Chapter 94: You Cheated on Me?
It's true that parasites are very weak creatures. They lack their own digestive system and can only compensate by parasitizing other organisms.
If a larva doesn't find a host in time, it will die quickly.
However, once they successfully parasitize a host, the side they exhibit is terrifying.
First, their learning ability is incredibly strong; they can absorb knowledge extremely quickly, learning a language in just a few hours.
They can also arbitrarily change their form, quickly disguising themselves.
Their survival ability is extremely strong.
Their combat ability is even more terrifying; the hardness of steel is no different from butter in front of parasites.
Most terrifyingly, they lack emotions; they live only for themselves, their rationality is frightening.
The characters Migi and Tamiya Ryoko in the movie are exceptions.
Jake, after drinking the invisibility potion, arrived alone at the city hall, where there were over a dozen of these terrifying creatures!
"As expected, they're not here." After carefully infiltrating the city hall and searching around, Jake confirmed one thing: the boss who appeared in the second movie, the terrifying combination of five parasites, was not here.
The combined parasite was unimaginably stronger than Ryoko Tamiya. If the protagonist hadn't suddenly pulled off a power-up and killed it in the highly radioactive waste incinerator, the outcome would have been uncertain.
And since the first film, not being part of a merged timeline, couldn't possibly have a boss from the second.
Having successfully infiltrated using an invisibility potion, Jake showed no mercy, shooting each parasite in the head.
The parasites hidden in the city hall were easy to spot; they were like puppets, unable to control even basic movements.
Therefore, Jake's shots rarely caused any collateral damage.
Finally, seeing the traitor from the second film, the human who had sided with the parasites, Jake showed no mercy, shooting him dead as well.
With that, all the parasites that appeared openly in the first film were eliminated by Jake. As for the remaining scattered ones, Izumi Shinichi and Migi should be able to handle them perfectly.
On the final day, Jake arrived at Murano Satomi's house, where another intense encounter ensued. This session was so intense that it wasn't over even when her family returned.
When Murano Satomi's mother pushed open her daughter's bedroom door, she only saw her daughter lying in bed, covered in sweat...
"Just a little bit more," Jake, shirtless and clutching his clothes, returned to the world of The Princess Diaries, looking annoyed.
Murano Satomi's family had returned too quickly; he wasn't finished yet, but he had no choice but to make a quick exit.
He had considered maintaining this boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with this Japanese girl indefinitely, but he knew it was impossible. First, Murano Satomi didn't truly love him; it was just a simple case of hero worship, coupled with her helplessness when the parasite appeared, leading her to subconsciously seek someone to rely on.
Besides, he was only attracted to Murano Satomi's pretty face.
It was a mutually beneficial arrangement.
However, just as Jake angrily threw his clothes onto the huge leather sofa, a cold gaze suddenly swept over him.
It was Matilda. Jake had missed the girl quite a bit after not seeing her for a few days, but she looked furious.
"Hi, Matilda..." Jake extended his right hand to greet her, but was interrupted.
"You've been cheating!"
"Huh?"
"I saw it!"
Jake was startled. "You saw it? What did you see?" He was clearly wearing pants when he came back, but a quick glance down revealed the truth. Even an idiot could tell what had happened just by looking at the obvious bulge.
"Ahem, Matilda, you're still..." He tried to lecture her, but she wouldn't have any of it. She snorted and turned away.
In this permissive society, she had seen her father bring women home countless times. Given his repulsive behavior, she couldn't deny that Jake, who could travel through countless dimensions and possessed unlimited wealth, was also capable of having these women.
Although she couldn't stop him, seeing it didn't bring her any joy.
The girl was rebelling in her own way. Mia was one thing, but why did he immediately find another one after going to a different world?
However, when she placed her hands on her chest again, she sighed helplessly once more. Even if she resisted, she had no power to change anything.
Caught red-handed, watching Matilda walk away angrily, Jake was quite troubled. Before, she used to love being around him.
"Cheating? No, I just found a casual partner, what cheating is that?"
He was a man who could travel through countless World; could the social conventions of one world restrain him?
After finding himself a convenient rationalization, he took a cold shower in the bathroom. This world was still in early autumn, while Parasyte was already in winter.
After washing himself clean and cooling down, Jake changed into clean clothes and went to Simms's laboratory.
In the laboratory filled with many strange instruments he had never seen before, he saw Simms diligently conducting research.
Simms was holding a small scalpel in his left hand and slowly cutting off a piece of muscle tissue from the parasite's face with his right.
The feeling of a dull blade cutting flesh made Jake's scalp tingle.
Finally, after a dozen seconds, Simms cut off a thin slice of the parasite's flesh and placed it in a machine that Jake couldn't identify. He then sat down at the computer and started typing away.
For all this time, he hadn't even noticed Jake's presence.
This was the consequence of Jake altering and implanting his subconscious; his personality had completely changed.
If it were before, the moment he saw Jake enter, Simms would have rushed over with an eager expression, offering him warm greetings, perhaps even asking for a bonus or requesting female company.
Unlike now, where he was treated like he was invisible.
Simms wasn't the only one working in this lab. Besides a maid who handled daily tidying and service, Jake had brought in two android assistants to help Simms.
With the help of two AI systems capable of simple reasoning, Simms's research progressed incredibly rapidly.
"Ahem," Jake coughed twice to let Simms know he had arrived, seeing that he had finally finished his immediate work.
Unexpectedly, Simms only paused, glanced at Jake, said "Hello, boss," and then continued working.
"Master~"
"Master~"
Look at those two android assistants. Even though they are machines, how pleasant their voices are and how polite they are!
However, it was impossible for Simms, who valued time above all else and was extremely focused, to become like that.
To prevent Simms from getting absorbed in research again, Jake had to speak up, "Um, Dr. Simms, could you tell me about the progress of your research now?"
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