Chapter 1583 Shadow Avatars
Sunny found himself surrounded by six identical versions of himself, all staring at him with confused expressions. Alabaster skin, raben-black hair, eyes that were like glistening onyx... all of them were clad in full suits of fearsome onyx armor, as well, its design both intricate and impregnable.
He stared at them back. For a moment, Sunny was scared. And who could blame him? He had just managed to rid himself of the Sin of Solace, avoided being consumed by the Mad Prince, and survived a meeting with his frightening future self — each a version of him.
But... no. None of the three was among the six copies that were sitting around him in a semicircle. In fact, the six impostors looked strangely familiar. And not just because they looked exactly like him.
Rather, they were like versions of Sunny that each possessed a distinct personality, which subtly changed how they looked. One was sullen. Another was joyful. One was deadpan and unsettling, while the one next to him was arrogant and disdainful. The fifth copy seemed mischievous, while the last one looked like a complete lunatic. They were... his shadows. Sunny felt like pinching himself. "Hey, you guys... what, uh... what are you doing?" Six identical copies of him glanced at each other, then shrugged in unison. "That's not helping!"
When it became clear that none of them was going to explain himself, Sunny shook his head in bewilderment. So... this was his Transformation Ability?
'Come to think of it. It makes sense?' Updated from n0velbIn.(c)o/m
"What the hell?!"
His second body cried out, as well, two identical voices breaking the silence of the dusty pocket of space at the same time. Sunny froze, looking at himself... and at the same time, his other body also froze, looking at himself. He felt the cracked floor under his hands, and shards of concrete under his other hands. Sunny raised his left hand and waved at himself, simultaneously raising his other left hand to wave at himself. 'How... weird!'
It was indeed as if there were two of him. He could not only perceive the world through the shadow avatar, but also control it as he would his own body.
As his eyes suddenly glistened with burning intensity, Sunny concentrated.
In the next moment, his own body waved its left hand again, while the shadow avatar waved its right. 'Complete independence...'
Throwing a glance at the other five copies of himself, Sunny gritted his teeth. Then... each of the seven identical young men trapped in the ruins performed a separate action. One rose to his feet. Another lowered himself to the floor. One turned his head to the left, while the one next to him turned his head to the right. The fifth closed his eyes, the sixth pressed his hands against his ears.
The last one covered his mouth with a hand. Seven stunned gasps resounded at the same time, one of them slightly muffled. The first Sunny — the original Sunny — swayed a little. Controlling seven bodies at the same time put a lot of pressure on his mind... but it was not nearly as burdensome as almost anyone else would have found it. Sunny was perfectly accustomed to perceiving the world from multiple points of view, after all, so although it took some adjustment to exist in seven places at the same time, he was more than capable of managing it. It was going to take some time to get used to it... but Sunny had no doubt. One day, soon, he would be able to wield his six shadow avatars into battle. Which meant that, instead of becoming a Saint...
Sunny had become seven Saints.