Sharp Tiger Claws!

When Chen Mo looked at his fingers, Victor clenched his fist, instinctively wanting to hide his unusual nails.

Although Victor usually gives the impression of being somewhat arrogant and decisive, he actually harbors a deep-seated inferiority complex.

The reason was his unusually sharp fingernails.

Normal people's fingernails are thin, only about one millimeter thick, and about one centimeter wide. However, Victor's fingernails are half a centimeter thick and much narrower than normal people's, also about half a centimeter wide. Moreover, the color is not transparent like other people's, showing the pinkish-white flesh underneath, but a shiny brownish-yellow. Overall, they look very ugly, like a deformity.

Moreover, his nails grow very fast. While ordinary people only need to trim them once every few days, he trims them almost every day, otherwise his nails will quickly grow long and sharp, looking just like the claws of those ferocious Beast.

His father, Thomas, disliked him greatly, often calling him a monster and frequently abusing and beating him.

Others always looked at him with a strange gaze, and many people privately said that he was the child of Beast, or even a monster.

Of all the people around him, only James never looked down on him, never looked at him strangely, and treated him as a friend.

So even though he didn't know James was his brother before, he still cared about James a lot, stayed with him and took care of him when he was sick, and stood up for him when others bullied him.

However, his fingernails remained a source of anxiety for him, making him feel inferior. He always appeared cold and aloof when facing others. In reality, he simply didn't want to be hurt by the strange looks from others, so he chose to become cold and hard, using his toughest side to face the people and gazes of the outside world.

Feeling Chen Mo's gaze fall on his hands, Victor instinctively clenched his fists, hiding his nails, but his pride prevented him from putting his hands behind his back.

If clenching your fist is a form of defense, then putting your hands behind your back is seen by him as escapism, weakness, and a strong-willed person who cannot allow himself to show weakness!

Upon hearing Chen Mo ask if this was his ability, Victor couldn't help but feel puzzled, wondering why Chen Mo would ask such a question.

Although he was reluctant to talk about his fingernails and had never discussed them with anyone before, he still looked up and answered casually when asked by his savior.

"No, sir, they are just deformed."

Although he tried to appear relaxed and nonchalant, Victor unconsciously clenched his fists tightly as he said this, clearly indicating that his inner state was not as calm as he appeared.

Upon hearing his answer, Chen Mo gently shook his head and slowly spoke in his deep and authoritative voice.

"No, they are not deformities, but abilities you were born with, extraordinary abilities just like your brother's!"

Chen Mo's tone was incredibly certain; his deep voice seemed to possess a certain magic that made people feel convinced.

If someone else had said those words to him, Victor would have thought they were mocking him, but hearing them from Chen Mo made him want to believe them.

Is it because of my own extraordinary abilities?

Victor stretched out his hands, looking at his hard, thick, and incredibly sharp "ugly" fingernails.

Although he felt that Chen Mo was not joking or deliberately mocking or humiliating him, and he wanted to believe what he said, Victor couldn't help but look at his fingernails with suspicion.

These claws, ugly as those of Beast, don't seem to possess any power at all. The long bone spikes protruding from James's fists can pierce the body and kill people, so what about his claws? To scratch?

Seeing the conflicted expression on Victor's face, Chen Mo easily guessed what he was thinking. He also hoped that his nails were not deformed as others said, but rather a special ability with great power like James's. However, he really couldn't think of any use for these "ugly" nails.

Have you ever seen a brown bear in the forest?

Victor nodded slightly. Although he was young, he was not as frail and sickly as James and rarely went out. Because his father Thomas treated him very badly and often beat and scolded him, and because his strange nails made others unwilling to play with him, Victor often ran into the forest alone from a young age. Only there did he feel free, happy, and unrestrained, without having to worry about other people's opinions or being ridiculed by anyone.

He had seen all sorts of animals in the forest. Besides animals like reindeer and goats that posed little threat, he had also encountered fierce carnivores such as gray wolves and brown bears, but he managed to escape each one by chance.

So Chen Mo mentioned brown bears, Victor immediately recalled the scene when he encountered brown bears in the forest. These huge beasts had long claws and fangs and were extremely ferocious. He dared not approach them any closer after seeing them from afar, and quickly retreated a distance before turning around and running away.

"A brown bear's claws can leave deep wounds on its prey, and can even leave deep scratches on thick tree trunks."

Listening to Chen Mo's words, Victor couldn't help but recall that he often saw animal claw marks on the trunks of large trees in the forest.

The thick bark on the tree trunk was peeled off, revealing a large area of bare trunk underneath, and several deep scratches were left on the hard wood. He had wondered what would happen if those claws scratched a person.

"In my hometown, there is a powerful beast that lives in the mountains and forests, the tiger. We call it the king of beasts. It is the most powerful creature in the forest. Its claws are not as long as those of the brown bear, but they are sharper and more powerful. When hunting, its claws can easily tear open the body and belly of its prey and pierce its internal organs. If it grabs a person, it can kill them with just one claw!"

The brown bear's claws had already made Victor's eyes light up, but Chen Mo's description of the tiger's claws made him even more eager to see them.

If his claws could reach the level of tiger claws, then their power would indeed be no less than that of James's bone spurs.

"Your claws are equally sharp; they can easily pierce human skin. With enough strength, they can even penetrate muscle, pierce into the enemy's body, and tear their internal organs to pieces!"