Isekai Adventure in the Dimensional Cube-Chapter 1316 - 944: Reiger’s Innate Domain (Part 2)
So, at this moment, Reiger chose to unfold his domain.
"You should be proud."
Reiger’s voice seemed to emanate from the core of that gigantic black hole, penetrating into Mahito’s mind.
"In this world, you are the first, and so far the only one, to witness my innate domain."
These words, although entering Mahito’s ears, were no longer heard by him.
No, it wasn’t that he couldn’t hear, but rather that he heard, yet couldn’t respond.
He had already been drawn into an infinite interior, receiving endless information, his brain in a frenzied state of processing information, to the extent that it overloaded, leaving Mahito unable to make any judgment other than "being alive," standing there stupidly, unable to move.
His eyes were wide open, as if in a daze, not even a trace of expression remained.
Reiger stepped in front of him, looking at Mahito, resembling a comatose patient with eyes wide open, his gaze growing colder. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺
"Don’t you enjoy transforming others?"
"Don’t you love studying souls?"
"You’ve had enough guinea pigs fall into your hands, now it’s your turn to taste what it’s like to become a guinea pig."
With that, Reiger extended his hand, touching Mahito’s body.
Then, he softly uttered the name of that technique.
"[Idle Transformation]."
The power enough to transform souls, in the end, didn’t fall upon Reiger but instead landed on the original owner.
"Gurgle gurgle..."
Amidst the grating sound of flesh swelling, Mahito’s body began to undergo drastic changes.
First, his entire body swelled like a balloon, then countless tentacles sprouted from it, his bulging eyes grew larger and larger, his mouth was stretched wide as if being pulled apart.
"Whoosh!"
Reiger’s innate domain rapidly receded and vanished under such circumstances, returning one human and one monster to the station turned into ruins, back into the blood-red cage.
"Wow!"
The blood-red cage also began to writhe, the bars retracting one by one into the air, the coagulated blood reconvening, ultimately reverting back into that circular blood pool.
And Mahito’s transformation continued.
"Gah... gur... ah...!"
Accompanied by waves of painful, agonized cries, Mahito’s brain finally received liberation, returning to reality.
Realizing what Reiger had done to him, he cried out in pain and agony, trying to activate the technique to transform himself back.
But... he failed.
Of course, he would fail.
"The so-called innate technique is one that exists within the body from birth; it is part of the body."
Reiger stood in front of Mahito, who continued to swell like a balloon and produce increasingly painful cries, speaking calmly.
"As such, once [Idle Transformation] modifies the soul, thereby influencing the physical form, if the structure of the brain as the source of the technique’s activation is also altered, and changes occur in the part of the body engraved with the innate technique, then that innate technique naturally ceases to exist."
This is also why Mahito’s transformed individuals can’t use cursed techniques.
Among Mahito’s transformed individuals, there is no lack of curse mages.
But once they are transformed too severely, they directly lose the ability to use curse techniques, turning into monsters no different from other transformed individuals.
Unless the brain and body of the curse mage are not excessively transformed, those transformed curse mages can no longer use curse techniques.
Conversely, if the brain and body of a non-mage are properly transformed, it is very likely that the other party will become a mage, awakening their own innate technique.
This is the strength of [Idle Transformation].
Reiger’s interest in this technique is not without reason.
Transforming the soul, alongside transforming the body, this ability, if properly developed, holds limitless possibilities.
Both the soul and the human body possess untapped potential unseen by others; this potential could be vast or small, and if one has the ability to draw it out, anyone can become great.
Unfortunately, the owner of this technique is not worthy of greatness, only worthy of sinking into boundless pain.
"Thanks to your previous public demonstration of your technique, and most detailed interpretation and demonstration, I have successfully learned this technique."
Reiger raised his head, looking at Mahito, who had swollen to the point of nearly touching the broken ceiling, his mournful cries growing more and more intense, and said as such.
"Rest assured, in the future, I will be the one to use this technique correctly."
"As for you?"
"You will experience the feelings you’ve forced upon others in the past, forever."
Swelling is just one phenomenon; Mahito will also experience shrinking, twisting, folding, splitting, mixing, tearing, and various other transformations afterward.
In this process, he will be unable to make any move to interfere, unable even to take any action, only able to watch helplessly as this scene unfolds and to feel this cruelty that surpasses torture, his senses magnified a thousand times.
Reiger did not alter his cognition, nor did he alter his perceptual structure; he will genuinely experience every painful process and sensation formed on himself, until the end of his life.
"[Portal]."
Reiger opened a semicircular dark portal behind Mahito, kicking him into the doorway.
"Boom!"
On the other side of the door, the sound of a tremendous splash echoed out.
The other side of the door connected to the most desolate and uninhabited ocean on this planet.
Mahito will sink to the seabed there, suffering endlessly in the sea.
This is the hell that Reiger bestowed upon him.
"Buzz..."
After a moment, the semicircular dark portal closed, and everything returned to silence.
Reiger stood in the damp ruins for a moment, then softly spoke.
"Now you can rest in peace, right?"
Reiger could only do this for those people.
Sadly, he could only comfort himself, unable to change what has already happened.
"Sigh..."
He silently sighed, feeling somewhat unmotivated.
[Idle Transformation] is a technique with great potential for development, attracting much of his prior attention and interest.
But truly acquiring this technique didn’t make Reiger happy.
Though strong, this technique, if used improperly, could become a force both terrifying and deadly.
Fortunately, henceforth, this power will be uniquely Reiger’s.
"I’ll study it later when I have time."
Reiger decided to temporarily seal away the [Idle Transformation] technique.
There’s no special reason, he simply didn’t feel like studying the technique at that moment.
He resolved to research it at a later time when he felt inclined.
As Reiger was contemplating this—
"Hey, it seems you had quite some fun, kid."
A voice as if from a demon king sounded behind Reiger.
"Why not... come play with me?"
Upon hearing this, the unexplainable sorrow within Reiger instantly vanished.
With eyes gleaming with cold light, Reiger slowly turned around to look behind.
There, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure entered his sight.
...
Time rewinds to not long ago.
"Has it begun over there too?"
A monk-like man, looking somewhat unkempt and slightly disheveled, stood atop a high-rise building, looking toward the heart of Shibuya, with a meaningful smile on his bloodstained face.
"Seems, not long from now, Luohu and Mahito will meet their ends."
Despite discussing the life and death of his companions, the monk showed no tension, only a calm smile.
"Well, I better pick up the pace on my side too."
Saying this, the monk shifted his gaze to the road below the building.
There, Itadori Yuji was running together with Fushiguro Megumi and Nanami Kento.
