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The Supreme Soul Starting from Death Author: Rotten Rope

Summary:

The protagonist of the hot-blooded comics breaks his fate through bonds.

The protagonist of the girl's comic warms the world with love.

The protagonist of a horror story lights up the darkness with courage.

Hmm? You ask me how the protagonist can write his own story?

Ahem, to be honest, I rely on my connections.

Captain Aizen, the incubators are trying to play tricks on me. Can you help me dig a trap for them?

Devil Flame, Dumbledore keeps telling me about the greatness of love, why don't you go and show him what true love is~

Phosphophyllite, there is a guy who plays gem magic and is so arrogant. Bring your friends to play with him.

Doraemon, this world is very interesting. Bring Nobita and his friends here for summer vacation~

Wow, this old thing is a bit difficult to deal with, Lord Soul King ~ The Principle of the Circle ~ The Sower ~

Who has time to help me beat him up?

Well, as you can see, this is what I rely on to be the protagonist~

Chapter 1: The Moon Monster

"Oh wow, am I dead? I'm so happy!"

[Wait, why would I be happy if I died? ]

"Hoho, not only did he die, but he turned into a monster. This is so interesting!"

[Damn it, what's so fun about turning into a monster? Am I crazy? Why am I so excited? ]

"Hey, am I a Hollow in this state? Have I traveled to the world of the God of Death? This is too good to be true!"

[Aaaaah! In the world of Bleach, small fry are dying in droves, so what’s so great about that? What’s wrong with my brain? Why can I be so excited about this situation!? ]

Under the moonlight, the four-legged monster covered in white bone armor scratched the ground irritably. The soft soil and hard stones were indistinguishable under his sharp claws and were easily cut into small, regular pieces by the white bone claws.

The pale bone mask obscured the monster's face, making it impossible to see his expression. However, from the joy and anxiety flashing alternately in his blood-red eyes, it was not difficult to tell that his mental state at this moment was not stable. The dull growl that came out of his mouth unconsciously made the dangerous aura on him even stronger.

"...I see. I remember that in the setting of the God of Death, it said that when a normal soul becomes a Hollow, it will randomly lose certain emotions, forming an unbridgeable hole in the soul. Is it because I lost some negative emotions that I feel happy at any time regardless of the occasion or situation like now?"

Suddenly, human language uttered from the mouth of the terrifying monster, as if he was sorting out his current situation. Although every detail of his body revealed a strong animal nature, his words were logically coherent and well-organized, giving him a bit of humanity out of nowhere.

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with being optimistic. I just don't know what emotion I lost. Fear? Anger? Anger? Despair? Hmm? So, is this my hollow hole? It actually went through my entire chest, but it didn't hurt at all. Isn't this too magical?"

After figuring out why he was so strangely excited, Gu Shi relaxed a little, and suddenly shifted his attention to studying his body with great interest. He broke off a branch from a roadside tree without any sense of public morality and inserted it into the hole in his chest. He happily moved it back and forth for a long time, as if he had found a new toy, before he came to an obvious conclusion.

"Well, it seems that the Hole is really just a hole in the body. Even if you put something in it, you won't feel anything. Tsk tsk, I really pity those guys with Holes on their hands. They must have been misunderstood as having special hobbies."

Although he expressed sympathy, there was only undisguised joy in Gu Shi's eyes. He threw aside the branch he was tired of playing with. He looked around, his scarlet eyes piercing through the pitch-black night and soon locked onto a small village not far away that was immersed in the night.

"Hoho, the target has been found. There is no light at night in the whole village, let alone electric lights, not even candles or oil lamps. It seems that there are still at least two hundred years before the plot begins? This is really good news."

After making a rough estimate in his mind, Gu Shi twisted his body on the spot to stretch it. Then he suddenly exerted force with his limbs and controlled his monster body without any sense of sluggishness. He ran towards the village in the night. His strong limbs gave him extremely fast speed, and he even left a long white afterimage behind him as he ran.

In just a few minutes, Gu Shi's figure appeared outside the village. He stared at the silent village in silence, feeling a little complicated.

These dilapidated wooden houses in front of him once again proved his previous guess that Japan at this time was still in a very backward era, and there was still a long way to go from the 21st century when the plot began. Although there was still a risk of being attacked by the God of Death and the Quincy in the short term, it was generally safe, at least safer than the era when all kinds of outrageous combat power emerged after the plot began.

His guess was confirmed, which should have fueled Gu Shi's joy and made him even happier. However, smelling the tempting aroma blowing in the night breeze, he really couldn't be happy, because he knew in his heart that this aroma that made him feel hungry did not come from any delicious food, but from the souls of the sleeping humans in the village.

The Void is a beast that devours souls. Eating humans is one of their deepest instincts. Only by devouring more and stronger souls can the Void become stronger and stronger and gain enough strength to protect itself. Gu Shi already knew all these things in his heart, but when he really smelled the fragrance of humans and realized that he had an appetite for humans, he still felt nauseous.

"…Forget it. I'm not mentally prepared yet. Let's retreat first."

After standing there hesitating for a while, Gu Shi gritted his teeth and forced himself to suppress the urge to break into the village and have a buffet. He planned to return to the wilderness where there were no humans to tempt him and wait for his surging appetite to slowly subside.

Once he decided to give up, Gu Shi quickly became happy again, letting out a low, grunting laugh.

"Hehe, it turns out that running away is shameful but effective. I feel relieved all of a sudden."

Muttering quietly to himself, the pale monster turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment, a gust of evening breeze blew by, and an extremely tempting fragrance followed the evening breeze into his nose. The sweet smell was so tempting that in front of it, the scent of human souls that Gu Shi had smelled before was nothing more than the stinky smell of rotten fish and shrimp.

The strong fragrance was like a strong iron chain, tightly binding Gu Shi who wanted to leave.

The pale monster bathed in moonlight, the scarlet color in his eyes under the mask becoming more and more intense. He turned his head slowly and stiffly, staring at an inconspicuous wooden house in the corner of the village. The surging appetite in his eyes was as suffocating as the sticky and dirty blood that was about to pour out.

"Just take a look, I'll just take a look, I won't eat it, I promise not to eat it, so, just let me take a look..."

Muttering something to try to convince someone, the man-eating monster stepped into the quiet village in the night.

Chapter 2 I'm really chewy

Driven by a strong sense of hunger, Gu Shi soon arrived at the small house located in the corner of the village. It was no different from other wooden houses, equally dilapidated and old, but as the old saying goes, a mountain is not high, but it is magical if there are immortals there. Similarly, the wooden house does not need to be too big, as long as the delicious food inside is attractive enough.

Gu Shi stood outside the wooden house. He hesitated for less than a few seconds before he broke through the already broken window, stuck his huge head into the house, and locked his eyes on the child sleeping on the floor by the window.

Judging from his appearance alone, this child does not meet the requirements of "color, fragrance and taste" that a delicacy should have. He is short and thin, so thin that it is even difficult to tell his gender. The only guess is that he is a boy based on his short hair.

In addition, the child's skin was an unhealthy sallow color, his cheeks were as dry as a monkey that had been infected with plague in the mountains, and there were scars and stains of unknown origin all over his body. He was the type that would make people lose their appetite at first sight.

However, all these things did not affect Gu Shi's appetite. The strong aroma emanating from the boy's soul was enough to make any diner who knew how to appreciate it ignore the slightly inferior appearance of the ingredients.

Looking at the boy, Gu Shi realized for the first time that his appetite could be so strong. In all his experiences before and after death, he had never had such a strong desire to eat something. The unprecedented feeling had a strong impact on his spirit. He unconsciously opened his mouth slowly, and the huge dark mouth covered the boy's head.

At this moment, the boy seemed to be finally awakened by the noise of Gu Shi breaking the window. He opened his eyes belatedly, and with the moonlight coming in from the window, he saw the big mouth hanging above his head at a glance. His pupils contracted violently, and his body subconsciously tensed up in an instant, as if he could jump up and run away in the next moment.

However, unexpectedly, surprise and fear only remained in the boy's eyes for a short moment, and his whole body completely relaxed again. His clear eyes met Gu Shi's bloodshot eyes, and a smile slowly appeared on his face that Gu Shi could not understand.

"Master Youkai, are you hungry too? As expected, the feeling of hunger is really uncomfortable."

The human language ringing in his ears instantly sobered Gu Shi's consciousness, which was shrouded by appetite, and made him clearly realize that what was in front of him was not some unattractive delicious food, but a real human being, an intelligent life that was no different from his former self.

The surging appetite slowly faded away, and Gu Shi quickly pulled his head back, fearing that he would accidentally bite off the thin neck like a bamboo pole.

As a person who had experienced death himself once, Gu Shi had no aversion to killing. But cannibalism was different. It seriously violated the ethical and moral concepts he had developed over more than twenty years and made him feel sick from the bottom of his heart.

However, thanks to the unexpected loss of negative emotions such as fear and despair when he became virtual, he can always be happy again quickly. The disgusting feeling that almost eats him didn't bother him for long. His mind became active again. He stuck his head into the window again and looked into the eyes of the skinny boy.

"Little guy, you don't seem to be afraid of me at all, and what you said just now was very strange. Are you going to show your true form and say something like 'Since we are both hungry, let's see who can eat who!' and then eat me in one bite?"

The boy, who had already sat up, was obviously overloaded with brain power when he heard Gu Shi's long string of words. It took him a moment of confusion to understand what he meant, and he quickly shook his head vigorously.

"No, no, Master Youkai, you misunderstood. I am just an ordinary human being, really."

Watching the boy's head shaking left and right on that thin neck, Gu Shi was inexplicably worried that he might use too much force and break his neck with a snap, so he simply stretched out a paw and gently pressed down on his head.

"Okay, okay, don't get so excited. Don't worry, I won't eat you. Just think of it as a favor to me and chat with me. Talking to people helps maintain my humanity."

Gu Shi's comfort did not seem to make the boy happy. An obvious disappointment emerged on his thin face, and he asked again unwillingly.

"Master Monster, are you really not going to eat? I should be fine..."

The boy, who originally wanted to say that he was delicious, was stunned for a moment, looked down at his dry body, and seemed a little discouraged, but he immediately cheered up and continued.

"I should be pretty chewy. I fell from a tree before and nothing happened. My bones must be very tough. I won't disappoint you."

Gu Shi tilted his head in confusion, and his huge head accidentally hit the wooden wall near the window. The rotten old wooden board was easily knocked open, leaving a large hole, allowing more moonlight to enter the room and illuminating the boy's sincere expression more clearly.

"Little guy, what's wrong with you?"

Why are you so proactive in asking me to eat you?

Out of his rare politeness, Gu Shi did not say the second half of the sentence, but it seemed to cause further misunderstanding from the boy.

"I'm not sick, really. Although I'm thin, I'm in good health. I definitely won't make you sick!"

The boy tried hard to clarify the misunderstanding and promoted himself. Although it made Gu Shi feel a little strange, it also made him feel a little happy in the conversation. He looked at the boy's body with interest and found that the child was indeed not lying. Apart from severe malnutrition, there was really no obvious disease on his skinny body. Food safety should not be a problem...

Wait! Why did you think of eating again?

He shook his head vigorously to get rid of words like food safety from his mind, so as to avoid accidentally inspecting the goods on the spot. He tasted it himself to see if the boy's food was really as chewy as he said.

"Stop! I believe you are not sick. Well, first tell me why you want to be eaten by me so much."

As soon as Gu Shi asked the question, he saw that the boy was obviously embarrassed. He lowered his head as if embarrassed, and his hands were nervously clasped together.

Seeing this weird behavior, if Gu Shi didn't know that his current appearance as a virtual being was probably beyond the range of human aesthetic acceptance, he would have thought that this child fell in love with him at first sight.

"Hey, you're really interesting, you're not even afraid of being eaten by me, but you're actually nervous. Just say whatever you think, don't be shy."

Chapter 3: Are you abnormal?

After being urged by Gu Shi, the boy became obviously more nervous, but the "Monster Lord" was already impatient, so he certainly didn't dare to continue to struggle with it. He could only close his eyes and tell out all his thoughts.

"Sir, can you please eat me and then eat all those ronin warriors in the mountains? They are all stronger than me, and they must have more meat and taste better than me!"

The boy seemed to have used up all his courage to make such a "rude" request to the "Monster-sama". His already thin body seemed to have shrunk even more.

Gu Shi, who traveled through time from the 21st century, could not understand the fear of ordinary people in this era towards "monsters", but he knew that with his current dignity as a monster, it would be commendable for ordinary people to dare to talk to him, not to mention negotiate with him.

Therefore, the boy's bravery made Gu Shi have a better impression of him. Although he did not intend to eat people as the other party requested, if the boy had any grudges against those so-called ronin warriors, Gu Shi would not mind helping them to get revenge because the boy was chatting with him. Anyway, no matter how strong the ronin warriors were, they would not be able to resist him.

"Little guy, those ronin warriors killed your parents?"

The boy was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his head vigorously.

"No, no, my mother died of illness, and my father went to work for someone else. He will be back in a few days!"

Hmm? In this era, can helpers also provide food and lodging?

Firstly, Gu Shi didn't know what era it was, and secondly, he didn't know much about Japanese history. He didn't know whether it was normal to go to someone else's house to work and not go home for several days in this era. However, he quickly put this little doubt aside and continued to ask with more interest.

"Oh, if there is no hatred or grudge, why do you want me to eat those ronin warriors?"

"They, they have been coming to the village every day to steal food these past few days. If this continues, no one will have anything to eat."

The words "no food to eat" from the severely malnourished boy with skinny limbs were particularly convincing, but Gu Shi was still confused. The boy asked him to kill the ronin warriors in order to protect food. The purpose of protecting food was to have food to eat and survive. In order to survive, he would instead voluntarily give up his life to be eaten by this "monster"?

Is there something wrong with this logic?

The boy seemed to understand Gu Shipan's brief silence as a rejection. He clasped his hands tightly together and mustered up the courage to speak again.

"Everyone, everyone is a good person, I want to protect them. Besides, if there is no food, Dad will definitely not survive this winter."