Desharow MermanCh55 - Chapter 55

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　Chapter 55

　　”Desharow, get up.”

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　　A voice was heard, mixed in with the loud, sloshing noise from the wind, which was created by the propellers. which then followed by the removal of the knee that had once been suppressed against my back, along with a hand dragging me up from the ground.

　　I didn’t even have to think in order to know that the person who had been suppressing me down was Rhine, that disgusting Nazi lapdog! In an instant, an enormous strength erupted within me, allowing me to jump back up and ferociously knock against him, who was currently behind my body. My entire body was now posed in a boxing stance, pounding my way straight towards him. However, he seemed to have anticipated what I was about to do, and he quickly sidestepped to avoid my strong attack. In the end, my fist could barely brush past the tip of his nose before my arm was cleanly grabbed, pulling my entire person so that it leaned forward. Rhine soon followed with a basic grasping technique to restrain me. At the same time, a blunt pain was felt on the back of my neck. Before I could even fully comprehend everything that just happened, I had already fallen to the ground and my eyes were seeing dark spots.  FhD0yI

　　I shook my head and tried to get up, but my head was already in a daze, and my entire body felt like it was spinning around. Next, in the blink of an eye, I heard several loud ripping sounds, and, before I knew it, both of my hands and legs were bound by sturdy, adhesive tape. A wide jacket was thrown over my body, causing my line of sight to fill with darkness. In order to prevent myself from passing out and being taken advantage of, I had to bite my own tongue. However, I was in shock by the unexpected, severe pain.

　　God bless that I didn’t end up biting off my own tongue, because, after biting down, I realized that my canine teeth had become extremely sharp! I could actually feel the blood flowing out of my lips, resulting in my tongue feeling numb, as if it were gone.

　　 Thank God, because if I were to pray to Agares, I would already become a mute!

　　 Damn, that would’ve been just too unlucky…..

　　While my mind was sobering up from the dizziness from the pain, I internally struggled and silently cursed. In the next moment, I felt my body becoming light. I was raised by a single, sturdy arm and was carried for a couple of steps, before quickly being placed onto a stretcher. I was tightly bound by its belts and felt my surroundings rapidly spinning upward with a familiar disorienting wind.

　　My heart felt like it was being suspended in the air, pounding violently, with my hands and feet sweating profusely, like I was an acrophobiac in a helicopter for the first time. Yet right now, I was not considered as a passenger, but merely as livestock or transported goods. It was a rather uncomfortable feeling, as if one was stuck inside of a cave filled with an unknown darkness. I couldn’t control my own impending fate and whereabouts. I didn’t know where Agares and my friends were at right now. Furthermore, I was uncertain whether I was truly of any value to these Nazis. If I was, then will I have a chance to free myself while under the strict control of their military forces?

　　May God bless me. I really did want to pray to God, but I didn’t believe in Christianity at all. Plus, I knew fully well that the Old Man wouldn’t actually care about an atheist like me. I had to recognize my own reality—I was currently on an ancient island that was thousands of miles away from Russia, in a real, dire and isolated situation with no help, all the while, being held hostage to a group of remnant Nazis who were trying to occupy said place. 

　　In an instant, a sense of despair overcame me, but I immediately suppressed the kinds of thoughts that would normally make people sink into their lowest ebbs. 6yKMBV

　　Hey, hey, Desharow, don’t go slapping yourself to death. At least you’re still alive, right? Those mermen are still quite powerful creatures. Maybe they can use the laws of nature to give all these scheming bastards a fierce counterattack!

　　By encouraging myself in this way, I felt a glimmer of hope in my mental assent. What’s more, the changes in my body made my physical strength even stronger. (Although, there were still a few unpredictable risks.) However, now this has become my best advantage. Ah, truly unbelievable!

　　……

　　As my imagination was running wild, the helicopter I was on slowly descended. Soon, a sound that could’ve only been from landing onto the flat, metal ground was heard.  7AEXJC

　　The cloth covering my head was then harshly ripped off, allowing me to clearly see where this place was.

　　—I had been brought to the Nazi’s warship that had been moored along the coast. After being forced up by several armed men, I caught sight of four ships that were connected side-by-side metal plates, which made them resemble that of a small, hydroelectric power plant-like structure. However, I couldn’t be more clear to know that this was exactly the “experimental base” that Rhine and Sakarol had been talking about before. 

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　　They were going to establish this area as their base, then go inland and expand their scope of invasion, just like the Germany navy's Plan Z during World War II despite that project being a failure. I hope they, too, will be defeated here, just as they were during World War II. But, the funny thing is that during the Battle of Normandy, France had strong allies as a backup. Yet at this moment, I was just a mere Russian kid, a biology student at that, who’s only good use was discussing theories that were worse when actualized in reality.

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　　 With a puff of frustration, I turned my eyes away, but then, suddenly, they lit up—

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　　What I saw was the same exact metal, barbed wire that had been used to trap Agares. It was dangling from a hook on the outer edge of the ship and swaying emptily. It seemed that he was on this ship too.

　　Yet as I scavenged around, my head was roughly pushed down by a palm from behind me. Next thing I knew, I was pushed into the cabin door that was in front of me. A voice viciously came up from behind, “Idiot, gehen!“ Q8A9CL

　　I couldn’t understand what he was talking about, but I was sure that he was cursing at me, but truthfully to me, everything in German sounded like swearing. As I was taken into the windowless cabin, I noticed a lot of chains and handcuffs draping around, To one side there was another door, but it was tightly closed shut. I believed this was the place that they were going to keep me captive in.

　　A hand from behind me pushed me to face the wall. Before I could even react, a huge column of water suddenly came pouring from behind, causing me to spring up with a slight jump. My head was in a dead state, as it was pressed up against that wall, and my body was forcefully made motionless by several other hands. The high-pressure stream that was filled with salty,smelling seawater raked my entire body like machine gunfire, leaving no room for me to maneuver out of the attack that targeted every niche of my body. Even my eyes were unable to open up. Instead, I had no other choice but to violently choke against the water, feeling both battered and exhausted. This was practically what every prisoner experienced before being sent off to prison.  

　　This treatment was a way to undermine the self-esteem in criminals before they went off to prison. As a result, They would clearly realize that they no longer had any privacy nor a chance at rebellion. Not only that, but they were no longer treated as “people” but as livestock. Basically, these people were treating me exactly the same as how they would treat a convicted criminal. Perhaps they would also want to torment me before a heavy interrogation. 

　　Now, I was starting to feel somewhat terrified , but I just strongly gritted my teeth and did not let out a single reaction. I was completely motionless, like a stone statue. Having the high-pressure water gun shoot at every nook and cranny of my body was an unpleasant, terrible feeling. They didn’t even avoid my buttocks or lower body. It made me feel humiliated to the highest level. It even reminded me of the worst memory that ever happened in my life—when I was young, I was cruelly disciplined by my strict father through corporal punishment. But what was truly terrible was that these people did not really care whether I was alive or dead as much as my father did.  Y0ZrgU

　　　I didn’t know for how long the water gun swept onto my body,  but when I thought of the water that was stuck inside my ear would wash it way into my brain, everything finally came to a stop. My eardrums were buzzing, and my brain felt numb. I mechanically wiped away the water on my face and patted my head that felt like it had been flooded. But before I could fully recover, I suddenly felt a rough palm touching my buttocks.

　　I was stunned for a second, then I heard several other people behind me burst out laughing. One of them sneered and said in a harsh English accent, “Hey, Russian boy. I heard that the merman we caught was your lover?”

　　These shameless and disgraceful bandits!

　　My brain exploded, and I violently slapped away the unbehaving, disgusting hand resting on my buttocks. Turning around, I faced the speaker with an overcast, yet calm and steady, facial expression. He looked strong and had dark skin. The thick, solid muscles on his arms were like coiled tree trunks, and his chest was filled with a patch of perky, curly hair. He practically looked like a huge chimpanzee that just made people want to hate him., I stared at him with disgust, and I slowly let out one sentence at a time, “What did you just say? I can’t understand any of your lousy words.”   b8EQlB

　　The room suddenly turned quiet but was soon followed by another outburst of laughter. The guy in front of me maliciously looked me up and down, scratching his chin, and then he sneered with a despising, yet ambiguous, tone. “We heard that just before we arrived, you and that wild beast were underneath the hollow cave doing some kind of… intense wrestling?” 

　　My ears burned with heat, and a sense of shame and anger directly poured into my brain, making my nerves discharge a fuming smoke. Like a coiled wire spring being snapped, my body began to tremble in anger.  My fists tightened involuntarily by the sides of my body, my nails sinking into my flesh. However, a reasoning arose from the pain, telling me to restrain myself and be patient, because I had no capital means to rebel right now.  

　　So I kept staring at the guy in front of me, my eyes sharpening into a knife to gouge out his disgusting face. “I used to be his caretaker and I’m still trying to tame him, but the process has not been so smooth.”

　　The response was just another impudent sneer. The guy who teased me seemed to act like he was hearing some sort of hilarious joke,  holding his stomach and letting out a big laugh. A hand suddenly reached out and clutched my chin, demonstrating a military force by using his chest to knock me back against the wall. He breathed, “Oh, is that so? Domesticate with what then? With that cocky little butt of yours or that soft tongue? Look, oh look, this beautiful Russian boy is just brimming with tender flesh and smooth skin… “ 98Anwz

　　I couldn’t concentrate on hearing or seeing anything clearly. All I knew was that the boiling anger had already burned through my skull. My physical reaction was even faster than my brain’s. Before anyone knew it, my clenched fist was already smashing down onto the man’s nose as he let out a scream filled with pain. I continued to punch, one after another, to the point of beating him into the ground. I didn’t even hesitate the slightest from throwing my entire body weight onto him in order to pin him to the ground. 

　　The people around me raised their guns and rifles, yelling at me. However, at this moment, I could care less about anything else, my eyes were already filled with murderous intent. Using my knee, I continued to suppress the guy who was much bigger than me onto the ground, still madly beating him up. Even while the others used the butt of their firearms to pound against my body, it played no substantial role in stopping me at all. To me, it almost felt like they were using foam pillows to deal with me. 

　　These people were clearly unable to respond to how a docile-looking lamb like me could possibly turn into a fierce-looking lion so suddenly. In fact, even I couldn’t believe in the kind of power I was able to produce when I was angry, like I was right now. I just indulged in the ruthless, violent component coursing through my blood, like a crackling and rattling spark exploding upon contact. I happily pounced upon all those who came up at me one after another, beating all of them into the ground until blood was tricking everywhere. Finally, after I successfully knocked down a few people, the others around me retreated to an open circle, aiming their firearms at me.

　　I was panting and crawling all over the ground, wiping away the blood from the top of my head and from my nose. Like a real beast, I patrolled the people around me. Their faces no longer contained their previous look of contempt and disdain, instead, they were looking at me with astonishment. It made me feel invigorated and much more comfortable. However, what was worse was that I knew that they were gonna want to directly shoot me down.  GLNId5

　　If I had another ten minutes to go at it again, I would do it— I wasn’t going to fucking stand against this damn disrespect and humiliation. Fuck them! If I was going to kill someone, then it ought to be while I was in the mood. I wished I could shoot this entire place down with a machine gun.

　　“Click.”

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　　I heard the sound of someone unlocking the safety bolt of their weapon. A voice in my mind desperately called attention to the things I could say, anything at all, that could be used to save my life. However,  I couldn’t spit out a single word from my mouth, so I just closed my eyes.

　　Damn it, Desharow, you’re such a stubborn-headed bull. From a young age ‘till now, you’ve always suffered from being unlucky. Very well, now you’re finally going to go all in and put your little life to some use.   Z Wa1X

　　“Wait! Don’t shoot. Colonel Sakarol still finds some use in him!” 

　　At this critical moment, I suddenly heard Rhine’s voice at the door.

　　I opened my eyes and saw him walking in. He looked towards the bloody-stained mess beneath my feet and paused his steps. He turned to the side to see a pitiful creature that got his nose broken, his teeth shattered, before turning to look back at me in disbelief. The meaning behind that look was clear: Was this your doing?

　　I stood up and shrugged my shoulders. My eyes were half-opened, looking at him with provocation. I used the back of my hand to wipe away the blood that was dripping down from my chin, but out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly noticed that there’s something wrong with my hand. Between my index finger and middle finger, another thin transparent membrane had appeared. The veins on the back of my hand had bulged out, making a shiver go through my entire body. Immediately, I put my hand back down, remaining calm and collected, as he approached me.     DisVha

　　“What? Do I still have some kind of value left, Rhine—my dear mentor?” I snorted coldly and pretended to be calm  as I looked at him, face to face, while concealing the panic that had risen to the top of my heart. I wasn’t sure if this transformation was going to suddenly intensify, nor could I know when my legs were going to turn into a fishtail. Maybe I would even go through that damned oestrus period that had once made one feel extremely shameful. 

　　No, no,oh god… Please don’t ever let it happen again. 

　　“Drag him over here, hurry.” 

　　At this time, the sharp voice of a woman suddenly broke through the silence within the room. The voice was from a pager that was currently on Rhine’s body. This succeeded in shifting Rhine’s gaze that had been hardened and complex, holding many different types of emotions, off of my me He waved his hand, and this served as an indication to the others to put their guns down. Then, he gave me clothes that could cover up my body. At last, I was able to not feel humiliated by showing my bare self anymore. He took a hold of me and dragged me off towards a different direction on the boat.   8d0DS3

　　Going downwards to the bottom compartment, I felt like I was placed inside an underground cage that was heavily guarded. 

Oh God! What did I just see? I saw the glass on both sides of this place was filled with water. There was a layer of metal netting and through it, I found that there were other merfolk that had been isolated. I was flabbergasted from the sight. As I looked from one Mermaid to another, a shiver wracked my entire being. There were a variety of both females and males, their heads inside of a layer of glass, looking at the outside world with despair and fright. Their expressive eyes gripped my throat, making me feel suffocated.

　　But soon I realized that there was no sign of Agares in sight. 

　　Where was he? Wm0BlX

　　Just when I was filled with doubt, Rhine carried me all the way to the end of the bottom compartment, with Sakarol now standing in front me. Behind her was a tightly sealed door. What shocked me was that there were indent marks snaking into the room and on the door handle, which was stained with blue blood.   

　　My mind suddenly constricted up a bit. 

　　“You’re really fortunate, Desharow.” Sakarol faintly upturned her red lips, letting her iconic, disgustingly sinister smile. “You still have a chance of survival, but it’s not because Rhine pleaded for you. Rather it’s for the merman in the cabin behind me. I had only recently found out that he was the leader of merfolk island. Look at all these poor little things around you, all of them came just to save him.”

　　She paused and stared at me with a soft, hypocritical look. “Little genius, right now, we need his DNA. Unfortunately, no one else is able to approach him and use a syringe to puncture his skin. Only you—” 3EeCNd

　　”Colonel!” Rhine interrupted Sakarol. 

　　“Shut up!” Sakarol’s face changed from bright to moody. Then she said, “What better ideas do you have? Or do you not want your precious baby to live?”  

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　　”I…”

　　”I promise. I’ll help you.” I opened my mouth and spat out these words expressionlessly. Only God knew just how much I wanted to spit on this beautiful serpent’s face and give her a tight slap on either side. However, I was consciously aware that this was my only chance to see Agares and rescue him.    lEWTNf

　　”Very good…” Her eyelashes drooped down, and she relocated her gaze onto my face. The light reflected in her green eyes, making me tremble with fear. “However, before you enter, I must show you a few things.”  

　　I pursed my eyebrows and saw that she had abruptly lifted up her hand to push a button that was located on the wall, whereupon the sound of a metal hatch opening sounded above my head. Unconsciously, I raised my head to look. In that instant, my feet staggered for a moment.   

　　Through the glass overhead, I saw Lafarre, Davis and Eva. They were all lying down side by side with their eyes closed, hands and legs locked in shackles and chains. 

　　“You… what have you done to them?” My eyes were so wide that they practically popped out from my sockets. The state of my emotions made my voice tremble. I wished my neck could grow a little longer, so I could get a clean bite of this wench’s throat! iYGw2

　　Sakarol hugged her arms and placed a little distance between us before pushing the button once again, this time deemphasized. “Don’t worry. They’re just unconscious. However, whether or not their lives can be salvaged, well, depends on your performance, De-sha-row.” Her red lips called out my name as placing some sort of fatal hex on me. Her hands fumbled around in her pocket before taking out a syringe that was packed nicely in a sterile package. She dangled it in front of my face, signaling Rhine to release me.   

　　The bottom of my stomach churned furiously as my eyes rested on that syringe, before shifting back to her face. Now,  I really wanted to strangle her to death. Yet I suppressed the urge to do it with all my might, stretching out my hand to receive the strange object, then stuffing it into my pocket. 

　　”I have one condition.” I stared at her and continued, “While I’m taking the sample, nobody is allowed to enter.” 

　　Sakarol couldn’t help but to laugh, a smile forming on her face as she opened the hatch door. “We will only be keeping watch of you from the outside. You better not be playing a cheap trick. Your pitiful friends won’t be able to last any more days.”  xdZLit

　　I abruptly clenched my fist, making my knuckles pop with a sound. With a deep breath, I treaded inside. The cabin door closed behind me rather loudly, the darkness slowly settling in., However, only after a few seconds, the night vision I had gotten after my mutation played its part. 

　　This was a rather large and spacious cabin, with a dark glass tank placed in the center.  Agares’s arms were suspended by several thick, coarse shackles with his head hanging down. In the sea, he was a vigorous, strong and fierce force. However, at this moment, his posture looked like Jesus when he was nearing death, looking like he was dying while being chained up here. His upper body was above the water, but once I walked closer, I discovered that his violently undulated chest was scorched with a huge, black burn scar, cutting deeply and horizontally, into him—it must have been from the electric shock of the net.  

　　I was shocked stupid for about two seconds before finally jumping into the water tank and rushing through the water to get to him, to see him. My chest suddenly ached, like it was smashed by a hammer and shattered into pieces. A kind of pain then pierced through my heart. My fingers trembled as I touched the skin around the wound, but after, my body trembled violently. The tremors felt so violent that my throat closed up and I couldn’t utter a single syllable. Yet ultimately, I managed to stutter out a sound, “Agares.” 

 My voice was quite hoarse, so much that I could barely hear it. wDRQ W

　　He gasped heavily for air, his head dangling and swaying before lifting up with great difficulty. His long, narrow eyes seemed unfocused, taking a while before gradually zeroing in on my face. 

　　“Desharow…”

　　He muttered quietly, his face so close to mine that the bridges of our noses were practically sticking to one another. His voice was also so low that it was almost like a whisper. I held his cheek, making sure that he wasn’t going to die any moment, and then I pressed  my lips onto his, trembling. 

Hello! Translator here! This chapter was quite long and had gotten an extra helping hand. What do you guys think Desharow will do next? What will happen to Laffare, Davis, and Eva? I am sure you guys all hate Sakarol by now, that women is just a evil schemer. Our poor baby Desharow, now need to make a hard decision! tHslPf

Hope you guys had enjoyed this chapter! Oh, but the ending of this chapter was just so heartwrenching yet incredibly sweet!

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