Life in North America, you call this an autopsy officer?!

Thoughts came to her mind.

The woman hesitated no more.

She extended a finger into Susan's mouth, injecting droplets of blood into the other's throat.

Not until the body before her breathed with its own life did she rise with satisfaction, ready to leave.

Turning around,

the woman was stunned.

She gaped dumbfounded at the man who had appeared behind her at some unknown time, taking several seconds before smiling, "When did you come back?"

..

Brian tilted his head as he looked at her, "Come back?"

His lips curled, "Sorry, I've never actually left."

The woman realized, "You pretended to go look for someone, but you were actually waiting for me to reveal myself?"

Curiosity and surprise were on her face, but not the fear one might expect after being exposed.

During their exchange,

she even sat down cross-legged on the bed behind her, propping her right wrist on her knee, resting her chin in her palm, "Can you tell me how you knew I would jump out? For an Undead, it's important to learn from failures and not to stumble at the same place twice."

"Undead?"

Brian showed no concern for Shi San's skeletal appearance or for Susan, who seemed to have been parasitized.

He curiously said, "Your existence is quite strange. The you in front of me seems to be only a part of you. I'm curious about your life form. How about I answer your question, and you answer mine?"

Brian's reaction was incomprehensible to the woman.

In her observation, the man should have cared a lot about that woman named Susan, and about Shi San.

Why wasn't he angry?

A unease began to rise in the woman's heart.

But the abilities of her Transformation gave her confidence.

After thinking,

the woman nodded, straightening her posture, she explained:

"The Undead are those who take on the essence of rules.

It seems you haven't Awakened.

Brian, have you not realized that although this is our first encounter, there has been indirect contact between us since the third Blood Moon, which is after your Mutation?"

Brian nodded, "I've noticed. So what?"

The woman avoided giving an answer and shifted the topic:

"I don't know how to describe it.

You can think of us as fruits from a great tree.

Thus, after the Blood Moon, we naturally gained control over certain qualities of the tree.

Me, you, and that ring you acquired recently are examples.

This is what I know.

Right, those qualities, are Rule Abilities.

Take me, for example.

My ability is unlimited Parasite optimization.

You can also think of it as immortality.

As for your ability and the ring's, before I devour you, I'm still not sure..."

"Infinite Parasite optimization...immortality...Isn't that a bit overpowered?"

Brian was about to ask more questions,

but the woman's patience had worn thin, "Alright, I've answered your question, Brian, my brother. Now, you can answer mine."

She looked at Brian, pronouncing each word clearly, "How did you discover that I would appear?"

At these words, Brian shrugged,

"Actually, I didn't find out you would appear, I never planned to leave in the first place.

Oh yes.

One more thing I forgot to tell you.

You're not actually in reality right now.

Welcome to my world!

Sweetheart!"

The next moment,

Susan, Shi San, and everything around them dissolved into nothingness.

The surroundings shifted,

and under the power of the rules, the woman began to reveal her true form...