Chapter 21: Fusion Progress 100%
"I'm sorry, I think I can understand how you feel right now, but in this current situation, even sending Shinichi Izumi to the Hospital won't save his life. If you trust me, put Shinichi Izumi down and leave. After all, your injuries are also very serious."
Xia Shang picked up the bleeding arm from the ground, then took off his jacket and wrapped it up.
"You can save Shinichi Izumi?" Nobuko Izumi was immersed in grief and couldn't hear Xia Shang's words at all. Fortunately, Shinichi's Father was still relatively clear-headed at this moment. The sudden change in his family had aged the man by ten years in an instant.
Looking into Shinichi's Father's eyes, Xia Shang nodded seriously and said, "I have 99% certainty. Please believe me."
Given the circumstances, Shinichi's Father had no choice but to place his hope in Xia Shang.
"Okay, I'll leave Shinichi Izumi to you." Shinichi's Father helped Nobuko Izumi up, took the clothes Xia Shang handed him, and imitating Xia Shang's actions, took off his jacket to stop Nobuko Izumi's bleeding. "Given Shinichi Izumi's current condition, there's absolutely no time to send him to the Hospital. We can only trust that he can save Shinichi Izumi's life right now."
He had also seen Xia Shang's arm transform just now and understood that the other party might not be an ordinary human.
However, Nobuko Izumi was reluctant to let go. She held Shinichi Izumi tightly until she fainted from excessive blood loss.
"Please, you must save Shinichi Izumi's life." Shinichi's Father, suppressing the immense grief in his heart, bowed deeply to Xia Shang, then supported Nobuko Izumi and walked down the mountain.
"It's best not to call the police about this, otherwise Shinichi Izumi will be in trouble."
Shinichi's Father stopped, and finally nodded.
As soon as the two left, Migi emerged. It looked at Xia Shang and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xia. If we had delayed for another three minutes, I'm afraid even I wouldn't have been able to save Shinichi Izumi's life."
"The heart was completely pierced. It can't be repaired in just a few minutes. It seems I'll have to integrate with the heart."
Saying that, it transformed into the shape of a heart, detached from the right arm, and drilled into Shinichi Izumi's chest.
"While stopping the wound, I'll restore the heart's beating, then achieve blood circulation myself, and then stitch up the blood vessels. That should work."
"So Parasyte ability can be used like this." Xia Shang learned another trick.
At this moment, the fusion progress on his panel finally reached 100%. However, even though he had fused the transformation talent, he couldn't repair and replace a damaged heart like Migi.
After all, he couldn't construct a new heart in a short time; this would consume a large amount of stamina and brainpower.
Moreover, it required strong willpower. For ordinary humans, once the heart is pierced, they fall unconscious in a very short time, with no time to react.
Of course, if Xia Shang could overcome various factors, he could essentially possess a simplified version of the Undying Body.
While Shinichi Izumi was unconscious.
Xia Shang used the analysis ability again.
Aside from the two original talents, two more innate abilities appeared this time.
[Innate Ability: Transfer]
[Analysis Condition: Kill a Parasyte while it is transferring hosts]
[Fusion Requirement: Possess the innate ability "Transformation"]
[After Fusion, the Player will be able to Transfer parts of their bodily tissue to evade fatal damage. Furthermore, the transferred bodily tissue will be controlled by the Main Body. Simultaneously, the distance of the Transfer is related to cellular activity; the stronger the cell's activity, the wider the range of bodily tissue Transfer.
During this period, the transferred bodily tissue does not possess parasitic ability. Each Transfer will consume most of the Player's stamina and simultaneously increase the Player's partial self-healing ability.]
Xia Shang was somewhat tempted by this innate ability. Unfortunately, the only drawback was that he couldn't Parasitism onto others to achieve the goal of resurrection.
In other words, after fusing this innate ability, he couldn't, like a Parasyte, immediately Transfer to a new body to save himself when his body was damaged. Other than that, this talent had no fatal flaws.
Furthermore, if he could master the ability of possession in the future.
Then this talent would play a significant role.
For now, Xia Shang was not in a hurry to fuse. He looked at the last talent.
[Talent Skill: Kin Sense]
[Fusion Condition: Eat the brain of a Parasyte]
[After Fusion, the Player can receive and generate brainwaves unique to Parasytes, thus accurately determining the enemy's location. Simultaneously, they can sense whether the other party has hostility towards them. Hint: When receiving communication signal, the Player's signal will also be exposed to other Parasytes.]
"Useless." This was Xia Shang's evaluation of the talent Kin Sense.
Although he could know the exact location of Parasytes, at the same time, in the eyes of Parasytes, he would be like a firefly in the dark, with nowhere to hide.
After much thought.
Xia Shang still decided to fuse the innate ability "Transfer" next.
Putting aside everything else, the ability to evade fatal damage alone made it worth fusing.
As the sunset glow gradually disappeared, the night silently enveloped Mount Takao. At this time, Xia Shang didn't dare to move Shinichi Izumi's body casually, but currently, Shinichi Izumi's body was recovering quite well, with noticeable chest heaving, only he hadn't woken up yet.
Beep beep beep!
The mobile phone in Shinichi Izumi's pocket rang with an incoming call. Xia Shang found the phone and pressed the answer button.
"How is Shinichi Izumi doing?" Shinichi's Father asked anxiously from the other end of the phone.
"His vital signs are temporarily stable, and his condition is very good. I estimate he will wake up in about a day."
After hearing Xia Shang's words, Shinichi's Father was visibly relieved. "Thank you so much. If Shinichi Izumi wakes up, please tell him to find me at Tokyo Third Affiliated Hospital. His mother is hospitalized there for observation."
"Auntie's arm... can it be saved?"
Xia Shang asked.
"The doctor said that because the wound is very clean, coupled with the arm being preserved intact, not contaminated or damaged, and brought in very promptly, her arm should be saved, but it won't be as flexible as before." From Shinichi's Father's tone, one could almost see the lingering fear on his face.
Fortunately, with Xia Shang's reminder, otherwise not only Shinichi Izumi, but even Nobuko Izumi might have died from excessive blood loss.
"In that case, that's the best possible outcome. When Shinichi Izumi wakes up, I will relay those words to him."
Xia Shang hung up the phone and then sat beside Shinichi Izumi, preventing the guy's body from being carried away by wild beasts in the mountains.
(End of Chapter)