"...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.
you could test whether there were any drawbacks to
"It was."
his feet in front of the white
nothing is free in this world. For you to have gained access to such tremendous
his hand, Ren carefully moved it toward the white
threads revolving around it
continued moving his hand
over my body, and I can finally
the black threads quickly escaped away, revealing
hand
nothing but stare at Ren doing
last for long as Ren slowly removed his hand from the
on his face, he lowered his head
as
his head to glance in the direction of where his other self stood, Ren's face
white orb is my
"...It is."
calmly looked toward the white
That is indeed your
in his expression, Ren pointed at
the black
"Them?"
head to stare at Ren, the other Ren
white orb started moving like crazy, as
can say that they
"A backup plan?"
"Yeah..."
Ren preceded
in
case I disappoint
Ren's words, Ren just calmly stared at the
to do. I'm glad everything worked out for the best and I found out about this
head slightly, Ren just looked at the other Ren for a
be seeing
throughout the black void as the other Ren stared in
a good minute before the other Ren turned to look
or
raised his hand and forced the black threads around the white orb
still
***
"I knew it..."
from my bed, I
information that I had just learned, my
to sort
white orb, I was able to finally tell how a lot of my thoughts
Or least, how.
"It's through my soul..."
much about souls, what I gathered during that short period of time in the black void was that the black threads surrounding my soul were things my
alter how I felt, how I acted, and basically what made
never really
a hypothesis for
through schemes such as the Angelica incident, his true goal was to damage my soul so that he could exert his influence
thing I knew at this moment, it was that I needed to find
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