There was no hospital bed in the room as expected.
Instead, an enormous thing sprawled in the center, taking up almost half the space-a huge, endlessly writhing mass of flesh, a sight sickening to the bone!
It looked like countless dark red organs forcibly kneaded together. Even at rest, it writhed slowly, its surface coated in a slick, translucent membrane of mucus. Countless tangled, twisting pink tendons dangled beneath it, thick as earthworms, each pulse accompanied by a sticky sound that set the teeth on edge.
An indescribable stench filled the air, the cloying sweetness of rot mingling with the heavy reek of blood, churning the stomach the moment it entered the nose.
Vanessa stood rooted to the spot, her whole body rigid, acid rising in her throat.
Old Razi, however, seemed not to see this nightmarish sight. He carefully tiptoed toward the horrifying lump of flesh, his voice as soft as a whisper. Vanessa had never heard him sound so gentle. "Lily-my good girl-Daddy's back-Daddy brought-brought a new doctor to see you-"
The enormous mass of flesh seemed to have actually heard him.
It suddenly erupted into violent convulsions!
Then, without warning, dozens of slits opened across its slick, sticky surface. They were not wounds, but more like twisted, misshapen "mouths."
They opened all at once, letting out shrill, jumbled shrieks and curses accompanied by the sound of flesh scraping together. "You old dog! Why haven't you dropped dead yet, you damned old dog?! Get out! Get out!!"
"Lily? Hahahaha!! Stop fucking calling her Lily. Lily's long dead. I flayed her and sacrificed her myself!"
"Hahaha! Want the details? Call her name a few more times, and I'll tell you how she screamed and cried!"
Vanessa froze.
Dorothea had entered the room at some point as well. She stared