Taking a large bite of a huge green spinach that was almost twice his height, Ryuunosuke chewed a mouthful of leaves with relish. He ate so quickly he soon cleared out the entire field of spinach. Unfortunately, just as he finished the last spinach, his taste buds caught up with his terrifying eating speed.
HOT.
HOT. HOT. HOT. HOT. HOT.
His tongue felt like it was burning in an inferno, torrents of pain corroded his senses and numbed his brain. His entire body glowed red-hot with an excess of accumulated heat and emitted dancing tendrils of smoke that drifted upwards into the air. He looked like a just-cooked, piping hot and delicious steamed bun. If another creature were nearby, they would definitely lick their lips ravenously at the sight of this cute white bun.
Ryuunosuke felt as though his core was on fire, his soul blazing in fury. His sparkling, ice-blue topaz eyes watered, adding a glossy sheen to the already beautiful gem-like iris. Pleadingly, he poked the system to see if it could help him.
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Ryuunosuke was dumbfounded. A new skill? Just like that? Wasn't it too easy? He quickly opened the menu and clicked on the tab that said SKILLS.
< 1. ANALYZE 2. MOVEMENT 3. SEARCH Clicking on search, he was redirected to a page with a single search bar. A virtual keyboard popped up. Ryuunosuke stared at the screen and keyboard before him in disbelief. It couldn't be... He had been reincarnated into another world after all, so what was this wonderfully nostalgic piece of his previous world doing here? He stared at the multi-coloured letters that sat familiarly atop the search bar. The letters G, o, o, g, l, and e stared back at him like old friends. Momentarily forgetting the intense heat that was building up inside of him, he danced a celebration dance in his heart at his reunion with Google-sensei. The internet was probably one of the things he found most difficult to let go of from his past life. It was single point of access to a wealth of knowledge and resources, a miraculous tool to someone like him who was entrusted with many tasks that he did not know how to do. It was a place where he was able to seek help without troubling others; he simply had to type in a few words and the answer would be placed before him. If he had more leisure time in his past life, he thought that he would've liked to surf the net more and expand his limited world-view. The blinking caret in the search bar waited expectantly. Ryuunosuke regained his senses and once again became aware of the uncomfortable waves of heat that kept tormenting him. He quickly typed into the search bar using his squishy paws. << |how to get rid of spicy soul spinach poison| >> An article about reversing the effects of Spicy Soul Spinach consumption popped up and he hurriedly clicked on it. Skimming swiftly through the text, he found that there existed a plant with the exact opposite properties from the Spicy Soul Spinach. It was called Icy Core Kale and could also be found in the Demonic Forest. Ryuunosuke clicked on Google Maps and searched for Icy Core Kale. Being able to view a map of the forest's topography was an incredible ability to obtain, especially since he was able to search for the location of specific things rather than just landmarks. After hitting search, Ryuunosuke found out that there was a patch of Icy Core Kale not that far away from his current location. He happily trotted over to his chosen destination about ten minutes north of the now empty field of Spicy Soul Spinach. When he saw the field of vegetation before his eyes, the fire that was wreaking havoc inside him subsided and was replaced by something else. His stomach, which had just been satisfied, now gurgled in expectation. With great zeal, he devoured the entire field of Icy Core Kale within seconds. The coolness of the kale soothed and put out the fire in the pits of his stomach, finally releasing him from the unpleasant burning sensation. An equilibrium was reached between fire and ice and his internal thermal balance was restored. Ryuunosuke felt very satisfied. After gorging on the kale, his rumbling stomach was also satiated. He inadvertently let out a loud, rumbling belch. The squishy white cheeks on the sides of his face once again flushed with color. Somehow, after he had reincarnated, he found that he was having difficulties controlling his actions. Whether this had something to do with the fact that he was now a beast, he had no idea, but slowly and surely, he was losing the iron-clad willpower he had so painstakingly built-up over the years. His new body refused to listen to him and treacherously exposed all of his inner desires. Ryuunosuke softly sighed, but there was nothing he could do. He should probably just accept his new condition and adapt to it, like how he adapted to everything else. After all, he was no longer a human and didn't have to do his part as a cogwheel in the machine of human society. There was no other creatures for miles around him in the Demonic Forest and he did not have plans to find a companion. With burden of society lifted from his shoulders and no one around to judge his character, why does he still need to restrain himself? Isn't this the reason why he wanted to reincarnate as a non-human in the first place? It was decided. From that point on, he will no longer hide his real self from the world; he will no longer suppress his own desires hoping to please others; he will no longer treat himself as cruelly as he did in his previous life. Instead of working tirelessly to make others happy, in this new life, he will grasp hold of the second chance Kami-sama has given him and try to find his own happiness. So what if he is dull-witted, silly, and lazy? So what if he is clumsy, air-headed, and incompetent? Even if he did not try to fit in with everyone else, he still had a place in this world where he could belong. His very existence right then was proof of it.