After that, a person appeared in front of me with a body almost purple in color, and on that color were white dots like stars sparkling. I asked him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am you, and you are me." I said, "Huh? How is that?" He said, "Well, I will tell you something, but you will not believe it anyway."
I said, "Tell me."
He said, "First, did you not ask yourself why you are in this place dying, yet your soul does not leave or go anywhere else? And even your opponent — did you not wonder how he suddenly came to this desolate place that has no life?"
"Well, this is your subconscious, not your real body. And Sasaki, or the man you were fighting, is a creation of yours — but you did not realize it. Do you remember who you are?"
"I don't think so, but when I try to remember, it becomes blurry and unclear, especially about my life."
He continued, "In your subconscious, any person you see, you can copy their power, their traits, their appearance, even their emotions. And you can also multiply their strength so that you can make the copy you are facing infinitely stronger or create countless copies and merge them into one person and choose their abilities, their power."
"And you can choose the internal time — how long it will be compared to the external time. For example, to make it simple for you, you can make a billion years in your mind pass in one second in the outer world, or even in half a second. But there will be consequences — any wound you received during training or scar will remain on your real body, and physical changes will also happen, also your progress. Except the power level you gain — you can gain infinite experience, but not power, by killing your opponent. You can even ask him about certain things and he will answer. But the psychological and physical harm you will receive is not light. You can endure it, so try to reduce using it."
I asked him, "If this is my subconscious, then who are you?"
He said, "I am your other half, or you can consider me part of your soul. I made this place from your will. I was created from your own will. Well, don't you want to try the outside world or train here? Because the outside world is full of powerful people and unparalleled geniuses. So, will you train for a long time in this place or go explore the world? The choice is yours."
I looked at him, smiling. "Well, I will train here until I feel I can face those outside. They will be stronger than me for sure, even with all this. But what I gained from Master Kojiro… anyway, it seems I will try to become stronger than I am in these desolate years, in this most depressing place."
He replied, "Well, see you next time, myself."
There he went, this mysterious man, or the awareness that formed from me. Unfortunately, I will stay many years because I am in a world similar to the Murim worlds in novels.
Well, let's look at the bright side. I can become stronger. Let's be a little optimistic and begin the hellish training.
Currently, ten thousand years have passed, and I died an uncountable number of times during these years — to the point I forgot how many. But who am I? I even forgot my identity. I wonder who I am and what is my goal… hmmm…
That man appeared again in front of me, or myself according to my memory.
He said, "It seems you forgot a part of your memory, and I think I will restore it to you."
He managed to form a white orb surrounded by a ring shaped like an X and placed it inside my brain. He said, "Well, this is all your memories that you have gone through. I expected you would forget, because the mental and psychological damage of this ability is dangerous. You must strengthen your awareness to the point where you forget not even the smallest detail of your current life. Now it is time to go out to the outside world. Good luck."
And finally, after thousands of years that passed in real time in just a few seconds, I found myself among a pile of spring in a place full of trees, and there were several mountains in this strange terrain. I woke up from my lack of awareness of the situation and began to rise from the place I was lying on. Now it is time to explore, with the beginning of this adventure.