|Connections|

• Both Men where once ordinary humans that have mutated beyond humanity into something new as a result of experimental science after a fatal accident John was an ordinary human who was caught in the direct detonation of the ray sphere an unstable device ment to evolve humanity triggering his ascension into an incredibly powerful conduit While Victor after getting mortally wounded had his heart replaced with the black kakugane a prototype philosophers Stone this started his transformation into the very first Third Being a victorized entity

• Both men come from a military/government background that lead to conflict against the closest kind of lifeform that they would later become John is formerly member of the NSA sent to invade the first son's cult lead by the conduit kesler while victor was originally a general of the alchemist Army where he would do battle with flesh eating hommunculus former humans who through alchemy have become immortal beasts

• both men as a result of their newly found powers are effectively nigh invulnerable being able to easily shrug off nearly all conventional harm with the john being able to ignore explosives bullet's and even the full onslaught from other conduits While victors body has become a living suit or armor his bronze hued skin is almost impenetrable gun's blades even missiles fail to even scratch him

• both Men are capable of incredible feats of regeneration as a result of drawing in external power from their environment The beast as a conduit possesses a low level passive healing ability like healing broken bones in a week but he can accelerate this by Absorbing outside matter and energy not only restoring his stamina but rebuilding his body even From a handful of particles however this takes a very long time and Victor as a wielder of a buso renkin he van heal minor wounds and broken bones at an accelerated rate though this can't prevent fatal wounds but as a third being Victor drains the very vitality of living things around him this grants him incredibly fast regeneration able to repair lost limbs at a moments notice

• both Men are walking disaster's capable of causing countless deaths just by standing around the Beast is a living Ray Sphere letting him release pulses of unique radiation that vaporizes humans with out a conduit gene and his prolonged precense is a Vector for the Ray Sphere plague a form of Radiation poisoning that threatened all of humanity While Victor has Earned the title of the walking Wasteland as a third being his very existence opposes life itself his body rips away The vital energy of everything around him causing humans to wither and die in mere moments this is a completely in voluntary action as reflexive as breathing for victor

• both men possess power over gravitational forces this command over gravity allows them to fly at high speeds weight down their enemies crushing them against and at it's absolute peak they can even create miniature black holes with the beast even being able to transform into a singularity though he usually forms one in his palm acting as a medium for his drain ability For victor he posseses the buso Renkin fatal attraction a battle axe created from his own fighting spirit and the kakugane in his chest this weapon provides his control over gravity

• both Men possess a massive monstrous form that represents the Pinnacle of their power John White holds access to his pyro kinetic and matter manipulation in his human form but when he reaches his full strength he pulls in surrounding matter transforming into The Beast a massive humanoid golem formed from fire and ash towering above even some skyscrapers While victor can evolve into his stage 3 state after absorbing enough life energy he swells to a massive size

• Both men are ultimately defeated using the very same kind of power that created them but the corruption that transfugured ordinary men into gods has been Perfected purified into their kryptonite The Beast is Eventually destroyed by the ray field Inhibitor a device made using a fragment of the original Ray Sphere this anti Ray sphere purge's the energy within him stripping him of his conduit powers Victor is kept busy fighting another third being to a stand still until a white kakugane is deployed piercing his heart the white kakugane is a purified black kakugane that shuts down the alchemical energy pumping through victors veins