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"Rien?" muttered the three.
"Correct." Gui Fa answered.
"Then, what's with the giant pot then, shorty?" asked Chobei impolitely.
"I have copies of all the Tensens' ovules here. Well, except Rien's and myself."
"Huh?!" gasped Toma and Mizuho.
"Why would you have them?!" roared the Bandit King.
"I wanted all of us to have a normal life, living as a normal family and free from Rien's terror." Gui Fa replied, shocking everyone until they all fully understood what the Tensen member wanted. "Although living beings pass on from this world, their Tao remains, so I've been collecting their ovules for them to regenerate."
"How long will it take for them to fully regenerate?" asked the younger Aza brother.
"It would take a millennium, but it would've been impossible if they were regular human beings." The osmanthus-haired Tensen answered.
"Okay, but why are you telling us this when we're going to stop Rien?" questioned Mizuho. "And what happened to you?"
"Rien would become unstoppable." The osmanthus-haired child responded, grabbing everyone's interest. "While the Banko rampaged... I followed Rien's orders and protected the vessel. I expended my Tao in the process, hence why I became the child you see before you. Meanwhile... Rien is preparing to ship out. The nonsense with the Banko complicated matters... as did that meddlesome shinobi..."
That shinobi with bangs... thought Toma.
"... and now, there's another."
Shugen... the Aza brothers and Mizuho groaned internally before noticing a burning ship leaving the docks.
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Although Shugen had used each of his comrades' sword styles to attack Rien, he was left unconscious on the floor with Rien going inside a room in the boat. Due to the second-ranked Asaemon's Water Tao, he was at a disadvantage against her Earth. Meanwhile, the Tensen leader was in her true form which was the feminine Yin form as she carried her fan before dropping it to bow down to a statue to the supposed creator of the Tensen. It was Jofuku, or Xu Fu.
"These seven-hundred years... I have prepared tirelessly for this day." She spoke while kneeling down to the floor. "The way of the Tao says that body and soul are one. As such, we should be able to revive the soul, just like any other part of the body. However, for years, reality did not operate according to theory. This... has taken so long."
She then moved forward to the statue lovingly with tears in her eyes, speaking in an old form of Chinese.
"Come back to me soon..."
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"Were you trying to stall your leader time to leave?!" yelled the Bandit King.
"Chobei! Wait!" cried out Mizuho. "Let's just hear what the Tensen has to say first!"
"Now... Rien can no longer be stopped." Gui Fa continued. "Her true goal will come to fruition."
"What true goal?" asked Chobei threateningly.
Suddenly, they were trapped in a dark abyss, watching an older Gui Fa with glowing, silver Tao guiding themselves.
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Adaption is Key (An Aza Chobei Fanfic)
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