Thanks for the invitation. I am a parasite in Terra.

Zuo Jian suddenly realized that something was wrong.

The skin of her left hand turned into metal claws and smashed into the wall!

"Why do you feel this way?"

She shook her head, dispelling all the strange thoughts in her mind.

Anyway, I counted the time silently.

After about thirty seconds, he regained control of Laurentina's body.

Then, Laurentina sat down on the ground, hugging her legs with lifeless eyes and trembling.

[Oh no! Is thirty seconds too long? Is she going to break down?!]

Zuo Jian panicked.

Chapter 3, Experimental Subject

......

In a trance, Laurentina seemed to feel some warm breath.

There was a rustling sound coming from all around, the sound of the pen tip rubbing against paper.

The wind, mixed with pleasant but indescribable scent of flowers, blew across my face.

At this moment, peace and tranquility were like two pairs of big hands caressing my cheeks.

How long had it been since he had felt this way? Before the war with Hai Si, or even longer, before he became a deep-sea hunter?

This period of time is torture for me.

The painful experiment made me forget for a moment that I had ever had such a peaceful time.

[Are you awake?]

Laurentina opened her eyes and found herself lying on a bench.

The skeleton thigh on the left was serving as a pillow under his head.

In order to prevent myself from getting hurt, I also thoughtfully put another layer of down blanket under me.

[When I was very young, my father was still alive. What I loved most was sleeping next to him and falling asleep listening to the friction sound of charcoal pencils on paper.]

Laurentina was stunned and looked to the left. The headless skeleton was holding a pen and refining the projection on the sketch paper bit by bit.

[Although I didn’t like painting at that time, I just felt very safe by being close to my father.]

[However, although my father was very much looking forward to my choosing the path of painting, I had no interest in it at the time.]

[Although he was disappointed, he still supported my choice. He felt that everyone had the right to make their own choices. No matter who the other person was, you should not force your own ideas on you.]

[Unexpectedly, a few years later, in order to recall that unforgettable time, I followed my father's example and came to this familiar park to start my painting journey.]

[Gradually, from just wanting to feel the peace of the past to truly realizing the joy of painting, I sometimes can't help but sigh, if I had tried it earlier and more actively, would we have been able to spend more time together?]

".....My condolences."

For no reason, Laurentina looked at the skeleton beside her. Even though the skeleton had no face or even a skull, she still felt a faint sadness.

It was a very complicated sadness.

It is a mixture of various emotions such as regret, loss, pain, and remorse, just like a piece of solid ice that melts under the influence of time and flows into a shallow stream.

No longer hard and cold, it just becomes a long-lasting flow.

Not strong, not obvious, but it won't disappear either.

Hai Si would not have such an emotion.

[I found that I can slightly visualize some of the things in your consciousness, but the scope will not be too large, after all, this place belongs to you.]

[This is the place that is most completely preserved in my memory, and it is also the place where I learned a lot.]

[Are you calm now? Laurentina.]

“…”

Laurentina looked up and saw a tall tree next to her seat, which she couldn't name.

Its leaves are golden, and as the breeze blows, golden rain falls from time to time.

Indeed, just staying here can make you feel inner peace.

"call....."

If you think about it carefully, if the other party really wants to do something, you will have no power to resist.

But Agor had already perished, and he could get almost nothing useful from himself.

As for the other party, it was Hai Si.

If Haisi had evolved to the point where he could fabricate such delicate emotions to deceive her, Agor would have been finished long ago and would not have survived until now.

Think about the other person's actions.

The first reaction after showing pain is to block out your own pain.

As if she had figured something out, she turned around and looked at the left room.

"Although, next time you say those sentimental words, don't pretend to be sketching."

"Do you know how bad your drawing is? Apart from the accurate grasp of light and shade, there is nothing else good about it!"

[Do you think I want to? The last time I sketched was during the art exam! I haven’t sketched since I started using a digital tablet after graduation!]

[And look!]

[Why am I a skeleton in this dimension? Look.]

Zuo Jian stretched out his hand in front of Laurentina in a somewhat frustrated manner, showing his fingers.

[There is no meat on this! Not at all! Do you know how much this affects my pen control?]

"Pfft."

That's it again.

Even though the other person clearly had no head, I could vaguely feel the collapsed expression on his face.

It's kind of interesting.

"But - Mr. Zuo Jian, although you have proved that you have no hostility, don't forget that you have occupied my body."

"No matter from which angle you look at it, it's an extremely unpleasant and...physically repulsive feeling."

[You might as well make it clear, this is what makes you feel sick.]

"Yes, something else got mixed into my body. It's very disgusting."

Laurentina looked at Zuo Jian with a smile, and the latter vaguely felt that her smile had a creepy feeling.

[I understand that boredom is unacceptable from any perspective. In fact, I couldn’t accept it at the time.]

[But at that time, I was completely unable to suppress my instincts...]

He lowered his head and looked at his hands with some loss.

Although he couldn't see his own body.

"But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying this anymore."

After Laurentina figured it out, she seemed very open-minded.

[Really? I didn’t expect you to be so frank...Laurentina.]

"Frankly? Not at all."

She blinked her big eyes and pointed

Zhi Zuojian said with a smile.

"I just thought that if I had a guy who could draw, we would have a lot of common topics to talk about. Since he has no hostility, I might as well treat it as having another person to chat with."

[Is that so? But, Laurentina, there is one more thing I must tell you.]

Zuo Jian stood up and suddenly looked at the other person seriously.

"what?"

Realizing that the atmosphere had suddenly become serious, Laurentina looked at him.

[Just now, when I occupied your body, I had an indescribable feeling.]

[I don’t know what that feeling is, maybe it’s an instinctive pleasure, or maybe there’s some dark desire hidden in my heart, no matter what, I don’t want it to happen.]

[Because that will undoubtedly cause you some...unacceptable situations.]

[But luckily, I just found a solution.]

"go on."

[Laurentina, there are structures in your body that do not belong to you.]

"Those are Haisi's cells, if I'm not mistaken."

Although Laurentina didn't know the truth about the deep-sea hunters, she could vaguely guess some of it.

[It can also assimilate me, provided that I do not resist at all. On the contrary, when I first come into contact with it, the process of assimilating it is very easy.]

"you mean....."

[Yes, because this part of you is still mixed in your body, you can still assimilate a small part of the area I occupy.]

[For example, two-thirds of the neurons control movement, vision, and hearing.]

[I will suppress my cells and allow your part to take back two-thirds of the neurons.]

[This way, if something unexpected happens, you will have more control over your body than I do.]

[And, after you finish, if you forcefully suppress my control, my self-awareness will gradually become inert.]

[After about five days of suppression, I will enter a long sleep.]

"Eternal sleep means..."

[I won't wake up for decades, or hundreds of years if you can live that long, or until you die.]

[This is insurance, Laurentina.]

[I am not a robber, nor am I a parasitic beast following my instincts.]

[This is an accident. I am very grateful that you allow me to coexist with you. I can understand if you don’t allow me.]

[Whether you intend to ignore me after regaining the initiative, or suppress me directly, just pretend that nothing unusual has happened to your body.]

[This is your body, Laurentina, you have the right to make your own decisions.]

[But, Laurentina, I have only one request.]

Zuo Jian looked at Laurentina and placed his hands on her shoulders.

He spoke to her very solemnly.

[Although this is your freedom, please consider it as my request.]

[Don't hurt yourself. Even though you've been through this, this is still your body. Don't give up on your life because you feel sick about it. I know it doesn't make sense to say this, so this is just a request...]

"I know, I know. You are so long-winded."

Laurentina waved her hand and glanced at Zuo Jian with some disgust.

"You worry about this and that. Are you my father?"

"I'm not as fragile as you think. I don't understand myself so easily."

Laurentina paused.

"Don't forget, I still have a lot of things to do."

Zuo Jian looked at the red light flashing in the other person's eyes and roughly realized what "things not done" meant.

Also.

Those guys who performed such inhumane experiments on ordinary girls...

.....