Desharow MermanChapter 88

Translator: Cheonsa

Editor: Pigeon YuGXW7

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Chapter 88

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“Yukimura!” I struggled to hold onto the fishing net as it lifted me up onto the deck. My body was then held down by several sailors that pounced onto me but the strength I unleashed was amazing and it took a while for the whole lot to restrain me. Nevertheless, I too, was unable to break free from the thick and tough binding. Yukimura obviously heard my call and he eyed me with a look of astonishment, but before I even had time to say another word, I could feel a small sting from my fishtail—

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　As soon as I looked down, I saw a man holding a syringe in his hand about to inject me. Just thinking about it, it obviously contained anesthetics!  Damn it! I was so angry that I just wanted to kick this guy to death right there and then, so hence, the fishtail that transformed from two legs, made a corresponding movement, and swung fiercely at him, causing him to be knocked into the sea. However, just as I accomplished this resistance, a strong sense of numbness rushed up my body from below and my entire body from top to bottom was as though filled with leads felt unbearably heavy. Even lifting up a single finger was impossible, let alone trying to open my mouth and speak. 

　　Yukimura cautiously approached my side, squatted down, and pressed down on my tail in an appeasing manner and looked into my eyes as though to express he had no malicious intention. It would appear that he was quite experienced in how to interact with merfolk. Funny that Yukimura wasn’t aware that I was once a human that came in contact with a Mermaid before just like him.  

　　I moved my lips slightly, mouthing his name in silence, hoping that he could understand. But just when Yukimura was about to open his mouth to say something out of puzzlement, a middle-aged man lowly issued out an order. This caused the sailors to immediately lift me up and drag me into one of the many cabins of the ship’s compartments. Seeing at a distance through the small holes of the fishing net, the scenery inside the cabin appeared before my eyes, which rendered me in shock. In the cabin, displayed close to a hundred transparent water tanks, in which all of them about two meters in height and width, was just enough space to accomodate a single Mermaid. However, most of them were empty, and only a few contained a Mermaid, both males and females. 

　　I remembered back to what Yukimura had mentioned to me regarding their cruel experiments on merfolk, and I couldn’t help but get chills. What the hell! I never thought possible that I would be experiencing such horrible wicked conduct that occurred in the past, and furthermore, I was playing the role of one of its many sacrificial victims! 

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Yukimura and Shinichi are both here, then what about Asura? 

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　　Taken aback, I turned my head and neck with great difficulty to look at the other glass tanks, but I didn’t see a merman with the purple tail. Asura had yet to appear.  This meant that I was able to pinpoint the period of time I am in right now— The nuclear incident on Hiroshima left no free time for these Japanese to conduct merfolk research at all. So either I was placed in the time period before World War II  happened or in World War II, where the nuclear bomb had yet to hit Hiroshima. It was certain that I am unable to prevent the outbreak or stop the continuation of WWII, and the series of disasters it brought, but I could still tell this matter to Agares in time so that Atlantis could avoid this disaster.  

But where was Agares at the moment?  Should I go find him again?  I must break away from these Japanese people’s control first. Hateful. I needed to find the best opportune time.  Z8 LzC

 　　 Thinking this way, I simply closed my eyes to recharge my energy, hoping that the effect of the medicine would fade away from my body soon. However, I couldn’t help but fall asleep from the gradually rising fatigue.

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I didn’t know how long I slept, but suddenly I was awakened by a strange burst of electric current hitting my chest. I opened my eyes and found that an area under the skin of my chest was shining slightly with blue light, just like some kind of indicator lights. That was exactly where Agares’s scale was located and this signal possibly signifies that Agares was nearby.  My spirit shook with vitality. I tried to move my body again and felt that the drug had unexpectedly lost its effect, and my strength seemed to be greater than before. This was also probably due to the scale that belonged to the monarch.  Wsxahn

 I immediately straightened up in the water and observed the outside world vigilantly through the glass. The cabin room was dark with no humans remaining here. The merfolks in the other isolated water tanks all simultaneously turned toward me with gazes of expectation.  However, I knew I can’t release them just yet/at the moment, or else it will rouse a lot of disturbance.

　　 “I’m sorry, but I will come back to help you guys.” I whispered, but was surprised to hear a string of strange sound waves vibrating through my throat, which I immediately got the nodding response from the merfolks.  This gave me a sense of responsibility, which made me clearly realize that protecting and rescuing these young species was now a joint mission between Agares and I. MGkRc

I retracted my fishtail and swung it right at the glass with all my strength, only to hear a cracking sound. This extremely strong and sturdy cage was actually destroyed into pieces under the blow of my full strength!

　　I leapt from the inside and smoothly slid to the floor. Driving the tightly packed muscle of the fishtail like a python, moving around was indeed much faster than that of human legs. I could feel that the closely knitted scales below had greatly reduced all friction, allowing me to silently slide several meters ahead everytime I pushed with my fins. When I got close to the hatch door, a series of disorderly and hasty footsteps approached from afar. Knowing that something was wrong, I immediately hid in the darkness behind the door. iVd5tO

  In the very next moment, the hatch door was loudly swung open and several figures rushed in. I took the opportunity to swiftly sweep my tail lightning fast to their ankles and the second they all tumbled to the ground one after another in shock, I used their unguardness to flee out the door. Borrowing the fistail’s powerful thrust force I soared across the deck, diving straight into the sea. Amidst the shouting and chasing sounds behind me, I had submerged into the deep water. 

 　　 The electrical current movement in my chest grew stronger and more intense at this time. I was sure that Agares was somewhere not far away, and I could even vaguely perceive his position and distance range. It just needed to be a little more precise, and a little more clearer. My nerves jolted, suddenly remembering that the Mermaid uses special frequencies of sound waves to contact each other. Then, did that mean I could also use this method to sense Agares? Just like what I accidentally did just now in this merman form—this has become a bodily function that I possess. F8Yo2h

As I scanned the gloomy environment, I opened my mouth and tried to make the same sound waves as before. The surrounding water, with the sound of my voice  immediately produced a peculiar wave form. It spread out in all directions, and I quickly got various kinds of feedback which they formed into countless messy images in my mind. They carried sounds and even scents. It was hard for me to believe that I could even possibly distinguish a trace of “data” belonging to Agares from among these extremely complex messages. (This was the only way I could describe it), however I indeed did sense an approximated location of where he was located. 

Following that direction, I oscillated my tail and speedily swam over as fast as a shuttle. Just as I was approaching the surface of the sea, I was suddenly hit by a more powerful and violent sound wave out of nowhere which seriously affected my directional judgement. All at once, it made me feel like I had become lost as I paced back and forth indecisively, circling incessantly in the water as though I was drawn in by something.  I had no choice but to temporarily stop moving about and swam near the surface of the water. Borrowing the moonlights that were passing through the water, I was able to see the shadow of a small boat floating on the sea not far away, and a black object with two trumpet-shaped gadgets was hung below and into the water—that was a sonar. [/caption]

　 Undoubtedly it was this damnable thing that hindered my mobility. I swum a bit further out with alertness before slowly surfacing, popping only half of my head out from the water to observe that boat. However, I was surprised to see that the person sitting on this small vessel was actually Yukimura. He wore a white kimono and played the flute without a care, appearing like he was not standing above the sea right now. The long and beautiful melody of the flute floated along the sea and with the perfect collaboration of the clashing waves it sounded like the voice of nature. Even I couldn’t help myself from getting lost in this aesthetic and tranquil scene presented in front of me. However I quickly snapped out  from this trance, because I couldn’t be more aware that this was a trap. A trap made specifically for merfolk.

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This was what Yukimura mentioned, the time where he acted like a bait to lure Asura. 

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　　I raised my body and examined the sea as far as my eyes could see, and as expected, I saw dozens of merfolks’ rising bodies floating on the surface in the vicinity. The closest one to Yukimura’s boat was just a few steps apart. He had long black hair and a purple fishtail looming in the moonlit sea. it was clearly Asura. He seemed to be deeply attracted by Yukimura, as his webbed claws climbed onto the side of the boat, and was looking up at the beautiful Japanese youth curiously. 

　　Instantly, I wanted to impulsively swim over there to prevent any further contact between them, but I immediately dispelled that idea. It was because Asura and Yukimura previously had an unforgettable love between each other, even if their future development became tragic, what reasons did I have to prevent them from meeting each other? What right did I have to erase the story that belonged to them? What I should do is to reverse their ending, not the beginning, isn’t that right? 

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　　Just as I was immersed in thoughts, my chest suddenly jumped once again and I reacted strongly when I felt a powerful wave surging forward from behind. My intuition told me that it was Agares. I sensitively emerged half of my body out of the water, making rounds on the sea to seek out his presence. In a split second, I saw a familiar figure emerging out from the water, his silver-grey hair under the moonlight appearing to be exuding a layer of thin mist, and his magnificent appearance leaked out the gloominess that came from the dark abyss of the sea.

“Agares!” I cried out both in shock and joy, but he seemed completely ignorant of me as he kept swimming towards Yukimura’s direction, he was unexpectedly entranced by Yukimura’s sonar also. My heart quickly sank, I rapidly intercepted his route, going in front of him like a fear-stricken dolphin. He was clearly startled by my sudden appearance and stopped immediately. He looked at me with a warning glare, sizing me up and down, like he was looking at a daring  youngling that was bold enough to provoke the head chief.  Indeed that should be so since I have not appeared in his life at this point. He didn’t know that the guy who charged before him was someone he’d later take on as a treasured descendent and a lover. 

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I breathed hurriedly, my heart feeling pain and unease, like a claw grabbing onto my internal organs, and tearing everything into a mess. I wished I could immediately unload the life information hidden within the scale in my chest into his brain, to let the Agares in “that world” be reborn again, to let him know who I was and everything that we’ve experienced. But how do I do that?  I looked at Agares with uncertainty, and he just gave me a look of impatience and narrowed his eyes, looking past me like he was feeling anxious. 

In an instant, there was a sour feeling in my heart, and with fangs bared and claws brandished, I threw myself at him, hugging his body tightly. 

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Agares stiffened in shock. I was jerked away roughly at once by his webbed claws, and I heavily fell into the water. However, I was relentless and unwilling as I charged again. I rushed forth like an aggressive shark, firmly latching onto his waist. My fishtail tangled with his own long tail, dragging him into the water with me. Apparently it looked like I really annoyed him now, as his powerful webbed claws firmly clutched my neck and my body was being pressed deeper into the dark depth of the seawater at a great speed. I didn’t kick up a fuss nor struggle. In this current situation, as I continued to sink down, I kept my gaze steadily to his eyes, which allowed me to quickly catch onto that flicker of bewilderness and a waver. No matter what time and space I am in, I would always carry his gene, even if I have yet to be born, there should still be an existing special feeling towards me in him. 

I firmly believed in this fact. 

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