Early morning.
On the highway cutting through the dense forest, a young couple was also driving, some distance ahead of the vehicle driven by Shinichi Izumi's parents.
It was a red car.
Inside the car, in the passenger seat, a young woman with shoulder-length hair gazed out the window.
Her eyes didn't blink, as if she wanted to take in all the scenery outside the window.
The young man driving, wearing a blue sweater, chuckled and said, "There's a place with a beautiful sunrise. I have some free time today, I'll take you to see it."
The short-haired girl nodded, her expression very quiet.
She noticed a strap on the seat, curiously pulled it up, and pondered its use. She was now using the strap to cover her eyes.
"What is this strap for?" she asked the man next to her.
The man laughed heartily.
Turning his head to look at the girl covering her eyes with the seatbelt, he found her adorably clumsy.
He said in a gentle voice, "It's a seatbelt. If something unexpected happens while driving, this strap will save your life. There's a button by the seat, just plug it in."
At the same time, he noticed the blind spot and teased, "No way, this can't be the first time you've been in a car."
Besides, even if she had never been in a car, she should still know the purpose of a seatbelt.
After hearing the young man's answer, the short-haired woman nodded thoughtfully.
The short-haired girl's behavior was a bit strange, but the young man didn't pay much attention.
Instead, he found her even more adorable.
Well, mainly because the short-haired girl was attractive. At the same time, the short-haired girl seemed to want to fasten the seatbelt but didn't understand the usage the young man had described, so she fumbled with it randomly, even wrapping it around her head.
Seeing this, the young man couldn't help but laugh. He let go of the steering wheel with one hand to help the short-haired girl with the seatbelt.
"What are you doing? Don't play with the seatbelt."
As his hand brushed past the short-haired girl's cheek inadvertently, the young man's peripheral vision noticed something was wrong.
Ahead, there was a curved turn on the road.
Because he hadn't been paying close attention to the road, his focus had been on the short-haired girl. Now, he realized it was too late.
*Bang!* The car crashed through the guardrail and plunged into the dense forest ahead.
Truly, unsafe driving leads to tears from loved ones.
A flock of birds active at night was startled, chirping and flapping their wings as they flew up and emerged from the dense forest.
On the other side, the car that had spun and flown out had stopped. Its front end had crashed into an ancient, thick cypress tree, deeply indented. The windshield was shattered, and thick smoke was rising from the engine.
Inside the car, both the young man and the short-haired girl had some bloodstains on them.
The young man was only lightly injured, his brows furrowed, and he was still breathing. He hadn't died on the spot, but had fallen into a coma. The short-haired girl, however, was less fortunate.
She hadn't been wearing a seatbelt and had suffered severe injuries during the car's impact.
The next second, the short-haired girl's cheeks began to deform, condensing into several fleshy tentacles with eyeballs at the tips.
One eyeball examined itself, then trembled as it tried to change shape again.
*Poof!* A mouthful of fresh blood was spat out, and the short-haired girl's head had transformed into the grotesque face of a Parasitic Organism.
"The internal organs are already ruptured."
"This body is going to die."
"This is terrible."
It truly hadn't expected to encounter something like this.
Then, the unconscious moans of the young man caught its attention. Seeing that the young man beside it was only lightly injured and not in serious condition.
It suddenly had an epiphany.
"So that's it, this seatbelt saved him."
"Next time I have a chance to ride in a car, I must buckle up properly."
It gazed at the young man, who was slightly trembling and seemed about to wake up. One of its tentacles had already transformed into a metallic blade.
"If this body dies, I will die too."
"Now I can only transfer to him."
Due to different growth environments, each individual Parasitic Organism possessed unique personalities and habits, and the knowledge they learned also varied greatly.
After maturing, it had spent a lot of time learning how to transfer bodies.
Although it had never actually performed the operation, its theoretical knowledge was very rich.
"To transfer, I need to cut his neck in an instant, then take over the body, stitch the wound, and connect the nerves..."
"There are subtle differences between male and female bodies, but I should be able to manage it."
At this moment, the young man, who had been slightly trembling, opened his eyes.
After he snapped back to reality, his mind was focused on his beloved, and he didn't check his own condition. His first instinct was to look at the woman beside him.
But as soon as he looked up, his eyes were met with a monstrous sight: several appendages, each with an eyeball and sharp teeth, and a head that split open like a Venus flytrap.
Just as he was about to scream, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.
Then came eternal darkness.
The Parasitic Organism, the instant it severed his neck, flung the head away. Its own body then lunged forward, writhing incessantly, contracting and expanding.
Several hours later, a young man, covered in bloodstains and wearing a blue sweater, stumbled slowly along.
He stopped at the edge of a scenic sea cliff, his back against the cliff face, facing the ocean.
At this moment, the sun was slowly rising from the horizon where the sea met the sky. Layers of golden light illuminated the surface of the ocean, the azure and gold reflecting each other, the water sparkling.
It really is beautiful, a thought suddenly arose in its mind, and then its mood became somewhat gloomy.
Due to some differences in the structure of male and female bodies, combined with this being its first time operating one, it had accidentally made some minor mistakes. This had led to an inability to absorb effective nutrients from the body, and it was gradually dying.
If it were given another chance, it definitely wouldn't make the same mistake.
But the bad news was that this wasn't an urban area, and human figures were relatively rare.
Just then, a rustling sound of footsteps suddenly came from above, making its body stiffen. Then, it raised its head.
Two figures, a man and a woman, appeared on the cliff above.
The woman stood close to the edge of the cliff, her back to the sea. The man looked at her with a smile, saying, "It's so beautiful here, Nobuko. Stand still, I'll take a picture of you. We can show it to Shinichi when we get back."
It was indeed Nobuko Izumi and Kazuyuki Izumi.
Kazuyuki Izumi took out his camera, smiling broadly as he crouched down, adjusting for the perfect angle.
Finally, as a ray of sunlight slanted down, just right to illuminate one side of Nobuko Izumi's face, he quickly said, "Good, good, stay still."
Shinichi Izumi reached up and brushed away a stray strand of hair, looking at her busy husband with a smile on her face as well.
"Like this?"
"Yes, keep still." Through the camera, adjusting the focus, at the most perfect angle, Kazuyuki Izumi was about to press the button.
But at this moment, a bright red muscular tentacle shot up from below the sea cliff. The metallic blade at its tip was dazzling in the sunlight.
The metallic blade did not hesitate. The instant it appeared, it swung horizontally, cutting towards Nobuko Izumi's head.
Kazuyuki Izumi's breath hitched, but he had no time to react.
Just as his heart pounded like a pump, and he wanted to shout for his wife to dodge, from the dense forest to the side, a sharp blade light, as if condensed from the cold moonlight, erupted.
The slash almost grazed Nobuko Izumi's cheek, passing by her, cutting off only a few strands of black hair.
*BANG!* The blade light collided with the metallic blade, sending sparks flying and knocking it back directly.
While Kazuyuki Izumi was still bewildered, not knowing what had just happened, a black figure flashed past at extreme speed.
That figure, carrying a gust of wind, arrived at the edge of the sea cliff in an instant, then leaped down decisively and fiercely.
"Got you!"
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