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Violent desire boiled in Gu Shi's heart, and spiritual pressure filled with frenzy overflowed from his body, pressing the sweet and delicious soul to the ground. If it weren't for the little bit of sanity that was left holding his body tightly, he would probably have bitten the boy's head to pieces and feasted on the delicious flesh and blood.
"Wow, this is incredible. With such a powerful soul in front of you, you can still control your appetite. Even I admire your willpower!"
The eyes of the Death Girl sparkled as she stared at Gu Shi, whose whole body was trembling, as if she had seen some interesting toy. She said she admired him, but a stream of spiritual power shot out from her hand, wrapped around the boy lying on the ground, and pulled him in front of her, then pinched his neck and lifted him up to Gu Shi's mouth.
"Really don't you want to try it? It smells really good and tastes really good~"
"It's okay. Look, he doesn't object to being eaten by you~"
"Oh my god, you can still hold on, that's amazing! You're really amazing!"
"How about this, we won't eat him, we can just lick him, just one lick, it will be fine!"
The girl of death held the boy's soul high up and dangled it near Gu Shi's mouth. Her eyes became more and more excited and her voice became more and more gentle. If you didn't look at her actions and only listened to her voice, she would be as gentle as a sister who coaxed her disobedient brother to eat.
The "delicious food" right at his fingertips and the tempting advice in his ears were like battering rams, hitting Gu Shi's heart hard.
Yes, didn't we agree on this? If I help him kill those ronin, I'll eat his soul. I've fulfilled my promise! It's time for him to fulfill his contract!
No! I don't want to eat people!
How could it be possible not to eat people in this world! How could Xu not eat people! How could I become stronger without eating people? I finally crossed over, am I going to be an insignificant fish?
I can eat nothing! I only eat nothing!
Hypocrisy! Isn't hypocrisy something that humans have transformed into?
I don’t care whether he is a human being or not, I only look at the appearance when I eat food!
……
Gu Shi's mind was pulling at itself madly, and the already little rationality in his eyes became even thinner. His blood-red eyes had been fixed on the boy's soul without him noticing, and his mouth opened slowly and unconsciously, as if he would bite him down in the next moment.
The excitement of the Death Girl has reached its peak. When she was in the family before, she could only play with those lowly ordinary souls in Rukongai, those untouchables who dared not resist until their death. She got bored of playing with them too much.
She had originally applied to stay in the present world just to relax and see if there were any toys among the living that could excite her, but surprises always come so unexpectedly. She actually met a hollow who controlled his appetite and adhered to innocent principles!
She couldn't wait to know what expression this virtual being would have when he broke his principles and crossed his bottom line?
Cry like those untouchables?
Or will he completely fall on the road of depravity and never return, becoming as crazy and chaotic as the other Voids?
Come on! Bite it!
eat him!
Makes me even more excited!
Gu Shi seemed to hear the cry in the heart of the Death Girl. He finally roared like a wild beast, waving his sharp claws, snatched the boy's soul from the Death Girl's hands, and bit it hard.
The Death Girl's eyes widened with excitement, cheers almost bursting out of her mouth, but she immediately frowned in dissatisfaction.
Not right.
No blood.
what happened?
A ball of ghostly flame rose in his hand, illuminating the shadow hidden under Gu Shi's huge head, allowing the Death Girl to see clearly what was happening.
The violent monster had indeed bitten something, but what was in his mouth was not the tender flesh and blood of the boy's soul, but a cold metal chain. One end of the chain was an uneven port, and the other end was connected to the chest of the boy's soul.
The lock of cause and effect?
The Death Girl frowned slightly. Having undergone education in the Death system, she of course knew the name of the chain. She also remembered how the textbooks described the function of the chain. To put it roughly, when a person is still alive, this chain called the "Chain of Karma" is responsible for connecting the soul's "heart" and the body of the living to prevent the soul from accidentally leaving the body from being lost.
But if a person dies, the end of the chain connected to the flesh will break, leaving only a small section hanging on the soul's chest, and this remaining chain of cause and effect will slowly decompose itself under the obsession of the deceased's soul.
If no god of death buries the soul in time and sends it to Soul Society before the Chain of Karma completely disappears, a hole will appear in the soul's heart and it will degenerate into a Hollow, forming a hole at the location where the Chain of Karma was originally connected, which is called a Hollow Hollow.
Does this virtual creature want to break the chain of cause and effect, accelerate the virtualization of this soul, and then start eating it after the other party becomes virtual?
But how could he know the effect of the Causal Lock? He had only been a virtual being for a few days, so how could he know these things?
The Death Girl felt a little confused, but compared to her fun, these little problems were not important.
"Funny big guy, no, you can't ruin my entertainment~"
With a grin on her lips, the Death Girl drew out her Zanpakutō from her waist and swung it lightly, just past Gu Shi's teeth, cutting the chain he was biting in his mouth. She then snatched the boy's soul back into her hands, with the chain on his chest much shorter. After a quick inspection, she nodded with satisfaction.
Well, although there is only a small section of the Chain of Causality left, it is enough to ensure that he will not become empty in a short time, and the game can continue to be played.
Grabbing the boy's soul by the neck, the Grim Reaper girl was about to continue seducing Gu Shi, but when she saw the interesting Hollow, she couldn't wait to spit out the chain that was broken in her mouth, and frantically tried to stuff it into the Hollow hole in her chest.
The Death Girl was somewhat amused. What was this Hollow trying to do? Did he think that by inserting someone else's causal chain into his Hollow, he could turn back into an ordinary soul?
If the problem of Hollowification could be solved so easily, wouldn't the thousand-year confrontation between Soul Society and Hueco Mundo become a joke...
The Death Girl was thinking this when she saw that the violent aura of the Hollow quickly calmed down. Although it did not turn back into a normal "whole", the unique manic appetite and confusion of the Hollow gradually disappeared, and rationality once again took the lead in its bloodshot eyes.
The thousand-year-long perseverance of the god of death seems...
Has it really become a joke?
This, this is really...
So funny!
Chapter 7 Death Nobles
It feels like I discovered something incredible.
Gu Shi touched his chest. The hollow hole was still there, but the half of the lock of cause and effect that had been stuffed in it was gone, as if it had been "absorbed" by his body.
However... considering the characteristics of the void, perhaps "swallow" is more appropriate here?
It turns out that Xudong can also eat?
Shaking his head to get rid of the strange thoughts, Gu Shi temporarily put aside his new discovery on the void cave and looked warily at the Death Girl beside him. This person now had an expression that seemed to want to eat him, and she looked more like a man-eating monster than the void. He couldn't help but feel fear.
Realizing that the tension and fear in his heart had not dissipated yet and that he had not become optimistic again, Gu Shi discovered that the emotions he had lost when he became virtual seemed to have returned.
However, since the void is still there, this state is unlikely to last long. Perhaps it won't be long before it returns to a state of not knowing fear or despair.
After tidying himself up a bit, Gu Shi was just about to say something to buy himself a chance to escape, when he saw the Death Girl suddenly chanting something in a low voice. At the same time, a light flashed at her fingertips. The next moment, six golden light bands appeared out of thin air, with Gu Shi as the center, nailing him firmly in place.
"wait for me!"
Without waiting for Gu Shi to ask any questions, the girl of death left a brief explanation and immediately disappeared in front of Gu Shi, then rushed into a wooden house not far away.
……
what the hell?
Just as such doubts arose in his mind, Gu Shi suddenly smelled an unfamiliar smell of blood in the wind. Then, the Grim Reaper girl returned to him again, holding the still bleeding Zanpakutō in one hand and two newly broken chains of causality in the other. At the other end of the chains, were dragging two fresh souls with terrified faces but unable to make any sound.
"You killed them? Does Soul Society allow the God of Death to kill the living?"
"Haha, cute big guy, are you worried about me? Don't worry, I'm a noble, and my grandfather is a wise man of the Central 46th Chamber. Even if I break the rules, I'll just be reprimanded. In the worst case, I'll just be locked up at home for a few days."
Blood was still dripping from her Zanpakutō, but the Shinigami girl was smiling brightly. The joy that overflowed from the bottom of her heart even slightly diluted the inhuman feeling brought by her pale skin color, making her look more human, and even more terrifying.
"Alright, alright, let's put these insignificant little things aside for now. Come on, big guy, I'll give you these two cause and effect chains. Show me what you did just now and see if quantitative change can lead to qualitative change. Don't worry, try it boldly. This village has a large population, which is definitely enough for you. If it's not enough, there is another village not far to the east. We can go there."
The nonchalant attitude of the Death Girl made Gu Shi, who had just regained his fear, feel a chill in his heart. He finally realized so clearly what kind of world he had traveled to.
Yes, how could I forget?
In the original work, Tosen Kaname's best friend and beloved was killed by a noble. Even though Tosen Kaname later became the captain of the 9th Division and stood at the pinnacle of the power of the God of Death, he was still not qualified to seek justice for his best friend, let alone punish the murderer. He couldn't even make the murderer apologize.
In such a world, the most terrifying things may not be those powerful Shinigami captains, nor Aizen, who is so smart that he is almost a demon and deceives the entire Soul Society, but those Shinigami nobles who are high above, hold the power in Soul Society, and treat all living beings as playthings.
During the moment when Gu Shi was lost in thought, seeing that he was still not accepting her "gift", the Death Girl frowned impatiently.
"Hey, big guy, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and do it!"
As she spoke, she casually threw the chain in her hand and the soul connected to the other end of the chain to Gu Shi, as if she was throwing away some garbage.
"…Do you think I can move now?"
The only part of Gu Shi that could move was his head, which shook up and down. He pointed his chin at the golden light band on his body, indicating to the Death Girl that the ghost magic that had imprisoned him had not yet been released.
The Death Girl was stunned, then realized her mistake, smiled embarrassedly, and quickly waved her hand to release the "Six-Rod Light Prison" she had released, then turned around and walked towards another wooden house.
"Forget it, I won't watch the show, big guy. I'm going to continue collecting the chains of cause and effect. You'd better move faster. By the way, don't even think about running away. I have memorized your spiritual power characteristics. With the spiritual network, I can find you even if you escape into the Hueco Mundo~"
Looking at the back of the person who seemed to be in a very happy mood and even humming a tune softly, Gu Shi was silent for a brief moment, then decisively grabbed a soul that was thrown at his feet.
No one knew what method the Death Girl had used on these souls. The poor man's soul was clearly filled with fear, with his mouth wide open as if he was trying to cry out, but he couldn't make any sound. His stiff body made it impossible for him to even struggle.
He opened his mouth and bit the chain on the soul's chest, slowly grinding the base of the chain with his teeth. Gu Shi stared at the direction where the Death Girl left, and made a faint, unclear sound from his mouth.
"Little guy, do you regret it? Do you hate it? The God of Death has a rule that you can't kill people casually. In order to avoid being punished by the elders at home, she didn't intend to break the rule even though she was a noble, so she used words to induce you to commit suicide.
"But because you foolishly fell for her trick, she found more fun and now she has no scruples. Guess how many people in this village will survive after tonight."
As he spoke, Gu Shi still stared at the direction where the Death Girl left, but his eyes glanced at the boy who was thrown on the ground, unable to move at all like a dead dog.
Gu Shi knew that what he said was actually unreasonable. The real villain who should be blamed and punished was the god of death who regarded life as worthless, not the boy who was the victim.
But there was no other way. This was the only way Gu Shi could think of to escape at this moment. In order to escape from the evil ghost in human skin and to prevent the evil ghost from killing more people to "feed" himself, Gu Shi could only use vicious words to attack the boy who should have been innocent.
In his peripheral vision, Gu Shi clearly saw that the boy who had tried to trade his life with him and asked him to kill the ronin who threatened "everyone" so that "everyone could survive" was now in tears. His tear-blurred eyes stared painfully at the soul in his hand, a soul that should have belonged to one of the "everyone".
No one knew what had happened to the boy. He lay stiffly on the cold ground, unable to move at all. The only thing that could "move" on his body was the tears that kept flowing from his eyes, and...
The lock of cause and effect on the chest.
The chain that protected the newly dead souls and prevented them from falling into emptiness was cut by the Death Girl with a single blow, leaving only a short section.
At this moment, on the broken surface of the chain, disgusting white liquid emerged from nowhere, and was transforming into small mouths full of sharp teeth, biting the remaining chains frantically.
Chapter 8 Unforgivable
The essence of Death and Hollow is actually two sides of the soul.
If we compare the two, the path of the God of Death is slightly narrow, but it is safe enough. As long as a talented soul undergoes systematic practice and discovers his or her talents, he or she can become the God of Death. This path is the best choice for talented people.
The path of emptiness is more tolerant. Any soul can become emptiness. After becoming emptiness, no matter how poor your talent is, as long as you eat enough souls, you can always become stronger. Even some animals who are born with strong souls can become emptiness by chance.
In a sense, becoming virtual is the only possibility for untalented mortals to catch up with geniuses.
Of course, this does not mean that geniuses cannot become virtual. On the contrary, for geniuses who lack opportunities for growth, becoming virtual is a perfect way out.