many forms of genealogy, read countless formative theories, studied literature and theology just to find the key to the genesis of atypical lineage strains of human evolution.

This obsession drove him to seek perfection over the course of his career. The Vinsmoke Family became his foundation for Lineage Strain Factor. His first major project bore the greatest attainment to his ambition.

Reiju's performance already exceeded his expectations. The anatomical accuracy of enhance human, physical and psychological fortifications, and the intellectual capabilities that was passed down from his lineage.

This achievement prompted him to recreate his success on a new program, Project Rebirth.

Vinsmoke Judge sincerely believes he gave her late wife the opportunity to birth superhuman offspring for him. Unfortunately, she became a detrimental factor for the project after learning about altering the effects of emphatic emotions of the children in her womb that would diverge them from being a rational human.

This contradicts Vinsmoke Judge's standpoint, he is not creating a aberrant human but rather creating a superhuman offspring that would carry the lineage strains factor in their genetic code. Their offspring would evolve into something more unique and special than their predecessors and then procreate with other humans until this would allow humans to transform into their pinnacle of human existence.

The newer program, Project Archetype would progress to support as a branch of Project Rebirth.

Vinsmoke Judge wholeheartedly believes that Project Rebirth is the new dawn of Humankind while the Project Archetype is the optimal support since they are genetically coded to subspecies of humans.

Fish-men, Merfolk, Minks, Giants, Amazonian, Long Limbs, Tontatta, Ogres, Lunarians, Skypieans, Buccaneers, Ghuls, Corinthians, were just a subspecies of pure humans.

This theory of genealogy depicted variour theory that the most body of evidence is the theological principle of Celestial Dragons whose said to believe that they the are the descendants of the Gods and humans were just a carved specimen in God's image.

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"Godileve Chitaranji, huh, so a devil fruit ability per se?"

" Yeah, my then sister uses her ability to transcend boundaries of human souls to send both of us to the future. But an anomaly appears when I spent a perpetual period in the CHAOS."

The CHAOS shows her the formation of otherworldly entity she describes as amalgamation of the Origins of consciousness, the Avatar of willpower and the essence of life that constitutes the formation of LOGOS Entity.

"Do you have an idea of the fruit's name?" Reiju inquires about the origins of her storyline.

"No, because she mever mentions it before. As though she also wasn't aware of this abilities until our last moments." Gochiji's small face trembles in distress as if reminiscing of her sister's memories and the reminder of their eventual departure cause her discomfort.

"Well, life is not perfect. You lost one sister then and then you gain one now. I'll always be here for you, okay. Let's just take it easy for now." Reiju comforted Gochiji but were suddenly reminded that she was not a sister of just one.

"Come, let's confront Father to let Rokuji some breathing room after all that medical practice and treatments. Father should be able to grant us this demand after all, we excell at everything he assigns us to accomplish." Reiju's optimism comforted Gochiji as she also witness Rokuji's disturbing situation that drowns their father's demands of them compared to what Rokuji experiences.

The both of them walked out the Castlean Boat conversing as though their relationship grows more fonder and closer after the the mutual conclusion.

Under the moonlit skies, Gochiji's pupils reveals a glint of shrewdness that only she understood whatsoever that means.

...

Godileve Chitaranji loss her home, family, and peace — fought to futility for a period of inhumane maltreatment, only to be betrayed by her most cherished family.

However this all stemmed from the grandeur of power players in order to satify their bloodlust and their ingrained sense of superiority.

She understands the betrayal, she understands being on the side of the oppressed, she understands the struggle of the weak, and she understands how the world works that happened right in front of her eyes.

The system of oppression and the submissiveness under the rule of unmerciful justice and callous victors. The creation of universal violence that cycles through generations, those at the top continue to live a separate reality, those at the bottom suffers the consequences of being born into poverty, abusive relationships, abandonment, that they only see the chance to survive through the suffering of another. Stealing for power, pillaging for wealth, killing for fame, raping for lust and desiring a dream of stepping above everyone.

The cycle of people who only knows wars wouldn't understand those people who only knows peace in their whole lives.

Godileve Chitaranji still has purpose, an end goal and a dream that would wake her up every morning from the nightmare of her bleak future until she's ready to make her move.

But for now, Gochiji shall take the steer with her new life ahead of her.