Alice strode towards Yamabuki. Yamabuki kept muttering to himself, and Alice was curious. This Hollow had been saying something ever since he saw her. Listening closely, this Hollow was saying, "Black stockings, black stockings!"
"What are black stockings? Is he planning to strangle me to death with black silk thread? He truly lives up to his reputation as the most cruel Hollow."
The next second, Yamabuki rushed over, his five claws piercing through Alice's chest like daggers.
Yamabuki vaguely felt that the woman in front of him tasted delicious. If he ate her, his power would increase.
However, Alice was smiling at him, showing no sign of pain even with her chest pierced.
"It's a pity. If I had time, I'd really like to train you into my pet, but there's no time now. My ability is called The Book of Creation. The moment you saw me, you already entered the world I created. The Book of Creation can create rules for this world. No matter how strong you are, you must obey the rules here. Of course, the same applies to me."
Alice smiled as she opened her Book of Creation. The first rule written there was: "The use of force is forbidden in this world."
Yamabuki's two claws attacked Alice furiously like a whirlwind, but Alice simply looked at him calmly, then snapped her fingers. A chair appeared out of thin air on the open ground. Alice sat on the chair and said with a smile, "It's useless. In this world, my Book of Creation is the absolute rule. No matter how strong your force is, it's useless."
All of Yamabuki's attacks accurately hit Alice, but they couldn't cause her any harm.
Alice sat on the chair, took out a quill pen, and whispered, "It seems you lack intelligence and can't understand what rules are. It must be painful to live like this, so I'll help you."
Then she wrote in The Book of Creation: "All attacks made by those who use force will rebound onto themselves."
A light emanated from The Book of Creation, and the written words transformed into rules, integrating into this world.
Yamabuki swung a punch at Alice, but it was his own arm that broke. The Hollow Yamabuki, lacking intelligence, couldn't understand what was happening. He furiously attacked with his hands and feet, but all these attacks landed on his own body. In an instant, Yamabuki's body was reduced to a pulp by his own attacks.
Alice sighed, lightly tapping her head with her finger, and said, "A beast is just a beast. The biggest difference between humans and beasts is the brain."
She had originally thought a Vasto Lorde would be a formidable Hollow, but she didn't expect to deal with him so easily. How boring.
Alice stood up, brushed the dust off her uniform, and prepared to leave. Suddenly, Yamabuki's body, which had been reduced to a pulp, began to rapidly squirm. In the blink of an eye, he recovered as usual and instantly appeared before Alice, grabbing at her neck.
Alice was startled, but The Book of Creation formed a small world centered around her as a passive ability. The effect of the previous rule was still active, and Yamabuki's claw severed his own neck.
"You scared me. You didn't even die from that. It seems your recovery ability is quite strong! I've changed my mind, I won't kill you. I'm going to capture you alive and present you to His Majesty. His Majesty will surely like this gift, won't he?"
Alice took out her quill pen again and wrote in The Book of Creation: "The consciousness of the mad shall fall into the abyss, never to recover."
The Book of Creation cannot directly control matter. For example, if there is a small stream ahead, The Book of Creation can set a rule for zero gravity, causing the stream water to float.
But it cannot directly write, "Make the stream water float."
At the same time, The Book of Creation is a double-edged sword. Once a rule is set, even Alice will be forced to obey it.
Most Hollows are mad and chaotic, lacking reason. When the rule took effect, Yamabuki only felt his consciousness continuously falling into a bottomless abyss.
Alice looked at Yamabuki, who had completely lost consciousness, and lightly kicked him with her toe. After confirming that Yamabuki had no more power to resist, she nodded with satisfaction. Indeed, a rational sage is the guiding light for the world's progress. No matter how strong, one is ultimately just a brute.
Yamabuki's consciousness was falling frantically. This world was moving away from him. After an unknown amount of time, the world became a light spot so small it couldn't be any smaller.
Is it... is all this over?
Yamabuki thought silently, "I still haven't figured out who I am!"
Suddenly, Yamabuki's whole body trembled. Before he could react to what had happened, he found himself in a strange place.
Behind him was a heavy door, and in front was a very magnificent palace. A throne was placed in the center, but sitting on the throne was not a king, but a person without hands or feet, trapped in yellow amber.
"Young man, you've arrived."
The person in the amber clearly didn't speak, but his voice reached Yamabuki's heart.
"Who are you?" Yamabuki asked with a difficult tone.
"I don't know. I don't know who I am either, but the people outside call me the Soul King."
"Have we met?"
"Yes, once. You were a Shinigami back then, a very interesting young man."
Yamabuki tilted his head, unable to recall. Then he asked a deeply philosophical question: "Who am I?"
"I cannot answer that question. No one knows who you are except yourself," the Soul King said gently.
Yamabuki looked down at his pale skin: "Am I a Hollow or a Shinigami? I hear someone in my head talking to me, telling me to let him out."
"Does it matter if you are a Hollow or a Shinigami? Does it matter if it's chaos or order?" the Soul King asked. "You saw all of this too clearly, which is why you became like this. Whether it's a Hollow, a Shinigami, or a Quincy, this was originally all you, but you insisted on distinguishing them too clearly. This is not anyone else's fault; your reaching this point today is all your own problem. No one can save you; only you can help yourself."
The Hollow Yamabuki completely failed to understand what the Soul King was saying. He only felt that the thing in front of him should be very delicious. Just as he was about to pounce, a hand grabbed his shoulder from behind, and at the same time, a young man's voice came: "Soul King, I didn't expect you to have such a trick up your sleeve inside my body. I knew that piece of meat wasn't eaten for nothing."
The Hollow Yamabuki quickly turned around and found a handsome young man standing behind him, who was none other than Yamabuki in his Shinigami state.
"I didn't expect that I would be controlled by myself. It's so damn embarrassing. When I go back, those guys will definitely laugh at me for half a year," Yamabuki said helplessly.
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