Chapter 21
"similar?"
The dim light twisted and intertwined, reflecting the girl's expressionless face, adding a bit of weirdness.
The intense exercise caused her bangs to spread out, revealing the hideous scar on her forehead. Under the outline of the shadow, it looked more like a dormant poisonous snake than a scar.
"Have you ever seen any species of their kind stay on the other's menu?"
Her voice was terrifyingly calm, without the slightest fluctuation.
"Is this your last words?" Monster No. 3 sneered, thinking that she was still being stubborn even when facing death.
It was not in a hurry to chase the fleeing human, because it knew that he would definitely come back. It even leisurely used its tentacles to turn over the "corpse" it had just killed on the ground, enjoying the feeling of dominance.
However, the moment it swallowed the corpse, something strange happened.
A ray of extremely sharp sword light suddenly struck without any warning, so fast that it only left a trace of afterimage.
The next second, half of its tentacle that was about to be retracted was cut off at the root, and sticky dark blue liquid spurted out.
"hiss--!!!"
The countless small eyes densely covered on the umbrella cover of Monster No. 3 suddenly opened at this moment, and its terrifying gaze was fiercely fixed forward.
When it saw that the person coming was the face it had once perfectly replicated, Monster No. 3 smiled twistedly, revealing a dense ring of fangs: "It's you... You came back to save that guy, right?"
"What a shame! You're a step too late. I've already crushed and eaten her." It deliberately raised its freshly bloodstained tentacle and waved it in his direction. "If you had come earlier, maybe you could have caught up."
The man who usually smiled with his eyes narrowed, now there was no trace of a smile on his face. His eyes were fully open, and there was an icy coldness in his purple-red eyes, as if a storm was gathering in them.
Number 3 is intelligent, and its words cannot be fully trusted, but... what if what it says is true?
The image of the girl emerged from his mind, and fragmented memories flashed through his mind one after another. In fact, Kurozuka Kirishi should not have left such a deep mark in his world.
Her melancholy, taciturnity, and alienation undoubtedly indicate that she is born to be marginalized.
But he had noticed her from the very beginning. If it was just a sense of responsibility that was at work at first, then later, as he got closer to her little by little, he saw the glass-like background through that scarred skin.
He had to admit one thing, he was indeed attracted to her.
Hoshina Soshiro's sanity was crumbling, and his anger burned his nerves like magma, but he had to stay calm.
The hilt of the knife spun twice neatly in his hand. His purple-red eyes locked onto the monster in front of him, and his body suddenly lowered—
The next moment, he moved.
The figure rushed forward like an arrow.
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Outside the illusion, the command center,
Kokonogi Yoshimi anxiously tapped the keyboard. The data flow on the screen was intermittent, but one of the values was soaring wildly.
"92% combat power released! Vice Captain Hoshina is engaging in a high-intensity battle with No. 3, and the energy reaction is extremely intense!"
— — —
On the other side, the Sengoku Sakuya team, who had just escaped from the illusion, was working tirelessly to rescue other trapped companions.
But they were now in a ridiculous state of distress.
"So... can anyone tell me..." One team member, looking at the bustling crowd of people in bizarre costumes, almost broke down, "How on earth are we supposed to find our teammates among this bunch of crazy comic convention cosplayers?!"
— — —
Just when the battle between Hoshina Soshiro and Monster No. 3 was getting intense and the rescue progress of Sengoku Sakuya's team was temporarily stuck,
Kurozuka Kirishi, who was declared to have been "crushed and eaten" by Monster No. 3, slowly opened his eyes in absolute darkness.
Just now, when Monster No. 3 sensed Soshiro Hoshina's approach and hastily swallowed her into its stomach, her consciousness had already begun to awaken.
At this moment, her whole body was forced to curl up in the narrow, slippery esophagus. The surrounding flesh walls continuously secreted highly corrosive mucus, burning her skin and clothes, making a slight "sizzling" sound.
The severe pain came like a tide.
In fact, Kurozuka Kirishi has always been very afraid of pain, but she never cries out in pain, because she clearly knows that she will be alone.
Is crying out in pain any use? Tears that don't bring warmth are the most useless thing. She has always known that.
That's why she could remain absolutely calm in the severe pain that was gnawing at her bones. She didn't even pay attention to the pain in her body, but instead focused all her will on one thing - devouring.
Do your best to devour the monster's insides.
This guy is ridiculously strong. In addition to the ability to create realistic illusions, he also possesses a certain degree of intelligence. Even his combat power is estimated to be at least 8.0.
We must do something to create an opportunity for the vice-captain who is struggling outside.
First, we need to make this monster incapable of movement.
Kurozuka Kirishi knew better than anyone that her devouring ability was not without cost.
Every time she swallowed, her sanity gradually collapsed, as if a blood-red abyss was constantly beckoning to her, and she could only watch herself slide towards the edge step by step.
But now, she has no choice.
"Come on..." She muttered to herself, as if declaring to herself and the restless power in her body.
She stopped resisting and instead released some restrictions, and began to madly absorb the energy from Monster No. 3.
It was not a cautious exploration, but an almost barbaric plunder.
What?!
A wave of intense anxiety and pain suddenly came from outside. It was obvious that Monster No. 3 had noticed the abnormality in his body.
At the same time, Kurozuka Kirishi felt as if her consciousness had been thrown into a high-speed vortex, with countless chaotic images and screams trying to overwhelm her mind.
The scar on her forehead felt faintly hot, and a violent and cold will tried to creep into her pupils.
But she gritted her teeth, and human consciousness was like a beacon in the storm, stubbornly holding on to the last light.
She devoured faster.
From the outside, the monster No. 3, who was fighting fiercely with Hoshina Soshiro, suddenly froze, and one of its tentacles even twitched and shrank unnaturally.
Hoshina Soshiro keenly caught this flaw,
“Now!”
A gleam of light flashed in his purple-red eyes, and he crossed his two swords, seizing this split second of opportunity and launching a more fierce attack.
Attacked from both inside and outside!
Monster No. 3 roared in shock and anger. Its huge body began to spasm irregularly, and the eyes on its umbrella opened and closed chaotically. It was obvious that it was in great pain and confusion.
Inside its body, Kurozuka Kirishi endured the dizziness of his sanity being eroded and the excruciating pain of his body being corroded, and continued to devour it faster.
The battle has only just begun.
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