Zhou Hao impatiently tore open the packaging, lit one, and took a big, satisfying drag.
Wang Zheng looked at the cigarette that was half-smoked in one go and silently mourned for his iron lungs for three seconds.
If I had known this guy had such a heavy smoking habit, I might have just tried to tempt him with cigarettes. He would have said it earlier, and I wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble.
With this thought in mind, Wang Zheng snatched the cigarette pack back and said coldly:
"You've had your cigarette, so let's continue."
Zhou Hao looked at the cigarette butt in his hand, now with the filter pulled out, smacked his lips helplessly, and continued:
"Days passed by like this, and I pretended not to have seen what happened that night, and continued to sneak away from Tiger and go to the bar every night."
Until two weeks ago, Tiger suddenly closed the bar, saying he was going to suspend operations for rectification.
Although many people felt it was a pity, what can you do when the boss is the one in charge?
Left with no other option, people like us could only wander around outside.
Then, the night before last, I was with Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu, searching... cough cough, just strolling around the streets.
Unfortunately, they ran into Tiger, who was getting out of the car.
Although I wanted to slip away right then and there, Tiger stopped me.
He told me it had been a long time since we'd seen each other, that we were all on the same side, and that he wanted to treat us to a nice meal. I was about to refuse, but he grabbed my shoulder and I had no choice but to go with him to the now-closed bar.
Surprisingly, even though the bar was closed, it was still quite crowded inside.
However, they all seemed to be high on their liquor, wildly twisting their bodies in the dance floor, and quite a few of them were fighting in the middle of the dance floor with red eyes.
You know, Tiger used to care a lot about the atmosphere in this bar. If anyone caused trouble, they would definitely get a good beating.
But that day he acted as if he didn't see us and dragged us into the kitchen.
He then fished out a piece of meat, still clearly bloody, from a large, transparent red vat and asked us if we wanted to become Awakened Ones like him…
Hearing this, Wang Zheng interjected, "So you ate it?"
Zhou Hao nodded, a hint of helplessness on his face.
"He is an Awakened One, and I cannot resist him. Moreover, after witnessing what happened that night, I became even more afraid of him."
I could sense that Tiger was different from before. The ferocity in his eyes was undisguised, and there was a hint of unfamiliarity in his bloodlust.
The three of us are ordinary people, and we're all well past our prime. When we heard that there was a chance to awaken, Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu couldn't contain themselves any longer.
I didn't care about the strange situation in front of me. Although I wanted to refuse, I was a little scared by Tiger's fierce eyes staring at me.
Finally, he cut the raw meat into three pieces and watched us swallow them.
After we finished eating the meat, he ignored us. I was careful and swallowed it whole without chewing. After finishing, I immediately took Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu and pretended to go fool around in the crowd, and then took the opportunity to run away.
After I went outside, I started gagging myself and vomited up all the raw meat, but Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu couldn't.
Perhaps they themselves held onto hope, because they didn't cooperate, and after gagging for a while, they didn't vomit anything.
In the end, I had no choice but to take them back.
At first, we didn't notice anything unusual, except that the two brothers started to eat a lot. No matter how much they ate, they would say they were very hungry, and their eyes started to turn bloodshot.
But at night, they both mutated.
Xiao Liu seemed to have been inflated, transforming into a large, fat man with all his fat piled up like a round, bulging ball of flesh.
Xiao Jiu, on the other hand, became thin and tall, suddenly growing more than two meters tall, looking exactly like a telephone pole.
The two of them started fighting fiercely at home, and each time they clashed, their power was just like that of awakened beings, leaving the house in complete disarray.
I was terrified. I was afraid that I would also mutate, and I was worried that my brother would not be able to turn back. So I secretly went out to the bar to check the situation and see if I could save my brother.
But as soon as I got close, I saw many people with bloodshot eyes, just like Xiao Liu and Xiao Jiu, fighting and wrestling together in a frenzy.
Despite my constant dodging and hiding, I was still caught in the crossfire of an attack by a few crazed guys, and in the end, one of them broke both my legs.
Luckily, I managed to lie on the ground, hold my breath, and play dead, thus escaping a disaster.
In the end, all they could do was crawl into a corner and wait to die...
Then, I met you, Young Master Wang.
Following his words, Wang Zheng carefully considered the truth or falsehood of the matter.
He didn't care how much artistic embellishment the rat had made in this description, nor did he care whether the rat had truly resisted the temptation to awaken. All Wang Zheng cared about was the demon's purpose and whereabouts.
Although he believed that Zhou Hao wouldn't dare to lie to him this week, it wasn't impossible that he might have missed some information that was detrimental to him.
So Wang Zheng clicked his fingers and said casually:
"I've heard that such mutations require some kind of ritual or worship of some deity. I've never heard you mention anything about it."
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