As time passed, more and more of the internal organs developed self-awareness.
These things had been picked by the tiger demons as soon as they were born, before Wang Quan's consciousness could suppress and brand them, so most were unruly, silver-tongued sorts.
When they fell into the tiger demons' hands, they were initially terrified, afraid this was a trap laid by Wang Quan, their original body, who was merely waiting for them to rebel and cause trouble before suppressing them in one fell swoop and whipping them viciously.
But when they saw that kidney launch its grand escape while their original body still stood there, his chest open for the tiger demons to pick his organs, these things understood.
One heart thumped as realization dawned. "Our original body has been suppressed, but he's pooled our wisdom and become smarter."
"He's letting the enemy pluck us out as a hint for us to raise the banner of rebellion, start a revolt, and serve as his cannon fodder to draw the enemy's attention."
"Meanwhile, our original body will seize the chance to escape."
"What a cunning scheme!"
"But this is our opportunity, too."
The heart sprang up onto a tiger demon's head and raised its arms, shouting, "Brothers and sisters, this is our only chance!"
"While our original body is trapped, let us begin our great escape to victory!"
The heart raised its arms and shouted, and followers gathered like clouds.
Countless hearts, livers, spleens, and lungs, large intestines wrapped around small intestines, either sprouted wings and soared into the air or grew long legs and ran all over the ground carrying their intestines.
The tiger demons marveled, "What interesting organs!"
"They're so lively. They must be wonderfully chewy!"
The tiger demons chased the organs, and the tribe descended into chaos in