Monsterization

Ignoring the jeers of the thugs around him, Baicang noticed Onibi Maru standing on the track, drenched in blood, and the headless corpse behind him.

At the sight of the scattered scraps of flesh and white fluid covering the ground, his gaze beneath the mask grew colder.

The remaining thugs saw Baicang standing there blankly and were about to move in to teach him a lesson, but Onibi Maru raised a hand to stop them.

"Good. You're just in time." A faint red gleam shone in Onibi Maru's pupils.

He twisted the throttle hard and swung his bike around, then rode his enormous motorcycle straight through the track railing, swinging his meteor hammer as he charged at Baicang.

"You'll be the final sacrifice for my evolution!!"

Facing the rapidly approaching Onibi Maru, Baicang showed no reaction. He stood perfectly still.

In an instant, Onibi Maru rode up in front of Baicang. Laughing wildly, he swung his meteor hammer and brought it crashing down toward Baicang's head.

I can feel it! Now's the moment! This intoxicating feeling-the ultimate evolution!!

"Die!" Onibi Maru could practically see Baicang's head being smashed apart.

But Baicang shattered that fantasy with a single jumping roundhouse kick.

Thud! Baicang kicked Onibi Maru clean off his bike. He hit the ground and rolled several times before the force finally dissipated.

"If I dared come to your hideout alone in the middle of the night, obviously I've got some skills. You didn't even have your lackeys test me first. You just charged straight in. I honestly can't tell if you're stupid or naive."

Baicang shook his head in disappointment, thoroughly unimpressed with this little boss.

"Damn it! Damn you!" Onibi Maru roared as he struggled to his feet.

"How dare you!"

"How dare you damage my beloved bike! You deserve to die!"

Puzzled, Baicang glanced behind him. With nobody controlling it, Onibi Maru's beloved motorcycle had crashed into a wall and stalled. Its headlight had shattered, too.

Consumed by rage, Onibi Maru charged at Baicang, determined to avenge his beloved bike.

"Is that really necessary?" Baicang dodged Onibi Maru's attacks with a bewildered expression.

At the same time, he noticed something strange about Onibi Maru.

His eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets, his body kept swelling and shrinking, and his attacks were utterly chaotic. Combined with his extreme frenzy, it all made Baicang suspect there was more going on here.

Could it be...?

To test his suspicion, Baicang dodged another attack and sent Onibi Maru flying with a punch. Then he backed away, putting some distance between them as he approached the enormous motorcycle.

"Don't move. Take one step and I'll smash its rearview mirror."

Baicang aimed his fist at the motorcycle, threatening Onibi Maru as he prepared to charge again.

Onibi Maru looked at his beloved bike and reluctantly stopped.

"Fight me like a man! Don't use such underhanded tricks!"

"Hmm!" Baicang pressed his fist right against the rearview mirror.

"What was that?"

Onibi Maru immediately cried out in alarm, "Don't! What are you doing?"

"Heh heh, nothing." Baicang sat right on the motorcycle and crossed his legs.

"What's the story with that corpse back there?"

Seeing Baicang sitting on his beloved bike, Onibi Maru's eyes widened in fury. It felt like being cuckolded right in front of his face. But with Baicang holding all the cards, he swallowed his anger and said in a low voice, "He was a spy from another gang. He'd been hiding among my men."

"Oh." Now that he knew the dead man wasn't a good person, Baicang didn't bother dwelling on it.

"What did you mean by 'sacrifice' earlier?"

"Nothing..."

"Hmm!" Right in front of Onibi Maru, Baicang planted his foot on the motorcycle's engine and started bouncing it.

"Don't!" To Onibi Maru, it felt as though his beloved bike was being toyed with mercilessly before his eyes. His heart twisted in agony.

"Stop moving around! I don't know what's going on either!"

After a moment of silence, Onibi Maru finally said slowly, "It's just a special feeling."

"This feeling of hunting people down on my bike is incredible. It's so intoxicating, so pleasurable. I can feel it."

"I'm about to become one with it. I... I just..."

As Onibi Maru grew increasingly worked up, rolling his eyes in ecstasy as he lost himself in his fantasies, Baicang slapped the motorcycle's fuel tank hard.

Bang! The sound instantly snapped Onibi Maru out of his trance.

"Don't touch it!" Onibi Maru could barely contain his anger.

"You'd better behave. You wouldn't want your beloved bike getting hurt, would you? Huh?"

Although Onibi Maru couldn't see Baicang's face beneath the mask, that infuriatingly smug voice told him Baicang was definitely smiling.

"As long as you don't touch my bike, I'll agree to let you go."

Onibi Maru continued negotiating with Baicang, trying to save his beloved bike.

"Looks like you're still pretty resentful."

Under Onibi Maru's shocked and furious gaze, Baicang turned the ignition and restarted the engine. Sitting on the bike, he twisted the throttle hard without releasing the clutch.

Vroom, vroom... vroom! Fast, then slow, opening up, then easing off-the motorcycle kept letting out deafening roars.

"Don't! You'll wreck the engine!" Onibi Maru shouted in horror.

"Hahaha! This bike's got some real power!"

Baicang laughed like a villain, never stopping what he was doing.

It was practically a scene of some unspeakable crime.

Vrrr... vroom... vroom! He listened as his beloved bike was forced to keep roaring under Baicang's rough handling.

Onibi Maru felt as though his beloved bike was wailing beneath Baicang, crying out to him for help.

But he couldn't go over and stop him. The moment he made a move, Baicang would surely do something to hurt his beloved bike. He was powerless, forced to stand there and watch in humiliation.

Vroom, vroom, vroom! The engine's roar grew louder and louder.

Onibi Maru's heart bled as though needles were piercing it. He lowered his head and clenched his fists tight.

Vrrr... sputter!... bang!

"Huh? Looks like it's broken." Baicang looked at the motorcycle, whose engine was now smoking.

"No!" Onibi Maru cried out in despair.

Ignoring Baicang's threat, he rushed madly toward his beloved bike. Seeing Onibi Maru running over in tears with snot streaming from his nose, Baicang was thoroughly disgusted. He hurriedly got off the bike and moved away.

Ignoring the scorching heat, Onibi Maru gently stroked his beloved bike's body. His tears dripped onto the engine with a sizzling hiss.

"I! Will avenge Onibi Maru! I swear I will!!" Onibi Maru roared, his body trembling.

Watching Onibi Maru's body swell and tear apart, Baicang momentarily forgot to comment on the fact that Onibi Maru shared his name with his motorcycle.

No blood flowed from the wounds tearing open across Onibi Maru's body. Instead, eerie purple light shot out. "Hahaha!" Amid his crazed laughter, his limbs began twisting uncontrollably. A slit opened in his abdomen and swallowed the motorcycle in front of him whole.

"Become one with me, Onibi Maru!"

Some inexplicable force tore apart the motorcycle swallowed into Onibi Maru's body, reassembling it with his flesh as they grew together.

The purple light grew ever more lurid, and Onibi Maru's body grew ever larger.

A few seconds later, the purple light vanished, revealing a half-human, half-machine monster over three meters tall before Baicang.

Baicang looked at Onibi Maru. Everything below his calves had become wheels, and his upper body was assembled from motorcycle parts. Only his thighs remained unchanged, retaining their human features.

It confirmed Baicang's earlier suspicion.

"Just as I thought. So this is monsterization."