When the Japanese troops on the beach boarded the warship, there was a rumble in the sky, the torrential rain poured down from the dark clouds that had been brewing for a long time, and the waves surged, pushing the warship away from the island gradually.
Agares and I lurked in the dark water and followed the course of the warship. Taking advantage of the force of the storm to slow it down in the waves, Agares led me to quickly dive to the bottom of the warship. Above our heads are the several propellers that drive this warship to sail. They are struggling desperately in the resistance of the waves, stirring up the sea water into chaos. I guessed that Agares was planning to use the high-voltage electricity he sent out to destroy the power of the warship, but at this moment, he suddenly let go of my hand, and wrapped my body around my body with his fish tail. Before I could even see his movements in the water clearly, a dazzling blue light flashed in front of my eyes and shot straight into the propellers!
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In an instant, the ear-piercing mechanized paddle friction resounded like a scream, and when a cluster of white light exploded, I was carried upstream by Agares, and I jumped out of the sea in an instant. The warship that lost its power lost its sailing direction like a headless chicken. No matter where Shinichi and the young mermaids are going, and what kind of conspiracy they will plan in the future, the sea tonight will become their "end point".
Taking advantage of a high wave, we quietly climbed to the stern of the warship. Here is a platform similar to an observation station, and there is a small viewing room next to it. I noticed two soldiers standing inside. But on such a dark and stormy night, it is not easy for them to discover the existence of me and Agares. We bent down and walked around the observation room cautiously, taking advantage of the lights passing over the deck to sweep in another direction, Agares hugged my body, and rushed into the narrow gap between the deck and the isolation bulkhead like lightning . Here is a dark and damp space.
I looked around and found a neat row of notches on the bulkheads on both sides, through which I can see the outside world. This seems to be a bilge for rainwater drainage, but there is a faint smell of blood all around, which makes me a little nervous.
"It's the smell of seed mixed with human blood. Come on my back."
Agares lowered his voice behind me, and when I turned around, I saw him leaning down, and involuntarily lifted me on his back. I froze for a moment, but he was already like a big crocodile carrying a cub on his back, using his strong arms to support my weight and his own weight, and his long fish tail was snaking and swinging behind him at an alarming speed. Crawl forward. I'm sure that even if I stood up and ran, I wouldn't necessarily be able to glide faster than Agares. If anyone happens to come here to check it out, he will be scared to death by me and Agares.
We followed the source of the bloody smell and went deep into the interior of the drainage cabin. There was a faint light leaking from the gap in the upper deck, and there were fragmentary footsteps from time to time, and the bloody smell became stronger and stronger. , I guess we have already entered the hinterland of this warship, and the place where the young species are stored is probably nearby. Suddenly, I heard two people talking from above, but I couldn't make out what they were saying because of the soundproofing of the deck. So I straightened my back and put my ear close to the deck above my head. Agares rolled over and stared at me, obviously noticing the movement above us.
"Really... His mutation has already started?"
"There are some rejection reactions now, but they are still in the controllable stage. The organs of the mermaid are growing inside him, and his legs are in the bonding period, and it is expected to take on the appearance of a mermaid soon."
"It's a miracle... Only one of the thirty test subjects survived. Let me see this guy with tenacious vitality, Levjet."
"Please come in."
I froze with my mouth half open. What surprised me was not only the experiment they mentioned about transplanting mermaid organs into the human body, but also the two people who were talking to each other. One of them was Shinichi who survived by luck, and the other was my grandfather. It sounds like they are working on this appalling research project together, how could this be? How could my grandfather cooperate with Shinichi? Is his love for me all an illusion? Did he, like them, see me as a bait in a plan
No... no, maybe he was coerced by Shinichi...
I emphasized it in my heart, but many scattered questions in my memory gathered together, as if gradually forming a mirror, which reflected some strange experiences in my childhood that I could not understand, and pointed cruelly to me. A possibility that I don't want to believe. The weird dream a few years ago also suddenly became clear in my mind—the interior of the white building, the young me, and the young children who were undergoing medical examinations with me...
That scene really existed in my childhood, and it is closely related to my grandpa.
His brain was buzzing, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"Desaro?" Agares stared at me with his deep eyes, suddenly wrapped his arms around my neck, and put my body into his arms, as if he knew what I remembered, webbed claws He stroked my back comfortingly. However, I couldn't stop sweating all over my body, and my thoughts wandered through the memory tunnel as if unleashed, picking up the clues in the memories that I had forgotten.
I think back to when I was in Norway until I was six years old, my grandpa would take me to a hospital every month. There, my body values were meticulously measured and recorded, and samples of hair, blood, and even saliva were taken one by one. However, thanks to the spores of Agares, there is no disease in my body. So, what is the purpose of such frequent physical examinations? And for what purpose were those young children my age brought to that hospital
I clenched my fists tightly, and my voice seemed to be cut before it could be sent out, but I couldn't help but turned into a wry smile: "Damn it... I dare not doubt it like that. Agares, maybe I was born as a victim of a conspiracy! Damn it of!"
The webbed claws on my back trembled, and suddenly tightened my body, hugging me tightly. His nose was pressed against my forehead, and his lips blocked what I hadn't said yet. The nostrils were filled with the smell of Agares, I subconsciously inserted my fingers into his hair as if grabbing a life-saving straw, knelt down, lowered my head and buried my face in the socket of his neck, my heart felt as if Two beasts are fighting fiercely. I don't want to doubt that the grandfather who cared for me in my impression is also a member of the conspiracy, but what I know now contradicts my past memory to the extreme. In the struggle between inherent emotions and seemingly logical conjectures, my thinking seemed to lose its direction all of a sudden.
"Tell me...Agares, do you know what my grandpa is involved in all this? Do you know?" I took a deep breath and asked with difficulty in a low voice.
Agares was silent for a while, and I felt his fingertips gently rubbing against the base of my ear, as if he was hesitating for something. Now I'm sure Agares knows what I want to know. I clasped his wrist and looked up at him: "If you know everything about me, don't hide from me! I want to know myself. I would like to go to Atlantis with you, but only if... I want Know the truth. Otherwise I will leave your side and find out for myself what I want to know."
"Desaro!" His body froze, and his emotions seemed to be aroused by my words, "Your grandfather, the man named Levjet, was once my envoy to the human world. .”
"Messenger? You said my grandfather was originally a mermaid?"
"Yes, a hundred years ago I planned to launch a large-scale war against mankind."
"Why?" I asked in surprise.
"In order to survive." Agares narrowed his eyes, "The ocean of the earth is the outer protective layer of Atlantis. The more damage humans do to the ocean environment, the more precarious Atlantis will be. Our normal reproduction The system was completely destroyed by the warming sea water, in order to prevent the descendants from disappearing forever, we have evolved another way to expand the population—”
"Assimilation of humans through cell invasion?"
Agares nodded, "So I sent some excellent envoys out, hoping that they would imitate the genetic changes of human beings, combine human females to reproduce offspring, and then transform all the males born by diverging yoila, so that they can return to the group and become Our warriors, help us wage this war and occupy the seas."
I shook my head in disbelief, imagining the scenario of a war between mermaids and humans, and then suddenly remembered the current situation in Atlantis, and subconsciously murmured: "But your war plan was destroyed by that sudden nuclear bomb." Interrupted..."
"If Atlantis is not destroyed, we will occupy the ocean and become the master of the ocean." Agares pressed against my earlobe, emphasizing the final syllable.
I rubbed the center of my eyebrows, feeling mixed feelings in my heart, and I didn't know how to respond to Agares for a moment. I am both a human being and a descendant of mermaids. Of course I feel sorry for the current fate of Atlantis. It can be seen that I can’t agree with Agares against my will and admit that his ideal is the real Utopia . I don't want to see a large-scale war between mermaids and humans. It may be as tragic as the world war, and it will also become an unimaginable disaster.
"I know what you're thinking, Desaro." Agares pressed my head lightly, "You don't have to agree with me. Just like humans, there are differences of opinion among mermaids. Levjet is one of them He was born earlier than me, older than me, and is the only elder who is qualified to compete with me for the leadership position. I should have expected that he had hidden ambitions—after the destruction of Atlantis , he began to cooperate with humans to cultivate his own forces. And he maintained his human form for a long time through some kind of drug, trying to control the remaining young species and the ambitious human army to replace me. When I found out that he had ulterior motives , I killed him."
I shivered violently and looked at him in shock: "So...the shipwreck when I was six years old wasn't a shipwreck...you appeared there because..."
"Yes. I can't tolerate him continuing to use you. You are indeed the offspring of his union with human females, but it is me who has guarded and loved you since your childhood. Do you understand, Desaro? I He is your only true ancestor." Agares pinched my chin, and his dark pupils stared into my eyes. "You don't have to feel sorry for him."
There seemed to be a net in his eyes, trying to envelop me completely in it, as if there was no room for me to stay. My mind was in a mess, like a chess game whose memory had been turned upside down, and all the pieces were off their original positions.
However, at this time, there were a few small noises from above. Agares sat up suddenly, staring up, his pointed wing-shaped ears stood up, as if he was listening carefully. I hold my breath and concentrate. When I did this, I felt that all the sounds around me became audible, apparently hearing is also a function that has been enhanced by my body mutation. There was no unusual big movement behind the deck, only the beeping sound of instruments, the rattling sound of shoes hitting the ground, and the sound of "gudong gudong" in the water, as if the sound made by living creatures breathing in water .
Agares stared up: "It's time..."
"What time?"
I asked suspiciously, but Agares dragged me to the side, raised his webbed claws, and gradually penetrated into the upper deck. The scales on both sides of his body trembled at a speed invisible to the human eye, and a cloud of blue electric light "sizzled" gathered in his palm, tiny electric wires fluttered between his five fingers. A distance can still feel the feeling of hair being attracted by static electricity. The moment his palm touched the deck, the entire hull shook, and the commotion above spread in all directions like an explosion.
"How is this going?"
"Oops, these test subjects seem to have undergone some kind of mutation. It's almost out of control, Dr. Sick Leaf, we have to call for support!"
Two strings of messy footsteps passed quickly overhead, and after the sound of the heavy cabin door closing, creepy and strange chirping sounds resounded overhead one after another, making a creaking and frictional movement, as if several fish tails were swinging overhead, And spread out in all directions, the sound of glass being smashed was endless, and liquid exuding a strong smell of preservatives leaked from the gap above us.
"It's going to be a feast, Desaro." Agares retracted his webbed claws, a creepy arc formed at the corner of his mouth.
My breathing was tight, and I felt that I was about to see something incredible. Following Agares, we continued to travel a certain distance into the drainage chamber, and we arrived at the other end of the warship. Through the narrow gap, I saw that the bow of the ship was already full of Japanese soldiers. They raised their guns one after another, aiming nervously at a place above us. Based on the bursts of movement from above, I knew that those mutated "experimental subjects" might have escaped from the cabin.
At this time, there was a "bang" gunshot from nowhere, and there was a commotion all around.
The sound of fish tails rubbing against the ground passed overhead one after another, and in an instant, dozens of black shadows, like a dark cloud in a storm, attacked the soldiers who raised their guns to shoot!
I was dumbfounded to find that it turned out to be a group of young species that had been disembowelled. Black water dripped from their empty abdomens, their internal organs had been dug out, and their broken flesh almost slumped to the ground, like a group of rotting corpses crawling out of the grave to take revenge. The soldiers were overwhelmed by this horrific sight, and before they even had time to pull the trigger, they were thrown to the ground by the young species, gnawing and biting frantically. The screams were intertwined with the sound of limbs being torn apart, like a pot of boiling water boiling above the thunder and lightning.
A few soldiers who were lucky enough not to be attacked struggled and crawled towards the drainage compartment where we were, but were frightened by the electric current hit by Agares on the deck, and scrambled back, falling back to the fighting ground again. In the encirclement of the intoxicating young species, they were divided and eaten in an instant, the body and head were separated, and the bloody pile became a pile of rotten meat.
Some people had their belly torn apart by the seedlings before they were completely dead, and they took out the steaming internal organs to eat wantonly, and let out waves of screams that made the scalp dreadful.
This scene is comparable to the bloody scene of lions chasing their prey on the African savannah. Shinichi must have never expected that they would suffer such evil consequences. This probably deserves it. I finally understood the meaning of "battle" in Agares' mouth.
"Desaro..." Agares' voice suddenly rang in my ears, and I shivered before I suddenly pulled out of my horror.
I turned my head, and a bolt of lightning suddenly cut through the sky, turning Agares' face pale. I was taken aback by the cold, bloodthirsty smile on his face. I'm sure that Agares is very excited about this hearty revenge slaughter, and the veins on the side of his neck are beating slightly like a spring.
"Are you scared?" He lowered his head close to the bridge of my nose.
"A little bit." I swallowed dryly, my nerves jumping up and down in my brain following the scream.
The body was immediately embraced by him. His heavy and wet breath was on my face, and his low voice penetrated my eardrum: "Desaro, this is the law of our survival. If you dare to hurt us, you will suffer ten times and a hundred times of revenge, even the sea will help us."
I seem to see Agares more clearly again, and I can finally touch what lies behind his swampy affection. Like many human kings who are good at fighting, Agares, the mermaid leader, is bloodthirsty and violent by nature. He advocates using violence to control violence. Of course, this may be the most direct way to end all this. The mastermind behind this conspiracy should really regret messing with him. I don't know where Shinichi and Rhine are hiding and trembling now? Of course, there is also my grandfather, or it is more appropriate to call him the elder of the mermaid clan...
Just when I was thinking this way, there was an unusually high-pitched hissing sound not far away, and the young seeds that were biting those soldiers frantically stopped moving in an instant. Agares' eyes darkened, his face was clouded, and a terrible premonition rose in my chest immediately.
"Come out... Wang, I feel you are here... Are you still hiding inside to protect your little human spouse?"
The long shout went from far to near, and finally it sounded above his head. Agares stared at me deeply. Clearly he knew a duel was inevitable, but he feared for my safety. I hugged him tightly, buried my head in his neck, sniffed his scent greedily: "My leader is invincible."
"Don't come out until it's over. Desaro." Agares stared into my eyes, lowering his eyelids. His lips were printed on my palm, which was obviously cold, but it made me feel like I was being burned by a soldering iron, and the sound of him saying my name burned to the bottom of my heart.
I nodded, and Agares got out immediately.
The long black fishtail supported his body and stood upright. His pale and muscular body exuded a cold gleam in the night, like a statue of a Greek hero in a storm, and he is my hero, a Heroes fighting for our destiny.
With the sound of a fish tail sliding across the deck, I finally saw Agares' opponent—Levjet. He dragged a beautiful silver fishtail, and each scale reflected a dazzling luster under the light. This shows that I am indeed his descendant and human beings, and he is indeed my grandfather. Even if there are Agares spores in my body, this is an indisputable fact.
As if feeling my gaze, Levjet suddenly turned his head and cast his eyes on me. We were stunned at the same time. As Shinichi said, his appearance is indeed somewhat similar to mine, especially his eyes, which are as black as obsidian. He looked at me in confusion, and then at Agares. Obviously, my appearance made him very puzzled for a while.
Agares didn't give him more time to observe me. With a flick of the fish's tail, it turned into a black lightning and swept towards him. Levjet turned his body sideways to barely dodge Agares' attack, raised his tail fin and slashed at him, but Agares' webbed claws firmly grabbed the thinnest part of the tail. They were fighting like two brave gladiators, and it was hard to tell the difference for a while. I stared at this thrilling battle scene nervously, and my heart almost exploded in my chest.
But it turns out that my worries are unnecessary. Agares is obviously much stronger than Levjet. on his chest. After Levjet convulsed for a while, Agares took the opportunity to throw him hard on the deck, and there was a deafening muffled sound when he fell to the ground. Agares grabbed his neck, and his tail fin hung high above his head, and I couldn't help breathing for a moment. Even knowing that my grandfather was a schemer with ulterior motives, I still couldn't face him being killed by Agares. However, to my surprise, Agares did not attack him immediately, but cut off one of Levjet's side fins with his sharp tail fin, just like the act of snatching the enemy's arm as a trophy in ancient wars .
Levjet was trembling with pain, but he stared at Agares and laughed loudly: "Why didn't you kill me? You know that there is our brood, I can't die like this. You are not afraid Am I threatening your position?" As he spoke, he looked sideways at me, his eyes sparkling, "Is it true what the experimental subject who claimed to be from the future said? Is he really the offspring of me and human beings in the future? It's unbelievable. Wang, you dare not kill me because you are worried that if I die, he will disappear as well?"
"What I said is real."
A voice that was familiar like a nightmare suddenly sounded beside me.
"Desaro!" Agares roared, and immediately rushed towards me, but Levjet jumped up and dragged him into the sea.
Before I could react the next moment, my body was dragged out by a webbed claw. When I saw the shadow in front of me, I was stunned for a moment, and I couldn’t believe my eyes—the uninvited guest who caught me was Rhine, and there was a shocking vertical suture line on his chest and abdomen after surgery. And his lower body was no longer human legs, but a dark blue fish tail.
"I'm the only test subject that survived." He stared down at me with a ferocious expression, his eyes flickering with almost crazy light, "Do you like this new body, Desaro?"
I was speechless in astonishment, because the scene in front of me was far beyond my cognition and acceptance. I desperately kicked his webbed claws holding on to my ankles, trying to shrink into the drainage compartment, but my legs and feet were dragged outward by a force for several meters, and my head hit the deck heavily, and I felt a sudden pain A burst of dizziness, almost fainted on the spot. I barely propped up my body and struggled to get up, but I staggered and fell into a pool of blood full of stumped limbs and flesh. A pair of webbed claws pressed my back, filled with a strong disgusting smell of disinfectant. My body crushed me down heavily.
"I'm going to use this new body to occupy you, Desaro." Rhine grinned in my ear, and I felt him squeeze my thigh hard, and his sharp nails pierced into my skin. The pain and fear seemed to awaken a long-lost power from my body. I felt that my legs seemed to be quickly protected by hard fish scales, and my body was suddenly full of strength. I let out a loud roar, and pressed my elbow hard against Rhine's abdomen.
This time it hit his suture, causing him to curl up in pain. I took the opportunity to crawl out from under him, but was grabbed by the arm again. I tried my best to support Rhine in an attempt to suppress my body, and saw that my legs were really fast bonding together, and silver fish scales grew out from under the skin, and Rhine's eyes also moved to my lower body. What I never imagined was that he He suddenly stretched out his new webbed claws, like a dagger, slammed into the gap between my legs that were being glued together, separating my legs and feet from the fish scales.
In an instant, the unspeakable pain struck my whole body like lightning. I couldn't control myself and screamed hoarsely. I subconsciously pulled my legs and rolled on the ground. I felt that my whole body seemed to be torn in half at once. , The huge pain blurred my consciousness for a moment, and I only saw Rhine's figure gradually approaching. At this moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed from mid-air, and with the crisp sound of a broken tendon, Rhine was overturned on the deck a few meters away.
I braced my heavy eyelids and saw Agares strangled his neck fiercely, and the blood-red caudal fin at the end cut Rhine's neck neatly. He didn't even have time to leave his last words, so he rushed to the death promise.
"Desaro..."
When I was about to lose consciousness, I heard Agares's trembling and low voice ringing in my ears, and his body was carefully hugged into his arms. He buried his head on the side of my neck, sniffing deeply at my scent. I can vaguely feel the stalwart body of Agares twitching slightly, and the cold liquid flows down my cheeks—this incomparable, powerful and brave mermaid leader, my love, he is fighting for I cry.
To be honest, I really want to see Agares cry for me, but I don't have the energy to open my eyes. I don't know how badly I've been hurt, I can't think, my body hurts so much. I feel life is passing away bit by bit from my body.
Just when I felt that I was completely plunged into the dark abyss, there was a deafening explosion all around. In an instant, my body became very light, so light that it floated up into the sky like a feather, but the strength of Agares holding me tightly did not relax at all until all the feelings disappeared. Everything was silent.
What's next for fishballs to rise...
The author has something to say: Well... the next chapter begins the story to enter the last turbulent stage, well... It is related to a certain past event mentioned by Yu Dazhuang that was supposed to happen but didn't happen. It can be summed up in one word: fish The ball rises! >_>By the way... You will be surprised next time, Desaro's age and status are different, and so is the position where they meet again.