Chapter 129 - CH 104: QUESTION/ANSWER: JOKER(1) (1/2)
(AN: A little info dumpy, but necessary for the future. We'll, it's called Question/answer for a reason.)
”What is a Joker?”
”Hum… To make it short, Jokers are game changers. People so powerful they can change the fate of a country.”
Kuroha stopped and looked at her with questioning eyes. Why did this awfully sound like some xianxia story scenario where the mc was told that he was only a frog in a well.
Temari, unaware of the thought going through Kuroha head continued.
”Two criteria are important to become a Joker. The first is of course power. Only people reaching a certain level of power can be called Joker.”
”And the second?”
”... The second is longevity. All jokers are people able to live far longer than the norms.”
Kuroha immediately thought about someone. A little woman older than anyone else but who looked younger than anyone else.
”Now those criteria created a problem. Some people are able to live very long but do not have the power while some people do have the power but they don't have the longevity.”
Kuroha nodded. There were all sorts of quirk. Such a situation should have been common.
”As such, someone simply decided to create three subclasses. ANCESTOR, RULER, DESTROYER. Three classes represented three states. Those who can only live long are called Ancestors. Destroyers are those who have the power. Finally the most dangerous Rulers are those who have the two.”
”What's the use of having such a title?”
”This title is way more useful than you could imagine. The more jokers a country has, the more powerful it is. But I will come to it later. Japan for example was the most powerful country since we had 6 jokers. 2 rulers and 3 destroyers and 1 ancestor. You even know one of them. It's your uncle, All Might. At his peak, he was one of strongest destroyers in the entire world.”
Kuroha was stunned for a while before nodding in acceptance. This was acceptable. He already saw what All Might was able to do despite being so weakened. If someone suddenly told him that there were a bunch of people capable of beating All Might he would begin to ask himself questions about the sanity of the world. Still, he was curious,
”You said we had. What exactly happened?”
Kuroha had a hunch but he wanted to be sure. Temari smiled bitterly,
”Right now Japan is in quite a conundrum. We lost basically all our jokers. All Might is wounded and as such unable to use his power for a long time.”
Kuroha began to think fast, the way she worded things, it seemed like she didn't know about One for all. After all, it wasn't just about being wounded, he had already lost his power and all he had left was just some ember.
”Another one of our destroyers was named Re-Destro. But he died. He has a son. But that son is still a little away from the level of destroyer.”
Her smile became even bitter.
”One of the two rulers goes under the nickname All For One. Perhaos you already know but he is the worst enemy of All Might and is the cause of All Might wounds. His whereabouts are currently unknown. But, at least we can guess that he must have lost most of his power and is unfit to keep the role of ruler. At most he should be an ancestor now. If it wasn't enough. He had the last destroyer, Gigantomachia as well as the sole Ancestor, Daruma Ujiko under his order. The whereabouts of those two are also unknown….Kuroha!? Are you alright?”
”... What? Of course. Sorry, it seems that I spaced out a little.”
Temari looked at him with suspicious eyes as she pointed down with her finger.
Following the direction pointed by it, he lowered his head and saw that his hands were bleeding. He had clenched his fist so hard that his finger dug under his skin.