Chapter 240: John
An unknown amount later.
Inside, the ambience remained relatively quiet—if quiet was the right word to use. Rin, Brie, Tayuya, Ryūzetsu, and even Koko were all intermingling.
"I told you to stop running around the lab!" Tayuya demanded, stomping her feet. Koko obliged, calling her 'mom number two.' A second later, she continued her playful zooms. "I'm not your mom!"
Brie and Ryūzetsu were working on chemicals, to which the latter found fascinating. Meanwhile, Rin was busy fiddling with fingers.
Within the depths of the vat, something stirred that no one noticed. Arthur's eyelids slowly lifted, revealing glowing red orbs that pierced through the liquid darkness.
He felt a weightlessness surrounding him, completely opposite of the pain he'd undergone since he'd first entered. He reached for the oxygen mask covering his face and slowly peeled it away. He then formed a hand sign before his eyes flared open.
Before the alarms could go off, the vat began to crack and crumble under the pressure of his burgeoning chakra. Then boom!
The impact was like thunder. With an explosive force, the vat shattered, spilling chemicals and hot spring water across the laboratory floor. A green mist erupted in plumes, enveloping everything in a thick mist.
Rin and the others recoiled, but it was too late. The mist swathed them whole.
No one needed to say it; they all felt it—the unmistakable presence of Arthur.
Koko tuned in first, screaming how "daddy" was finally awake.