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Were those captured, imprisoned, and then transformed into such terrifying monsters...?
It could also be another animal, after all, that monster was too hunched over and had slender legs.
But regardless, killing this monster is absolutely necessary.
Huaiyin slowly drew her sword, the long blade, carrying a trace of resentment, unsheathed and scattering a patch of cold, silvery light.
With the scabbard strapped to his waist and the knife in both hands, Huaiyin bit the flashlight in his mouth to illuminate the way ahead and slowly walked forward.
"Gurgle... Ugh gurgle..."
The monster's ravenous eating reminded Huaiyin of Doutang's eating habits, but the contrast between the two only deepened Huaiyin's worries and tension. Despite holding a knife in her hand, Huaiyin still felt very uncertain.
At this moment, the senior also slowly crept up from behind, quietly picked up the fire axe on the ground, and came to Huaiyin's side.
Neither of them spoke; they simply shone their flashlights on the monster with its back to them, remaining vigilant and waiting for the right moment to strike.
"Go ahead, little girl."
Huaiyin took a deep breath and rushed out.
"Da da!"
The sound of footsteps, completely unrestrained, echoed in the corridor. The monster suddenly stopped, but before it could turn its head, Huaiyin had already run behind it and raised her knife to stab the monster in the back.
In situations like this, only thorns can inflict maximum damage.
"Ah-"
The sharp, ancient longsword pierced directly into the monster's body. Huaiyin followed the sharp, bony crevices on the monster's back and thrust the longsword in, causing blood to gush out.
"Ouch—Ahhh, it hurts, it hurts so much—"
As the monster screamed, it also let out a shrill human voice, howling in pain.
Good heavens, he can even scream...
Huaiyin's mind suddenly went blank; the fact that the monster was speaking human language was still beyond her original psychological preparation.
She drew her long sword, staggered back a few steps, and became somewhat surprised and uncertain.
At this moment, the senior figure behind him rushed up, stood beside Huaiyin, and held up his axe to guard against the monster in front of him.
The monster collapsed forward in excruciating pain, slowly turning its head on all fours, revealing its horrifying face to the flashlight beam. It was a terrifying face that looked as if all the skin had been peeled away, with its gums and eyeballs completely exposed. Although its two eyeballs looked grayish and were clearly blind, it was still incredibly frightening.
Every muscle on its face was exposed, and blood even seeped from the gaps in the flesh. The monster licked the fresh flesh between its teeth, its two thin nostrils opening and closing slightly, as if it were discerning the smells in the air.
Then, it turned around completely, and although it was blind, Huaiyin could still feel that it seemed to be looking at him.
The monster licked its fingers, and at the same time, Huaiyin noticed that it didn't have fingers at all. In fact, its index finger had been worn away, revealing bare white bone, but it didn't seem to care at all.
Even though my fingers are all injured, why did I still cry out in pain when I was stabbed in the back...?
But Huaiyin still remembered the saying "the first strike is the best defense," so he grabbed his long sword and rushed forward, unleashing a reverse kasaya slash from below.
The hunched monster couldn't dodge and was slashed from shoulder to ear, leaving a long gash that spurted out another stream of blood.
The monster roared and leaped backward to create distance. Then it lay on the ground like a toad, its head twitching and twisting unnaturally, but it still did not retaliate.
Huaiyin did not continue her attack. The monster's behavior was somewhat abnormal, so she decided to observe it for a while before making a move.
"Doctor, doctor, it hurts, it hurts... ugh, it hurts so much..."
The monster stammered, then began nervously biting its fingers. Without the restraint of lips, its skeletal teeth clenched tightly into its fingers, which had already revealed white bone, until its entire arm was covered in the blood flowing from its fingers.
"pat, pat..."
The blood fell to the ground, making a sound like water hitting the ground.
This guy is masochistic.
"I don't want treatment anymore, doctor, I want to go home, gulp..."
His gray eyes darted around, and then he used his blood-soaked, bony fingertips to explore the skin near his ears, poking and prodding the ear canal, which no longer had an outer ear, until another spurt of blood flowed out.
Then, his expression suddenly changed, and the bright red muscles on his face seemed to move, and he smiled. However, because he was missing the outer skin around his lips, the smile became incredibly eerie and crooked.
"Doctor...I heard you, I heard you, hehehehe..."
Huaiyin's expression hardened, and he charged forward without hesitation, knives in both hands!
At the same time, the monster started to move!
A blood-red whirlwind swept through the corridor, and Huaiyin, who was about to draw his sword, already regretted it.
The monster was too fast. The creature, which was lying on the ground, used all four of its limbs to propel itself forward, intending to bite it directly with its teeth!
Huaiyin's slash had just been unleashed when this guy took it head-on!
The bones are so hard!
Despite wielding a fine longsword, it felt like a blunt weapon when striking the monster's head, abruptly halting its advance and preventing it from advancing any further.
The monster lay on the ground again, but without pausing, it used its legs to propel itself forward, its skeletal hands reaching for Huaiyin's ankles.
Huaiyin drew her sword and retreated, using one foot to step back and escape the attack range, but it was too late for her other foot!
"Thud!!"
A gust of wind brushed against Huaiyin's cheek as the crimson fire axe struck the monster's hand, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on its wrist.
The senior firefighter rushed towards the axe and swung it to the rescue at the last minute.
The monster howled and was about to launch another attack when Huaiyin, who had reacted quickly, stepped on its head.
Since the bones are hard, let's go in through the gaps between them!
He held the long sword upside down with both hands, and thrust the sharp blade toward the monster's neck!
"Hey!"
The longsword pierced the crevice of the spine with surgical precision, and with a sudden, involuntary twitch of the monster's body, Huaiyin could feel his longsword continuing downwards until it struck the concrete floor.
The monster's body convulsed and spasmed, all the muscles on its bloody face twisted and strained, but in the end all life was extinguished, leaving only stiffness and disbelief.
Huaiyin drew her longsword and took a few steps back until all the blood on the blade dripped onto the ground along its curve. Only then did the girl fully realize... that she had killed it.
Or rather, he... at least this monster was once human.
Chapter 11 The Growth of a Girl
Huaiyin gasped for breath, the flashlight in her mouth falling to the ground. She took a few steps back in disbelief, then leaned against the wall, feeling as if most of her strength had been drained away along with the thoughts in her mind.
For this young girl, killing was ultimately something beyond her previous life, whether it be from monsters or humans. This girl had never personally taken anyone's life, but now…
She clearly realized that she had taken the most important step—she had killed a life.
It has nothing to do with "because it is a monster, I have to kill it". It is simply out of a kind heart that killing is something that is unbearable for Huaiyin. Even though she had made preparations in advance, she still could not avoid the impact on her mind.
Fortunately, Huaiyin was not one to be easily defeated. She leaned against the wall, taking deep breaths, her eyes fixed on the crimson monster in the distance, watching every muscle on its body that was losing its life. Finally, she straightened up, leaning against the wall.
She stared at the corpse almost obsessively, as if trying to remember everything about it and imprint it deep in her soul.
Gazing at the monster that had died because of her, Huaiyin began to feel somewhat satisfied... Her self-esteem rose again, and a new thought popped into her head: I have become stronger.
I am no longer a burden, no longer an outsider, but someone who can participate... and I will become stronger, my "talent" has already been revealed.
I am extraordinary, she began to realize this deeply, and truly grew.
The senior, breathing heavily, looked at Huaiyin, who had just been full of vigor, and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
"I'm fine..." Huaiyin replied, then blinked, bent down and picked up the flashlight that had fallen to the ground. Holding the flashlight in one hand and the long knife in the other, she continued, "Let's continue."
Composing themselves, the two continued on and finally found the medical records in an archive room on the second floor of the west side.
The archives where medical records are kept are also equipped with surveillance cameras, so the walkie-talkie went off the moment Huaiyin and the senior entered.
"Ah, little murderer girl, congratulations on completing your mission."
Huaiyin squinted and replied, "You pervert... what's with that monster?"
"Is there even a question? Of course, it's patients, patients like me... Look carefully for those medical records. I need you to find a person named Kirigakure Yoshiki and bring his records back to the consultation room on the first floor."
"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, you only have three minutes, hahaha... If you don't find and escape this house within three minutes, I'll kill all your companions!"
"Of course, if you try to escape without finding it, I'll still kill you!"
what?
Huaiyin looked up and saw that the archive room had several rows of cabinets and so many documents... How could three minutes be enough?!
This guy clearly doesn't want these people to leave!
Huaiyin pursed her lips and looked at the senior.
The senior colleague reached up, adjusted his glasses, grinned, revealing his buck teeth, and shook the file folder in his hand: "Ah, I've found it."
Huaiyin blinked and tilted her head.
The walkie-talkie also fell silent.
The senior streamer waved the bag in his hand excitedly: "Hey, it's just sorting by the first letter of the name and the year. This is a piece of cake for a top streamer like me."
Huaiyin covered her mouth somewhat awkwardly, took the bag and looked at it. Sure enough, it had the name Wuyin Liangjin written on it. It was indeed him.
"We've found the documents..." Huaiyin said into the walkie-talkie.
"...Bastard!" The voice on the walkie-talkie sounded furious. "Then get out of here right now! Go back to your room! Get out!"
Huaiyin looked at the senior, who was excited. Faced with such a helpful teammate at a crucial moment, Huaiyin could only shrug.
………………
"Damn it, you son of a bitch!"
A gruff male voice rang out from the top of the hospital.
A man with a sallow complexion roared as he walked onto the rooftop, clutching a walkie-talkie in his hand. His eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth, looking like a ferocious zombie.
"Damn it, you greenhorns, and those streamers... Damn it, so what if you're a little famous and successful? I'll make you suffer..."
As he spoke, he walked to the very edge of the rooftop and looked down. The tent in front of the mental hospital was still lit, but naturally no one was there. The man with the sallow complexion had already set everything up and there was no way he would fail.
He used the mental hospital as his base, where he has harmed dozens of ordinary people who came there, while living a life of isolation from the world.
However, considering how famous the people who came this time were, he decided to move on after he had finished off these people. Anyway, he had the technology to create those monsters, so he could make a comeback no matter where he went.
He will repay this unjust world a thousandfold for everything the hospital has done to him.
Just as he was thinking this, he suddenly saw a light on the mountain road in the distance.
It was a motorcycle, and sitting on it was a man wearing a black helmet. Judging from his clothes, he was a high school student.
The man with the sallow complexion chuckled, "I didn't expect there to be new prey... Could it be a friend of one of those people? After losing contact, instead of calling the police, they came looking for us themselves?"
He narrowed his eyes, his expression arrogant and mocking: "Ignorant mortals... So what if there's another one... It'll just give me another test subject."
"Kill this guy first, then put his head in a conspicuous place."
That place should be interesting... I hope he's that little girl's friend, hahaha... I can't wait to see her terrified face!
As the man spoke, he lowered a long rope from the top of the rooftop, grabbed the rope, and with a few light leaps across the outer wall, landed on the ground.
He put on a mask and then pulled up his hood, hiding his unusual skin color beneath it, and walked toward the lit tent in the yard.
………………
As Dou Tang walked along the mountain path, he could already sense a faint resentment in the air.
Therefore, he was certain that the sleeping monster in the mountains, shrouded in the night, and the long-abandoned mental hospital, were indeed haunted by evil spirits.
This puzzled him greatly. Why were there so many evil spirits around Tokyo, so many that almost every long-abandoned place had them?
This is so unreasonable.
Putting aside his thoughts, Dou Tang drove to the parking lot below the mental hospital. He first looked at the van parked on the side, then stopped his motorcycle, put his helmet on the seat, and strode towards the steps.
As he climbed the steps, he first saw a dark mental hospital, and then a tent with lights on.
He slowly walked to the tent and lifted the tent flap.
Chapter 12 I am human, more ghostly than a ghost
Inside the tent, a hooded man was anxiously fiddling with a computer. Upon noticing Dou Tang enter, he suddenly stood up dramatically and exclaimed, "You, who are you?!"
Dou Tang glanced at him, hissed, and asked, "Where are those people?"
"What? What about those people?" the hooded man replied somewhat flusteredly, then seemed to realize something: "Ah, you mean the senior actors and the others, right? They're recording a show inside. Are you a fan? Or a friend of a fan?"
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