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Chapter 192 - Terrifying Learning Ability

When midnight approached, Kurozawa, who had already fallen asleep, suddenly felt a tremor in his heart. He abruptly opened his eyes and sat up from the bed.

He raised his hand to look, and his Left Hand was undergoing drastic changes.

At this moment, it looked like rubber, yet also like a fluid rapidly churning and changing shape.

In just a few seconds, a slit opened in the palm, and a mouth grew out, complete with teeth and a tongue.

And from between Kurozawa's index and middle fingers, a clear, bright black eyeball squeezed out with a gurgling sound, staring unblinkingly at Kurozawa.

"I failed failed"

The mouth opened and closed, uttering indistinct words.

If one didn't listen and distinguish very carefully, it would be difficult to make out what it was saying.

Kurozawa smiled slightly: "Failed? No, if you had truly failed, you wouldn't have the chance to speak."

"Go learn a language first, then talk."

With that, Kurozawa picked up his phone from the bedside table and handed it to his Left Hand.

With a 'plop plop' sound, the sides of the Left Hand wriggled and grew two small hands, which held the phone, seemingly thinking about how to use this thing.

Kurozawa watched quietly, not urging it.

In his impression, Parasytes were not only incredibly lethal, but their intelligence also far surpassed that of humans.

They could master a language in just a few hours by observing human conversations, could self-study biological knowledge, and could freely change their structure in just a few days, even transforming into animal shapes.

Intelligence and combat power – both of these surpassed the current rulers of Earth – humans.

However, their only drawback was their small number. Even with a global descent, compared to the total human population, they were probably only one ten-thousandth, or even less.

If they had understood how to disguise themselves from the beginning, not hunted humans, but instead focused on hiding, and then slowly turned the tide by climbing into high-level decision-making positions, there was a high probability they could have replaced humanity, as their intelligence was far superior to humans.

But the early Parasytes did not understand the true strength of humans.

They followed their innate instincts, hunting humans for food. By the time they wanted to hide and gain control of the narrative, humanity had already reacted, inventing devices to detect Parasytes and some simple methods for temporary detection.

After staring at the phone for a few seconds, the Left Hand began operating it with a solemn expression.

It opened app after app, trying out their functions one by one.

At first, Kurozawa could see confusion and incomprehension in its eyeball.

But as time passed, that sense of utter ignorance, like that of a newborn, was quickly replaced by an aura of maturity and rationality. All signs of confusion vanished.

Parasytes mature very quickly, far beyond ordinary people's imagination.

It stopped after finding some video playback apps, and its eyes flickered non-stop.

At the same time, its mouth was also moving, imitating the voices in the videos. It went from clumsy to proficient in just a few dozen minutes.

"Jiamei. Where am I inferior to him?"

"Supermarket promotion big sale. Welcome."

"..."

"I often take in homeless people, do you want to stay at my place for a few days?"

Kurozawa watched everything, and a look of surprise unconsciously appeared in his eyes.

From getting the phone, figuring out how to use it, to learning the language and mastering fluent spoken words, it only took about an hour in total.

Now, the Left Hand was like a phone addict who had been immersed in the mobile world for many years, its hand speed flying, leaving behind streaks of afterimages.

It was no longer watching videos. It was now using search apps, typing out question after question, browsing the answers in a few seconds, and then moving on to the next.

Kurozawa glanced over.

"Known species of Parasitic Organisms in the world."

"Hypothetical forms of extraterrestrial life."

"Do Divine Beings really exist? If so, are They human?"

"Operating mode and behavioral logic of human society."

"Why can humans become the strongest biological species?"

"Different types of biological cells and methods of reproduction."

"Ecological balance, the relationship between humans and other organisms."

"..."

At first, it was thinking about where it came from.

But finding no answer to that question, it quickly shifted to various studies of human society and searches for biological knowledge.

"Had enough?"

Feeling that this guy was completely absorbed and had even forgotten about him, Kurozawa said lightly.

The eyeball at the top of the Left Hand trembled, then turned direction.

To Kurozawa's surprise, it began to change shape again.

Stretching, morphing, twisting—in the blink of an eye, a slightly smaller mutated Left Hand appeared. It was holding the phone, constantly searching for questions, gaining knowledge and information, while the original one solemnly turned its head and looked at Kurozawa.

"Hello, human," the Parasyte said.

Its voice was peculiar, with a neutral, neither-male-nor-female quality, and it carried no emotion.

When it was still an infant, the pleading emotion it emitted due to its survival instinct was perhaps the last time it displayed anthropomorphic feelings.

After maturing and acquiring a good deal of knowledge and information, the Parasyte was completely different from before.

Kurozawa looked at what was once his Left Hand and was now the Parasyte with interest, and replied politely, "Hello, Parasyte."

Seeing his gentle and friendly demeanor, it was as if he wasn't the one who had just issued the threat, but someone else entirely.

The Left Hand shook its head and said, "No, 'beast' usually refers to mammals, the kind with limbs and fur."

"I am not a beast; the term 'Parasyte' is biased."

Good heavens, just from that one sentence, Kurozawa knew it had learned a lot.

And looking at the phone screen that was still scrolling, he seemed to see pieces of information pouring into the Left Hand's head like a tide, enriching its understanding.

Kurozawa rubbed his chin, a look of thought appearing in his eyes, and said, "Then what are you?"

The Left Hand pondered for a few moments, its eyeball flickering. In just a few seconds, it seemed to have considered many answers, but in the end, it hesitated for a while and said faintly, "I don't know. I looked through the information about life on Earth."

"I found that no organism has characteristics and abilities similar to mine. I am not an known species on Earth, so Earth's knowledge cannot explain my existence."

From the sound of it, it must not have a clear memory of itself as an infant.

Those pale green spores, if Kurozawa were to think about them, he would immediately conclude it was an alien organism.

But in reality, it didn't seem to be like that. The origin of the Parasyte was very mysterious and had a close connection to Earth itself.

After speaking, the Left Hand paused and added again, "I think the description 'Parasyte' is not appropriate, but you can call me a Parasitic Organism."

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