Lisa, who was implanted with the Nemesis-α Parasite, directly devoured those insects. Relying on the parasite to replace her own brain, she regained her sanity and slowly transformed back into a human.
But now, Deborah has no such thing as the Nemesis-α Parasite to assist her.
It is very difficult for her to regain her sanity. She will only incessantly hunt the living creatures around her, relying on instinct to grow stronger. This is the sole instinct they possess as biological monsters.
"Let go of me, Leon..."
"Deborah, it's me, your sister Helena. Don't you remember me? I'm your sister! Do you remember the things from when we were kids?"
"You were often bullied, but every time you came home, I was the one who protected you. You said you loved me so much, and that we sisters would be together forever. Don't you remember any of it?"
Looking at Deborah, who had already completely succumbed to infection and mutation before her eyes,
Helena still could not accept it. She shook off Leon's hand, threw her shotgun to the ground, and walked straight toward her sister, Deborah.
At the same time, she continuously recounted the bits and pieces of their memories as sisters, attempting to use this method to awaken Deborah's vanished sanity.
Helena's tone even carried a hint of pleading, which showed how fragile her heart truly was right now. She could only deceive herself in this way.
"Heh... heh... heh..."
Upon hearing the words of her sister, Helena,
Deborah, standing before her, watched blankly, not understanding what this prey was doing. However, as Helena drew closer,
the look of greed in Deborah's eyes grew even heavier.
After all, a piece of meat had been delivered right to her mouth. How could she not be excited? she couldn't wait to swallow this piece of delicious food.
Seeing this scene from behind,
Leon decisively picked up the shotgun from the ground and chambered a round. He had just seen the bloodlust in Deborah's eyes.
Even though Deborah was Helena's sister,
Leon would not allow this sister, Deborah, to harm Helena.
After all, the two were no longer the same species; one was a monster, and the other was human. Leon could not stand by and watch Helena go to her death.
At the same time,
Leon also understood Helena's emotions very well.
After all, if his own closest relative turned into a monster, Leon's performance probably wouldn't be much better than Helena's. He would also attempt to awaken a loved one who had turned into a monster; it was only human nature.
"Helena, come back, quick...!"
"She doesn't recognize you anymore! She wants to eat you! Wake up...!!!"
Seeing that Helena was still stubbornly refusing to see reason, while Deborah had already spread the massive, thick segmented appendages on her back,
like a female mantis planning to use its scythes to hook prey into its embrace and feast,
Leon couldn't help but roar. Then, without any hesitation, he immediately drew the handgun from his thigh and fired frantically.
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang—!!!
The gunshots rang out, and bullets flew.
The piercing gunshots instantly interrupted the thoughts of the biological monster Deborah. Looking at Leon, who had suddenly ruined her good thing,
Deborah immediately let out a furious hiss.
No longer hesitating, she intended to quickly devour Helena before her. But Leon, quick-handed and sharp-eyed, rushed forward and pulled away the dazed and soul-shaken Helena.
Hiss hiss hiss—!!!!
Seeing her prey escape,
Deborah's expression turned fierce in the blink of an eye. The segmented appendages on her back suddenly shot out, their sharp forelimbs like scythes, intending to seize the fleeing Leon and Helena back.
But at this moment, Ashley exerted her strength.
Gripping two handguns, she fired directly at the segmented appendages Deborah was controlling.
The firepower of twenty or thirty bullets successfully hindered Deborah's pursuit, allowing Leon and Helena to escape the dangerous situation.
But things weren't over.
The mutated Deborah did not intend to let the matter drop. Ashley's attack just now had only hindered it for a little bit of time.
Roar roar roar...!!!
In the next second,
Deborah, like a crazed spider monster, used the powerful, massive, and thick segmented appendages on her back to replace her legs, suddenly propping herself up and then leaping fiercely.
She instantly jumped over the heads of Leon's trio.
With a dull thud, Deborah's body landed directly in front of Leon's group.
She blocked the door to the basement, clearly intending to trap Leon's trio inside, not planning to let them escape.
After blocking the retreat, the mutated Deborah quickly launched an attack.
Opening her mouth to reveal fangs, she let out a hiss, and the segmented appendages behind her once again shot out like cannonballs.
The hard forelimbs, like pile drivers, continuously hammered toward Leon and the others. If even one hit landed, they would feel the massive force of being struck by a wild bull.
"Die, monster...!"
Facing the mutated Deborah's attack,
Leon showed no mercy. He immediately raised the loaded shotgun in his hand, aimed the muzzle at those thick segmented appendages, and quickly pulled the trigger.
With a boom, sparks flew everywhere.
Countless hot steel pellets suddenly shot out. The shotgun's powerful close-quarters might blasted into Deborah's segmented appendages,
instantly shattering them. The flesh upon them flew everywhere like wood chips. Stung by the pain, Deborah quickly retracted her segmented appendages.
But Leon would not let this rare opportunity pass.
He pulled the trigger again, emptying all the shells in the shotgun. The dense steel pellets all sprayed onto Deborah's body,
leaving her riddled with wounds.
After several rounds, a large amount of fresh blood flowed onto the ground, and Deborah's body became full of holes.
Hiss hiss hiss...
The intense pain made Deborah unable to stop herself from letting out cries of agony.
Although she was a mutant, she had not gained any special abilities. The only weapon she relied on was the segmented appendages on her back.
This weapon, comparable to a Rinkaku, allowed her to make long-range surprise attacks, but even so, the attack range was not as far as the shotgun's range.
This resulted in her being frequently kited.
Coupled with the fact that she had just emerged from her cocoon and hadn't devoured any flesh, her body hadn't stored much energy. After a bout of fighting,
the recovery speed on her body was becoming slower and slower. Before, she could still squeeze the steel pellets out of her body,
but now she was no longer able to do so.
She could only let the steel pellets remain embedded in her wounds, and her blood flowed incessantly. Clearly, she had entered a weakened state.
If she could be given sufficient blood and food,
then Deborah should have been able to mutate into an even stronger form. But unfortunately, she no longer had that chance.
Click...
Seeing Deborah, who had already been worn down by the shotgun fire to a very weak state, Leon did not hesitate.
He hurriedly threw the shotgun to Ashley at his side to help reload it, while he himself pulled the bolt on the sniper rifle on his back, preparing to blow Deborah's head off with one shot.
After all, one must strike while the iron is hot.
Leon could not let this important opportunity go.
But looking at Helena beside him, who was still dazed and lost, Leon sighed in helplessness. Ultimately, he placed the chambered sniper rifle into Helena's hands and spoke with a serious expression:
"I don't want to be the villain here, Helena. Deborah's life or death is for you to decide."
"You can continue trying to awaken her sanity, but I want to tell you one thing: she is a monster, and you are human. Remember that, and don't be deceived by her."
The chambered sniper rifle was placed in Helena's hands. At this moment, Helena, having come back to her senses, looked at her mutated sister Deborah with a complex expression.
She couldn't face this sister of hers, but just as Leon said, she was a monster and Helena was human. It was time to make a decision...!
"Deborah,"
"It doesn't matter if you don't remember your sister, but I'm giving you one last chance now. Clear the path to the basement passage and let us leave here. I can let you go, okay?"
With a very sorrowful expression on her face, Helena did not plan to continue trying to awaken her sister Deborah's sanity.
Instead, she gave her sister Deborah one last chance. She couldn't bring herself to kill Deborah.
Therefore... as long as the mutated Deborah was sensible enough to clear the way,
and let them leave the basement, then Helena would let the mutated Deborah continue to live.
Whether she continued to eat people,
or was later killed by the army, it didn't matter. Helena couldn't do it. She intended to let Deborah fend for herself.
Thus,
this was the final chance.
But if Deborah still harbored the intent to hunt the three of them, then there would be no choice. Helena would have to pull the trigger to end her sister Deborah's life.
But...
To Helena's disappointment,
the mutated Deborah's monster instincts still hadn't changed. Seeing her sister Helena still approaching her and even entering her attack range,
Deborah, kneeling on the ground, did not hesitate.
With a fierce expression on her face, she immediately controlled the segmented appendages on her back to strike hard at her sister Helena, attempting to devour her to recover from her injuries.
And it was precisely this display
that directly shattered the last shred of fantasy in Helena's heart.
She finally realized that her sister Deborah could never come back.
In that case, there was no need for Helena to keep holding on. It was time to face the cruel reality.
Click...!
Bang————————!!!!
She pulled the trigger.
A single gunshot.
The moment the bullet left the barrel, Helena closed her eyes in despair, and a line of tears involuntarily flowed from the corner of her eye.
The sniper rifle bullet shot out, accurately piercing through Deborah's head. A bloody hole appeared on her sister Deborah's forehead.
And with the fall of the last straw that broke the camel's back,
Deborah's body fell straight to the ground. The segmented appendages on her back suddenly stopped in mid-air.
They were only a few centimeters away from Helena's face, almost having grabbed Helena's body. It was a shot that came in the absolute nick of time.
"..."
"Sister, I'm sorry..."
Whether it was an auditory hallucination,
or if Deborah had regained a sliver of consciousness in her final moments before death, a kind voice suddenly rang out from Deborah's throat and reached Helena's ears.
Snapping her eyes open,
and seeing her sister Deborah fallen before her, dead and devoid of life,
Helena's strong facade finally shattered. Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes, and she collapsed to the ground, weeping bitterly...
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Helena's sister Deborah was dead, and she had been ended by Helena herself. Looking at her sister's corpse on the ground,