Leinster only felt something invisible pressing onto his entire body.
Some kind of "rule" was triggered and then...
He couldn't move his body at all.
The oil lamp almost slipped out of his hand but Leinster tightened his grip on it as he watched his body—
Transform.
His legs suddenly stuck together so close that he couldn't part them even by an inch.
No, it wasn't just stuck together.
Bit by bit, the skin melted and blended with each other and the flesh was slowly...fusing.
The moment the skin melted alongside his trousers, Leinster felt a burning pain in his legs.
It was so intense that Leinster felt as if he was being stuffed into a smelting mould, about to be moulded into various shapes.
"Argghh!!"
A belated scream escaped from Leinster's mouth but this was far from over.
The next moment, a sharp pain hammered down Leinster's head, almost turning his head into a mushy paste.
Ring. Ring. Ring.
Leinster couldn't even open his mouth to scream but he could see his own appearance reflected in Otomen Lover's trembling pupils.
His head....his head started to shrink and changed shape into something...oval.
It was actually familiar. Leinster felt as if he had seen this kind of shape before.
Where was it?
Ah...it was....the watch.
The dial watch.
After this realization, Leinster lowered his eyes and saw the bare skin on his legs hardening, turning into sleek metal with a bit of pattern and texture.
It really resembled a...
Watch strap.
The visualization of a human body turning into an object was so stimulating for a scaredy cat alien that something collapsed in his mind.
At that moment, the system notification blared in a loud noise.
[Warning! Warning! San Value is decreasing rapidly!]
[San Value: 80]
[San Value: 50]
[San Value: 30!!]
The previously black number slowly turned yellow and then when it showed 30, it turned crimson red, flickering ominously.
The alien didn't understand what San Value meant, but the audience who could see the visible warning notice on the livestream immediately bombarded the comment section anxiously, even the number of viewers that stagnated at 700-ish soared to 1500 in an instant.
[Detective Conman:
Ah! Fck! He's losing his sanity! He's going to be assimilated into the ruin!]
[He's turning into a watch, you all...blergh.]
[San Value? So this ruin is a supernatural ruin. I hate supernatural ruins the most!]
Leinster Slayer was the only one happy about this situation.
[Leinster Slayer:
Hahahaha! Serves you right! The "Father of Monsters" is turning into a monster! Ah, no, it's not even a monster, just a commodity for monsters, hehehehe.]
Amidst the chaos, the number of death votes that was surprisingly empty for so long finally moved.
[Death Votes: 5]
[Death Votes: 10]
[Death Votes: 50]
The only good thing was that this time, the number of death votes didn't surge so much in one go.
Maybe the audience forgot to hate on Leinster because of how intense the ruin clearance progress was.
Seeing the number of death votes slowly climbed up and a faint death aura slowly covered his body, Leinster's precarious sanity was on the brink of falling to the red line with no return.
[San Value: 25]
[Warning! Warning! Once the San Value reaches 20, it can never recover!]
In other words, Leinster would truly be assimilated once his sanity reached the border line between human and non-human.
For the first time ever, the alien, who was clearly not a human being, felt fear of turning into a non-human being.
No, no, he could turn into anything else, even a slime is fine, but absolutely not a watch!!
Just imagining his body turning into a watch almost deducted Leinster's sanity by another point.
With such a low San Value, Leinster's emotions were pushed to the extreme and his obsession became deeper and before.
His brain couldn't think clearly and only one thing flashed in his mind.
Absolutely can't turn into a watch!
And, and...if he's going to die anyway, he wants to eat...
Eat...
The fear, anger and other chaotic emotions that Leinster had never felt before turned into one emotion—
Extreme appetite for emotions.
The emo alien wanted to die with a full belly!
Leinster's crimson eyes instantly became even redder than before as his body shrunk to half his height.
Chaotic murmurs from two different sources invaded his brain, lingering persistently.
—Turn into a watch, a watch, a watch... I'm a watch....
—Want to eat emotions! Emotions! Emotions!!!!
With death pressing so close that Leinster could feel the cold, lifeless breath, his obsession flared up uncontrollably.
The small seedling in his heart immediately grew taller by exactly one centimeter, turning into a youthful seedling!
The next second, the familiar OmO system immediately rang in Leinster's mind.
DING! [OmO, OmO! OmO has detected that the owner's obsession is growing stronger!]
[OmO is upgrading...]
After Leinster's skin turned into metal and his body temperature dropped, Leinster only felt the entire world was cold, so cold that he wanted to sleep...
But then, something warm suddenly grew from his heart, the place where his "seedling" resided.
The warmth was just a speck, but soon, it traveled throughout his entire body and the OmO system cheerfully popped up again.
DING! [Congratulations on advancing to the third level!]
[Your maximum Emo Gauge is now upgraded to 300 emo!]
[PS: This upgrade has a little surprise~ please unravel it on your own~ ]
The moment the upgrade was successful, Leinster instinctively sucked up all the swirling emotions around him.
Malice, gloating, sorrow, fear, worry...
As the malice and gloating fell into the Wrath category, all his unlocked emo gauges were quickly filled up to exactly 100 points each, instantly maxed up the limit.
Then, relying on his instinct to survive, Leinster purchased a level four item directly from the [Fear Store], a new upgrade that was only available after his level-up.
DING! [You have purchased a Lvl 4 "Face Your Biggest Fear" Mirror!]
[- 50 Emo]
[-50 gauge (upgrading to level 4)]
A green mist suddenly swirled above Leinster's palm and a familiar hand mirror popped up.
Before the others in the store could react, Leinster moved his stiff fingers with so much difficulty until sweat dripped down his forehead.
Then, he swiftly directed the mirror towards...
Kyuk Hoe.
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