The Author's POV

Chapter 544

"...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.

lent me your body so that you could test whether there were any drawbacks

"It was."

his feet in front of the white

genius to understand that nothing is free in this world. For you to have gained access to such tremendous power,

Ren carefully moved it toward the white

threads revolving around it

it, he continued

of goal planned when taking over my body, and I can finally see

and the black threads quickly escaped away, revealing a clean white

this, his hand slowly sunk

other Ren did nothing but stare at Ren doing whatever

as Ren

complicated look on his face, he lowered his head and

just as

head to glance in the direction of where his other self stood, Ren's

orb is my soul, isn't

"...It is."

Ren calmly looked toward the white orb and nodded his

you've guessed. That is

expression, Ren pointed at the

the

"Them?"

Ren, the other Ren

black threads revolving around the white orb started moving like crazy, as they quickly tried

they are

"A backup plan?"

"Yeah..."

calm nod from the other Ren preceded a sudden deepening

contingency plan in case you disappoint

disappoint you?

the other Ren's words, Ren

to do. I'm

head slightly, Ren just looked at

be seeing you

words deeply echoed throughout the black void as

other Ren

figured it out now or later, it doesn't change

his hand and forced the black threads around the white orb once again

is still

***

"I knew it..."

from my bed,

information that I had just learned, my thoughts were

sort

to finally tell how a lot of my thoughts and actions were being controlled by

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

alter how

really does come for

only a hypothesis for now,

took over my body through Monarch Indifference or through schemes such as the Angelica incident, his true goal was to damage my soul so that he could exert his

his end goal was, however, if there was one thing I knew at this moment, it was that I needed to find a way to heal

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