Leon's eyes gleamed with excitement as he watched through both sets of eyes simultaneously.
Please work. Please let this be simple and straightforward.
However, after a few seconds that stretched into agonizing minutes, absolutely nothing happened beyond the continuous humming. No transformation, no unlocking, no change whatsoever to either the clone's body or the gate's status.
Then a system message appeared in golden text before his vision:
[Ascension Tower Awakening Criteria Not Met]
[Access Denied]
Leon could feel through their shared consciousness that his clone had experienced absolutely nothing harmful—just a simple, clean rejection.
So the clone isn't sufficient for whatever evaluation this requires. And it seems completely safe to try with my real body. This is some sort of power assessment, not an attack mechanism.
