Chapter 5 - Who wants churross OR Rofl wur u (2)
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Anyway, buck-n***d, my body still reshaped into a nekomimi, fanservice or not, I guess it's about time I use that new ability.
I can only stay under the ground for 4 seconds, there must be some way for me to use that to hide from it, right?
Let's debrief, what are its characteristics?
First, it's pretty much primal and does not seem speech-able despite being around rank 400. It seems like a basic creature of this world. It's not the central universe for nothing, I joked about it but didn't think such a strong creature could actually be the most basic animal of this universe. Knowing a law usually makes you more intelligent, but I guess it's relative to your base strength, maybe it needs an increase from the natural state of the body for it to happen.
Second, it's pretty much slow and weak for its rank. It may be due to the fact it's its natural rank, so it does not know how to use its own power. It probably only knows how to use its physical strength.
Third, its only way to attack so far has been to move its claws around, so he probably is not used to fighting beings as weak as me, which is why he doesn't know that he can just kill me with any form of contact.
Fourth, it seems to rely heavily on its sense of smell, and somehow it seems to not be affected by the shape I take, so it's probably linked to my soul.
The only point I can use is the fourth.
There are many ways to change my soul, but none of them allows me to keep my current power during the whole process.
I can't take the risk of being reborn a second time, as I'd lack power.
And taking over one of this world's babies in the womb as I did previously is impossible. Just imagine how my soul could fight the baby's soul to take over it when the baby is infinitely stronger than me! Even if I have more experience, if I have a better mastery over my soul, it's still impossible for me to fight something so strong that I can't even graze it. Its soul would probably crush mine just by sneezing. I can't just take over something like that.
Oh wait, I just got an idea. An incredible, excellent idea!
But first, I must get rid of my pursuer.
Fuck you're annoying, let's just do some quick stuff to get rid of you.
I cut one of my arms.
I just have to take advantage of the many rocks in this desert to do a substitution.
When its view is cut by a rock, I throw my arm and get into the ground.
Now I just reshape my arm to match my current body, and in order to get it to follow my soul, I cut up a part of my soul to keep it in it. It's pretty easy to do for a being that conquered several universes and overcame human limits long ago such as myself.
Though, I can't tell what will happen to the new me. The moment I used a part of my soul as bait, I was ready to lose it. At least, I'm sure it won't betray me. Like most people, I am very selfish. But it's not the basic kind of selfish which would have a lot of people fight themselves if they were cloned. If I know I am a clone, I wouldn't try to overtake the original, because I am aware and truly believe that I am a clone, and as such need to act for the original's interest. Because the original is the true me, this body I am in is not important, no matter the pain. I am also not scared of disappearing because I know the original won't disappear, and a fragment disappearing does not mean I disappear. This is why I trust myself.
Anyway, there is a limit to how small a soul fragment can be while still keeping its form as a soul. The soul fragment is not strong enough to survive and do the same strategy as me, but I can't tell how that creature eats. Seeing how it's chasing souls and not bodies, my guess is that it's eating souls. But what parts of a soul are its nutrients? I can pretty much consider that it's not using memories, seeing how more than 2 seconds after throwing my arm, it's not back for me. It would be much more intelligent if it ate memories too.
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