Chapter 3 Will

Victor once thought he couldn't take it anymore and was about to go crazy, but he underestimated people's ability to adapt and persevere.

"That's so old! I'm not a devil! You'll regret it!"

screamed furiously, but the reality was that Victor had been thoroughly tortured by Old Creed, pushed to the ground, and brutally beaten. Although his powers were comparable to those of a normal adult, Old Creed was clearly far superior to any normal adult.

It has been more than a month since Victor came to this world, and Victor's daily life has changed. It's still a battle with Old Creed, only he fails every time.

Victor, who was still a child, made good progress in the battle against the battle-hardened warriors, but was still defeated.

Victor physically fights the ancient creeds, but also mentally fights the savage beasts brought on by his mutant abilities.

It is not inappropriate for Victor Creed to be called "Saber-Toothed Tiger." His bloodthirsty personality and strong animal instincts, along with his extremely long upper canines and sharp claws, are proof enough that the only way to avoid a wrong nickname is to give him the wrong name. I am.

At this moment, Victor was fighting against this terrible bloodthirsty instinct. Victor was initially unaware of the effect this bloodthirsty instinct was having on himself.

However, he noticed that his five senses were unusually sharp. During Old Creed's attacks, he was often able to tell the direction of the blow and the location of the blow.

Without the chains restricting his movements, it would no longer be easy for Old Creed to defeat him.

However, due to the existence of the iron chain, Victor was able to do everything in his power to avoid vital points if he had a feeling that he was about to be hit (however, due to the existence of a self-healing factor, this action was no longer necessary).

But as the wound worsened, other instincts began to emerge. It was the most primitive and savage killer instinct.

When it appeared, Victor felt that every cell in his body was activated and self-healing factors repaired the wound faster.

And his sense of pain is no longer present. His mind is filled with the desire to kill and destroy, and he just wants to chew up every living, moving object in front of him.

Things got even worse after Old Creed was attacked. At first Victor thought it was just an act of anger.

But soon, even Victor, who had the personality of a mature, complete and normal adult from another world, realized that something was wrong. Even though he was tortured and merged with young Victor's memories, he realized something was wrong.

But even if he hated Old Creed for torturing and beating him, the thought of killing and tearing apart humans would never cross his mind.

But what he primarily wanted was revenge and torture. Even if you wanted to kill someone, you wouldn't go so far as to kill and whip the corpse. After all, he was still the biological father in this body or this life.

When Victor senses that something is wrong, he begins to remember his changes and behavior in more detail, and after time travel, he realizes that over time his behavior and personality became more like an animal than a human. I noticed that.

"Ah, the old man was right. My second son was almost taken away by wild animals."

Victor smiles bitterly when he realizes that he has a big problem, and although the problem has been discovered, it cannot be solved. I told myself that it wasn't that easy to do.

This question is about something we all struggle with: self-control. We make mistakes every day. There are all kinds of mistakes, big and small.

Often we are not aware that what we are doing is wrong, but we are controlled by our own desires and instincts. We know it's wrong, but we still do it.

Victor's situation was even worse.

Even his cognition was compromised by animal instincts. Not only must we distinguish between right and wrong, but we must also distinguish whether it is our will or ``his'' will.

This is not an easy problem, but something has been discovered that gives us much better direction than we had before when we didn't know anything.

But things aren't that simple. Every time he tries to control his animal nature, he instead falls into a state of fear and mania, and eventually loses control.

In this context, Victor labeled the situation as a "cynical rebound," which subtly affected him when he tried to deal with it in other ways, such as ignoring it.

This is exactly why Victor later became a saber-toothed cat. he was still a child. After killing his brother, he was never able to gain a normal view of the world.

Apart from her mother's comfort and care for her, all that remained of her was the never-ending abuse and violence from her father. And all this ultimately led to the birth of the "saber-toothed tiger".

When Creed Sr. attempts to force the beast out of his son's body, he is only met with unsurprising violence and increased beastliness.

In fact, Old Creed and Victor were in a vicious cycle at this point. The more Victor reacted with violence and bestiality, the more Old Creed tortured and beat him.

As a result, as soon as Old Creed entered the basement, Victor went into a "beast" state, roared and wanted to tear out his throat.

However, after a "passionate hand-to-hand fight" with the old Creed, he again enters a "wise state" and his animal nature enters a latent state as if it never existed.

Victor felt he had found the inspiration to solve the problem, but having "passionate physical battles" with Old Creed every day was not a long-term solution.

However, there is no better way for him at the moment, and his relationship with Mrs. Creed has improved significantly as a result.

Mrs. Creed felt that her son was back, because Victor, who had lost his wild nature, looked like an ordinary boy living next door to her, and the blood stains on his body made Mrs. Creed feel. Creed becomes even more desperate.

"Victor, why is that? He is your father after all," Mrs. Creed said sadly as

helped Victor remove her bloodstained clothes. Her pain was doubled as she watched her husband and her son hurt each other every day. Although her son's improved attitude towards her was reassuring, it often reminded her of her other dead son.

"I'm his son too, but he doesn't seem to believe it. In his eyes I'm a devil and a beast, but I'm not his son."

And Victor in response to her question The answer, as always, left her sad and helpless.

Victor knew his answer would make Mrs. Creed sad, but there was no better solution. He could not tell her that he would have to have a "passionate physical battle" with Old Creed to release his animalistic nature. Otherwise your son will turn into a beast and tear you apart.

However, except for his "hand-to-hand" moments with Old Creed, Victor otherwise acted like a normal teenager. He begins asking Mrs. Creed for books, learning her knowledge and understanding the world.

As Mrs. Creed saw that Victor was starting to act like a normal teenager and tried to convince the older Creed to stop torturing him.

However, when Old Creed appears before Victor, Victor immediately becomes enraged. Old Creed was sure that the demon had not left his son's body, because he could not control himself and the wounds on Victor's body quickly disappeared without leaving a scar. He has just learned to hide and disguise.

(Actually, in a sense he was right.)

But that didn't stop Mrs. Creed from bringing books to read to Victor in the basement. He asked for the Bible to be included as well.

That's why when Mrs. Creed takes care of Victor, she brings a Bible and some middle school books.

However, Victor's ability to learn clearly exceeds her imagination. He can always quickly grasp and understand the book knowledge that she brings.

As for the Bible that Old Creed told him to take with him, Victor sometimes read it in his spare time, but he also read things like ``The devil was cast out by the Bible'' and ``The Bible was torn apart by the devil.'' There was no. " Old Creed expected. This kind of plot development

After learning the usual middle school knowledge at, Victor started studying astronomy, geography, history, philosophy, physics, and even science.

Victor discovers that his learning ability after time travel is nothing short of genius. No matter what aspect of knowledge it is, if you study it carefully and memorize it, you can quickly understand and master it, and there will be no problem of forgetting it.

"Maybe there is no need for protection against memory loss, since the self-healing factor ensures the recovery of brain cells? So it has a photographic memory and no fatigue?"

Victor said I didn't go into details because I just made a simple guess and thought it was a good thing anyway. If you have time to study this kind of thing, you might want to think about how to deal with the "beast" inside your body.

And he started solving this problem. He chose a slightly more imaginative method that seems different from the style of this book: meditation.

In fact, both his past life memories and the psychology books he read after time travel state that the easiest way to focus attention and achieve self-control is to practice simple meditation. I was there.

The easiest way to meditate is to sit cross-legged on a cushion. Well, there are no pillows in this damn place, so Victor sits cross-legged on a stone bed.

Next, close your eyes and focus all your attention on your breathing, focusing on the breath itself, feeling the air go into your lungs through your nose and out again.

As the meditation progressed, Victor felt a certain calmness and harmony, but the world was not as simple as he thought. After all, this was the world of Marvel, a world where gods and even Mickey Mouse existed.

As expected, Victor entered his own world of consciousness. Just then, a saber-toothed tiger roared at him nearby, looking like it was about to attack him.