Hypotheses

Still in the United States

??? : "Oh, he opened his eyes"

The man on the iron bed was silent with his eyes still open. Indra on the other hand walked to the table on the right side, took 1 cotton from the pile in the plastic box. After that, he walked over to the man on the iron bed and wiped the skin on the right side of his body which was leaking a grey liquid until the cotton could no longer absorb it.

The man on the iron bed reacted by glancing his eyes at Indra. Indra brought the cotton in his hand to his nose and sniffed once.

Suddenly, the man's left hand pulled so hard that the chain tensed for a moment and broke. The man's hand aimed at Indra's abdomen with a hard fist, but before it touched, his wrist was grabbed by Indra.

After sniffing it once, Indra threw the cotton into the trash can behind him, and his other hand squeezed the man's wrist as easily as squeezing a biscuit.

??? : "Wooa"

The man didn't look like he was in any pain at all, but he reflexively pulled hard his hand back until it separated from his arm and immediately freed himself from the chains that bound his legs and right hand. After being free, he immediately ran to the iron door opposite Indra's position.

But before he even touched the door, a thin black object whizzed past the man's neck. The iron door was painted red with blood as the man fell forward and his severed head followed and rolled to his side. The black thin object immediately turned into black dust and entered Indra's body.

??? : "Have you figured something out?"

Indra : "Mmh"

Indra only replied with a hum, while the man's body slowly floated up by the black dust and lay back on the iron bed.

??? : "Let me take care of the head"

The man in the brown shirt put on black latex gloves and slowly lifted the man's head with the severed part facing upwards. He carried the head as far away from himself as possible, and his steps avoided every drop of blood, moving to another room with dark wooden door.

The blood that had pooled on the floor and the remaining blood inside the man's body was lifted out into the air and into the sink.

The man in the brown shirt put the man's head on the iron table, then turned on some lights. He took out his phone and turned on some music and hummed along to it.

??? : "I do the same~ na na na na na na na na na~"

Back to Indra

Without hesitation, he plunged his right hand into the left chest of the corpse in front of him and pulled the heart out without the slightest effort. His right hand hung down beside him again, then he walked away leaving the corpse in the room itself and moved into another room through a sliding iron door.

The door in front of him shifted with the push of black particles from the left side accompanied by the sound of iron wheels.As he walked, the heart in his grasp slowly crumbled into dust along with black particles, leaving behind a small black ball core.

In the room that Indra had just entered, there were 6 prison cells that were divided into 2 sides and facing each other. Each cell contains 2 people except for the left side cell near the entrance which has none. The iron bars that locked them up still looked shiny black, as if they were maintained every day.The walls also looked like they had been freshly painted, all sides were pure white with a few bloodstains and dirt at the bottom. However, the room was pitch black, there was no source of light except from the glass at the entrance.

Indra went to the right side cell near the entrance, black particles came out of his body again, entered the keyhole for a few seconds, and the sound of the lock opening was heard. He went inside, there were two sitting women, one with brown long hair in a purple plaid shirt and jeans and the other with purple short hair with several piercings on her face wearing a black t-shirt and a black leather jacket with jeans with holes in both knees.

Both of them were immediately scared to death since Indra entered the room, each of their bodies started shaking violently when they knew Indra had entered their cell. The girl with long hair curled up down with her eyes tightly closed and gasping for breath, while the girl with short hair still had the courage to look at Indra. even though her body was screaming to run.

Without any change in his expression, Indra grabbed the short-haired woman by the neck and dragged her out of the cell. The woman didn't put up much resistance and let herself be dragged out. Meanwhile, the long-haired one slowly raised his face.When the girl saw that Indra had completely turned his back on her, she immediately stood up with a wide smile, took out a sharp knife from the back of her pants and stabbed it into the back of Indra's head.

'Clang'

Instead of the sound of piercing flesh, what came out was the sound of two pieces of metal colliding with each other, the woman's face immediately turned to shock, her body shaking again. While Indra..... didn't react at all, he continued to walk out of the cell and locked it with black particles again without looking at the girl.

The face of the short-haired girl who was dragged by Indra increasingly showed a look of despair seeing the hope that shone only for a moment but also was actually fake.

'thunk'

Jihan : "Sorry professor, but could you explain in detail?”

Back to Japan

Darius : "Later, when you're all gathered, you're coming too, Hōmine"

Hōmine was surprised and pointed at herself with a confused face.

Hōmine : "Eh?! Me too?"

Darius : "I want you to write it all down, hand it over to the police department and have them spread it around."

Hōmine : "To whole Japan?"

Darius started walking leading the way back towards their car. Hōmine and Jihan started to follow behind.

Darius : "World"

Hearing Darius' response, Hōmine put on a troubled and doubtful face.

Hōmine : "But-"

Darius : "I don't care. Do you want to do it or not?"

Darius looked back as he continued walking with a calm face but a hint of annoyance in it. Hōmine thought for a moment, and showed a serious and determined face.

Hōmine : "I understand. Please leave it to me"

Darius smiled and looked back ahead, before stopping after a few seconds and turning to Jihan with serious face.

Darius : "Popsicle, tell hit blast to be careful, now"

Seeing Darius who was serious and seemed very important, Jihan took his cellphone from his trouser pocket and immediately called Karna. Several beeps were heard before Karna's voice appeared.

Karna : "Yoh, Jihan. What's up?"

Jihan : "I want you to be careful"

Karna : "Of what?"

Jihan was silent and just realized, he didn't know what he needed to tell Karna to be wary of. He looked at Darius to expect an answer. Darius walked over and grabbed Jihan's cellphone which was still attached to his ear, and activated speaker mode.

Darius : "It's me, Karna"

Karna : "Profesor Darius? Oh, you must have asked Jihan to warn us, right? So, what should we be aware of?”

Darius : "In short, if you encounter a human who is not at all worthy of being called a human, do not hesitate to kill them”

Karna : "You mean, like what happened to Mrs. Minori that time?”

Darius : "Yes, and now you are in a building where lives can be lost at any time, do not let your guard down"

Karna : "Okay, thanks for letting us know"

Darius : "I'll be there soon, don't die"

Karna : "Sure sure..... We understand it enough"

Darius hung up the phone and threw Jihan's phone back to its owner and continued walking.

Switch to Sapphire

Sapphire is currently walking casually with Karna in the hospital hallway which is all salted egg green. Karna, who had just finished making a call, handed his cellphone to Sapphire. But Sapphire stopped a few steps behind Karna without realizing it.His face was fixed on a patient room door, his gaze serious and alert.

Karna : "Sapphire, Profes-"

As Karna walked over and was about to tell Sapphire what he had just received, Sapphire raised his index finger in front of his mouth, and Karna immediately fell silent.

Sapphire walked over to the door and put his ear to the gap between the door and the cement wall. There was a muddy sound, a sound like something was greedily eating something wet and chewy. Afterwards, Sapphire crouched down and brought his nose closer, trying to catch any scent that made him stop.

Karna just stood there, stunned to see Sapphire's very serious and so calm side, it felt like seeing someone else.

Sapphire took out a wire from his patient's coat pocket and started fiddling with the keyhole as silently as possible. While Karna looked around, making sure no one was watching them, his face was a little panicked and confused, not knowing Sapphire's intentions but still trusting him anyway.

'Click'

After hearing the sound of the lock being unlocked, Sapphire immediately stood against the wall next to the doorknob, pushed it down and opened the door. On the other hand, Karna was already standing on the other side of the door, still unaware of what was happening.

Sapphire slipped into the patient's room, the muddy sound became louder as the door opened, she looked down at the floor and saw a pool of fresh blood dripping from the mattress behind the curtain. Sapphire was still calm in this situation even though he felt uneasy and a drop of sweat were coming out.

His steps were silent at the speed of a normal human walk, moving closer to the curtain and peering through the gap. His eyes widened for a moment, he was looking at.

An old man eating a human body.

Sapphire couldn't move from where he stood, he kept staring at an old man eating the body of a young woman who was already dead. His hands were scratching for every bit of meat he could get and hurriedly putting it into his mouth. But of all that, what caught his attention the most was, he has 4 hands.

Without Sapphire realizing, Karna also slipped in silently until he arrived behind Sapphire and patted his shoulder silently. Sapphire was quite shocked and immediately turned his head back and took a step back, making his head move the curtain a little. and that was enough to leave their position exposed.

When Sapphire turned back, the old man was already staring at them through the small gap with his face covered in blood and there was still some fresh flesh hanging from his mouth.

Sapphire was already prepared for the attack, but to his surprise, he tried to escape through the window. His movements were still very stiff like an oldies in general, he even slipped from blood before his hand reached the window frame and opened up the window. But unfortunately for him, before he could get out, Sapphire had already smashed his body from behind so hard with his body that the sound of bones being crushed could be heard.

The man's body shook as he tried to stand up, but Sapphire didn't stop, he stomped on him until he was sure he wouldn't move anymore. Karna was speechless seeing his friend being so brutal and not showing any compassion.

Karna : "Um... I think he's really really already dead"

Sapphire extended his hand to Karna, and he immediately understood what Sapphire meant and put his phone in his hand. As Sapphire typed something, Karna opened his mouth again.

Karna : "I haven't even told you to kill them on sight, but I think you already understand that yourself."

Sapphire was silent for a moment and continued typing.

Sapphire : "I just don't want the same thing to happen again like when Mrs. Minori went on a rampage."

Karna : "Do you think this is some kind of zombie? caused by the red light at that time"

Sapphire : "Maybe, but I don't know for sure"

Karna : "Then we'd better get off, because Professor Darius is on his way here."

Sapphire : "Well, it doesn't seem safe to just stand here anyway. Let's go"

They walked out of the room with Karna still occasionally looking at the corpse inside. Sapphire types something.

Sapphire : "If you're worried that he'll attack from behind, don't worry, he's completely dead."

Even though he had been told, Karna's face was still restless and he was thinking about something seriously.

Karna : "That's a relief, but what about the people in the other room? don't you think they are in danger or danger itself?”

Sapphire glanced at Karna for a moment in the middle of walking, she thought about everything in detail, all the possibilities that could happen, but it all stopped when they saw the elevator doors. Sapphire, who had just seen a glimpse of a creature like the one before in front of the elevator, immediately stepped back and pulled Karna, avoiding it.

Karna was about to make a sound but his mouth was immediately covered by Sapphire's hand. Sapphire immediately let go of his hand after seeing Karna calm down and type something.

Sapphire: "They have taken over this hospital."

Karna's eyes widened, he approached the edge of the wall and peeked a little, he saw 4 creatures like the old man standing still in front of the elevator. 1 has 4 legs, 1 has 3 eyes and 3 hands, 1 has a crossed mouth with both hands having 10 fingers, and the last one looks normal but not with its size, 3 meters. All of them are estimated to look like men in their 50s.

Karna pulled his head back before they found out and looked at Sapphire and whispered in his ear.

Karna : "What should we do now?"

Sapphire : "I have 2 choices, jump out the window or finish them all off"

Karna : "I see, be selfish or a hero?

Karna : "can you win against them?"

Sapphire's gaze became completely serious again, but this time it was filled with confidence and anger.

Sapphire : "piece of cake"

Switch to Indra

Indra : "Swallow"

Indra was in the room where the headless male corpse lay and was currently handing the heart core to the short-haired girl in front of him who was sitting on a chair. The girl took the core from his hand, she had no other choice but to obey or die. She swallowed it whole as Indra said and closed her eyes in resignation.

half a minute passed, nothing happened.

Indra : "Spit it out"

The girl wanted to do what she was told, but because she was still afraid, she had difficulty. Indra released black particles from his body, they entered the girl's mouth and a few moments later, the core came out flying in the air, and at the same time, she died.

10 seconds later, the girl's eyes opened again, but without light. She looked up at Indra, different from before, there was no fear or trembling in her body.

Indra : "What's your name?"

The girl was silent for 1 second and opened her mouth.

"Virda"

Indra brought the core in front of her again, and without any command, the girl took it from his hand and swallowed it for the second time. Indra noticed that there was no movement of the protrusion down from her neck. Again, nothing happens after 1 minute.

Indra : "Eat"

Indra pointed at the headless man's corpse. The girl stood up from her chair, approached the man's corpse and started eating it raw without hesitation.

5 minutes passed.

The girl's body began to grow limbs in unnatural places, 1 hand began to grow from her back, and 1 Eye grows on her forehead, but most obviously, her body grew bigger and muscular.

Indra walked towards the pen where there was a boar in it. Black particles came out of Indra's body, solidified, and quickly cut the boar's neck and pulled out the core from its heart. Indra brought the core back to the girl and held it out in front of her.

The girl responded 2 seconds later and took the core from his hand and swallowed it then continued to eat the corpse in front of her.

Another 5 minutes passed

Now the girl's body began to show features like a pig, her skin turning pink and her fingertips hardening like pig's hooves. but it was only temporary and her form slowly returned to normal status within 1 minute.

Indra : "Stop"

The girl stopped eating and turned towards Indra, her appearance still the same as before she ate the corpse.

Indra : "Which side you're on?"

Virda : "Anywhere as long as I can survive"

Indra : "Be my assistant"

The girl bent down then lifted herself back up and looked at Indra with a small smile.

Virda : "Thank you"

But right after that, a thin black object shot out quickly, cutting the girl's neck and shattering her heart into pieces.

.....

Switch to Jihan.

They were now in a black car, driven by Hōmine.

Darius : "Jihan, as someone who has fought that strange creature, I want you to tell me more details, such as her power or anything."

Jihan was silent and tried to gather all the memories of that day's events and opened his mouth.

Jihan : "About that, I remember that her strength at that time was almost on par with mine, and her speed could not be said to be that of someone with an old age."

Darius just responded with hmm while holding his chin and staring out the window.

Jihan : "But, I noticed one strange thing, when I first saw Mrs. Minori in her house that time, for some reason she responded 2 seconds slower than usual and that was constantly for sure. I also felt it when I fought with her"

Jihan : "I think that'-"

Hōmine : "EVERYONE HOLD ON TIGHT!"

Darius and Jihan reflexively looked forward and saw a large rock falling in front of them.

***Download NovelToon to enjoy a better reading experience!***