*Tink* *Tink*

Leave me alone.

*Tink* *Tink*

Give me 5 more minutes of sleep.

*Swish* *Splash*

I’m awake! I’m awake! Stop that! The shaking is giving me a hellish headache.

…

Where the hell am I? I couldn’t see anything again. Was I back in the hellish black void? Oh god. Please no. Not this place. Wasn’t my sacrifice an act worthy of heaven and puffy clouds? I need some angels to carry me to paradise. Please, get me outta this dark void.

*Tok*

“Hello?” A voice reached my ears. There was someone here. I was not alone in this hell.

“Hmmm. The brain didn’t reject the organ. The organic stitches had successfully fused the two components together. The ears seem to be functioning properly. That’s good… Now, for the eyes.”

What the hell was the voice talking about? Stitches? Eyes? Why did I need new ears? My old ones were fine.

*Squish* *Tok*

After the strange noise, like stepping on cranberry jam, I felt two orbs attached to my face. The next thing I knew, I could see. My new found sight blinded me. I couldn’t close my eyes and my line of sight was distorted. My eyes kept moving up and down; there’s no stopping the motion as I was only able to rotate my eyes. It was as if my eyeballs were attached to strings. The truth was discovered the moment my eyes did a 360 degree turn. No normal, human eyes could make a full circle turn. And certainly, no human could see their brains outside their skull, while they’re inside a glass cage filled with green fluids. I was a brain, with ears and eyes, inside an opened jar. My ears were literally sitting on the table, outside the jar. What the hell.

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“I see you are looking at your functional new self.” It’s that same voice.

Scanning the room, which reminded me of a torture chamber in Jigsaw, I saw a male demon in a lab coat. He was smiling, the smile of evil. The same smile someone has if they’re a lolicon psychopath having a wet dream. Yeah, that kind of smile. The very smile that directed my naked brain… Should I be embarrassed?... I am technically naked.

“I almost forgot the mouth.” He said, before bringing some sort of distorted thing and did some mad science stuff to connect it to my brain. In the entire process, I felt nothing. Maybe I couldn’t feel pain or any other senses related to nerve cells.

“Now. Speak.” (Zabel)

“F**k!” (Jeetu)

The face he made when I said it was priceless. He went all poker face on me; the dotted eyes and horizontal mouth. Hahaha!

“Nononono~. This just won’t do.” The demon shook his head in disapproval.

“Ha. Not like you can do anything about it.” I spited him.

“Actually, I can.” As he said that line, the scientist walked towards his table of bloody tools. Picking the one that I believed to be the most deadly equipment: a pair of scissors and a misfigured, pussing orb. It was all too obvious on what he was about to do with those things. He was gonna cut my poor brain open and stuff that thing inside me. And I sure as hell didn’t want that inside me.

“Are there take backs?” (Jeetu)

“Sadly, no.” (Zabel)

“Please. I’ll do anything. Just don’t put that disgusting thing inside me.” (Jeetu)

“Your life is mine to create and control. Your opinions and wishes mean nothing to me.” (Zabel)

“Well, aren’t you just a son of a b***h.” (Jeetu)

“My mother was not a dog. She was an oni.” (Zabel)

*Shing* The blade of the scissors glowed from the torches and/or magical light bulbs.

“Don’t do this. No! NOOOO!” (Jeetu)

“Your way of speech is filthy.” (Zabel)

*Slice*

“Hey. My speech is %&*^% wat ell ou dwon>?” (Jeetu)

My brain.

*Slice* *Slice* *Slice* *Squish*

Skill learned: Distorted Mentality (MAX) - User no longer retains complete control of their physical body.

Skill learned: Obedience (MAX) - Obey orders given by superior(s).

Superior(s): General Zabel von Avil

“Finished. Let’s have another run. Tell me, how do you feel?” (Zabel)

‘I feel like a piece of overgrown dog droppings.’

“Normal.” (Jeetu)

That’s not what I was supposed to say. I was saying that ‘I feel terrible.’

“Everything feels normal.” (Jeetu)

What have you done to me? You demon. Oh wait. You are a demon!

“Excellent.” (Zabel)

This isn’t excellent. This is madness. I want my human body back.

“You are ready for the next phase.” (Zabel)

I don’t want your stupid second phase. I never asked for this or any of the demon things to happen. All I wanted was to be a friendly protagonist of an isekai!

“Okay.” (Jeetu)

Shut up! Me!