Chapter 4 : What Am I and Who are You?
I got close to one of the bodies and took a bite out of the thighs.
Hmm, to describe the taste?.
It was delicious.
Despite the pitiful and horrendous look of the Dead creatures, it was delicious, the best thing I ever ate in my life.
Is hyena meat that delicious? Or is it the hunger making everything taste better?
No. It's probably something that has to do with whatever they did to me.
After that, I threw away all hesitation and ate as fast as I could, even swallowing Big chunks.
The previous scene of a broken mopping girl is replaced with a hungry flesh eating monster
The meat was delicious, the blood quenched my thirst, and even the bones felt good to chew on. Nothing was left behind.
[new genome acquired: Hyena]
[You can now use Hyena genetics]
What?
as if it's coming from the void, I heard a reverberating voice that sounds somehow...
Handsome.
"Wah W-Who Is it?"
[Mobius]
"H-Hey come out now! Don't just speak to me from... Wait a minute! Where are you?"
[Mobius is currently within subject-0]
Who is that? Oh wait I think I heard that old dude say I'm 'subject-0'
Wait
"What the hell are you implying!?"
[Rephrasing: Mobius is a group of nano machines, developed at {REDACTED}. with the intended purpose of recording the progress of biological creatures, maintain control over them, and {REDACTED}]
Nano machines!?
[Yes]
So this guy is watching my every move and/or recording my bodily functions? Creepy
"Umm Moby?"
[Möbius]
"Oh yeah sorry, but can you get out of me? No wait I'd like to get out of here, so if you could just guide me to the door, I'll be on my way out of he-"
[No]
"WHY?"
[You are not authorized to give this level of orders to Mobius subject-0]
...I knew it, but I just had to try
"Can you explain the control over biological creatures part?"
[You are not authorized to have this level of information subject-0]
...
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"Anyway what did you say before that"
[This unit will help you with processing information regarding your body, and your abilities]
[You can now use Hyena genetics]
[This involves the ability to shapeshift in the same creature, shifting specific parts only (like a paw or a tail), constructing biological systems, like a digestive system or immunity system, and supernatural abilities if the prey had any]
Really? You are what you eat after all. like a Mega Man but as an Eldridge horror
Umm, I would like to form into a Hyena
[Affirmative]
My flesh moves and deep inside I start feeling bones forming, tendons, organs, and veins all within me
And I now I look like a Hyena I have to say, the this is very weird
Although I look like one and I have some similar organs I feel like I could do more
I feel like I can shift my form at any moment I want. I could extend extra legs or tentacles from anywhere I want. Not to mention I'm now also much faster with four legs.
"Oh? It seems you have taken the choice to live, Good! Now let's get back to testing"
Suddenly one of the walls is lifted, behind it unveils a room... No an obstacle course.
The opposite wall moves towards me, pushing me into that room.
"No no no, Fuck you Fuck you FUCK YOU"
that damn voice again The old dude came back with delight
"Good, as you can see things are moving faster now as you learn"
I noticed the rails on the roof of the room. And right above me they held... Flamethrowers.
"It's time to speed things up a little bit. You will have the possibility to train your agility and strength through these exercises"
"Just stop trying to kill me every two fucking minutes"
"You can try to scale walls, climb ladders, jump across and over obstacles"
"No let me go first"
"These aren't for show you know you know? good luck"
The flamethrowers start making noises and I won't stand here to discover what it would do
I start making my way through the course when the flamethrowers start their slowly moving closer
Even with my frantic running, I notice that I'm surprisingly adaptive to this new body
My only focus is to get away as fast as possible from being burnt alive.
Jumping across and over obstacles was the first challenge. It was easy enough for me to get a big distance away from the hot searing flames.
I spot a ladder at the distance with it being the only way over a big fucking wall. climbing ladders wasn't possible with my current form now was it?
I began switching my front paws for a more human looking hands and shoulders. Additionally, I can feel how long the process will take to make the switch.
Back when I was human I couldn't even lift myself but now it's effortless to climb this set of ladders.
It felt like a stroll, one with flames and traumatizing near death experiences.
Eventually I make it through, but I feel deep hunger again.
"See? That wasn't so hard, was it? You are doing just fine, my friend! Now continue with the next exercise"
A wall opens up and a tiger appears
Of course
Immediately I dissolve my previous four legged shape in exchange for more power in my shapeless fleshy form
Then I Turn the tip of one of my tentacles into a bone, and make it as sharp as I possibly can.
At the same time I extend my body around the tiger.
The tiger looks weary of what I'm doing and tries to keep a distance while I surround it.
Good
I strike from different angles grabbing its limbs Making it unable to fight back.
"ROAR"
Sorry, I need to eat. Don't worry it'll be quick.
Using my sharpened tentacle, I stab through the head of the tiger. Then, I wrenched it back and forth, as hard and as fast as I could.
The process wasn't beautiful to say the least, but I like to think it was more merciful than the previous treatment the hyenas had to endure.
Then I start devouring the body of the tiger.
[new genome acquired: Tiger]
Another wall opens up to show a small room.
"You are doing just fine, now take the elevator, and let's continue to the next lesson"
"You can't just keep doing this to me"
The previously inactive flamethrowers start making noises again, moving closer along the roof.
Damn it.
I'll keep record of all the injustice done to me here