4 Chameleon

"Is that all you can do? Then let me finish you!"

"You bastard!" he shouted as he started running towards me.

Right now, both he and I were unscratched, my wounds were closed and my strength was twice what it was before.

Yeah, it doubled everything. My speed, my strength, all of it was way beyond what I was before.

Because normally, the physical strength of a shinigami/hollow depends on the spiritual energy they have. But in my current situation, this was not the case. For example, in the series, when Ichigo fights Renji in their first encounter, he was inferior to him in every aspect; speed, strength, and agility. This was because he couldn't control his spiritual energy. Later, when his reaitsu increased, that's why he was able to defeat Renji.

But for me, this increase only doubled my physical strength. There was no change in the amount of reiatsu. My spiritual energy was still equal to a low-level hollow, and that showed the power of the items in the system.

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The shinigami in front of me must have thought my sudden regeneration was a normal hollow ability because he still couldn't understand why his sword couldn't reach me.

Yes, hollows had a minor regeneration. As long as their masks were not cut, they could regenerate every limb. But it was still unusual to regenerate every limb in a split second. Especially for hollows like me, who had few limbs.

When he calmed down a bit, he realized that something was wrong, that my speed and strength had increased a lot compared to our first meeting. But I had already gained the upper hand and it was too late to change the result.

The battle between us continued like this for a while. Even though my speed and strength increased, I had little experience and I still couldn't overtake his speed. In fact, our speeds were almost equal.

I would occasionally throw [Acid Ball] at him to wear him down.

Yes, that was the name of my new skill. It wasn't a very cool name, or the skill itself wasn't cool, but it was useful.

Even though he managed to dodge the [Acid Ball] attacks I kept using, as the fight progressed, his stamina started to decrease. And the fact that I was getting better at using the [Acid Ball] every second didn't help him too much. He became completely exhausted as the occasional hit of acid burned his skin.

Our fight was almost over after 5 minutes.

His body was full of burns. He had fractures in his chest and legs. Blood flowed from his hands holding the sword, and he knelt on the ground, supported by his sword.

My condition was not good either. I had sword marks on my chest and especially two on my neck, close to my mask.

My arms were the worst. They were the ones I used the most to protect myself, so I had a lot of sword marks and burns. Yeah, asshole's kido wasn't bad either. I made a note in my mind to definitely learn one day.

I moved towards him and kicked his body with all my strength. With a *crack* his whole body hit the wall on the side of the street.

I moved closer to him. I could hear him mumbling something.

"*Cough*...Ahh...Huh...huh... Fact that I'm going to die here... *Cough*...to a scumbag hollow like you... I...really...piti~... *Cough*... *Cough*"

I looked at the exhausted shinigami in front of me. He had fought really well. At least I could appreciate that, he didn't give up or give in until the end.

But everything has an end. I learned a lot from that too. Never underestimate your enemy, no matter what!

It was an experience I will never forget. While I was thinking about these things, a greedy gleam in my eyes unwillingly appeared as I looked at the shinigami.

I had gotten so much >Soul-coin< even from his friend, how much would I get from him?

'Ah, I probably shouldn't look at living things as just money to be made, but I really want to learn his value.'

If I got enough of what I wanted, at least for now, I could get what I wanted from the shop and then be safe for a certain period of time.

I raised my punch. I spoke before I finished him in one go.

"On the other side, tell your friend that I said thank you. If it wasn't for that idiot, I could have died here."

He heard my words and sent me a murderous look. But I wasn't kidding... Anyway, I was about to punch him in the face at full speed when suddenly a force stopped my punch in midair.

Oh, fuck! For God's sake, what was happening again?!

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[> Main Pov <]

My hand was frozen in midair. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't move it. Just then I heard an annoying voice.

"Kekekeke...this was really unexpected. I was planning to hunt those stupid shinigamis as usual. But then you showed up and defeated both of them... You... you're really amazing! Kekekeke.."

"But you know, even though you defeated them, they were my prey in the first place. And one of them is already gone. So...you don't mind if I take that delicious, juicy, fresh shinigami, do you? Kekekeke..."

I was startled when I heard the annoying sound, and when I looked at the source of the sound, I realized what it was. What I saw surprised me because it was... a hollow.

What the fuck was that? Did other hollows intervene with another hollow like that?

I've never seen in the series, so it was natural to be surprised. Actually, this shinigami's spiritual energy was so intense that it could attract the attention of other hollows, but was this hollow targeting them from the very beginning? I mean,he watched them fight and then he wanted to go out and collect the loot!

This bastard! I couldn't be angrier right now. Not even the shinigamis had made me this angry.

I looked in the direction of the sound. A lizard-like creature was clinging to the wall, its tongue extended from its mouth to my arm. My hand was still stuck to the bastard's wet tongue and that's when I spoke.

"I fought these two, so they belong to me. Now pull the fucking tongue out before I rip it all out!" I said a little louder.

"Kekekeke.. You completely misunderstood me. They didn't belong to you. As I said, they are my prey. In fact, I was generous enough to leave you one. And let me save you the misunderstandings. The reason I didn't get into a fight just now is not because I'm too weak to beat them. It's just that I like to hunt them in secret. The way they died before they realized where the attack came from... final despair on their faces... Kekekeke, that feeling is wonderful!"

While the psycho was laughing and shouting like a crazy, I couldn't take it anymore and pulled my arm with all my strength. But to my surprise, it didn't move an inch. Even though this was a doubling of my strength.

While I was struggling, he was frustratingly glued to the wall and kept talking.

"Kekekeke...It's useless, I told you I'm much stronger. You wanted me to pull out my tongue, didn't you? Kekekeke... Here, I'm pulling!"

With that, his 5-meter tongue swept my arm and me first into the air and then rapidly to the ground. His attack was so fierce that a small crater formed on the ground.

Fuck! What kind of tongue was this? Was a tongue supposed to be so powerful? But this was not the time to think about it. I quickly pulled myself together.

I again gathered all the acid in my mouth like in my previous battle and quickly sent an [Acid Ball] at his tongue.

"...Arrghh...You!"

Immediately he pulls out his tongue with a painful expression. I am finally free. This [Acid Ball] was really useful. It was the best skill I ever had. Well... it was the only skill.

I looked at him carefully. This time I wouldn't be caught by his disgusting tongue.

But things weren't going my way again. Because he had disappeared! Yes, it was as if the lizard hollow had never been here before.

It was too late for me to realize what had happened when a sharp pain shot through my arm again and I heard the bastard's voice behind me.

"Kekekeke... I told you, didn't I? I'm much stronger than you. It was really admirable how you turned the tide in the battle against those shinigami when you almost lost. But that won't work with me as your opponent. You heard those shinigami talking about me, right? So you should know my powers. Kekekeke... I mean, how are you gonna win?"

Yes, he heard what they said. Chameleon! It attacks its prey by becoming invisible. Or rather, as its name suggests, it camouflages itself in the environment, making itself impossible to recognize. For a moment I thought it was an Aizen experiment, but it could also be its natural talent.

In this case, though, it doesn't really matter what his ability is. I can't see where his attacks are coming from. So that's why I can't attack.

Fuck! This is really frustrating! And not only that. Those long, sharp fingers that just cut my arm...

That's the second thing I don't understand. What the fuck is this guy, Freddy Krueger?

Those long, sharp fingers cut through my arm like butter. Even though I was used to it because I had received many cuts from the previous fight, the pain was still unbearable.

My only solution was to reach the now unconscious shinigami and kill him.

After quickly analyzing this, I start running towards him.

But when my left leg is cut and I fall to the ground, it doesn't take me long to realize how stupid my plan was.

"Kekekeke... I thought we were having fun here. You're still worried about food. How many times do I have to tell you he's my prey? It's no fun if you're going to play like this. Then I'd better finish this, kekekeke..."

Hearing that voice gave me goosebumps. And I felt even greater fear than when I first came into this world.

I couldn't think of any way I could win against him! I could feel his power.

He was not only a high-level hollow, but his abilities were very perverse.

I could only be considered a slightly above mid-level hollow with my physical strength. No matter what I do against him, I can't win!

'Fuck, fuck! System, save me from this situation! Isn't there an item/skill in the Shop that can get me out of this?!? I can't die here! Please...'

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[Host's remaining >Soul-coin< is 322-Sc. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can buy in the shop for that price.]

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With the words of the system, I have now fallen into a pit of despair.

'I wish I hadn't come to this world. Couldn't I just stay dead after I died? Now I was going to be killed by an invisible lizard Freddy Krueger. What happens after I die here? The darkness... Maybe I'd go to Soul Society? Oh, yeah, maybe that would be better. I'm sure it would be easier to be there. Because being a hollow is so difficult...'

Just when I had accepted my fate, a faint dark blue light rekindled my hope.

I heard a voice in my head, the usual annoying, cold robotic voice, the voice of my system that put me through this torture.

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[System can use its own energy for the host to buy an item/skill from the shop. But that would mean system would no longer have its own energy and would be disappear. Do you want that ?]

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A/n : Hey guys! How was it ? Did you like it ?

Two more chapters will be coming very soon. I want to keep my promise of 3 chapters per week, I hope you were satisfied by this chapter.