Nico - Ghoul Side

## Ghoul Side

Nico is not just a DPU, but also an Artificial One Eyed Ghoul, as is revealed at the end of the Mundus Fight. He is shown to have a Kagune, a Kakugan in his left eye which activates whenever his Kagune is out or upon his will, and is shown to have significant control over the mass of appendages he has at his command. His Kagune can be considered a Chimera, as it is a three-way of Koukaku, Rinkaku, and Bikaku, with their own abilities to distinguish them.

The following is their abilities:

### **Rinkaku:**

Nico’s Rinkaku, is his most utilized aspect of his Kagune. It
consists of 6 black Tentacles, blacker than darkness itself to the point where
all light is sucked into them metaphorically. One of the more frightening
abilities they have was that these Tentacles have the ability to turn
invisible, due to both vibrations constantly circling through and emitting from
them at high enough frequencies that they can no longer be seen with the 5
senses a person sported, and from Nico’s psychological desires to hide his
Ghoul side from the world. Though, he can make it visible at will by lowering
the frequency to a level where the optic nerves can process it.

These Vibrations also however, are responsible for the
Rinkaku’s lethal offensive and defensive power. These vibrations weaken bonds
at a molecular level, and thanks to their high frequencies this is done fast
enough that it is reminiscent of a blade, allowing the Rinkaku to slice through
most materials. Their strength is capable of slicing through large buildings at
its peak, making it a dangerous foe on the battlefield, along with how
flexible a Rinkaku is. This flexibility allows it to be manoeuvred into attacks
from any angle, making predicting where its going to attack from, especially
when invisible, exceedingly difficult.

This
isn’t all to Nico’s Rinkaku however, as while it specialises in stealth thanks
to invisibility ability, Nico’s also capable of manipulating his Rinkaku via
shapeshifting. This is due to Nico’s battle experience teaching him how to think
on the fly, yet also be intelligent on the battlefield as well as on his
opponents. This made him hit the books, increasing his intelligence and
versatility with his Kagune’s shape manipulation.

So far, the forms that he has shown to be capable of forming are as follows:

- Arms: Long Arms with black claws that had talon-like crimson nails at the end, though they can vary in size depending on the amount of RC Cells used.

- Wings: 3 pairs of 2 bat-shaped wings with black bones and pulsating crimson webbing.

- Cannons: Cylinder shaped cannons attached to tentacles with a treetrunk-like thickness. These cannons have 3 claw-like metal pieces over their barrels with rotating cylinders close to the bases, connected to the tentacles by long but thin strands. Atop the cylinders are large fleshy lumps with Kakugan eyes to serve as scopes for aiming. Seems to fire projectiles shaped like crimson rocks, coated by orangish-red Hellfire.

- Claws: A tree trunk thick tentacle with a clawed gauntlet on the end akin to those CPUs use.

- Blades: Tree trunk thick tentacles that end in five foot ten long black blades with crimson edges, saw-like undersides that made Nico think of the words 'King Saw' upon his first viewing of them, and sport crescent-shaped hilts. Additionally, they have metallic segments along the blades' backedges, and when they attack they can be enhanced with Hellfire.

After the multiple Trials of Zelretch where Nico's Kagune ingests a bunch of special cells called 'Gourmet Cells' it is shown that Nico's Kagune had evolved and mutated, gaining a much more ferocious nature as well as the ability to devour anything that it touches, including the tiniest of atoms. This allows its already greatly desired offensive nature to be increased even further, resulting in it being one of the most lethal weapons in Nico's Arsenal.

### **Bikaku**

Nico’s Bikaku Kagune manifests as up to 4 long, large grey
Tails covered in grey Armour plates. These Tails have 6 long, thin blade-like
Tips for stabbing and slashing purposes, while arrow-like Talons protruded from
their sides. These appearances oddly resemble a Centipede.

Now, Nico’s Bikaku Kagune specialises in Widespread
annihilation. For not only does it’s speed rival his Rinkaku, but its space-striking
abilities rival that of his Koukaku. That means it has both these qualities
intensified for its own purposes, a ‘you may see them, but you cannot dodge
them, you are too slow’ kind of situation. In addition to this, the Bikaku can
unleash its talons like Projectiles by whipping themselves in a certain
direction and detaching them. These launch mechanisms combined with the Talons
themselves, give them a strong enough force and impact to be able to go through
large pillars in a highway. In essence, they are equivalent to a pile of jet
liners crashing into someone full force.

If that wasn’t enough, this Bikaku has the ability to play
the versatility game and split itself into 6 long, thinner versions of
themselves each, and if Nico splits all four he gains 24 long, thin Tails with
single blade tips and a single row of curving talons each. These Tails would
slash for greater striking power and accuracy as they would be able to cover
more angles than their larger forms. Each one moves at Mach 1.5 speed, and
every one of them can release their Talons with just as much speed. Arguably,
in these forms the Talons are stronger and faster than when they were in their
bigger forms.

Regarding the Bikaku’s Talons, when a set are released they
take a coupleof minutes to reset, as Nico’s regeneration is restoring those
Talons. It is similar to the reloading of a Gun, though Nico’s training has
shortened this time considerably. In addition, he is able to release multiple
sets of Talons at once in multiple directions, covering more ground so that his
foes have a harder time dodging multiple sets of jetliners falling onto their
faces.

Furthermore, when they hit something, it doesn’t matter what,
these Talons detonate and explode, sending shrapnel made from these Talons into
their surroundings that make smaller explosions. This ensures that their
enemies may have dodged the initial attack (even with how hard that is) but
they will still no escape unscathed.

Each one has absurd gripping strength, able to form fanged
maws on their forms to help them. This gripping strength is strong enough that
the Bikaku can catch several bullet trains rushing at it in full force. This
gripping strength is usually accented through wrapping around objects, although
these maws can change that, and they have other methods of grabbing onto
objects.

These Kagune types are vicious fighters on the battlefield,
and sometimes they can influence each other’s powers, though Nico tries not to
let this happen too much as it could cause irregularities within his Kagune. It
is only through his proper control over it that this is the case. In fact, it
is remarked that the control Nico has over his Kagune surpasses that of other Ghouls,
in fact, it could even be said that in the knowledge of how to use his weapon he is
superior to even the Goddesses and other DPUs.

### **Koukaku**

Nico’s
Koukaku Kagune is a Kagune that takes the form of two black shields of similar
state to his Rinkaku, but with half a Kakugan and a savage grin on each of
them. This is so that when they’re combined, they form a single Shield with a
Kakugan aye and a wide grinning mouth, though Nico keeps them separate. Each
have pointed, narrowed tips on their chins so that they can be used as smashing
or stabbing weapons depending on the situation.

### **Kakuja**

Nico,
after so many years of cannibalizing monsters instead of humans (with
exceptions), has developed a Kakuja. In the past, it was an incomplete Kakuja,
which he couldn’t control and thus lost his sanity when it was used. It was first revealed after the battle with Mundus when it automatically activated, resulting in a gory transformation which the girls whom he traveled with (plus Team RAIL) bore witness to. In its incomplete state, Nico has a black and red Mask, one shaped like a Centipede with a fake crimson red right eye and an eye hole over the left, exposing the left eye beneath. His arms become covered in abyssal black armor whilst his hands were transformed into long, crimson Scythe-shaped Talons, ones which looked disturbingly similar to HF Blades. In addition to them, two long and thin Tails protruded out of his Tailbone, made from black armor with matching Fractions along with their forms, ending in two black Pincers each. Accompanying them were 6 Black Tentacles which came out the back of his waist, looking similar to the Tails only with red Fractions alongside glowing crimson talons like the legs of a Centipede.

Whilst its power is unknown due to it not being shown for very long, it is said to be considered very dangerous by Aiden and Ivan, two professional Spec Ops Agents in their own right, not to mention it is the cause for Nico's superiors to have a team ready on standby in case he were to lose control over himself and morph into an incomplete Kakuja.