Chapter 276

Page Eighty-Seven Terrified into Transformation

All the researchers had gone to the deep-level laboratory to listen to the lecture by 老娘, so this research institute became empty and deserted. There was no one around, the lighting was dim, and only the floor lamps on both sides of the corridor illuminated the path.

Based on the location of the library, I felt my way to the ward that Bā Hé Mèi mentioned. 樱酱 extended her tentacle, slipping through the door crack to investigate the situation first.

“—… Oh? The Scorpion Man has already been transformed.”

Hmm? Transformed?

What’s going on?

“—… Saying they won’t use live subjects for experiments, but Yǐn Tiānjié has already been turned into a little girl. Miss Kē Màn wrapped her entire body with bandages and put a restraint suit on her, like a mummy, lying motionless on the bed… It looks like she was given anesthesia? Or maybe it’s a sensory deprivation spell. Anyway, she can’t feel her own body now. I scratched her foot and she didn’t react at all.”

No wonder Bā Hé Mèi said I would be surprised when I saw her. This clearly deviates from what 老娘 described yesterday. What exactly did they do to Yǐn Tiānjié?

Cherry Sauce made a speculation.

“—Hmm, bandages and full-body anesthesia, it should make her think she underwent some kind of plastic or gender reassignment surgery, right?”

Is there any surgery that can change bone size?

Medical science isn’t that advanced yet, right?

“—Hehe, then the only explanation left is brain transplantation. The brain of ‘Yǐn Tiānjié’ as a man was transplanted into a young girl’s body… Since we’re using the black hospital setting, such inhumane experiments are possible too~”

How terrifying!

The brain isn’t even in its own body. As the person involved, she must be scared out of her wits, right?

“—I think she’s already terrified… Do you still plan to add another blow with your plan?”

Of course. No punishment is enough for that guy.

Looking at Scarface Strongman Yòu Zi who was similarly dressed in a restraint suit, I asked him softly, “Yòu Zi, are you ready?”

He nodded seriously.

“—Don’t you think those triangular ears are too out of place?”

To be honest, yes.

A fierce-looking square-faced scarred strongman with a pair of fluffy beast ears on his head does seem absurdly out of place.

“—Put a hat on him first.”

Putting a surgical cap on Yòu Zi, Cherry Sauce then put a clean white coat on me, the same model as Miss Kē Màn’s, fully prepared. Then… I couldn’t open the door.

Tsk, the ward door was locked. I didn’t ask Bā Hé Mèi for the key.

“—What door could stop me?”

The black tentacle poked into the lock hole, and with a click, the door opened.

The Goddess of Beautiful Girls is really a thief, huh?

There were also faint floor lights in the ward. Even without turning on the lights, it was just barely possible to see. Whether she was deaf or pretending to sleep, Yǐn Tiānjié showed no reaction to my entry, lying straight on the bed.

However, it’s winter, and she wasn’t covered with a blanket, only wrapped in bandages and wearing a restraint suit tied to the bed. Fortunately, this research institute had plenty of heating, so she wouldn’t catch a cold.

Because the lights weren’t on, I couldn’t see her face clearly, but from the curves outlined by the tight restraint suit, her figure after transformation looked quite good—full where it should be and hollow where it should be—enough to compete with AJ…

“—LSP, don’t stare!”

I glanced at her and then pushed the only other bed in the ward away, closing the door behind me.

I wanted to know how Yǐn Tiānjié would react.

“—Just as you thought, she was just pretending to sleep. As soon as you left, she started looking around, but she can only move her neck slightly… I think she’s noticed something different about her body. Her expression is quite confused. Lǐn Huā will definitely find it interesting.”

Sure enough, she wasn’t asleep. In such an environment, being able to stay calm and sleep is not easy. Yǐn Tiānjié is just a bully who preys on the weak, not someone who can remain calm in such a situation.

Let’s proceed to the second phase.

I pushed out the bed and slapped it. Without saying a word, the strongman Yòu Zi lying at the door got up. I approached and tightened his restraint suit… His spell inside allowed him to change into different clothes. In other words, these clothes were originally his own fur?

“—It’s not quite like that. The post-transformation form isn’t simply a swap. Yòu Zi’s state is more like temporarily creating a new body each time, so each transformation consumes a lot of energy. To maintain the transformation, divine power must be continuously expended.”

Opening the door again, I pushed Yòu Zi’s bed in. This scar-faced gang leader-like thug successfully intimidated Yǐn Tiānjié, who lay motionless again.

I pulled the curtain between the two beds and turned on the lights here so that Yǐn Tiānjié could see the shadows and vaguely observe what was happening.

I drew out a syringe (produced by Cherry Sauce), filled with meaningless purple solution, and injected it into Yòu Zi’s arm.

Of course, nothing real was injected; it was just for show. But Yòu Zi cooperated, letting out a scream.

But why hasn’t this rugged square-faced strongman changed his voice yet?

This sharp voice is too out of place, isn’t it? What is Yòu Zi doing?

I covered his mouth and warned him sternly.

“Behave yourself! If you survive the experiment, I might let you go.”

“What did you do to me?” Yòu Zi’s voice was filled with fear, and his acting as a small animal was quite good.

“It doesn’t matter if I tell you. In the next hour, your body will rapidly mutate. Ideally, you’ll grow complete functional animal ears and a tail.”

“What if it doesn’t go well?”

“If there’s a rejection reaction, you might die. Who wants that, right?”

She asked in a low voice, “Do you know who I am before you do this to me?”

“Identity? Let me see… Tōng Shēng Sì Mǎ, leader of the True Deaf Group of the West City Gang. Your name sounds tough, but it’s not a big deal. All our test subjects are like you, criminals. Do you know why?”

“…”

Yòu Zi remained silent, his face stern.

This small animal’s acting is so realistic, unlike me just reading lines.

“No response? Looks like you understand. Yes, because criminals naturally make enemies everywhere and never choose to report incidents. The West City Gang doesn’t even know we exist. Who do you think they’d retaliate against? Definitely their sworn enemies… Oh, did you fall asleep? Is the sedative dose too high?”

I circled around Yòu Zi’s bed twice, then took off the surgical cap on his head. Through the shadow on the curtain, I thought Yǐn Tiānjié could clearly see the sharp animal ears.

“They grew so quickly?”

Pinching the weasel ears of the scar-faced old man, I switched to a sinister voice and rambled on with my analysis.

“It seems effective. If this stabilizes, the semi-animalization experiment will be successful…”

“—The stimulus isn’t strong enough. She still seems half-doubtful.”

After all, animal ears could just be some kind of fetish headband. It’s normal for Yǐn Tiānjié to doubt based on shadows alone.

“—No, I think it’s because your tone when speaking is too monotonous.”

Cough! So it’s my fault?

… But my surprise isn’t that simple!

Cherry Sauce! Prepare for the third phase!

“—Yes, yes, Director.”

Cherry Sauce, with a dismissive tone, cut off Yòu Zi’s magical energy supply and simultaneously split part of the black substance to create an inflatable plush dummy. It was shaped like a wolf-person breaking free from the restraint suit, sitting on the bed and scratching frantically. The fierce appearance paired with the realistic primal roar created a terrifying illusion of the subject losing control.

Although the design wasn’t scary upon closer inspection, I sat down hard on the ground and crawled out of the ward in panic, even making eye contact with Yǐn Tiānjié along the way… Hmm, I saw terror and fear in her eyes.

Under such dire circumstances, she stopped pretending to sleep, but the full-body anesthesia prevented her from calling for help, leaving her to do futile sit-ups with her neck.

The combination of the rough sound effects and the towering shadow was enough to scare Yǐn Tiānjié, who was just a curtain away.

“—Hmm, your plan succeeded… She’s truly terrified.”

Uh, that’s not what I expected.

She’s too easily frightened, isn’t she?

“—Female physiology isn’t designed to hold urine easily, especially with her lower body anesthetized.”

There was no movement in the room. I peeked back into the ward. Several shocking claw marks were torn on the curtain between the two beds, clearly the work of Cherry Sauce, and perhaps the direct cause of Yǐn Tiānjié’s incontinence.

However, the inflatable wolf-person was nowhere to be seen, leaving only a tattered restraint suit.

“—Where is he?”

I searched around and found Yòu Zi, pretending to be dead and flipping belly-up under the pieces of the restraint suit, and lifted him by the back of his neck.

“—Has the animal cell erosion stopped? Has he fully transformed into an animal?”

Cherry Sauce questioned my ramblings:

“—Turning a human into an animal, I don’t think Yǐn Tiānjié is that stupid to believe it.”

But some things are right in front of her, and she can’t deny them. I carried Yòu Zi to her bedside… and smelled a terrible odor.

“—Bā Hé Mèi and the others are still in class. Since you scared her out, you have to take responsibility and clean her up.”

Huh? Didn’t you scratch her with your claws?

I don’t want to deal with her. Let her soak in her own urine.

“—Forget that for now. What do you plan to do with her? Can’t keep her here forever, right?”

That’s not a problem. She doesn’t know this is actually the underground of a low-rent apartment. After knocking her out, I’ll just dump her in the outskirts of the West City and let her fend for herself. Besides, no one will believe her anyway, and there’s no evidence to accuse us.

“—True, but can you really leave her like that?”

Why not?

She’s not my follower anymore since I turned her into a woman. I don’t need to take responsibility for her happiness.

After all, she’s just trash. I don’t care about her.

Just as I was about to leave the ward with Yòu Zi, the mummy-like Yǐn Tiānjié on the bed changed again…

Damn, she turned into a baby.