Scenario (Strength boost, free)

• Reiryoku: 1000
• Reiatsu: 200

Desired Action: Spend 200 Reiryoku to boost Strength

Result: Reiatsu is 200, this action is free

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Scenario (Kido with higher cost)

• Reiryoku: 2000
• Reiatsu: 400

Desired Action: Cast Soukatsui for 600 Reiryoku

Result: Reiatsu is 400. 600-400=200. Only 200 Reiryoku spent.

Anthony was a simple boy growing up, born from a stern yet sweet woman and a soft yet serious man, his childhood and teenage days were mostly unnoticeable compared to any other boy in his hometown, he was raised up as a calm and “neutral” boy as he puts it to word.

Yet, he remembers a friend he had while growing up, Kyle was his name or at least he remembers, he was weirdly macabre, always talking about death and stuff like that, he liked him as a friend though.

But, as time went on, he didn’t seem to age a bit, for example; Kyle appeared to be 15 when Tony was 12, so when Tony was 16, and so when Tony was 18, Also add the fact that Kyle never invited him to his house, if he did ever have one.

For Tony’s parents, Kyle was just an imaginary friend, given the fact that Tony’s father had been found out to be incapable of having anymore children, so the logic pointed out that he was an imaginary friend, as Tony’s interactions appeared more, he was pointlessly sent to therapy, yet he was given no real reason, after some more fails at trying to understand why did Tony saw Kyle, they finally gave up

Kyle never disappeared, he kept appearing to Tony even during his birthday, when his mother decided to move to Japan because of a job possibility that was presented to her, Tony had to say goodbye to Kyle. Tony waved his hand to Kyle from the window of their car. Kyle gave a smile, a smile that Tony likes to believe was sincere, even when it probably wasn’t

The town’s name was Sagamiyama. life there was boring, nothing really happened to him and his parents, his mother did start working at the job and his father’s routine didn’t really change so much as he was a programmer so most of his job was done at their house. Tony had begun to work at a fast food restaurant.

After one particular busy night, while walking down the street to his house, it was mostly silent, he remembers hearing some distant thud behind him, he ignored it, it could have been anything, then another thud, this one he did turned to see, it was mostly dark aside from the street lights, so nothing particular weird was seen. Tony silently chuckled before he turned his head, Just then, he was hit.

He was woken up by a blinding shine of light, he had survived the blow, albeit barely, there he saw it, a woman, dressed in black robes which seemed more fit to ceremony than duel, fighting the thing that had attacked him. Once the beast was reduced to a mist, he saw her eyes, they were serious and cold, it reminded him of something, they were almost a carbon copy to… his mother’s gaze.

Her words were blurry, something about a Soul Society and that he was selected to be a Substitute Something, maybe it was the boringness he faced in his current life or the blood loss he was suffering, but his response was a clear and resounding yes.

Some weeks of training passed by courtesy of another of these Soul Reaper people, this one had a comical pompadour and looked like a mechanic, it turned out to be the same mechanic that was some streets from his house.

After the training Tony began his hunts for hollows, he thinks it’s just a game, a game of playing “knight” as he calls it. How wrong will he be in the future?