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Chapter 960: What It Will Do to Itself
🕑 Added 2024-10-28 22:00:05 +0000 UTCUnder a night sky, Jason and Emi stood on a wooden platform, high in a tree house. They were in the city of Arbour, in what was more a tree mansion than a tree house, spanning across several towering redwoods. Even the living trunks were part of it. Hollows grown naturally into the living wood didn’t weaken the grandiose trees, despite seeming like they would have to.
Emi stood next to her uncle, looking up at the moon.
“Could you turn it into cheese?” she asked.
“Yes. I’m trying to avoid doing anything too extravagant, though. People live on this world, now. I want them to be confident they live in a real world, not a cartoon.”
“Didn’t you say you offered to stage an eclipse for those government guys?”
“It was a long day. It’s possible I made some choices in the moment that weren’t the best.”
“Uncle Jason, I think you just found the title of your autobiography.”
***
Jason had found himself at loose ends while waiting for events to play out. Most of the clan members had been returned to Europe, but Jason had taken his close family and given them a tour of his astral kingdom.
In the meantime, the powers of Earth were still formulating reactions to the latest events. Carlos, Clive, Audrey and some members of her research team from the clan were trying to figure out what the vampires had been up to. Neil and the other healers were caring for the victims, alongside local authorities.
The delivery of the Earth people returned from Pallimustus was still days away, Anna monitoring the negotiations of who would claim the individual members. One of the refugees, Li Li Mei, had been released to help with that process, being the voice of the others.
After an amount of negotiation, a site had been chosen, not just for the refugee handover but as a neutral site for future formal summits involving the world governments and the magical factions, Clan Asano included. The Australian government had declared Asano Village and the surrounding area a special-interest territory, similar to the standing stones. It would likewise be managed by a multi-national organisation rapidly being assembled, with Lenora Coleman placed in charge.
The Network had swiftly excised the existing residents, their own version of the Asano Clan, from the village. They were looking to bury them in the deepest hole they could find and pretend very loudly that they didn’t exist.
Li Mei found herself in Asano village, either meeting with the international committee planning the handoff, or with the Chinese delegation. On the second day, the delegation was joined by her gold-rank uncle, Li Chen. He had been assigned a house in the village and she had met him there. Always stern in public, he wrapped her in a warm hug the moment they were behind closed doors.
“Little Mei. It is so good to see you home. Later, you can address me as a representative of the Chinese government. For now, I want to hear everything, as an uncle who has missed his niece very much.”
***
“Uncle, I have not hidden anything from you.”
Li Chen sighed.
“So you say, but your allegiance is to Asano, now. As family, I love you, but as a representative of our nation, I cannot trust you. Not fully. Not when your first loyalty is to another.”
He and his niece were in a sitting room still decorated in the Japanese style of the previous occupants, with some minimal western furniture. He and his niece sat on a couch at the edge of the open room.
“Uncle, I can promise you this: having someone in Asano’s camp with our nation’s interests at heart is only good for China. When you and I met him, twenty years ago, we were looking at him as a potential asset for what I understand is a very different China to that of today. He—”
“That is part of the problem,” Chen said. “You have been away for so very long. The world has changed, China has changed, and you have changed. There are so many uncertainties.”
“I can promise you that Asano has changed most of all. Have you spoken with Lu Yan?”
“I have.”
“And what has he told you?”
“Things that do not bear consideration without verification.”
“Then verify them. Go to Asano’s world and see for yourself.”
“He would allow that?”
“Asano wants the leaders of this world to understand his perspective of the Earth. He is waiting for events to settle, but he will be announcing an open invitation to every government and magical faction to visit his realm. He will place no restriction on who they send, in numbers or power.”
“He has no fear or what they might do or learn?”
“No, Uncle, he does not. His intention is to lift the frogs from the well, and show them the breadth of the sky.”
“He looks down on us so much?”
“He would not say so, but how could he not? You have heard my story. The things I have seen him do with my own eyes. He is not the man we met two decades ago.”
“And this is not the world you and he left behind. The rise of magic—”
“Is too slow, Uncle. He intends to accelerate it, for everyone. His intentions are egalitarian, but there will always be winners and losers in great change. Even he cannot prevent that. If I can influence him, even a little, then our country has a better chance of rising with the tide, instead of being submerged.”
“I want to believe you, Little Mei. But you tell stories that would fit amongst myths and legends, but such stories are impossible metaphors. Transforming into birds and slaying armies. Shaping worlds out of souls.”
“You have seen him turn into a bird on being killed, Uncle. There are recordings of him doing so at Makassar, and I can assure you that his power has grown. Far more than simple rank suggests. Go to his world and see for yourself.”
Chen got up from the couch and paced the room.
“I do not like what you are telling me, Niece. If you are lying to me, it will break my heart, but I can live with a broken heart. If you and Lu Yan speak the truth, there is now a power in this world that none can go against. A power before which a nation that has lasted thousands of years can do little, perhaps nothing.”
“Then do not go against him.”
“And if he goes against us?”
“He claims that is not what he is here for.”
“Do you believe him?”
“Yes. We’re not powerful enough to be worth lying to.”
Chen walked over and dropped next to his niece again.
“You are telling me,” he said, “that a tyrant has come to this world, and our only hope is to hope he doesn’t disfavour us.”
Li Mei considered her words for a long moment before answering.
“He is aware of the potential to be seen in that way,” she said. “He has spoken to me of this. He does not fear what the world will do to him but what it will do to itself, out of fear of him.”
“You speak of him almost like a god.”
“He would not like to hear it, but it might be wise to treat him as such. Other gods already do. Yes, his wrath could be terrible, but what he can offer could raise us up.”
“If we worship him.”
“He doesn’t want worship.”
“But we still would be supplicants.”
“Perhaps. I don’t have a good answer for you, Uncle. You were right in saying that there is a new power in this world, that no one can defy. All I can counsel is to not put yourself in a position where you need to.”
***
Boris arrived at the artefact city in a Cabal helicopter giving him a clear view of the cloud ship floating over it as they approached. The pilot was directed by radio to land on the sky vessel itself, instead of the helipad on the ground. The vehicle landed on an open platform where Jason was waiting. Boris disembarked and the helicopter took off again, heading for the Cabal headquarters within the city. Boris strolled towards Jason, waiting by a door leading inside. He used his aura to cut out the noise of the departing helicopter.
“You could have asked for a portal,” Jason pointed out.
“Yeah, but I need people thinking of me like some regular guy who needs a helicopter. Politics, you know?”
“I do, sadly.”
Jason led them inside, to a small lounge, and moved behind the bar.
“Drink?”
“Sure. A real drink, though. I know you like yours bright blue, and so sweet it might as well be cordial.”
“I’ve got something here Belinda likes. It’s gold rank and amber. I’m guessing it’s in the vicinity of whiskey or bourbon.”
“It’ll do.”
Jason poured a glass and set it on the bar. Boris claimed a stool in front of it as Jason started on his own drink.
“Is that a hollowed-out pineapple?” Boris asked.
“You drink your way, and I’ll drink mine.”
“Cheers to that,” Boris said, saluting with his glass before sipping at it.
“How is it?”
“Pretty good. I wish I’d picked up some gold-rank drinks while I was on Pallimustus, but there were too many eyes on me. Had to play the good little messenger, at least until your transformation zone stunt. I did not see that coming, although I suppose it worked out in the end.”
“I hear that a lot.”
Boris chuckled.
“I bet you do.”
Jason poured blue liquid into a shaker, then held up the bottle.
“Essentially blue curaçao,” he said. “The name is different, because they call the island Livaros over there, but the drink is almost identical. This one is magicked-up a little. I know that the link between worlds causes these strange echoes, but it’s still odd to me when I run into them.”
He continued constructing his cocktail.
“What brings you by, Boris?”
“I was already planning for a chat, but after you pulled away Audrey, then half of her team, my curiosity was piqued.”
“The vampires are up to something nasty.”
“They’re vampires; it’s what they’re for. What were they doing that required Audrey’s expertise?”
“Some kind of blood creature. Gold rank. Looks like a tree but isn’t. Puppeteers people. Took four teams an hour and change to hunt it down, and in a contained space, at that.”
“All those homeless I saw in those medical tents on the news?”
“Yeah. Normal rankers can live through it, thankfully, but not all of them did.”
“A one off?”
“Not from the looks of it. That computer guy your Cabal people lent us founds records talking about getting a sample from somewhere. If there are more of those things…”
Boris sipped at his drink again.
“That’s going to complicate putting a final end to the vampires.”
Jason paused putting his drink together and sighed.
“Yeah. I thought it would be so much better, having the kind of power we have. Being immortal. Even just being gold-rank makes my friends almost impossible to kill, but now I’m always worried about everyone else.”
“Power and responsibility. You don’t need the Spider-Man speech.”
“No, I don’t.”
“I wish I could lend you my messengers. We’ve hated standing by while the vampires took over. The wider Cabal will help, though. We did not like what happened to our little club when the vampire lords rose. They turned a lot of friends into brutal, remorseless monsters. Thank you for taking so many into your astral space.”
Jason nodded, He spooned some ice into the metal shaker, put the cap on and started shaking. Neither man tried to talk over the noise. It was only a moment before Jason was pouring the contents into his hollow pineapple half.
“How worried are you that the messenger presence on Earth will be discovered, now that the cosmos has come knocking?” Jason asked as he poured.
“It’s inevitable. When, not if. Our time here is coming to an end, which makes me genuinely sad. It’s been my home for a long time. The only question is how long we have left. It means we can afford to act once, in a big, public way, before we go. A parting gift to the world that has been home to us for all this time. Maybe it will be the vampires we go after, but I’m hoping we can hold out longer than that. A decade would be nice.”
“For when the bridge between worlds fully opens? I’m hoping to get Earth ready enough that no one tries to colonise it from the other side. Earth doesn’t have the strength to defend itself yet, but I think we can get there.”
“I’ll help. However I can, for as long as I can.”
“I appreciate that. And you already have. The project is almost ready for trials, right?”
“It is. If Noreth had been willing to accept my help, maybe his version would have gone better. But he felt isolated. Like he was the one carrying the fate of the world, when it should have been someone else. He became obsessed with control, and increasingly turned to extreme measures.”
“Sounds familiar.”
Jason took a little paper umbrella and added it.
“Can’t have been easy,” he said. “Having the power you have, but staying hidden while humanity made mistake after mistake. Doing nothing. Not that long ago, I’d have thought it was because you wanted to stay hidden from the orthodox messengers. But that’s not it, is it? The power isn’t enough.”
“No, it’s not. And you’re wrong: we didn’t always do nothing. I’m old, and I’ve learned a lot of lessons, but some mistakes, I can’t seem to stop making.”
“Any tips?”
“You can force people to do what you want, but not to be what you want.”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
Jason held up his elaborate drink and Boris tapped his glass to it.
“I hope you do, Jason.”
Comments
Shadow
Maybe it's just me but I'll never get tired of the short asides where a "powerful" person realizes that Jason is actually powerful.
Nea
So glad Jason and Boris are able to work past their issues
Morgan Smidt
I’m just gonna say fuck yes to that chapter.
Joshua Little
Thanks for the chapter.
MC
I also thing purity artifact is on earth. Big astral kings want that artifact to be able to become astral kings like Jason. Orthodoxy needs some edge to even have a chance to do anything so maybe they have that artifact that can for example clean the mark of astral kings from souls. Or can be used in other way ti give them some advantage.
Hell 5pawn
I have an increasing feeling that Noreth's Essence user was a follower of the real Purity. And, they brought Purity's legacy to Earth (though this idea was build from someone else's speculation). On an unrelated note, how would the Avatars of Doom view Jason? I know that Carmen approved, but that's just one Diamond.
Vincent Ciavone
I always love when these long running series take on storylines that are more then just the MC is a super strong guy fighting super strong bad guys. The fact that there’s a real sense of progress other then strength, it’s just so good, I do think most end up a little disappointing because so many people want to see so many different things from that, but I always enjoy em still. Also I’m dying to see the party go up against a real threat at gold rank, I wonder what level the opponent would have to be to genuinely be a problem
Vincent Ciavone
“I don’t think Colin swings that way, I could ask arbour though”
3rdImpact
Jason knows.... Boris Told and as Soll116 mentioned every one else mentioned it... But there is littaraly no difference of Jason knows since he has been preparing for cosmos level bullshit and accepted to find himself in the middle of it... Also apparently palli and earth would be destroyed if Jason would try to do sth beforehand.
3rdImpact
Uh that would be actually kinda nice. Stall king (your local provider of biscuits, Sandwiches, and occasional cosmic shenanigans.
Philipp Battenberg
On Pallimustus the higher echolons know about it, especially since Jason removed it from places with slavery. I'm not sure how much Li Mei is in the loop. And on Earth many, again especially those in power, know that the System has something to do with Jason. But as Nigel revealed there were some crazy theories out there. And Jason doesn't want Earth to know, due to the reasons mentioned in this very chapter. He doesn't want people to do incredibly stupid things, and Li Mei probably agrees.
Philipp Battenberg
... I had to imagine Jason operating another food stall. "I'm not just an Astral King, I'm a Stall King" (I like imagining the ridiculousness created by typos, autocorrect, etc )
Philipp Battenberg
Nothing drives home Jason's superiority more than some alien wizard gelato.
Philipp Battenberg
True, but the series currently is also heavy on "not becoming a monster", so still quite fitting.
Philipp Battenberg
@StarkRG there is Diamond and he will only reach full transcendence at Peak Diamond. But yes, the function of interdimensional travel was described when he was Silver and that he needed a higher rank. The most interesting thing would not the travel between Pallimustus and Earth but that his Cloud Flask could open portals there. And maybe even portals between his domains and his Astral Kingdom.
Philipp Battenberg
"Go fuck yourself." "Nah, the avatars feel all so rubbery."
3rdImpact
I am so sorry... I did not check for typos... I meant that I would love to see Boris at diamond rank and as an astral king.
Joshua Stevens
Are there diner, drive in and dive essences?
Daniel Wills
This series has a, gotta use a video game term, “replay ability” to it that is unmatched. First three books are isekai. Let’s just call it that and move it. Next three books are urban fantasy. Six thru nine are a blend of the two. And then it just starts being the “astral nexus” of isekai/high fantasy/Sci-fi/LitRPG.
Hayden Leech
Yeah, shirt responded to this comment and later deleted it with his update post.
Bryan Jackson
Looks like "Ning" has been removed from the chapter and replaced with Chen. So, yeah.
Laura Hemly
I've been trying for a day to figure out what you meant when you put "stall king," and I'm still clueless! I assume it's a typo like "works" (would) and "climatic" (climactic), but I'm coming jp empty. Can you or someone else figure it out?
Laura Hemly
You have a warped sense of humor, StarkRG, in case nobody has ever told you!
Laura Hemly
Definitely would enjoy that! He's such a character, it would be great fun, I suspect.
John Durrett
This isn’t about controlling earth, it’s about the shitsnack ton of pallimus gold rankers and above that can freely come to earth when the bridge stabilizes. Earth can’t handle any on Jason’s team now. To the powerful go the spoils. Nobility alone would send over troops to get control over new lands and resources, etc etc. it’s a stronger bandaid that Jason can pull off later when earth balances against the other side more.
Soli116
Jason knows something is coming, Dawn and Noreth already told him. Boris made a reference to it and Jason isn't stupid enough to miss it.
Rachel Clements
TYFTC!
Tim
Rofl #facts
Stephan Fischer
Chen was the gold rank uncle who blew up Transformation zone Nr 2, after getting in the frist one with Gerling and some other idiot. also called her little mei and tries to come off as an polite older gentlemen. very much the guy from the new chapter. Also the idiot who got a dimensionbomb from shako and nearly destroyed earth....
StarkRG
Or maybe a vampire took "hug a tree" a little too far.
Aevum Decessus
I get the best of both worlds really, I get the chapters as they release here on patreon, and then I get to listen to the whole audiobook with my wife who refuses to read the early chapters when they release
Aevum Decessus
Boris is gold rank, he's been holding himself back from ranking up and using that to become even more powerful as a gold ranker, but he is still gold rank.
Bryan Jackson
Can he though? (Expand his spirit domains, that is). The last time he created one he was over capacity by more than 1 million percent. Granted he's now a rank higher and half-transcendant, but we haven't been given any word one way or another regarding his ability to create more.
BloodStorm
If Borris really wants to help Jason he would let him know something is coming
Liesmith
Just read the Bible, most of it is about him.
Addie
I just want Boris' top 100 pickup lines
Addie
He wouldn't need much convincing
Thomas Bell
It just occured to me that the phrase "go fuck yourself" is something jason could take very literally...
Kismet
I bought one for for my husband. It's so damn appropriate.
Kismet
I would love to see this. I wonder if only up to Gold could go. That would leave Boris out to fight with the Pallimustus contingent.
Kismet
Nope, count me in. His lifespan with provide fertile ground for some amazing stories.
Hayden Leech
Are Ning and “uncle Chen” the same person? Or does li mei have several gold rank uncles.
Josh
I sort of want a chapter or paragraph on Neil discovering the food network and successfully talking Jason into going on a food road trip....
Soli116
No, you are not.
DreadHawk666 Aron
Grate chapter 😂😁! Thanks😁!
Tim
Am I the only one who wants an Adventures of Boris series?
Tim
Which is exactly what Boris JUST warned Jason about. Sure, he could force the people to follow his word, but they would never accept him. Its better to let them find their own way beside him rather than under him.
Benjamin Grant
“It was a long day. It’s possible I made some choices in the moment that weren’t the best.” Title of Jason’s sex tape
John Durrett
Jason could easily expand and claim the bridge site as part of his domains. Filter/screen/stop bad actors while he has I higher level of control
Tom Rhyne
“You can force people to do what you want, but not to be what you want” is a good quote.
Adam Davies
Really enjoying the graceful transition from jason the action adventurer to jason the political drama/thriller. Insightful political commentary on the nature of humans, culture, power, nationalism and the dark mirror of the real world is enjoyable. I imagine you may lose a few readers who wont enjoy what the story has become, but I like it :)
Liesmith
It's going to turn out that these Blood Oaks are made with samples of a Messenger tree. Source: is tree
Joanna
Ah hah hah, my evil plan comes to fruition at last!!
Joanna
Yours
Kalanaere
I liked this chapter. Li Mei is trying to explain Jason and the situation in a practical matter. Not a do.or die but in a straightforward honest matter. She isn't so much camp Asano as she is trying to make sure her nation can survive. That's respectable. Jason and Boris chat was also nice
StarkRG
It's already suspected by the higher ups that Jason was involved in the System, what they don't understand is how much control he restrains over it.
StarkRG
It's possible, but I'm pretty sure that would happen at Diamond rank anyway. There's been mention that connecting the domains across worlds wasn't available at his current rank. I think that was last said when he was Silver, but it's still not the case and there's only Diamond and transcendent left, and he's just waiting for the diamond half of transcendence.
Stuart Thwaites
And no matter how long the chapter is it's never long enough
Stephanie Washburn
Hmm. This is going interesting places.
Alex Schellenberg
I wonder if, when the bridge is completely solid, Jason's domains will have portals between worlds like the two on earth have. It would really undermine the trade agreements people are setting up if the Asano clan can just instantly ship things back and forth.
Monty Crisco
He Who Talks with Others
Hunter
The bridge is a lot more of a complex issue than I originally thought. Earth is not going to be very happy at the prospect of the bridge between worlds. Jason really on his Paul Atredis arc rn. Will he have to assume control of the world in order to protect it?
Doodlyboy15
Thanks!
Roro
“He does not fear what the world will do to him but what it will do to itself, out of fear of him.” THAT is a good/deep line! Made me pause, and I don’t often do that when reading these chapters!
Aaron Schwartz
Mine, or Jason’s
Maudley
It's so comfy
Glen Johnson
I have a hard time with the early books because of the skill descriptions, but yeah it's a great series.
Chris Furry
Me too, a couple weeks ago. I’m already on book 4 again.
Laura Hemly
Thanks for another good chapter, Shirt! The dialogue you're writing these days is so good, it feels like you just have a tape recorder on to catch what everybody is saying. In a world with so much badly written dialogue, yours is always refreshing, in that arena as well as a bunch more! I also really liked the chat with Jason and Boris, which was informative as well as full of interesting details. And Li Mei needs to take her uncle to the gelato shop -- that should win him over quite handily!
Martin Tomsic
My only concern is what happened to the gold rank armor that Jason gave them back when he first met them. I hope that Shiro or Akari are using it now, but fear that Noriko might still have it.
Storm
Thanks for the chapter! It was great as usual! BISCUITS!
Laura Hemly
I hope the rest of your birthday is equally happy!
Martin Tomsic
Thanks, now I've got that song stuck in my head.
Laura Hemly
Noriko and her group of fellow idiots being so unceremoniously tossed was quite satisfying. I hope she doesn't try to cause more trouble -- but Team Biscuit and friends are almost all much stronger gold rankers than her or anyone she claims, so watching them go down in flames would be equally satisfying!
Martin Tomsic
I'd have thought that Jason would have told Boris about that back when he first started filling him in about the pirates and the CWP. He'd have given Boris the lay of the land for the condition they were coming back in so Boris could help with making plans in regards to moving forward.
Laura Hemly
You must be in Europe. Next week, when the US goes off daylight time, the chapters are going to arrive while I'm still working, which is often nice but occasionally highly inconvenient
3rdImpact
Thanks for the great chapter and the nice qualities time for Jason! I works love to finally see bodies turn into an stall king at diamond for the climatic battle !
Martin Tomsic
If I recall, the last time they were talking Jason was in a bit of a mood to begin with and Boris tried making a joke that Jason took the wrong way. I've had plenty of times where I've gotten into a fight with friends and then the next day was as if it had never happened. So I don't really see a problem with them being so friendly now. Plus, it isn't as if it was just a day or so ago that it happened. Hasn't it been a couple of weeks since they had the meeting with the Americans and then Anna in the vampire city? I'm sure they've had a few conversations since then already. They still needed to take the time to explain everything to Anna about how powerful Jason was and what was going on in the cosmos that lead to the pirates being invited to Earth to kill him.
Laura Hemly
I've lost track of my listens. It doesn't help that at times I skip a book or three, but I'm pretty sure it all adds up in the end. Team Biscuit and company are my friends now!
AfroMocha
Pretty sure he’s trying to keep it under wraps as much as possible until a big announcement is made just because of how tenuous everything is right now
Saresca Nicolaas
love it, thanks from Curaçao
Cam
Dang. Some fantastic quotes today. Thanks shirt!
ABTelford
well well well...so many hints in that conversation with Boris! ❤️ LOVED IT! And Li Li Mei's conversation with her uncle was fabulous! and this chapter is really well done...mostly...but...also a small complaint: the last time Jason had a conversation with Boris it was outright hostile and now they're having a very friendly chat like they're best buds. It's too much of a contrast too fast. I really like Jason and Boris being friendly with each and I think it fits with how they've consistently interacted in the past, other than the last time, but the dynamic changed too much too fast. SO I suggest, in order to keep this chapter its wonderful self, adding a little bit more friendliness to their last meeting (also in a bar, when Jason stormed out in a temper and Boris stayed to chat with, I think, Anna.) Or start their conversation in this chapter with a brief apology by one or both of them.
Joanna
Singular sensation!
MacMahon Wenzl
Boris will probably be like "Aight, it's time for us to leave" Jason will offer up his kingdom for anyone who wants to be truly free from any King and Boris will lose his marbles over it all.
Joanna
I believe I’ve seen that shirt on one of the Mythbusters 😁
Brad Gammey
To cling to the vestiges of a lost time seems more human than anything else. Li Mei has her work cut out for her.
Robert Landers
My philosophy in life: “do whatever you want as long as you can pay the price and accept the consequences” sometimes the price is too high, sometimes there are unforeseen consequences, and that is why I like Jason so much. He’s a guy where the consequences seem to work in his favor.
JP Kuro
Best start to a chapter ever. I love Emi so so much 🫶
David Cooper
I'm surprised Li Mei didn't say anything about Jason being the Sysadmin. It seems common knowledge on Palimustus, it's sure to get out on Earth. And the most useful thing she could tell her uncle would be Jason's hatred of slavery and what he does about it, particularly since China has a history.
Martin Tomsic
I thought Boris had refused because of how Noreth wanted to go about it. So in a sense the two aren't contradictory. Both refused the direction the other wanted to take the project.
Sean C Jackson
Tftc
Daniel Wills
Looking forward to Boris finding out that Jason has a quarter million more messengers in his kingdom. It was enough to frustrate the Council Kings, should be enough to make Boris’ head explode.
Gotrek65
Thanks for the chapter. Series is so good I've started listening to it again for the 13th? 15th time from the beginning 😀
Ruth Ivimey-Cook
Was really hoping for a longer section with Emi when the chapter started that way, with them catching up on choices made and experiences navigated.
Josh A
That was a really good chapter. Plenty of viewpoints and emotional context. Thanks Shirt!
Daniel Wills
I’d like to see Noriko get her comeuppance but if this is the last time they’re ever mentioned, that would be cool, too.
TBONEMAN
I thought Boris refused to help Noreth with his experiments.
Philipp Battenberg
And yay, chapters are at 11PM local time again (instead of 1 AM), my sleep schedule will be happy.
CritHappens
Bit of a weird chapter… but thanks. Makes me wonder where you’re going with it all. Please don’t rush it though.
John Collier
TYFTC Shirt!
mainiak
Thank you for all the chapters! And good dialogues, and plot lines, aaand everything.
Philipp Battenberg
Nice to see that the Other Asano Clan was booted from Asano village. An elegant solution politically speaking.
Hemlock
Ty for the Chapter shirt!
Robert Grasser
Thank you!
Meruem92
So i was, sad face
C0bra$
Thank u for the story
Justin Butler
Reading these is like an addiction. I get to the end to fast and want more.
Valhazstromoz
You can force people into doing what you want but you will never control they're souls
Aaron Schwartz
That’s a long ass biography title. I have a better one. I have a shirt in my collection of shirts with slogans that says “in my defense, I was left unsupervised.” Jason’s autobiography should be titled “In my defense, they tried to supervise me.”
Daniel Wills
Happy birthday!
Martin Tomsic
Another amazing chapter! Thank you, Shirt!!! ---- “It was a long day. It’s possible I made some choices in the moment that weren’t the best.” “Uncle Jason, I think you just found the title of your autobiography.” ---- Absolute perfection. Almost feels wrong that it wasn't the end of a book, because that would be an epic last line.
Samuel Strode
Second
Samuel Strode
“It was a long day. It’s possible I made some choices in the moment that weren’t the best.” That’s sounds about right for Jason’s autobiography
Robert Grasser
Yay! Upload on my bday!
Mamuamap
TFTC
Rajani Isa
Woot
Meruem92
First
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