Natural Enemy

Fernando Kimberley

One of the trainers at the Nameless Orphanage, he is known as the "Piercing Murderer".

He "graduated" from the Orphanage fifteen years ago and became a serial killer within the organization. Due to his outstanding performance over the past two years and his talent for expression and teaching, he was granted the status of a trainer.

He worked for thirteen years and mentored many serial killers.

His reputation was neither good nor bad, but most students could remember him.

Simply because he was one of the most disgusting members of the trainer team.

His consistent characteristic expression also allows him to strongly express certain desires, and these desires naturally fall on the students.

Employee dormitory.

After Wendy returned from get off work, she paced back and forth in her dorm room.

According to the plan, Mr. Di will make his move on Kimberly tonight, as this trainer is one of the people she hates the most.

However, Wendy was not harmed by Kimberly when she lived in the Orphanage.

Because of her excellent grades, she was given extra food every day and was occasionally allowed to have extra meals.

Because of her fast eating habits trained from a young age, and her love for fried chicken and cola, she has maintained a very fat physique since she was six years old, and is not Kimberly's "target".

However, Wendy's only childhood friend was "specially treated" by him, and eventually developed Mind Corner when he was just over ten years old. He was classified as an ordinary Pseudo-Human by the organization and had his pituitary gland removed at a young age.

Tonight's plan required her to stay in her dorm room the entire time, waiting for Luo Di to finish the killings. Then, once the news of Kimberly's death was announced the next day, she could provide Luo Di with an alibi.

But when tonight's plan was actually put into action, Wendy became unusually agitated.

Time had passed far beyond expectations, yet Mr. Di had not returned.

She clung to the door almost like a spider, her ears stretched out like balloons, trying to hear Mr. Di's footsteps outside, but she couldn't hear anything.

We are now a full half hour past the planned time.

Even after repeatedly suppressing his fears with the gray area in his brain, he ultimately decided to disobey his master's arrangements and go to find him himself due to his concern for his master and his strong hostility towards his former enemy.

Suddenly.

A flash of inspiration struck her, and she could even faintly hear the sound of balloons bursting in Wendy's brain.

She came up with a better way than staying in the bedroom to give false testimony, which would completely avoid the risk of Mr. Di being discovered, even if something went wrong during the killing of Kimberley.

Thinking of this, and the possibility of being praised for the new plan, I also wanted to hurry up and reunite with my master.

She decisively left her dormitory and quickly moved towards the movie theater.

Sometimes it clings to the wall, sometimes it crawls on the ground, and sometimes it moves along the ceiling.

She was very familiar with the Orphanage and knew exactly where the surveillance cameras were located.

When they encounter situations where they cannot avoid being monitored, they use balloons as a barrier.

In less than five minutes, she arrived at the screening room. She used to be arranged to come here every Wednesday and weekend evening to watch horror movies about serial killers, thus laying the Phobia-concretization.

Seeing that the Back Gate of the theater was open, Wendy knew that Trainer Kimberly had gone to the restroom.

At the same time, the gray area in the brain also sensed Mr. Di's location.

Women's restroom

Wendy immediately used her killer instincts to make all her movements silent, even her breathing was absorbed by the balloon.

Move to the entrance of the women's restroom.

It is placed against the wall.

Wendy didn't go straight in.

She reached into her right eye and easily removed the entire eyeball. At the outer corner of the eyeball, she could see obvious nerve connections, but they looked more like the structure of a balloon string than nerves.

Wendy began to "inflate" the eyeball with helium, which caused the eyeball to swell slightly and float in the air on its own.

Under the control of the optic nerve

My eyes slowly drifted toward the entrance to the women's restroom.

The interior view was successfully captured.

Wendy breathed a deep sigh of relief when she saw Mr. Di was unharmed. She had arrived at the perfect moment, just as the two were about to clash.

The Kimberley trainer opposite him had already displayed the perfect Phobia-concretization, wearing a long, thin mask that resembled that of a killer.

Luo Di also wore a mask.

Although both sides exhibited characteristics of murderers and wore masks, they were fundamentally unbalanced.

Wendy could clearly see cold sweat dripping down Kimberley's cheeks.

"The difference is too great... the master's mask is the real mask."

Wendy thought Kimberley, as a trainer, could hold out a little longer, but it turned out that Kimberly seemed to have neglected his training during his time teaching at the Orphanage, and his strength had actually decreased instead of increased.

Meanwhile, Luo Di has become even stronger during his time at the Orphanage.

The outcome was decided in a single move.

Wendy had seen this move before; it was the "Heart Piercing" that Luo Di had learned from her. However, tonight was the first time it was used in actual combat, and its lethality, accuracy, and power were all on a higher level.

Luo Di could only get close by enduring Kimberley's penetrating attacks.

The left hand delivered a sudden strike, seemingly Heart Piercing but actually aimed at the pituitary gland.

The scorched left arm swiftly pierced Kimberley's jaw and mouth, reaching his brain and destroying the pituitary gland—cleanly and decisively, without the slightest unnecessary movement.

Such tactics are practically designed to kill Pseudo-Human; they are the natural enemy of Pseudo-Human.

And, most importantly...

The mask on Luo Di's face was quite unique, even exuding an invisible aura.

So much so that when they finally closed in, Kimberley froze completely, unable to even manage the most basic dodge. As Pseudo-Human, he felt a Origin Fear of Luo Di.

"As expected, my master's mask is extraordinary. It was the same when I was executed in prison. It seems he was wearing this mask too... but I don't remember it very clearly. It seems that my memory of seeing the mask has been completely erased from my brain."

What does the master's mask actually look like?

Curiosity drove Wendy to extend her gaze, drifting into the women's restroom, wanting to see clearly the mask Mr. Di was wearing on his face.

But Luo Di sensed it as soon as his eyeballs floated for a short distance.

An aura instantly swept over us.

Wendy felt as if her whole body was wrapped in tentacles, and her vision was covered by gray, making her unable to move.

I imagine Kimberley just felt the same way.

The next second, this state was lifted, and her body was pulled into the women's restroom, where Luo Di grabbed her by the neck with one hand and pressed her against the wall.

The mask had disappeared, replaced by Luo Di's own face.

His expression was no longer as calm and gentle as it had been a few days ago; his Red Vein Through Eye with murderous intent.

"Didn't I tell you to wait in the bedroom?"

"Master...I...I'm worried about you! It's already past 11 p. m., you've never stayed up this late before. And I've thought of a better way that won't expose you."

Judging from the color, Luo Di realized the other person wasn't lying, and his right hand, which was gripping the neck, gradually loosened its grip.

"What method?"

After Wendy earnestly explained her ideas, Luo Di pondered for a moment and nodded, "Good idea."

Upon receiving Luo Di's affirmation, Wendy's eyes immediately filled with tears, and her whole body trembled with excitement.

Her plan was actually very simple: to "deliberately expose herself".

She disguised the trainers' killings as her own doing, causing the Venerable One to point the finger at her, thus ignoring Luo Di's existence.

This is a safer approach than giving false testimony.

"Master, you should go back quickly. I've blocked most of the surveillance cameras on the road with balloons, and there are a few that can be easily bypassed. I'll handle this."

With that, Wendy reached into her abdomen and pulled out a saw blade specifically used for dismemberment, then pointed it with a smile at the Kimberley trainer lying in a pool of blood.

Luo Di didn't leave, but instead gave a cold response. "No... your plan can be further optimized."