Lost Narrative Poetry

It didn't take too long. After lunch, Izumi Shinichi and his parents decided to start their return journey.

——There is no nostalgia, even for Izumi Shinichi’s parents.

Although they came out to travel together to relax their minds and cultivate their relationship as a couple, this trip not only did not allow them to relax their minds and feel how beautiful life was, it was actually thrilling and scary.

Especially knowing that some kind of terrifying man-eating creature has appeared in this world, has a powerful ability to disguise, and can even replace the identity of others...

They themselves almost hit the road, and their son basically hit the road, and his right hand has been replaced by a parasitic beast...

To be fair, no matter how nervous a person is, facing such a thrilling unfolding, they will never realize how wonderful this journey can be. Although the love and tolerance of Izumi Nobuyuki and his wife for their son can allow them to accept the existence of the parasitic beast in their son——

After all, that thing had already eaten their son's right hand and replaced it. Is there really any other choice now?

Are you planning to chop off your son's right hand? Or are you going to report it to the authorities and hand your son over to the state?

It's not realistic. There is no other way but to accept tolerance.

——But this does not mean that they can accept the existence of other parasitic beasts, especially because they had a terrible encounter that left a psychological shadow. Now they are somewhat in a state of panic and fear.

To put it simply, this couple now always feels that everyone outside may be man-eating monsters beneath the surface. Unless they return to their familiar home, it will not give them any sense of security...

Therefore, there is no reason to stay in an unfamiliar place.

In fact, if it weren't for Izumi Shinichi being unconscious and having to stay for a day, they would have been ready to go back yesterday.

But in fact, this is good. With one more day of buffering time, at least the family has an opportunity to be honest and honest with each other, so there is no gap between each other...

In fact, Xia Ran and Uda Mamoru left the area by boat with Izumi Shinichi's family of three. The reasons are different, but generally they can be attributed to——

Izumi Shinichi currently has a family, is still in school, and has a circle that he cannot abandon. It is unrealistic for him to drop everything and try to keep up with the actions of the other two people. However, the opposite situation is that the other two people can go anywhere.

Because Uda Mamoru is no longer a student, he was divorced not long ago, and he is considered an adult who has failed in both career and love... no, both. But he is not the kind of social creature who is too busy to take time off and has no human rights. He can still arrange his own time.

Although Xia Ran is still a student, her fictitious identity was assigned to her. She actually has no worries in this world, and was wanted not long ago. So he didn't care where he was going, as long as it was safe enough and had the right opportunity to hunt the parasitic beasts.

The protagonist Izumi Shinichi's side is obviously the most suitable hunting ground. Parasitic beasts emerge in endlessly, killing people one after another.

To be honest, Xia Ran thinks this is really unscientific——

Obviously in other places, the number of parasitic beasts is consistent with the number of their groups, and for the purpose of concealment, their territories often do not overlap, so as not to cause frequent murders and disappearances in the same area, leading to attracting humans. great attention from society.

But in the city where Izumi Shinichi is located, this is not the case at all. The parasitic beasts seem to be refreshed on time, and there are always special varieties.

Not those beasts that can be easily solved. Although they are disguised as humans, they still appear mechanical and rigid, with instincts greater than rationality, but the kind that are more like humans than humans and more dangerous than humans.

Parasitic beasts like Tamiya Ryoko, who will begin to explore the meaning of existence of their own species...

——It can be called a strange species.

Izumi Shinichi welcomed this. After all, he did feel that the world was becoming more and more dangerous. If his parents went out for a walk, they would be targeted by parasitic beasts. This gave him a great sense of crisis. .

Now having two reliable companions traveling together is simply a good thing that he could only wish for. How could he refuse?

As for Xia Ran's suggestion, Izumi Shinichi didn't hesitate long before he agreed and decided to join the small team that hunted the parasitic beasts. Because he has already seen how terrifying and dangerous that kind of thing is to human society.

In particular, what happened to his parents was something he couldn't ignore. In addition, there was no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days. It seemed that the best solution was really... to nip the danger in the bud?

Maybe he can't clean up the parasitic beasts all over the world, but if he only hunts in the city where he lives and ensures the daily and travel safety of his parents, relatives and friends to the greatest extent——

Izumi Shinichi felt that it was entirely possible to do it with the strength of the three people on his side.

His parents did not refuse. They also felt that having such professionals living nearby would make them feel more secure. Although they did not know that these two professionals were actually in the same situation as their son, and they did not recognize that one of them was a wanted criminal.

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A week later.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--"

The screams of the parasitic beast echoed through the dark alley.

"boom--!!"

But soon, it came to an abrupt end with a deafening loud noise.

The twisted and dancing figure fell down in the flames, and a pool of blood dyed a large area around it red. However, it did not last for too long, and quickly became charred black under the burning of the flames, without making any sound. .

Xia Ran hummed an unknown tune, half-knelt down on the ground, slowly put the grenade launcher back into the piano case, and then carried it behind her back.

"..."

Uda Mamoru, who was on the side, had just arrived out of breath, and happened to see this last scene. He couldn't help but a big drop of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. Although this was not the first time he saw this, he still felt very shocked. force.

——Who is the murderer who kills people without batting an eyelid?

Xia Ran didn't know what Uda Mamoru was thinking. He stood up, walked to the edge of the corpse, squatted down and stretched out his hand, as if to check something, and then turned around.

"Okay, let's go... follow the previous route and leave here as soon as possible. I feel that the police's response speed seems to have become faster recently."

"Huh? Oh, okay..."

Uda Mamoru reacted, nodded hurriedly, then turned around and left. His movements were always a little slow, but it wasn't because he had a problem with his understanding or memory.

But because he is really just an ordinary person. Now even if he can muster the courage to set up a situation with Xia Ran and take the initiative, it is already the limit. As for psychological construction, it can only be said that there is really no way to achieve it in one step.

It could be said that every time he fought against that kind of monster, he had to bite the bullet and force himself to charge forward... But that was all, so it was difficult for him to understand why Xia Ran could do this.

It's completely the other extreme. It feels like the other party is like an experienced butcher killing chickens and cows. There has been no emotional fluctuations for a long time. For him, it is just to find the parasitic beast and then lead it to a suitable place. The place of slaughter... battle.

The next operation was the same. The beginning was about fighting and containing the parasitic beast. He seized the opportunity to fire a fire bomb and completed the kill with a last-ditch attack.

He was even in the mood to hum the melody of the latest popular music. It was so clean, simple and direct that even though he had seen it several times, Uda Mamoru would still be stunned for a moment, giving it an unreal feeling.

To be honest, he really felt that Xia Ran was more like a cold-blooded hunter than a parasitic beast...

Xia Ran didn't think about the embarrassing expression on his companion's side. He just followed the previously planned route and quickly entered the nearest sewer manhole cover with Uda Mamoru, and then left the place. A remote area.

After all, official forces seem to be very active recently, and their reaction speed is strangely fast——

And no matter how much practice makes him perfect, he can compress the time to kill a parasitic beast in more than ten seconds without making too much noise, so officials may arrive at the scene of the crime at any time.

Because in many cases, Uda Mamoru's mobility meant that he was always too late to arrive at the scene at the scheduled time, so Xia Ran could only use the grenade launcher to make a quick victory...

The best and ideal situation originally expected was for at least two people to attack at the same time and quickly chop off the enemy's head through the transformation attack of the parasitic beast. It was silent and there was not much movement.

After leaving the previous area and taking another long detour, the two returned to their base camp, which was an apartment not far from the community where Izumi Shinichi lived. This place was temporarily rented by them.

After Uda Mamoru relaxed his mind and alleviated the discomfort caused by the long-distance running just now, he began to think about the troublesome question of what to eat today.

Xia Ran opened his own system interface and used the precious points he just got to add to his physical attributes.

Now his basic attributes have become——

"Strength: 5"

"Agility: 12"

"Physique: 7"

"Intelligence: 7"

"Spirit: 20"

"Perception: 7"

Because the reward for hunting parasitic beasts has been greatly weakened, although he and his companions have hunted eight parasitic beasts in total during this period, the total free attribute points gained are only two.

He adds a point to Strength, allowing him to securely use the grenade launcher with one hand. The other point is just added to the physical constitution to ensure that the output of the parasitic beast will not be hindered due to physical problems.

It's just that the reduction in kill rewards is simply outrageous. Before, one parasitic beast could get one to three free attribute points, but now it seems that three or four parasitic beasts combined can only get one free attribute point.

The points reward has also shrunk. Now a parasitic beast only has a symbolic 100 points for Xia Ran, and it may continue to be reduced.

——The only thing worth celebrating seems to be that the parasitic beast just gave Xia Ran another key.