His system appeared.
[M.O.T.S.]
[WARNING]
[PHOENIX FORCE RESONANCE DETECTED]
Jin's eyes widened.
The screen flickered.
Then vanished.
Jean's power surged again.
Jin moved.
He grabbed Raven and pulled her behind him.
Jean's attack struck.
Jin compressed the space between them.
The force bent.
He pushed forward.
"Jean!"
She screamed.
The Phoenix exploded.
Jin's Limitless buckled.
His knees hit the ground.
Raven stared.
"Jin!"
"I'm fine."
"You don't look fine."
"I'm working on it."
Jin looked up.
Jean was crying.
"I don't want to hurt anyone."
"I know."
"I can't stop it."
"Then let me help."
Jean stared at him.
For one moment, she seemed to recognize herself.
Then another voice seemed to whisper through her.
Jean's expression changed.
"No."
She turned.
"Jean!"
She shot into the sky.
Jin tried to follow.
His body betrayed him.
The world spun.
His knees buckled.
He caught himself against the ground.
"Not now."
Raven grabbed him.
"Are you okay?"
Jin looked toward the sky.
Jean was already disappearing.
His senses screamed.
The golden presence was moving away.
Fast.
He tried to stand.
His vision blurred.
He could barely hear Raven.
"Jin?"
He stumbled.
Then his body gave out.
He fell to one knee.
His head dropped.
And before consciousness disappeared, Jin looked toward the direction Jean had fled.
His voice barely carried.
"Phoenix Force..."
He lifted one trembling hand.
Pointed toward Jean.
Then collapsed.
Darkness.
Silence.
Nothing.
Then—
A heartbeat.
Jin opened his eyes.
The ceiling was familiar.
Academy.
Again.
He stared upward.
For several seconds, he didn't move.
Then he remembered.
Raven.
Jean.
The Phoenix Force.
He sat upright.
The room spun.
Jin grabbed his head.
"Again?"
He breathed slowly.
The dizziness passed.
He looked toward the clock.
Then froze.
He had no idea what time it was.
There was no clock.
He stood.
His body felt heavier than before.
He looked around.
No Hank.
No Xavier.
Nobody.
"Where is everyone?"
He left the room.
The academy was almost empty.
Jin walked through the hallway.
The lights were dim.
He found a wall clock.
His eyes widened.
He read the time.
"Shit."
He immediately turned around.
He knew what this meant.
The final battle.
It had already begun.
He had been unconscious again.
He ran toward the hangar.
But then he stopped.
Something tingled behind his eyes.
Not Six Eyes.
Something else.
The Phoenix.
Jin slowly turned his head.
His perception expanded.
The sensation was faint.
But unmistakable.
Jean.
Somewhere.
Very far away.
The Phoenix Force inside her was screaming across the universe.
Jin could feel it.
His Six Eyes picked up the disturbance.
The Phoenix Force acted like a beacon.
A universal beacon.
Jean Grey had become a signal.
And Jin could sense her.
He smiled grimly.
"So that's what you did."
He stepped forward.
"You're basically a giant cosmic Wi-Fi signal now."
He activated Limitless.
Blue surged.
Space compressed.
Jin disappeared.
He reappeared miles away.
Then again.
And again.
Each teleportation was brutal.
His body wasn't fully recovered.
Every jump made his head pound.
His vision blurred.
His stomach twisted.
But he kept going.
Jean was ahead.
He could feel her.
The Phoenix Force was becoming stronger.
Jin teleported again.
And again.
And again.
The world became flashes.
Road.
Forest.
City.
Desert.
Sky.
Then—
He appeared above a battlefield.
His eyes widened.
The final battle.
It had already begun.
Jean hovered in the distance.
Magneto stood below.
The X-Men were fighting.
The military surrounded the area.
Everything was happening at once.
Jin barely had time to process it.
Jean looked toward him.
Their eyes met.
Then the Phoenix exploded.
Jin raised both hands.
"Wait—"
The blast hit him.
There was no time for Limitless to fully activate.
The golden force slammed directly into his body.
Jin screamed.
His body flew backward.
The world disappeared.
Again.
But this time—
Something inside him changed.
The Phoenix Force entered his cursed energy.
His Six Eyes processed it.
His soul recognized it.
His system broke.
[M.O.T.S.]
[CRITICAL ERROR]
[CRITICAL ERROR]
[EXTERNAL ENERGY EXCEEDS SYSTEM PARAMETERS]
Jin's body crashed into the ground.
His vision flickered.
The system appeared again.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[ASSIMILATION THRESHOLD REACHED: 75%]
[NEW ABILITY ACQUIRED: SHRINE]
Jin's eyes widened.
Another message appeared.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[ASSIMILATION THRESHOLD REACHED: 80%]
[NEW ABILITIES ACQUIRED]
[DISMANTLE]
[CLEAVE]
The cursed energy inside him changed.
Something ancient stirred.
Another message appeared.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[ASSIMILATION THRESHOLD REACHED: 85%]
[NEW ABILITY ACQUIRED: DIVINE FLAME / FURNACE]
Jin felt heat gathering inside his body.
The system continued.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[WEAPON ACQUIRED: KAMUTOKE]
Jin's fingers twitched.
Then another message.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[ASSIMILATION THRESHOLD REACHED: 90%]
[NEW ABILITY ACQUIRED: MALEVOLENT SHRINE]
The battlefield disappeared from Jin's awareness.
The system continued.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[ASSIMILATION THRESHOLD REACHED: 95%]
[NEW ABILITY ACQUIRED: WORLD-CUTTING SLASH]
Then—
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[WEAPON ACQUIRED: Hiten]
Jin stared at the messages.
They appeared faster.
Faster.
Faster.
Until the entire interface became a wall of white text.
His cursed energy erupted.
The ground beneath him cracked.
Jean turned toward him.
The Phoenix Force reacted.
Jin's system screamed.
[M.O.T.S.]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO]
[ASSIMILATION THRESHOLD REACHED: 100%]
[TAINTED SATORU GOJO TEMPLATE: FULLY ASSIMILATED]
Jin's breath stopped.
Then another message appeared.
[M.O.T.S.]
[NEW TEMPLATE DETECTED]
[PHOENIX FORCE COUNTERMEASURE REQUIRED]
[ANALYZING AVAILABLE TEMPLATES...]
The system paused.
For the first time since Jin had received it, the interface didn't immediately provide an answer.
Instead, a single name slowly appeared.
[NEW TEMPLATE]
[USAGI TSUKINO]
[IDENTITY: SAILOR MOON]
[CORE POWER: SILVER CRYSTAL]
Jin's eyes widened.
The system continued.
[COMPATIBILITY: EXTREMELY HIGH]
[REASON: COSMIC PURIFICATION]
[REASON: RESTORATION]
[REASON: SOUL-LEVEL ENERGY MANIPULATION]
[REASON: REALITY-LEVEL POWER]
[REASON: PHOENIX FORCE COUNTERMEASURE]
Jin stared at the screen.
"Sailor Moon?"
The system didn't answer.
Instead, another message appeared.
[TEMPLATE ACQUISITION AVAILABLE]
Jin looked toward Jean.
The Dark Phoenix was staring back at him.
Golden energy surrounded her.
The battlefield trembled.
Jin slowly clenched his fist.
"Okay."
His expression hardened.
"If you're giving me Sailor Moon..."
The Silver Crystal's symbol appeared within the system.
Jin smiled.
"...then let's see what happens when cosmic fire meets cosmic light."
The system flashed.
[TEMPLATE ACCEPTED]
And the battlefield disappeared into white.