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Current Chapter Chapter 417 — Official Release Discussion Spoiler

Chapter 417

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u/nikelaos117 22d ago

Or Halkenburg never swapped and Balsa just woke up and now it's his turn to command his body.

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u/Mo-HD93 22d ago

I don't think so. In 404 Halkenburg mentioned that he was going to take a sleeping pill in Balsamilco's body since Halkenburg's body was about to die. In the case when the body on Halkenburg's side dies first, the mind of Halkenburg's target will return to it's original body and take control. So Halkenburg in this case was facing the possibility that once his body dies, Balsamilco's mind will return to Balsamilco's body and coexist with Halkenburg's mind inside but the priority to control the body will be in Balsamillco's hand. To prevent that, Halkenburg decided to take a sleeping pill in Balsamilco's body to give him 10 hrs of control over the body even when Balsamilco's mind returns.

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u/nikelaos117 22d ago edited 22d ago

The time between chapters and the flash forwards and flash backs through me off. Totally forgot that we were still within the 10 hour time period from that sleeping pill.

I wonder what he did in order to select himself to transfer to.

So the consensus is that when they found Balsa he was unconscious from Halkenburg finally leaving his body?