Chapter 81: Changed the Plan or Not
Nemuri looked at Aoi in shock and said:
"You're saying you're going to terraform a planet? Do you have any idea how much work that involves?"
Fuyumi looked at Aoi and said:
"Yes, brother. There has to be another way, right? The situation isn't that bad, is it?"
Aoi looked at her, smiled, shook his head, and said:
"You're expecting understanding from a race that, in the past, before Quirks even existed, enslaved humans just because they had a different skin color? That killed millions in wars simply because their religion was different? That invented everything from guns to the nuclear bomb—the ultimate weapon of mass destruction—just to kill as many humans as possible in one strike? And you want me to trust that this race will understand that my children will be the leaders of a new race that's superior to them in every way, even in Quirks? My kids have a chance of inheriting from me, from Nemuri, or from Rumi. There's literally nothing in which they wouldn't be superior."
Fuyumi fell silent as she listened. After all, throughout human history, whenever one group of humans encountered another for the first time, it never ended well for the weaker side.
Shoto, who had been listening to everything, finally broke the silence and said:
"So what's your plan?"
Nemuri said:
"Yeah, after all, you're acting way too calm. That means you already have a plan ready, right?"
Aoi said:
"Yes, I do. And that's why I want you all to come home with me. I want to discuss this plan with the whole family. After all, I don't want to explain it twice—it's exhausting."
Nemuri thought for a moment and said:
"Yes, that's true. With these new revelations and the delicate situation we're in, it's better to gather as a family to discuss something as massive as this plan."
Fuyumi said:
"Yes, that's true. We need to discuss it all together. After all, we're family."
Aoi gave a tired smile and said:
"Yes. But I came here to solve one problem, and now I've got another gigantic one to deal with. Ah, what a life. I think the universe decided to balance the scales by giving me problems to solve."
Nemuri smiled, took his hand, and said:
"I know you'll figure it out. After all, you already have a plan. If it were most—if not all—heroes, knowing the entire world is their enemy, they'd have already broken under the pressure. But here you are, complaining a bit but still solving the situation, right?"
Shoto said, smiling:
"The sister-in-law is right, brother. And you're not alone. We're here with you, right, Fuyumi?"
Fuyumi smiled and said:
"Yes, we're here."
At that moment, they heard the door open.
Aoi then looked toward his father.
Endeavor looked at his son who had shown up at his house and said:
"Aoi, what's going on? Why did you come looking for me?"
Aoi looked at him and saw the same eyes filled with obsession as when he had left years ago. He understood that Endeavor hadn't changed at all in that time. In fact, he had only started to change after the world had beaten him down repeatedly. Now, the idea of improving probably didn't even cross his mind.
Aoi then smiled as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders. He looked at him and said:
"No, it's nothing. I just came here because after the USJ incident, Shoto hasn't visited Mom to see that she's okay. So I came to pick him up so he can see she's fine and stop worrying."
Endeavor looked seriously at Shoto and said:
"You can go. But come back for our training. The U.A. Sports Festival is coming up. I want you to show the best side of the future number one hero. Understood?"
Shoto, seeing this, said quietly:
"Yes, understood."
Endeavor nodded in affirmation and went back inside the house.
Aoi then smiled and said:
"Well, then let's go. We're going to have a long conversation tonight."
Aoi then rode his motorcycle with Nemuri, while Fuyumi drove her car right behind with Shoto.
After some time, they arrived home.
Aoi entered.
Rei, seeing Aoi arriving with Fuyumi and Shoto, was surprised. She approached and gave him a strong hug. But then she saw their serious faces.
Rei looked at Aoi and asked:
"What's wrong? What happened?"
Aoi looked and saw Rumi and Ryuko and said:
"You know that conversation we were going to have when I got back? The situation changed and got a lot more serious."
Rumi said impatiently:
"What happened?"
Aoi then called them over, and they all sat around a table.
Ryuko said:
"Spit it out already, Aoi. What happened?"
Aoi looked at them and then told them about the new race and why governments around the world wanted them dead.
Rumi, hearing this, slammed her hand on the table, denting it, and said:
"I'm not letting any son of a bitch lay a finger on my child!"
Ryuko looked at her and said:
"Calm down. All this stress isn't good for the baby."
Rumi said:
"How can I calm down knowing the world wants to kill my child just because he'll be born stronger?"
Ryuko smiled and said:
"Aoi has a solution, right? After all, he would never drop news like this without having a way to fix it, right?"
Everyone then looked at Aoi, waiting for an answer.
Aoi said:
"I had a plan to terraform Mars before I found out that I accidentally stopped being human and that our children are part of this new race. So I had to change my plans."
Ryuko asked curiously:
"Why isn't terraforming Mars a good solution anymore? It would keep us away from Earth's governments, and the biggest conflict—their fear of being replaced—would end, right?"
Aoi said:
"Yes, it would. But choosing Mars has some problems."
Aoi sighed, leaning back in his chair as he looked at the attentive faces of Ryuko, Rumi, Nemuri, and his siblings. He interlaced his fingers on the table and began explaining in a calm voice, laced with the cold logic only a pragmatic genius could have.
"Mars seems like the obvious escape, Ryuko. It's close, it's small, gravity is low, and humanity has been dreaming about it for decades. But that's exactly where the danger lies." Aoi paused, letting the weight of his words sink in. "If I chose Mars, I'd be occupying Earth's 'Plan B.' Governments already have robots there, they've mapped the minerals, and they've promised that soil to billionaires and corporations. The moment I landed on Mars and transformed it to protect us, I'd be labeled the greatest villain in history."
Rumi frowned, about to interrupt, but Aoi continued:
"They'd use propaganda to say I 'stole' humanity's last ark. They'd tell the people I poisoned the water and ruined Mars' resources out of selfishness. I'd hand them the perfect moral argument to attempt an invasion every ten years under the guise of 'liberating' the planet. Plus, Mars is too close. With the technology they have—even if outdated—we'd be under telescope surveillance 24/7. We'd be like animals in a zoo, waiting for the day they invented a new weapon to reach us."
Aoi looked at Nemuri, who was gripping his hand tightly.
"And the main point: Mars is too easy. If it's easy for me, it's accessible for them. The gravity there wouldn't stop a human army from marching. I'd have to fight constant wars in a backyard they consider 'theirs.' That's why I scrapped Mars. I'll leave it free and untouched. If Earth's governments want to save the human race, let them figure out how to colonize Mars with what they have. I'm not giving them the satisfaction of saying I stopped them."
He then projected a hologram of a furious gas giant onto the table.
"That's why I chose Jupiter."
A sepulchral silence fell over the room. Even Shoto, who had been quiet, widened his eyes.
"Jupiter is what humanity calls 'space junk.' It's a deadly gas giant with no solid ground, radiation that would fry any human ship, and gravity that would crush an ordinary man in seconds. No one wants Jupiter. No one has claimed Jupiter." Aoi smirked. "By creating our home there, I exercise the Right of Creation. I'm not taking the planet from anyone—I'm fabricating solid ground where today there's only chaos. If someone tries to come after us and dies on the way, the blame won't be mine, but the physics of a world never meant for them. On Jupiter, we'll be sovereign because the planet itself denies humanity's existence."
Aoi looked at the bellies of Nemuri and Rumi.
"On Mars, we'd be refugees on foreign soil. On Jupiter, we'll be gods of a world we built ourselves. There, no one can use the excuse that we 'stole their future,' because Jupiter's future... is the one I'm going to create."
Shoto said:
"Well, that's true. By choosing Jupiter, you avoid offending all of humanity that's got their eyes on it."
Shoto leaned forward, confused.
"But brother, Jupiter is entirely made of gas. How are you going to terraform something with no ground?"
"Simple, Shoto. I'm going to reprogram the planet." Aoi projected a complex hologram over the table. "My plan involves obtaining the DNA of the American hero Star and Stripe in the future. Her Quirk, New Order, allows imposing rules on reality. But I won't use it alone. I'm going to create what I call the Sovereign Hive Protocol."
Aoi began detailing the plan, and the silence in the room became absolute:
"Stage 1: The Bio-Software. I'll create in the lab the 'Architect' lineage. Insects whose DNA is executable code with 5% of New Order. They'll have rigid instincts: a 'Proximity Grid' to keep them 15 meters apart and reactions to chemical triggers. They'll be divided into three castes: Foundation, Atmospheric, and Geographers."
"Stages 2 and 3: The Silent Army and the Living Mesh. In three months, I'll have 200 quadrillion individuals. I'll send them to Jupiter. Upon release, swarm instinct takes over. They'll connect like a living spider web, enveloping the entire gas giant in a perfect grid that withstands any Jovian storm."
Aoi gestured, and the Jupiter hologram glowed brightly.
"Stage 4: Phase Zero (Mass Lockdown). This is the most critical order. I'll fire a signal, and all insects will issue the First Order simultaneously: 'Jupiter's mass and gravity are locked at their current values and immune to any density change.'" Aoi tapped his finger on the table. "If I tried to solidify the gas before locking gravity, the density shift would alter the solar system's center of mass and knock Earth out of orbit. If this order fails, Jupiter stays gas and Earth stays safe. It's a fail-safe system."
"Stage 5: The Reality Shield (Second Order). Once the mass is locked, I lock the front door. The second rule will be: 'Any external solid matter on a collision trajectory that does not contain my active DNA must be transported to solar disposal.'"
Aoi looked at Nemuri, Rumi, and Ryuko.
"This shield will recognize you through necklaces with my regenerative blood, but it'll fling any meteor or nuclear missile straight into the Sun. Sunlight will pass normally since it's not solid matter."
"Stage 6: Paradise Stabilization and Permanent Legacy. With mass locked and the door secured, the other castes execute their scripts: set breathable air at 22°C and transmute rock into crystal oceans and minerals." Aoi leaned back in his chair. "What remains is a world 1,300 times larger than Earth, solid, light as the original gas, and with infinite resources."
Shoto nodded, recognizing the genius.
"You first make sure the lab doesn't explode, then lock the front door, and only then start decorating the house."
Aoi smiled, relaxing his shoulders.
"Exactly. On Jupiter, we'll be sovereign because the planet itself denies humanity. I'm not just colonizing a planet—I'm turning it into our perfect fantasy world."
Nemuri said worriedly:
"Aoi, but with a planet full of so many resources, won't it attract attention from Earth?"
Ryuko said:
"Yes, that was the same problem with Mars."
Aoi leaned back in his chair, his expression serious but with a playful glint in his eyes. He gestured to the hologram, now displaying resource maps and complex biological diagrams of Jupiter.
"Shoto, Fuyumi, Nemuri, Rumi, Ryuko... I paid attention to every detail so this planet is paradise for us and a graveyard for human greed. Everything here is designed to kill anyone without our DNA or our strength."
He began enumerating the points on his fingers:
1️⃣ Death Density in Every Apple:
"Even the food we grow will be a weapon. I'll use New Order so the density of foodstuffs is absurd. A Jupiter apple will have the density of Earth's hardwood. A human couldn't even chew it, and if they swallowed, they'd die from intestinal blockage. Only we, with our titanium bodies, will be able to eat here. Food will be a privilege of our race."
2️⃣ Poisoned Minerals (The Cursed Treasure):
"The precious minerals I'll create in the crystal mountains will have a 'selective radiation signature.' If a human tries to mine our gold or diamonds, the mineral will emit white-lead radiation and molecular decay. The treasure they covet will just be radioactive junk that rots the flesh of whoever holds it. No one will get rich on Jupiter."
3️⃣ "Healing" Lethal Water:
"The water in our oceans will be the perfect poison for them. I'll infuse it with Recovery Girl's healing factor. For us, it'll be an eternal life tonic. For a human, drinking it would supercharge healing but instantly consume all bodily energy, causing immediate death from total exhaustion. Not even a drop could be used by them."
4️⃣ "Toriko" Protein and Digestive Shock:
"The meat from the animals I'll create—like 7-meter lions or 400-meter whales—will have gigantic proteins compatible with our demigod biology. A human couldn't digest it; the protein shock would cause digestive system failure and instant death. Jupiter's meat is ours, and no one else's."
5️⃣ The Greed Barrier:
"All this ensures the cost of invading Jupiter is a thousand times any profit. Human greed only strikes where money is easy. Here, they'll only find death in every resource. The entire planet is our security system."
Aoi looked at the family, concluding with a satisfied smile.
"I'm not just building a wall. I'm building a world that, by design, denies humanity's existence. If they try to come, the blame will be their own greed, not mine. Now, the work to build our 'junk' paradise begins soon."