(Tsuki POV)
I sighed as I completed another one of my jumps to save Aniue from that demented stalker of his.
As much as I knew this was helping him, it still felt kind of unsatisfactory seeing that I'm basically doing the same thing over and over again, even if the new Universes might be interesting.
If only I had already managed to ascend to Godhood I might make this easier or even be helping them repel those tentacled thingies.
Yes, yes… I know they are basically buying time for the rest of us to save Aniue but if I could go there and eliminate the threat, then we wouldn't need to worry about this either.
I'm not saying I might make a difference, I'm just saying I would.
Like really, I'm Aniue's little sister, of course I would be better than everyone else! Especially that self proclaimed little sister of Aniue's!
I bet she's thinking that if she can show the battle to Aniue, she can make him think that she's the best little sister there is. How predictable.
That's why I can't stand it if I don't do something even more flashy than she is! I know Aniue wouldn't be affected by her pathetic attempts but the annoying part is that I knew for sure she would use it to one up me everytime after that.
I bet that's what she's thinking right now.
Looking around Aniue's courtyard, I realised that wannabe little sister was nowhere to be found.
Ah, that's right, she did tell us that she would be confining herself to her command room to take charge of her fleet and also to record the battle.
Before that, she had already listed down several jump conditions for the rest of us in case we came back during that time so we could do it without her assistance.
I picked up the note that had mine on it and frowned the moment I saw what was written on the list.
Each and every one of them involved me doing something really, really ridiculous.
One was to do a one handed handstand in a short skirt with no underwear for five minutes; another was to start singing an opera piece before choking on some water; the next one was to hop around a campfire while making gorilla noises; and there's even one that needed me to shave my hair and burn them.
This little imp… I bet she intentionally chose all the stupid ones for me and had cameras set up to record me doing all this as blackmail material.
Forget it!
I'm going to ascend right now if it's the last thing I do and go and fight those stupid tentacle bitches!
Aniue told me I should just become the master of the Origin energy inside me, but that was easier said than done.
The good thing is that I've at least managed to tap into it consciously and feel the flow of the power inside me. The problem is actually taking control of it in its entirety.
Oh sure, I could direct it in a way and make it do a bit of my bidding like enhancing my Techniques, but the real problem came with gaining mastery over it.
Right now it's like a hurricane where my form of 'control' was opening the door slightly to let a little bit of the wind and rain in before shutting the door. How do you even control a hurricane, much less one that is a galaxy in size?
All this while I believed that this would be a slow and gradual process where I would slowly open the door bigger and bigger until I could finally leave it open without consequence.
Although there was some progress on that front, it wasn't as fast as I would like it to be.
After such a long time practising with it, I've managed to open the door about an inch wider before I had to close it lest I get blown away by it. How long would I need to wait before I can finally open it fully at this rate?
Today… I must make it today!
But first… Let me just go find Aniue for a bit…
"Aniue?" I called out, finding one of him hanging out in the pavilion in a meditative pose.
He cracked open an eye before stretching himself, "Ughh… Hello Tsuki. Thank you for the last Universe. I was pretty weird in that one wasn't I? Being an underground crime lord and all."
I couldn't help but let out my honest feelings there, "Not at all!! Aniue was so cool!! Especially when you told that traitor to cut his finger off before finishing him off! It was so, so cool!!"
"Ah… I see… Ahem… So, anything I can do for you?"
Oh right, I almost forgot why I was here and stopped myself from fantasising further about the criminal boss Aniue.
"I was wondering if you have any tips you can give me about helping me ascend to Godhood as quickly as possible right now?"
Aniue tilted his head slightly, "You are… Meant to gain control over the Origin energy inside you to create divinity for yourself, right?"
I nodded.
He then raised an eyebrow, "Yours should be quite simple isn't it? Just absorb the energy into yourself and mix your own into it. It's not like Origin energy has its own will you know? It's the most malleable thing in existence considering that it's, in fact, the origin of everything anyway. So if you can start an origin of something yourself, it will mould to fit you."
"Umm… What does Aniue mean by that?"
Aniue scratched his chin, "Let me see… Like I said, Origin energy is the most malleable thing in existence, so if you will it to, you can change it into anything and I really mean anything."
Oh… Oh… Ooooooohhhh!
I've been treating this whole thing wrong the entire time!!
"I shouldn't be adapting to it! I should be making it adapt to me!! I should not have been picturing it as the hurricane because I'm the hurricane!!" I gasped aloud
"Err… Wait, what are you thinking right now? That's not exactly what I--"
"Thank you Aniue!" I blurted out. Eh? Was Aniue saying something? Ah it doesn't matter because I know exactly what to do now!
I immediately pulled my sense into myself and found the door that was holding back the power behind it.
Not fearing it anymore, I immediately went to grab the handle and threw the door wide open.
The position of Aniue's best little sister, here I come!!
My vision went white.
