Although Kane only had one option, which was to reincarnate as a slime again, he didn't choose that yet because he wanted to see the other options that were now unlocked.
"I guess I can only obtain items before reincarnating… that is weird, considering that I can obtain skills while I'm alive."
The items' option was just too useless for Kane. As expected, he could buy things like potions, weapons, and even pierces of armor, but he was a slime, and he couldn't wield swords, and armor would only make him even slower. As for potions… how could he use potions without hands? The system was useful, but it only would become really useful when Kane becomes a strong monster, and the only way for him to achieve that is to become stupidly patient or lose all his sense of morals. It was better than keep dying, but as expected, it wouldn't happen overnight.
"Maybe if I store potions in my mouth and break the bottle when I need to use it… but then I will have to eat the glass as well."
There wasn't anything special in the extra options. The only thing Kane could do that was to buy lives… it looked like he could revive as the same species, keep his reincarnation points, and spawn somewhere nearby the place he died. It was good to keep his progress… but now Kane began to worry if he would reappear in that orchard again and in the middle of enemy territory.
"This has to be some kind of joke…"
Kane couldn't buy anything, and he most likely would respawn in that orchard… so he just accepted his fate and chose to reincarnate. As expected, when he left that white world, Kane appeared in that orchard again in the exact same place he seemed before. In front of him, he saw a black-haired girl with her back pointed toward him and smashing another slime.
"I don't care anymore… Water Ball! Water Ball! Water Ball!"
Kane shot three times, and he hit the back of the girl's head three times. There was no blood, but the girl fell unconscious.
(Congratulations! You knocked down an enemy. You received one reincarnation point.")
"As I had suspected…surviving isn't the only way to obtain reincarnation points."
Not only that, but Kane also checked his status screen and saw that he had obtained twenty points of experience…. Maybe if he kills the girl, he will obtain even more experience and reincarnation points. She was defenseless in the ground, after all. It should be possible… but Kane couldn't bring himself to kill someone in cold blood.
"For how long will I be able to survive acting like this?"
Before the girl could wake up or anyone could approach, Kane decided to hide again inside a bush. That one was large enough to let him turn around without making any noise, so it was perfect. Once again, he also had a clear view of other slimes being slaughtered.
"Shit… why am I trying to be better than my enemies? This is war… there is no good or evil involved."
Regardless, Kane pondered if it wouldn't be a good idea just to do that. Stay hidden and knock down those kids when they drop their guards. The world outside that orchard was clearly too dangerous for a slime, so it was better to level up a little there before venturing to other regions. Still, in the end, he soon discarded that idea… Although those kids were vicious, they weren't stupid. It wouldn't take long before one of them discovered that one slime was hidden somewhere, trying to snipe them. In the worst-case scenario, the kids would look for him in every single part of that place, and they wouldn't stop until they found him.
"Just keeping hiding wouldn't solve things either… even if I stock some food during the night and stay hidden during the day, some of them are bound to notice the disappearance of those fruits."
To make matters worse, if they notice Kane's plan once, it wouldn't probably work again. If they discover that a slime suddenly was hiding in the orchard, they will stay on guard in case that might happen again. There was even a chance that they might search for hidden slimes in that orchard regularly.
"In the end, I only have two options… always try new things, or get rid of those who might discover about my plans."
After thinking about his situation for a while, Kane concluded that he only had one option, and that was always to keep trying new things. If he kills those kids, the people of the nearby city or town will form a party to hunt him down. However, as long as things don't escalate to that extent, he would be fine.
"I don't want to kill those kids… but in the end, knocking them down isn't a bad idea. I needed the experience points and the reincarnation points, after all. Even if they try to join their forces to hunt me, as long as I'm careful, I'm pretty sure that I can attack one at a time. If anything, making them focus their attention on hunting me, it will help the other slimes."
Kane didn't want to play hero, but given that he was in a strange world where humans were reincarnating as monsters, it was in his best interest to help as many humans as possible. In the future, he might find some of them and work together in order to increase his own chances of survival.
"Well, before trying that… I have to look for some bushes that will keep me well hidden. To increase the chances of this plan working, the places I will use to hide must be close to each other."
Kane looked behind his bush and saw the girl he just knocked out walking around while massaging the back of her head. His attacks didn't cause damage to her brain, it seems. Although it was foolish to worry about the well-being of his enemies, that was necessary for his plan to work out, as long as Kane attacks the kids one at a time and doesn't kill them. It would take a while for them to understand what happened. Even if they understood what happened a little faster than expected, they wouldn't tell their friends about it. Slimes were weak creatures, and Kane could easily imagine how shameful it would be for kids to ask for help in order to deal with a single weak monster.