Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

Changing the style doesn't stop it from killing! : 133. Devouring the Wraith of Zum (Bonus Chapter!!)

The elements that constitute life consciousness are complex and not uniform. The soul is the key element, but a body without a soul can also give birth to will.

It's as if a soulless machine gains a self after breaking free from the technological singularity, but since they are not living beings, they still lack a soul.

The things created by the Davos Life Modification Technique are just like that; in essence, these things are highly similar to demons.

Jecard's original life form could not possess immortality because Davos discovered that an eternal soul could not be contained within a simple physical body. To solve this problem, he diverted his power to create the artificial intelligence, the Angel of Meck, to assist him. However, the betrayal of the Mecks caused his creation arcane art to cease.

This result ultimately created the demons of the DOOM series. These demons are the product of the hellish essence that enters the body after the soul and body of a person are separated. They possess immortal souls but not immortal selves. Therefore, the body and soul of every mortal who falls into Jekkard will be received and tormented by hell, becoming a demonic body that contains the immortal souls of the inhabitants of hell.

The DOOM series' storyline culminates in DOOM resolving Davos's limitation of confining all demons to the Hell quadrant, which is also an inherent limitation of Davos's life-modification techniques.

He can make the soul immortal, but he cannot make the body eternal.

Dongjiang's most basic life modification technique can combine gold energy with flesh and blood to create a similar physical body, but the soul involves a higher level of modification. In any case, those he creates are indeed individuals with self-awareness.

However, while they do not possess immortality supplied by the essence of hell, they do have a certain level of consciousness and are considered a product somewhere between a Mec angel and a demon.

As the 666 newly created life forms walked step by step toward Dongjiang, looking into their empty eyes, Sirocco felt a chill run down his spine.

"What are these things?"

"A new kind of human." Tsugumi spouted nonsense without hesitation.

He looked at the incredulous Sirocco and said with pleasure...

"Or rather, a new kind of human being, the opposite of you."

“You new humans are nothing special except for your high mental strength and brainwaves, while they are the opposite of you. They are perfect in terms of body, but in terms of spirit—they can even be said to have nothing at all.”

Sirocco stared at these people in horror. It was indeed true. As a new human, he could easily sense the brainwaves of others. Even if he couldn't say he was reading them in reverse, he could easily sense the emotional fluctuations of ordinary people.

These 'people' showed no emotion whatsoever; instead, they feigned feelings beneath a calm surface.

Honestly, this gave Sirocco the creeps!

"I'll leave the task of inputting memories and thoughts to you. If you want to achieve great things, Sirocco, you need manpower, don't you?"

Tsugumi looked at Shilock and smiled with interest.

"...Why did you create them? Did you want these 'people' to replace humanity, or to lead and rule humanity?"

"Why? I've been thinking of that reason too," Tsugumi shrugged.

He wasn't lying; he did it simply to try out the new skill. He wouldn't think about anything too complicated.

As for having these androids replace and supersede the ruling class of humanity—Tsugumi thinks it might be a good idea!

"But what you said isn't too bad. I've always felt that it might be better for machines to rule than for humans to rule humans. After all, I don't believe in humanity at all."

Sirocco stopped talking, and Tsurugi didn't care what he thought or not; he didn't care whether he agreed or not.

He's going to continue his drawing game.

Once one colony is conquered, the next one is immediately set off!

If she could, Tsugumi would love to kill all of Zeon in one go.

Unfortunately, there wasn't enough time, and his magic reserves weren't sufficient either.

SIDE3 is a very large colony cluster, and going through each map one by one would take too much time, while the Zeon fleet is about to return.

Using the Force to paddle across wasn't impossible, but it was too slow and too energy-consuming. The energy expenditure for driving a mobile suit was completely different from that for driving a warship. By the time they got there, Gihren would have long since disappeared.

The distance that media power can travel is not enough here. LV4 power allows him to transmit across the entire distance of Japan, but the distance between the various colonies of SIDE3 is much greater than the diameter of the Earth. Moreover, the interference of these Minovsky particles makes it quite difficult for his power to operate.

And most importantly—the Rum people's time has vanished.

The grievances of these 2.5 billion Rummans are nearing their end.

Fueled by hatred and loathing for Zeon, a group of resentful, unjustly killed Rum people clung to Tsurugi, willing to serve as his fuel and become part of his power, all for the sake of giving him and his people a chance for revenge.

In fact, Tsurugi could have burned these souls to turn them into his own power, but he wouldn't do it because that would fucking annoy him!

He only accepted those souls who were willing to sacrifice themselves for revenge, and Tsuruga would lead them to complete their vengeance, carrying with them the resentment they carried.

They chose the path of resentment and revenge, and the Dongjiang River will not let them down.

They were very happy.

When the first colony was massacred at the Thuja River, many of these vengeful spirits cheered and rejoiced as if they were still alive, or pounced on them to torment these damned Zeonians.

However, this resentment would not last long, and they realized that although these Zeonians deserved to die, they were not their true enemies.

After the Tsurugi River burned the souls of these Jionglao, these resentful souls fell into emptiness once more, accelerating their own demise.

That won't do.

He can't guarantee the safety of good people, but Dongjiang can't stand seeing bad people get their just desserts!

So Tsugumi decided to change her itinerary and go directly to Zim City!

After all, that's where the most Zeonians are—and the most damned Zeonians are!

Now, let's get some ordinary Zeon guys to vent their hatred on these wronged souls of Lum, collect some materials, and then head straight to Zum City!

True to his word, Tsurugi drained the remaining gold energy from the Bloodhorn Nest and immediately opened a portal to enter the next colony.

The second massacre was broadcast live again, and Tsugumi proved to everyone with facts that he was not joking.

This time, he was looking at an industrial colony called Von Strauss, which is characterized by the presence of numerous Zmard Company factory production lines.

Therefore, a large portion of the people in this area are those who manufacture military weapons for the Zeon army.

Haha, TuTu and the others are even happier.

kill!!!!

Without further ado, throw out the poison gas, watch them die, summon that somewhat eerie 'Light of Heaven' to send away the innocent souls, and then turn the rest into androids and send them to the Emperor.

Oh—this time the procedure was reversed; he tried to summon that eerie light of heaven first.

The light appeared, sending a tiny number of children and adults across the colony to an unknown location.

I think it was called something like the horizon of cause and effect?

Tsugumi instinctively felt that what she was doing was not a good thing, as if doing too much of it would lead to something terrible—but who the hell cared?

Just do it! Keep going, give me the third one!!!

This madman doesn't care how awful the photos are; he just wants to have fun!

This threw Zeon into chaos. The Zeon players, who had just been basking in the joy of victory, scattered and fled.

"What are the Zeon forces doing? Why aren't they here to protect us?!"

"Where is Commander-in-Chief Killian? Commander-in-Chief Killian must have a way!"

"Someone come quick and catch this terrorist!"

This panic was not a change even in Zeon's capital. On the streets of Zumshi, the group of Zabi family supporters who had just been celebrating most enthusiastically were now the most panicked.

If it weren't for the suppression by the remaining police forces, these terrified rioters would have even stormed Zabi's palace, which resembled a demon king's castle.

Amidst this chaos, suddenly, a five-meter-tall, heavily armored figure, instilling an instinctive sense of fear, appeared in the sky above Zeon Zeon Deikun, the city named in honor of Zeon Zeon Deikun.

Yes, only in Zim City, Tsuruga does not intend to use poison gas to solve the problem.

He wants to use the most direct method!

"Pass through the Dark Gate!!!"

Without a second of wasted words, he unleashed his ultimate move!

In an instant, as the night meteor crashed into the colony's ground, an endless black mist swept across the entire colony!

"What happened?"

"Why has the sky gotten dark? Does anyone know why?"

"Where is Commander-in-Chief Kihren?!"

The weather system seemed to have malfunctioned, plunging the entire colony into darkness. And in this endless darkness, the vengeful spirits of the soon-to-be-extinct Loum people appeared, riding on the black mist.

Those Zeon soldiers who had been enthusiastically congratulating the Zeon army on their great victory just hours before suddenly found themselves surrounded by a dense throng of ghosts.

They remained frozen in the moment before their deaths—those who froze, burned, suffocated, crushed, hacked, or gassed to death...

These terrifying souls, maintaining the posture of dead corpses, shrieked as they crawled out of the black mist, their cries piercing the air and burning with agonizing wails.

They had only one thought: in this city of Zum, in this capital of Zeon, the city that was both the most supportive of Zeon and the most unforgivable of them all—

revenge

The Zeonians' shrill and tragic screams echoed throughout the colony, as vengeful spirits crawled out and pounced on them. They fled, but there was nowhere to escape, for there were a total of 2.5 billion wronged souls here.

They practically filled the entire city of Zim, inside and outside buildings, on beds, under beds, in closets, in the sky, on the ground—they were everywhere.

They saw every Zeonian pounce on him, tear him apart, torture him, and devour him.

These people who were killed then used their suffering to repay the Zeon people, to seek revenge, and to vent their frustrations!

Regardless of gender, age, or social status, anyone who is a Zeon person must be tortured to death!

One hundred and fifty million people living in the capital were being massacred in droves. Meanwhile, Tsugumi, watching all this from above, listening to the pervasive screams, closed her eyes and murmured with a hint of regret.

"You damn coward! You dare call yourself Little Mustache's tail?"

It's a pity Gihren isn't here; that cunning old fox went into hiding before the war even started. But that's to be expected; there was a plot to assassinate Gihren in the original timeline, but the rumor that he had been staying in Zum City turned out to be completely false.

This cunning and cruel fellow even took away his younger brother Dozru's wife, concubine, and newborn niece—as for what he intended to do, he undoubtedly wanted to keep his brother, who currently held the most military power, under his control at all times, to prevent him from using his great victory to stage some kind of coup.

Dekin commented that he had Hitler's tail, but in Tsuruga's opinion, it was an insult to Hitler—when the curtain falls, the actor should stay on the stage to take his bow. How can someone who can't even do such a basic thing dare to call himself Hitler? He is clearly something like Hirohito, a clown.

But there's no need to worry. His escape only prolongs his life by a small part. He's destined to suffer eternal torment at the hands of Tsurugi!

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

P.S.: The Gundam arc will temporarily end on Thursday!

Changing styles doesn't stop the killing! : 134. That's the end... Hey, did you hear that?!

Torture, endless torment

Slaughter, endless slaughter