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Ep. 62

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Suddenly William woke up.

Someone didn't wake him up on purpose.

This is because I felt a vibration from something covering my body.

'Where?'

When he opened his eyes, lukewarm liquid tickled his eyes. I blinked a few times and my eyes gradually got used to it.

Currently, he was wearing a respirator and immersing himself in the treatment in a recovery capsule.

'You're not dead.'

When he attempted suicide, William was prepared to die. This was because Noble Capital messed up the welcoming ceremony for Prime Capital.

The city's owner, Lyla Chamberlain, was a reasonable person, but she was not entirely benevolent.

Originally, William should have had his brain removed alive, rather than waking up in a recovery capsule like he does now.

However, the reason he was still in the hospital was because Denver protected him.

That means his plan was half successful.

'Do you really understand what I mean?' Boom The healing fluid surrounding him

shook

again. It was because the treatment liquid, or rather the entire healing capsule he was in, was shaken by something.

'what?'

It can't be an earthquake. There is no way that sentient activity can exist in an artificial structure floating in the weightless space of space.

Boom

This is a vibration that occurred inside the hospital. Something heavy is shaking the hospital.

'no way?' William

Kung

felt his blood run cold. The fact that there was an object large enough to shake the hospital moving around this night meant only one thing.

"It" came to him. The

thumping

vibration gets louder. It's getting closer to him.

At that time, the intensive care unit door opened and a person wearing silver armor rushed inside.

I couldn't see his expression because of the armor, but I could guess how he was feeling as he looked around the room frantically.

Meanwhile, the driver saw William waking up in the healing capsule and came closer. When he operated the terminal, the treatment liquid escaped through the hole inside the capsule.

"Are you awake?"

William, who came out of the capsule, nodded. The technician handed the naked man a patient gown.

"I don't know what happened in this hospital, but an unknown creature is attacking us."

"…."

William knew who the monster was chasing, but he could not answer.

There are still parasites left in the head. Parasites cause pain if you act or think impurely about them. The higher the level of profanity, the more intense the pain.

If he told the driver about the existence of parasites, it was obvious that the pain he had caused so far would be a level of pain that could be considered a joke. In this situation, fainting due to parasites would only make the situation worse.

It's a pity, but the only thing he can do is remain silent.

"…What happened to the people in the hospital?"

"All my comrades were killed by that guy. "Maybe the people in this hospital…"

Although he didn't say anything, William could understand.

"Central AI must have sensed a crisis and called the police. I also already requested support. We must hold out until they come."

"…okay."

William felt a sense of déjà vu. There was a similar situation before.

Battle in the apartment. Even then, he and the android thought they could win without much difficulty.

So what is the result? After losing all his colleagues, only one police officer was left, becoming a puppet.

THWACK

Then a loud noise was heard from the other side of the door.

The guy came to the door.

The Silver Knight stood in front of William and took out his weapon. He was holding a plasma bolter in one hand and wearing a blade claw in the other.

William, a former soldier, knew very well what type of weapon the Blade Claw was.

Blade Claw is a reinforced version of Sonic Blade with two ultra-vibrating saws attached to the back of the hand. It is much heavier than the Sonic Blade, but its durability and cutting power are superior, so it is mainly used by soldiers wearing reinforced suits and Hulk mutants.

If it were any other creature, William wouldn't be worried, but the problem is that the enemy the knight is dealing with is "that."

'Getting into close combat with him is suicidal.'

William, who had fought monsters before, was confident that the knight would never win.

'If we go outside, he won't be able to run wild. 'Because he cares about what people think.'

He had been a slave to monsters for a while, so he knew what monsters feared.

The clever monster knew that it could not win if it started an all-out war against the city, so it worked in secret. Usually, he only ate the food provided by William and occasionally killed only those who attacked or chased him.

Of course, that terrible hunting for food only took place in the early morning when there were no people around.

That's why William tried to call the driver and ask him to jump out the window.

Surely a lot of citizens would be hurt, but it was better than him losing his life. It was obvious that more damage would occur if William died.

But there was something he didn't know.

What is the current status of the monster?

With a loud noise, the steel door was torn off like paper blown by the wind. Half of the wall collapsed, and dust rose from the place.

"You're here!"

The dust made William narrow his eyes. Standing on top of the collapsed rubble was a man wearing armor identical to that of the Silver Knight.

'what?'

no. To be precise, he appeared to be standing. The other person was hanging in the air as if he had been caught by something.

"Charlie!"

"I can't run away…ugh!"

The man, called Charlie, tried to say something but couldn't. His body twisted grotesquely, and a cracking sound was heard from his armor.

Charlie's body, which was screaming desperately, was soon torn into three pieces. Bright red blood mixed with internal and bone fragments fell down.

'Oh my god…'

Some of the blood from the corpse flowed down to the floor on something invisible in the air. Only then did William understand why the knight did not run away.

I don't know what "it" did, but it was currently in a state of invisibility.

And that is at a level that can only be realized with very advanced technology.

Even William, who had good eyesight, barely recognized the guy because of the blood. If you go outside, the general public won't know it exists.

"this! "Get down!"

"!"

The knight grabbed William's head and applied strength. Thanks to this, William was barely able to bow his head in time. Just in the nick of time, something passed over his head.

I don't know what he was swinging, but his weapon seemed to be of enormous size. Not only the healing capsules in the intensive care unit but also the entire wall was cut off.

Because of its attack, all the people in other healing capsules were cut in half. The floor was filled with pink liquid due to the treatment liquid mixed with blood.

"shit! I'll stop him, so do whatever you can to survive until help arrives! "You must tell His Majesty!"

"I am…!"

"Please!"

The knight did not listen to William's answer and rushed at the invisible monster.

–

'It's pretty good.'

He was just swinging his tail to kill William, but the knight got in the way. Perhaps thanks to the sensing equipment built into the reinforced suit, the knights were accurately aware of my movements.

"Anywhere is fine, so run away quickly!"

"Tsk! Damn it!"

At the knight's words, William ran out between the collapsed walls. I have no intention of letting it escape. I swung my tail towards his leg.

"Where!"

My intention to tear William's limbs apart was thwarted by the plasma bullet fired by the knight.

This was because he fired his bolter at the same time I swung my tail, causing the tail's trajectory to deviate to a different direction.

The poisonous sting at the end of the tail stuck in the wall of the hallway instead of William's side. William was startled and ran away, covering his head with both hands.

"Hwaaaaaap!"

Since the tail failed, I tried to finish it off with the spine, but I got in the way again. The knight shouted in unison and rammed into me with all his strength on his shoulders.

The weight of the reinforced suit weighs over several hundred kg, plus the propulsion generated by a power source that produces an output comparable to that of a small spacecraft.

The result of these two forces combined was truly terrifying. So much so that my body, which weighs more than twice as much as the reinforced suit, collapsed.

The technician's rush not only pushed me down the hallway, but also pushed me into the patient room on the other side of the intensive care unit.

When the wall of the room collapsed, the patients and doctors on duty who had been hiding inside ran outside in shock.

"Kyaaaah!"

"Save people!"

My appearance is currently invisible to others, but I cannot let them run away. A spike was fired from the tip of my lower left arm, piercing those who turned their backs.

"Keck!"

"evil!"

Unfortunately, I can only kill three people at a time with the spines.

One survivor ran away at a speed that made you wonder if a patient could run that fast.

'Where's William?'

While I was holding on to the survivors, William had already moved away from me. After confirming that he had disappeared beyond the emergency stairs, I turned my head again and faced the driver.

The technician did not take any action, as if he had no intention of protecting the patients. In fact, they even kicked and pushed the corpses lying on the floor as if they were in the way.

"You sacrificed innocent victims. "You evil monster!"

The knight's actions did not match his words at all, but it was not particularly strange.

Egerton's Knights are knights in name only, but in reality they are a special unit made up of upper-class Megacorp members.

The honor they talk about is for building a positive image externally and has nothing to do with reality.

They probably know that the patients staying at this hospital are low class, so they treat them like that.

'But that's all food.'

Looking at the article, which seemed to have had no training in how to prepare for the dinner table, I calculated the remaining time.

'There are about 8 minutes left until the effect ends.'

As time passed, I tried to kill William first, but the knight kept bothering me. Sensing my gaze, the knight activated the blade claw mounted on his arm.

'Blade Chlora.'

Under normal circumstances, Plasma Bolt is of course a much superior weapon, but in limited situations like now, Blade Claw is not a bad weapon either. This is because, like the Sonic Blade, the Blade Claw is a weapon specialized for destroying enemy armor with high defense.

If I want to damage my outer skin, I have no choice but to use a weapon with more firepower than a plasma launcher or a weapon with high cutting power like a blade claw.

"die!"

The knight charged at me, firing a check with his bolter.

A plasma bullet flew towards the tentacle under my chin.

I don't know if it was aimed, but the auxiliary organs have not been strengthened. I crossed my upper combat arms to block the plasma bullets.

Meanwhile, the knight who approached me slashed upward with his blade claw from the bottom.

The part he was aiming for was not my head, but my fighting arms. Two saw blades cut through the air with a vicious sound.

I took a step back, widened the distance, and swung my arms as shields against the two flying saw blades.

Sparks fly as the ultra-vibrating saw blade collides with the outer shell, which is more durable than alloy.

He calmly pointed his bolter at me from close range without any sign of surprise.

His composure was admirable, but his intentions were unlikely to succeed. Because I still have a lot of weapons left.

My tail cut through the darkness and dust and aimed for his waist.

"Huh?!"

Instead of firing the bolter, the knight twisted his waist and barely avoided it.

I quickly caught his hand holding the bolter with my fighting arm before he could fall back.

"dare!"

He must have thought I was trying to force a contest, so he tightened the arm holding the bolter. His strength improved due to the effect of the reinforced clothing, so his strength was no less than mine.

The combined weight of the two weighed over a ton and pressed down on the hospital floor without moving.

As the concrete floor cracked due to our fight, he grabbed my arm with his other arm. He's probably going to push me away.

But he is mistaken. My intention is not to engage in a power struggle with him.

The arms behind my back flew into his shoulders.

"Keuuk!"

The bone blade attached to the arm on his back pierced the knight's body.

The length of the blade should be at least 50cm. The blade was so stuck that it couldn't be seen, so the knight's insides must have been completely reduced to nothing.

I shook his arm around his back a few times to make his wounds worse, then pulled him out. The enemy seemed to no longer have the strength to stand and sat down on the floor.

"His Highness will forgive you…."

There is no time to listen to his will to the end. I kicked his head while he was on his knees.

Even if the entire body is armored with thick armor, the neck and joints cannot be covered with alloy. The driver fell backwards along with the sound made when the rubber ball exploded.

The corpse of the fallen knight had a neck that was more than twice as long as when it was alive.

'I have to eat everything here and then go.'

To maximize the effect of the symbol of hunting, you must consume all the genetic essence.

'Anyway, William can't escape as long as there are parasites.'

The parasite is speaking. William never left this hospital.

I diligently stuffed the corpses into my mouth while checking his movements. Some were delicious and some were not, but since I didn't have much time, it was difficult to enjoy the meal.

Every time I finished eating, the text box kept popping up, but I ignored it. I don't have time now, so I plan to check later.

'Because we don't need new characteristics right away.'

When a characteristic is not acquired, the time it takes for it to be automatically canceled is 10 minutes. There is still time to choose characteristics.

Fortunately, the corpse of an ordinary person was only wearing a patient's gown, so it was easily overlooked. Thanks to this, the meal ended earlier than expected.

'It only took 2 minutes?'

The remaining time for metal absorption will be about 10 minutes at most. That's enough time to catch William and go back.

'Then let's go.'

The signal was coming from upstairs. I led my huge body and set out to find the traitor.

–

"Huh, huh, huh…"

William sighed heavily and leaned his body almost against the cabinet. The wind caused the cleaning tools inside to spill out.

William held in his hand the high pressure washer used by androids. It was a very poor weapon to use against that monster, but it could not be helped.

In the first place, it was unclear whether it would be possible to swing this at the monster. Because the parasite was still alive and well in his head.

"Damn…"

William mocked himself.

In the meantime, he was loyal to Megacorp.

Therefore, he was closer to a person who catches people doing bad things rather than a person who does bad things.

Of course, Megacorp was a group that was far from the corrupt social justice that caused suffering to many people.

I don't know if a person who is loyal to such an organization can really be called just, but at least William believed that his beliefs were worth protecting.

However, even his beliefs were powerless in the face of a disaster that no single individual could handle.

He was a brave soldier who was not afraid of death, but that monster was something else. A terrible fear suffocated him and awakened the primal emotions that had been dormant in his heart.

The feeling of 'fear'.

"…."

William held his trembling thighs together.

Just a little while ago, I could hear the androids making a fuss outside, but now it was quiet.

He held his breath and put his ear to the door. I could hear the patient muttering in the hallway.

Perhaps because it was blocked by a door, the voice was muffled, like it was coming from a broken radio.

Seeing that there were survivors, he must have gone to another floor. On that basis, I couldn't hear his heavy footsteps.

'Now is your chance.'

William carefully opened the door.

What greeted him as he came out of the tool room was a ruined hallway. All the lights on the ceiling were destroyed, and some of them occasionally sparkled and glowed.

The patient beds placed in the hallway were completely bent or broken, as if they had received a strong impact from something.

He was the only person on the hallway that was so damaged that it was impossible to find a clean image of the hospital.

"I found it…"

Then I heard the voice again.

Only then did he realize who the owner of the voice he had heard was. He thought he couldn't hear the sound because it was blocked by the door, but that wasn't the case.

That voice was like that originally.

A strange voice filled with static, as if coming from a broken radio.

"It" was waiting for him to come out in front of the door.

William closed his eyes tightly.

As soon as his eyes closed, his body was torn in two by something transparent.