Lucas vs. D03

"No! Don't kill me, I was only following the captain's orders..."

How could the Whale-Tail Test Subject listen to his sophistry? The only reason it was still alive at this very moment was for revenge!

It let out a hoarse roar that hardly sounded human, its thick tail fin sweeping violently in from the side.

Having undergone countless modifications, a row of hard, sharp bone structures had grown along the edge of the tail fin, chopping fiercely into the man's chest like a giant guillotine.

The scream was cut short.

The researcher's entire body was impaled between the tail fin, suspended mid-air as the whale tail swayed like a human flag.

It dragged that body as it charged toward the remaining few people in white, as if displaying its first trophy to the ones who once tortured it.

"They're crazy! All these monsters are crazy!"

The researchers completely broke down, turning and fleeing in all directions.

The entire deck instantly plunged into chaos, until a figure leaped down from above the deckhouse.

Boot heels landed heavily on the deck.

The retreating pirates around them caught sight of the newcomer and finally found their backbone.

"Captain!!!"

Lucas stood amidst the mess on the ground, his gaze sweeping from the heavily injured and dead crew members all the way to the group of out-of-control test subjects, finally resting on the Whale-Tail Test Subject.

His naturally gloomy face turned cold bit by bit.

No one knew the value of these test subjects better than him.

From capturing suitable test subjects to purchasing various high-tier sea beast tissues, Sea Monster Origin Blood, inhibitors, and hiring underground laboratory researchers year-round, every single item meant vast sums of Sea Shells poured into the venture.

Especially the dozen or so semi-finished products before his eyes.

The fact