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After hearing this, Gu Shi finally felt as if something was suddenly dawning on him.
It turns out that the "everyone" who had no food to eat mentioned by the boy did not include himself? And in order to protect this "everyone" who did not have him, the child wanted to exchange his own life for the help of the "monster"?
What the hell, is the first person I meet in this world so dedicated?
Wait, come to think of it, this kid really isn’t an ordinary person. His spiritual power level is extremely high. The fragrance emanating from his soul almost made me lose control of my appetite.
Could it be that in this world of the God of Death, the more abnormal a person is, the higher his spiritual power talent is? Or conversely, the higher the spiritual power, the more abnormal his mind is?
After a brief recollection, Gu Shi discovered that throughout the entire Bleach series, there seemed to be very few Bleach captains who could be considered normal people. Each of them had a very strong personality. Even those who seemed to be normal people all had their own firm and persistent beliefs. Perhaps this could also be interpreted as "excessive paranoia"?
Shaking his head, putting aside the conjecture that could not be confirmed for the time being, Gu Shi stretched out his paw and patted the boy's head.
"Okay, although the reason is different from what I guessed, since you are the first person I met after becoming like this, I will do you a favor for free. Just point me in a direction and I will help you kill those ronin in a while. Now, continue chatting with me."
Gu Shi, who had become a virtual being, had no psychological burden when talking about killing people. The boy, who looked to be no more than eleven or twelve years old, did not seem to think there was anything wrong with what Gu Shi said, and an extremely happy smile was on his face.
Afterwards, although the boy was still a little reserved when facing the "Monster Lord", he still followed Gu Shi's request and chatted with him for most of the night, talking about a lot of trivial things that Gu Shi was not actually very interested in.
When a hazy white color appeared in the eastern sky, Gu Shi felt that his humanity had been fully consolidated during the night's conversation, so he interrupted the boy who was about to continue talking, lay on the ground, stretched hard, leaving two deep and huge claw marks on the ground near the window of the wooden house, and planned to set off to fulfill his promise.
"Master Monster, will you come to see me again tonight?"
The boy lay by the broken window, his eyes full of anticipation, as if chatting with the inhuman monster all night was an extremely precious experience for him.
Gu Shi tilted his head and thought about it, and finally just said, "It depends on the situation," and turned and left.
Tonight, he will come to the village again. If he can remain unaffected by the scent of the boy, he will leave immediately. But if he still shows signs of losing control of his appetite, he will chat with the boy all night long to exercise his ability to control his appetite.
So, it all depends.
Following the direction indicated by the boy, Gu Shi soon found the group of ronin warriors. As he expected, these bandits who were so terrifying in the boy's words were actually just some short guys whose height was not even as high as his forearm. The samurai swords in their hands, which were obviously quite old, made Gu Shi doubt that these things would most likely break directly if they hit his bone armor.
It doesn't take much effort to deal with such a group of thin and short guys. What's more, Hollows are pure spiritual beings, and the spiritual talents of these ronin are just at the level of ordinary people. They can't see Gu Shi, who is a Hollow, at all.
Therefore, when some of them fell to the ground with blood spurting out one after another, the ronin who were unable to see the enemy could only cry and run away.
Throughout the whole process, the only thing that bothered Gu Shi a little was that after these people died, their souls would leave their bodies. The fragrance coming from the depths of their souls became more obvious without the cover of the flesh, which made his appetite rise again.
However, until he tore the body of the last ronin warrior into pieces, Gu Shi held on to his bottom line and did not eat anyone's soul. After he finished, he decisively ran back to the mountains and forests, quietly waiting for the night to fall.
Chapter 4 Death Girl
On the night of the second day, Gu Shi once again stuck his head into the window that still had not been repaired, and saw the boy who was not sleeping and was sitting by the window with his eyes wide open waiting for him.
The tempting aroma entered his nose again. Gu Shi swallowed his saliva unwillingly and forced himself not to take a bite immediately. After the boy greeted him happily, he quickly regained his senses and completely suppressed his surging appetite.
"Okay, little guy, you can rest assured. Those ronin warriors will not harass you again. Just continue to chat with me tonight."
As he spoke, Gu Shi changed to a slightly more comfortable sitting position, resting his huge head on the window. He seemed a little lazy and closed his eyes slightly, quietly waiting for the boy to speak.
When the boy heard that the bandits who had been troubling the village had been eliminated, he smiled so brightly that the corners of his mouth almost reached his ears. He quickly and carefully moved closer to Gu Shi's head and continued to tell him the story that he had not finished last night.
"You look so weak, it's really strange, aren't you hungry?"
Suddenly, in the dark night, a third voice different from Gu Shi and the boy's sounded. A sense of crisis that pierced deep into his bones made Gu Shi's eyes widen suddenly. He planned to get up and run away without hesitation, but in the next moment, a heavy pressure suddenly appeared on his left shoulder, pressing Gu Shi, who had just stood up, back down again.
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. If I wanted to do anything, you would have been dead long ago. Don't you like chatting with people? Come on, add me and let's chat slowly."
A teasing voice rang in Gu Shi's ears. He could even feel a warm air current gently tapping the side of his face. After struggling for a while and making sure that he really couldn't break free, Gu Shi turned his head helplessly to look to his side. The first thing he saw was a slender, white hand, which seemed to have nothing to do with the word "strength", gently resting on his left shoulder.
Looking along the arm, Gu Shi finally saw the face of the person. It was a woman with fair skin, or rather pale to the point of being lifeless, like a corpse. Her appearance was obviously beautiful, but with her pale skin color, this beauty instead had a somewhat inhuman and weird feeling.
However, what concerned Gu Shi more than this weird feeling was the other person's completely black kimono-like clothing and the samurai sword slung across his waist.
grim Reaper!
After knowing that he had traveled to the world of the God of Death, Gu Shi had imagined such a day, and even secretly guessed under what circumstances he would meet which God of Death, and whether it would be an "acquaintance" he knew in the comics. But he never expected that he would actually meet the God of Death just the day after he traveled through time.
Wow, am I going to die just after traveling through time?
but……
So this is what the real god of death feels like. It smells sweet and nice.
Thanks to the negative emotions that were lost when he became virtual, Gu Shi was nervous for only a moment before he became optimistic again. He sniffed the breath of the god of death beside him and grinned happily.
"How strange! Your scent is more distinct than that of this little guy, but it doesn't arouse my appetite. Not bad, really good. By the way, what do you want to talk about? Just now the little guy was telling me the story of climbing a tree when he was a child. Are you interested in this too?"
Gu Shi's reaction was obviously beyond the expectations of the Death Girl. She was stunned for a moment, her hand on Gu Shi's shoulder relaxed a little, and the playfulness in her smile faded a little.
"Rather than this, let me talk about you. Today, I found that in the area I am responsible for, there are suddenly several souls that need to be buried. If it were just that, it wouldn't be a big deal. People die every day, it's not surprising..."
Having said that, seeing that Gu Shi had no intention of running away, the Grim Reaper girl simply put down her hand that was on Gu Shi's shoulder. This guy was not small in size, and even when he was sitting, she had to tiptoe slightly to hold his shoulder. Since he was so honest, she was too lazy to continue maintaining this awkward posture.
Besides, with her attainments in the ways of ghosts, even if a person of this strength wanted to escape, she could completely immobilize him with just one use of the Binding Technique, and there would be no need to worry about any accidents happening.
After releasing her control over Gu Shi, the Death Girl continued speaking with a smile.
"But to my surprise, according to the descriptions of those people, they were actually killed by the Void. What's even stranger is that the Void that killed them didn't eat their souls. Can you tell me what happened?"
Gu Shi, who had just fully felt the difference in strength between the two sides, did not intend to try to escape again. He just nodded in realization.
"I see. Did you see the souls of those ronin warriors? But your question is weird. I was a human before I became like this. How could I eat people just because my appearance changed?"
Gu Shi's frank answer surprised the Death Girl again.
Logically speaking, after a newly dead soul falls into a "void", its self-positioning will immediately shift, and it will believe from the bottom of its heart that it is a completely different life form from humans, and will no longer have any empathy or compassion for its former kind. So why does this void still think of itself as a human being?
Moreover, the newer the Void is, the stronger its appetite should be. Only after it has preyed on a certain number of souls and stabilized its body by relying on the spiritual power it has devoured, will its appetite gradually become controllable and it will regain its sanity and thinking ability.
The spiritual power of this monster was weak and loose, and it looked like it had only been in the state of emptiness for no more than three days. How could he suppress his desire to eat humans just because he considered himself a human being?
strange!
unreasonable!
as well as……
interesting!
The Death Girl, who originally just wanted to kill time, was now completely interested. She had never seen such an outrageous thing in the family's document records before. She felt more and more that her decision to apply to be stationed in the world was indeed wise. She patted Gu Shi's arm a few times with a happy smile on her face.
"Haha, you're right. My question was a little strange. Tell me more about why you can control your appetite. Is it because of pity? Or sympathy?"
Gu Shi looked at the girl of death with some pity in his eyes. This girl is beautiful and strong, so why is her brain not so good?
"Well, I killed them myself."
Even after all this, you still think I will pity and sympathize with them?
Chapter 5: Persuasion and Suicide
The Death Girl's excited expression froze for a moment, but she immediately started laughing again, as if Gu Shi's impolite answer made her even more excited.
"Yes, yes, yes, I didn't think it through. Then, can you tell me why you suppressed your appetite?"
"Nothing, I just find eating humans disgusting. If they were killed and immediately turned into inhuman monsters, I would eat them up right there and then."
Gu Shi didn't think there was anything worth hiding about his thoughts, so he gave a very straightforward answer.
The Death Girl seemed to have not expected Gu Shi's answer. She was slightly stunned when she heard it, squinted her eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly left Gu Shi and turned to look at the boy on the other side of the window.
From the moment the Death Girl appeared, the boy wisely shut his mouth and sat quietly without moving, not daring to disturb the conversation between "Monster-sama" and the visitor. Now that the Death Girl noticed him, the boy suddenly became more nervous and sat straighter.
"Don't be nervous, little guy. If you're not even afraid of the man-eating Hollow, why should you be afraid of the God of Death whose duty is to protect ordinary people?"
The Death Girl smiled and tried to comfort the boy. It was obvious that she was trying to make her expression and words gentler, but her attempt was not successful. Against the backdrop of her corpse-like pale skin, her smile became even more terrifying, and her tone still revealed a sense of arrogance that was hard to conceal.
From the boy's even more tense body, the Death Girl had already seen her failure. She curled her lips in slight displeasure, then immediately acted as if nothing had happened and continued speaking to the boy.
"Little guy, look at how skinny you are. Your life must be very hard, right? Are you interested in improving your life?"
Having said that, the Death Girl paused and remained silent for a moment, giving the boy time to respond.
However, to the surprise of the Death Girl, the boy's personality seemed a little strange. He was obviously not afraid of the hideous and terrifying "monsters", but when facing the "adult" who was well-dressed and seemed to be a noble lord, he seemed extremely nervous and did not dare to say a word.
The Death Girl felt a little awkward because no one was there to support her. After a brief silence, she coughed dryly and continued speaking as if nothing had happened.
"I'll be frank. You have a good talent for spiritual power. If you go to Soul Society, you will have no problem becoming a Shinigami. As long as you don't slack off and train for a few years, you can definitely become an officer. If your Zanpakutō is effective enough, you may even have a chance to become a vice-captain."
As she was speaking, the Death Girl noticed that the boy's clear eyes were filled with confusion. It was obvious that he didn't understand a word she said. She stopped talking again in despair, and reorganized her words before continuing to persuade her without giving up.
"To put it simply, you have talents that we value. If you come to us to develop, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to live a good life. Having enough food and drink is just the basics of the basics. All kinds of wealth and power that you can't imagine now will also be within your reach."
After hearing such a straightforward statement, the boy finally understood what the Death Girl meant, and an expression of longing and disbelief unconsciously appeared on his face.
Seeing that the boy finally responded, the Death Girl breathed a sigh of relief and quickly struck while the iron was hot and continued to deceive him.
"Not only that, once you become the god of death, as long as you are willing, it won't be a problem to protect your family and friends. You can easily improve their lives and let them live a rich life and have enough food every day, whether they are alive or dead."
Hearing this, the boy could no longer conceal the yearning in his eyes. If he was not in awe of the Death Girl who seemed to be a noble lord, he would probably have been unable to resist asking the Death Girl to send him to the magical Soul Society.
The Death Girl did not lie. The fragrance in the boy's soul could have a strong attraction to Gu Shi, a Hollow, proving that he did have a good spiritual talent. After arriving in Soul Society, he would be able to get what the Death Girl promised as long as he worked hard.
What the Death Girl didn't tell the boy was that after death, the soul will go to Soul Society after "Soul Burial", and will lose almost all of its memories of its previous life and start a whole new life. By then, he might not even be able to remember his own name, let alone his relatives and friends.
At this point, the foreshadowing is enough. Under Gu Shi's curious gaze, the Death Girl finally formally extends an invitation to the boy.
"How is it? Are you interested? If you want to get rid of your current poor life and live a life where you can have enough food every day, you might as well end your life now. I am the god of death, and I can hold a 'soul burial' for you immediately and send you to the Soul Society.
"Besides, I have a pretty good network of contacts. If I hold a 'Soul Burial' for you, as long as you give a heads up, the people in charge of receiving you in Soul Society will try their best to take care of you. If you die at another time, and another Shinigami bury your soul, you won't get such a good thing~"
The words of the Death Girl were full of temptation. If the boy could keep his mind, he should think about why the other party took care of him so much? Is there anything worth the other party's attention? Is there a trap hidden behind the seemingly good conditions that he is not aware of?
Unfortunately, the boy was just an ordinary boy who grew up in a small village. He had never encountered such temptation before. The pie in the sky of "being able to eat enough every meal and let his family live a good life" has completely stunned his head. His mind is now full of wild vegetables and brown rice that he can eat as much as he wants, and he has no time to think about anything else.
After the Death Girl made the invitation, the boy, who didn't value his life in the first place and dared to make a deal with the "monster", didn't even hesitate for a moment. He looked around and decisively picked up the axe he usually used for chopping wood and chopped his neck fiercely.
Under the moonlight, brilliant red color bloomed like fireworks, and the boy's skinny body fell to the cold floor. A soul that looked exactly like him stood beside his body, but he didn't even look at the body, as if it was just garbage he had thrown away. He looked at the Death Girl fanatically, hoping that she would quickly send him to the Soul Society, which was like a paradise.
However, the moment the boy made his choice, the Death Girl had already looked away, as if she had completely lost interest in him. She was just staring excitedly at Gu Shi who was beginning to tremble slightly beside her.
Without the restraint and obstruction of the flesh, the fragrance in the boy's soul completely burst out. The tempting aroma was dozens of times stronger than before. It rushed into Gu Shi's nose like a living thing, completely detonating his appetite that he had suppressed with great difficulty.
Chapter 6 The Lock of Causation
It smells so good!
So hungry!
I want to eat!