Reincarnated as an Energy with a System

Chapter 21: Shop

The Nings got a very unexpected answer from the system.

ʼHuh? What do you mean by nothing? Does the shop have nothing to sell to us?ʼ Ning A asked the system.

The Nings got more confused. The system kept hyping up the shop for over a year now, and yet when they finally unlocked it, it said there was nothing in the shop to sell them.

Ning B thought of something. ʼWait, didnʼt the system say that the Energy was the currency for the shop? Maybe we just donʼt have enough energy to buy anything.ʼ

Ning A felt that this was a logical conclusion that anyone could come to, so he asked, ʼHey, system. Is our current energy too low to buy anything?ʼ he asked.

ʼ Oh, now weʼre getting somewhere,ʼ Ning A said sighing in relief to himself.

ʼThank god itʼs just that we have low energy. I might have had a heart attack if there was literally nothing in the shop.ʼ Ning B sighed in relief too. Even as a form of energy, these guys talked like they were in their own bodies.

ʼAlright, then. Tell us, what is there in the shop for us to buy once we gain enough energy.ʼ Ning A made sure to use the correct words so that the shop couldnʼt use a loophole to give them its stupid answers again.

The system repeated the same answer.

ʼHmm… again? Is there really nothing in the shop or did I say something wrong?ʼ he wondered.

ʼLet me try,ʼ said Ning B as he asked the same question using a different but simpler sentence.

ʼHey, system. What exactly can we buy with the shop?ʼ he asked.

Finally, the system gave them a different answer.

Ning B sent a smug smile towards Ning A. Even without looking, Ning A could tell just how smug that smile was. He ignored Ning B and asked the system,

ʼWhat do you mean by Anything? Can you give us some examples?ʼ

Both the Nings got shocked for a second. ʼAny object? Skill? Knowledge? Is there even anything else in the universe?ʼ Ning A wondered.

ʼIf there is, then I canʼt think of one,ʼ said Ning B.

Ning A thought of something that he would want to buy. Ning B did the same thing as well.

ʼI want to be a human,ʼ Ning A screamed.

ʼI want to control the fish,ʼ Ning B shouted.

They immediately got angry at the other person.

ʼIdiot, donʼt you want us to have a body?ʼ Ning A shouted at him. The cold, deepness of the ocean was too boring for him now. He had seen a lot and was now used to it.

ʼYou are the idiotic one. What do you want to do with the body? Drown?ʼ asked Ning B in frustration. Getting a body this deep in the ocean floor would not just drown them, but it would crush them to death as well.

Ning A fell into contemplation. Ning B was right, however, if they spent all their energy on controlling the fish, then by the time they left the ocean, they would barely have anything.

ʼAlright, letʼs call a truce. I have an idea that could work in our favor,ʼ said Ning A. He looked very confident about it.

Ning B got curious, ʼVery well. Tell me the idea and if I like it, I will call a truce as well.ʼ

Ning A took a moment before he finally spoke, ʼLetʼs merge.ʼ ʼWhat?ʼ Ning B didnʼt realize what he meant at first, but when he finally did, he was stunned.

Out of all the things he thought Ning A was going to suggest, he hadnʼt expected that to be one of them.

But after a moment of contemplation, he thought that this was the correct idea. ʼAlright, letʼs do it. Letʼs merge.ʼ He said.

Ning A asked the system,ʼ Hey system, we want to merge back together into one person, can we buy that?ʼ

ʼUh… maybe not merging the personality exactly, can we just get like a single mind that can think of two things at once, instead of the two thoughts having their own mind?ʼ

ʼOh wow, that is much expensive than we expected. What do we do now?ʼ Ning A turned towards Ning B and asked.

ʼI donʼt know. Maybe we should just wait until we have enough energy?ʼ said Ning B.

ʼWe should do that. System, Is it possible for us to buy the… uhh… Simultaneous Thinking skill automatically when we reach the energy?ʼ Ning A asked.

ʼThere is such a thing?ʼ both of the Nings got surprised. ʼCan that buy it even when we are unconscious?ʼ asked Ning A.

ʼAlright then, Add Simultaneous Thinking into the Auto Buy List. ʼ Ning A said.

The system asked even when it had a single item. ʼNo thanks,ʼ said Ning A.

ʼAlright system. Put us to sleep now. Wake us up when ʼSimultaneous Thinkingʼ has been bought or, I donʼt know when this fish dies? I guess.ʼ

Slowly the two Nings started losing consciousness. But even as they lost it, they realized that, unless they asked the system to split their mind into two different personalities, this was probably the last time there were going to be two different Nings.

And as they thought that, they lost consciousness.