"...A pity I couldn't stay up any longer."
Staring at the chains that were behind his arms and legs, the other Ren's face remained impassive.
While walking toward the distance, the rattling noise of the chains filled the darkness.
Clank. Clank. Clank.
The sound did not persist for long as his feet soon came to a pause.
An orb of white and black loomed before him in the dark space as he muttered.
"Not bad..."
As he extended his hand to touch the orb, a small gap appeared in the black threads surrounding the orb, allowing his hand to pass through briefly before he yanked out again.
A sizzling sound rang in the air as the other Ren gazed at his hand which had turned semi-transparent.
With his brows furrowed, he murmured.
"Almost."
"Almost what?"
A familiar voice suddenly echoed out, forcing Ren to turn his head abruptly.
His eyes were immediately drawn to a familiar figure.
"...Surprise?"
An ambiguous smile spread on the familiar figure's face as he stared at the white orb in the distance.
Pointing at it, he asked.
"So is this the secret that you've been keeping away from me?"
Calmly walking toward the white orb, Ren carefully inspected it as he walked around it.
Throughout the entire time, the other Ren didn't say anything as he just calmly observed him.
This persisted for a good minute before the other Ren eventually started to speak.
"...Did you plan this since the very beginning?"
The moment his words faded, Ren's feet came to a pause.
Turning his head to glance in his direction, Ren placed his hand underneath his chin.
"Planned?"
Caressing his chin, he thought for a moment before shaking his head.
"Not really. I was just testing something"
"Testing something?"
Carefully staring at Ren, the edges of the other Ren's lips curled a little.
serves right, you purposely lent me your body so that you could test whether there were any drawbacks to it.
"It was."
feet in front of the white sphere, Ren carefully looked
nothing is free in this world. For you to have gained access to such tremendous
moved it toward
sphere, the black threads revolving around it suddenly gained vitality and
it, he continued
and I
black threads quickly escaped
hand
Ren did nothing but stare at Ren doing whatever
last for long as Ren
a complicated look on his face, he
just as
to glance in the direction of where
orb is my soul,
"...It is."
looked toward the white orb and nodded
you've guessed. That is indeed
any changes in his expression, Ren pointed at the black threads revolving
the
"Them?"
Ren, the other Ren calmly extended
the white orb started
can say that they are a backup
"A backup plan?"
"Yeah..."
from the other Ren preceded a sudden
in case you disappoint
disappoint you? Sounds like quite the
words, Ren just calmly stared at the white orb in
pretty good idea of what you're trying to do. I'm glad everything worked out for the best and I
looked at the other Ren for a second
be seeing
echoed throughout the black void as the
the other Ren turned to look at the white orb next
or
hand and forced the black threads around the white orb once again to
still under my
***
"I knew it..."
from my bed, I opened my
the information that I had just learned, my thoughts
was soon able to sort them out
was able to finally tell how
Or least, how.
"It's through my soul..."
black void was that the black threads surrounding my soul
more he was able to alter how I felt, how I acted, and basically what made
really does come
only a hypothesis for
Angelica incident, his true goal was to damage my soul so that he could exert
end goal was, however, if there was one thing I knew
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