I Became an Evolving Space Monster Chapter 42

Ep. 42

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William, head of the criminal team under the Port District Security Team, is currently in the residential district.

This is to go directly to the house of a friend who has not responded for over a week even though I sent a message.

‘No matter how busy he was, he always kept in touch.’

The fact that such a person has not heard any news for more than a week means that there is a problem with his personal life.

William knocked on his friend’s door.

When there was no response after waiting for a while, he took out the terminal he had hidden in his pocket. He secretly stole the hacking equipment that the security team confiscated from criminals with the authority of the team leader.

As he connected the equipment and operated it, the door made a clanking sound. He opened the unlocked door and went inside.

William’s friend organized things neatly, as expected from a military background.

However, perhaps because the door had not been opened for a long time, there was a thick, dusty smell coming from every corner of the house.

As I looked around, it felt like no one had been around for a long time. The sound of the virtual TV next door coming from beyond the wall and his footsteps were the only noises that broke the silence of the house.

The coffee cup on the table caught his eye.

‘Leftover coffee.’

There was a trace of dried coffee inside the cup. It was evidence that it had been left in a dry room for a long time.

‘As expected, something happened.’

William was convinced and started searching. I looked for places where my friend could hide weapons, such as in the closet, under the bed, etc.

As a result, he confirmed that some of his weapons and equipment were missing.

‘Go out armed and disappear or die.’

Before I came here, I had looked at all the violent incidents reported in the Port District. There were no incidents in which firearms higher than laser rifles were used.

In other words, his friend was secretly eliminated.

‘The tissue of the man in the pajamas.’

According to recent reports, the person meeting Broker S has changed to someone else. It was clear that they had noticed the police surveillance network over there and were trying to avoid it at all costs.

After contacting his team members through the communicator, William sat down and opened the laptop he had brought with him.

“grow. “What was the result after sending it to the surveillance team?”

The police diligently tracked Broker S and the mystery man, but ultimately failed to capture them on camera. As a team member said during the meeting, it was because the man was so new.

In the end, I had no choice but to hand over to the surveillance team not photos, but only a montage created based on the police officers’ remembered impressions. Because of this, the surveillance team had to match montages of faces captured by cameras throughout the city day and night.

｢The newly appeared person is still being analyzed.｣

“What about the pajama guy we first encountered?”

“That part has already been completed. By comparing the faces captured by cameras spread throughout the special trade center, we selected 20 similar subjects. “I will send you the details of the relevant people right away.”

After a while, a message appeared on my laptop saying that the file had arrived.

While looking at the details of 20 people, he frowned.

“Commercial district workers? “Has this person come up with anything?”

“He didn’t have a criminal record.”

“He looks exactly like that guy, right? “At the store?”

“I tried to contact them, but they said they haven’t come out for a long time. Since it was a day job anyway, I don’t think they paid much attention to it.”

“….”

William wanted to ask why he didn’t look into it more, but he didn’t.

Here in T&C’s special trade center, low capital is literally a part, not a human being. Because there are so many people coming into the city, they don’t really care what happens to the employees.

My subordinates are also members of this city. He knew well that scolding him wouldn’t change anything.

‘It’s a sick and rotten city.’

Not all humans within Megacorp approve of the absurd structure. There are quite a few people who are fed up with a society where disregard for human life has penetrated to its core and are leaving for Star Union or Space Dog.

William also had a military background, so he never looked favorably on the fact that more people died in entertainment districts than on battlefields.

‘…no. I serve Megacorp. ‘My mission is to catch criminals who cause harm to society.’

He shook his head to shake off the meaningless thoughts.

He gave instructions to his subordinates who were waiting for a response on the other side of the communicator.

“First, send the kids to the store to be investigated again, and the remaining 19 people will be investigated again, including their workplace, residence, and personal relationships.”

｢Yep!｣

“I’m in the residential area, so I’ll check it out myself.”

“yes? Wasn’t it vacation today?…”

“Where is vacation in our work? Anyway, good luck.”

After ending the call, William closed his laptop.

Before leaving the house, he quietly bowed his head towards his friend, who was most likely already dead.

‘I will take your revenge on your behalf.’

According to the history, the man in pajamas lived in an apartment close to this place.

After leaving his friend’s house, the destination he headed to was an apartment complex that was a little older than this place.

‘Where he lives is on the 3rd floor, right?’

The moment he came up the stairs and entered the third floor hallway, William felt a strange feeling. It was the same where his friend lived, but the apartments in the residential district were not very good places to live. Since these buildings were built with cheap materials to reduce unit costs, they had many problems. Among the many problems, soundproofing was especially the worst.

‘There is no sound.’

Even though it was currently daytime, being this quiet was clearly a sign of something abnormal.

As if no one lives on the entire third floor.

“….”

He got nervous and pulled out a laser pistol. He took a deep breath and knocked on the door of his destination.

There was no response back. I knocked a few more times, but couldn’t hear anything inside.

‘Are you going out?’

Originally, he would have had to obtain a search warrant, but William didn’t do that. This was because things would get complicated if he ran away while waiting for a warrant to be issued.

When he made up his mind, he took out his hacking equipment again. When he lightly opened the door and opened it, William smelled a familiar smell.

‘The smell of blood!’

As he had worked in the military detective team for a long time, he was able to easily recognize the identity of this fishy and unpleasant smell.

Contrary to the smell, there was nothing strange inside the house. It wasn’t as clean as my friend’s house, but it was neatly organized.

However, William felt that the neat house was like a replica artificially created by a murderer to hide the scene.

‘Is there nothing?’

The smell continued, but there was no evidence at all. As he was wondering if he really needed to get a warrant and come back, a refrigerator caught his eye.

He opened the refrigerator as if possessed by something.

“…!”

There was no body there.

Instead, only dried blood stains remained.

William hurried out of the house.

“grow! We found the person who colluded with Broker S! The place is…”

With his urgent radio call, the port district security team finally moved.

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Some of the ‘subadult- >subadult’ evolution conditions have been met.

Intelligence body capable of transformation 2/20 (not achieved) Humanoid intelligence body 12/20 (not achieved) Intelligence body using psychic power 0/20 (not achieved) ｣

“Predation effect activated! Successfully acquired the ‘Claws of the Beast’ gene essence.｣

｢Taken away ‘Claws of the Beast’ among the creature characteristics of ‘Wolf’.｣

｢Do you want to apply ‘Claws of the Beast’?｣

‘Oh?’

These days, except when meeting Sander, it has been preying on the people living in the apartment.

I just finished eating at the house on the last lake on the 3rd floor, and for the first time in a while, the predation effect took off.

At this point, acquiring a trait feels like the text box sent me a cake to congratulate me.

‘It’s the claw of a wild beast.’

As the name suggests, it is an attribute that strengthens the claws and helps in close combat. There are no special additional effects, but as is usually the case with this type of strengthening characteristic, it is not evaluated as being particularly bad.

‘I was disappointed with my physical characteristics, but it turned out well.’

Currently, I have a total of 10 body-related characteristics due to the contamination nest being used as material for a parasitic colony.

To use the transcendence system, you need to have 13, so you only need to collect 2 more.

‘apply.’

When I accepted, my fighting arm transformed, making a loud noise like bones clashing.

The razor-blade-like nails on the four fingers have become thicker and longer, and are now as large as a one-handed scythe. However, it didn’t seem to have lost its sharpness, so it seemed like it could cut a person’s body like cutting fruit.

After completing the transformation, a text box appeared in front of me as if reporting.

｢Species: Unidentified hostile space creature

Status: Subadult

Goal: Survive (successfully evolve twice).

Possessed characteristics

① Physical-related (type being applied): Wings Chitinous outer shell Regenerative power (fusion) Neurotoxin gland (fusion) Monster skeleton Acid blood Enhance leg strength Mimicry organ (fusion) Saw blade tentacle Spiny bone Projection organ Beast’s claws ② Superpower-related: Predator sense

( Fusion) Monster’s Tentacle (Fusion) Humanity Clairvoyance Superpower Resistance

③ Infection Related: Parasitic Colony (Fusion)

Type: Physical Enhancement Type

‘Good.’

Evolution was proceeding smoothly.

The evolution conditions are slow, but they are being filled step by step.

‘Of the 9 bodyguards of Lloyd and Lloyd’s boyfriend, there are 12 in total, including the remaining 7 excluding the captain and Kate, and the 3 humans from the third floor who I have eaten over the past few days.’

Although I killed the man next door and the bodyguard captain, I shared their bodies with No. 26, so they were not counted as a condition for evolution. So it was calculated that the humanoid race ate a total of 12 people.

‘There are 2 Wolffs including Kate and today’s.’

There are many playable sapient species that can transform other than Wolff, but I don’t know if you can meet them in this space city. Since Wolff is the most common, it will probably meet the conditions for evolving into Wolff.

‘If we eat all the Wolfs in the complex, more than half will be filled, and there will be more than enough humans to fill even if we just clean up this apartment.’

Once the other conditions are complete, you should then prepare to prey on the cult.

Cult hunting is currently the most important factor for me as it is involved in both the acquisition and evolution conditions of the supernatural power enhancement type.

‘I’m glad though. Because it has psychic-related characteristics like a monster’s tentacles.’

By definition, the cult believes that its race has been chosen by a great will and can freely use psychic powers. So the races that cannot use psychic power are arrogant people who treat them like monkeys.

Of course, psychic power is a very powerful ability, so I don’t see anything wrong with their arrogance.

That is, when I fight someone other than myself.

‘If you let down your guard even when fighting with me, it’s better for me.’

Their arrogance is to my advantage. Even if I attack them, they will not take it as a big deal and get attacked.

‘There is no particular problem with cult hunting, but the location is still a problem.’

The area where the cult is most concentrated is the administrative district, but it is not easy to attack there without preparation. Although there are secret passageways, there are many cameras around the manholes, so it is impossible to move secretly as if you were going to another Earth.

‘It will be burdensome to attack the administrative districts until they become stronger, so we should target other areas first.’

Attacking the administrative districts will be done at least after acquiring the super power enhancement type. Until then, the place considered as an alternative is the commercial district.

The cult does not like the entertainment provided by Megacorp, but they are fascinated by artifacts and valuable equipment, so they tend to visit the commercial district often. In particular, there are many cults visiting the city due to the recent board meeting, so there will be no problem in meeting the evolution conditions.

‘Although surveillance is strict, it is still much better than the entertainment district or administrative district.’

Of course, the possibility of getting caught increases, but it can’t be helped.

‘Once the residential district is cleared, let’s build a nest in the secret passage.’

The spores that were laid down in the secret passageway before the contamination agency disappeared have now grown a lot. In addition, if I set up nests near the port district and residential district where I often go, I would be able to monitor enemy movements without difficulty.

As I was planning what to do next, my assistive device picked up the sound of shallow footsteps.

‘huh?’

Since I emptied the entire third floor, there are no footsteps.

As I left Wolf’s house, I saw a man disappearing down the hallway. I didn’t chase after him right away, but instead focused my auxiliary senses on him.

“The location is Apartment No. 3 in Complex C! “He is a vicious criminal who was not only involved with Broker S, but also killed an armed bodyguard, so hurry up and apply…”

Thanks to my inhuman senses, I was able to hear the words he was shouting into the phone, albeit at a low level.

‘Are they the police?’

From what he was saying, it seemed like he was a police officer tracking down Sander. I don’t know how he found out, but he also knew that I killed the bodyguards.

‘I got caught earlier than expected.’

Here, I tried to fill the humanoid race among the evolution conditions, but it seems like it will be difficult.

‘How do I do it?’

There are two options.

Fleeing and fighting.

‘no. It’s hard to escape now.’

It won’t be easy to get out of the apartment since he’s already called for backup.

Even if you escape, it will be a bigger loss if you get caught in a secret passage while escaping. The secret passage is my last resort, so no matter what happens, I must not get caught in it.

Then there is only one way left.

‘Fight back.’

You have to catch the people who invaded this place and find an opportunity to escape.

The other side is overwhelmingly superior in all aspects, including number of people and military force, but just because they are stronger does not mean they will always win.

I can’t help but be shaken when I see the number of people brutally killed by me. When the enemy is in confusion, my only chance to escape is.

I woke up No. 26 and Adhai who were taking a nap.

｢Big baby, what’s wrong?｣

｢I｣｢Tired｣

[Zuzuz zuzu (the food will come)]

They may think they’ve already caught me, but there’s one thing they don’t know.

Aimov is a hunter.

As good as he is at chasing and hunting, that’s what Amorph does best.

‘ambush.’

How an apartment that provides comfort and shelter to its residents is transformed by Aimov.

What happens to humans who enter Aimorph’s territory without knowing what to do?

They will find out soon.