The Strongest Aberrant Creature

"Shepherds?"

Upon hearing this address, Xiao Xiao's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Back when he had just dealt with the distressed woman in the coffee shop with Little Four, Yang Jia had mentioned this person.

In this city, there is a man who "lives in misery and raises animals in agony." He has created countless aberrant events in this city, and even his little neighbor, the girl named Nuo Nuo, may be related to his planning.

However, Yang Jia didn't say much to him about this mysterious guy.

At that time, I was just a newcomer, and it was a long way off before I could deal with such dangerous people.

But I'm not that old now, so why did he suddenly appear in front of me?

The fear and panic in his heart made Xiao Xiao momentarily confused, but he quickly sorted things out with his Mind Burst ability.

Her expression remained unchanged, she simply kept calm, slowly raised her head to look at him, and said softly:

"You orchestrated all of this?"

"..."

"No."

The cloaked figure slowly shook his head, glanced at the Rabbit Ears, and said, "Didn't she just say that?"

"It's just that several underground organizations in this city hired that monster killer to deal with her in order to compete for profits and territory."

"However, this monster is quite interesting. Would you like to hear about it?"

"..."

Xiao Xiao nodded slowly.

He didn't know why this mysterious guy had appeared in front of him.

I don't know why I suddenly lost the ability to summon the Pain Hound and the Butcher, so I can only stall for time.

Its name is man- Man-Eating Vines.

The man codenamed Shepherds slowly said, "Of course, this doesn't refer to the person you just met, nor to the little boy known as the Monster Killer, but rather to both of them collectively. The so-called killer they found is actually just a little boy who is only eleven years old. Every time he kills someone, he just sits far away and fantasizes about the killing."

"Then, the person he fantasizes about killing will actually die."

"By his brother!"

"They were just ordinary brothers. After their parents went bankrupt, they jumped off a building, leaving only the two brothers to depend on each other. Facing the pressure from creditors, it was their parents' fault, because they originally planned to jump down with their children. But the older brother protected the younger brother, so they left the older brother behind to take care of the younger brother."

"The two brothers lived like this, and although it was quite difficult, the older brother always took care of the younger brother."

"Although he was often beaten black and blue by creditors and even forced to do some shameful things, the older brother always took good care of his younger brother, so the younger brother didn't suffer too much and grew up in a normal way."

"Until one day, the older brother was beaten up and suffered a severe head injury, which left him in a vegetative state."

"My younger brother has started to face life on his own."

The Shepherds's tone was strange, slow and leisurely, but it seemed to carry a hint of sarcasm. "But he was protected too well by his brother and refused to believe that his brother had disappeared. At that age, he didn't even understand what it meant for his brother to become a vegetable. He was just very angry when his brother didn't come to cook for him or help him fight off those thugs."

"My brother is very capable, he has always thought so."

"Although everyone says that my brother has become a vegetable, what does that have to do with the fact that he has become very powerful?"

"Outside the store, he saw the man-eating plant on TV. He saw that man-eating plant with its ferocious teeth, capable of swallowing a bison whole in one gulp. He suddenly realized that his brother had become even more powerful than before."

"Then why didn't your brother come to protect you?"

He harbored resentment and hatred towards his brother, constantly cursing him in his heart...

"Finally, one day, the creditor decided to take him away to collect the debt. Because his brother, who was lying in a hospital bed in the public hospital and whose bills had never been paid, was about to have his tubes removed, he suddenly saw his brother again. His brother had become a powerful being like a man-eating tube, and the huge flower bud had turned into a ferocious mouth with teeth. In one bite, he bit the creditor who was pulling him in half."

"My brother really came back to take care of him, not as meticulously as before, but he can help him kill a lot of people."

"Hehe..."

At this point, he suddenly chuckled and said, "Later, a strange killer appeared in this city."

"A ten-year-old boy begins to enter the underworld by helping others take down their rivals."

"He always succeeds because the opponents he chooses have their heads swallowed without them even realizing it."

"Who could be as amazing as him?"

"Because he has an older brother who is in a vegetative state, the most amazing one ever..."

"..."

"..."

"This..."

As Xiao Xiao listened, his pupils contracted sharply.

The person I just killed was that so-called vegetative brother?

So what is this little boy?

Aberrant Creature? Or a stranger waiting to awaken?

His mind raced, and he suddenly looked at the man in the cloak. "Why do you know so much about this?"

"Because..."

The cloaked figure smiled and said, "His brother was created by me!"

"Every step they took was carefully calculated and deliberately pushed by me to gradually take shape."

"It's one of my proudest experimental subjects."

"..."

Xiao Xiao's heart trembled again, and he stared intently at the person.

You can't see his face, only his cold, unsettling eyes beneath the cloak.

Even in this brightly lit office, he still feels unreal, as if he could disappear at any moment.

More importantly, Xiao Xiao didn't know what this person was doing here, nor did he know what his identity was.

All one could sense was the constant aura of danger emanating from him.

He lowered his voice slightly and whispered, "Why did you make this kind of thing?"

The cloaked figure smiled and said quite frankly, "Of course, it's to rebel against you."

"Resistance?"

"Indeed, the puppets you see, the monsters in human skin, the ignorant and unaware natives, are thinking of rebellion."

"Isn't this like a joke?"

"..."

Hearing this, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but look at him in surprise again.

He identifies himself as... an indigenous person?

"Yes."

The Shepherds seemed to see through Xiao Xiao's thoughts and said softly, "You heard me right, I am a native."

"In your eyes, strangers, we are nothing more than puppets, materials, aren't we?"

"So you never care about our lives. Driven by the Mother, you manipulate illusions at will, controlling our thoughts, perceptions, and lives. You possess powerful illusionary abilities, even capable of distorting our memories. Therefore, you have truly begun to treat us as ignorant and unconscious puppets, introducing enormous illusions into our world."

"They never ask whether we want to..."

"..."

"He's an Indigenous person, and an Indigenous person is complaining to me?"

At this moment, Xiao Xiao was shocked beyond words, feeling as if all his values and beliefs had been shattered.

These past few days he has been searching for those special Enhancement Element, and in this way, he has come to know the city once again.

This city is essentially a stage deliberately woven together, a blend of violence, repression, and distortion.

These unwitting indigenous people live on such a stage, and no matter what attitude they take, they will be drawn into it. They endure all kinds of disasters and pain, silently fermenting something, just like trees that have been specially pruned, growing strange and twisted fruits according to some mysterious will, and then letting people pick them...

But now, a peculiar fruit is suddenly complaining to itself?

Is he telling himself about his pain?

Before getting to know this city, it felt like anything could be reasonable to appear here.

But after learning the true nature of the city, Xiao Xiao suddenly felt a chill run down his spine when he heard these words.

"You..."

His voice suddenly became hoarse as he whispered, "Why did you come to me to say all this?"

"You want to kill me?"

"..."

"Kill you?"

The Shepherds seemed to be taken aback for a moment, then shook his head with a smile and said, "Killing only you won't do any good."

"I've come here simply to meet the future lord of Black Gate City..."

The Shepherds replied with a smile, even his cold eyes seemed to hold a hint of amusement. "And through this conversation, you'll understand that we natives are not puppets in your eyes, nor will we stand idly by while the illusions behind you engulf the entire city. We are also trying to understand the power of the Mother and to utilize it. And sooner or later, we will succeed..."

"Dispel all illusions, reclaim our city..."

"For this, I'm willing to pay any price..."

"..."

"..."

"Some special forces have influenced him as he is carrying out your special training."

In another corner of the city, Yang Jia, having finished her bath, was sitting on her small balcony, taking out a book, putting on her glasses, and reading intently. The bustling night view of the city below seemed to become the backdrop for her reading, adding a touch of beauty to her figure.

Until the phone rang persistently, Mister Ye's voice sounded less than calm.

"I know."

Yang Jia said softly, "He needs to really get to know this city, doesn't he?"

Mister Ye paused for a moment, then said, "Was this within your prediction?"

"No, I just guessed."

Yang Jia said softly, "Back when the Silver Bullet Family betrayed us, I realized that you are not omnipotent."

"For example, you anticipated the impact of the Rotten Kingdom on this city, but you didn't realize that the period of silence between the Black Gate Mist Incident and today has allowed Black Gate City to brew some of the most terrifying things, namely the Shepherds."

"He should have been a member of the indigenous people, subject to the will of the city."

"However, perhaps it was the independent thinking granted to them by the city that, through mutual influence and collision, created a variable that exceeded the limit. Or perhaps it was because the outsiders of Black Gate City had not been able to truly fulfill their mission that a monster like him, who possessed a high degree of autonomy and was even considered to have broken free from the control of the City Will, and who also possessed great power, was born."

"He is probably the most powerful and unique Aberrant Creature I have ever seen."

"One of them came back to life and learned to study and utilize the power of Pain Substance and Aberrant Creature..."

"The strongest Aberrant Creature has broken free from the city's control and even dared to declare war on the City Will and on all of us outsiders!"