Chapter 274 44: Escape

"Perrin? Is this your room? My head hurts, and it seems like I have lost a memory."

Anna looked at the room which seemed a little different. She supported her body with her arms, slowly sat up from the bed, rubbed her head and spoke to Perrin in front of her.

"Ah, you finally woke up. I was so scared. It might be a mild concussion. After all, you fell from the second floor." Perrin sat next to Anna and comforted her.

"Fall down? Why did I fall down?" Anna asked blankly.

"I don't know. There was no one else in the room at that time." Perrin sighed.

"What about Terry? Where is he?"

"Oh, calm down first. I don't want to lie to you, but I heard from the people in the town that he stole the town's cargo truck last night when no one was around and ran away. I don't know where he went now."

Ran?

Anna was stunned for a long time, looking at the dark sky outside with only white clouds on the edge.

"How long have I been in a coma?"

"You've been unconscious for a day."

Hearing this terrible time, her head hurt even more.

"So, today is .5?"

"Yes, listen, isn't it very lively outside? People from the surrounding towns have rushed over just to attend this big fish feast."

It was indeed very lively. Anna stood up with the help of the wall and walked to the window. She could see that even the snowy streets could not stop people from heading towards the beach in groups of two or three.

"I heard from the mayor that everyone must attend the big fish banquet. I was thinking that I would have to carry you there at that time." Perrin said this with a chuckle, but in Anna's eyes, her smile seemed hideous.

Ana shook her head subconsciously: “I, I’m not feeling well, so I won’t go.”

Perrin's smile slowly disappeared, and his tone became stiff: "No, the mayor said that everyone must go, except..."

She subconsciously looked out the window at the attic of the house opposite.

"Don't worry, Nia and I will take you there."

Helpless Anna clutched the curtains tightly, fear seeped into her heart, tears seemed about to flow, and her mind was a mess.

"Why are you crying?"

"Come, dry your tears and come with us. The fish feast is about to begin."

Anna felt like a walking corpse, trapped among this group of strange people. She was unable to resist and could only wait for their verdict.

Being held by the hand, Anna walked from the room to the downstairs. A group of people gathered there. When they saw them coming down, they stared at them with strange eyes.

"Perrin, you finally came down."

"Just waiting for you."

"It won't work without you."

Anna looked at Perrin who was surrounded by enthusiasm and felt a little overwhelmed, but she quickly came to her senses and took the opportunity to quietly move to the door, opened it and ran out.

boom.

Just a few meters out of the door, she felt like she had hit a wall. The strong fishy smell seemed to bury her alive, forcing her to sit in the snow and struggle to come to her senses.

"It's you, girl."

"Mr. Heyman."

"Haha, your boyfriend is really too much. I kindly sent you here, but he actually stole my car." Heyman licked his lips and looked at Anna carefully. "But I won't bother with you tonight. Enjoy the fish feast."

Anna was speechless and slowly climbed up from the snow. Behind her, Perrin appeared like a ghost, wrapped around her arm, and said angrily, "I didn't expect you to be more anxious than me, Anna. You even lied to me just now and said you didn't want to attend the fish feast."

Hearing this, people around looked over, their dead fish-like eyes glowed with strange light, like nails, firmly nailed into her body.

"I'm just kidding, how could anyone not want to participate?"

Anna felt like she couldn't breathe. After she spoke clearly one word at a time with difficulty, the crowd around her returned to their original state and continued to walk towards the coast, talking and laughing.

"That's what I said. Let's go, Anna."

The two of them followed the crowd in an intimate manner.

The closer they got, the weaker Anna's legs became. Although she didn't believe Terry would abandon her and run away, it didn't stop her from complaining about him madly in her heart.

However, she also discovered that many people were looking at Perrin beside her with eager eyes, as if... Anna didn't know how to describe it, she just felt it was strange.

Especially Perrin's classmates and teachers, they were extremely enthusiastic. When they were talking, they even moved their mouths closer and stretched out their tongues unconsciously, as if they wanted to eat Perrin.

But Perrin didn't seem to notice anything unusual. His eyes were full of longing and he felt everything around him was very normal.

As we got closer to the coast in anxiety, we could see a huge bonfire on the beach with raging flames.

Once in the crowd, Anna no longer had the possibility of escaping, and Perrin let go of her arm in time, smiling as he walked towards the campfire.

When the people around her saw her, they smiled and made way for her.

The sun had completely set and everyone had arrived.

"Under the leadership of the bishop and the glorious guidance of the Ancient Lord, we have arrived at another sacred ocean day." There was a platform in front of the bonfire, and the mayor stood there and spoke loudly, not caring about the heat.

Anna was already a little unable to hold on at this time. The fishy smell around her was getting stronger and stronger, making it almost impossible for her to breathe.

"Hey, you okay?"

"I, I still——!"

Anna was helped up. She was about to say something, but when she looked over, she saw a strange face with gills, which made her speechless.

"What, you don't recognize me? I'm Nia who lives with Perrin." Nia grinned.

"Yes."

Anna smiled with a smile that was uglier than crying, then her eyes quickly darted around.

It seems that as the sun sets, the people here begin to gradually show the characteristics of various fish.

They are not just fish either. Their claws are more like webbed hands with cold light flashing at the fingertips.

Looking around, it seemed that the only ones who had not yet revealed the characteristics of a strange fish were himself and Perrin, who was moving forward.

Anna didn't know where she got the courage from, but she took a few steps forward and wanted to grab Perrin's hand.

"Perrin—"

Unfortunately, the other party ignored her and continued to move forward. The fishmen around her looked at her grimly in silence.

Anna's courage faded, so she gave up the chase and stayed where she was.

"Come on, child, come here, you will be the best gift we can give to the bishop."

In the cleared passage, Perrin walked to the mayor step by step. In front of him, people were carrying baskets of still-jumping fish in a row. "Here, these are all yours. Eat as much as you want. Eat as much as you want." The mayor, who looked like a fish man, persuaded him patiently.

Perrin's eyes lit up. Thinking of the delicious taste of the fish, she could no longer bear it. She grabbed a alive fish and stuffed it directly into her mouth.

Anna's pupils trembled when she saw this, but no one around her thought there was anything wrong.

The thick body of the fish stretched Perrin's throat, but she showed an expression of enjoyment and pushed it in as if she was risking her life. In just a dozen seconds, a fish that looked to weigh more than ten pounds was completely swallowed into her stomach.

"I'm hungry. It's delicious. It's really delicious."

"It's delicious, eat more." The mayor took the initiative to catch a big fish for her and handed it to her.

She continued to open her mouth impatiently and put it in.

Perrin's stomach was like a bottomless pit. Even though she kept stuffing one whole big fish after another into it, it still wasn't full. Her body slowly began to swell, getting bigger and bigger, until one fish after another could no longer satisfy her appetite.

Her clothes had long been torn apart, and her white belly had swelled up like a fish's belly. Her legs had gradually closed together, taking on the shape of a fish's tail.

"Fish, I want more fish!"

She simply grabbed the entire basket and poured the liquid into it with her mouth wide open.

After doing this several times, even the basket could not satisfy her. She opened her lifeless fish eyes, uttered meaningless words, grabbed the basket and the fishman holding the basket, and stuffed them into her huge mouth of the abyss.

The fishman was not afraid, but his face was full of joy.

"It's my turn! It's my turn!"

The fishmen rushed forward and waved their arms.

And Perrin accepted them all and swallowed them one by one until her hands became fish fins and her head became a fish head, and there was no trace of humanity left on her body.

Even so, she opened and closed her mouth desperately, trying to eat the mayor beside her.

"Haha, good boy, good boy, you are really good, you are so beautiful, I am reluctant to chop off your head." The mayor stroked the fish head gently as if he was appreciating a work of art, "But it's a pity for old John!"

As the mayor spoke, an extremely ugly but sturdy fishman walked out of the school of fish and came forward with a machete in his hand.

"Come on, don't show any partiality. The head of the fish is the head of the fish, the belly of the fish is the belly of the fish, and the tail of the fish is the tail of the fish. No town can be partial."

"Guluko." Old John answered, walked to the big fish, looked at it carefully, found the right position, and raised the big knife high -

Boom!

Suddenly, an explosion occurred at the town's church.

Old John stopped his knife and the fishermen turned their heads.

The mayor looked at the fire and laughed, "You ungrateful fellow, you dare to come back? I will chop off your hands and feet as a gift to the bishop! Old John, take your men to keep an eye on Baoyu and that woman."

"Gululu."

After saying that, the mayor led a large group of fishmen and rushed towards the church.

Old John arranged some stronger fishmen to guard the big fish, and when he was about to look for Anna, he found that she had disappeared at some point.

The head of the Nia fish that was watching her had already fallen into the sand, and it was unknown how long it had been dead.

"Find it for me!" Old John roared.

On the other side, Anna was carried on the back of a fishman and kept running in another direction.

“Wow, you are indeed a veteran superhuman. You dare to make such a big noise. Several fishmen from nearby mayors have gathered here. It will be even more troublesome if they drag the bishop here.”

"You, who are you?"

"How sad. I even cooked dinner for you last night."

"You are... the other Uncle John?"

"You could say that, although I don't really want to be listed with that ugly bastard."

"That--"

"Stop talking! Get in the car!"

He casually stuffed Anna into a car that he had stolen not long ago, and the fishman changed his appearance, becoming Fox Seven. Without saying anything more, he drove away.

"Are you here to save me? Terry, do you know where Terry is?"

"Your journey is over. Terry is waiting for you up ahead. Go back quickly. If possible, leave South Australia. This place is no different from a devil's cave."

"A devil's cave?" Considering her experiences over the past few days, Anna had no way to refute it, especially after witnessing Perrin turning into a fish little by little in front of her eyes. It was simply a nightmare that could never be cured in her lifetime.

The car had only driven a few kilometers when Fox Seven stopped.

"Let's go. It's in that direction. Terry is waiting for you there. Tell him not to look back after you get in the car. Anyway, the farther away from the sea, the better."

"how about you?"

"Such an exciting battle, I have to record it! Let's go!"

Fox Seven drove Anna out of the car and urged her to leave quickly.

Anna looked back at the town from afar. Everything that had happened in the past few days flashed through her mind like a slide show. Her dry lips moved slightly, but in the end she said nothing. She looked at Hu Qi deeply, bowed and said, "Thank you, otherwise."

"Okay, I got it. Bye. If you're late, you might be caught up."

After saying that, Fox Seven drove the car and continued to drive in the direction. Later, she would make a circle and go back to see the scene of the extraordinary battle with her own eyes.

Anna walked towards the direction Fox Seven had just pointed, one step deep and one step shallow, leaving a series of footprints.

"Anna! Anna!" After taking a few steps, she saw Terry running towards her.

"Terry!"

The two hugged each other in the snow, feeling each other's breath, but it was not advisable to stay here for long. Both of them were movie fans who watched group dramas, so they naturally would not slack off in this place, so they quickly ran back to the truck.

"Water, is there any water?"

As soon as she got in the car, Anna licked her cracked lips and asked anxiously.

"Yes, you didn't know that the abandoned gold mining town was inhabited by people who escaped from nearby towns. They have been living there under the protection of a fire-breathing extraordinary being. When I was leaving, they gave me a lot of supplies. Let's go back to the place where we were anchored to get them." Terry was so excited that he took out a box of water and chattered to Anna about his experience.

But Anna didn't seem to listen to him. She tilted her head back and drank the whole bottle of water in one breath. Then, she slowly exhaled.

".Terry, I"

"Ah? What's wrong? Are you still hungry? Or is this car too fishy? Do you want me to open the window?" Terry was looking at the road carefully and could only glance at Anna from time to time.

"No, no, I just thought you didn't want me anymore. This smell, it doesn't matter, I'm used to it."

Anna forced a smile, picked up the bottle of water again and started drinking.

(End of this chapter)