Chapter 958 Theodore Griffith
"Oh, shit!"
Theo gritted his teeth before he heard soone's voice echoing in his ears. "Why do I need to die?"
"Why are you still alive?"
"This is not fair. You're just a re clone. You don't deserve to live."
"I'm the original, so I should be alive right now."
Those words shook Theo's heart as his body trembled before realizing the scenery had changed.
Instead of the bridge, Theo found himself in front of a black fence that bound his soul… his original soul.
His body was in tatters and covered with bruises. His left leg and arm were amputated and the left side of his body had started to rot with so maggots chewing on his ribs.
The soul glared at Theo and snarled, "Why do I need to endure all this? I still have my own goal! Where is my brother?"
Theo's expression turned grim. He couldn't help but rember the injury he suffered that day.
The turtle struck his left side, so his left arm and leg might be crushed from that attack. At the sa ti, his ribs were broken, but he didn't see the full condition. So, he thought it must be worse back then.
"I was forced to watch all this!" Soul Theo gritted his teeth, showing a screen of everything happening in the real world. How Theo could beco MVP of the Grand Gaia Competition… How he could beco the person standing before him…
Theo didn't know why but his heart beca calr the more he talked. It was as if the soul in front of him was releasing all his pent-up emotion.
"You are just a clone of mine… Why do you need to take everything from ? This is mine." Soul Theo glared at Theo, feeling jealous of Theo's current achievent.
Theo closed his eyes for a mont, taking the full brunt of Soul Theo's insults.
Soul Theo continued spouting everything in his mind.
'If I was in his position, would I do the sa?' Theo thought while his expression darkened. He couldn't help but imagine himself watching all his efforts, achievents, journey, and even his girlfriend while being unable to do anything. No, while being tortured in this place.
'Haha… I'm pathetic…' Tears couldn't help but flow out of the corner of his eyes. Obviously, he couldn't describe the feeling if he was the one experiencing all this. It wasn't an easy journey, but it was very fulfilling.
"I now have a grandfather who loves , a girlfriend who supports , and a few friends I can trust. I would be jealous of myself…" Theo smiled and looked at Soul Theo.
Soul Theo stopped for a second, bewildered by his statent. He thought this was an insult to him, but Theo imdiately continued.
"I know that my soul has gone to the reincarnation path. However, I'll treat you like my original soul for the ti being." A sad smile appeared on Theo's face.
"…" Soul Theo was confused by his words, not knowing what Theo wanted to say.
"I might be a re clone, but what I have experienced in the last three years are real. On the other hand, my original body has endured his grueso childhood.
"It's precisely because I am your clone that I respect you for enduring such a thing. What if I die in the future and my clone needs to take over my na and body? What if fate oppresses both of us once?
"Even I can't imagine what kind of hatred I will harbor to this world. But in the end… you're still the sa person as you used to be…
"At the end of your ti, you cursed humanity. They are truly idiotic, greedy, prideful, resentful, depraved, and so on.
"But we are also human. No matter how hard I try to do things right, so people will still call an idiot, believing their thoughts are right. People will call greedy just because I have more than them.
"They'll call prideful even though I'm just showing my strong side. And look at you, you're resentful of your own clone… I might be the sa if I were in your shoes. Depraved? Sooner or later, since I can't stop thinking about her…
"Still, everything is different now. I've matured and seen more about the world. I even know why our parents did all that stuff to you… no, to us!
"Do you want to take over my body? Do you want to exchange our places?" Theo smiled and clutched his chest, showing his determination. "That is sothing I can't give up. If my clone tries to take over in the future, I'll show him who the boss is. Thanks to you, I have learned sothing… I'm selfish, so I want to take everything.
"What can be seen never exists, but what can't be seen has existed since the beginning. I can see you… You're just a re illusion. But we're fated to et here. Fate is sothing that can't be seen but has existed since the beginning.
"Even then, I'll show you that I won't be defeated anymore. I won't end up like my original soul. I won't let fate mislead anymore… No, I won't let it control ."
"If you think about it, doesn't this riddle an Illusion or reality? It's just… which one can be seen and which one can't be seen?" Theo rembered what he said in the lightning mountain right before he received his Order. "That's right. No one can tell whether the world I have been living in is an illusion or not. Even that bridge keeper can't!
"I only know and believe that this world is real. And you or even this planet might be just an illusion of mine. Even Order and Authority might just be the image planted in our minds…
"In that case, there's only one answer. I shall now beco the one in control. Who cares if it's an illusion or not… This world is an illusion of mine? No! If I say this world is real, this world shall beco real! If I say I'm Theodore Griffith, I shall be the real Theodore Griffith! From this point onward, I, Theodore Griffith, shall tell no lie because everything I said shall beco a reality!"
The golden circle on Theo's chest suddenly vibrated and glowed, neutralizing all the hands that covered his body, including the illusion.
The scenery had returned to the bridge with the bridge keeper standing in front of him.
However, Theo hadn't realized the change because he had sothing to declare to the entire world.
With eyes filled with conviction and a voice full of belief and fate, he declared out loud. "I'm THEODORE GRIFFITH. I'm here to revive myself!"
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