Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Chapter 145: How to alter a memory

The hole in reality was quickly enveloped by a black liquid that seemed strangely familiar.

Atlan couldn't stop his momentum as he and the lackey went through the black shimmering portal.

And when they crossed it, Atlan's eyes adjusted to the strange colors of everything around him.

The sky that used to be so bright and blue has now turned into a dark orange. The luscious vegetation that colored everything in a green hue turned into a purple tint.

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The two of them slowly stood up as they realized where they were.

"What the hell are you? How can you create a portal to the Remedium?!"

The lackey looked at Atlan as if he was a monster. But even the 'monster' didn't know how this happened.

"Take me back!" The lackey couldn't hide his panic. He had heard all the stories about the Remedium incidents and was completely terrified of Canzers suddenly appearing out of nowhere.

Not only that, Atlan was always at the center of any incidents. It made him think that the porter was the reason as to why those things kept happening in the City. It may have just been his bad luck, but it could have also been intentional. The fact that Atlan could create a portal to the Remedium further led the lackey to believe that Atlan was the enemy of humanity.

Atlan ignored him and looked around.

It's a complete copy of the real world…except with negative colors…

There was no mistaking it. This was the Remedium.

Somehow, his new Angel Wings mutation could traverse through the Remedium without the normal portal constructs that the Operators used.

So that's what 'dimensional' meant in my Dimensional Lightspeed Angel Wings.

Despite the horrible news that he somehow ended up in another Remedium, Atlan was overjoyed with the fact that he obtained this power from his 9-star Gatekeeper genus.

If he could go in, then he could also get out!

Even though he hadn't figured out how to do that yet, the fact that it was possible was enough to make him feel a lot safer when doing missions.

If things escalated again and another 'incident' happened with his missions, then he had a trump card that could save his life.

If another Specialist-level Canzer appeared in his beginner mission,  Atlan could simply exit out of the Remedium at any point without having to search for the portal.

The reason why a lot of people died during the Pocket Remedium incident was that everyone was trapped inside with no way to exit. The portal back to the real world was blocked by a horde of Pseudo Canzers, so everyone was forced to run away to save their lives.

But Atlan didn't have that problem anymore. He could get out of the Remedium even if the portal was miles away from him.

This was entirely good news!

For the lackey, things got a little more terrifying. He saw Atlan smile out of nowhere.

"Don't worry," Atlan assured him. "You'll forget about this soon enough."

Before the guy could even speak, Atlan swiped the air with his hands and created orange spores that slowly fell on the ground.

Even as the lackey tried to avoid the spores, a few microscopical particles sunk deep in between his skin and infected his whole body.

The spores followed the veins in his body until they reached the top of his head.

"It's time to see how good my SR Modify Memory Spore LifeSkill is…"

It didn't take a full minute before the lackey's eyes turned from intense fear to simple absentmindedness. His eyes turned muddy. He was still conscious, but there wasn't any active thinking in his brain.

Can I modify all his memories? Or can I only alter recent memories? Can I make him forget his name? If I can't, then that's fine. The only thing that I need him to forget is the memory of me using all my powers, including my Wings' ability to create portals to the Remedium. That one, I have to make sure no one else knows.

But it seemed that Atlan contemplated for far too long as the guy's eyes started to clear. He was waking up.

"Huh…what…right…Remedium…"

Before he could wake up any further, Atlan used his Spores to make his memories vague and malleable.

"You forgot your name. You don't know how you got here." Atlan commanded.

After a few moments, the guy shook his head and looked around the Remedium with confusion written all over his face. He recognized where this place was, but he didn't remember how he ended up in this situation.

"Who are you? How did you get here?" Atlan asked.

"Who…am I….I…I'm….I'm Cera…I don't….I don't know why I'm here."

I can't make him forget his name. I guess that memory is too ingrained in his brain for me to make him forget who he is…but I made him forget how he ended up in the Remedium. That's good.

Atlan continued to test out the limits of his new LifeSkill.

He found that a target's memory could be altered or modified for as long as the memory was made within 24 hours. During this period, he could make them believe that they spent the whole day lounging in their beds and doing nothing.

He could erase memories longer than a day, but he had a harder time convincing them to believe the lie.

As long as the memory he altered was something insignificant to their lives, then he could alter it or delete it entirely from their minds. But if it was a memory that was integral to their personality, like their name or their knowledge of how to use their weapons, then he couldn't erase it from their memory no matter how hard he tried.

Also, if the memory he implanted was too unbelievable, then they would start to question their false memories.

Knowing the parameters of his Modify Memory Spore was important because he'd be relying on it to keep his secret from this point onward.

Truth be told, he should have tested out his LifeSkill before he showed them his true powers.

But if his LifeSkill didn't work as he intended, then there was just one simple thing he would do.

He'd kill them.