067

Ep. 67

I woke up to the feeling of waves churning around my body.

'How long did I sleep?'

When I saw the light coming through the tiny gap in the manhole, it seemed like it was daytime. As I focused on the auxiliary organs, I could hear people moving around on the ground.

'It's a good thing Aimorph doesn't have a nose.'

Fortunately or unfortunately, none of the members here have a nose. Gallagon's nose and mouth have been replaced with tentacles, and No. 26 has no head.

I also have an auxiliary organ under my chin that serves as a sense organ.

What should we say about the olfactory information that we receive as an auxiliary organ? It feels like each odor component is analyzed and recognized individually.

For example, what is the percentage of ammonia and how much is nitrate in the sediments flowing here?

'…Let's stop thinking about dirty thoughts.'

I shook my head, shook off the useless thoughts, and stood up.

Number 26 and Adhai can be seen sleeping nearby. Aadhai was sleeping with his head on No. 26, and No. 26 was in a sleeping state, emitting a soft light from its body.

'Because he lived in the water.'

To me, it looks like an absolutely miserable place, but to him, it feels like a comfortable place.

Without waking them up, I walked through the passage.

'The size of the sewer pipe is about 6m in diameter.'

Even when I raise my body, I see that there is a lot of space left over my head, so I guess it will be about that much. Even if I use the symbol of hunting, I don't think I'll be able to reach my head just in the nick of time.

'Now that I think about it, I applied the trait before going to sleep. Should I check it?'

I was so tired that I couldn't even check it properly and just passed it on. I activated the textbox.

｢Species: Unidentified hostile space organism

Status: Subadult (Transcendence Stage 1)

Goal: Survive (successfully evolve twice).

Possessed characteristics

① Body-related (type in effect): Wings (unusable) Regenerative power (fusion) Neurotoxin gland (fusion) Acid blood mimicry organ (fusion) (unusable) Vampiric tentacles (fusion) Thorn hair shooting tail (fusion) Beast's Claws, jaw strength, metal absorption, complete organism (only), breath of fire, endurance, pheromone enhancement

② Superpower-related (type being applied): Predator sense (fusion) Monster's tentacles (fusion) Human nature, clairvoyance, psychic resistance Insight

③ Infection-related: Parasitic colony (fusion) Universe Bacteria

Type: Body Enhancement Type Superpower Enhancement Type

*A new unread message has arrived. Would you like to view it?

'Huh?'

As I checked the text box, a new feature caught my eye.

'Vampire tentacles? Was it the vampiric trait that I gained?'

I just checked that it wasn't a trait that had a negative effect during half-asleep and passed on it, but the result wasn't as bad as I thought.

The 'Vampirism' trait is not that rare in the game. Just as in reality, there are many creatures that suck the bodily fluids of other animals.

'The effect of the vampire trait becomes stronger in proportion to the size.'

Even though Aadhai is about 50cm long, it can suck the entire blood of an adult male in 10 minutes.

Even the ones with small tentacle suckers can reach that speed. If I had a larger absorption organ, I would be able to absorb blood more quickly.

I pulled the vampire tentacle out of my arm. A red tentacle protruded from the palm hole of the upper fighting arm.

Previously, the saw blades were arranged neatly throughout the tentacle, but now instead of the saw blades, new suction cups have been formed on the inner surface, like the legs of an octopus.

If you look at the sucker, you can see that there were sharp teeth sticking out inside, like the mouth of a lamprey eel.

'It has suction cups so you can use it to stick to the wall.'

When playing the game, the vampire tentacles were used for other purposes rather than for sucking blood.

It was mainly used to erase traces by sucking all the blood from corpses and to climb buildings using tentacles with suckers.

'First of all, it's a good thing because vampire tentacles are a highly useful trait. And…'

For some reason, a new message has arrived again. I checked the message.

｢List of 'Transcendence' ingredients: Mimicry Organ Pheromone Enhanced Clairvoyant Hallucination (not acquired)｣ The

newly arrived message contained information about the new Transcendence trait.

'It's a characteristic created by combining four characteristics.'

A complete organism is a unique trait created by combining three of the body-related traits into a transcendental system. Unlike before, what came out this time seems to be a characteristic created by mixing two physical classes and two psychic classes.

'I can't get hallucinations here.'

The hallucination trait can only be obtained from Redmist genetic essence. Redmist is a creature that only lives on ancient ruin planets and jungle planets, so it does not exist here.

'Even if I have it, I won't be able to make it right now.'

Even if you acquire hallucination, it cannot be combined into transcendence until you acquire two psychic abilities. If you do that, your type will disappear.

Let's keep the information about the new transcendence in a corner of our heads.

'Let's take a look around.'

We need to check if there is a safer place than where we are and if there are any dangerous elements nearby.

As I was moving through the current, my auxiliary organ caught something. Something was moving in the black water.

I swung my vampire tentacles, grabbed the object, and pulled it out. A creature with a long, pure white body fluttered around, caught by my tentacles.

'It's a corpse catfish.'

Corpse catfish are scavengers that eat large and small by-products that flow into sewers.

It's not just dirty water that comes into Megacorp's sewers.

Facilities that cater to the sadistic desires of Megacorp citizens often secretly flush the remains and by-products of 'hired workers' into the sewers.

Because the byproducts are bulky, they cannot be treated in sewage treatment plants.

So we need to use these disgusting creatures to shrink them down to size.

'He was a guy who sometimes posted hateful pictures on the community.'

It looks so disgusting that the average person would get sick of it when they see it.

Of course, I have no intention of throwing away the intact genetic essence without eating it. I took a big bite of the carcass catfish.

Honestly, the taste was so-so. The texture was crumbly and the juice that flowed out had a sour, unpleasant taste. Actually, it would be strange if creatures that live in sewers and eat corpses taste good.

'I think we should focus on providing nutrition.'

To be honest, it was a bit scary to think that I would have to eat only these things for a while, but it was better than nothing. If you eat it again, you might get new genetic essence.

'Corpse catfish have infection-related characteristics, so I'll have to aim for that.'

I put the catfish in my mouth and started moving again.

–

"Nothing was found on the subway?"

"Keuhum yeah yep. majesty!"

"Vice-captain. "Is that true?"

"According to what the members said, they only discovered a secret passage that was believed to have been used by a monster."

"That's it!"

Two days have passed since the tragedy occurred at the hospital.

There is one day left until the board meeting, but no progress has been made at all.

Lila, who had been briefing with Denver until just now, left to greet the newly arrived guest of honor.

Thanks to this, the district general security team leader was able to avoid the humiliation of being dragged away by security guards while reporting.

Major problems have arisen one after another over the past few days, including a smuggling incident and the death of a missing criminal and police officer, but the head of the district general security team has not reported any of them. This was because I thought that if Lila found out that something like this had happened before the board meeting, she would not let it go.

If Denver had not been collecting relevant information, the cases would have been buried forever in the security cabinet.

Laila, the city's general manager, was extremely angry at the fact that she had heard about the accusations from an outsider, not even an insider.

She left the conference room, declaring that upon her return she would replace all officials on the security team.

Denver clicked his tongue as he watched the district security team leader repeatedly wiping sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"District general security team leader."

"yes!"

"If you want to preserve your position. I think it would be good to focus a little more on work. "Your master is a merciful man, but he is not a patient person."

"That's right."

"If you want to volunteer in the entertainment district, I won't stop you."

"Oh no!"

Denver, who warned the security team leader, stroked his chin.

'The monster is intelligent, so it must have known what we were searching for.'

This guy even uses secret passages to avoid being caught by people. You should not think of them as ordinary beasts.

"Hmm, let me think about it. What if it was a beast with a human head? "Then how do you think you will act?"

"Are you talking about the Hulk mutant?"

"no. These guys are stupid. I guess you're smarter than that. Crisis Management Team Leader, is there anything that comes to mind?"

Denver asked a question to the crisis management team leader who was also participating in the meeting. The head of the crisis management team, Hwang In, a man with thick lines and a strong appearance, thought for a moment and answered Denver's question.

"Even if I got out of the station, I wouldn't have gotten far. "If you guess based on the information submitted by the Silver Lion Knights, it's not that big."

"yes."

"So, why don't we compare the map and its movements and see if there's a place to hide around the station?"

"It's not a bad idea. Then, let's take a look at the map first. "Please ask the security team leader."

"Yes yep!"

The district general security team leader quickly manipulated the terminal pad and displayed a map image of the city on the conference room wall.

Denver looked at the map carefully and tilted his head.

"Look."

"yes?"

"What are all the lines next to those tracks?"

"Oh, that marks the sewer passage. "You don't have to worry too much."

"sewer?"

Denver called the crisis management team leader again.

"I heard that you personally went out with your subordinates and led the search. "Were there any places near the station near the sewer?"

"It's hard for me to see the sewer since it's an underground facility… ah."

"Why are you doing that?"

"Now that I think about it, I remember that the manhole covers around some stations had different shapes."

"manhole?"

"I can answer that."

"Tell me."

"The part of the manhole connected to the sewer is square in shape. "Maybe what the crisis management team leader saw was a manhole connected to a sewer."

"What the security team leader said is correct."

"hmm."

Denver's eyes lit up at the words of the two team leaders.

"Just ask the members of the vice-captain. "I wonder if there was a square manhole near the station where the fire broke out."

"All right. majesty."

"Do you think, Your Highness, that he went into hiding in the sewers?"

"I think that's a possibility if it's close to the station."

"But sewer structures are much more complex than subway tracks. There is a high possibility that another accident will occur before we find him."

"I think so too!"

The crisis management team leader calmly expresses his opinion, and the district general security team leader not to be outdone.

'How do I do it?'

Denver didn't really care whether its citizens died or not. Even if hundreds or thousands of citizens died, it would be beneficial for him to capture that monster alive.

But if he says that out loud, the positive image he has built so far will literally fall into ruin.

"Then how about trying this?"

"How do you mean?"

"Why don't we try to bring him out rather than looking for him ourselves?"

"You mean a decoy operation? But how do you plan to bring him out?"

"It's almost certain that it eats people. In that case, wouldn't it be okay to provide food here?"

"You're talking about using the resources of the entertainment district."

"That's right. "Prepare a trap in the sewer and then lure him out and kill him."

It was clear that monsters were as smart as humans.

But he is not human.

Having high intelligence and knowing detailed information about a city are two different things. Unless it is a human residing in this city, it is unlikely that it would find it strange to see food coming into the sewers.

It may seem strange at first, but if food continues to come in, it will no doubt ease its suspicions.

The crisis management team leader nodded at Denver's opinion, probably thinking it was a good strategy.

"We will have to review it with the head of the human resources management team, but I think we can accept about 200 people without difficulty."

"It would be nice if I could get more."

"I'll take care of that part!"

"Oh good. That's the momentum. "Security team leader."

It was an insane plan to feed 200 innocent people to a man-eating monster, but no one here thought it was strange.

Those 'employed' by Megacorp are not 'humans'.

They are classified as administrative resources. A common resource that can be slaughtered or killed as needed.

If we can catch that monster with just 200 human resources, it will be a business for everyone here. It's good for Denver because they've captured the monster, and it's good for the two team leaders because they've eliminated the element of anxiety about the city's security.

"very good. Then, once the vice-captain confirms, we will begin the operation right away."

"All right."

"Security Team Leader, if this operation is successful, I will ask the general manager for leniency."

"Are you sure? I will do my best!"

"It's okay to call it 'Operation Your Highness,' but since it is about managing the military, I think it would be good to have a name for the operation. Please decide."

"Can I decide?"

"There is no one in the military who does not respect you. "We would be honored if you decided."

Denver thought for a moment. Now that I think about it, Lila said to him before.

What is that invisible evil spirit?

Denver recalled that memory and opened his mouth.

"How about this? Hunting evil spirits."

"It's evil spirit hunting. great. "We will exorcise that invisible evil spirit!"

"Very exciting! ha ha ha."

Everything is going according to his plan. Denver burst out laughing with genuine joy.

'He's mine!'

The family's long-cherished wish is just around the corner. Denver smiled and secretly clenched his fists.

It was as if he would never let go of the monster he had captured.

.

.

.

20 Advanced Chapters are currently available in Patreon, make sure to visit and support our team.

PATREON:

patreon.com/Immortal_author

KO-FI:

https://ko-fi.com/immortalauthor

DISCORD:

https://discord.gg/KscfBegBPT