----Protagonist's POV----
I have been patiently waiting for 5 days 23 hours and 53 minutes now according to the A.I. chip. But the last ten minutes have been torture.
I mean, who wouldn't consider floating in nothingness with absolutely nothing to do torture, ah it turned to 54. I don't remember ever being more impatient in my life. Oh but I am already dead so of course, I won't remember such a thing in my current life, ah it turned to 55.
I sometimes wonder how the A.I. chip communicates with me, how I could 'sense' the energy. Why do I not wonder about how I could absorb the energy? Well, I never got to try since the Al-chip stopped me, ah it turned to 56.
Ah it turned to 57
I sure am happy I made all those changes to the A.I. chip before I died, why? The answer is pretty simple it would have taken about nine days otherwise. There is also that I might not have gotten the unfair advantage otherwise, ah it turned to 58. Ahhh, I don't have anything to think about now I am too distracted, it turned to 59. Let's count the last minute, 1 2 3 4..... 58 59 60!!!!!!
Why isn't anything happening????
"A.I. chip why isn't the method to absorb the energy ready yet"
"Host the method itself has been ready for some time now. But there are still some calculations left to make sure there are no 'bad' side effects for your body."
Hearing this I was startled for a second but then I remember the time needed was AROUND six days.
"Al-chip about how much time will you need to finish the calculations?"
"With the current changes going on with the host's body and calculations of the side effects, it will take about nine more hours"
Hearing what the A.I. chip had to say, I was ready to kill myself. Ah as we are on the topic can I kill myself? Let's experiment that on that.
---- After about 9 hours----
" Thirteen thousand four hundred and thirty-seven sheep hop over the ba-"
"Host the method is ready for use"
Suddenly hearing the voice of the A.I. chip and the exciting news that came with it, I woke out of my stupor and immediately ordered the Al-chip.
"Transfer the information to my uh... 'conscience' immediately and make sure it does not affect 'my body' badly."
"Transfering information"
As soon as the voice was heard, a huge amount of information rushed into my 'conscience' causing me to blank out for a second. The huge amount of information was now in my conscience but, I still had to go through it and process everything.
"Hahhhh"
The sigh wasn't because of annoyance but rather because of how thankful I was at the moment for a way to get my rusty mind out of the gutter. I immediately started processing the information from the smallest details as this information decided my future.
---After about an hour---
This information was quite annoying to process as there was quite a lot of terms that were annoying to get. One important detail I got through was that me absorbing energy at the current time was quite a cheat, why? Because you can absorb less and less of 'raw elements as you get older and older. How do I know this? Because as I was going over the information the A.I. chip kept upgrading the information and as it went on the amount of 'raw' element energy I could absorb was getting smaller at a minuscule level every second. This information gets me to another thing it seems that according to the information there will be some side effects if I try to absorb 'raw' elements that 'my body' is not compatible with in large amounts.
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I immediately tried to absorb the energy as the chip recommended with its help. As I tried to absorb the energy I found it hard to attract the energy towards myself. The attempt led me to a question, was my aptitude to absorb the energy bad? Thinking of this I remembered that sometimes the talent of people in absorbing energies is related to certain things in the soul or the body. I immediately ordered the chip.
"A.I. chip scan through my soul and 'my current body' for structures that can help with absorption of the foreign energy."
"Starting scan of host's body and conscience"
After hearing what the A.I. chip had to say I had complicated emotions because the information told that it had access to my so called soul as well. The information also made me wonder what exactly the A.I. chip was, as there was no way a normal chip would come with you as you go through reincarnation if that was what was currently going on. But currently, I could do nothing about it and so far it hadn't possed any demerits there wasn't any reason to go to the crux of the matter at the moment.
"A.I. chip how long will the scan need?"
"It will take approximately thirty minutes to scan the host's body and conscience."
After hearing the time required I went back to absorbing the energy as I just can't afford to waste the time I have. My continuous absorption of energy showed me that I absorbed a lot of different kinds of energies. But the one I absorbed the most of seemed to be quite alike to my soul or as the A.I. chip called it my conscience. As I was getting absorbed in my job, I was woken up by the A.I. chip's message.
"Scan complete unique structure found in conscience that may help with absorption of energy."
Hearing the A.I. chip's results I knew I hit the bullseye with my predictions.
"A.I. chip how much time will it take to alter the absorption method for peak gains with the addition of the new structure?"
"Approximately three days are needed. Shall the operation be started?
"Yes, commence the operation."
I then went back to my absorption operation. I would really like to know more about this unique energy through because it is quite unique and interesting. I could ask the A.I. chip to present all the data it has gathered so far on it to me, as it can focus on more than just one operation at a time just the amount of time needed for the lower priority operations increases. The problem with the method is that it takes time, that I don't have, to process all the information. I just don't have the time because I need to take advantage of the cheat like opportunity presented to me.
In this manner, three days pass by in no time.
"Host the absorption method has been prepared permission needed for transfer of method "
"Permission granted"
Why would I create the permission needed thing? The answer is simple I want to be safe when someone takes over the A.I. chip. It is a kind of signal to tell me if an outside influence has taken over the A.I. chip or not. If the A.I. chip doesn't ask for permission and tries to do something life threatening to me, I would be able to tell it's being controlled easily. What if the A.I. chip betrays me on its own? That's not possible anytime soon since the A.I. chip does not contain emotions and is programmed by me to solely work for me.
As the information entered my mind I immediately focused on processing through it.
--- 10 minutes later---
After processing all the information, I was startled by the new method. If the information was right this method would increase my absorption speed by at least six times. I immediately got to work on the absorption as I simply didn't have any more time to squander.
This time the absorption was much smoother, it was as if the particles of energy were being attracted to me on their own. As I kept absorbing, I noticed that the decrease in absorption of 'raw' elemental energy was less than before. At this moment I remembered something quite important, what gains would I gain from this? I completely forgot about that in the heat of the moment huh?
"A.I. chip what kind of gains will I gain from the current absorption in the future?"
"Host will gain a sturdier body, more talent in the growth of your body, a body more attuned with the energy, with the small changes made by the A.I. chip the host's body will also grow to be more beautiful, and various other changes that calculations suggest to be 'good' for the future."
Hearing what the A.I. chip had to say I was startled as the last part suggested that the freaking chip wasn't even 100% sure all the changes were good. But as I could do nothing I just sighed and went on with it.
--About 37 weeks pass later--
"Danger Danger, creation of foreign conscience detected!"
I was forcefully woken out of my absorption stupor due to the call and immediately responded.
"A.I. chip send me information of the current situation"
Immediately the knowledge rushed into my mind and for some reason I found it easier and faster to process all the information that was sent to me. Two minutes later I had the gist of the situation but now I had to make a choice. The choices being should I absorb the newly born soul of the person whose body I have hijacked or should I let it stay alive. I simply didn't know what to do as this was quite a complex choice.