3 – Hollow System
[...Initialising]
[Status: Dying/Hollowfication In Progress]
[Action: Prevent Hollowfication]
[...Error...Failure...]
[Second Attempt]
[Failure]
[Third Attempt]
[Failure]
[Action abandoned]
[Action: Preserving consciousness]
[Success]
[Consciousness fortified]
[Consciousness anchored]
[Hollow System Initialised]
[Consciousness unable to handle hollowfication]
[Consciousness entering forced hibernation]
'What?!?' those were Hisashi's last thoughts before his consciousness was swallowed up by an endless abyss.
He couldn't feel anything.
He had no pulse, no breath, no heartbeat.
There wasn't any sound.
There was nothing to see just endless darkness.
He didn't even feel like he had a body.
'Where am I?'
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'What am I?'
He could only continue to question himself and his situation for what seemed forever, the only reprieve was sleep and he did a lot of it.
After who knows how long he started feeling some kind of headache. Normally he would be annoyed, but this was the first thing he had felt for as long as he could remember and anything was better than the void of all things that had been his existence.
Suddenly he heard something.
'That's new.' he though.
[Action: Integrating consciousness]
Suddenly the headache got much worse, but at the same time his mind started clearing up from the fog it had been in.
[Consciousness integrated]
'Oh I have wings now. I couldn't even be a bipedal hollow' he could almost cry with how far he was from anything not completely monstrous.
'So much for being handsome, though I guess my carapace has a kind of beauty to it. Argh I'm already being corrupted by these horrible aesthetics.' he wallowed in his misery slapping at the water in anger which caused quite the splash. Is it even a slap if you don't have a hand? Thankfully no one was around to pay attention to a huge splash coming out of seemingly nowhere.
'Well, what now?' he thought to himself.
[Mission: Devour 100 animal spirits]
[Reward: Skill - Soul-Body Separation]
'Well that's a little morbid to say the least. I guess it's better than not having it though. What is this about missions and skills though?' he wondered.
[Answer: System includes mission sub-system that provides tasks to guide host and can provide a variety of rewards including skills]
'If missions and skills are a thing, what about stats and status.' he asked eagerly wondering if his moment had finally come.
[Answer: Correct, the system does include such sub-systems allowing growth through completing missions, consuming spiritual energy or souls]
'Wait. Stats. Status... Status Panel.' he said rapidly.
[Status Panel]
[Name: Saito Hisashi]
[Soul Age: 49]
[Race: Hollow]
[Rank: Hollow]
[Level: 1]
[Exp: 0/10]
[Stats:]
[Strength: 5]
[Dexterity: 2]
[Constitution: 10]
[Intelligence: 5]
[Spirit Power: 15]
[Available Stat Points: 5]
[Passive Skills:]
[Spiritual Energy Absorption]
[High-Speed Regeneration]
[Acidic Touch]
[Active Skills:]
[N/A]
'Wow I got old fast. Wait those 10 years don't count! Change it to 39.' he thought.
[Answer: Negative]