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"…."

Normally, it would be time to chatter and enjoy looting. But no one opened their mouth.

This is because of Elchen, who is roaring like an angry bull behind him.

Elchen, who lost his precious battleship in an instant, was struggling to somehow let go of his anger and regain his senses. The subordinate approached him hesitantly.

"Two bosses."

"what?"

"A person was caught in the biodetector. "They say it's in the captain's cabin."

"however?"

"That door is blocked, so I think we'll have to break through."

"Fuck you, do you get permission from me when you pee?"

"Oh no!"

It meant that you should take care of it yourself. The subordinate prepared to break through the door with his colleagues.

The demolition worker released the plasma cutter from his back and assembled it. He fixed the assembled plasma cutter in front of the door and operated the terminal connected to the machine.

The cutter activated and began shooting green light. A highly concentrated mass of energy tore a hole in a heavy door over 50cm thick.

As thick smoke filled the hallway, the door to the captain's cabin was opened. One pirate raised his head to look inside, and a bullet came from inside.

"Keck!"

"Fuck you! "Everyone hide!"

Starting with the pirate falling with a hole in his head, bullets rained down inside the captain's cabin.

The pirates took cover behind the wall and each took out their weapons. As they were about to counterattack, Elchen came forward.

"Move. "You fucking bastards."

Thanks to genetic modification, his skin became hard enough to not show even a scratch unless he was hit directly by a plasma launcher. In the heavy rain of bullets, Elchen walked leisurely as if he had just gone for a walk.

When he held the hole in the melted door and applied force, the 50cm thick steel door bent like dough. Showing off his terrifying strength, he entered the captain's cabin and began the massacre.

"Aaaah!"

"Monster!"

Every time Elchen's fist cut through the wind, the crew members turned into pieces of meat. The men provided covering fire to the enemy while the leader went on a rampage.

The crew members in the captain's cabin turned into corpses in the blink of an eye, and only one person remained. He shouted as Elchen approached to finish him off.

"Now wait a minute! Ha, I surrender!"

"surrender? "Our Dvara Cartel doesn't accept that."

"I am the head of this ship's medical team! It will definitely help!"

At those words, Elchen relaxed his fist.

"doctor?"

"yes yes."

"Where is the captain going and is the doctor in the captain's cabin?"

Come to think of it, the captain was not among the people he destroyed.

"That damn dog…keheum, Captain has gone to board the escape ship."

"Escape ship? "You abandoned your crew and ran away?"

"I don't know if we got out safely, but anyway."

The medical team leader must have felt quite betrayed and was shaking, but did not hide his anger. As things became complicated, Elchen became irritated.

The battleship was damaged, and anyone who knew the whereabouts of the bodies had gone to board an escape ship. Elchen considered killing the medical team leader, but changed his mind.

"hey. "Smart guy."

"Yes yep?"

"You're a doctor, so you know where the body is, right?"

"Oh, that's right."

"What is it? They said Noble Capital's body is here. Where is it?"

"…."

Even the medical team leader doesn't know where Yujin Kisaragi's body is.

But he lied because he didn't think he would be able to see the sun tomorrow if he told him honestly.

"The monster has it!"

"That bastard again? "What are you doing with a corpse like a monster?"

"It eats people."

That meant that Elchen did not have much time left. Elchen clicked his tongue and called his men together.

"hey. The doctor said that the monster has a body. Since we don't have enough time to crowd around and search for them all, we spread out and search. Do you understand?"

"yes!"

"That bastard is not an average person, so go with at least 6 people. And if there is a problem, report it immediately through the communicator. "I will personally break the heads of those who misbehave."

"yep! boss!"

"You there. "You search with me."

"yep."

The men responded vigorously and dispersed.

The medical team leader looked at them running away and wondered if he should say something now, but he was so scared of Elchen that he couldn't open his mouth.

"Hey doctor."

"yes?"

"You said you wanted to be a pirate, right? Good. "There was a shortage of doctors."

"Ah ah yes."

"Do you have any expertise in genetic modification?"

"yes? Of course! "Please just leave it to me!"

Because Elchen kept talking, the medical team leader's chance to speak disappeared. Thanks to this, the information that monsters can imitate human voices was buried.

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'It's a shame.'

I thought the crew would endure a little longer, but it ended more smoothly than I expected. In fact, considering that the leader is a Hulk mutant, this may be a natural result.

Hulk mutants are used to destroy tanks and bipedal weapons in land battles. It would be fortunate if a regular crew member could make a dent in such a monster.

The leader eliminated only one member of the crew and killed the rest. Although you can't see them from here, you can roughly guess who survived.

'He must be a doctor.'

Space dogs are a group with a high mortality rate. All kinds of people, including criminals, war orphans, poor people, retired soldiers, and mercenaries, come in and die from time to time. Since it is a group with a high turnover rate, people like doctors are treated as precious.

Anyway, it doesn't matter to me whether the medical team leader becomes a pirate or not. I have no intention of leaving any survivors on this ship anyway.

The skirmish in the captain's cabin ended faster than expected, but fortunately the enemies moved as I expected.

'As expected, they are scattered.'

Except for the leader and one subordinate, the remaining members formed groups of six and set out to search.

Since the pirates' weapons are not consistent, I don't know what they are all holding. However, what is clear is that the enemies' movements are unusual.

'It's almost like a regular army.'

Even when he was eating Insect Man on the ship, he resisted until the end. Rather than being below average like the soldiers on the research ship, it would be better to assume that they were at the level of the regular army.

'It looks like it's spread out reasonably well, so let's move it slowly.'

As I was about to leave the nest, number 26 followed me.

｢Baby, come with me.｣

[Zuzu (stay inside)]

｢I don't want to.｣

[Zuzu (why?)]

｢I'll help too.'

Number 26 was behaving like a child trying to help his father. I picked him up and placed him on the nest, but he didn't give up and followed me.

Since No. 26 seemed like he would never give up, I recalculated the enemies' strength.

'It's not difficult except for the bossy and suspicious guy.'

I fought with pirates so much that I got sick of it. I don't know the exact state of the enemy's armament, but I can fully respond to whatever they bring.

Also, if he wants to accompany No. 26 in the future, he also needs combat experience. Because there may come a moment when I cannot protect you.

'No. 26 also has to experience battle. Even if it doesn't directly help you, you can't let it hold you back.'

After making a decision, I allowed him to accompany me.

[Zuzu zu zuzuzu (enemies are scary so be careful)]

｢Yes! "Be careful, baby!"

He jumped up and jumped on my shoulder. One way or another, he's a guy you can't hate.

'Where should I start from?'

There are a total of 4 groups. Each destination is the armory, cafeteria, cargo compartment, and laboratory. As these people make their living through plunder, it is clear what they want at their destination.

'Let's clean up the armory first.'

Most of the weapons in the armory are broken due to the stems coming out of the nest, but some are still intact. It gets annoying when they take care of it.

I walked towards the armory with No. 26.

As I got closer to the armory, they entered the realm of my senses. Six pirates were busy moving to enter the armory.

"What kind of plant is it that grows above the door?"

"Hey, if you want to install a plasma cutter, you have to get rid of all of that."

Except for the guy in charge of demolition, everyone else pulled out their machetes.

If that was a normal plant, their judgment wouldn't have been bad.

'The problem is that it's not an ordinary plant.'

If you didn't know the other person's identity, you had to think and judge more carefully. Because they didn't, they were walking on their own feet into the pit of destruction.

"bout!"

The gang member swung the machete sharply and cut down the spores. As the spores burst, the mucus inside flew out.

"What the fuck?! what's this?"

"Tsk tsk, it looks like cum."

"I buried you too, you idiot."

The slime-covered guy was swearing, and his colleague next to him was giggling and saying vulgar things. They had no idea how dangerous they were in.

It didn't take long for the laughter to turn into yelling and screaming.

"Uuuuuh?!"

"My my face! Argh!"

"What is it?"

A pirate with acidic mucus on his face had his jawbone fall off as his skin and muscles melted, and a colleague with neurotoxic mucus on his fingers became paralyzed and collapsed.

They gave us a good opportunity, so let's accept it with a grateful heart.

I rushed towards them with my heavy body.

"uh? "It's a bastard!"

"A monster has appeared!"

"What the fuck? "It looks different from what we saw!"

of course. The video they saw in the situation room was taken before I got the body enhancement type.

They went to the situation room one more time to catch people protesting, but that time they threw a smoke screen and disappeared.

In other words, my enemies don't know about me. And going into battle with insufficient information is a very big risk.

I hit a pirate standing nearby.

"Wow!"

The guy vomited blood mixed with internal organs from his mouth. Even without looking into the stomach, it was easy to see that his stomach was in disarray. I finished by hitting the half-corpse with my tail.

Meanwhile, the pirates came to their senses, took out their weapons and fired at me. As expected of those with extensive combat experience, they acted quickly. If they had been soldiers on the research ship, they would have been too distracted by the surprise attack to do anything.

Red lumps of energy formed a fire net and struck my chitinous outer shell.

'It would have been dangerous if it had been before I got the type.'

My current outer skin is incomparably harder and thicker than before. The exoskeleton, which shines in a dark brown, almost black color, protects not only the head and chest, but also the limbs.

Truly a knight in full plate armor who has come back from the space age. That is me. Just as the lance charging of a heavily armored knight was called a tank in the Middle Ages, so am I.

I ran, ignoring their attacks. With a loud roar, the pirate standing in front of me turned into a lump of blood.

Not stopping there, I pulled the tentacle out of my upper arm. Saw-blade tentacles stretched out like poisonous snakes and wrapped around their waists.

"Kuh?!"

"Agyagya!"

Their waists were torn as if they had been sawed, and their internal organs spilled out.

"Die Lord!"

Seeing his comrades dying so cruelly, one of the pirates lost control and attacked me.

His race is Insect Man. Since their physical capabilities are superior to those of humans, they seem to have thought that close combat would be worth it. However, like most things in the world, what he expected did not happen.

The machete he swung was split in two by my tail. I tried to finish him off, but No. 26 on my shoulder jumped at him.

"Gurgling!"

Insect Man was embarrassed when suddenly something like a pink translucent soap bubble stuck to his face. However, he had no choice but to struggle due to the tremendous pain that followed.

This is because No. 26 melted its antennae.

The guy tried to rip off No. 26 with Insect Man's characteristic sharp claws.

'I can't leave it like that.'

Number 26 is on a long-awaited hunt, and I have no intention of letting him get hurt. I gently pricked it with my tail and injected it with neurotoxin. The guy was frozen stiff and unable to move, as if someone had stopped time next to him.

I'll leave Insect Man to No. 26 and deal with the remaining one. Instead of attacking me, the guy in charge of demolition was requesting support through the communicator.

"A monster has appeared here!"

I walked up behind him and held on tightly with four arms.

"Hee hee?! "Quick, get support… keke"

Before he could finish his sentence, I opened my jaw wide and chewed off his head. Aimov's unique and terrifying teeth crushing the hard skull and turning its contents into mush.

"what? "Where is it?"

I quickly swallowed the demolition manager's brain and activated a special organ inside my throat.

"Well, it's nothing."

"What?"

"It's my mistake. "There's nothing going on here."

"What are you crazy? "I'm sorry."

"I'm sorry."

I answered appropriately and turned off the communicator. This concludes the armory group.

'Should I take the communicator with me?'

I think it would be good to use it as a distraction tactic. Even though he's a pirate, he probably doesn't ask for a rank statement or anything like that.

I approached number 26 with a communicator in hand. The guy was still eating. It was the same when fighting me, but Insect Man's strong vitality seemed to do more harm than good. Seeing him twitching and shaking, unable to die, made me feel sorry for him.

'But I have no intention of saving you.'

I'll have to deal with the other bodies until No. 26 finishes him off. The bodies were disposed of one by one, and among them was a member of Star Union. It was one of the ones I cut off at the waist with its tentacles.

"Kkeukkkuuk, please save me…"

As a cyborg, he survived despite injuries that separated his upper and lower body. He was desperately begging for mercy.

Star Union is a cyborg race that believes that humans' weak bodies should be replaced by machines. It can be said that he has the opposite way of thinking from Megacorp, who tries to become a better being by improving the genes of the human condition.

'They are both equally bad guys.'

Star Union are people who want to share the 'grace' they have received with other races. What I mean is, they convert other species they capture into machines. Regardless of the will of the captive.

Perhaps because the pirate in front of me was a modified human, I could see mechanical parts mixed in among his internal organs.

I crushed his head as he cried out for help. The artificial brain was crushed and sparks flew out.

'I can eat it even though it's a machine, right?'

Still, just in case, I removed the visible parts and put only the flesh in my mouth. As someone might say, it was half machine. Its taste had the sour taste of sparks and the thick taste of oil.

'…what a unique taste.'

It was edible compared to what it looked like. I finished eating the cyborg's corpse.

As I was shaking my hands off the stinging oil from my fingers, a translucent text box appeared.

｢Some of the 'fluid- >subadult' evolution conditions have been met.

1st intelligent body 10/10 (achieved) 2nd intelligent body 1/10 (not achieved)

'Oh?'

I wasn't expecting it, but it was good news. I couldn't believe it, but cyborgs were treated as a separate race just like in the game.

'There were 12 people on this boat, right?'

If you eat all the cyborgs in the research vessel, you can immediately evolve to the next level.

I never thought the path to evolve into a subadult would be opened so quickly. It was an unexpected gift.

｢Baby, what are you so excited about?｣

[Zuzuzu zuzu (there is such a thing)]

Number 26 came up to me after finishing his meal. I gently stroked him and placed him on my shoulder.

Some people call Space Dog a cosmic disaster.

That fearful being began to seem to me like Santa Claus, who came bearing lots of presents.