Chapter VII. Bestial instincts
In the sound of hitting something.
Feel the soft touch that hits the flesh.
Rosetta calmly looked at the monster in front of her, and after being kicked in the abdomen, she suddenly bent down and let out a sound similar to howling.
Anyone who has had a little experience in fighting should know.
The abdomen, which is soft and unprotected, is the most vulnerable area.
Although the rupture of organs is often not fatal in the first place, the severe pain that cannot be restrained by willpower will greatly weaken the combat effectiveness.
Of course, Rosetta used all his strength for this blow, which can be seen from the blood stains that can't help but spit out from the corner of the opponent's mouth.
But......
Looking at the way he seemed to recover quickly, a hint of surprise flashed through Rosetta's eyes, which made him extremely vigilant.
Although I want to find out who is behind this guy who wants to kill him.
But seeing the other party's rapid recovery, he had no luck at all.
Rosetta had previously observed her surroundings, and there were no surveillance devices in the vicinity of the area, and there were almost no passers-by herself.
In other words.
- Killing people and destroying corpses in this place should be difficult to be discovered.
When an evil thought arises, the sky is wide in an instant, especially when this person is not a 'human', but wants to kill his own monster first.
Perhaps, this is because Rosetta lacks some superfluous empathy and some of the awe that normal people should have.
So when the 'Reservoir Dog' bent down in pain for his imprudentness, he lifted the black umbrella of good quality and stabbed the tip of the umbrella without hesitation.
But.
At the same moment, the attacker's face, which had become canine-like and hideous, unhuman-like, raised and caught Rosetta's gaze.
It was as if the tendency to further transform into some kind of monster appeared in this guy.
The previous blow to the body recovered in an instant, and at the same time, the opponent's entire face was further stretched forward, and the large mouth that was cracked like a demon extended to the root of the ear, which was covered with fine fangs, and its whole posture changed from walking on two legs to lying on all fours.
Looking at the abnormal scene, Rosetta didn't mean to change the other party at all, as early as the 'intuition' in his mind was crazy to warn, the tip of the black umbrella in his hand stabbed the opponent more ruthlessly and faster, wanting to abolish the opponent's ability to act.
Swish.
Rolling on the ground, the four-legged monster dodged Rosetta's attack at an astonishing speed, with a fierce wind, and in just a moment, it struck in front of it strangely.
Although there was a flash in front of him, Rosetta's surprisingly sharp intuition was still in effect, and at the moment when he felt the crisis coming, he quietly moved his footsteps, and passed by the deadly attack, and turned around with an elbow, smashing the opponent's back hard!
"Roar"!
It wasn't hurt, it was just pain, and the roar was squeezed out of the four-legged beast's throat, making it look even more hideous and dangerous, and more black fur grew wildly from it.
With a ferocious momentum, it struck again, faster and more murderous, and its large mouth that was split to the base of its ears opened, revealing a mouthful of fine fangs, and the target was Rosetta's neck!
Different from the fighting techniques derived from the changes in the limbs of human beings, fighting with their own sharp minions and prey is a combat method engraved in the bloodline instinct of beasts!
Just by looking with your eyes and listening with your ears, when you are confronted with this monster that further shows its inhuman side and looks like a wolf and a dog, the fear that arises from the flesh can give people the illusion that their legs are poured into concrete, and they lose the ability to resist.
However, Rosetta is different.
It was as if the seed called 'Anomaly' had already taken root under his skin.
At this moment, the more he is in this situation of nearing death, the more the joy, fear, and panic on the surface of his consciousness will be farther away from him, and only the abnormal essence will be left after being peeled off.
An iron-gray dim light crept in from under his eyes.
His 'hunch' became clearer than ever, and the accumulation of overeating earlier also turned into some kind of burning breath, pouring into the bone marrow and burning the blood, so that his nervous response gradually caught up with the speed of the monster.
'This feeling ......'
Whew, Rosetta unconsciously exhaled a breath of scorching breath, almost without thinking about a short body, the whole person seemed to disappear in an instant, while dodging the culling, instinctively chose the best battle strategy, entered the blind spot of the opponent's sight, and then strangled the opponent's neck from behind.
With the strengthened nerve reaction speed, he thought quickly at the same time.
That's right, even monsters with far more physical fitness than ordinary people definitely have weaknesses.
Rosetta witnessed the entire process of the other party's body and knew that the other party itself was transformed from a 'human', and from here, relying on logic to infer that in such a short period of time, it was impossible for the other party's body structure to change into another species so quickly.
Head, heart, spine.
These three basic parts are weak points for most creatures, and any one of them will be temporarily incapacitated or even fatal if they are severely hit.
And at this moment.
Knowing that even if there were also abnormal changes in his body, it would be impossible for him to catch up with the other party so quickly in terms of physical fitness, so Rosetta could only choose to seize this opportunity to gamble, betting that the other party still needs to breathe and still has most of the weaknesses of human beings.
"Shhh...... Hiss...... Hiss ......"
The neck was locked by the arm coming from behind, and the wolf-like monster let out a difficult gasp.
- Fortunately, at least this time, he seems to have made the right bet.
In the blink of an eye, Rosetta used some of the joint techniques he had seen before.
This monster transformed from a human exploded with an amazing desire to resist and struggled with all its might, but at the same time, Rosetta also used his death force, forcefully locked the opponent's neck with his arm, and tightened inch by inch, even if the opponent's bones were about to crunch, there was no mercy and the intention of letting go!
This process lasted about a minute and a half.
During this period, the other party's resistance and struggle left a scar on Rosetta's arm that caused the muscles to roll and the bones were visible, but until the other party completely lost his life, he still did not make a sound, as if there was no pain.
Is this also the effect of some kind of 'abnormality' in yourself?
Rosetta didn't know, he just subconsciously let go of the completely lifeless corpse in his arms.
Watching the beastly features of the monster gradually fade after death, and the corpse that regained its human form, there was only a deep chill in his heart.
This is not because he realizes that he has the remorse and guilt of 'killing someone', but rather, this kind of emotion that a normal person should have after committing a mistake is not at all in him.
It seems that under his skin, there is a hollow and no heart.
Rosetta found that even if he killed someone for the first time, he lacked the ability to empathize with the 'death of the same kind', so he realized that he was chasing the 'abnormality' of this world, and the mentality of discovering the abnormality had already appeared in him, as if it was his own nature.
"We have to find a way to dispose of the corpse."
In a trance, Rosetta whispered out of her throat and allowed herself to move.
The location where he asked Reiko Arakawa to park and put him down was already remote, and in this era, the tight surveillance system was not yet widespread, which greatly facilitated Rosetta's actions to some extent.
Perhaps, he also has to thank the rainy weather in this Antgawa City.
Because under this majestic rain, most of the traces are often washed away, and since there is no evidence to be found, what he did is naturally not considered a "crime".
Bang dang.
Soon, in the alley, Rosetta completed the final disposition of the body.
After destroying the brain, heart, spine and other important parts of the opponent's body again, he can be sure that the opponent will not be able to resurrect again.
And after solving these problems,
Finally, a question came to Rosetta's mind.
- Who the hell is going to kill me?
Although there was no evidence, he vaguely felt that the attack might be related to the tall man he bumped into in prison earlier.
Now, the facts have been proven.
The 'anomalies' that Rosetta was looking for were anything safe.
Rather, it is precisely because they are extremely dangerous that they can be called 'anomalous'.
But even so, Rosetta found that he still didn't seem to have any remorse, but after experiencing the baptism on the verge of life and death, his empty heart only produced a little satisfaction.
Like a wild dog who eats flesh and blood, like a madman who admires wisdom.
Lacking most mood swings and almost unable to develop empathy, he is desperate to chase after things that are beyond human intellect and common sense, even if life and death can be left behind.
"This is ...... me"
Lowering her head, Rosetta silently glanced at the injuries on her body that needed to be dealt with urgently.
- Of course.
At least I can't die now.
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After about half an hour, Rosetta finally returned to her rented apartment.
With this kind of injury that is problematic at first glance, of course, he can't just go to the hospital for medical treatment.
But fortunately, he also has the habit of preparing medical kits at home, and he has learned a little simple first aid and bandaging techniques from a doctor friend in Dashun before.
Although the standard is certainly not too standard, at least for the current situation, it is completely sufficient, at least it will not make the injury worse.
Rosetta quickly dealt with his injuries in a basic way.
Maybe it's a blessing in the midst of misfortune.
Most of the injuries left by the ghost thing he temporarily named 'Corpse Dog' are located on his arms, and the most serious ones are not serious enough to hurt the heart and other fatal parts, as long as he does not suffer a second injury, he believes that he can recover after a period of time.
But the only thing that worries Rosetta is that there may be something attached to the other's alienated claws.
At that time, because I was busy handling the corpse and the murder scene, I did not deal with the scratched parts in time.
Until now, near the wounds on the arm, some purple-black flocculent has already penetrated into the wound, causing necrosis of muscle tissue.
"There's no choice but to see if we can rip off these infected parts by ourselves."
Rosetta had no choice, in the room, he could only look naked in front of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, look at the strange injuries on his body that seemed to spread, gritted his teeth and took a knife, and then put it on the alcohol lamp to cauterize it first.
But...... Just on the eve of what he was about to do to himself.
It seems that the invasion of a foreign object activates some mechanism latent in the body.
It was as if something had taken root under his skin, and it made Rosetta seem to go back to not long ago, when he was close to death, and there was the same force that poured into the bone marrow and burned the nerves.
He didn't have time to think about the hasty changes in the previous battle.
But now, he watched with his own eyes, a white and tender color that was incompatible with the surrounding skin and flesh, slowly emerging from under the blood scab that was gradually peeling off, and there was no longer a wound!