"What a devastating blow to the heart!"
The fake Natsume wore a bitter smile.
He had to admit that Natsume was right.
What he had done really did make him look like a hypocrite; he looked down on the original Natsume, yet wanted to take everything from him.
Even if he succeeded, with his inherently desirous nature, it would still be difficult to deceive those close to him...
But this was an irreconcilable flaw created by forcibly separating the soul from its desires.
After all, a normal person could not possibly possess only desires.
Someone left with nothing but desires was not normal to begin with.
As for that, Natsume was not too upset.
Everyone's most primal desires were vile and shameful...
That was perfectly normal.
He was already doing fairly well.
Besides, this guy had failed anyway. In the end, he would merge back into his soul, so there was no need to care.
Fortunately, he had played it safe.
After defeating this guy, he had not hurried to kill him.
Otherwise, if he had truly erased all of his own spiritual desires, that would have been troublesome...
Without those desires to support him, where would he find the motivation to face the [Otsutsuki Clan]?
Most likely, that was exactly what the will behind all of this wanted to see!
Besides, the other truth behind his lies also concerned Natsume greatly.
Namely: [How was this place formed?] [And how could one leave it?]
That part of the memories was incomplete.
It was also very difficult to describe.
All he could vaguely determine was that this was not an illusionary world.
Rather, it was a virtual world built upon [True God Consciousness], one that replicated every informational element within the home star region of the main universe!
Yet its