Shadow Bug

Kiba: We believe that you were a Shadow conduit and that's how you survived the shadowfication process.

Kato: A shadow conduit? What is that?

Kuyomi: Let me explain.

Lighters and Shadows are supernatural beings so they tend to marry from their kind and so the normal cycle is:

Shadow + Shadow = Shadow

Human + Human = Human

Lighter + Lighter = Lighter

But over time, with mixed marriages, the cycle evolved:

Shadow + Human = Shadow Conduit or Shadow

Lighter + Human = Lighter Conduit or Lighter

Shadow + Lighter = No viable offspring

Conduits are beings with about 1% of Shadow or Lighter energy. This minimal amount of energy is usually undetectable, so they aren't classified as full Shadows or Lighters.

But now with the Conduits around the cycle evolved even further and so therefore it is like this:

Shadow Conduit + Human = Shadow Conduit or Human

Lighter Conduit + Human = Lighter Conduit or Human

Shadow Conduit + Lighter Conduit = Hybrid Conduit

Shadow + Shadow Conduit = Shadow

Lighter + Lighter Conduit = Lighter

Conduits can also genetically pass their 1% energy to their children in some cases. The only way they can do this is through sexual intercourse.

Conduits can sometimes pass their 1% energy to their children through reproduction. When a Shadow Conduit is bitten by a Shadow Bug, the 99% additional Shadow Energy can allow them to survive the shadowfication process.

We do not know anything about Hybrid Conduits so that is all we know about Conduits right now.

Kato: So I was a conduit?

Akami: That's the only explanation for your survival. But it brings us to another question.

Kiba: Do you know who your father is?

Kato: Why are you asking about my dad?

Randar: We realized that your mother can't be a conduit or Shadow, as she's in a coma after being bitten by a Shadow Bug. The only way you could have become a conduit is from your father, who could have been a Shadow Conduit or a Shadow. We haven't seen anyone from the Hamorabi Clan in 500 years.

Kato: Why?

Ervin: They were wiped out at the start of the war. For your father to be alive, he must know something about survival over 500 years.

Kiba: So, do you know who he is?

Kato: (flashes back to memories) Yeah I know who he is. He's a good for nothing man who left his family and never came back

Ervin:(to himself) He's held onto this hate for his father since he was so young?

Randar: He left??

Kato: Dad and Mom had a weird conversation back then and he left soon afterwards. It broke my mother and I had to watch my mom feel sad over a man who didn't care about her or me. To this day I don't know why he left but it made me angry so much that I started hating him. I was six years old then. So I don't want to talk about him.

Kuyomi: I'm sorry for your pain, Kato

Kato: (puts on a fake smile) It's okay. You didn't do anything wrong

Randar: (sighs)

Kato: (to the elders) Do you know who the Kaimi Daja is and why they're targeting me? Why did they send a Shadow Bug to my house and put my mom in a coma?

Kiba: Yes, but Ervin should explain that.

Ervin: (enthusiastically) Finally, my turn to shine!

Kato: (surprised) I can't believe you're a Clan head.

Akami: (amused) I agree.

Kuyomi: (laughs)

Ervin: The Kaimi Daja is a coalition of Shadows, Humans, and Lighters. They consist of Shadows who've embraced their monstrous reputation, Lighters who are lawbreakers, and humans who serve as their information sources. The leader, a Human known as Zero, has somehow united these disparate groups.

Kuyomi: Like Desmond Gravy

Ervin: (sighs) Yes, though he's a notable example. The problem is Zero's ability to unite such a dangerous group. We've been unable to locate their hideout.

Kato: Okay, but why are they after me?

Ervin: The Hunter Force Association (HFA) uses a ranking system to identify the strongest among Shadows and Lighters:

Level 1+ (The strongest)

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3 (The weakest)

Kato: Okay...I still don't see the connection.

Ervin: There are six beings born with Level 1+ potential in each era. These beings have unique, powerful abilities, which led to the formation of the three major clans in the Shadow society. You're from the Hamorabi Clan, one of these major clans. Your awakening as a Shadow might be linked to the special abilities of your Clan.

Kato: (surprised) Special power? What kind of power?

Ervin: The Hamorabi Clan's special power is called the God Eye. To fully understand this, we'll need to delve into the history of Shadows and Lighters and how everything began.