"Really? With human hands and heads, isn't that the legendary mermaid? ”

"Really, really, I just saw it!" A small figure squeezed into the crowd, dancing and gesturing.

Many people put down their work and went to the dock to see the excitement.

The fishing boat was fully loaded, and they had never seen a fishing boat bring back so much from a single trip to sea.

"We don't necessarily have that much harvest for most of the year." The young men of the town gathered around the captain and made no secret of their envy.

When the fishing boat goes to sea with bad luck, it can't even come back, and if you are lucky, you don't have to worry about making a living when you go to sea for a long time.

In addition to envy, people's eyes fell on the strange fish in the fishing net, and a crew member took out his camera and excitedly took pictures.

It was bound in fishing nets, covered in mud and blood, and its scales had lost its luster, and it did not react even if it was poked with a harpoon.

The captain talked to the man next to him with a smile on his face, and when he talked about what to do with it, someone offered to sell it for a good price, and someone offered to let it go.

Only the captain and crew know the reason for this full load.

They caught the strange creature, it didn't speak, but the people who watched it read its heart, and the boat was loaded with it.

When this was the case, the people on board were excited, but they broke their promise.

What a treasure it is!

But a few days later, seeing that it was dying, at this time, someone suddenly said that eating it can strengthen the body and prolong life.

Naturally, some people don't believe such a ridiculous statement, but there are also many people who believe it, and the owner of the only inn in town is convinced of it.

His daughter was sick, and the doctor said it wasn't curable, and now he saw hope.

The strange creature was getting worse and worse, as if it were just half a breath, and at last the captain spoke in the midst of the argument.

Since it can't live, just make the best use of it.

The town's doctor tried to secretly release it, but the operation failed, but it was tied up by a group of people, and the last thing the doctor saw was a smile on its scaly face.

There was an indescribable weirdness about that smile, and it was terrifying to watch.

Most of the people in the town were given a small piece of meat, and at first they became energetic, and the minor physical ailments and pains were indeed cured, and everyone believed it, and those who were originally hesitant no longer hesitated.

But the next night, when people began to die in the town, they remembered the doctor who had been tied up and locked in his room.

It's all late.

For the next few days, the town became unusually quiet, and even during the day there was no one to be seen in the streets, and when the doctor knocked on the door, the man who opened the door was covered tightly, and the dark green scales could not be hidden from the cuffs.

Seeing his familiar neighbor become less and less human day by day, he thought of the creature's last smile, and his face turned pale instantly.

The people of the town have become monsters, they can no longer leave the sea, and when the sun comes out, they have to go back to the sea.

This remote island is fading from the outside world, and everyone who comes here has lost their sight due to the sinking of ships.

***

A ray of sunlight outside the window fell on the treetops, and from time to time there were a few crisp birdsongs, and the room was quiet, except for the sound of instruments.

The person on the hospital bed had her eyes closed, there was no trace of blood on her face, she seemed to be asleep, but it was too quiet.