Transmigrating as an Extra Third-Rate Villain

Leaving the corrupted hat with Ruby, I watched her eat the fried egg with a happy expression before departing.

De-manifesting both my backpack and frying pan, I placed the cat on my shoulder and headed towards the waterfall.

I didn't have much corruption to spare today.

Instead of flying at incredible speeds above the forest like last time, I simply walked through the forest like I was taking a stroll.

However, it was far from that.

As I walked around, my eyes scanned every single inch of my surroundings, looking for anything that had changed or an abnormality had occurred.

My head swiveled in all directions like an owl as I walked through the forest, memorizing every single bit.

Today, I wasn't searching for the end condition.

I was simply memorizing the layout of all the trees, branches, leaves, bushes, and everything else inside the forest.

Tomorrow, the search would begin.

In order to recognize an abnormality in the forest, I would first have to know what is normal in the forest.

That was the goal of today.

Once I knew what was normal, I could begin seriously searching for abnormal occurrences and hopefully find the end condition through that.

Stopping after two hours of non-stop walking, I slumped against a nearby tree and began caressing my head.

My brain was more than overloaded with information about the forest; I wasn't even 10% done with discovering its full layout.

This wasn't sustainable or possible for one person...

Thankfully, I wasn't just one person.

I was a person with the ability to create countless animals with my corruption.

I didn't just have one mind; I had as many minds as the amount of animals my corruption could create.

Manifesting a new crow, I stored all the information on the layout of this part of the forest inside its subconscious before allowing it to roam free.

As my head released and discarded the information, I got up from the tree with a sigh.

Although my brain was ready to accept information, it didn't mean that it wanted to.

My entire head was burning up, and my head was pounding as I simply stood still.

Memorizing the layout of this gigantic forest was an insane and arduous task, but it was necessary.

And there was no one else who could do it besides me, leaving me with the task.

Manifesting five new crows, I sent them all in different directions, intending for them to memorize the layout of the forest themselves.

While they were slower than me, I mentally and physically couldn't spend the entire day walking around the forest.

As the crows flew up into the sky, shrouding the light-blue sky with darkness, I walked to a nearby tree where a familiar nest sat.

If I was going to do this, I would need a lot of food to sustain myself, as I would be burning thousands of calories.

Climbing up the tree, I laid on the tallest branch with my head propped against the trunk and stared around.

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Taking in my surroundings and absorbing my information while feasting on a fried egg was a new experience, to say the least.

As my ravens slowly filled out their mind with information about the new forests, I allowed them to rest before summoning another batch of ravens.

Despite the insane amount of corruption I had gained from the outer-space-like space, I was, for the first time, running dangerously low.

De-manifesting my hat and sunglasses, I leaned further against the tree, using the shade to block out the sun.

At this point, I was at my maximum: eleven ravens and one single hat.

*CA-CAW*

Watching the crows with filled minds and memories land on the branch next to me, I sent off the new batch to different areas of the forest.

Like statues, the old crows simply stood on a branch lifelessly with theirs closed and hearing blocked off.

If they opened their eyes, they would receive new memories and information from this area, forcing them to discard their information about the part of the forest they explored.\\

Well, it was only for today.

Once I had the entire forest layout in my head and the heads of my crows, I could use my corruption to create an intricate map with every single detail.

After creating the map, I could discard all the memories from my crows and use the map to identify abnormalities.

"...this certainly doesn't feel like a day..."

Having lost track of time due to my mind being filled with information, I could only stare up at the sky to prevent myself from receiving new information.

Finally, the sun began to set, plunging the entire world into the darkness of the night, and my new crows returned, their heads packed with information.

Patting the new crows on their hands as they landed, I jumped down from the tree with my eyes closed.

Feeling my legs land on the ground, I infused my hands with physical corruption and began to follow my brain's instructions, molding a map of the area I had explored.

Finishing up my area of the map, I reopened my eyes, finally able to look at my surroundings without fearing losing memories, and moved onto the crow beside me.

Tapping the crow on the head, I felt my head flood with the crow's memories, instantly causing me to shut my eyes in pain.

With my eyes closed once again, I used the physical corruption to manifest the crow's explored area.

Dismissing the crow as its area had been mapped, I moved on to the next one

Then, I moved on to the new crow.

Then, the next...

then, the next...

then the next.

"t-the last one."

Struggling to stand-up straight, I dismissed the last crow as his memories flooded into my head.

Moving my trembling hands with my eyes closed, I intricately mapped out the last area of the forest, completing the map.

Clearing my head of everything related to the forest's layout, I almost cried tears of relief as I stared at the map in front of me.

"i-it's perfect."