CHAPTER 162 - STAND ARROW! INFINITE SPACE GEM! [BONUS CHAPTER 1/5]

"Did you guys hear?" Inside the Supernatural Research Club, Marin mysteriously brought up the topic.

"Hear what?" Miko instinctively asked.

Marin didn't say directly, but instead asked, "You know about the news of the missing girls a while ago, right?"

This matter caught Yukino's attention. She put down her book and frowned. "Are you talking about the case where more than twenty girls went missing within three days?" She preferred to read various news and had learned about this matter before.

Marin's eyes lit up, and she nodded repeatedly. "That's right, that's right. Just this morning, that case was solved."

"What exactly happened?" Yukino frowned. At school, she didn't like playing with her phone as much as Marin, so she wasn't very clear about today's news. Eriri and Megumi also looked over curiously; twenty-something people missing sounded like a big case.

"Could it be a kidnapping gang?" Eriri guessed.

Marin shook her head. "You definitely wouldn't imagine it, but it was done by one person."

"Kidnapping over twenty people in three days? One person?" Wouldn't that be too difficult? How could someone commit crimes so frequently without being discovered?

"It's true. And they were found in the basement of a restaurant. The owner of that restaurant is the culprit." Saying this, Marin shivered a little in fear. "It is said that there were people chained up inside, and also corpses hung on iron hooks with their guts spilled out. It's highly likely they were selling human organs."

"Eek!" As soon as Marin said that, the imagery immediately came to mind. Miko and Eriri both shivered. "How terrifying."

As a firsthand witness to this matter, Ren perhaps had more to say. He corrected, "It's not organ trafficking; it's cannibalism."

"Huh?" Marin looked at Ren in shock. "Why do you say that?" Everyone else also focused their attention. Cannibalism... what a terrifying word. Was that person eating people?

Megumi's eyes flickered, and she guessed, "Could it be an anomaly?"

"Megumi, so smart. It's a man-eating monster." He gave Megumi a thumbs-up; her guess was too accurate.

After being reminded by Megumi, the others realized that it wasn't necessarily a human eating humans; if it was a monster eating humans, it would be very reasonable. Although Yukino found cannibalism disgusting, she was more curious about the truth of the matter. "Ren, are you saying the restaurant owner is a monster? Or that the owner fed humans to monsters?"

Ren directly pointed out, "That owner is a man-eating monster called a Ghoul."

Yukino was surprised. "You mean that owner is a humanoid monster?"

"Or a sub-human species would be more reasonable. They are sub-human species that have mutated from humans due to certain reasons, and they are monsters that can only eat humans or their own kind. They would find ordinary food difficult to swallow."

"There are such twisted creatures?" Eriri's mouth hung open. Man-eating monsters, yet their origin was from human mutation. This was too twisted!

"Ghouls are just that twisted," Ren also believed. From the works he understood, it was clear that Ghouls were not only physiologically twisted but many also had psychological distortions.

"Is it really okay to let that Ghoul go to prison?" Yukino was a little worried; after all, it was a man-eating monster.

Marin, however, was quite confused. She flipped through her phone, and after clearly seeing the information, she asked in doubt, "But the news said that the owner was a madman, constantly screaming shrilly, and none of the girls remembered what happened, only that they were kidnapped by that person."

"I did that." Ren tapped the table, and a cup of tea appeared. He took a leisurely sip and explained, "That man was Teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka's blind date. Last night, I happened to encounter him and discovered the Ghoul's secret."

"I modified the memories of those girls, making them forget the bloody scenes."

"As for that Ghoul, I inflicted an eternal, endless punishment on him. He now exists between life and death. He will experience pain forever and ever."

"Teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka!" Eriri remembered. "So that's why you stayed at the hotel with her last night?"

"Eh! Stayed at a hotel! With Teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka!" Miko was initially very scared listening to the stories of man-eating monsters. Suddenly hearing this information, she was utterly dumbfounded.

Marin, however, was uninhibited, leaning her head towards Ren, grinning broadly and teasing, "Ren-kun, you didn't do anything with Teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka, did you?" Even Yukino, uncharacteristically, cast an extremely concerned gaze at this question. Shizuka-sensei and Ren... that scene was something even she didn't dare to imagine.

Ren twitched his lips, then smacked Marin on the forehead with a 'thwack', saying irritably, "Don't talk nonsense. Shizuka-sensei was just scared and drugged. I just sent her to a hotel to rest."

"Hiss... If not, then not. Why hit me?" Marin rubbed her forehead, looking wronged.

Hearing this outcome, Miko and Yukino simultaneously breathed a sigh of relief. If it had really happened, Yukino certainly wouldn't have stopped it, but it was naturally best that nothing happened.

She then worried about the Ghoul issue, expressing her concern, "Are there many Ghouls?"

"Not many, in fact, only the one that appeared these past few days." Ren was also helpless. He learned from the memories in Vinsuke's mind. Ghouls are different from existences like evil spirits, Impurity, Onmyoji, and demons. Take Vinsuke, for example. In his memories, his entire life before was clearly that of an ordinary person; there were no memories of living as a Ghoul at all.

But just three days ago, he awakened as a Ghoul, and then suddenly gained a layer of memories of being a Ghoul! This was very strange. It was like forcibly stuffing the entire life of a Ghoul identical to him into his ordinary body. He was clearly an ordinary person, yet he was given a Ghoul's memories and mutated into a Ghoul. He hadn't eaten anyone before; he only started eating people after the mutation.

Initially, he thought it was a Cognitive Doomsday factor, but now it seems he guessed wrong. The fact that such an awakening-style alien transformation into a Ghoul occurred was truly bizarre. There was a feeling that two identical isotopes of this person had merged.

Ren said helplessly, "I have already broadly dominated the global inner thoughts and haven't found any Ghouls appearing." He reminded them, "So you yourselves also need to pay attention to the people around you; they could mutate at any time." He specifically looked at Miko, "Especially you, if you encounter danger, you can contact any one of us."

Miko nodded weakly, "I understand!" The few of them exchanged glances, all understanding the trickiness of the Ghouls, and nodded solemnly. This Ghoul incident also made Ren realize that the Apocalypse is not simple, and he still needs to become stronger.

He opened the Chat Group's personal information.

[Human: Ren]

[Doomsday Points: 7.52 million]

[Apocalypse: (Omitted)]

[Abilities:]

[B-rank: Physical Enhancement (lv4), Five Thunder Rectification - Yin Five Thunder (lv4), Six Styles (lv4), Armament Haki (lv4), Observation Haki (lv4)]

[A-rank: Sixth Sense (lv4)]

[S-rank: Primal Stone Vector Manipulation (lv7), Zanpakuto Dominator (lv6), Gluttony (lv6)]

[SS-rank: Ten Thousand Realms Death Perception Eye (lv7), Chaos Wings (lv6)]

He currently had 7.52 million doomsday points. If he wanted to continue upgrading the Ten Thousand Realms Death Perception Eye to lv8, it required 25 million doomsday points! An enormous number, which he couldn't hope for at the moment.

After some thought, he decided to upgrade his other abilities first. Chaos Wings could currently be upgraded through faith and sin, and it was mostly a supportive ability at the moment, so there was no rush to upgrade it. Then he would focus on S-rank abilities... After a while, he still chose the veteran ability, Vector Manipulation.

[Ding! You have consumed 5 million doomsday points to upgrade an ability!]

[Primal Stone Vector Manipulation has been upgraded to lv7!]

He briefly checked if Vector Manipulation could still be upgraded after this. It still could. This made him slightly relieved. Currently, it seemed that upgrading S-rank abilities to lv8 was not a problem. The upper limit of abilities above S-rank seemed to have a chasm-like difference from other abilities.

"...And there's 2.52 million left for a round of the roulette." The long-awaited roulette moment!

Before that, Ren had Megumi, Yukino, and Eriri from the research club come over. Marin and Miko looked at the four curiously. Eriri asked irritably, "What do you want?" She knew that Ren hadn't returned last night, and had Kanae relay a message that he was at a hotel taking care of Teacher Hiratsuka Shizuka.

"Come, Eriri, sit on my lap." Ren patted his thigh.

"No!" Eriri turned her head away, flatly refusing.

"You don't have a choice, though." This tsundere temper of hers was back. Ren directly picked up Eriri and had her straddle his lap.

"Damn it!" Eriri angrily bit lightly at his neck while lying in his arms. If her small fangs weren't short enough, one might have thought she was a vampire sucking blood. Then he hugged Megumi and Yukino, one in each arm. The two of them were very obedient.

"Ren, what are you doing?" Megumi tilted her head, a little confused.

"Hehe, absorbing good luck." Ren smiled mysteriously. Then he directly activated the roulette. As expected, the first nine spins were either empty or yielded small junk. This time, there were barely any combat items, and there was even something of unclear meaning like a Soldier Pill.

The tenth time, it felt like a small guaranteed drop had been triggered. A drop.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Item: Perfect Float-Float Fruit!]

[Item: Perfect Float-Float Fruit]

[Effect: Upon consumption, you can acquire an A-rank ability, Perfect Float-Float Fruit.]

Ren's eyes lit up. Unlike Nami and Shinobu Kocho's direct fusion with Devil Fruit abilities, this was an item. Eating it grants an ability. He wouldn't need it, but his own people could use it. This was a good start.

Continue the roulette!

Another ten spins, and a drop.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Item: Perfect Stand Arrow!]

[Item: Stand Arrow]

[Effect: Using the Perfect Stand Arrow will 100% awaken a Stand of C-rank to A-rank ability. One-time use.]

"The Stand Arrow from JoJo!" However, this didn't seem to be the original Stand Arrow; it was just a one-time item that 100% activated a Stand. It's just that the ability rank of the Stand that could be awakened was somewhat low. If it could awaken an S-rank Stand, he might have used it.

"I'll keep it for now." The battle wasn't over yet. Third round! The previous ones were again a pile of small junk, with only the Senzu Bean providing a little comfort.

Soon, the tenth spin arrived. The roulette's rotation speed became slower and slower until it stopped, and a prompt appeared.

[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining the Item: Infinity Stone - Space Stone!]

[Item: Infinity Stone - Space Stone]

[Effect: A perfect wielder can instantly move themselves or any object to any space at will, and can also manipulate space as they wish.]

[!!!] Ren was stunned! Infinity Stone! Space Stone! Isn't this from Marvel? According to the setting, an Infinity Stone becomes ineffective once it leaves a universe. However, since it's from the Doomsday Chat Group, there shouldn't be any problem using the gem, right?

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