Chapter 465
Lying on the grass under the warm late afternoon sun, I couldn’t believe that this was the Black Planet, which had been filled with Evolution Liquid not too long ago.
‘The Mini Reapers’ terraforming ability is amazing…’
Of course, since I can’t breathe, I’m not sure if the air is even suitable for humans.
Still, it felt like a perfect terraforming job to me.
The breeze that brushed against my nose was refreshing, and the sounds of newly formed tiny creatures filled my ears.
Tiny wildflowers were blooming across the grass, and butterflies fluttered through the air among them.
As I lay on the grass with my back against the ground, looking up at the sky, a small bird suddenly flew down and hovered above my head.
The Mini Reapers seemed to like this place too, as they weren’t going back to the Mini Reaper Garden and were instead lounging around on the Black Planet.
Aside from the fact that the Mini Reapers kept attaching themselves to me, the Black Planet was a pleasant retreat.
Then, I shifted my gaze toward a small presence nearby.
‘They haven’t noticed yet.’
‘Mom doesn’t know.’
‘Hehe.’
How they managed to do it, I had no idea, but the Golden Reapers were quietly sneaking up on me without making a sound, stepping on the grass without leaving a trace.
Those Golden Reapers, who had been approaching stealthily, had now somehow latched onto my pinky finger.
I tried to pry them off with my hand…
But, what a surprise, it was as if they had been glued on with industrial-strength adhesive, and they didn’t budge at all.
In the end, I gave up on trying to pull them off by force and, using my spatial control ability, rapidly spun my wrist to fling the Golden Reapers away.
‘Don’t!’
The Golden Reapers couldn’t withstand the centrifugal force and were flung far into the bushes.
Everything would be fine if they didn’t keep sticking to me…
As I thought this, I turned my gaze to where the Golden Reapers had gathered. They were engaged in some odd game.
Perhaps influenced by the Golden Halo Reaper, they were striking bizarre poses, almost like dancers.
‘Amazing!’
Whenever one of the Golden Reapers struck a creative pose, the others praised it enthusiastically.
‘The athletic ability of the Golden Reapers is amazing every time I see it…’
‘Is it even possible to stand like that?’
There were so many difficult poses that seemed impossible to hold.
And beyond where the Golden Reapers were playing, an unusual sight was unfolding.
Reapers marching with grand, dignified steps!
Various colored Stone Reapers were strutting around like commanders in a military parade, and it was rather unsettling.
They were showing an attitude that the Marshmallow Reapers could never dream of!
Especially their display of shiny medals on their bodies was even more grating.
Kyu-hing-hing.
Nearby, White Marshmallow Reapers were watching the Stone Reapers with envious eyes.
The Stone Reapers, it seemed, were intentionally showing off their medals to rub it in, making the White Reapers even more frustrated.
Kyu-hing-hing-hing.
Each time the Stone Reapers passed by, the White Reapers’ exasperated ‘kyu-hing-hing’ sounds were quite satisfying, but…
I still didn’t like their arrogant display as they passed by.
A playful thought suddenly crossed my mind.
Hehe.
I quickly glanced around and subtly used my spatial cutting ability to carve a hole into the center of one Stone Reaper’s torso, almost as if I were grasping it.
It made a clean hole, as though someone had taken a bite out of a whole cake.
Kyu-hing-hing.
The Stone Reaper, realizing its body had been hollowed out, began to cry mournfully.
Immediately, Mini Reapers gathered around the scene and started investigating, like detectives from a TV show.
I secretly chuckled to myself.
With their intelligence, there was no way the Mini Reapers would figure out my perfect crime.
Who could find out about a prank carried out with no fingerprints, using spatial cutting?
Hehe.
But my smugness didn’t last long.
‘Mom, don’t torment the Reapers!’
‘They’re good Reapers!’
Tetchi-tetchi.
Contrary to my expectations, the Mini Reapers immediately rushed toward me without hesitation.
I dodged their tetchi-tetchi as I asked if they had any evidence, but their deductions were sharper than I expected.
‘There’s no Black Brother nearby!’
‘No First Sword!’
‘No Purple Brother!’
And then, they presented the decisive evidence—there was a wound on the Stone Reaper’s back.
It looked like a mark made by a child tearing off soft pudding with their hands.
‘!!!’
The handprint was too large for the Mini Reapers to have made, and it was clear proof I had done it.
‘How could this happen…’
In the end, I had no choice but to lie down on the ground with a resigned expression and take the tetchi-tetchi from the Mini Reapers.
Tetchi-tetchi.
The issue with the Mini Reapers’ intellectual growth was getting serious…
I could feel that some drastic measures were needed.
It was fine for now, but who knew, in a little while, I might become dumber than the Mini Reapers!
And so, while I was determined to play an even more perfect prank next time that the Mini Reapers couldn’t trace…
[Maahhh!!!]
A surge of will flowed toward me.
The will of the Bleached Reaper, absurdly imbued with a message of rebellion from the lead doll.
I used my Detchi creation ability to relieve some stress and teleported to the Bleached Reaper.
There was no way a good lead doll would rebel.
Hehe.
Mini Reaper Garden, Marshmallow Plains.
Following the Bleached Reaper’s will, I left the Black Planet filled with fresh air, and was greeted by a familiar atmosphere.
The sweet scent of hot chocolate and the fluffy marshmallow floor.
It felt like the Mini Reaper Garden, unlike any other place, gave me a sense of calm.
However, when I turned my gaze to find the Bleached Reaper, I was met with an unexpected sight.
The lead doll, now a transcendent Detchi beyond a Super Detchi, and the Bleached Reaper with a perplexed expression.
It was so different that it stole away any sense of calm.
‘??’
What in the world was going on?
Unable to understand the situation, I looked around and saw the Mini Reapers’ little fences they had built.
Perhaps a zone for gathering immutable spheres…
There was a feeling of foreboding, so I warned the Mini Reapers to stay away, but this didn’t seem like the kind of place where something ridiculous like this would happen.
Looking up at the sky, the immutable spheres were still floating well.
The black immutable sphere containing the black corpse.
The purple immutable sphere that had captured the Purple Foreign Reaper.
‘????’
Where did the blue immutable sphere go?
I suddenly realized that the blue immutable sphere was missing and looked around, but it was nowhere to be found.
‘Maah!’
As I was perplexed, the Bleached Reaper, with its short legs, hopped toward me and sent me its will.
Translating the Bleached Reaper’s will, it said that the lead doll had eaten the immutable sphere.
‘Really?’
When I asked again, the Bleached Reaper nodded in agreement.
Phew.
The moment I realized the immutable sphere was gone, a sense of dread surged inside me.
It was like when a foreign Reaper appeared before the Mini Reapers.
But strangely, after hearing that the lead doll had eaten it, all the anxiety seemed to wash away.
It seemed that the proper way to handle an immutable sphere was to eat it.
I wanted to confirm what exactly had happened with the lead doll, but the lead doll, as though it had fallen asleep, was unresponsive.
Poke. Poke.
No matter how much I poked at its inflated belly like a balloon, it didn’t wake up.
It seemed like it had overindulged and was too busy digesting to wake up.
‘Hmm… Actually, I think I can see a bit of blue on the lead doll.’
After setting aside my worries about the immutable sphere, the only thing left was the Bleached Reaper, who had called me over for no apparent reason.
Hehe.
‘Maah?!’
Perhaps my sudden laughter seemed ominous, and the Bleached Reaper tried to flee with short legs from atop the lead doll’s belly.
The Bleached Reaper tried to escape as quickly as it could, but even the Golden Reapers couldn’t avoid the Detchi transformation.
And so, I placed the now-transformed Bleached Reaper onto the lead doll’s belly.
‘It’s better than I thought.’
To me, it looked like a work of art.
If I had to title it, perhaps it would be: [Super Detchi on top of Detchi].
Hehe.
The Sehee Research Institute, where the Gray Reaper had not yet returned from the Black Planet.
The world was in chaos due to the nameless incident, but the Sehee Research Institute was in an uproar for an entirely different reason.
It was because of the flying fish-shaped fish-shaped bread.
The corridors of the Sehee Research Institute were now filled with flying fish-shaped bread swimming through the air.
“Can we really still call this a research institute?”
One of the security staff muttered in disbelief.
Like a camera inside an aquarium, the CCTV screen showed countless fish-shaped breads swimming through the hallways.
What once felt like a research institute now resembled an otherworldly amusement park.
The corridors, decorated by the Mini Reapers with adorable little fences.
Well-maintained flowerbeds.
Flying fish-shaped bread.
And Mini Reapers riding on them like little fairies.
The Sehee Research Institute had transformed into a forest of fairies from a fairy tale.
As they flew around, the Mini Reapers smiled, sharing fish-shaped bread with every human they met.
At the entrance of the research institute, now resembling a fairy forest, a warning sign was posted.
<Warning! The taste of the fish-shaped bread given by the Mini Reapers may differ significantly from the texture.>
<Example: What you chew is red bean paste, but the flavor is black pudding.>
On the roof of the research institute, in a corner where Mini Reapers without flight abilities couldn’t reach, the Orange Crown Reaper, grinning, was feeding the fish-shaped bread something.
What the fish-shaped bread was eating resembled a red chili pepper, though its rough surface clearly made it look like something inedible.
It was more round than a pepper, with an irregularly crumpled surface and sharp, devilish hooks protruding from its tip.
