The Person Whose Pain Disappeared, and the Chosen of Suffering

"Ugh... so gross."

"So dizzy..."

"What happened to me?"

Lu Ce felt like he'd been tumbling in a washing machine for three days. Dazed and disoriented, he struggled to open his eyes.

But the blinding white light that greeted him made him wince and squint them shut again. He had no idea what had happened, only that he felt awful, his mind was a blank slate, and his memories seemed completely gone.

As he was lost in thought, the blinding white light was suddenly blocked by a shadow. A beautiful woman with blonde hair, wearing a white lab coat, looked down at him from above.

She was incredibly beautiful, with lips as vibrantly red as blood. Her full, ample chest made her graceful curves even more alluring. Paired with her doctor's attire, the contrast was enough to make one's heart pound.

"You're awake? How are you feeling, little handsome?"

She smiled at Lu Ce, her flirtatious eyes meeting his confused gaze.

"How... how am I?" Lu Ce had no clue what was going on, but he realized this was likely a hospital, and he was strapped to a bed.

Then, he instinctively began to assess his physical condition.

Various unknown instruments were attached to him...

He felt unwell and dizzy.

But it seemed there weren't any major issues; his arms and legs were all intact... Wait? No! Why was his right leg numb?

After trying and failing to move his leg, Lu Ce looked up and asked:

"Why is my right leg numb? Why am I here?"

The doctor with fiery red lips narrowed her eyes and smiled, her charming voice echoing again.

"Don't rush, little handsome. Your right leg just has a minor scrape. It's already bandaged and medicated, so don't worry."

"A scrape?" Lu Ce frowned. "How did I get injured? Let me see my leg."

"See it? You can't right now." The doctor's voice remained as gentle as ever.

"Why not?"

"Because your right leg is in the next room."

"What?!"

Lu Ce's mind went blank. His already chaotic thoughts were hit with a critical blow.

In the next room? What kind of nonsense is that?!

How did they amputate my leg?

His body thrashed on the bed like a dying fish, trying to sit up and see his condition.

"Hold on, don't rush~ A lot has happened, you need to calm down and let me explain slowly."

The curvaceous doctor gently stroked Lu Ce's exposed chest with a finger, pressing him back down onto the bed.

The sensitivity of his chest and the hot air she exhaled near his ear made Lu Ce involuntarily shiver.

Since his body was originally restrained, Lu Ce could only lie back down, trying to recall what happened while listening to her words.

"You just underwent a kidney transplant. You now have someone else's kidney inside you."

"Rejection might make you feel a bit uncomfortable. Lie still and don't move around."

What the hell? Amputation and kidney transplant? Did I get into a car accident?

Lu Ce was bewildered. His memory returned slightly, and he instinctively asked:

"Who transplanted it? I remember I'm an orphan. Is he okay?"

"He's doing fine," the doctor replied.

"Where is he?"

"In the morgue on the basement level. He'll be cremated tomorrow."

?

He's dead?

Lu Ce stared at the doctor in front of him, disbelief etched on his face. "He died so he could give me a kidney?!"

"No, he died of late-stage kidney cancer," the doctor said.

Lu Ce: ?

My head itches, like my brain is trying to grow.

"So you transplanted his cancerous kidney into me?!" Lu Ce began to struggle desperately on the bed again.

"Wait, don't rush. He still had one good kidney."

"Oh..."

"But the one transplanted into you was the cancerous one~~"

"Are you out of your damn mind!" The intense shock finally made Lu Ce regain his memories.

Anyone could tell that the current situation was not right. The woman in front of him didn't look like a proper doctor either.

What kind of doctor dresses like a nightclub hostess?

After struggling a bit, Lu Ce found the restraints holding him to be extremely secure. It felt less like a hospital and more like he was lying on some kind of torture device.

Lu Ce tried to calm himself down, forcing himself to stay clear-headed.

He was an orphan, with no parents since birth. After leaving the orphanage at fifteen, he had to work and study on his own.

Although his tragic childhood often forced him to fight with thugs, such petty troubles couldn't possibly lead to him being here, with his leg cut off and kidney replaced.

He had just come home from school to sleep... why was he here now...

"Who are you? What did I do to you people?"

"Heh heh." The doctor gently caressed her lips with her slender fingers and chuckled, "Oh my, little handsome guy, you're quite smart, you've figured it out?"

"The game has begun, and you're one of the lucky ones chosen in the first batch~ Excited?"

Lu Ce frowned, "What game?"

The doctor interrupted, "You're quite popular right now, you know. Many people are watching your live broadcast here~."

As she spoke, she casually waved her hand, and a pale blue, translucent screen appeared before Lu Ce. A stream of comments scrolled across it.

[: Exciting! The other leg! Cut off the other leg too!]

[: Awesome! I love watching this kind of thing. Finally, I have a chance to experience it. Where did this screen that suddenly appeared in front of me come from? Can I buy it?]

[: This kid wasn't awake earlier, so it wasn't satisfying to watch. Now that he's awake, let's see his reaction, hahahaha!]

[: Are there any other items? Hurry up!]

[: What kind of broadcast is this?]

Although the comments weren't dense, they were continuous. It seemed this broadcast wasn't particularly unpopular.

Seeing the content on the screen, Lu Ce's heart suddenly sank.

—The dark web?

Could it be... they caught him?

"Don't think too much, little handsome guy. Your world is about to undergo an unprecedented upheaval, something you can't even imagine."

"All you need to do is enjoy this game~."

"How about you watch this first?"

The female doctor greedily caressed Lu Ce's chest muscles and opened another video.

The video showed the doctor cutting off Lu Ce's right leg with a chainsaw, blood splattering everywhere. Lu Ce felt a wave of nausea watching it. At that time, he had been lying motionless on the bed.

Watching the bloody video, the female doctor couldn't help but lick her crimson lips, her face instantly flushing. Her autumn-water-like eyes shimmered with excitement, her arousal palpable.

Lu Ce could even feel the hand caressing him trembling slightly.

—This woman is definitely a pervert!

"How is it? Isn't it very exciting!"

"Are you also wondering why you can't seem to feel any pain?"

As she spoke, the doctor pointed to the instrument connected to Lu Ce's entire body.

She kept talking to herself, less to answer Lu Ce's questions and more to satisfy some twisted desire of her own.

"Do you recognize this? Hmm, you wouldn't. This technology is at least three hundred years ahead of your planet's scientific level."

"It can control your nerves. Right now, it's in pain mode, controlling all your pain sensations."

"I temporarily disabled it for easier cutting. But now..."

With that, the female doctor finally removed her lecherous hand and placed it on the machine beside her. She looked at Lu Ce and smiled in a disturbingly perverse way.

"Since you're awake now, then... let me have a more enjoyable time."

Saying that, she closed her eyes and pressed a button with a look of enjoyment.

All the previous pain suppression was now back!

!!!

Silence.

Lu Ce: ...

Both the doctor and the viewers seemed frozen in time, staring blankly. The expected screams did not occur.

Female Doctor: ?

Her expression clearly betrayed her confusion. Looking at Lu Ce's clear eyes, she was completely bewildered.

"Is... something wrong?" Lu Ce asked weakly.

What about controlling nerves and all that...

Should I tell her that I was born without the ability to feel pain...?

"You... don't your legs hurt?" The female doctor's eyes were filled with disbelief as she looked at Lu Ce, who was supposed to have "recovered his sense of pain."

"My legs don't hurt..."

"Why!?"

"My legs are in the next room, they can't hurt anymore."

The female doctor: ...

After a brief moment of stunned silence, seeing Lu Ce still trying to be "humorous," her expression immediately turned ferocious. A vein visibly bulged on her forehead, forming a "#" shape.

"Fine, fine, fine! You've got guts. I hope you can keep it up!"

As she spoke, she cruelly adjusted a few buttons, and the instruments connected to Lu Ce instantly blazed with red light.

In an instant, the most horrific agony in the world descended.

The intense pain caused his entire body's muscles to spasm. It was a level ten pain far exceeding the human limit, capable of destroying even the most resilient spirit in a single moment.

Then came the screams, the convulsions, the pleas for mercy... such beauty...

Of course, the scene above was entirely imagined by the female doctor.

In reality, the moment the machine's red light flared, Lu Ce trembled slightly, then showed no further reaction.

The two continued to stare at each other. Lu Ce observed his surroundings, contemplating his situation and how to escape.

"Uh... theoretically speaking, shouldn't I be reacting a little right now?"

Lu Ce's calm voice was like a spark, igniting the anger in the other person's heart, causing her to laugh maniacally in her rage.

"Fine, fine, fine! You asked for this!"

As she spoke, she pushed off the edge of the bed with one hand and leaped up, straddling Lu Ce.

Her agile movements caused her white coat to slide off, revealing the scant clothing underneath.

Lu Ce felt a flash of white light before him, and then the woman, dressed in a way that was on the verge of indecency, sat down just below his waist.

He had no sense of pain, but his sense of touch was incredibly sensitive. He felt a slippery sensation, accompanied by a "boing boing" sort of cushioning.

Lu Ce: ?!

"No! Madam, what are you doing?! Don't... this... don't... don't stop!"

The shy Lu Ce instantly turned "red-faced," struggling violently and wriggling like a maggot.

He had never experienced anything like this before and felt too embarrassed to urge her to continue.

The woman, her face contorted with a twisted pleasure, looked at him and gritted her teeth, saying:

"I hope you're ready!"

"Make me feel good!"

The machine beside them was turned to its maximum power. Amidst the blazing red light, it emitted an unusual roar.

A strange, itchy sensation spread throughout Lu Ce's body. At the same time, a voice echoed in his mind.

[Threshold broken!]

[Unlocking... Binding... Initializing...]

[Chosen of Suffering! Suffering Value +9!]

[Initial Gene Lock, pending activation. Required Suffering Value: 11/100!]

"Ah?... What?" This time, it was Lu Ce's turn to be confused.