Bo

Bo Masuda was a young neohuman boy who Volt encountered whilst in on a mission in Tokyo. During his work with MI6 apprehending a Yakuza data thief, Volt hid from the Japanese government and Supersamurai after he was framed for killing Commissioner Goto an important business mediator between Tengan Enterprises and the Japanese Government by a member of the Kamakiri Clan, which was seen as an act of Terrorism by Japan.

### Personality

Bo was a naive, shy and socially awkward boy who lived in his father's small shop and hotel in Shinjuku, but as his father was mostly working multiple other jobs, some of which for the Yakuza's Mantis Clan, Bo was often left running the store by himself.

### History

His early history is uncertain but from what his father Fujio told him was that his mother was a high-maintenance businesswoman who left after constant arguing about money and that she wanted nothing to do with Bo after she left.

Fujio raised Bo on his own and struggled with three jobs, when Bo was 13 Fujio declared him old enough to look after the shop for one evening when several men showed up looking for Fujio. Bo recognised them as Yakuza who often stole from the shop and bulled his father. When they began threatening the boy and messing up the store yet again Bo finally stood up for himself. When they tried to attack Bo, the boy's neonics activated and one of the men flew backwards with a strike from a bo-staff that appeared in the boy's hands. The men backed off and ran just as Volt arrived looking for a room.

Speaking only some Japanese at the time Volt didn't have the capacity to ask exactly what happened, but after getting a room, came back down to the shop to help him clear up.

It turned out that Bo knew some English and over a few days the two improved their languages, but Volt was curious where his father had gone for so long.

### Powers

Bo was a neohuman and manifested his abilities at 13 when the Yakuza attacked his father's hotel-shop.

**Photosillicate Manifestation:** Bo has the ability to create simple, usually rod-shaped constructs of energized crystalline material made from atmospheric silicate nano-particles and held together with photons. This gives the constructs an amber appearance with a yellowish-orange glow and increases the structure's strength and energy-reflection capabilities. He is still developing his powers and as of yet cannot sustain each manifestation for very long.

* **Bo Staff/Javelin:** The easiest manifestation of these constructs appeared in the form of rod-shaped weapons that he could use as fighting sticks or throw as pointed javelins, the reflective qualities of this material allowed him to strike with some force. This manifestation is thought to derive from his own training with a bo-staff long before his powers manifested. He later learned to mentally control these manifested weapons from a distance, but this still requires concentration to both maintain and control separate from his body.
* **Barriers:** He recently learned to create broad, often curved barriers around himself or other people that have highly reflective qualities towards energy and directed force.
* **"Hoverboard":** He is learning to control a skateboard-like platform composed of photosilicate, he finds it easier to control this small object as he is in contact with it at all times and can fly upon this at just under 80mph currently.