novelraw Chapter 353: They Were Already Dead
Chapter 353: They Were Already Dead
"Ahhh!!"
She let out a crumbling, tearing scream, her sharp claws flailing wildly, each swipe leaving deep, bone-exposing gashes on Lynn's body.
"You all deserve to die!! Don't come any closer!! You cut her to pieces!!"
She struggled incessantly, fearfully, uncontrollably, wildly swinging her sharp claws.
But all Lynn could do was hold her tightly in his arms, desperately wrapping her in his sacred power.
He couldn't let Miaomiao lose control again.
Because if that happened, all previous efforts would be wasted.
After losing control, she would once again forget everything, bury those scars deep in the bottom of her heart, and then repeat the cycle day after day, day after day.
*Thwack—*
The sharp claws dug deep into his arm, tearing off a large chunk of flesh and blood from his body.But Lynn still held his hands together tightly, not moving an inch.
And then came the further, bloody transformation.
Her face was full of terror.
Being thrown onto the operating table again and again.
Being subjected to their greatest torments around the clock, again and again.
She saw beings tortured beyond recognition die and be turned into food thrown to them.
Her body was constantly cut, constantly stuffed into one skin after another.
Those people found her fear.
Right in front of her, using the most vicious punishments, they made her watch as the flesh and blood of Mommy, Daddy, and Brother were cut off piece by piece, then healed, only to be cut again and again in a constant, repeated cycle.
She listened to their low, almost inaudible whimpers of agony.
Finally, at that moment.
She let out a sharp, hysterical scream.
At that moment.
Everything in the entire cell transformed into her former state, the chains binding her changed their properties, the people cutting her Mommy changed their forms, she twisted everything in the room into shapes that could absolutely not cause harm.
She turned everything around her into cats.
Because she was, after all, a little kitten.
A scrawny little kitten Mommy had found in a corner by the trash can.
"Good kitty, little kitten, haven't eaten in a long time, have you? Come, don't be afraid, have a small dried fish~"
That was a gentle voice.
Maybe for a long time after, she never quite understood the difference between humans and cats.
She just thought of that gentle voice as belonging to a bigger, two-legged cat.
Though very scared.
She couldn't resist the fragrance of the food.
Cautiously poking her head out, sniffing her scent.
Then rapidly devouring everything, wolfing it all down.
Because she hadn't eaten in so long.
Just vaguely feeling this bigger, two-legged cat was friendly, her smell was nice.
So she must like Miaomiao, right?
So she quietly followed, quickly hiding around the corner when the woman looked back, then curiously peeking her head out to look.
Then watching her go into something that looked like a small hill.
Only later did she learn.
That was called...
Home.
It rained that day, thunder and lightning, she was terrified, but still waited all night.
Only remembering the next day, the sunshine was bright, falling on her body, so warm.
She quietly crouched by the front door, wagging her long tail expectantly.
Until the door gently creaked open from the inside.
"Meow~"
She lifted her head, happily and cheerfully greeting the surprised woman.
Good morning.
Big cat who gives Miaomiao small dried fish~
Today is another beautiful day!
...
[Trainee No. 4, small beast-type organism from the Shattered World, psychic potential: medium, reality warping ability activated, type: reality interference class curse ability.]
[Trainee No. 3, human-type organism from the Shattered World, will shattered, failed experimental subject.]
[Trainee No. 2, human-type organism from the Shattered World, psychic potential: high, reality warping ability activated, type: mind distortion class cursed arts ability.]
[Trainee No. 1, human-type organism from the Shattered World, psychic potential: medium, will shattered, failed experimental subject.]
She heard the reports from the executioners echoing in her ears.
She knew she had developed some terrifying power.
And that was precisely the result they had been tormenting her for so long to see.
She was forcibly sewn into a skin.
She watched as the doctor peeled the skin and bones off a small creature from another cage, fearfully watching him stitch bone after bone into her body, sewing the skin onto her.
But what about Mommy?
But what about Daddy?
But what about Brother?
She saw them, under the flash of the camera, her already changed family reunited once more.
Just like a long, long time ago, now hard to remember, when the family sat together so harmoniously, taking that kind of family portrait.
And she just lazily curled up on Mommy's lap, yawning, considering herself a member of this family too.
This time, they were together again.
But they had already completely transformed into another, terrifying form.
Will they let us go?
Will they not torture us anymore?
Did we do something wrong?
Miaomiao kept apologizing, Miaomiao kept saying sorry, just like before when she blocked someone's path and got kicked hard, Miaomiao knew she was wrong, Miaomiao would keep apologizing.
Or roll over, let them pet Miaomiao's belly.
Will they... let us go?
But no.
After the flash ended, she saw those executioners take Daddy and Brother away, they nailed Daddy and Brother to wooden boards with iron spikes, dragging them toward that corridor.
She knew that corridor!
She had seen more than one creature taken out of a cell and dragged into that corridor.
That was the fiercely burning incinerator, the billowing, endless smoke.
And then they never came back.
Only at that moment did she realize.
Everything... had already changed long ago...
Tears continuously streamed from her eyes, her claws gripping Lynn's arm tightly, the sharp nails almost piercing through flesh, blood, and bone.
Her whole body trembled incessantly, low, suppressed animalistic whimpers constantly rising from her throat.
At that moment, her memories almost fully recovered.
Later...
She was injected with something and fell into a deep sleep.
And when she woke again, it was to a raging fire spreading throughout the entire cell block.
She saw one after another of the executioners who had tortured them shriek as they tore at their own heads, painfully ripping their own brains out.
Screams and flames were everywhere.
She seemed to hear wave after wave of psychic shrieks rising from the deepest recesses of her mind.
Then she saw Mommy.
Mommy's condition was very bad, she was in great pain, but on her face, transformed into a doll, was an unshakeable emptiness.
She rushed into the cell.
Just like that day when she found her by the trash can, she picked her up.
She kept asking.
"Where's Daddy? Where's Brother? Are they still alive?"
She didn't know when she had acquired normal vocal organs.
But she received no reply from Mommy.
But from her empty eyes, she seemed to be able to see the answer.
They're dead...
Actually, they had already died long ago...
Their consciousnesses had shattered under the day after day of torment, and what remained were merely two empty shells that could give no response.
And then came the raging fire, the fire that consumed the entire region.
They kept running.
Kept fleeing.
Piercing alarm sounds rang out from all directions, one twisted executioner after another was awakened, behind them was a crowd constantly pursuing and trying to kill them.
She could see bullet after bullet piercing Mommy's back, see broken parts and flesh and blood falling apart in pieces.
"Mommy... Mommy..."
But she could only cry.
She wanted to use that ability to change things to help Mommy.
But she didn't know how to use it.
She knew she was really stupid.
Because before, many people would call her a stupid cat, carefree all day, only knowing to meow for small dried fish when hungry.
But when Mommy needed help, she was utterly useless.
They fled for a long time.
A very long time.
Until exhausted.
Until Mommy, utterly exhausted, placed her in a tree hollow, put an envelope in her hand, and told her, Mommy will come back to get you very soon, don't make a sound, don't move around, live well.
She left a kiss on her eyes,
She said, being able to hear the little kitten talk, being able to hear the little kitten call her Mommy.
She was really so happy.
Because she had always wanted a daughter, wanted many, many adorable daughters.
But she had lost the ability to bear children after giving birth to Brother.
So she was really so happy.
Because Miaomiao, was never just a pet.