❤️Chapter Three: Heart and Eyes(2)

This was a one-hit kill attack!

If the target had been an enemy with a weak attribute, this strike would have dealt at least 1400 damage!

“A super attack… He actually used the Roadblock to perform a super attack!” Not just G327, but all the children were in an uproar. This was a super attack, capable of dealing double damage! Only true masters of weaponry could execute such a high-level skill. Though the boy struck an immobile stone sphere, the Roadblock was notoriously difficult to handle. For a frail boy to wield such a giant hammer and perform a super attack was nothing short of a miracle!

The boy’s trembling hands could no longer hold the Roadblock. As his grip loosened, the massive hammer fell to the ground with a loud crash and a cloud of dust, causing the entire ground to tremble slightly.

He seemed utterly exhausted, a strong taste of iron flooding his throat. Suddenly, the entire training ground seemed to spin, and he blacked out.

Gula gazed deeply at the boy lying on the ground. After a long silence, she whispered a few words to G327 before turning to leave the training ground. However, as she walked away, the usually decisive commander of the Rose Knights hesitated. Gula seemed to want to turn back for one last look at the boy. Ultimately, she left without a backward glance. Behind her departing figure, G327’s cold laughter seemed to faintly echo.

…

Sunny Boy finally regained consciousness, feeling as though he had slept for a very long time. He struggled to open his eyes, greeted by a blinding green light that quickly became bearable.

“Where am I? It feels like I’m in a culture tank.”

“…”

“Why does my voice sound like a synthesized electronic voice?”

“What are these mechanical hands? Where are my hands?!”

“What is on my face? Is it a cyborg mask?!”

“What have you done to me? Is anyone there? What have you done to me?!”

The boy, now awake in the giant culture tank, screamed. But no, he should no longer be called a boy, for his body looked identical to that of a cyborg.

“Ha ha ha ha ha, it seems you’re not very happy with your new look.” G327’s loathsome voice echoed again like a ghost.

She approached the cyborg’s culture tank, examining the pained Sunny Boy with great interest. Even the cold synthesized voice could not mask the cyborg’s anguished cries. The sound of his torment was like an aphrodisiac to G327, causing her face to flush and her body to convulse with pleasure. After a moment of intense satisfaction, G327 let out a contented sigh. She opened her eyes, now blood-red, with sharp fangs protruding from her lips.

The vampire transformation—this was the most despised genetic form in the town of Time. Even the beastmen and lizardfolk desecrators, known for their savagery, shunned vampires. It was unimaginable that the prestigious Rose Knights would harbor a vampire within their ranks.

“Stop screaming. Don’t you want to know what happened to you?” G327's words brought the cyborg to a halt.

“Captain Gula has long wanted to place an undercover agent in Laba's lab,” the vampire continued. “But the cyborgs have always been fiercely loyal to their leader, so the plan never succeeded.”

“Who would have thought you'd demonstrate the cyborg's signature hammer super attack so flawlessly in the training ground? It was truly a blessing from the gods!”

“And given your slim physique, you fit perfectly into this mechanical body.”

“To deceive those cyborgs, extensive modifications were made to your body. Your primary nerves are now connected to the mechanical body's control system. Your heart was removed and replaced with the most powerful crystal engine. Your vocal cords were swapped for an electronic synthesizer, and your eyes were replaced with an electronic targeting system.”

At this point, G327 let out a lecherous laugh. “But don’t worry, apart from your heart and eyes, the rest of your body is still there, just deeply integrated with machinery. I’ve kept your youthful heart and beautiful eyes well preserved—they're my favorite collectibles.”

“Your body is like a work of art, one I’ll thoroughly appreciate. Haven’t you been avoiding me all this time? In the end, you’ve laid yourself bare before me. I’ve touched every inch of your skin, and even held your beating heart in my hand.”

The vampire's wanton laughter echoed through the room, while the cyborg in the tank covered his face with his hands, motionless.

“As long as you behave and complete the tasks I assign you, I'll return your heart and eyes. The lab will perform a reverse transformation on your body, leaving you with nothing more than a few scars and not a single missing part.”

G327 spoke smugly, her eyes falling on a dirty panda-rabbit doll outside the tank. She wrinkled her nose in disgust and casually stepped on the doll with her shoe.

“Who would’ve thought someone came to see you and brought you this filthy panda-rabbit? I thought you had no friends here.” The vampire disdainfully ground the doll underfoot. “I despise panda-rabbits—the tacky fusion of two mundane animals. They're hideous, just like you now. Ha!”

Under the cyborg's mask, red lights flickered as he stared at the trampled panda-rabbit, stirring some long-buried memories.

“Gulaba pengba Pengba, Gulaba Pengbapeng...”

With a faint electronic voice, the cyborg suddenly extended his mechanical arm, gripping G327's throat like lightning. The force was so great that the knight instructor had no chance to resist, and she was lifted into the air.

Her feet dangled as she kicked desperately. The cyborg's mechanical arm was so powerful that her eyes rolled back, and a choking sound gurgled from her throat.

“Why did you step on my toy? It’s my most precious possession.”

“I'll turn you all into panda-rabbits!”

The cyborg tightened his grip, and G327's head lolled to the side like a deflated ball. Her neck was crushed.

That night, the cyborg escaped the Time Church’s stronghold, vanishing without a trace. The base was left in disarray, thoroughly searched. Yet, it seemed nothing was missing. If anything of note had disappeared, it was the old panda-rabbit toy that vanished along with the cyborg...