Chapter 299 Dual Beast Integration
"Dual Beast Integration?!" Jean Grey was the first one to exclaim as son as Black Fog and his band of brothers walked out of the training facility. As the Beast Master of the Nichijou Region back in their world, Jean Grey had never seen anyone who could do Dual Beast Integration.
"There\'s no doubt about it. That\'s Dual Beast Integration." White Mist confirmed, nodding his head as nervousness settled in his mind. He had heard rumors that the Black Fog faction was doing some research about a higher level of Beast Integration but he didn\'t pay attention to any of them. Rumors were just rumors after all and there was no way a Dual Beast Integration was possible.
"Do you have any idea how to do it, Jean Grey?" White Mist tilted his head towards Jean Grey, hoping for an answer since he believed that Jean Grey had more experience compared to him when it comes to Beast Integration. "Anything? Can you perform a Dual Beast Integration?"
"No, unfortunately, I can\'t do it. While there were old stories from my world about Dual Beast Integration, I\'ve never seen anyone who could actually do it. I guess the world\'s pretty big after all. Who would\'ve thought that something which existed in the legends was actually real." Jean Grey heaved a sigh as if his mind was just opened, he looked up as he ran countless simulations in his mind. If the Black Fog faction could do it, then he could do it too. They were just humans after all, and it wouldn\'t be an understatement to say that their abilities weren\'t that exceptional.
If it were really that special, then only Black Fog would\'ve been able to do it. But he specifically pointed out that he wasn\'t the only one who could do it. "It\'s back to square one for all of us. Dual Beast Integration is possible, we just have to figure out how to do it."
"Aren\'t you alarmed? They might snag the title of beastmaster from under our feet." White Mist asked in a calm tone. He wasn\'t really bothered by Black Fog\'s provocation since he never cared about such a title in the first place, but then again, he knew it would be a great blow to his pride if he officially lost that title to Black Fog when the Official Beast Tournament comes around.
"We have what, two weeks before the Official Beast Tournament, right? Let\'s prepare as much as we could before then. If we can\'t perform a Dual Beast Integration, then I guess Black Fog would earn his right to take that title. I\'m a beast master as well, and I never even thought about doing something like Dual Beast Integration. However, Black Fog persevered and he managed to pull it off. He\'s already a better beast tamer than any of us here."
"As much as I hate to admit it, you\'re right. I guess he really did work hard to achieve something like that. With that said, we just have to work harder and surpass him, right?" With renewed resolve, White Mist clenched his fists. He was determined to train from scratch once again in hopes that he\'d be able to integrate with two tamed beasts at once.
"Isn\'t that awesome, Satoshi? There are still a lot of things left undiscovered when it comes to beast taming huh? I\'ve read it in one of our history textbooks but our ancestors could integrate with two tamed beasts. I don\'t know what happened but no one in our world could do it anymore... or maybe there are other beast tamers who could do it, they just don\'t want to be discovered." Ash started talking about their region\'s history but there was only so much he knew about it.
"And here I was, thinking that we\'ll finally be able to achieve the strongest form we can possibly have as a beast tamer. Turns out there\'s another level after that beast integration. It was only recently when such a method was discovered, how come Black Fog and the others already know the next level?" When Satoshi turned around, he found an orange-haired guy who stood behind him. "I\'m Shoyo, by the way, I guess I haven\'t properly introduced myself, haven\'t I? In any case, your fight was awesome. How were you able to master Beast Integration at such a young age?"
Satoshi was surprised that he was as tall as Shoyo despite the fact that he was already in his early twenties. He didn\'t comment anything about his height though since that would be as rude as it is disrespectful. "I... I only awakened my superpower a few months ago... so I don\'t actually know whether I\'m a decent beast tamer or not," Satoshi wanted to act a bit meekly towards Shoyo and the others since they were better than him in terms of hard work. It didn\'t even occur to him that he had just fought with White Mist and Ash Grey and he didn\'t even break a sweat.
"WHAT?! You\'re already better than most of us here. I guess there really are beast tamers like you out there, huh? I should work harder. One day, I\'ll get to integrate with two tamed beasts as well. It\'s possible. I just have to work hard for it." Shoyo clenched his fist.
"If you want, I can show you how to do it... but I don\'t really know how to explain it myself... that\'s why you can just make do with what I can show." Satoshi called out.
Before he realized that he just said something out of the ordinary, Satoshi heard a still silence reverberating in the room. Every single beast tamer in the training facility looked at him as if he was an alien being showcased in a museum. It took him a couple of seconds before he realized that what he said was what everyone was hoping to hear all this time.
That\'s right, deep inside every one of them, they had hoped that someone in the group actually knows how to integrate with two tamed beasts. This was the main reason why White Mist just had to ask Jean Grey if he could do it or not.
"Y-you... you really can do Dual Beast Integration?" Jean Grey approached Satoshi with his eyes wide with shock. Before Satoshi could react, Jean Grey grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him. "Can you really do it? Beast Integration?!"
Satoshi nodded. Everyone nervously swallowed their dry saliva as they watched Satoshi reach into his bag (which is actually his familiar, Orb Oboros disguised as a normal bag at the moment) and he grabbed something. No one saw what Satoshi actually threw but what came out of the bag was none other than Sera... one of Satoshi\'s most famous tamed beasts since it managed to defeat Jean Grey\'s Pheross.
Without further ado, Satoshi linked his mind to both Ghast and Sera, and before anyone could react, he was already done with his beast integration. Once again, he appeared as a black-and-white-robed hero with Sera\'s cogwheels revolving around his head and Ghast\'s Dark Orb in his hand. A stronger power could be felt emanating from Satoshi even though he was just standing there.
But that didn\'t receive that much of a reaction. For a moment, Satoshi thought that everyone found his Dual Beast Integration less interesting compared to Black Fog. What he didn\'t know, however, was that everyone was shocked beyond belief that he was able to integrate with a Celestial and an Unearthly at the same time— Satoshi misunderstood it and so he decided to show off a little bit.
Before anyone could say anything, Satoshi transformed the Dark Orb he was holding into a sword. The sword gave off a darker energy compared to before. It seemed to emanate an even more potent power than what Satoshi previously had when he was just integrated with Ghast. Everyone was speechless... and Satoshi continued to misunderstand them.
"I don\'t know if I can do this without flinching but here goes." Satoshi breathed in and out in order to calm himself down. He was as nervous as everyone else in the room.
On one hand, Satoshi was doubting whether he\'d be able to follow through with his actions or not. On the other hand, everyone present held their breaths in anticipation since they had no idea what Satoshi was about to do next.
Satoshi then brought his sword up. Against the light bulbs on the ceiling, the dark sword glinted with a mesmerizing purple sheen.
SLASH!
Without warning, Satoshi brought down the sword to his hand, cutting it cleanly. Everyone gasped, colors drained from their faces. But before they could take in the fact that Satoshi cut his own hand, Satoshi glowed a nice bright yellow color.
His detached arm then floated and snapped back into place as if nothing happened. Satoshi clenched and unclenched his left hand when it returned, and he heaved a sigh of relief. "That\'s pretty much it, you can combine the powers of tamed beasts when you integrate with two of them."