793 System Driver (1/2)
The device on the belt Jin wore was called the 'System Driver', (for lack of a better name from Jin). It had been personally named like this by the System as it had created it instead of waiting for Jin's researchers to build it.
It was basically a replica similar to what all the various masked heroes used in TV shows to gain additional powers, only that the System was able to do the same for Jin without resorting to cinematic tricks. (Perhaps, the System itself wanted to copyright such a design and enhance such powers for its own benefit?)
Unlike those TV shows, the System Driver was authentic and not some dungeon instance magic fabricated by digital ones and zeroes. Yet the design and concept worked the same. Jin had an activation device to transform, and his phone acted as the key for this. The System would transmit the data and pieces of armour it had stored within the device to equip Jin almost immediately.
Those pieces of armour were naturally the Living Armour which Ke Mi, Shu and the other werejackals had painstakingly cultivated for the past few months. However, the concept of transforming into a masked warrior with a full plate armour had not been conceivable despite the 'System magic'… Until Peppers found a game-changing property from these newly grown metal plates.
She had experimented and discovered that if given enough data to the metal plate by any means such as hitting, burning, freezing, electrocuting it, the armour would temporarily shape in a way the users wanted it to be. That was when the System realised its immense potential and decided to ask Peppers to hit it with a tremendous amount of electromagnetic waves jam packed with data accumulated by the System.
To their surprise, it did conform to the way the data was presented, and from there, they tried ways to retain the data within the living armour for use in combat. Else, the living armour would be too 'malleable' in nature. And if that's the case, it would not be protecting the user at all.
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”... In short, we need the armour to retain its data else any other thing that hits it will cause it to transform based on that. For example, a fire-based attack on the living armour will make its temperature increase and potentially burn the user inside.” Ayse, who collaborated with Peppers, shared her conclusion.
”Then it does not protect the user a single bit.” Peppers lamented.
”Think of it as the young living armour deflecting the hurt away by replicating the way it was hurt. That is why we need to control its new properties if we ever want to make a proper suit of armour for Jin.” Ayse replied.
”Now you will understand when I initially asked for the various demon parts like the eyes of the Transforming Spiders or Keyrin's... Erm body parts.” Gold who had been the initiator of this armour project spoke out to the two of them.
”Those properties are not really new to the living armour. I recall reading something like this, and I believe this could possibly be a variant since we grew it too fast. Though perhaps we have too little knowledge about them since they were so rare to find in the first place.”
Then out of the blue, the System who had been lurking suddenly decided to take on the project with great interest. It graciously used some of its celestial magic with all the materials that had been gathered (or donated) to create the System Driver.
Thus, the new System Driver was born from the System's magic. But despite it being created from the Heavens' mandated entity, such a creation should still need to undergo a series of trials and tests before it was used in action.
Sadly, there was no time for it until now.