Chapter: 8 INJECTING HYDRA’S BLOOD

In the dimly lit laboratory, the Dr. Stylish stands behind a thick glass partition, his eyes fixed intently on the scene unfolding before him.

His lab assistant carefully prepares the three-year-old child for the experimental procedure.

[DR. STYLISH POV]

I watch as my assistant takes the clothes off from the child and straps various instruments for detecting them and recording the all data inputs from the following experiment.

'Hmm, let's see how many seconds this child can hold himself from exploding like other test subjects'

I thought, clearly ready to see the gore and blood that will appear a few minutes later in the experimentation chamber.

The assistant showed me a hand sign, asking my permission to inject the serum, which I replied with a head nod.

Observing the timer below the boy's vital signs, I noted that his vital signs were still stable after 10 seconds.

Right after one minute had elapsed, noticeable signs of the boy's injury recovery became apparent.

Just as expected from the blood of the most powerful regenerative Danger beast Hydra.

'And it seems the child is also starting to wake up.' I thought as I saw a slight trembling of the child's eyelids.

"Better than the previous batch, it seems. At least this little bug has some decency to not waste this 'STYLISH AND BEAUTIFUL' person's time."

I mumbled, feeling a little good after the previous failing experiments.

[After 3 minutes]

Now fully awake, the child was thrashing in the chamber, unable to grasp the extent of his physical agony.

"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The child's screams were just passing through my ears, but I was not paying attention to that.

"Did this little shit just withheld the most amount of time in holding Hydra's blood than the other test subjects from the past few months?"

I said, slowly clenching my fist, a sense of joy rising from my inner depths.

"Ha haha hahaha! Assistant record all data now. If a single piece of information is messed up from this test subject, I will personally detach your head and feed it to danger beasts," I said in a microphone, my voice loud and clear to the assistant. Threat is clear in my voice.

[After 10 minutes]

"AHHHHHHHHH%#%@%$@$" 

Black gooey liquid substance has started to come out of the boy's body. The boy's horrifying screams of agony sound in my ears for the past 7 minutes.

Who would have thought there was a treasure hidden in the trash? It seems like today is the day when my luck has finally started to shine. Ahn! The boy possesses the potential to successfully adapt to my serum, created using Hydra's blood.

Now I just have to wait for this boy to fully accept Hydra's blood in his veins ,

but a sense of dread is also present in my feelings of joy because the change in blood is the most dangerous part of this process in which the true test of this boy's will to live will be seen.

[After 20 minutes]

"#%%@%#%#%@" The child roars his voice like a dreadful beast.

Suddenly, the child's body convulses with violent spasms, and the Dr. Stylish breath catches in his throat as he witnesses a startling transformation.

Some of the child's limbs elongate and contort, taking on a grotesque, bestial appearance that defies all logic and reason.

[After 30 minutes]

"Ahhhh%@$$@"

 the boy's screams have started to die down, the boy's body is now covered in pieces of flesh and blood.

The changes in regarding the beast's transformation are now all gone except the child's beastly eyes.

But the most noticeable changes are blue veins of blood vessels were spread all over the boy's body. It seems the Hydra's blood has started to dominate his human's blood.

"Just resist you dumba$s!! Don't fail! Keep fighting for life!!" I shouted loudly into the microphone of the lab. My voice expressed worry and dread, not for the boy's safety, but out of fear of the experiment failing.

This boy just had to live on for 30 more minutes and his body will adapt to the changes and he will live and make my dreams come true.

[After 50 minutes] 

".....@...$....." mumbled boy incoherent words coming out of his mouth that had haggard after shouting for past minutes,

his tongue had several bite marks inflicted by himself during these past 20 minutes. 

'It seems like this boy had an incredible will because after 30 minutes the boy's body had stopped all response and was close to shutting itself down, but the boy bit his tongue in order to not let his body shut.' I said my words full of jubilation 

Now only 10 minutes are left and this will be not much difficult because major changes are already over and the boy is out of danger zone now.

[After 1 hours]

'...'

I was standing still scratching my head, contemplating where did the experimentation go wrong.

Everything was going well past 50 minutes, but after 50 minutes, the child started thrashing around, scratching his arm, then his face and then his whole body like a wild rabid animal.

Blood had started to come out as a result of his constant scratching and his hair started to fall,

His body started convulsing and skin started to look ugly with red spots all over his body except for his arms.

which eerily looked beautiful because they looked milky white and tender. That will make anyone think these beautiful hands belonged to an unearthly beautiful person.

'Let's go and check the test subject's condition and see whether I can make use of his blood to make less harmful healing pills with powerful regenerative powers or not.' 

I said in my mind while making my way to the other side of the observation glass.

[ONE WEEK LATER]

"It seems the experiment has failed…..." I said while looking at the ugly thing that was inside the antiseptic tank that contains test subjects.

Various mechanical instruments and research documents were laying on the ground, a testament to my hard work over whole weeks of studying this specimen.

But the end, results of this study were not great.

"The subject's blood, which is now Hydra's blood, is corroding his body from inside out and henceforth the side-effects that are all over his body."

While observing the specimen, I quietly remarked on its unsightly features - no hair on the eyebrows, numerous red spots on the body, and skin that looked like crumpled paper. I started recording the data in the research documents.

But not everything has failed, 

first of all, I had tested the subject's regenerative powers, and it was working ….. although the subject's injuries were healing at a very slow rate compared to Hydra's regenerative powers.

'It is probably due to human anatomy, a human's body can not fully adapt to the blood of a 'Special class Danger beast'.

I have to research to negate the effects of this serum for a long time, then only I can implement this experiment on other test subjects,'

I thought, while refocusing my mind on the topic related to the subject.

"The subject will die after approximately 15 years because his body can't hold Hydra's blood, so I should just make it's worth by constantly extracting its blood for his remaining his life span and research its components for making pills."

I said in a cold voice but a regrettable expression that I cannot make further use of this specimen to expand my ambitions further

'I have to keep him in anaesthetic state and inject drugs in order to make use of this specimen to its full extent,' I thought while closing near the antiseptic tank.

While approaching, I noticed the subject's fingertips moving slightly, still retaining an eerie beauty. I must study why only his hands remained unaffected by the strange mutation.

As the subject opened its eyes, I say the subject in quiet but polite manner.

"Hello little friend."

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