The Embodiment Of Perfection

"I thought you were planning to gather more divine souls. Why didn't you wait until Nostradamus freed Siegfried?" asked [???].

"These three souls are enough. Besides, I can return to that world later," I replied.

As I summoned the three souls I had acquired, memories of my time in that world resurfaced.

The swordsmanship taught by Jinsuke Hayashizaki focused heavily on training all parts of the body.

I still remember when I was 15 years old, when I asked Sensei Jinsuke:

"Why don't we focus on training the muscles of the arms and legs? I think a quick iai (quick-draw) slash would be enough to easily cut down and kill the enemy."

When I asked that, Jinsuke Hayashizaki replied, "The path to strength lies in understanding humanity. For decades, I fought against other samurai and dissected human corpses.

I learned that humans have 206 bones and 640 muscles, all interconnected. Out of all living beings, humans are fundamentally bipedal.

The human body is intricately designed, and by consciously and perfectly manipulating all its parts, one can create the greatest swordsmanship, unleashing the body's maximum potential."

When I heard this, I immediately understood why my other self in this alternate universe was able to kill all the gods with the Völundr formed from Brunhilde and Siegfried's souls.

Master Jinsuke Hayashizaki spent decades fighting thousands of battles to master the manipulation of every part of the body, but I was born with the innate ability to control all parts effortlessly.

I could be called a perfect successor.

It only took me five years to absorb all of Master Jinsuke's knowledge.

By the time I was 20 in that world, Master Jinsuke Hayashizaki, now 50, wanted a duel to the death with me. He wished for his final battle to be with his student.

After killing Master Jinsuke, I secluded myself in the mountains, waiting for death. My motivation to seek warriors like Kojiro or Musashi faded, consumed by sadness.

...

Am I too emotional? 

Forget it.

"Why didn't you take Zerofuku's soul or Poseidon's? The powers I've given you can be used in many ways," said my other self, [???].

"These three souls are already excellent, and I haven't named you yet. How about I call you End, or Epilogue, or maybe The Last Story?" I asked.

"Epilogue sounds nice. And you made a good choice by taking Adam's soul since it grants the power of his eyes. But why did you choose Heracles' and Raiden Tameemon's souls?" replied Epilogue.

Hearing this, I summoned the three souls I had obtained from the Shuumatsu no Valkyrie universe.

Taking Adam's soul, I split it in two and placed a portion in each of my eyes. Epilogue mentioned this power could be synthesized into weapons and many other things.

After embedding Adam's soul into my eyes, I noticed blood dripping.

Realizing this, I quickly closed my eyes and took Heracles' soul, embedding it into my body.

"Heracles was just an ordinary human. I took his soul to gain the physiology of a god. When Heracles was still mortal, he drank Ambrosia.

By synthesizing Heracles' soul into my body, I'll now be eternally youthful and immortal. Even if I'm erased by the Infinity Stones or if gods attempt to erase my existence, I'll still come back. If I die, I can return to this place."

As for Raiden Tameemon's soul, I synthesized it directly into my heart. 

After finishing this process, I reopened my eyes.

Looking at my body, I tried using Raiden Tameemon's power to enlarge my muscles, transforming my physique.

I don't like this. Better to return to how I was. Such large muscles look strange, I thought.

Reverting my body to its previous state, I noticed something else.

I can manipulate the muscles of my penis too. No wonder Raiden Tameemon was known as a sex maniac during his lifetime.

Epilogue watched as 4Eyes explored his new powers and asked, "Do you want to return to that chaotic world or gain more power?"

"I want to return to that world. I can't keep running. Besides, there's no need to worry—if I die, I'll simply come back here," I replied, and with that, my consciousness faded.

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December 22, 2005.

Seeing the date and my room filled with flyers—one of them for horse racing gambling—I realized something.

I had returned to the day one. 

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A/N:

MC/Kiruma Souichi currently possesses the physiology of a god [Heracles], + enhanced by the muscle strength of Raiden Tameemon, allowing him to move faster than light and aided by the eyes of Adam [Divine Reflection/The Eyes of the Lord]. 

MC's speed may be limitless, as he is capable of imitate what Adam did.

Adam avoiding casually dodging attacks from Zeus.

His fist transcends time itself, enabling him to react and move within a timeframe of "0.00000000000000000000 seconds" before anything else can be perceived.