Her Tentacles 57

Chapter 57: Disobedient

Hearing the disgust in her tone, the little octopus’s dark, glistening eyes gradually filled with tears, slowly turning into watery eyes, as if it were about to cry.

Just as it was about to perform a self-washing act for her, a heavy sound came from the stairs near the top floor. Shu Yao immediately stuffed it into her pocket and held her breath, hiding in the shadows.

Thump, thump, thump.

It was the sound of a body, like a leather ball, rolling clumsily down the stairs.

Just hearing the sound made one feel pain all over.

And the rolling sound in the dark was getting closer and closer to where she was, as if it had already discovered her presence. But by the wall where she was hiding, the sound came to an abrupt halt.

In the old, power-cut residential building, in the corridor filled with discarded trash and mottled with small advertisements on the walls, the visitor hiding in the corner and the monster that had long since discovered her arrival, like a mantis stalking a cicada, ambushing nearby—

What a classic horror game chase scene.

Shu Yao thought so, and sure enough, she felt something tugging at her trouser leg.

She lowered her eyes indifferently.

In her field of vision, a person lying horizontally, who had appeared at her feet at some point, their skin bulging all over, so much so that their original form could barely be seen, pulled at the corner of their lips at her, revealing a strange smile. Then, the arc of that smile gradually rose to both sides, and in the almost torn mouth, the green fish eggs parasitizing the cheek meat, the palate, and the throat emitted a faint glow.

The extremely shocking scene, the moment it impacted one’s consciousness, could also transmit the hallucinogenic ability carried by the parasite through this controlled body.

Like a fungal colony in the wild.

The moment one saw them dancing in the wind, emitting a faint glow, the air one inhaled was already filled with their presence.

…

Zzzzz!

Under the influence of the parasite’s ability and the drastically changed magnetic field, the recorder on the woman’s shoulder directly sparked with a poor electrical connection, like a small firework during the New Year, almost about to explode on her shoulder.

And the moment the recorder failed, the body that had been silently approaching her was once again controlled, and more green liquid and fish eggs flowed out, like a ripe bean pod hanging on a branch, which, after cracking open in the middle, rolled out one after another.

The special department personnel who had entered and seen this scene before were all dominated by this scene.

They watched as those fish eggs were washed over by the liquid, at first clinging to the soles of their shoes and trouser legs, but then their throats began to itch, as if they were disgusted by the scene and wanted to vomit something. But with a “wah,” what they spat out after taking off their masks was actually all the same fish eggs.

They didn’t even know when their masks had failed, and that they had already been assimilated into the parasite’s contaminated targets.

But the real contamination.

It began when they were disgusted by the hallucinogenic scene and took off their masks.

And now.

The woman raised her hand and casually took off the damaged recorder on her shoulder and threw it away. The moment the fish eggs in that person’s body burst through the skin and flowed out, the little octopus in her pocket, which had smelled the scent and had been eager to move several times but had been held back, finally received permission again and pounced on this fresh buffet!

Shu Yao even heard it trying to avenge her, deliberately sticking close to this body’s eyes and opening its mouthparts to scare it back with a “Roar!”

“…”

As for whether it achieved the same startling effect…

Uh.

At the same time.

After capturing the image of another special department personnel who had recklessly stepped into its territory through the eyes of that body, the medaka parasite slowly turned around. Although he was sure that this beautiful intruder would definitely die, just in case, he still sent another eight bodies over.

So that he could see what the woman looked like after being parasitized, and he could also bring her back and turn her into his favorite collection—

“Thirty-five… thirty-five…”

He chanted this number and leisurely manipulated the eyes of these still-usable bodies as his new vision. But he didn’t know if it was because their movements were too inflexible, or if there were too many cables and trash blocking the way in this old building, that those bodies would always be tripped unexpectedly.

One after another.

They broke down before they even reached their destination, and their precious offspring fish eggs flowed all over the floor. His vision was once again limited to his hidden little room.

He let out a displeased “tsk.”

Then.

All the pollutants scattered in this residential area moved together, dominated by his will, and arduously repeated with their vocal cords, “Thirty-five, thirty-five—”

The hoarse vocal cords overlapped one after another, creating a zombie siege effect in the residential area in the middle of the night.

Just as he was unable to find anyone for a long time, and his anxiety reached its peak.

“Are you looking for me?”

A cold voice, like jade stones striking each other, sounded close to his ear.

He was stunned and moved, belatedly remembering that there was a ventilation window on the outer wall of the room he was hiding in. Just as he was about to turn his head, his head was fixed by the other’s slender but powerful elbow. At the same time, a weapon colder than the visitor’s voice was pressed against his temple.

…

Patrolling from a high place, the red glimmer of the drone, which was presenting the situation of the residential area in real time, flickered in the dark night sky outside the window, like a demonic and ominous starlight.

Under the starlight.

The woman, who had silently descended from the window and was hidden in the dark, and had also completely controlled the target, only the material of the mask she was wearing was illuminated with a faint cold light by the fish eggs that were falling like clusters of grapes and clinging to the walls of the room.

Her voice, through the mask, went directly into the parasitized man’s ear:

“Although your hallucinogenic effect, compared to hers, is really far behind—”

“But just in case, I still want to know, may I ask, is your ability related to [Styx]?”

He moved his lips, but his throat was choked even tighter.

The laryngeal bone made a sound as if it were about to be crushed.

【Ah, just speak to me in this way. I can hear you,】 Shu Yao thoughtfully switched to the way of communicating with monsters.

【No… no…】

His back was to the woman, his eyes filled with terror.

The next instant.

Bang!

As the special weapon shattered his brain, the strong corrosive components on the bullet quickly spread. As Shu Yao timely let go of his hand, it still spread along her protective suit and mask, which were also made of special materials.

As the parasite melted into a puddle of water, her mask was corroded and half of it broke open. Her originally well-wrapped black protective suit also exposed her entire arm and shoulder.

Fortunately, this terrifying corrosive material had been improved to be harmless to pure human skin.

Otherwise, with such a close-range headshot, Shu Yao probably wouldn’t have been able to escape the fate of being affected.

The broken mask revealed half of her face, and a somewhat helpless expression on it.

I should go back and practice my marksmanship today.

She really couldn’t stand the feeling of having to get up close and personal with these parasites every time.

In the residential area, which had lost its source of pollution, even the originally born, polluting fish eggs began to collapse, turning into green water and flowing down the ceilings and walls, for a time enveloping the entire residential area in a wet scene like a recurring southern day.

Having lost the protection of her mask, and smelling the fishy stench of the water all over the house, Shu Yao decided to go out the window and walk down the outer wall.

Before she left.

She remembered something, turned her head halfway, 【Are you coming home or not?】

Soon, a gurgling sound came from outside the room. In the terrifying building covered in fluorescent green liquid, a bright and cute little octopus lowered its ears and, on a skateboard it had found from somewhere, it sped toward her.

The skateboard wheels broke through the low-lying floorboards filled with green liquid.

When its momentum had slightly stopped.

The little octopus’s tentacles retracted to its side, and it puffed itself up, then quickly launched itself toward her. It was caught in mid-air by Shu Yao, who raised her hand, which was still wearing a tactical glove.

The little octopus raised its tentacles, turned them inside out, and vigorously showed her that it had just washed itself clean and had not been stained with any smell.

But Shu Yao’s eyebrows twitched.

“Your eighth tentacle has grown out, huh? That was fast.”

Then she just casually stuffed the little pet back into her pocket, climbed over the wall using her auxiliary equipment, and went straight down the stairs to the ground.

…

“The thirty-four heavily polluted individuals have also melted?”

Half an hour later.

Shu Yao, who was waiting for the clean-up crew to announce that the pollution had disappeared and the danger had been lifted, heard the head of the logistics team ask with a surprised tone.

“It shouldn’t be,” he stroked his chin and said, “Generally, the human body can play a role in preserving the pollutants of these parasites. It can spread the pollution, and it can also be temporarily preserved for a period of time after the parasite’s main body dies.”

“This time, Team Leader Shu directly eliminated the parasite. I thought there would be samples to send to the research department. I’ve already reported the numbers. How did they all melt?”

Shu Yao’s expression was blank.

But her hand, which was in her pocket and was constantly squeezing the little octopus to prevent it from slipping out and making a scene, couldn’t help but squeeze its round, chubby head at this moment.

It hadn’t been long since she had found the parasite and eliminated it. How did it eat everything?

What kind of glutton was her pet?

However, the little octopus couldn’t feel her surprise. Having regained its vitality, it happily interacted with its generous feeder. Because it disliked Shu Yao’s tactical gloves getting in the way, it used the fangs in its mouthparts to carefully cut along her fingertips—

Then it squeezed its soft and slender tentacles into the gloves and pressed them against her skin.

One by one, its suckers sucked on her fingers, the sides of her fingers, and finally, around the gaps between her fingers, leaving deep and shallow round marks on the connected parts of her fingers.

The cool, soft, and sticky feeling was in sharp contrast to the warm and dry skin of a human.

Shu Yao: “!”

For some reason.

She had the illusion of being undressed in public and having her sensitive areas secretly played with.

Just then, the flower fish, who had just been wandering around the residential area and hadn’t encountered any monsters, and was feeling bored, came over and asked her in a low voice:

“Team leader, why are you suddenly blushing?”

Because of this.

For the next few days, Shu Yao followed the field team on their missions. Every day, she would be particularly active in entering the parasite’s lairs alone, but she had a longer chain on her.

Whenever the little octopus tried to pull on the chain and run further to chase after food—

The long chain would be pulled back inch by inch.

Shu Yao smiled at it through her mask, watching the little octopus, whose skin around its dark eyes had turned deep red due to its fierce appetite, like a hungry puppy. She deliberately extended her fingertips.

【Overeating is not good for your health.】

She taught it, her fingertips pushing aside the little octopus’s tentacles, and following its soft skin, she touched its mouthparts hidden under its abdomen. And in order not to hurt her skin, the little octopus could only try its best to retract its sharp, bared fangs.

But this bad human was not grateful, and even had to use her black-gloved fingertips to touch its teeth. In this repeated probing, she confirmed again and again that it would not lose control due to its frantic hunger and bite its master one day.

By repeatedly pulling the little octopus back from the brink of losing control, and holding it down when it was eating most happily, Shu Yao slowly pulled herself out of that nightmare.

She could, she could do it.

She wouldn’t let those scenes happen. Even if this octopus with a strange diet really evolved into the next Monarch Slayer, she wouldn’t be afraid—

The moment the little octopus couldn’t hold back and bit through the material of her glove again, its fangs pressing against her finger, Shu Yao timely used her [Mental Control] ability to freeze its next action.

After confirming that it had no resistance to her ability, Shu Yao turned it over and, like rubbing a kitten’s belly, she casually rubbed its abdominal skin with her fingertips.

【You were very disobedient today.】

She said, 【How should I punish you?】