Myself...
Returned to the human world?!
Roger looked up, his eyes blank.
He must have died before, his soul falling into a place in hell called Hueco Mundo. There, he even saw the Soul Reaper Kuchiki Byakuya, who appointed him as a substitute Soul Reaper.
And then...
I split off Anne?
Thinking of Anne, he suddenly became nervous. Had she appeared too?
Or was it...
Just a dream?
Just something he imagined while unconscious?
But as his hand touched something in the blanket, his expression changed slightly.
He looked weakly at the people around him, listening to them talk about recent events, while tightly holding the pentagonal badge in his hand.
That was the Soul Reaper Substitute Badge!
It really appeared!
Does that mean he will use this to separate Anne?
It wasn't a dream, it really happened. He really did enter Hueco Mundo and become a Soul Reaper Substitute.
Or rather, the Anne he was about to split off would become the Soul Reaper Substitute.
Therefore, Kuchiki Byakuya released his soul in Hueco Mundo, allowing him to return to the world.
Genichi's will was observing Roger through his power.
From the beginning, he had noticed that those who gained his power would be monitored by him. As they gained more and more of his power, Genichi could even influence them.
Genichi didn't think this was the effect of his card-drawing ability, but rather the power of control from Makima.
Genichi also had Makima's power of control. He also believed he was superior to Roger, and...
Roger had gained a lot of his power, making Genichi's power more effective on him.
Although this influence was small, it was sometimes very useful.
Like now...
Everything Roger had experienced before was a dream created by Genichi from afar using the Sheep Talisman, and his ability to split off Anne was due to the effect of the Shikon Jewel.
One of the Shikon Jewel's abilities is to allow the user to split off a part of themselves to create a clone. The boss in Inuyasha used this ability to split off many clones to serve as his subordinates.
Roger was doing the same thing now. He originally had four Shikon Jewel shards inside his body. These four Shikon Jewel shards were not enough to allow him to split off a clone, but the 'Soul Reaper Substitute Badge' contained a full six Shikon Jewel shards!
Using these ten Shikon Jewel shards, plus Genichi's power of control over Roger, he could make Roger split off a clone.
That clone would inherit a large part of Roger's power, which was Anne.
Actually, Genichi himself didn't know what Roger's clone would look like. He didn't expect it to be a woman, but then he remembered that Naraku had also split off many female clones, so he felt relieved.
Mumei used her instant movement power to send the Soul Reaper Substitute Badge to Roger's hand. Genichi had arranged everything perfectly.
By having Roger split off Anne, and Anne being almost half constructed from Genichi's power, Genichi could also subtly control Anne to some extent, which was also very beneficial to him.
And most importantly, Genichi now wanted to use these people to amplify the power of the Shikon Jewel shards.
The Shikon Jewel is the power of the soul. When they fuse with the corresponding person, they will naturally fuse with their soul. When they are separated, the shards will of course be stained with their soul power. The Shikon Jewel shards will become stronger, and the final fused Shikon Jewel will be even stronger.
People like Roger are good materials to fuse with the Shikon Jewel.
It can only be said that he is a very qualified tool, and Genichi is very satisfied with him.
On Roger's side, some time had passed after he woke up.
He said he wanted to be alone for a while, so he went to a deep mountain by himself.
Because they were constantly being hunted, they were already in a very remote place.
And Roger went to a remote corner of a remote place.
He had a few pieces of women's crew clothing with him. If they saw him, they might scold him for being a pervert?
But Roger couldn't help it. According to his agreement with Kuchiki Byakuya, he couldn't reveal Anne's identity. They could meet, but he couldn't let them know that Anne was Roger's clone, nor could he let them know that Anne was a Soul Reaper Substitute.
So he could only steal a few pieces of clothing. It was reasonable!
Roger took out the Soul Reaper Substitute Badge, activated the fusion ability, and merged the pentagonal metal into his body. The next moment, he thought about what had happened in Hueco Mundo and split again.
Just like before, Anne appeared. Her eyes were a little dazed at first, but she quickly returned to normal.
"You're really slow enough," Anne complained.
She took the clothes Roger handed her and put them on. Soon, she became a heroic woman. She tossed her hair and said, "How do you feel now?"
"I can't help it. I can't just run out as soon as I wake up," Roger shrugged. Then he said, "Of course I don't feel good. How much power did you take from me?"
Power is always conserved, except that the six Shikon Jewel shards in the Substitute Badge made Roger stronger before splitting.
He felt that he was a little weaker than when he had soloed Aatrox in Jaltzburg, especially in terms of observation, which he had developed to the point of sensing weaknesses. But now he found that this ability had disappeared.
But overall, he was still much stronger than when he fought Rocks.
"About as strong as a Great Devil," Anne also sensed her current power.
She did take away Roger's very powerful observation haki, because she needed to find the tracks of demons, and that observation power was essential.
She was now about the same as Roger was at the beginning, definitely strong enough to be considered a powerful figure on the sea.
"I am both Anne, and Gol D. Roger, and a Soul Reaper Substitute."
Anne looked at Roger with her clear eyes and said coldly, "So, I don't want Rayleigh and the others to be corrupted by the power of demons. It's best if you don't get involved with demons again. It will only accelerate their downfall. You can call me about anything related to demons."
"Ha..." Roger laughed loudly.
"Do you think those words can restrain us? Although I also don't want to get involved with demons, if things are put in front of us, we will definitely not back down."
"..." Anne looked at Roger and sighed after a long time.
"Indeed, you are indeed like that."
She finally put on a shirt and turned around.
"Then I'm leaving first. There must be clues about 'control' in this world. I'm going to find it!"
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