Silence.
A suffocating silence swallowed the room.
The metallic scent of blood invaded every breath.
Kai stood frozen at the doorway.
Kai's pupils constricted.
The Director's office...
Drenched with blood.
It had become a butcher's room.
Blood flooded the floor.
The walls were painted crimson.
Pieces of flesh clung to shattered furniture.
And above the far wall—
Hung the Director's severed head.
Her expression...
Stitched into a peaceful smile.
Her arms...
Her own ribs...
Her intestines...
Had been twisted into a grotesque five-pointed star.
Surrounding the head like a sacred ritual.
An offering.
A prayer.
Kai's stomach twisted.
Kai's breathing became uneven.
Then...
Movement.
From the corner of the office.
Two children.
Their skin had been carefully peeled away.
Bare muscles trembled as they struggled to breathe.
"...M...mom..."
One weakly reached toward the ceiling.
The other could only cry without tears.
Still alive.
Still conscious.
"..."
Kai clenched his fists so hard his nails pierced his palms.
Drip.
The lone silhouette slowly turned around.
Black hair.
Gentle blue eyes.
A white nurse uniform stained with crimson.
The familiar smile remained unchanged.
It was...
Estelle.
The nurse who take care Kai's wounds.
She calmly brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.
"My..."
"What unexpected visitors."
Estelle glanced toward the broken metal door before sighing.
"Has anyone taught you manners?"
"You should knock before you enter you know."
Her voice remained gentle.
Almost motherly.
That calmness...
Was infinitely more terrifying than madness.
Lin fell down on her knees.
Staring blankly in shock.
"Director?"
"S...Sister Estelle...?"
Raya's expression darkened.
His instincts screamed.
This perosn wasn't human.
Without hesitation—
Raya arm pointed forward.
"Wind Blow!"
A violent gale exploded through the office.
Furniture shattered.
Blood sprayed into the air.
The storm rushed straight toward Estelle.
Estelle merely lifted one finger.
"No."
The wind stopped.
As if an invisible wall had swallowed it whole.
Not weakened.
Not redirected.
Simply...
Erased.
The office became quiet once more.
Raya's eyes widened.
"Impossible."
Estelle smiled softly.
"Oh?"
"Was that supposed to hurt?"
Raya immediately leaped forward.
"Wind Cutter!"
Compressed blades of wind flashed across the room.
Invisible.
Fast enough to split reinforced steel.
Slash!
Slash!
Slash!
Estelle lazily waved her bloodied scalpel.
Tiny metallic sounds echoed.
Clink.
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Clink.
Every wind blade shattered apart before reaching her.
Like glass striking diamond.
Estelle tilted her head.
"You use wind beautifully."
"But..."
"It's terribly crude."
Estelle retaliated.
In an instant she appeared infront of Raya kicking him towards the wall.
Slammed.
Raya coughed blood.
"Wh-what are you?"
For the first time—
Estelle giggled.
"What am I?"
She slowly spread both arms.
"I am merely..."
"A humble follower of the Enlightened Moon."
"Praise the moon."
"Kneel before the moon."
"Forget dreams and lay yourself to the moon. "
"As it grants beautiful purpose."
Estelle looked lovingly toward the Director's remains.
"Ohhh, how lovely."
"She accepted enlightenment wonderfully."
Lin shocked in tears.
"No..."
"No..."
"Director..."
Estelle smiled gently.
"And they shall."
"Forever."
Kai's gaze never left Estelle.
Instead...
Kai's eyes scanned the room.
Weapon.
Anything.
Then—
Near the overturned table...
The familiar bag half open with the knife.
Beside it the chain.
Raya attacked again.
"Wind Blow!"
"Wind Cutter!"
The office erupted into another storm.
Invisible blades shredded desks into splinters.
Estelle calmly stepped through the attacks.
Every movement elegant.
Every dodge effortless.
Estelle looked less like she was fighting...
And more like she was dancing.
Kai whispered to Lin.
"Lin I'll taking those bag."
Kai moved.
Quietly.
Step by step.
Toward the table.
Then—
Something felt wrong.
Raya suddenly froze.
A sharp object burst through Raya's abdomen.
Blood splashed across the floor.
Thud!
Raya's eyes slowly looked downward.
A bone.
It pierced straight through his stomach.
Behind him...
Lin.
Her mouth had been stitched shut forming a smile with thick red thread.
Fresh blood dripped from the corners of her lips.
Lin's eyes overflowed with tears.
She trembled violently.
"Mmmm...!"
She tried screaming.
She tried stopping herself.
But her body refused to obey.
Lin's own arm ripped open.
Its bones had grotesquely elongated through the flesh, forming a white spear that impaled Raya.
Kai's eyes widened.
"...Lin?!"
Raya coughed blood.
"L...Lin..."
Lin cried harder.
Desperately trying to pull away.
Unable to control herself.
Estelle sighed.
"You still haven't realized?"
She slowly walked forward.
Her heels echoed against the blood-soaked floor.
"My [Job] of course a [Nurse] (Corrupt) Lv.71."
"With my skill [Operating Room] I can do anything within this room."
Skill: Operating Room Lv. 5 (Corrupt)
"Within this operating theater, flesh obeys the Nurse."
• Surgery (increase healing capabilities).
• Biological modification.
• Control over surgical instruments.
Thin crimson threads slowly became visible.
Hundreds of them.
Stretching from Estelle's fingertips...
Into Lin's body.
Skill: Blood Threads Lv. 7 (Corrupt)
"Every puppet believes it still owns its body."
• Direct control over modified targets.
Estelle smiled.
"Within this room..."
"I can perform surgery."
"I can heal."
"I can reshape."
"And..."
"I can improve."
She lovingly looked toward Lin.
"Such a wonderful patient."
Lin continued crying.
Her body shook violently as the threads forced her arm even deeper into Raya.
Raya gritted his teeth.
"...Wind!..."
A cyclone exploded around Raya.
"Wind Barrier!"
A rotating barrier of compressed wind surrounded Raya's body.
The crimson threads attempting to reach Raya.
Yet immediately sliced apart.
Estelle raised an eyebrow.
"Oh?"
"So you can still resist."
"Interesting."
Kai finally reached the table.
Kai's fingers hold around the knife.
Cold.
Perfectly balanced.
Kai immediately grabbed the chain with his other hand.
Estelle's attention remained on Raya.
Then-
Lin's body suddenly jerked.
Her neck snapped unnaturally toward Kai.
Fresh tears streamed down Lin's face.
"Mmm...! Mmm...!"
Lin tried to scream.
She tried to warn them.
But her stitched lips could only produce muffled cries.
Estelle smiled with satisfaction.
"Good girl."
The crimson threads tightened.
Lin's entire body lunged forward.
Her elongated arm bone swept across the room like a spear.
CRASH!
The table split cleanly in half.
Kai barely ducked underneath the attack.
The sharpened bone grazed Kai's shoulder.
A burning pain spread through his arm.
"Lin!?"
Kai didn't notice on what going on what happen to Lin.
He was shocked as he noticed Lin's form.
Lin spun once more.
Another bone erupted from her left arm.
A second spear.
Both bone spears crossed together as she rushed toward Kai.
Lin's movements were unnaturally precise.
Not a single attack was wasted.
Every strike aimed for Kai's throat...
The heart...
The joints.
Kai blocked one spear using the chain.
CLANG!
The impact numbed Kai's entire arm.
"Lin!"
Lin was stronger than before.
Not because of her own strength—
But because Estelle was controlling her every movement.
"Mmmm!"
Lin cried desperately.
Lin eyes pleaded with Kai.
Please...
Kill me.
Yet Lin's body continued attacking without pause.
Estelle watched with folded arms.
"You see?"
"Modification is beautiful."
"I strengthened her skeleton."
"I reinforced her muscles."
"And now..."
"She has become the perfect nurse assistant."
Kai gritted his teeth.
"You're just forcing her..."
Estelle tilted her head.
"Forcing?"
"No."
"I simply removed her hesitation."
Lin's bone spear thrust toward Kai's chest.
Kai twisted aside at the last moment.
The spear pierced straight through the wall behind him.
Chunks of concrete exploded outward.
Before Kai could recover—
Lin's second arm swept horizontally.
Kai raised the chain just in time.
CLANG!
The force threw him several meters backward across the blood-soaked floor.
At the same moment—
Raya shouted.
"KAI!"
Several crimson threads shot toward Raya.
"Wind Barrier!"
A spinning cyclone erupted around Raya.
Raya coughed blood.
This is bad!
My temporary intervention won't last long, applying pressure using compressed air into my stomach won't stop the bleeding completely.
I need to kill her fast.
The incoming threads were shredded before they could reach Raya's body.
But Lin was unaffected.
The threads controlling her remained intact.
Lin rushed toward Kai again.
Her tears never stopped falling.
"Mmm..."
"Mmmm..."
Kai met Lin's eyes.
"Hold on!"
"I'll save you Lin!"
For just a fraction of a second...
Lin's trembling arm hesitated.
Only a fraction.
The hesitation was enough.
The opening...
Kai sprinted.
His footsteps splashed through blood.
The White Flame inside his chest roared.
Passive Activated
Burning Passion Lv.1
Corruption Detected.
Purification Initiated.
The crimson threads flying toward Kai instantly ignited.
White fire spread across them.
One after another...
It burned into ash.
Estelle's calm expression finally changed.
"White Flame?"
"You are..."
"No."
Estelle hesitated.
Kai appeared before her.
The knife thrust straight toward her throat.
Clang!
Estelle's scapella intercepted the knife.
The impact echoed across the office.
Estelle smiled.
"Good."
"I was getting bored."
Kai swung the chain.
It wrapped around Estelle's wrist.
Kai pulled with all his strength.
For the first time—
Estelle's balance shifted.
Raya saw the opportunity.
"Wind Cutter!"
Dozens of invisible blades converged from every direction.
Estelle's smile widened.
"As a nurse I'll give some advice."
"A surgery requires precision."
Estelle twisted unnaturally.
Avoiding every strike.
The few that landed carved shallow cuts across her uniform.
Flesh open appeared beneath.
Yet-
No blood flowed.
Only pale soft skin seeped from the wounds.
Kai's heart skipped.
"She doesn't bleed!"
Estelle laughed softly.
"Of course not."
"I discarded such unnecessary things."
"Such as blood, organ, and a heart."
"I've offered it all to the Enlightened Moon."
Estelle raised one hand.
The floor suddenly convulsed.
Forceps.
Scalpels.
Bone saws.
Needles.
Every instrument within the office rose into the air.
Hovering around her like a divine executioner.
Kai and Raya immediately separated.
The room transformed into a battlefield.
Estelle extended her arm.
"Operation..."
"Begin."
To be continue...