Atticus's Odyssey: Reincarnated Into A Playground novel Chapter 1394

Chapter 1394: State

An hour passed before the weight on Kaino lifted. By then, many crowds had gathered and dispersed.

Each one expressed the same thing upon seeing a council member on the floor. Utter shock. The first instinct of many was to help, but after learning of the events that transpired, they each stopped.

A High Synod was being punished by the Saint. The Saint herself! The chosen one. No one doubted that he deserved it.

But when the weight lifted and Kaino began to stand, the crowd scattered like flies. At the end of the day, Kaino was a god. None wanted to experience his wrath.

Alone, Kaino walked back into the Sanctum.

Surprisingly, his steps weren’t heavy or even fast. He walked at a steady pace. His hands were free and teeth not even clenched.

He didn’t look the least bit like someone who should be furious.

However, his eyes... his eyes as he walked were wide open. And his thoughts ran at a speed they had never ran before.

Despite the countless calculations, there was one thought that overwhelmed his mind.

That bitch... no matter what it took, he would kill that bitch.

...

After the tour, Anorah led Atticus back to the underground cavern, where he was to learn the next lesson.

The tour, to Atticus, had been enlightening. He had been training in this underground cavern for weeks now and had almost forgotten how dangerous and uncertain the world was.

There was no time to waste. He had to learn how to keep Solvath’s fragment at bay and go back to his world.

As Atticus settled in the middle of the room, Anorah began speaking.

"You’ve passed three lessons so far. Disruption. Observation. Substitution. Now we move to your fourth. Can you guess what it is?"

Atticus thought for a moment. Disruption taught him control over his reflex, over his power. Observation taught him a way to use that control to analyze. To see what was.

Substitution had gone further still. It taught him to fuse the first and second lessons, control and clarity, into something more.

A tool that let him replace one anchor with another. His emotions had been powerful, but also dangerous and unreliable.

If Disruption was reflex, and Observation was clarity, and Substitution had been the bridge between them...

His eyes narrowed as the thought clicked into place.

"Something to do with balance?" Atticus murmured.

Anorah raised an eyebrow. She was a bit surprised he figured it out.

"I’d like to hear your reasoning?"

"Disruption stopped me from reacting on instinct. Observation let me see things clearer. Substitution gave me another anchor. But..." He paused, thinking.

"If I cut off emotions completely, I stop being... me. I still need to feel, otherwise what’s the point? How can I think when I don’t know what is going on? So maybe the next step isn’t throwing them away, but... finding a way to stand between them. To hold both. To flip, when I need to."

Anorah smiled, clearly impressed.

"Equilibrium," she said. "For a second there, I assumed you were all violence and no thought."

"Just admit you’re impressed and the world would probably be a better place."

Anorah scoffed. "The world’s already shitty. I doubt a lie would make it any better. Now..."

She began making her way to the door.

"Close your eyes. The lesson will start now."

Atticus shook his head but did as he was told. Solvath’s memories flashed in his mind the moment he closed his eyes.

’Just like emotions and logic.’ 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

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