"Hey Chief, you alright?""They should be, they fell from like, only two feet."
Gemi and Mini were not startled by Libra and Cole"s sudden arrival. Mini showed actual concern for the two while Gemi could care less.
It was by pure accident though that Libra had teleported Cole and themselves onto the exact floor Cole"s new office instead of outside of the Spirit Door.
"I"m fine."
Cole said with his usual cold voice and stood up and sat on a nearby new and fresh, black leather couch that was brought in there a few minutes ago.
Libra was apparently too lazy to even get up and instead crossed their arms and leaned their head on them.
"How you doing, Libra?"
"Not now Gemini."
"And she still calls us Gemini."
For a reason unknown to Cole, it seemed that Libra disliked Gemi and Mini.
"Probably has something to do with the previous master."
Cole conuded such and noticed the new mark on his right hand.
It was the commonly known symbol for Libra and was neutral grey in color. Cole thought that it was a befiting color considering that Libra was all about balance and it fitted with his own color palette.
He had a pretty good idea of how to activate it but didn"t feel like testing it right here and then.
"Mini, since I "contracted" Libra or whatever, care to explain things to me in detail."
Mini reacted to Cole"s call and plopped down on the sofa, effectively leaving his sister to bicker with Libra by herself.
"Okay then, what do you want to know?"
Cole pondered for a bit and faced Mini.
"Just tell me about〈Spirit Marks〉, yours and Gemi"s abilities as well as the backgroung of this organization and my newfound role."
"So, basically everything. Got it, Chief."
Mini swiped his hand to the right, making a few, holographic screens appear before his eyes.
He sorted them a bit before enlarging their size and presenting them before Cole like a PowerPoint.
On the enlarged screens were images of different kinds of unique crests with varying colors and little bits of text.
"I"ll just summarize〈Spirit Marks〉, they"re basically your proof of having contracted with a〈Spirit〉"
After Mini said that, a new screen smoothly transitioned in and now showed beings who reminded Cole of of〈Elementals〉but with a humanoid form.
Some were mostly made out of fire, water, rocks or constant bursts of wind while others looked more like twisted Devils or heavenly Angels and a few simply looked human and had a pair of pointed ears.
"As for what a〈Spirit〉is, they"re embodiments of mana that have gathered over time and formed a sentinent being. They originated from the〈Fantasia Zone〉and allow their contractor to use mana in a specific way. That way varies from spirit to spirit. They have many different forms and do your best to collect them all!"
"This isn"t Pokemon. And I"m not going to get copyrighted because the "e" isn"t special."
Cole immediately sent a cold retort Mini"s way while avoiding a strike.
"Okay then, another info dump. I have a〈Unique Magic〉due to my contract with Gemini called〈Phantom a.r.s.enal〉"
Cole raised an eyebrow at the name. He thought it sounded a bit edgy but secretly thought it was really cool.
"You see, Gemini is a spirit about copying. My〈Phantom a.r.s.enal〉allows me to copy the form of any firearm and change my current one to that form. Like this."
Mini then quickly took a Derringer that"s size was about as small as his hand out of one of the many pockets from his cargo pants.
"Remimgton Derringer cal .41 rimfire."
Cole blurted out the exact model of the gun Mink took out without thinking.
Mini"s eyes widened at the sudden remark by Cole but it wad quickly replaced with a smile and Mini just carried on.
If you"re wondering how does a man who transmigrated from a time and place that was basically the future, it was because the previous Cole had an EXTREMELY thick-a.s.s book that listed about every single firearm ever made in the〈Times Zone〉and their specifications.
Cole had stumbled upon it in the past two months and simply read it because he thought "Why not?"
Trust me, it wasn"t because there was barely anything to do in the〈Neutral Zone〉
Mini then made the Derringer spin in the air. As he did so, a faint dark blue light glowed in his eyes and through both of his sleeves.
The tiny Derringer then glew brightly with a blue light into a heavy machine gun to which Mini promptly caught, although stumbling a bit due to it being heavier than him.
"It"s an M2 Browning this time."
Cole wondered if Mini"s〈Unique Magic〉also included bullets.
"The only bad thing about this magic is that it doesn"t come with bullets."
"Looks like I don"t have to ask."
"Does Gemi"s magic supplement that in some way?"
Cole then pointed to Gemi who was still bickering with Libra. But it seems that the subject had changed to her height.
After all, if it didn"t, it was pretty useless.
"Her unique magic is called〈Phantom Barracks〉, it allows her to copy any thing found in an Army Base and change the form of any other item. It has to be of a similar size though and she can only copy so much stuff at once and only things found in an Army Base. That doesn"t Vehicles include though."
"It would be too much if it did include vehicles."
"As for〈ESP〉... Here"s mine."
Mini then disappeared all of a sudden.
Cole instantly went on guard and then he got off the couch and pushed it away while he swiftly whipped up his trusty metal strings.
They then immediately wrapped around to a figure that was faintly visible.
Mini then appeared once again within the tightly coiled strings.
"Oof..."
Was all he had to say along with a strained face.