Chapter 8: Using Identity Distortion To Change Identity
[Knowing this, you didn't hesitate to do everything necessary to become the strongest avatar master in the avatar world and to drive out the Outer God who was currently attempting to devour it.]
[Under Viktor's arrangements, you secured a year-long stay in a five-star hotel, with all expenses covered by him. Viktor's wealth from his criminal activities made him your walking money-making machine.]
[You had agreed with Viktor that your role as deputy gang leader would primarily be as the gang's enforcer. You'd handle gang wars, especially if an avatar master was involved or if the gang was outnumbered and Viktor was occupied.]
[You didn't mind these tasks since they provided opportunities to hone your combat experience and mastery of your Invisible Providence avatar. Essentially, you served as the Sky High Gang's assassin, using each battle to refine your skills.]
[You knew you needed all this experience to apply it in the god-forsaken world. The lackeys of the Outer God in your home world flaunted their identities and status publicly, making them easy targets.]
[Because of this, you decided to perfect your killing and assassination skills to eliminate them and assist the magical girls and mecha drivers back in your world.]
[You didn't worry about being caught or having your killer identity linked to your slave identity in the god-forsaken world since Invisible Providence's identity distortion ability worked in your favor.]
["Speaking of identity distortion, I might as well use it now so that if I ever offend the Death Envoy, his Book of Death won't work on me since he would be writing a false name," you muttered as you stayed in your hotel room.]
[With that thought, you summoned your avatar, Invisible Providence, and countless purple-colored tentacles emerged from your body.]
[You controlled the tentacles to wrap around you, encasing yourself in a cocoon-like structure.]
[Five seconds later, you released the tentacles and emerged from the cocoon with a new identity.]
["I'm now Linley Sinclair. Well, my new name in god simulations isn't that different from my real name, just without the letter 'S' in Linsley."]
[You added, "Aside from that, I'm no longer a high school graduate in this world. My identity is now the hidden assassin trump card of Sky High. All gang members, even Viktor, will see me as an old member instead of a new recruit."]
["Other than that, my appearance stays the same. Death Envoy's Book of Death would be thwarted by just a name change, so no need to alter my looks. If I meet my future lover in this world, it would suck if she fell for a fake appearance. I'm already very handsome as I am; no need to change it."]
[You were very confident in your appearance since many girls in high school had simped for you. However, the downside was that you were all mere slaves of the Outer God, unable to decide your own marriages and such.]
[There was even a case where the school belle of your school was given as a reward by the Outer God to one of his lackeys for killing a mecha driver. It was said that the school belle had committed suicide, but the Outer God resurrected her and offered her as a sex slave to the lackey.]
[The situation in the god-forsaken world was this dark, tragic, and desperate, which motivated you to become as strong as possible to change it.]
[The school belle was your friend, yet you couldn't save her. Of course, you only thought of her as a friend and nothing more. If she had been your lover, you wouldn't be this casual about it; you would have already embarked on the path of revenge.]
[However, that incident made you further realize the atrocity and cruelty of the Outer God and its lackeys. Because of that, you didn't want to become a lackey of the Outer God.]
[After changing your identity to Linley Sinclair, you finally slept peacefully in your hotel room.]
Noticing that his progress in the god simulation was going well, Linsley muttered, "As long as everything goes well, I should be able to at least inherit the Invisible Providence avatar in the real world."
"If I have it in this world, I can create an alternate identity and assist the magical girls and mecha drivers in eliminating the lackeys of the Outer God."
"The identity distortion and presence concealment abilities of my Invisible Providence avatar can achieve the same effect as the transformations of magical girls and mecha drivers."
It was worth noting that Linsley could experience in real-time what happened in the text simulation. In other words, when he used the Invisible Providence avatar in the god simulation, it felt as if he used it firsthand.
While Linsley couldn't influence the decisions of the simulated body or control it, he could experience everything the simulated body experienced in real-time.
After planning what he would do once he obtained the power from the god simulation, Linsley continued reading the text simulation.
[The night passed, and it was now daytime.]
[You woke up to the sound of a phone call from the phone Viktor had recently bought you.]
[Getting up from your bed, you answered the call, only to hear Viktor's desperate voice, "Phantom Reaper, our turf is being invaded by the Earth Down Gang! They have two avatar masters, and I can't handle them alone. I need you to come here as fast as possible, no matter what!"]