**Chapter 24: Exactly Like a Major Villain in Film and Television Anime**
Even so, the parasyte didn't die immediately.
"What, want to fight?" Xia Shang no longer looked drunk like before. At this moment, he had already plunged his right arm into the parasyte's neck. With just a slight movement, he could cut off the other party's head.
Xia Shang turned his head to face the parasyte and said, "You'd better not move, or I'll kill you."
"You... you're a parasyte too." The man's voice was extremely hoarse. After retracting his tentacles, his face gradually twisted as blood drained away. He could no longer suppress his killing intent towards Xia Shang.
Through the reflection on the ground, Xia Shang sensed that the Parasyte Tanaka's emotions were very unstable.
"Here's a little gift for you, no need to thank me." After speaking, Xia Shang took out a syringe filled with pesticide and injected it into the parasyte's body.
"What the hell is this?"
The Parasyte Tanaka looked at the syringe at his waist.
"Guess." The moment Xia Shang finished doing all this, he turned and withdrew his right arm, and simultaneously controlled his left arm to form a flesh blade about half a meter long. He held both arms in front of him and continuously retreated. As expected, the Parasyte Tanaka's attack followed closely, chopping directly onto his arms.
The distance just now was too risky.
So even though he had succeeded, his first choice afterward was still to put distance between himself and the Parasyte Tanaka.
Because at such close range, his attack speed was far inferior to the parasyte's. To prevent the opponent from acting desperately, Xia Shang could only create distance.
"How does your body feel?" Xia Shang stood under the moonlight, his arm blades hanging towards the ground, and said to Tanaka.
His purpose this time wasn't simply to kill the parasyte, but to meet the conditions for Analyze.
The Parasyte Tanaka couldn't make a sound. As the liquid flowed through his blood vessels to his entire body, he could feel the functions of the body he was parasitizing being rapidly destroyed. Even his internal organs began to fail. Currently, his only option was to abandon this body and transfer to a new one. Only then would he have a chance to revive.
The Parasyte Tanaka glanced at Xia Shang. Ultimately, the desire to survive overcame his killing intent.
He clutched his neck and ran wildly towards the outside of the Park.
"Instead of choosing to parasitize other bodies, why not coexist with me? I'm willing to give you the position of my right hand."
The parasyte had only run a few steps when he felt a pain in his leg. As his right leg was severed, his entire body lost balance, and he fell headfirst onto the ground. Tanaka raised his head, his eyes like those of a dead fish, seemingly saying that he would never fuse and coexist with Xia Shang.
"Don't be so rigid. Wouldn't it be better if we joined forces? By then, we'll be the strongest parasyte in history." At this moment, Xia Shang's expression was exactly like a major villain in film and television anime. With a gentle smile, he narrowed his eyes and extended his right hand towards the Parasyte Tanaka.
"Life or death, please choose."
Tanaka ultimately did not overcome his desire to live.
It wriggled out of Tanaka's body and crawled onto Xia Shang's palm. The moment it intended to parasitize, five fingers that had turned into blades directly crushed it. "If I label you as an enemy, then even killing you with a lie wouldn't make me despicable, right?" With a smile, Xia Shang flicked off the flesh and blood residue from his hand. Then, he half-squatted in front of Tanaka's corpse and carefully wiped his hands with the opponent's clothes.
[Ability Transfer Fusion in progress, current Progress 5% (Cannot perform the next Analyze until the Player has completely Fused.) As soon as the Fusion Condition was unlocked, the Fusion Progress reached 5%. It seems the Fusion speed of Ability Transfer is faster than Ability Morphing.
Afterward, Xia Shang began to experiment with this innate ability of his.
Under his control, one of his fingers naturally detached without bleeding. That index finger twitched twice on the ground, then slowly elongated and transformed into the prototype of a miniature dagger. Unfortunately, before it could fully form, it exhausted all its cellular activity.
"It looks like it's set in shape and can't be reattached. To unleash the full potential of this ability, acquiring Super Physique is imperative." Xia Shang carefully put the finger into his pocket. This was a good souvenir.
As for when his missing finger would grow back.
Xia Shang estimated it would take at least three or four days.
After all, his body couldn't compare to Shinichi Izumi. Shinichi had been enhanced by a parasyte and had Migi's help, which was why he could grow a complete arm in just one day and night. Moreover, that wasn't even a true regeneration of an arm; essentially, his right arm *was* Migi. As long as Migi didn't die or detach, it could continuously recover.
On the other side, dozens of figures gathered at the Alleyway Entrance.
They varied in height, were male and female, and some even had vastly different ages.
They were all parasytes from this area. Earlier, they had sensed Tanaka's killing intent and thought he had found prey for the night. However, what none of the parasytes expected was that Tanaka's brainwaves disappeared within a short time. It was a sudden disappearance in the true sense, which meant the death of a parasyte.
"He wasn't killed by a parasyte. In that area, I didn't detect the communication signal of a second parasyte."
"Could it be the Police?" said one of the young parasytes wearing a soccer uniform.
On the bodies of most of the parasytes, bright red blood could be seen. This indicated that they had just been feeding or had finished feeding.
"Let's go take a look. If it's the Police, don't act for now."
Their figures quickly disappeared under the moonlight.
Meanwhile, Xia Shang sat in a taxi he had finally managed to hail. Taxis were really scarce in this area, especially late at night. He could say he had put in a lot of effort; killing a parasyte wasn't this troublesome. At this moment, he looked out the car window.
Suddenly, a scene he caught in his peripheral vision instantly made his scalp tingle.
Dozens of parasytes with varying appearances were rushing towards the Park he had just left, in extremely horrifying postures. Their heads were all split open; the scene was practically a parade of ghosts.
"It must be Tanaka's death that caused his original brainwaves to disappear, thus alerting the other parasytes." Xia Shang instantly understood this point and simultaneously felt lucky that he had just happened to pass by that group of parasytes.
If he had been a minute later, facing so many parasytes, he would definitely have been chopped into mincemeat!
(End of Chapter)