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Inside the shared Mental Space—
The space had a new design this time.
In the middle stood a high round table with 36 seats. Thirty-three of them had a light beneath that connected to a gate, and above each gate was the name of the world that a Renzo came from.
"How is it?" Eevee, somehow wearing sunglasses from who-knows-where, leaned back in his seat with his paws behind his head.
"It's refreshing. Thanks for the design, Eevee," Jedi Renzo said.
"Yeah, I feel better for some reason, haha."
"Absolutely."
"That's why he is the goat."
Just as the group was busy buttering up their boss Eevee, the one they had been waiting for finally arrived.
"Sorry, everyone! I've been busy tracking down all sorts of interesting things you'd want to see. Reverend Insanity is really a world that deserves its name. Anyway, I'm here now, so… let's share!"
When Reverend Renzo appeared again, over 3 months had passed in the shared space. But in his own world—thanks to tweaking the flow of time—more than three years had gone by.
And those three years had paid off big.
When it came to Refinement, Rule, Time, Space, Ice, the elemental paths in general, Sword, Formation, and Soul Path… he was already among the absolute best in the mortal realm. Reverend Renzo was now a peak Rank 5 Gu Master—just one step away from immortality.
In his world, when a Gu Master becomes immortal, their mortal aperture also ascends and with it, a world is born inside them. Such worlds are incredible—ever-growing, generating resources endlessly—but they come with one limitation: that world will be filled entirely by the laws of a single path, the one you choose to follow.
"Oh? Sounds like you've had quite the haul," Marvel Renzo said with a smile.
"So… what about the Sovereign Fetus? You've got it by now, right? I'm dying for it. With that Gu, you could use all paths and laws without restriction, and the world inside your body—hisss—it'd be huge. Maybe the size of Earth… or even bigger!"
"Let's share first." Aizen reached out, and the data transfer began.
"Oh?"
"You've been… shockingly low-key. Not even using your real appearance when gathering resources?" Aizen gave Reverend Renzo a surprised look. "And what about the timeline? It's so messed up."
"Yeah, I was surprised myself." Reverend Renzo nodded. "But isn't it better that way? I can do whatever I want, just not using my face."
In the Reverend Insanity world, there were three major threats to be wary of. First was Heaven's Will of the world itself. Second were the Venerables—those who had achieved Rank 9. They were invisible, endlessly scheming, and so dangerous that if you weren't careful, you might not even know how you died. And third, finally, was Fang Yuan, the story's infamous main character.
But now, after Reverend Renzo's travels through the world, he discovered something astonishing: no Venerables had been born yet, there was no Fang Yuan, and humanity hadn't even freed itself from the other races yet.
That meant he had transmigrated here before anything began. But that was actually good—now he only needed to be wary of Heaven's Will.
"Fair point," Aizen said with a nod. "Still, it's a shame the Sovereign Fetus can't be decoded now."
"Ahem... anyway, thanks for your effort, Renzo Primus Simulacrum. Good name by the way."
"uh..." Reverend Renzo waved his hand. "I just did my part, Boss Aizen. Next time, I'll analyze every immortal Gu I can get my hands on."
"Well… maybe you'll never get that chance. I think time is up..."
As Aizen's words fell, a red circle began to form around him… and the same was happening to Reverend Renzo.
Reverend reached out to touch the light, only to feel a jolt of pain the moment his fingers brushed against it. He couldn't even push a single finger through.
"What's the meaning of this?" he demanded, his voice sharp with irritation.
"Just a little trick to keep you trapped here," Uchiha Renzo chimed in. "No need to keep up the act—we've known something was off about you for a while."
"Indeed," Eevee continued. "I mean, dude—Renzo Primus Simulacrum? That basically means 'I'm the original Renzo.' You want to say we're just clones or something?"
Dragorr nodded. "Even ignoring the name, Reverend Insanity has a soul method to split your soul and make clones."
"Connecting the dots… yeah, it's making us all feel uneasy."
KOF Renzo nodded. "Even though I don't believe we're clones... even if we are, what was your plan? Absorb us to get stronger or something?"
OPM Renzo: "We have a way to get information from you… well, let's just hope all our suspicions are wrong so you can go back to being part of the group."
Xiao Yan crossed his arms. "Just confess, man. Maybe we can find a peaceful way."
Fairy Tail Renzo, Demon Slayer Renzo, Pirate Renzo, Hero Renzo—even the females, Mikasa and Hermione—looked at him coldly.
"No. I won't surrender that easily. I still have a way!"
Reverend Renzo tried to return to his body, but failed. He pushed all his powers against the red light, but it was…
"Useless."
Aizen, standing inside his own red circle, smiled. "It took me a lot of time to design this trap. And it's literally inside you—your own mind is powering it."
Reverend Renzo froze. "So that's why only you shared abilities with me… such a scheming Aizen."
"You flatter me," Aizen waved a hand modestly.
"But still—how will you get out of here? You sacrificed yourself like this… tsk, tsk, just an idiot who didn't deserve Aizen's body and talents. If it was me—"
The next moment, Toaru Renzo casually used a simple magic spell, and the red circle around Aizen vanished.
Reverend Renzo: "…"
"Fuck, I'm the original; you're just my clones who should obey me! Dammit!" Reverend Renzo shouted in anger. "I swear, 30 years in the—"
With a wave of his hand, Aizen muted the guy, then looked at the other Renzos. "Plan succeeded."
Xiao Yan: "Was this guy trying to steal my words? Well, not like I'll use them anyway."
StarTroops Renzo raised his hand, ignoring Xiao Yan. "I wanna ask—how are we gonna get the detailed information from this guy? We need to know everything."
"Just give me some time. I'll return to Bleach, fix myself, then come back and get all the lovely information we'll need." Aizen grinned. "Uchiha, I hope you can help me with this — you're just under me in understanding of the soul and mind."
"No problem," Uchiha Renzo said absentmindedly, clearly thinking of something else.
"Well, everything went really well, hahaha." Hentai Renzo laughed—he had really been afraid of this Reverend guy. Was he planning to steal his life or something?
R-18 Renzo nodded, "Yeah, bro. I was scared, I mean, who would take care of my women if something happened to me?"
"Well, doesn't every manhwa and any P*rn game have its MC? He was literally designed for sex, y'know, and for taking care of the exact type of woman," Eevee said with a slightly jealous tone.
"Oh, those guys? I killed them. I know they're innocent, but fuck it—I just wanted to kill them. No need to overthink it," R-18 Renzo said coldly.
"Oh my, if you came to my world, Lord Cao Cao would love you," Chinese Renzo said, raising his thumb.
"I'll kill him if I go to your world, bro."
"Agree."
"Same here."
"+1."
"...."
"I'm leaving if that's all. I need to prepare Levi for his Titan battle," Mikasa said in disgust after hearing them.
Hearing that, everyone turned to look at Mikasa eagerly… even Eevee put on his cutest look. "Oooh, Mikasa, can you please watch the battle carefully? It's going to be one of the best—I want to see it."
"...Ok"
"Yay!" x31
"Can you focus on the main reason we're here?" Uchiha Renzo said with a serious face. "Something is still wrong. No matter how I think about it, it feels off."
Swordsman Renzo nodded. "Indeed. We all overlooked one point—would WE, or our original self, really be such idiots as to give away hints like 'Renzo Primus Simulacrum'?"
"I feel the same," Hero Renzo chimed in. "If it was me, I wouldn't make such obvious mistakes. It's like a trap?"
"Well, maybe when he split the clones, he couldn't think straight... isn't a weak soul supposed to make someone an idiot?" Demon Slayer Renzo gave his opinion.
Emperor Renzo nodded. "Yeah, I agree with that."
Hermione and the others began chiming in as well, but slowly the discussion turned into a mess.
"Guys, guys... uh, and ladies."
Aizen shouted over them. "We don't know enough to judge right now. We don't know how he sent souls to other worlds or if we are just clones. What even is this Mental Space? Where is it? It can't be nowhere, right?"
"So just wait for me to get the juicy info, and then we'll talk."
"Actually," he added, "after trapping Reverend, I only feel danger."
"It was easy… too easy to be real. Still, we can't even pinpoint what's wrong until we get the info we need."
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