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🔥 Power & Skill Gains:
Phase Skin (Chapter 10): A defensive morphing ability from another world—resistant to physical/magic attacks.
Gearblade Evolution: Transforms into a halberd in Chapter 10.
Pulse Bind: New kinetic suppression technique (Chapter 10).
Interdimensional Combat Experience: Gains mid-battle insight into rift travel and spatial battlefield manipulation.
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🧠 System Enhancements / Internal Growth:
Mental Sync with Raphael-style inner guide deepens—system now warns of "core breaches" and gives tactical data.
Partial Memory Echoes emerge after seeing Aria, hinting at lost fragments of Kaizen's past self.
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🧍♀️ Allies & Relationships:
Rias Gremory: Relationship becomes emotionally complex—trust builds, but now tinged with suspicion after Aria appears.
Akeno Himejima: Growing loyalty and subtle attraction after she aids Kaizen in battle.
Aria: Revealed as Kaizen's "sister"—another multiversal being. Deep connection, though Kaizen has forgotten her.
Kiba & Sona: Growing trust after witnessing Kaizen's commitment and power firsthand.
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🧛♂️ Enemies:
The Interdimensional Hunter: Sent to retrieve "Prime Fragment Kaizen." A new, persistent multiverse-level threat. Temporarily repelled.
Shadow Wraiths: Servants of the hunter—minor, but dangerous swarm enemies.
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🌌 Story/World Progression:
Multiverse origin confirmed: Kaizen is one of many fragments.
Aria's warning implies more hunters or fragments will appear.
Kuoh is no longer safe—the fabric of the world is weakening from Kaizen's presence and his enemies' interference.
Chapter 10 sets the stage for escalation: the next wave of threats is inbound