A few minutes before,
Luke stared as the students trained, each one already finishing the outlines for their ultimate moves.
If he had been an ordinary student, despite having a Quirk similar to Raven, he would have also devoted all his ti to bettering himself, probably coming up with ultimate moves, too.
There was no such thing as a perfect Quirk, only continuous, consistent improvent.
As a Quirk Scientist, Luke knew exactly how much potential even the weakest Quirks possessed.
But, as he was now, he had neither the ti nor the need for coming up with ultimate moves.
First, Bioalchemy, in itself, was a broken Quirk. One could even say that its every use was an Ultimate Move, depending upon what Quirk he decided to bestow upon a lifeform. Even the Quirk's Complexity didn't matter the most, as long as the Quirk suited the situation perfectly.
Second, being a broken Quirk already, it had zero room for improvent in his eyes.
Luke would rather spend his ti coming up with more Quirks, studying more lifeforms, and trying different Complexities than wasting it away on thinking of Quirks' limitations. There was a reason that he had stolen twenty percent of Nomus from the Kamino Ward, as per his agreent with Detective Tsukauchi. In a way, he was already working on an Ultimate Move, not for Raven, but for Bioalchemy.
To make the bestowed Quirks permanent!
However, despite beginning the Nomu-related research a year ago, he had made little progress, the reason simply being that he didn't have enough ti to dedicate himself to only one thing.
That brought the third point to light.
Luke had just too many things to do, none of which he could dispense with.
And, first, and foremost, among them was to digest the Faceless Potion as soon as he could, advancing toward becoming a Demigod of three Pathways and purging Amon's Avatar.
The Boundary was thinning more and more, every second.
Ti was literally running out…
You told once that you would have sothing to share once I beca a Sequence 6 of the Seer Pathway, Luke asked the System. I think it's ti we talk about that, no?
He still rembered the first ti Miss Justice had ntioned it.
It was before the beginning of the Hosu Incident and after he had t Stain for the first ti. At that ti, the Hero Killer had still been just a dark, murderous vigilante, and not an eldritch entity-backed, multi-Quirk user.
It was then that he had accepted that he was not a killer, Luke rembered.
It was also then that the System had told him to patiently wait till he beca a Sequence 6 — Faceless, if he wanted to attempt so tasks which he wouldn't otherwise.
In his head, Miss Justice sighed.
[A Faceless digests the Potion fastest if he plays a role which is polar opposite to his own personality,] She told him. [anwhile, the Faceless must rember that both these identities, at the core, belonged only to him. He could act like anyone, but, at the end of the day, he was still… himself.]
Luke suddenly rembered Miss Justice's words.
You are not a killer, Luke, she had claid.
"…" Luke kept a stoic expression for a mont. You… want to kill?
Miss Justice was a System. Luke wouldn't attach any personality to her. Still, over ti, he had been having a feeling that there was more to it than what t the eye. No matter if she was a pure System mimicking emotions, or if the System itself carried… an identity, he wouldn't, in his wildest imagination, relate Miss Justice to a killer.
Looks can be so deceiving… Luke observed, smiling. Miss Justice of the Tarot Club has killed before, too, right?
[…] The System paused. [In a way… yes.]
Luke licked his lips at the admission.
[You must understand that in Mr. Fool's world, so people are beyond evil,] Miss Justice explained. [By becoming a Beyonder, you already leave a great part of your humanity behind. All you can do is hold onto your remaining humanity and cherish it. That's not the case with all Beyonders, though. Especially those who pray to evil gods. But… sotis, even the ones praying to the good gods also do unimaginably horrible things. At those tis…]
You must not hesitate to take the matter into your own hands, right? Luke finished the words.
[I know you hate to hear it, but…] Miss Justice said, smiling. [You truly are an exceptional Cryptologist.]
Luke rolled his eyes. So… I am all ears.
[If you want to try out so other forms of Acting thods first…]
No. Luke cut her off. I have acted as Dr. Blessed, the notorious, but mysterious, follower of Mr. Fool, with no straight alignnt toward either Villainy or Heroism. I have also acted as Luke, the gifted, ingenious, goofy, but also strong Hero Course student at UA High School.
Neither of these personalities is sothing I would call belonging to myself. diocrity won't work, you told once. I have six Potions to digest before attaining a hint of godhood at Sequence 4. Like all things in my life, here, too, I must aim toward extres. I… have no other choice. So, I would appreciate it if you also don't act otherwise.
[…] Miss Justice kept quiet for so ti before letting out a breath. [There's a personality that will help you digest the Potion the fastest. Or, it would at least help you digest a great part of it. The remaining bits you can digest by randomly picking soone and acting like him/her.]
How fast are we talking about here? Luke asked.
[Within this sester, I hope.]
Luke narrowed his eyes.
He noticed All Might coming toward him and Todoroki from the corner of his eye and stood up.
What personality? He asked the System.
[It's based on one of the Tarot Club mbers.]
That shocked Luke, because, as far as he knew, there wasn't anyone like that in the Tarot Club… Wait! You don't an…
[Yeah…] Miss Justice nodded. [I am talking about… Mr. World.]
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