Long walk to the beginning 5

It has been a year since Tom had bonded with the object. After the joy of finally being able to control the object had faded away Tom had gone into serious experimentation mode again. Since that day Tom has become even more secretive about his work which seemed impossible because He was the only one working in his remotely hidden Lab. He had completely cut off his connections to the world and was focused solely on his work.

He was slowly getting more and more control over the object. At first He could just vaguely sense the connection but over time it got stronger and within a month He could move the object with a thought. Other than his control over the object, It hasn't changed much. It still absorbed energy at a similar rate and was still as impervious to damage as before but one day he was trying to break it with his bare hand on a whim and to his surprise it actually broke. Even more surprising was the pain he felt as if someone had broken his arm. Pain wasn't too bad in comparison to the pain he felt in his head constantly.

"Clara, Can you see it now?"

Along with the constant pain He was also seeing the remaining two options of [Merge] and [Fuse] in the corner of his vision but despite having access to his visual memory Clara could not see it. About six months ago He had successfully created nanobots from the broken piece of the object, It got easier as his control over the object grew. There was yet another surprise for him when Clara, who previously controlled the Nano-bots in his body couldn't control the new ones. Instead His control over the object has extended to the nano-bots as He could now control them himself.

~Wah. I can really see it. I thought for sure you were finally going senile.~

He had finally replaced his old brain chip with an improved one made from the broken piece of the object. Despite obtaining his goal Clara's response made him massage his head as he felt a headache coming. While searching for a clue about strange options in his vision Tom has come across a genre of Novel and Comics related to this phenomenon. He had Clara read up on all of it but it wasn't that useful in the end. After reading so much of it Clara's personality has changed and she has adopted a personality of something called a "Loli" and it made him cringe to his core every time He heard it.

"What about the Nano-bots? Can you connect with them?"

Tom asked after letting out a big sigh.

~Hai, I can connect with them and I feel like my connection with you has also gotten a lot stronger, Master.~

This wasn't false, beside his indirect control over the AI now He felt an even stronger connection to Clara which solidified His control over her. Now that He had done what He had wanted for a long time He was looking at the other two options in his vision with determination. He was ready for more new things this object had to offer.

He had a constant headache since a year ago and he had concluded that only making his connection to the object stronger will lessen his pain but He had to wait for it so that he was ready.

"If only there was a description of what these words mean. Isn't there always a system that explains these types of things in those stories?"

~...~

"Don't pout. I'd also prefer you to have the answers I need than relying on some mysterious system."

~Really?~

"Yes. Really."

"Now I would like to do this if you are feeling Okay."

Saying that He concentrated and Chose the option to [Merge] and as soon as He did that He heard a shattering sound. The Object had broken through the Display glass and was moving towards him at a lightning speed. Before he could do anything the object crashed into his chest and He felt as if all his ribs had broken but soon that pain was drowned by an even intense pain that was spreading all over his body. He couldn't handle this intense pain and He soon passed out.