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"Uh... How?" Clint asked, confused.
"Hell if I know." The ghost started striking various poses, like a guru searching for enlightenment. "Think something like 'I accept', or 'I allow Andrey to enter'."
"Uh... I allow you to enter my body?.."
That sounds... kinda weird... Clint thought.
And then the millionaire boss said, 'and the goldfish turned into a nine-year-old boy'... Andrey recalled an inappropriate joke from his past life.
They stood there staring at each other. Nothing happened. Andrey briefly considered just forcefully seizing the kid's body, but his internal code wouldn't let him go back on his word. The contract was the only thing he had left.
"Sigh... Fine. Carry the doll with you for now. I'll try to figure out how to possess you without killing you..." the ghost finally said, looking away from Clint.
"O-Okay..." Suddenly, a lightbulb went off in Clint's head. "I'll be right back!"
"Huh?.."
Clint bolted into the hallway, nearly crashing into Enega, who had been standing right outside the door trying to eavesdrop on the chaos inside.
"Tell m…"
"We need to go to the shop right now!" he interrupted, dragging her toward the stairs.
"What? Why?" Enega asked, stumbling after him.
Left alone in the apartment, Andrey could only curse the stupidity of his new "partner."
"How could he forget to take me?! You just had to pick up the fucking doll!"
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A few hours later, Clint flew back into the apartment with Gen in tow. Or rather, alongside him, since Gen was twice the boy's size.
"Forget the doll one more time, and our contract is void," a voice slammed into Clint's head the moment he crossed the threshold.
"U-Understood..." Clint glanced around nervously, but his spirit quickly rallied. "But I figured out how to get you in!"
"I'm listening." The ghost drifted out of the living room and stared at the three humans standing in the entryway.
Clint felt a spike of irritation seeing Andrey making himself at home in his apartment, but he cooled down quickly. He had bigger fish to fry.
"Gen, use your Quirk on me," Clint said, turning to the large man who had frozen in shock.
"What?" Gen asked, bewildered.
"Have you lost your mind?!" Enega shouted. "Do you have any idea what could happen to you?! Do you even realize the consequences?!"
"Yes!"
No. Clint didn't realize a damn thing. For the last hour, his thoughts had been consumed by a single obsession: He could get a Quirk.
The possibility had hijacked his brain so completely that common sense had been thrown out the window. But is it really that bad to be crazy when your future is at stake?
Yes. Yes, it is.
"Are... are you sure this will go okay?" Enega asked, staring hard at Clint.
"Yes!" Clint declared confidently. Deep down, he knew he wasn't sure of anything.
"You're not going to back down, are you?" Enega asked one last time. She knew what was about to happen; Clint had explained the situation on the drive back.
"No."
"If you manage to die, I will describe exactly how it happened to your sister, step by step. She'll haunt you from beyond the grave," Enega said, taking a step back to watch the madness unfold.
"I... I'm not sure what will happen..." Gen interjected nervously.
"Do it. If anything goes wrong, a third corpse won't make a difference," Clint said, turning to him with a manic look in his eyes.
"Third?.." Gen blinked, finally noticing the two bodies in the living room. "What the hell..."
"Gen, just use it. I'll explain later."
"Phew... Fine. But I'm not responsible if you explode..."
Gen placed a hand on Clint and activated his Quirk.
Andrey felt it immediately. Deep inside the boy, a new space opened up, a void specifically designed to hold something.
One light touch to Clint's head, and darkness enveloped them both.
A mental command to see, and suddenly, Andrey was everywhere. Clint was now Andrey's entire world. He could riffle through the boy's memories, see through his eyes, and with a little effort, seize the body for his own use.
Another mental command, and Andrey was a spirit again, hovering outside. But something had changed. He looked down at himself.
He wasn't a monster anymore. He looked human. specifically, like a fourteen-year-old boy who had lived the exact same years as Clint.
Wait... am I going to have to go through puberty again?!
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The initial sensation of the Quirk taking effect on him was... weird. It felt like a sudden, intense hunger, but the emptiness wasn't in his stomach, it was deeper. That feeling vanished almost instantly as the spirit filled the void. Strange, foreign memories flashed through his mind, and a shiver ran down his spine.
A second later, everything went black. He found himself in oppressive darkness, sitting on a chair. Directly in front of him floated a rectangular screen, displaying his apartment and the people standing around, staring at... well, at Clint.
Am I inside my own consciousness? Clint thought, dazed. It's... kind of empty in here... Wait, if I'm in here, who's driving the body?!
Focusing on the screen, Clint watched the events unfolding outside. For a few seconds, his body remained unconscious as both he and the ghost adjusted. Then, his eyes snapped open.
"Clint?" Gen asked, peering into the boy's face. "Are you alri…"
A hand shot up and clamped over Gen's mouth, cutting him off.
"Call people by their names. It's rude otherwise." Andrey squeezed Gen's face, pulling the large man down to eye level.
Given their size difference, it looked comical.
"Oh, it's no wonder humans can withstand Quirks if they're this strong at such a young age..." Andrey mused with scientific fascination, casually tossing Gen aside to inspect his new hands.
"Though it's strange where this strength comes from, considering this weakling hasn't touched a weight in his life..."
"You're the ghost, aren't you?" Enega asked, stepping in front of the boy.
"To some, I'm a ghost. To others, I'm Andrey," he replied, his gaze raking over Enega's body with hunger. "But for you, I can be Andryusha, if your cold heart isn't already taken..."
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