Chapter 88
Asmoldking grinned wide at the camera, voice cranked up with full hype while side-eyeing the monitor where chat was already blowing up. He doubled down on what he’d said earlier about the girl.
"Yo, everybody—let me introduce our special guest tonight! Hime Nature! The chick who can grow plants straight outta nothing and claims she’s God’s messenger sent to free all the suffering cows... just so we can turn ’em into burgers. True vegan prophet, bro. She’s out here tryna save every cow from ending up as a patty."
Ray side-eyed him from the side, eyebrows twitching up. ’This dude’s actually insane for the views.’
Before Ray could even finish roasting him in his head, the big screen in the studio flipped. A girl popped up on the video call, background straight-up jungle vibes with super lush green plants everywhere. Pretty face, calm vibe, soft smile but mad confident energy. Hair had some little leaves tucked in it, and she was rocking a plain tee that said "Love Two Animal" across the chest.
"Hey everyone," she said, voice soft but clear. "Thanks for having me tonight. I’m Hime Nature. Yeah... I run the @Lovetwoanimal account."
Ray clocked it instantly. @Lovetwoanimal? That’s the account he’d seen posts from before.
Asmoldking jumped right in, no pause, voice getting more serious but still hyped as hell.
"Chat’s going feral right now, bro. But let’s hit the question everybody’s been spamming. Hime, this weird phenomenon that’s been popping off everywhere lately—the one making people dizzy, overwriting memories, even on a global scale—any connection to your powers? You able to track down who’s behind it with your nature stuff, or you just happened to show up at the same time?"
Hime shook her head slow, smile still chill.
"No. Zero connection. The power I have is holy power straight from heaven. It frees humans from hunger by magically growing plants, and frees animals from getting slaughtered for food. It’s about compassion. Ending suffering. Not about creating weird global glitches that mess with people’s heads."
Chat instantly exploded.
"Bullshit! More vegan propaganda!"
"Save the cows? Then what the fuck am I supposed to eat?! I already paid for my burger!"
"Hime’s movement is so damn annoying, always preaching like she’s actually God’s messenger."
"Just plant magic and then acting all holy? Doesn’t connect to the global phenomenon at all!"
A ton of people were calling bullshit. A lot of folks straight-up hated her anti-meat vegan push. Some were already labeling her a cult leader or just clout-chasing.
Asmoldking nodded a little, then dropped the next question that made Ray tense up.
"Alright, next question chat keeps asking: Hime, why do you think Ray can feel when these weird phenomena are about to happen? Is that kinda part of your divine power too? Or is Ray... also chosen by God like you?"
Hime looked straight at the camera, voice still soft but full of conviction.
"I’m not totally sure. Maybe Ray is chosen by God like me. But maybe he hasn’t fully received the blessing from heaven yet. His ability could just be an early sign, not fully awakened. If he keeps walking the right path, one day he’ll get the same blessing."
Ray, sitting dead in the middle, just laughed in his head. ’Heaven? Probably some busted slot machine lol...’
Sasha and Luna glanced at each other. Sasha raised an eyebrow, Luna narrowed her eyes like she was deep in thought. Both of them looked like they were realizing this convo was getting way too prophet-y for them to handle.
Asmoldking chuckled under his breath, but his eyes were lit up ’cause chat was losing their minds on the monitor.
"Chat is going off the rails! Some people saying Hime’s actually God’s messenger, others calling her crazy and selfish, only pushing her own agenda. Ray, what about you? You buying what she said? Or you got a different take on this whole ’blessing from heaven’ thing?"
Ray stayed quiet for a sec. Mask was already off, so everyone could see his calm face. But inside his head he was thinking hard. The longer this went on, the more people were gonna be hunting him down. And Hime... she looked innocent, but her whole movement could turn every meat-eater into a straight-up enemy.
Ray just gave a thin smile, voice flat.
" I don’t really see myself as some holy guy. I’m just a regular dude. All that heaven talk? Not really my thing."
Hime smiled a little from the screen, like she wasn’t bothered at all.
"That’s fair. Everyone’s got their own path. But one day, Ray... you’ll understand too."
Asmoldking shifted in his seat, voice dropping but still tense.
"Aight... chat’s begging us to dig deeper. Hime, you keep saying your power’s holy. But a lotta people are saying human nutrition ain’t just plants. What’s your take on that?"
Hime opened her mouth, ready to answer...
Hime let out a slow breath, her smile still calm but with this growing steel behind it. She stared straight into the camera like she was preaching to the whole damn world at once.
"Behold... technology has advanced far. There now exists synthetic flesh, grown in laboratories without the slaughter of a single innocent creature. Its taste already draws close to the real thing. Yet humanity still chooses to butcher the guiltless cattle—beasts that live in peace within their pens, who have never raised a hoof against anyone. Why? Because the fleeting pleasure of the tongue is valued more than the sanctity of other lives. Though the Lord in His mercy has already provided another path, man still walks the road of violence and blood."
Chat straight up exploded.
"Fr... but I still want that real shit tho!"
"Synth meat expensive as hell, bro. You think everybody’s a millionaire?"
"Hime spitting straight prophecy, humans never satisfied fr."
But before Hime could keep going, Sasha—who’d been quiet the whole time just listening—finally spoke up. Her voice was a little loud, like she couldn’t hold the annoyance in anymore.
"My bad, Hime. But you’re being way too holier-than-thou right now. Yeah, synthetic meat exists, but it don’t taste the same. Texture’s off. The smell when it hits the pan is different. You over here eating plants all day probably can’t even tell, but for people who actually eat meat? It’s like chewing on cardboard. And that whole ’innocent’ thing—cows been raised to be eaten since forever. Why we suddenly catching all the blame now?"
Luna, sitting right next to her, jumped in too. Her voice was colder, sharper.
"And what about the farmers? You think they can just switch jobs like it’s nothing? A lot of them live off that shit. If everybody followed your lead, what the hell they supposed to eat? You only thinking about the cows, not the actual humans who need to put food on the table. This ain’t compassion. This is you forcing everybody to live your way. Too damn extreme."
Ray side-eyed Asmoldking from the side. Asmoldking side-eyed him right back. Both of them already knew these two girls weren’t gonna stay quiet forever. Ray thought to himself, ’Ayy... shit’s about to get spicy as hell.’
Asmoldking grinned wide, voice hyped while watching the chat go completely feral.
"Chat is losing their fucking minds! Half of ’em riding with Hime, half saying Sasha and Luna got a point. We letting this cook—let ’em debate it out!"
Hime stayed calm, but her eyes shifted. She wasn’t mad. She was just dropping a deeper sermon.
"My brothers and sisters... you call this extreme. But what is truly extreme? Allowing living souls to suffer in silence for a moment of fleeting pleasure... or choosing the harder but righteous path? Science has already shown the way. It is humanity that refuses to turn from its old ways. These gentle beasts did not ask to be brought into this world only to meet the blade. They too are children of the Creator."
Sasha fired back immediately, voice getting louder.
"But you’re human too, Hime! You out here killing plants so you can eat ’em. What’s the difference? You just pick and choose which ones you feel bad for. Acting all righteous like you’re above it, but at the end of the day everything eats everything. That’s the food chain. You wanna rewrite the whole damn system just ’cause you got plant powers?"
Luna came in even harder this time.
"And all that ’God’s messenger’ talk—who gave you the right to decide what’s right for everybody? You can grow plants, cool. But don’t come over here forcing people to live like you. I like eating meat. I don’t feel guilty about it. And I damn sure don’t need you preaching at me in front of millions."
Chat went absolutely feral.
"Sasha and Luna going OFF 😂"
"Hime taking psychic damage rn"
"Real talk from the girls, Hime too idealistic fr"
"Luna said it best—stop acting holier than thou"
Asmoldking chuckled and looked at Ray again. Ray just shook his head slow, but the corner of his mouth was twitching up. He already knew—this conversation was long gone. The two girls who were quiet the whole time just turned the whole stream into their personal boxing ring.
Hime opened her mouth again, voice still soft but carrying more weight now.
"So... even with another path laid before you, you would still choose to keep taking life?"
Sasha and Luna glanced at each other for a second. Then Sasha answered without hesitation.
"If it means I get to eat good and the farmers still got a way to live... yeah. That’s what I’m choosing."
The whole studio got tense as hell. Chat was in complete chaos. And Ray, in his head, was just dying laughing.
’Sheeeesh... this whole thing just became their stage.’