195: Chapter 195 Desire Obsessed

Not far from Spirit Sparrow's protective shield, the slovenly man from before stood with one foot on a table, holding a vial of potion and lifting it over his head with a fanatical expression.

Beneath him gathered several men and women, their eyes fixed on the black potion in his hand, their gazes filled with greed.

"You see this... the potion in my hand is the latest Gene Potion developed by the Star Cult. Just drink it, and you'll instantly gain power as strong as ours!"

As the slovenly man spoke, he swung his already mutated left hand violently to the side. Everything in its path was instantly crushed without resistance, erupting in deafening explosions.

The people below didn't feel fear; instead, the thirst and greed for power in their eyes grew even stronger.

This slovenly man was quite famous here. No one knew his real name, only that he was called Shunzi. It was said he had been abandoned as a child and lived by scavenging trash.

Like most people, he wasn't an Esper. He had been bullied since childhood, and as an adult, he had no prospects, was addicted to alcohol, and lacked ambition—a piece of trash in the eyes of others...

But just now...

They had seen with their own eyes how he used that powerful strength to send the man in the Silver Dragon Enforcer's black robe flying. That was a powerful Enforcer who had seemed invincible to them before, an Esper of at least the fifth rank! Yet he was suppressed like this by a piece of trash in everyone's eyes!

"I... I want it!"

One person stepped forward, their voice trembling.

None of these people were Espers. They had long envied these extraordinary individuals who could fly and burrow, and even resented why they were born with better luck.

"I... I want it too!"

"Me too..."

...

One after another, they reached out toward Shunzi, as if desperate to seize this Heaven-Defying chance to change their fates.

"Heh heh heh heh..."

Shunzi let out a low, cold laugh and shook the potion in front of them again.

"Come... I'll give it to you..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he slammed the black potion onto the ground. The glass shattered, and the potion instantly spilled everywhere.

But the crowd didn't care. They scrambled onto the ground and began to lick it up frantically...

Watching the people crawling on the ground like dogs, Shunzi felt a surge of satisfaction.

Once upon a time, he was the target of everyone's ridicule. In these "Kyoto Slums," almost anyone could step on him. Now, everyone looked at him as if he were a god. Even the "poison" he threw on the ground was treated like a treasure as they knelt to lick it.

"Ah! Roar!"

Before long, most of them began to mutate involuntarily. Their sanity gradually faded, replaced by a terrifying power they had never experienced before.

At the same time, a piece of information surfaced in everyone's minds: this power was only temporary. However, if they killed an Enforcer, they could obtain the method to fully control this power from the Star Cult...

"Yes... kill the Enforcers, kill the Enforcers... then we can keep this powerful strength forever!!!"

The eyes of all the monsters instantly turned blood-red.

After sensing the Esper's aura from Spirit Sparrow's direction, they immediately rushed toward it...

Shunzi watched coldly as these people, who were just groveling at his feet, suddenly went mad. He sneered in his heart again.

He thought: You guys go ahead and fight, kill each other. You guys are just consumables. Unlike me, I gained the Star Cult's trust from the start. Not only did I get this power, but I also gained the ability to control it...

And... if they hadn't said that the more monsters I create, the stronger the power I'll get in the future, do you think you people would still be alive in front of me...

"Right... I wonder how things are going on 'Werewolf's' side. That Enforcer girl from just now and the Enforcer boy who entered at the very beginning seem to be over there... and..."

The image of a white-haired little girl in a gold-trimmed white robe suddenly flashed in his mind, and he couldn't help but shudder.

He silently prayed that this ancestor would stay in one room and not come out, just as she said when she brought him here. The invisible aura she radiated was truly terrifying...

"By the way... that little girl maintaining the shield really has some persistence. Her broken shield is already cracked like this, yet she's managed to hold on for so long..."

While thinking, the slovenly man reached out his filthy hand toward the Birdcage Squad members inside the shield. In an instant, the flesh on his hand began to collapse and reorganize, and a massive monster arm appeared.

"Forget it, I'll help set you free..."

"Whoosh—Bang!!!"

"What!"

Seeing his massive monster arm turn into a blood mist in an instant, Shunzi roared in disbelief.

"Damn it... because of the Star Soul Ritual, did I still miss by a bit..."

A young girl's self-muttering suddenly sounded from behind him, her tone carrying a hint of annoyance and disdain. It was as if she were saying she could kill this guy with a casual strike.

"What do you mean... do you still think I'm some minor character you can just toy with! Don't look down on me!!!"

The past mockery of everyone echoed in his mind simultaneously, and all their voices slowly blended together, finally turning into the girl's voice that treated him like trash.

With a roar, the slovenly man began to swell continuously. This was the rhythm of a complete mutation.

The Star Cult contact who had met him told him that he couldn't maintain his sanity after a full mutation yet. Unless it was an emergency, it was better to stay in a semi-mutated state.

But...

"You look down on me, don't you... Die! All of you, die! Die!"

Perhaps it was the threat of the terrifying strike from the girl, or perhaps it was the deep disdain he felt in her words, but in a fit of rage, Shunzi decided to fully unleash his power.

As the only monster with fifth-rank strength, his fully mutated form was exceptionally massive. His head reached the bar's ceiling, and his appearance was hideously ugly, with nauseating tumors covering his massive body.

"Hahaha!!! Power... Power! Such strong power! You... you'll definitely pay the price for looking down on me!"

His two massive forearms swung wildly around. The monsters in his path who didn't dodge in time didn't even have a chance to scream before they were instantly whipped into a blood mist.

"Oh? You've gotten bigger?"

To Shunzi's surprise, the white-haired girl in the Black Dragon Enforcer cloak didn't seem to care about his transformation at all. Instead, she gave a wicked smile.

"A larger target makes for an easier hit..."